Shloka 37
तावकानां तु सैन्यानां प्रहर्ष: समजायत । वादित्रनिनदक्षोग्र: सुमहान् रोमहर्षण:,उस समय आपके सैनिकोंको महान् हर्ष हो रहा था। वहाँ रणवाद्योंका रोमांचकारी एवं भयंकर शब्द बड़े जोर-जोरसे होने लगा
tāvakānāṃ tu sainyānāṃ praharṣaḥ samajāyata | vāditra-ninada-kṣogro sumahān romaharṣaṇaḥ ||
Sañjaya said: Among your troops a great exhilaration arose. Then the thunderous, tumultuous blare of the war-instruments swelled mightily—terrifying and hair-raising—signaling their surge of confidence and the hardening of hearts as battle pressed on.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how collective emotion in war can be amplified by spectacle and sound: martial instruments intensify exhilaration and fear, shaping ethical perception and resolve. It implicitly warns that excitement and intimidation are powerful forces that can eclipse sober discernment (dharma-viveka) on the battlefield.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the Kaurava troops are filled with great joy, and the battlefield resounds with a fierce, overwhelming clamor of war-instruments—an audible sign of their rising confidence and the escalation of combat.