Shloka 33

Devanagari script

ततस्तूर्यसहस्राणि नानालिज्रानि भारत

Transliteration

tatastūryasahasrāṇi nānāliṅgāni bhārata

Translation

Dann, o Bhārata, ertönten zu Tausenden die Kriegsinstrumente — Trompeten und andere dröhnende Zeichen mannigfacher Art —, steigernd den Tumult der Schlacht und entfachend den Mut der Kämpfer.

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

तूर्यmusical instruments (trumpets/drums etc.)

सहस्राणिthousands

नानाvarious, many kinds of

अलिज्रानिa kind of musical instrument (uncertain identification)

भारतO Bharata (descendant of Bharata)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Bhārata (Dhṛtarāṣṭra as addressee)

tūrya (war-instruments)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how collective signals—like martial music and calls—shape human conduct in war: they intensify courage and aggression, reminding readers that external stimuli can amplify inner intentions, for good or ill, and thus must be understood within the ethical gravity of battle.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that, at this moment in the Drona Parva battle sequence, thousands of different war-instruments and signals are sounded, marking a surge in battlefield activity and the mobilization of forces.