Shloka 16
Somadatta’s Kṣātra-Dharma Accusation; Night Combat, Māyā, and the Fall of Ghaṭotkaca
Droṇa-parva, Adhyāya 131
खं च भूमिं च संरुद्धां मेनिरे क्षत्रियर्षभा: । पुनर्घोरेण नादेन पाण्डवस्य महात्मन:,वहाँ आये हुए क्षत्रियशिरोमणि योद्धा महामना पाण्डुनन्दन भीमसेनके बारंबार होनेवाले घोर सिंहनादसे आकाश और पृथ्वीको व्याप्त मानने लगे
khaṃ ca bhūmiṃ ca saṃruddhāṃ menire kṣatriyarṣabhāḥ | punar ghoreṇa nādena pāṇḍavasya mahātmanaḥ ||
Sañjaya said: The foremost of warriors, those bulls among kṣatriyas who had gathered there, felt as though both sky and earth were filled and hemmed in by the repeated, terrifying lion-roar of the great-souled Pāṇḍava. The sound was not merely noise: it was a proclamation of resolve meant to steady allies, shake enemy morale, and announce that righteous fury had entered the field.
संजय उवाच