Ashvamedhika Parva Adhyaya 59 Shloka 7 - Mahabharata | Tamil | Vedapath

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Shloka 7

युद्धसंग्रहः

Kurukṣetra Campaign in Summary

Devanagari script

दीपवृक्षैश्ष सौवर्णरभीक्ष्णममुपशोभित: । गुहानिर्सरदेशेषु दिवाभूतो बभूव ह

Transliteration

dīpavṛkṣaiś ca sauvarṇair abhīkṣṇam upaśobhitaḥ | guhā-nir-sara-deśeṣu divābhūto babhūva ha ||

Translation

வைசம்பாயனர் கூறினார்—தீபவிருட்சங்களில் அமைக்கப்பட்ட பொன்னாலான விளக்குகள் அந்த இடத்தின் அழகை இடையறாது உயர்த்தின. குகைகளிலும் நீர்வீழ்ச்சிகளின் வெளிப்பாடுகளிலும் அங்கு பகல்போல் ஒளி பரவியது।

Word by Word

दीपवृक्षैःby/with lamp-trees (lamp-stands)

सौवर्णैःgolden

अभीक्ष्णम्exceedingly, intensely

उपशोभितःadorned, beautified

गुहानिर्सरदेशेषुin the places of cave-outlets (caves and spring/stream outlets)

दिवाby day; like daytime

भूतःbecome, having become

बभूवbecame; was

हindeed (emphatic particle)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

golden lamps (sauvarṇa-dīpāḥ)

lamp-trees (dīpavṛkṣāḥ)

caves (guhāḥ)

spring/waterfall outlets (nirsara-deśāḥ)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights auspicious order and mindful care: illumination is deliberately arranged so that even naturally dark places (caves, water-outlets) become bright. Symbolically, righteous governance and ritual propriety remove obscurity and create safety and clarity for all.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes a splendidly prepared locale where golden lamps set on lamp-bearing structures make the surroundings shine like daytime, even around caves and the outlets of springs or waterfalls.