Shloka 30

Sātyaki-praveśaḥ and Duryodhana-saṃnipātaḥ

Sātyaki’s passage and Duryodhana’s mass engagement

Devanagari script

विमलैर्निशितै: शस्त्रैहयानां च प्रकीर्णकै: । जातरूपमयीभिश्व राजतीभि श्र मूर्थसु

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | vimalair niśitaiḥ śastrair hayānāṃ ca prakīrṇakaiḥ | jātarūpamayībhiś ca rājatībhiḥ śirormukheṣu ||

Translation

サンジャヤは言った。「汚れなき鋭利な武器が散らばり、馬もまた倒れてあちこちに横たわっていた。だがその場は、黄金の飾りと、頭上に輝く銀色の兜飾りによってなお光を放っていた――戦場の荒廃のただ中に置かれた壮麗の像。外のきらめきは、屠りの道義的重みを覆い隠すことはできぬ。」

Word by Word

विमलैःwith spotless/bright

निशितैःwith sharp

शस्त्रैःweapons

हयानाम्of horses

चand

प्रकीर्णकैःwith scattered (ones/fragments)

जातरूपमयीभिःwith (things) made of gold

राजतीभिःwith shining (ones)

शिरोमूर्धसुon the heads/crowns

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

weapons (śastra)

horses (haya)

golden ornaments (jātarūpamaya)

shining/silvery head-gear or adornments (rājatī)

heads/faces (śirormukha)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the contrast between external splendor (golden and shining adornments) and the grim reality of war (strewn weapons and fallen horses), inviting reflection on the ethical burden and impermanence that accompany martial glory.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes the battlefield aftermath: sharp weapons lie scattered, horses are fallen and dispersed, and amid this devastation the heads (or head-regions) still bear bright, gold and silvery ornaments—painting a vivid, tragic tableau.