Shloka 1213
शब्दं गाण्डीवधोषेण कौन्तेयो5भ्यभवद् बली । तब बलवान कुन्तीकुमार अर्जुनने रणक्षेत्रमें टंकार करते हुए सुवर्णमय पृष्ठभागवाले समस्त धनुषोंके सम्मिलित शब्दोंको अपने गाण्डीव धनुषके गम्भीर घोषसे दबा दिया
sañjaya uvāca | śabdaṃ gāṇḍīvaghoṣeṇa kaunteyo 'bhyabhavad balī | tataḥ balavān kuntīkumāra arjuno raṇakṣetre ṭaṅkāraṃ kurvan suvarṇamaya-pṛṣṭhabhāga-vatāṃ samasta-dhanuṣāṃ sammilita-śabdaṃ sva-gāṇḍīva-dhanuṣaḥ gambhīra-ghoṣeṇa abhibhūya nyavārayat ||
Sañjaya said: The mighty son of Kuntī, Arjuna, overpowered the battlefield’s sound with the roar of Gāṇḍīva. Then, as he twanged his bow in the midst of combat, he drowned out the combined clamor of all the bows—gold-backed and resplendent—by the deep, thunderous resonance of his own Gāṇḍīva. In the moral theatre of war, this is not mere noise: it signals resolve, steadiness of purpose, and the psychological turning of the tide without needless speech—power expressed as disciplined action.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Strength in a dharma-yuddha is shown not only by striking but by steadiness and moral resolve that steadies allies and unsettles opponents. Arjuna’s controlled, purposeful display symbolizes disciplined power—action aligned with duty rather than boastful speech.
Sañjaya describes Arjuna in the thick of battle twanging his bow Gāṇḍīva so powerfully that its deep resonance overwhelms the combined noise of other warriors’ bows, signaling Arjuna’s dominance and the shifting momentum on the field.