Shloka 79

Devanagari script

बाणशड्खरवांक्षक्रु: सिंहनादांश्व पुष्कलान्‌ | पाण्डव इस लोकमें विजय और परलोकमें महान्‌ यश पाकर वे धनुषपर बाण रखकर उसकी टंकार करने, शंख बजाने और बारंबार सिंहनाद करने लगे ।। भीमसेनस्ततो राजन धृष्टद्युम्नश्व पार्षत:

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

bāṇaśaṅkhara vāṃśca krur siṃhanādāṃś ca puṣkalān |

pāṇḍavā iha loke vijayaṃ ca paraloke mahān yaśaḥ prāpya te dhanuṣi bāṇān nyasya tasya ṭaṅkāṃ kurvantaḥ śaṅkhān vādayantaḥ punaḥ punaḥ siṃhanādaṃ cakruḥ ||

bhīmasenas tato rājan dhṛṣṭadyumnaś ca pārṣataḥ |

Translation

Sañjaya said: Having won victory in this world and gained great renown in the next, the Pāṇḍavas, exultant, set arrows upon their bows, made the bowstrings resound, blew their conches, and again and again raised mighty lion-roars. Then, O King, Bhīmasena and Dhṛṣṭadyumna, the son of Pārṣata, (advanced/acted next).

Word by Word

• भीमसेनः: Bhimasena
• भीमसेनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीमसेन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• धृष्टद्युम्नः: Dhrishtadyumna
• धृष्टद्युम्नः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृष्टद्युम्न
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• पार्षतः: the son of Prishata (Dhrishtadyumna)
• पार्षतः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्षत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Pāṇḍavas
• Bhīmasena (Bhīma)
• Dhṛṣṭadyumna
• Pṛṣata (implied by 'Pārṣata')
• bows
• arrows
• conch-shells

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the kṣatriya ideal that righteous victory brings both worldly success and enduring renown; public signals—bow-twang, conch-blast, and lion-roar—serve as disciplined expressions of courage and collective resolve rather than mere noise.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that the Pāṇḍavas, celebrating a decisive advantage, loudly proclaim their triumph by readying arrows on bows, twanging bowstrings, blowing conches, and roaring; the narration then turns to the actions of Bhīma and Dhṛṣṭadyumna.