Shloka 56
Kaurava Mobilization at Kurukṣetra (Duryodhana Orders War Preparations) / कुरुक्षेत्रे धार्तराष्ट्र-सैन्यसज्जा
तत: शब्द: समभवत् समुद्रस्येव पर्वणि । हृष्टानां सम्प्रयातानां घोषो दिवमिवास्पृशत्
tataḥ śabdaḥ samabhavat samudrasyeva parvaṇi | hṛṣṭānāṃ samprayātānāṃ ghoṣo divam ivāspṛśat ||
Then a great roar arose—like the swelling sea on a festival day. The jubilant war-cries of those soldiers, setting forth in high spirits for battle, spread in every direction and seemed to reach even the heavens. The verse underscores how collective excitement can magnify the momentum toward war, turning human fervor into an overwhelming, almost cosmic clamor.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how mass enthusiasm and martial excitement can become a powerful force that propels society toward conflict; it invites reflection on the ethical weight of collective momentum and the ease with which exhilaration can drown out restraint.
As the troops set out for battle, their joyful, confident shouting rises into a vast din, compared to the loud surge of the sea on a festival day, and is described as spreading so widely that it seems to reach the heavens.