Shloka 27

Devanagari script

ततस्ते प्रेक्षका: सर्वे रड्रवाद इव स्थिता: । हर्षयामासुरुच्चैर्मा सिंहनादतलस्वनै:,तब वे सैनिक रंगशालामें बैठे हुए दर्शकोंकी भाँति केवल मेरे युद्धका दृश्य देखते हुए जोर-जोरसे सिंहनाद और करतलध्वनि करके मेरा हर्ष बढ़ाने लगे

Transliteration

tataste prekṣakāḥ sarve raṅgadvāda iva sthitāḥ | harṣayāmāsur uccair mā siṃhanāda-tala-svanaiḥ ||

Translation

Kemudian semua penonton itu berdiri laksana para penyaksi di gelanggang perang, menatap hanya pada pertempuranku; dengan raungan bak singa dan gemuruh tepuk tangan, mereka membangkitkan semangatku.

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

तेthey (those)

प्रेक्षकाःspectators, onlookers

सर्वेall

रणवादbattle-noise, din of war

इवlike, as if

स्थिताःstanding, stationed

हर्षयामासुःthey gladdened, they delighted

उच्चैःaloud, loudly

सिंहनादwith lion-roars (war-cries)

तलस्वनैःwith sounds of clapping (palm-sounds)

Speaker

वासुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāsudeva (speaker)

spectators/onlookers (prekṣakāḥ)

arena/stage (raṅga)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the social and ethical dimension of warfare in epic narrative: collective morale and public affirmation can steady a warrior’s courage. It also frames combat as a regulated public act—watched, judged, and responded to—rather than a purely private outburst of violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāsudeva describes how the assembled onlookers, positioned like spectators in an arena, focus on his fighting and loudly cheer him on with lion-like battle-cries and clapping, thereby increasing his enthusiasm and confidence.