प्रहस्तवधः
The Slaying of Prahasta
सामहीरुधिरौघेणप्रच्छन्नासम्प्रकाशते ।।।।सञ्छन्नामाधवेमासिपलाशैरिवपुष्पितैः ।
sā mahī rudhiraughena pracchannā samprakāśate | sañchannā māgha-māsi palāśair iva puṣpitaiḥ ||
那大地被血流的洪涛所遮覆,却仿佛闪耀光辉——如同摩伽月里,地面被盛开的帕拉沙花所掩映。
That battlefield drenched with blood shone bright as though veiled with blossoms of Palasa in the month of Magha.
It contrasts beauty of poetic image with horror of violence, urging discernment: dharma does not romanticize suffering, even when described artfully.
The narrator describes the battlefield’s appearance—blood makes the ground look bright, compared to seasonal flowers.
Satyadarśana (truthful seeing): facing the reality of war rather than hiding its brutality.