Shloka 443
अलंबलवधः (Alaṃbala-vadhaḥ) / The Slaying of Alaṃbala and the Advance toward Karṇa
दध्मौ शड्खं महानादमार्षभेणाथ माधव: । सात्यकिको रथहीन और कर्णको युद्धके लिये उद्यत देख भगवान् श्रीकृष्णने बड़े जोरकी ध्वनि करनेवाले शंखको ऋषभस्वरसे बजाया
sañjaya uvāca | dadhmau śaṅkhaṃ mahānādam ārṣabheṇātha mādhavaḥ |
সঞ্জয়ে ক’লে—তেতিয়া মাধৱ (শ্ৰীকৃষ্ণ) ঋষভ-স্বর সদৃশ গম্ভীৰ মহাধ্বনিযুক্ত শঙ্খ বাজালে। সাত্যকিক ৰথহীন আৰু কৰ্ণক যুদ্ধলৈ সন্নদ্ধ দেখি হৃষীকেশে সেই শঙ্খনাদ কৰিলে।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights steadfast leadership and loyalty in crisis: when an ally is vulnerable and an adversary is ready, a righteous leader strengthens morale and resolve rather than yielding to fear or confusion.
Sañjaya narrates that Śrī Kṛṣṇa blows a thunderous conch with a deep resonance, a battlefield signal of readiness and encouragement, in the context of Sātyaki being without his chariot and Karṇa preparing to fight.