Shloka 26

Devanagari script

चण्डवाताभिसृष्टानामुदधीनामिव स्वन:

Transliteration

caṇḍavātābhisṛṣṭānām udadhīnām iva svanaḥ

Translation

Sañjaya said: “The sound was like the roaring of oceans driven into turmoil by fierce, stormy winds”—a simile that conveys how the battlefield’s uproar had become vast, uncontrollable, and terrifying, reflecting the moral and emotional chaos unleashed by war.

Word by Word

• चण्डवाताभिसृष्टानाम्: of (those) driven/impelled by a fierce wind
• चण्डवाताभिसृष्टानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चण्डवाताभिसृष्ट
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• उदधीनाम्: of oceans/seas
• उदधीनाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदधि
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• इव: like/as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• स्वनः: sound/roar
• स्वनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

सयजय उवाच

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores how war magnifies human actions into overwhelming, uncontrollable consequences: the din of conflict becomes as immense as storm-tossed oceans, suggesting that violence unleashes forces that exceed individual control and intensify fear and disorder.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes the tremendous roar arising in the battle context, comparing it to the thunderous sound of oceans churned by fierce winds—an image used to convey the scale and dread of the ongoing combat.