Shloka 423

Devanagari script

महारागानुरक्तानि वस्त्राणीव चकाशिरे | खूनसे भीगे हुए शस्त्र और कवच गाढ़े रंगमें रँगे हुए वस्त्रोंक॒ समान सुशोभित होते थे

Transliteration

mahārāgānuraktāni vastrāṇīva cakāśire |

Translation

ສັນຊະຍະໄດ້ກ່າວວ່າ: ອາວຸດແລະເກາະປ້ອງກັນທີ່ຊຸ່ມເລືອດ ສ່ອງປະກາຍດັ່ງເສື້ອຜ້າທີ່ຍ້ອມໄວ້ດ້ວຍສີແດງເຂັ້ມ. ພາບນີ້ຍິ່ງເພີ່ມຄວາມງາມອັນນ່າຫວາດກົວຂອງສົງຄາມ ແລະຊີ້ໃຫ້ເຫັນວ່າ ສົງຄາມອາດເຮັດໃຫ້ແມ່ນແຕ່ເຄື່ອງມືແຫ່ງການທໍາຮ້າຍ ດູງາມຢ່າງຫລອກລວງ.

Word by Word

महाgreat/very (as intensifier in compound)

रागdye, color

अनुरक्तानिdyed, colored, reddened

वस्त्राणिgarments, cloths

इवlike, as if

चand

चकाशिरेshone, appeared splendid

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

weapons (śastra)

armor (kavaca)

blood

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 highlights the moral tension of war: bloodshed can be portrayed with a terrible beauty, reminding the listener to look beyond surface splendor and recognize the underlying violence and suffering.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes the battlefield scene where weapons and armor, soaked in blood, appear to shine like richly dyed garments—an evocative visual detail within the ongoing combat of the Karṇa Parva.