Shloka 23
मुनिदेशात् परश्रैव प्रोच्यते दुन्दुभिस्वन: । सिद्धचारणसंकीर्णो गौरप्रायो जनाधिप
munideśāt paraś caiva procyate dundubhisvanaḥ | siddhacāraṇasaṅkīrṇo gauraprāyo janādhipa ||
قال سانجيا: «يا سيدَ الناس، من أرض الحكماء—ومن مواضع أخرى أيضًا—يُسمَع دويٌّ كقرع طبل حرب عظيم: رنينٌ عميقٌ مبشِّر، وسط حشدٍ من السِّدْهَة (Siddha) والشارَنة (Cāraṇa)، وتغلب هناك إشراقةٌ بيضاءُ ساطعة.»
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores how momentous actions—especially war undertaken by kings—are framed by larger cosmic and moral atmospheres: signs, proclamations, and the witnessing presence of higher beings. It hints that human conflict is not merely private ambition but a public, ethically weighty event observed and judged in a wider order.
Sañjaya reports to the king that a powerful, drum-like sound is being heard from the direction associated with sages and other quarters, in a scene crowded with celestial Siddhas and Cāraṇas. The description functions as an omen-like, heightened prelude to the great battle setting.