Shloka 14

Devanagari script

दीप्यमानेन वपुषा रथेनादित्यवर्चसा । तादृशेनैव राजेन्द्र यादुशेन घटोत्कच:,राजेन्द्र! उसका शरीर देदीप्यमान हो रहा था। वह भी सूर्यके समान तेजस्वी वैसे ही रथपर आरूढ़ होकर गया, जैसे रथसे घटोत्कच आया था

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | dīpyamānena vapuṣā rathenādityavarcāsā | tādṛśenaiva rājendra yāduśena ghaṭotkacaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O king, his body was blazing with radiance; mounted upon a chariot shining like the sun, he advanced in the very same manner and with the same kind of splendor as Ghaṭotkaca had come in his chariot.” The verse underscores how, amid the moral darkness of war, outward brilliance and martial display can mirror one another—power answering power—without itself resolving the deeper ethical tragedy unfolding on the battlefield.

Word by Word

दीप्यमानेनwith (a) blazing

वपुषाbody, form

रथेनby/with a chariot

आदित्यवर्चसाwith sun-like radiance

तादृशेनwith such (a one/thing)

एवindeed, just

राजेन्द्रO king of kings

यादुशेनwith which kind (as/like which)

घटोत्कचःGhaṭotkaca

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra (rājendra)

Ghaṭotkaca

ratha (chariot)

Āditya (the Sun)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes