Shloka 25
Devanagari script
पश्याद्यैतन्महाघोरे संयुगे वैशसं महत् | हेमचित्राणि शूराणां महान्ति च शुभानि च
Transliteration
sañjaya uvāca |
paśyādyaitad mahāghore saṁyuge vaiśasaṁ mahat |
hemacitrāṇi śūrāṇāṁ mahānti ca śubhāni ca ||
Translation
ਵੇਖੋ, ਅੱਜ ਇਸ ਮਹਾਭਿਆਨਕ ਯੁੱਧ ਵਿੱਚ ਕਿੰਨਾ ਵੱਡਾ ਸੰਹਾਰ ਹੋ ਰਿਹਾ ਹੈ। ਸੂਰਮਿਆਂ ਦੇ ਸੋਨੇ ਨਾਲ ਸਜੇ, ਸ਼ੁਭ ਅਤੇ ਵਿਸ਼ਾਲ ਕਵਚ ਚੂਰ-ਚੂਰ ਹੋ ਰਹੇ ਹਨ।
Word by Word
[{'term''sañjaya uvāca', 'definition': 'Sañjaya said'}, {'term': 'paśya', 'definition': 'behold
[{'term':
see'}, {'term''adya', 'definition': 'today
see'}, {'term':
now'}, {'term''etat', 'definition': 'this (scene/event)'}, {'term': 'mahāghora', 'definition': 'most terrible
now'}, {'term':
exceedingly dreadful'}, {'term''saṁyuga', 'definition': 'battle
exceedingly dreadful'}, {'term':
armed encounter'}, {'term''vaiśasa', 'definition': 'slaughter
armed encounter'}, {'term':
cruel destruction'}, {'term''mahat', 'definition': 'great
cruel destruction'}, {'term':
vast'}, {'term''hema-citra', 'definition': 'adorned/ornamented with gold'}, {'term': 'śūra', 'definition': 'hero
vast'}, {'term':
warrior'}, {'term''mahant', 'definition': 'great
warrior'}, {'term':
mighty'}, {'term''śubha', 'definition': 'auspicious
mighty'}, {'term':
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaB
battle (saṁyuga)H
heroes/warriors (śūrāḥ)G
gold-adorned armor (hemacitrāṇi kavacāni)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the grim ethical weight of war: even splendid, gold-adorned symbols of heroism are reduced to ruin, reminding the listener that martial glory is fragile and that violence carries an inescapable human cost.
Sañjaya, reporting the battlefield to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, points out the immense carnage in the terrible fight and describes how the warriors’ magnificent, gold-ornamented armor is being broken amid the clash.