Shloka 12
सुवृत्तोरुकटीजड्घं सुपादं स्वड्गुलीनखम् | स्मृत्वा स्मृत्वैव तु गुणान् धात्रा यत्नाद् विनिर्मितम्
suvṛttorukaṭījaḍghaṃ supādaṃ svaṅgulīnakhām | smṛtvā smṛtvaiva tu guṇān dhātrā yatnād vinirmitām
سنجے نے کہا—اس کی رانیں خوب گول، کمر کشادہ، پنڈلیاں مضبوط؛ پاؤں حسین، انگلیاں اور ناخن سلیقے سے بنے ہوئے تھے۔ اس کی خوبیوں کو بار بار یاد کرنے سے یوں لگتا تھا گویا دھاتا نے اسے بڑی محنت سے تراشا ہو۔
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse links outer beauty with inner excellence: repeated remembrance of a person’s guṇas (virtues) deepens admiration beyond mere appearance, and frames excellence as something aligned with dhātṛ (providential order), encouraging reverence for cultivated virtue amid the harshness of war.
Sañjaya describes an admired woman (implied from context) by detailing her graceful physical features and then emphasizing that her virtues, recalled again and again, make her seem as though the Creator carefully fashioned her—an encomium that heightens emotional and ethical contrast within the war narrative.