Shloka 59

द्रोणपर्व — अध्याय १६२: प्रातःसंध्यायां युद्धप्रवृत्तिः तथा रजोमेघे संमूढता

Devanagari script

स निहत्य बहुन्‌ शूरानश्वत्थामा व्यरोचत । युगान्ते सर्वभूतानि भस्म कृत्वेव पावक:,जैसे प्रलयकालमें अग्निदेव सम्पूर्ण भूतोंको भस्म करके प्रकाशित होते हैं, उसी प्रकार अश्व॒ृत्थामा वहाँ बहुसंख्यक शूरवीरोंका वध करके सुशोभित हो रहा था

Transliteration

sa nihatya bahūn śūrān aśvatthāmā vyarocata | yugānte sarvabhūtāni bhasma kṛtveva pāvakaḥ ||

Translation

サンジャヤは言った。「多くの勇士を討ち果たしたのち、アシュヴァッターマは戦場に燦然と輝いた――劫末の火が、あらゆる生きとし生けるものを灰に帰したのちに燃え盛るがごとく。」

Word by Word

सःhe

निहत्यhaving slain

बहून्many

शूरान्heroes/warriors

अश्वत्थामाAshvatthama

व्यरोचतshone/was resplendent

युगान्तेat the end of the age (world-cycle)

सर्वभूतानिall beings

भस्मashes

कृत्वाhaving made

इवas/like

पावकःfire (Agni)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Aśvatthāmā

Pāvaka (Agni)

sarvabhūtāni (all beings)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse uses a yugānta (end-of-age) fire simile to show how brilliance can arise from devastation, prompting reflection on the ethical ambiguity of martial glory: power and splendor in war may be inseparable from catastrophic harm.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Aśvatthāmā, after killing many brave fighters, appears radiant on the battlefield; his appearance is compared to cosmic fire at dissolution, emphasizing the scale and terror of his destructive momentum.