Shloka 7

Devanagari script

दशवाजिसहस्राणि हरीणां वातरंहसाम्‌ । वहन्ति य॑ नेत्रमुषं दिव्यं मायामयं रथम्‌,वायुके समान वेगशाली दस हजार श्वेत-पीत रंगवाले घोड़े नेत्रोंमें चकाचौंध पैदा करनेवाले उस दिव्य मायामय रथको वहन करते थे

Transliteration

daśavāji-sahasrāṇi harīṇāṁ vātaraṁhasām | vahanti yaṁ netramuṣaṁ divyaṁ māyāmayaṁ ratham ||

Translation

ม้าหนึ่งหมื่นตัวผู้ว่องไวประหนึ่งลม สีด่างขาวปนเหลือง กำลังเทียมลากราชรถทิพย์อันเรืองรองนั้น—รถซึ่งสำเร็จด้วยมายา น่าอัศจรรย์ยิ่ง และทำให้สายตาพร่าไปด้วยแสง

Word by Word

दशten

वाजि-सहस्राणिthousands of horses

हरीणाम्of the tawny/whitish (horses)

वातरंहसाम्of wind-swift (ones)

वहन्तिthey carry/bear

यत्which/that

नेत्र-मुषम्eye-dazzling (stealing the eyes)

दिव्यम्divine

माया-मयम्made of magic/illusory

रथम्chariot

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

divine chariot (ratha)

ten thousand wind-swift horses (harayaḥ/vājin)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the contrast between outward magnificence and inner truth: dazzling, māyā-made splendor can accompany events, but ethical worth (dharma) is not established by spectacle; it is established by intention and right conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes a celestial, wondrous chariot being drawn by ten thousand wind-swift, dappled horses, emphasizing its extraordinary radiance and supernatural construction.