Shloka 47
(अश्मनां भिद्यमानानां सायकै: श्रूयते ध्वनि: । घद्मपत्रेषु धाराणां पतन्तीनामिव ध्वनि: ।।) बाणोंसे चूर-चूर होनेवाले पत्थरोंकी ऐसी ध्वनि सुनायी पड़ती थी, मानो कमलदलोंपर गिरती हुई जलधाराओंका शब्द कानोंमें पड़ रहा हो । ततः शब्द: समभवत् तव सैन्यस्य मारिष । माधवेनार्यमानस्य सागरस्येव पर्वणि,आर्य! जैसे पूर्णिमाके दिन समुद्रका गर्जन बहुत बढ़ जाता है, उसी प्रकार सात्यकिके द्वारा पीड़ित हुई आपकी सेनाका महान् कोलाहल प्रकट हो रहा था
sañjaya uvāca |
aśmanāṁ bhidyamānānāṁ sāyakaiḥ śrūyate dhvaniḥ |
padmapatreṣu dhārāṇāṁ patantīnām iva dhvaniḥ ||
tataḥ śabdaḥ samabhavat tava sainyasya māriṣa |
mādhavenāryamāṇasya sāgarasyeva parvaṇi ||
Sanjaya said: “The sound was heard of stones being shattered by arrows—like the soft, continuous murmur of streams falling upon lotus-leaves. Then, O revered one, a great roar arose from your army, tormented by Madhava’s warrior (Sātyaki), like the ocean swelling in thunder on the day of the full moon.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how violence in war multiplies fear and confusion: even the ‘music’ of battle (arrows splitting stone) becomes a deceptive, almost natural-sounding murmur, while the afflicted army’s uproar swells like the sea—showing how collective adharma-driven conflict amplifies suffering and disorder.
Sanjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra the intensity of the fighting: arrows are striking and splitting stones with a distinctive sound, and as Sātyaki presses the Kaurava forces, their noise and commotion rise dramatically, compared to the ocean’s roar at the full moon.