Shloka 53

Devanagari script

हेमरूप्यप्रसृष्टानां वाससां शिल्पिनिर्मिता:

Transliteration

hemarūpyaprasṛṣṭānāṁ vāsasāṁ śilpinirmitāḥ

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Garments, fashioned by skilled artisans, were being distributed—some adorned with gold and silver.”

Word by Word

• हेमरूप्यप्रसृष्टानाम्: of those (garments) adorned/embellished with gold and silver
• हेमरूप्यप्रसृष्टानाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हेमरूप्यप्रसृष्ट
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• वाससाम्: of garments, of clothes
• वाससाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासस्
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• शिल्पिनिर्मिताः: made by artisans
• शिल्पिनिर्मिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिल्पिनिर्मित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• garments (vāsas)
• gold (hema)
• silver (rūpya)
• artisans/craftsmen (śilpin)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the display and distribution of wealth—fine garments adorned with gold and silver—suggesting how royal power expresses itself through material gifts; ethically, it can be read as a reminder that external splendor accompanies (and can distract from) the grave moral stakes of war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya continues his battlefield report by describing the presence and distribution of richly made garments, crafted by artisans and embellished with gold and silver, as part of the scene of royal martial pageantry surrounding the conflict.