Shloka 105
अर्जुनस्य शीघ्रप्रयाणं भीम-शकुनियुद्धं च
Arjuna’s Rapid Advance and the Bhīma–Śakuni Encounter
मही वियद् दिश: सर्वा: समुद्रा गिरयोडपि वा । स्फुटन्तीति जना जज्ञुः पार्थस्य तलनि:स्वनात्
sañjaya uvāca | mahī viyad diśaḥ sarvāḥ samudrā girayo 'pi vā | sphuṭantīti janā jajñuḥ pārthasya tala-niḥsvanāt |
Sañjaya dit : En entendant la détonation aiguë du claquement des paumes de Pārtha (Arjuna), les hommes en vinrent à croire que la terre, le ciel, toutes les directions, les océans et même les montagnes se fendaient.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how inner resolve and disciplined martial energy can manifest outwardly as an awe-inspiring presence. In epic ethics, such power is not merely physical; it shapes morale and perception, reminding that courage and determination can ‘shake the world’ when aligned with one’s duty in war.
Sanjaya reports that Arjuna’s clapping produced such a thunderous sound that spectators imagined the very elements—earth, sky, directions, oceans, and mountains—were cracking. It is a poetic intensification to convey Arjuna’s formidable readiness and the battlefield’s charged atmosphere.