Dvārakā’s Distress and the Saubha Engagement (द्वारकाव्यग्रता तथा सौभयुद्धम्)
विशीर्णमलिनोष्णीष: प्रकीर्णाम्बरमूर्धज: । प्रपतन् दृश्यते ह सम क्षीणपुण्य इव ग्रह:,उनकी मलिन पगड़ी बिखर गयी थी, शरीरके वस्त्र अस्त-व्यस्त हो गये थे और बाल बिखर गये थे। वे गिरते समय पुण्यहीन ग्रहकी भाँति दिखायी देते थे
viśīrṇa-malinoṣṇīṣaḥ prakīrṇāmbara-mūrdhajaḥ | prapatan dṛśyate ha sama kṣīṇa-puṇya iva grahaḥ ||
ਉਹਨਾਂ ਦੀ ਮੈਲੀ ਪੱਗ ਟੁੱਟ-ਬਿੱਖਰ ਗਈ ਸੀ; ਕੱਪੜੇ ਤੇ ਕੇਸ ਬੇਤਰਤੀਬ ਹੋ ਕੇ ਖਿੱਲਰ ਗਏ ਸਨ। ਡਿੱਗਦੇ ਹੋਏ ਉਹ ਐਸੇ ਲੱਗਦੇ ਸਨ ਜਿਵੇਂ ਪੁੰਨ ਖ਼ਤਮ ਹੋਣ ਤੇ ਕੋਈ ਗ੍ਰਹਿ (ਤਾਰਾ) ਆਪਣੀ ਥਾਂ ਤੋਂ ਡਿੱਗ ਪਵੇ।
वायुदेव उवाच
The verse uses a vivid simile—‘like a celestial body whose merit is exhausted’—to suggest that outward collapse mirrors inner depletion: when पुण्य (merit) is spent, one’s stability, dignity, and ‘radiance’ (status/fortune) can fall away. It reinforces the Mahābhārata’s ethical theme that actions and accumulated merit have tangible consequences.
Vāyudeva describes a figure seen falling, with turban, clothes, and hair disheveled. The imagery emphasizes sudden downfall and loss of composure, comparing the person’s appearance in descent to a star/planet dropping from its place after its merit is exhausted.