Shloka 21

पाण्डवसेनानायकाभिषेकः तथा बलरामागमन-उपदेशः | Appointment of Pandava Commanders and Balarama’s Counsel

Devanagari script

नानारूपविकाराश्न नानाकवचशस्त्रिण: । पदातिनो नरास्तत्र बभूविहेममालिन:,उस सेनामें जो पैदल मनुष्य थे, वे भी सोनेके हारोंसे अलंकृत थे। उनके रूप-रंग, कवच और अस्त्र-शस्त्र नाना प्रकारके दिखायी देते थे

Transliteration

nānārūpavikārāś ca nānākavacaśastrinaḥ | padātino narās tatra babhūvur hemamālinaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “There, even the foot-soldiers were adorned with garlands of gold. Their appearances and accoutrements were of many kinds—varied in form and complexion, and equipped with diverse armor and weapons—displaying the army’s wealth and readiness for war, where outward splendor accompanies the grave moral weight of impending conflict.”

Word by Word

नानाvarious, many kinds of

रूपform, appearance

विकारchange, modification, variety

आश्चand

नानाvarious, many kinds of

कवचarmor

शस्त्रिणःarmed (weapon-bearing)

पदातिनःfoot-soldiers, infantrymen

नराःmen

तत्रthere

बभूवुःwere, became

हेमgold

मालिनःgarlanded, wearing necklaces/garlands

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

padātinaḥ (infantrymen)

kavaca (armor)

śastra (weapons)

hema-mālā (golden garlands/necklaces)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes