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दुर्योधन उवाच । प्रशंसस्यभिनन्दंस्तान्पार्थानक्षपराजितान् । अर्जुनस्य रथे ब्रूहि कथमश्वाः कथं ध्वजः॥५-५५-६॥
Duryodhana said: You praise and applaud those Pārthas who were defeated in the dice-game. Tell me of Arjuna’s chariot—what are the horses like, and what is his standard like?
english translation
संजय उवाच । भौवनः सह शक्रेण बहुचित्रं विशां पते । रूपाणि कल्पयामास त्वष्टा धात्रा सहाभिभो॥५-५५-७॥
Sañjaya said: O lord of the people, Bhauvana together with Śakra fashioned many wondrous forms; and Tvaṣṭṛ, along with Dhātṛ, devised the designs, O mighty one.
english translation
ध्वजे हि तस्मिन्रूपाणि चक्रुस्ते देवमायया । महाधनानि दिव्यानि महान्ति च लघूनि च॥५-५५-८॥
Upon that banner, by divine artifice, they brought forth many forms—celestial emblems and mighty insignia—both great and small.
english translation
सर्वा दिशो योजनमात्रमन्तरं स तिर्यगूर्ध्वं च रुरोध वै ध्वजः । न संसज्जेत्तरुभिः संवृतोऽपि तथा हि माया विहिता भौवनेन॥५-५५-९॥
That banner, extending a yojana in every direction, spread both sideways and upward; even when surrounded by trees it did not become entangled—such was the artifice fashioned by Bhauvana.
english translation
यथाकाशे शक्रधनुः प्रकाशते न चैकवर्णं न च विद्म किं नु तत् । तथा ध्वजो विहितो भौवनेन बह्वाकारं दृश्यते रूपमस्य॥५-५५-१०॥
Just as the rainbow appears in the sky—neither of a single color nor easily defined—so too this banner, fashioned by Bhauvana, was seen to assume many forms.
english translation