Shloka 117

Devanagari script

परिघके समान मोटी भुजाओंवाले शूरवीर पाण्डवोंने इहलोकमें विजय पाकर परलोकमें भी उत्तम गति निश्चित कर ली। वे सब-के-सब बड़े-बड़े शंख बजाने लगे ।।

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | parighake samānāḥ sthūlā bhujāḥ yeṣāṃ te śūrāḥ pāṇḍavā ihaloke vijayaṃ prāpya paraloke'pi uttamāṃ gatiṃ niścitāṃ cakruḥ | te sarve mahāśaṅkhān vādayām āsuḥ || somakāḥ sapāñcālāḥ prahṛṣyanta janeśvara | tataḥ tūryasahasreṣu nadatsu sa mahābalaḥ ||

Translation

પરિઘ સમાન જાડા ભુજાવાળા શૂર પાંડવોએ ઇહલોકમાં વિજય મેળવી પરલોકમાં પણ ઉત્તમ ગતિ નિશ્ચિત કરી. તેઓ સૌ મહાશંખો વગાડવા લાગ્યા. હે જનેશ્વર! સોમકો પાંચાલો સાથે હર્ષિત થયા; ત્યારબાદ હજારો તૂર્યોના નાદ વચ્ચે તે મહાબલ કૉલાહલ ઊઠ્યો.

Word by Word

• सोमकाः: the Somakas
• सोमकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोमक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सपाञ्चालाः: together with the Panchalas
• सपाञ्चालाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सपाञ्चाल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• प्रहृष्यन्त: rejoice / became delighted
• प्रहृष्यन्त: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: हृष्
• Form: Present, Indicative, Third, Plural, Atmanepada

• जन-ईश्वर: O lord of men (king)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन + ईश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• ततः: then / thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• तूर्य-सहस्रेषु: among thousands of musical instruments
• तूर्य-सहस्रेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तूर्य + सहस्र
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• नदत्सु: sounding / roaring
• नदत्सु: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नदत्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural, Shatru (present active participle)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महाबलः: the very mighty one
• महाबलः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाबल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pāṇḍavas
• Somakas
• Pāñcālas
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by address 'janeśvara')
• conches (śaṅkha)
• war-instruments (tūrya)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse links righteous martial effort with a twofold outcome: success in the visible world (victory, honor) and a higher destiny beyond (uttamā gati). It reflects the epic’s ethic that a kṣatriya who fights steadfastly for a just cause gains both worldly acclaim and spiritual merit.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes the Pāṇḍava side surging with confidence: the Pāṇḍavas blow their great conches, while their allies—the Somakas and Pāñcālas—rejoice. The battlefield fills with the roar of thousands of war-instruments, signaling the army’s rising morale and readiness for combat.