Shloka 10

Devanagari script

कुण्डले बालसूर्याभे मालां हेममयीं शुभाम्‌

Transliteration

kuṇḍale bālasūryābhe mālāṃ hemamayīṃ śubhām

Translation

Sañjaya said: “(He had) earrings gleaming like the young sun, and a beautiful garland made of gold.” The line highlights the warrior’s radiant, almost divine adornment—an image that contrasts outer splendor with the grim moral weight of the battlefield, where such brilliance is set against impending violence and fate.

Word by Word

• कुण्डले: a pair of earrings
• कुण्डले: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुण्डल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Dual

• बालसूर्याभे: having the luster of the rising (young) sun
• बालसूर्याभे: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बालसूर्याभ
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Dual

• मालाम्: garland
• मालाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: माला
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• हेममयीम्: made of gold
• हेममयीम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हेममय
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• शुभाम्: auspicious, beautiful
• शुभाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• kuṇḍala (earrings)
• hema-mayī mālā (golden garland)