Shloka 213
मुहुर्महुरुदीर्यन्ते कम्पयन्त्यपि मामकान् । कौरव-सेनारूपी समुद्रमें यह कोलाहल अत्यन्त तीव्र वेगसे होने लगा है और बारंबार बढ़ता जा रहा है, जो मेरे सैनिकोंको कम्पित किये देता है
muhur muhur udīryante kampayanty api māmakān | kaurava-senā-rūpī samudre ayaṁ kolāhalaḥ atyanta-tīvra-vegena bhavitum ārabdhaḥ punaḥ punaḥ vardhamānaḥ, mama sainikān kampayati |
Yudhiṣṭhira said: “Again and again this uproar rises, and it even makes my own troops tremble. In this ocean-like host of the Kaurava army, the tumult has begun to surge with exceedingly fierce force, repeatedly swelling, and it shakes the hearts of my soldiers.”
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights a leader’s ethical responsibility to notice and respond to the psychological state of his own forces. Even when one’s cause is righteous, war generates fear and destabilization; dharma in leadership includes protecting morale and acting with awareness of the human cost.
Yudhiṣṭhira observes that the Kaurava host, vast like an ocean, is producing a repeatedly swelling, intense clamour. This escalating noise and momentum is unsettling his own soldiers, making them tremble, and he voices concern about the growing pressure of the enemy’s advance.