Shloka 19
Kuru-Sainika-Āśvāsana and Vijayaghoṣaṇa
Reassuring the Kuru Soldiers; Proclaiming Victory
मेदोवसासूृक्प्रवहां महा भयविवर्धिनीम् । रौद्ररूपां महाभीमां श्वापदैरभिनादिताम्
vaiśampāyana uvāca | medovasāsṛkpravahāṁ mahābhayavivardhinīm | raudrarūpāṁ mahābhīmāṁ śvāpadair abhināditām ||
বৈশম্পায়নে ক’লে—সেই নদীয়ে মেদ, চৰ্বি আৰু ৰক্ত বোৱাই মহাভয় বৃদ্ধি কৰিছিল। ৰৌদ্ৰৰূপে অতি ভীষণ সেই নদীৰ পাৰত মাংসভোজী হিংস্ৰ জন্তুৰ চিঞৰ-বাখৰ গুঞ্জৰি উঠিছিল।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse evokes the ethical revulsion of mass violence by portraying nature itself as turned into a horrific river of bodily substances, suggesting that unchecked aggression and slaughter lead to fear, degradation, and a world that bears the marks of adharma.
Vaiśampāyana describes a terrifying scene: a river seemingly flowing with fat, marrow, and blood, while wild predators cry out along its banks—an image used to convey the dread and brutality surrounding the events being narrated.