Shloka 14

Devanagari script

ततो ज्यातलनिर्घोष: पुनरासीद्‌ विशाम्पते । प्रादुरासीच्छराणां च सुमुक्तानां सुदारुण:,प्रजानाथ! तदनन्तर फिर प्रत्यंचाकी टंकार और अच्छी तरह छोड़े हुए बाणोंकी भयानक सनसनाहट प्रकट होने लगी

Transliteration

tato jyātalanirghoṣaḥ punar āsīd viśāmpate | prādur āsīc charāṇāṃ ca sumuktānāṃ sudāruṇaḥ prajānātha |

Translation

પછી, હે પ્રજાનાથ! ફરી ધનુષ્યની પ્રત્યંચાનો ટંકાર ઊઠ્યો; અને સારી રીતે છોડાયેલા બાણોની ભયંકર સીસકાર પણ પ્રગટ થઈ.

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

ज्यातलनिर्घोषःthe twang/clang of the bowstring

पुनःagain

आसीत्was, arose

विशाम्पतेO lord of the people

प्रादुरासीद्appeared, manifested

शराणाम्of arrows

चand

सुमुक्तानाम्well-released, well-shot

सुदारुणःvery dreadful, extremely fierce

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sanjaya

Dhritarashtra (implied by vocatives viśāmpate/prajānātha)

bowstring

arrows

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the relentless momentum of war: once hostility is renewed, its instruments and consequences reappear immediately. Ethically, it hints at the grave weight of choosing conflict—its return is marked not by words but by the impersonal, terrifying sounds of weapons.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya reports to Dhritarashtra that the fighting has resumed: the bowstrings sound again and the fierce, rushing whistle of well-shot arrows becomes audible, indicating renewed and intense combat.