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अस्त्रयुद्धे द्रौणिपार्थसंघर्षः — Karṇa’s Bhārgavāstra and the Search for Yudhiṣṭhira
Chapter 45
गन्धर्वनगराकारा रथा हतनरेश्वरा: । विमानानीव पुण्यानि स्वर्गिणां निपतन्त्यमी,“जिनके नरेश मारे गये हैं, वे गन्धर्वनगरके समान विशाल रथ स्वर्गवासियोंके पुण्यमय विमानोंके समान नीचे गिर रहे हैं
gandharva-nagarākārā rathā hata-nareśvarāḥ | vimānānīva puṇyāni svargiṇāṁ nipatanty amī ||
三阇耶说道：那些巨大战车，形如乾闼婆的瑰丽城邑，如今其王已被诛杀而失其主，正纷纷坠落，宛如天界善人凭功德得来的飞车，在福德耗尽之时也要下堕一般。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights impermanence and the dependence of worldly splendor on sustaining merit and leadership: magnificent chariots (symbols of power) collapse once their rulers are slain, just as heavenly vimānas are said to fall when merit is spent—implying that status without enduring dharmic support is unstable.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra the battlefield scene: many grand chariots, now riderless because their warrior-kings have been killed, are toppling and crashing down. He intensifies the horror and grandeur through a simile comparing them to celestial vimānas falling from heaven.