Shloka 76
भीष्मस्य मध्याह्नयुद्धवर्णनम् / Mid-day Battle Description: Bhīṣma Engaged by the Pāñcālas
क्लृप्तश्मश्रुभिरत्यर्थ वीराणां समलंकृतै: । अपविद्धैर्महाराज सुवर्णोज्ज्वलकुण्डलै:
klṛptaśmaśrubhir atyarthaṁ vīrāṇāṁ samalaṅkṛtaiḥ | apaviddhair mahārāja suvarṇojjvalakuṇḍalaiḥ ||
Sañjaya berkata: “Wahai Raja Agung, para pahlawan—yang bermisai rapi dan berhias berlebih-lebihan—kini subang emas mereka yang berkilau tercampak dan bertaburan. Pemandangan itu menegaskan bahawa tanda-tanda lahiriah keberanian dan perhiasan, yang dahulu menjadi kebanggaan dan martabat, menjadi tidak bermakna di hadapan kenyataan perang yang keras.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the fragility of external splendor—ornaments and cultivated signs of valor—when confronted with the destructive truth of war; it implicitly points to the impermanence of worldly status and the ethical gravity of conflict.
Sanjaya describes the battlefield aftermath to Dhṛtarāṣṭra: warriors who were once richly adorned are now seen with their shining golden earrings flung away, emphasizing the disarray and ruin brought by the fighting.