Shloka 81

Devanagari script

जयं मत्वा विपुलं वै त्वदीया- स्तलान्‌ निजष्नु: सिंहनादांश्व नेदु:

Transliteration

jayaṁ matvā vipulaṁ vai tvadīyās talān nijaṣṇuḥ siṁhanādāṁś ca neduḥ

Translation

সঞ্জয়ে ক’লে—বিপুল জয় নিশ্চিত বুলি ভাবি তোমাৰ সৈন্যসকলে যুদ্ধ-ঢোল বজাই সিংহনাদ সদৃশ ৰণঘোষ তুলিলে। আগন্তুক বিজয়ৰ মত্ততাত তেওঁলোকে সংযম নহয়, দম্ভভৰা আত্মবিশ্বাসেই ঘোষণা কৰিলে—যুদ্ধৰ ধৰ্ম-সন্দেহৰ মাজত অহংকাৰ কেনেকৈ উথলি উঠে, তাৰেই অশুভ লক্ষণ।

Word by Word

जयम्victory

मत्वाhaving thought/considered

विपुलम्great, abundant

वैindeed

त्वदीयाःyour (people/men), belonging to you

तलान्palms/soles (lit. 'tala'); (contextually unclear)

निजघ्नुःthey struck/they slew

सिंहनादान्lion-roars, roars like lions

चand

नेदुःthey roared/sounded

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by 'your')

Kaurava forces (implied by 'tvadīyāḥ')

war-drums (talāḥ)

lion-like battle-cries (siṁhanādāḥ)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how certainty of success can inflate pride and noise—symbolized by drums and lion-roars—suggesting that in war, outward confidence may mask inner moral peril; dharma calls for vigilance and humility even amid apparent advantage.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the Kaurava side, believing a decisive victory to be near, beat their drums and raised loud battle-cries, signaling heightened morale and aggressive momentum on the battlefield.