Shloka 30

भीमसेन-दुर्योधन-प्रहारः तथा घटोत्कचमायाप्रादुर्भावः | Bhīmasena–Duryodhana Clash and the Manifestation of Ghaṭotkaca’s Māyā

Devanagari script

निस्त्रिंशाश्न व्यदृश्यन्त विमलाम्बरसंनिभा: । आर्षभाणि विचित्राणि शतचन्द्राणि भारत

Transliteration

nistriṁśāś ca vyadṛśyanta vimalāmbara-sannibhāḥ | ārṣabhāṇi vicitrāṇi śata-candrāṇi bhārata ||

Translation

三阇耶说道：“噢，婆罗多啊！只见利剑显现，光辉如无瑕白绢；又有奇异的公牛徽记，灿然如百轮明月。”

Word by Word

• निस्त्रिंशाः: swords
• निस्त्रिंशाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: निस्त्रिंश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अश्न: were (present/appearing)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अश्
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Plural

• व्यदृश्यन्त: were seen / appeared
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Plural

• विमल: pure, spotless
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विमल
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अम्बर: garment, cloth
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्बर
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• संनिभाः: resembling, like
• संनिभाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संनिभ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• आर्षभाणि: bull-like, excellent
• आर्षभाणि: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आर्षभ
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• विचित्राणि: variegated, wonderful
• विचित्राणि: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विचित्र
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• शत: hundred
• Type: Numeral/Adjective
• Root: शत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• चन्द्राणि: moons (moon-like marks/ornaments)
• चन्द्राणि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्द्र
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• भारत: O Bharata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhārata (Dhṛtarāṣṭra, addressed)
• swords (nistriṁśāḥ)
• bull-emblems/insignia (ārṣabhāṇi)
• moon (candra)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse implicitly contrasts the radiant beauty of weapons and emblems with their purpose in destruction, reminding the reader that outward splendor in war does not resolve the underlying ethical crisis of dharma contested through violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya is describing what is visible on the battlefield: shining swords and striking insignia (notably bull-marks), portrayed with luminous comparisons (spotless cloth, a hundred moons) to convey the intense, dazzling martial scene.