Shloka 30
Chapter 47: Krauñca-vyūha Deployment and Conch-Signals
Kaurava–Pāṇḍava Readiness
ततस्ते सैनिका: सर्वे प्रशंसन्ति सम कौरवान् | हृष्टा: सुमनसो भूत्वा चैलानि दुधुवुश्च ह,तदनन्तर वे सब सैनिक कौरवोंकी प्रशंसा करने लगे और प्रसन्नचित्त हो हर्षमें भरकर अपने कपड़े हिलाने लगे
tatas te sainikāḥ sarve praśaṃsanti sma kauravān | hṛṣṭāḥ sumanaso bhūtvā cailāni dudhuvuś ca ha ||
Then all those soldiers began praising the Kauravas. Delighted and of cheerful mind, they were filled with exhilaration and waved their garments—an outward sign of approval and rising morale amid the tensions of war.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how collective emotion and public gestures (praise, waving garments) can amplify confidence and cohesion in a group—an ethically neutral but powerful force that can be directed toward either righteous or unrighteous ends in war.
Sanjaya reports that the Kaurava soldiers, pleased by what they have just witnessed, break into praise of the Kauravas and, in excitement, wave their clothes as a sign of approval and heightened battlefield spirit.