Shloka 11
Arjuna–Bhīṣma Strategic Engagement and Mutual Arrow-Interdiction (भीष्मार्जुनसमागमः)
त॑ श्रुत्वा निनदं तस्य सैन्यास्तव वितत्रसु: । जीमूतस्थेव नदत: शक्राशनिसमस्वनम्
taṁ śrutvā ninadaṁ tasya sainyās tava vitatrasuḥ | jīmūtasthā iva nadataḥ śakrāśani-samasvanam ||
সঞ্জয় বললেন—সে গর্জন শুনে তোমার সৈন্যদল আতঙ্কে কেঁপে উঠল। তা ছিল বর্ষামেঘের গম্ভীর গর্জনের মতো—ইন্দ্রের বজ্রধ্বনির ন্যায় ভয়ংকর।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how sound and reputation function as moral-psychological forces in war: a single overwhelming roar can break collective courage, showing that inner steadiness and discipline are as decisive as weapons.
Sanjaya reports to Dhritarashtra that, upon hearing a mighty lion-like roar from the opposing side, the Kaurava troops were frightened; the sound is compared to the terrifying thunder of rain-clouds and to the crash of Indra’s thunderbolt.