Shloka 34

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 95 — Sātyaki’s Breakthrough and the Routing of Allied Contingents

Devanagari script

तैः शिरोभिममही कीर्णा बाहुभिश्न सहाडुदै: । बभौ कनकपाषाणा भुजगैरिव संवृता,उस समय उन मस्तकों और भुजबंदसहित भुजाओंसे आच्छादित हुई वहाँकी भूमि सर्पोंसे घिरी हुई स्वर्ण-प्रस्तरयुक्त भूमिके समान शोभा पा रही थी

Transliteration

taiḥ śirobhir mahī kīrṇā bāhubhiś ca sahāṅgadaiḥ | babhau kanakapāṣāṇā bhujagair iva saṃvṛtā ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: The earth there was strewn with severed heads and with arms still bearing armlets. Covered in this way, the battlefield looked like a ground set with golden rocks, as though encircled by serpents—an image that underscores the grim splendor of war, where ornament and valor are rendered meaningless by slaughter.

Word by Word

तैःby those (with those)

शिरोभिःwith heads

महीthe earth/ground

कीर्णाstrewn, scattered

बाहुभिःwith arms

चand

सहtogether with

आयुधैःwith weapons

बभौshone, appeared splendid

कनकपाषाणाhaving golden rocks/stone-slabs

भुजगैःby serpents

इवas if, like

संवृताcovered, surrounded

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

earth/ground (mahī)

heads (śiras)

arms (bāhu)

armlets (aṅgada)

serpents (bhujaga)

golden rocks/stones (kanakapāṣāṇa)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes