Shloka 7
Karṇa-vadha-pratyaya: Yudhiṣṭhira’s Verification of Karṇa’s Fall (कर्णवध-प्रत्ययः)
सानुगा दीप्तवपुषश्चन्द्रं तारागणा इव । दिव्य कवच और आयुध धारण किये, सिंहके समान पराक्रमी सेवकोंसहित समस्त द्रौपदीपुत्र युद्धके लिये उत्सुक हो धृष्टद्युम्नकी रक्षा करने लगे, मानो तेजस्वी शरीरवाले नक्षत्र चन्द्रमाका संरक्षण कर रहे हों ।।
sānugā dīptavapuṣaś candraṁ tāragaṇā iva | divya-kavaca-āyudha-dhāriṇaḥ siṁha-samāna-parākramāḥ sevakaiḥ saha sarve draupadī-putrā yuddhāya utsukā dhṛṣṭadyumnasya rakṣāṁ cakruḥ, māno tejasvino nakṣatrāṇi candramāsaṁ saṁrakṣanti || atha vyūḍheṣv anīkeṣu prekṣya saṁsaptakāṇ rane ||
サンジャヤは言った。「従者を伴う彼らは、月を取り巻く星々のように、輝く姿を放っていた。天与の鎧と武器を備え、獅子のごとき勇猛をもつドラウパディーの子らは、ドリシュタデュムナを守り始めた――まさに明るい星々が月を護るがごとく。やがて諸軍の戦陣が整うと、戦場にサムサプタカの一団が見え…」
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights collective responsibility and loyal guardianship in a crisis: those bound by duty rally to protect a key leader, suggesting that courage is not merely individual prowess but coordinated protection of the vulnerable or strategically vital.
The sons of Draupadi, fully armed and accompanied by their retainers, form a protective guard around Dhrishtadyumna, compared to stars surrounding the moon; the scene then shifts toward the armies’ formations and the sighting of the Samsaptakas on the battlefield.