Shloka 63

Devanagari script

'पांचालयोद्धा हर्षमें भरकर सिंहनाद करते, हल्ला मचाते, हँसते, सैकड़ों शंख बजाते और डंके पीटते हैं ।। वादित्रघोषस्तुमुलो विमिश्र: शड्खनि:स्वनै: । अनिलेनेरितो घोरो दिश: पूरयतीव ह,'शंखध्वनिसे मिला हुआ नाना प्रकारके वाद्योंका गम्भीर एवं भयंकर घोष वायुसे प्रेरित हो सम्पूर्ण दिशाओंको भरता-सा जान पड़ता है

Transliteration

vāditraghoṣas tumulo vimiśraḥ śaṅkhaniḥsvanaiḥ | anilenāritaḥ ghoro diśaḥ pūrayatīva ha ||

Translation

সঞ্জয় বললেন—শঙ্খধ্বনির সঙ্গে মিশে নানা বাদ্যের যে তুমুল, গভীর ও ভয়ংকর গর্জন উঠল, তা বায়ুপ্রেরিত হয়ে যেন সর্বদিক ভরে দিল।

Word by Word

वादित्रघोषःthe sound/clamor of musical instruments

तुमुलःtumultuous, very loud

विमिश्रःmixed, intermingled

शङ्खनिःस्वनैःwith the sounds of conches

अनिलेनby the wind

ईरितःimpelled, driven

घोरःterrible, dreadful

दिशःthe directions (quarters)

पूरयतिfills

इवas if, like

हindeed (emphatic particle)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Pañcāla (warriors)

śaṅkha (conch)

vāditra (war-instruments)

anila (wind)

diśaḥ (the directions)

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 is primarily descriptive rather than didactic: it highlights how collective martial excitement can swell into an overwhelming force—symbolized by the wind-driven roar of conches and instruments—hinting at the ethical gravity of war where exhilaration and dread coexist.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports the battlefield atmosphere: the Panchāla side raises a massive, mixed uproar of conches and other instruments, a sound so intense that, carried by the wind, it seems to pervade all directions.