Mahabharata 7.193.5 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 193, Shloka 5
तस्य रूप॑ शरस्यासीद् धनुरज्यामण्डलान्तरे । द्योततो भास्करस्थेव घनान्ते परिवेषिण:
tasya rūpaṁ śarasyāsīd dhanurajyāmaṇḍalāntare | dyotato bhāskarastheva ghanānte pariveṣiṇaḥ ||
धनुरज्यामण्डलान्तरे तस्य शरस्य रूपं द्योतत्—घनान्ते परिवेषिणं शरत्कालसूर्यमिव।
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The verse does not state a direct moral injunction; it uses luminous natural imagery to convey how human violence can appear dazzling and sublime, inviting reflection on the seductive spectacle of power in war and the need for discernment (viveka) amid such grandeur.
Sañjaya describes a warrior’s arrow as it is set and drawn on the bow: framed within the circular arc of the taut bowstring, it blazes like the sun haloed among clouds, emphasizing the arrow’s brilliance and the heightened intensity of the battlefield moment.
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