Shloka 56

Varuṇābhiṣeka–Agni-anveṣaṇa–Kaubera-tīrtha

Varuṇa’s Consecration; Search for Agni; Kaubera Sacred Site

Devanagari script

सभेरीशड्खमुरजा सायुधा सपताकिनी । शारदी द्यौरिवाभाति ज्योतिर्भिरिव शोभिता

Transliteration

sabherīśaṅkhamurajā sāyudhā sapatākinī | śāradī dyaurivābhāti jyotirbhiriva śobhitā ||

Translation

ไวศัมปายนะกล่าวว่า—ด้วยเสียงกึกก้องแห่งแตรศึก สังข์ และกลองมุรชะ ทั้งถืออาวุธและชูธงชัย กองทัพนั้นส่องประกายดุจท้องฟ้าในฤดูสารทอันปลอดโปร่ง ที่ประดับด้วยแสงสว่างทั้งหลาย

Word by Word

सभेरीhaving kettledrums

शङ्खconch

मुरजाdrums

सायुधाarmed; having weapons

सपताकिनीhaving banners/flags

शारदीautumnal

द्यौःsky/heaven

इवlike, as

आभातिshines, appears

ज्योतिःभिःwith lights, by radiances

इवlike, as

शोभिताadorned, beautified

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

sabherī (war-trumpet)

śaṅkha (conch)

muraja (drum)

patākā (banner/standard)

dyauḥ (sky)

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 how collective martial energy—sound, arms, and standards—can create an overwhelming appearance of glory; ethically, it cautions that splendor and pageantry in war may conceal the suffering and moral peril that battle entails.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator describes a battle-ready force: trumpets, conches, and drums resound while armed warriors stand with raised banners, and the assembled host appears radiant, compared to the clear autumn sky lit with shining lights.