Shloka 943
Sauptika Parva, Adhyaya 8 — Dhṛṣṭadyumna-vadha and the Camp’s Nocturnal Rout
अपूरयद् दिश: सर्वा दिवं चातिमहान् स्वनः । राजन्! आनन्दमग्न हुए भूतसमुदायोंके द्वारा किया हुआ वह महान् कोलाहल सम्पूर्ण दिशाओं तथा आकाशमें गूँज उठा
apūrayad diśaḥ sarvā divaṃ cātimahān svanaḥ | rājan ānandamagnair bhūtasamūhair kṛto mahān kolāhalaḥ samantād diśaś ca nabhaś ca nināda |
Sañjaya sprach: „O König, ein überaus gewaltiger Laut erfüllte alle Himmelsrichtungen und selbst den Himmel. Jener große Aufruhr—von Scharen von Wesen erhoben, trunken vor Freude—hallte überall wider und ließ die Viertel der Welt und die Höhen dröhnen.“
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how collective emotion—here, a jubilant frenzy among unseen beings—can swell into a world-filling tumult, functioning as a portent in the war narrative and reminding the listener that violence and its aftermath draw in forces beyond the human sphere.
Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra that a tremendous roar arose and echoed through all directions and the sky, produced by hosts of beings exulting in excitement—an atmospheric, ominous soundscape surrounding the events of the Sauptika episode.