Shloka 413
Droṇasya raudra-prayogaḥ
Droṇa’s intensified assault and the Pāṇḍava response
कुरुपाण्डवसैन्यानां शब्देनापूरयज्जगत् । तदनन्तर एक-दूसरेके वधकी इच्छावाले कौरवों तथा पाण्डवोंकी सेनाओंमें भयंकर युद्ध होने लगा और उनके कोलाहलसे सारा जगत् व्याप्त हो गया
kuru-pāṇḍava-sainyānāṃ śabdenāpūrayaj jagat | tadanantaraṃ paraspara-vadha-icchāvāle kauravāṇāṃ tathā pāṇḍavānāṃ senāsu bhayaṅkaraṃ yuddhaṃ babhūva, teṣāṃ kolāhalena ca sarvaṃ jagad vyāptam abhavat |
Sañjaya said: “The roar of the Kuru and Pāṇḍava armies filled the world. Thereafter, with each side intent on the other’s destruction, a dreadful battle erupted between the Kaurava and Pāṇḍava forces, and their tumult seemed to pervade the whole earth.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores how collective hatred and the intent to kill rapidly escalate into all-consuming violence: when mutual destruction becomes the aim, the ‘noise’ of conflict spreads everywhere, symbolizing the ethical collapse that accompanies war.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the Kaurava and Pāṇḍava armies raise a tremendous din, and immediately a fierce battle breaks out as both sides rush to slay one another.