Shloka 14
भीष्मस्य मध्याह्नयुद्धवर्णनम् / Mid-day Battle Description: Bhīṣma Engaged by the Pāñcālas
अथ शब्दो महानासीत् तव सैन्यस्य भारत । मारुतोद्धतवेगस्य सागरस्येव पर्वणि
atha śabdo mahān āsīt tava sainyasya bhārata | mārutoddhatavegasya sāgarasyeva parvaṇi, bhārata ||
তদনন্তর, হে ভারত! তোমার সেনাদলে মহা কোলাহল উঠল—যেন উৎসবদিনে বায়ুপ্রচোদিত উন্মত্ত বেগে সাগরের ভয়ংকর গর্জন।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how massed human will—especially in war—can swell into a force like nature itself. It implicitly cautions that such momentum, once unleashed, becomes difficult to restrain, intensifying the ethical stakes of choosing conflict over restraint.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that a tremendous clamour rises from the Kaurava host. He compares it to the ocean’s booming roar when wind drives its waves higher on a festive occasion, setting the scene for the battle’s escalating intensity.