Shloka 4

Sauptika-parva Adhyāya 13 — Bhīmasena’s Pursuit of Drauṇi and the Release of a Divine Astra

Devanagari script

विश्वकर्मकृता दिव्या रत्नधातुविभूषिता । उच्छितेव रथे माया ध्वजयष्टिरदृश्यत,उस रथपर विश्वकर्माद्वारा निर्मित तथा रत्नमय धातुओंसे विभूषित दिव्य ध्वजा दिखायी दे रही थी, जो ऊँचे उठी हुई मायाके समान प्रतीत होती थी

Transliteration

viśvakarmakṛtā divyā ratnadhātuvibhūṣitā | ucchriteva rathe māyā dhvajayaṣṭir adṛśyata ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana disse: “Sobre aquela carruagem via-se um mastro de bandeira celestial, feito por Viśvakarman e adornado com metais semelhantes a joias. Erguendo-se bem alto, parecia a própria encarnação de uma ilusão maravilhosa—um sinal de assombro em meio ao sombrio pós-guerra.”

Word by Word

विश्वकर्मकृताmade by Viśvakarman

दिव्याdivine

रत्नधातुविभूषिताadorned with jewel-metals

उच्छिताraised up, lofty

इवas if, like

रथेon/in the chariot

मायाillusion, magical appearance

ध्वजयष्टिःthe flagstaff (banner-pole)

अदृश्यतwas seen, appeared

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Viśvakarman

ratha (chariot)

dhvajayaṣṭi (flagstaff/banner-pole)

ratnadhātu (jewel-like metals)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes