Shloka 10
भीमसेन–कर्णयुद्धवर्णनम्
Description of the Bhīmasena–Karṇa Engagement
ते प्रगृहा महाशड्खान् दश्मु: पुरुषसत्तमा: । पूरयन्तो दिवं राजन् पृथिवीं च ससागराम्,नरेश्वर! उन पुरुषप्रवर योद्धाओंने समुद्रसहित पृथ्वी और आकाशको शब्दोंसे व्याप्त करते हुए बड़े-बड़े शंख लेकर बजाये
te pragṛhya mahāśaṅkhān dadhmuḥ puruṣasattamāḥ | pūrayanto divaṃ rājan pṛthivīṃ ca sasāgarām ||
Sanjaya said: “O King, those foremost of men, taking up their great conches, blew them so that their sound filled the sky and the earth together with the ocean.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores how collective action in war is publicly signaled and morally weighty: the conch-blast is not mere noise but a declaration of resolve, awakening all to the seriousness of duty (svadharma) and the consequences of violence.
Sanjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the foremost warriors lift and blow their large conches, and the tremendous sound is described as pervading the sky and the ocean-girt earth—marking an intensified moment in the battle’s unfolding.