Shloka 96
युद्धसंग्रहः
Kurukṣetra Campaign in Summary
गायतां पर्वतेन्द्रस्य दिवस्पृणिव नि:स्वन: । जैसे मुनिगणोंसे मेरुकी शोभा होती है, उसी प्रकार द्वारकावासियोंके समागमसे वह पर्वत अत्यन्त दर्शनीय हो गया था। भरतनन्दन! उस पर्वतराजके शिखरपर हर्षोन्मत्त होकर गाते हुए स्त्री-पुरुषोंका सुमधुर शब्द मानो स्वर्गलोकतक व्याप्त हो रहा था
gāyatāṃ parvatendrasya divaspṛṇiva niḥsvanaḥ |
Dijo Vaiśaṃpāyana: Desde la cumbre de aquel señor de las montañas, el dulce canto jubiloso de hombres y mujeres se alzaba en una resonancia poderosa, como si llenara los mismos cielos. Así como el Meru se engalana con la reunión de los sabios, de igual modo aquella montaña se volvió sumamente hermosa por la congregación del pueblo de Dvārakā, y su alegría festiva parecía extenderse hasta el mundo celestial.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how collective harmony and joyful, auspicious conduct can transform a place into something spiritually and aesthetically elevated—so powerful that it is likened to reaching heaven. It also uses the Meru-and-sages simile to suggest that noble company itself is an ornament.
A festive gathering has formed on the summit of a great mountain. Men and women, overcome with joy, sing so sweetly and loudly that their resonance seems to pervade the sky; the mountain’s beauty is intensified by the assembly of the people of Dvārakā, like Meru adorned by sages.