Shloka 49

Devanagari script

तेषामाशु प्रयातानां रथानां तत्र वेगिनाम्‌ | बभूव तुमुल: शब्दो दिविस्पूक्‌ पृथिवीपते,पृथ्वीनाथ! वहाँ शीघ्रतापूर्वक यात्रा करनेवाले उनके वेगशाली रथोंका घोर घर्घर शब्द आकाशकमें व्याप्त हो गया

Transliteration

teṣām āśu prayātānāṁ rathānāṁ tatra veginām | babhūva tumulaḥ śabdo divi spṛk pṛthivīpate ||

Translation

હે પૃથ્વીનાથ! ત્યાં ઝડપથી ધસી જતા તે વેગવાન રથોનો ભયંકર, તુમુલ ગર્જન એવો ઊઠ્યો કે જાણે આકાશને સ્પર્શી સર્વત્ર વ્યાપી ગયો.

Word by Word

तेषाम्of them

आशुquickly

प्रयातानाम्of those who had set out / were proceeding

रथानाम्of chariots

तत्रthere

वेगिनाम्of swift (ones)

बभूवarose / became

तुमुलःtumultuous, dreadful

शब्दःsound, noise

दिविin the sky

अस्पृक्touching/reaching

पृथिवीपतेO lord of the earth

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Pṛthivīpati (the king, i.e., Dhṛtarāṣṭra as addressee)

chariots (rathāḥ)

sky (div)

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 highlights how collective action in war rapidly becomes overpowering—symbolized by the sky-filling roar of chariots—suggesting that once conflict accelerates, it can eclipse calm judgment and restraint.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to the king that the warriors’ swift chariots have surged forward, producing a deafening, tumultuous sound that seems to reach the sky, signaling the intensification of the battle’s movement and urgency.