Shloka 13

Devanagari script

तत: शड्खसहस्राणि भेरीणामयुतानि च । अवादयन्त संहृष्टा: कुरुपाण्डवसैनिका:,तदनन्तर हर्षमग्न हुए कौरव-पाण्डव-सैनिक सहस्रों शंख और हजारों रणभेरियाँ बजाने लगे

Transliteration

tataḥ śaṅkha-sahasrāṇi bherīṇām ayutāni ca | avādayanta saṁhṛṣṭāḥ kuru-pāṇḍava-sainikāḥ ||

Translation

তাৰপিছত হর্ষে উল্লসিত কুরু-পাণ্ডৱ সৈন্যসকলে সহস্ৰ সহস্ৰ শঙ্খ আৰু অযুত অযুত ৰণভেৰী বজালে।

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

शङ्खसहस्राणिthousands of conches

भेरीणाम्of kettledrums

अयुतानिtens of thousands

चand

अवादयन्they sounded/played

संहृष्टाःdelighted, exhilarated

कुरुपाण्डवसैनिकाःthe Kuru and Pandava soldiers

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Kurus (Kauravas)

Pāṇḍavas

śaṅkha (conch)

bherī (war-drum)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how collective emotion—especially exhilaration and confidence—manifests outwardly in war through ritualized signals (conches and drums). Ethically, it reminds the reader that even when morale rises, the struggle must still be measured against dharma: courage and unity are powerful, but they do not by themselves justify unrighteous means.

What is happening in the narrative?

After a significant turn or moment of excitement in the battle, warriors on both sides—the Kurus and the Pāṇḍavas—break into loud martial celebration, blowing thousands of conches and beating vast numbers of war-drums, creating a thunderous battlefield clamor.