Shloka 29
उपायैः पूर्ववधकथनम् / Strategic Justifications for Prior Eliminations
द्यौरिवासीत् सनक्षत्रा रजन्यां भरतर्षभ | भरतश्रेष्ठ] उस समय रात्रिकालमें मणियों तथा सुवर्णके आभूषणोंसे विभूषित हुई वह कौरव-सेना नक्षत्रोंसे युक्त आकाशके समान सुशोभित होती थी ।। गोमायुबलसंघुष्टा शक्तिध्वजसमाकुला
sañjaya uvāca | dyaur ivāsīt sanakṣatrā rajanyāṃ bharatarṣabha | maṇi-svarṇa-vibhūṣitā sā kaurava-senā nakṣatra-yuktam ākāśam iva suśobhitā || gomāyu-bala-saṃghuṣṭā śakti-dhvaja-samākulā ||
Sañjaya said: O bull among the Bharatas, in the night that Kaurava host—adorned with jewels and golden ornaments—shone like the sky filled with stars. It resounded with the cries of jackals and the tumult of troops, and it was crowded with spears and banners—an ominous splendor that frames the moral darkness of war even as it dazzles the eye.
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