Shloka 32

भीष्म-पर्व अध्याय १०० — त्रिगर्त-आक्रमण, भीष्म-केन्द्रित पुनर्संयोजन, तथा शक्त्यस्त्र-विनिमय

Devanagari script

स तैः परिवृतो राजा प्रदीपै: काउचनैज्वलन्‌ । शुशुभे चन्द्रमा युक्तो दीप्तैरिव महाग्रहै:,उन सुवर्णमय प्रदीपोंसे घिरकर प्रकाशित होनेवाला राजा दुर्योधन दीप्तिमान्‌ महाग्रहोंसे संयुक्त चन्द्रमाके समान शोभा पा रहा था

Transliteration

sa taiḥ parivṛto rājā pradīpaiḥ kāñcanaiḥ jvalan | śuśubhe candramā yukto dīptair iva mahāgrahaiḥ ||

Translation

Surrounded by those men, the king—Duryodhana—shone, blazing amid golden lamps. He appeared splendid like the moon attended by radiant great planets, a poetic image that underscores the intoxicating glamour of royal power and martial confidence on the eve of ruin.

Word by Word

सःhe (that one)

तैःby/with those

परिवृतःsurrounded

राजाking

प्रदीपैःby/with lamps

काञ्चनैःgolden

ज्वलन्shining, blazing

शुशुभेshone, was splendid

चन्द्रमाthe moon

युक्तःjoined/associated

दीप्तैःby/with shining (ones)

इवlike, as if

महाग्रहैःwith great planets

Speaker

कर्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

Karna

Duryodhana

golden lamps (kāñcana-pradīpa)

moon (candramā)

great planets (mahāgraha)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes