Shloka 14
भीष्मस्य मध्याह्नयुद्धवर्णनम् / Mid-day Battle Description: Bhīṣma Engaged by the Pāñcālas
अथ शब्दो महानासीत् तव सैन्यस्य भारत । मारुतोद्धतवेगस्य सागरस्येव पर्वणि
atha śabdo mahān āsīt tava sainyasya bhārata | mārutoddhatavegasya sāgarasyeva parvaṇi, bhārata ||
तदनन्तर, हे भारत! आपकी सेना में महान् कोलाहल उठा—जैसे पर्व-काल में वायु से उन्मत्त वेग वाले समुद्र की भीषण गर्जना सुनाई देती है।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how massed human will—especially in war—can swell into a force like nature itself. It implicitly cautions that such momentum, once unleashed, becomes difficult to restrain, intensifying the ethical stakes of choosing conflict over restraint.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that a tremendous clamour rises from the Kaurava host. He compares it to the ocean’s booming roar when wind drives its waves higher on a festive occasion, setting the scene for the battle’s escalating intensity.