Shloka 76
भीष्मस्य मध्याह्नयुद्धवर्णनम् / Mid-day Battle Description: Bhīṣma Engaged by the Pāñcālas
क्लृप्तश्मश्रुभिरत्यर्थ वीराणां समलंकृतै: । अपविद्धैर्महाराज सुवर्णोज्ज्वलकुण्डलै:
klṛptaśmaśrubhir atyarthaṁ vīrāṇāṁ samalaṅkṛtaiḥ | apaviddhair mahārāja suvarṇojjvalakuṇḍalaiḥ ||
संजय बोले—महाराज! कटे हुए मूँछों से अत्यन्त सुसज्जित उन वीरों के सुवर्ण-दीप्त कुण्डल भी उखड़कर फेंके हुए-से इधर-उधर बिखरे पड़े थे।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the fragility of external splendor—ornaments and cultivated signs of valor—when confronted with the destructive truth of war; it implicitly points to the impermanence of worldly status and the ethical gravity of conflict.
Sanjaya describes the battlefield aftermath to Dhṛtarāṣṭra: warriors who were once richly adorned are now seen with their shining golden earrings flung away, emphasizing the disarray and ruin brought by the fighting.