Shloka 72
Devanagari script
छिन्नभिन्नविपर्यस्तैर्व्मालड्कार भूषणै:
Transliteration
chinnabhinna-viparyastair mālālaṅkāra-bhūṣaṇaiḥ
Translation
माळा, अलंकार व भूषणे छिन्नभिन्न होऊन अस्ताव्यस्त विखुरली होती. जी पूर्वी मान-सन्मान व ओळखीची चिन्हे होती, तीच आता हिंसेच्या मध्यात पडलेली तुटकी अवशेष बनली.
Word by Word
छिन्नcut, severed
छिन्न:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootछिन्न (√छिद्)
FormMasculine/Neuter (context-dependent), Instrumental, Plural
भिन्नbroken, split
भिन्न:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootभिन्न (√भिद्)
FormMasculine/Neuter (context-dependent), Instrumental, Plural
विपर्यस्तैःoverturned, disordered
विपर्यस्तैः:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootविपर्यस्त (वि+परि+√अस्/√स्था; past passive participle sense 'overturned')
FormMasculine/Neuter (context-dependent), Instrumental, Plural
मालाङ्कारgarlands and ornaments
मालाङ्कार:
Karana
TypeNoun (compound member used adjectivally)
Rootमाला + अङ्कार/आङ्कार (ornamentation; here as first member)
FormMasculine (as compound stem), Instrumental, Plural
भूषणैःwith ornaments/adornments
भूषणैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootभूषण
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Plural
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
स
संजय (Sañjaya)म
माला (garlands)अ
अलङ्कार (ornaments)भ
भूषण (jewelry/adornments)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
The verse underscores the fragility of worldly splendor: garlands and ornaments—symbols of status and celebration—are easily reduced to debris in war, reminding the listener that external marks of honor are impermanent when adharma and violence prevail.
Sañjaya describes the battlefield aftermath or ongoing carnage: warriors’ garlands and jewelry are cut, broken, and scattered, conveying the intensity of combat and the disorder produced by weapons and falling bodies.