Shloka 186
Droṇa’s Rebuke to Duryodhana after Jayadratha’s Fall (द्रोणेन दुर्योधनं प्रति प्रत्युक्तिः)
क्षोभयध्वं महावेगा: पवन: सागरं यथा । (इसके बाद उन्होंने फिर कहा--) 'सात्यकि और अर्जुनके न होनेपर ये कौरव तो कृतार्थ हो जायँगे और हम पराजित होंगे। अत: तुम सब लोग एक साथ मिलकर महान् वेगका आश्रय ले तुरंत ही इस सैन्य-समुद्रमें हलचल मचा दो। ठीक वैसे ही जैसे प्रचण्ड वायु महासागरको विकज्षुब्ध कर देती है”
kṣobhayadhvaṃ mahāvegāḥ pavanaḥ sāgaraṃ yathā |
Sañjaya said: “Stir up (the enemy host), O men of great speed, just as a mighty wind churns the ocean.” In context, this is a tactical exhortation: when key champions are absent, the side that seizes momentum by coordinated action can turn the tide. The simile frames war as a turbulent sea—ethically underscoring how collective agitation and haste can overwhelm order and lead to decisive, often destructive, outcomes.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the power of unified, forceful initiative: coordinated effort can rapidly transform a situation, just as wind can churn a calm sea into turbulence. It also cautions that such agitation, once unleashed, is hard to contain—an ethical reminder about the consequences of inciting mass violence in war.
Sañjaya reports an urgent exhortation to fighters to surge together and create upheaval in the opposing army, using the image of a strong wind disturbing the ocean to convey speed, force, and battlefield chaos.