Shloka 213

Devanagari script

समकम्पन्त सर्वाणि सिन्धोरिव महोर्मय: । भारत! उस घोर शब्दसे डरायी हुई आपकी सारी सेनाएँ समुद्रकी बड़ी-बड़ी लहरोंके समान काँपने लगीं

Transliteration

samakampanta sarvāṇi sindhor iva mahormayaḥ | bhārata! us ghora śabdase ḍarāyī huī āpakī sārī senāeṁ samudrakī baṛī-baṛī laharoṁke samān kāṁpane lagīṁ

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O Bhārata, struck with fear by that dreadful roar, all your forces began to tremble—like the great surging waves of the ocean.”

Word by Word

समकम्पन्तtrembled

सर्वाणिall

सिन्धोःof the sea/ocean

इवlike, as

महा-ऊर्मयःgreat waves

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Bhārata (Dhṛtarāṣṭra as addressee)

Kaurava army (implied: 'your forces')

Ocean/Sea (sindhu)

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 fear can seize even vast armies when confronted by overwhelming force or sound; in the ethical frame of the Mahābhārata, it points to the need for steadiness and discernment in crisis, since inner composure is as decisive as weapons.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that a terrifying roar (from the battlefield context) causes the Kaurava forces to quake collectively, compared to the heaving of great ocean waves.