Shloka 3
Adhyāya 32: Rājasūya-Dīkṣā and Appointment of Court Offices (राजसूयदीक्षा तथा अधिकारविनियोगः)
सिंहनादेन महता योधानां गर्जितिेन च । रथनेमिनिनादैश्व कम्पयन् वसुधामिमाम्,वे अपने सैनिकोंके महान् सिंहनाद, गर्जना तथा रथके पहियोंकी घर्घराहटकी तुमुल ध्वनिसे इस पृथ्वीको कम्पित करते हुए जा रहे थे
siṃhanādena mahatā yodhānāṃ garjitena ca | rathaneminīnādaś ca kampayan vasudhām imām ||
Vaiśampāyana sprach: Mit mächtigem Löwengebrüll der Krieger, mit donnernden Schlachtrufen und dem dröhnenden Rasseln der Wagenräder rückten sie vor und ließen diese Erde erbeben.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how collective martial energy—cries, roars, and the machinery of war—can overwhelm the world itself, hinting that warfare is not merely physical combat but a disruptive moral and social force whose consequences ‘shake the earth’.
A body of warriors is moving forward in force; their lion-like battle-cries, loud shouts, and the rumbling of chariot wheels create a tremendous din, described poetically as making the earth tremble.