Shloka 54

Devanagari script

।। चण्डवाताभिपन्नानामुदधीनामिव स्वन:

Transliteration

caṇḍavātābhipannānām udadhīnām iva svanaḥ

Translation

Sañjaya said: The sound rose like the roar of oceans lashed and driven by a fierce gale—an ominous, overwhelming din befitting the fury of battle.

Word by Word

• चण्डवाताभिपन्नानाम्: of (those) struck/assailed by a fierce wind
• चण्डवाताभिपन्नानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चण्डवाताभिपन्न
• 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

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• oceans (udadhi)
• fierce wind/gale (caṇḍavāta)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores how war magnifies human actions into overwhelming forces: the battlefield’s noise is compared to storm-driven oceans, suggesting that unchecked fury becomes a natural-catastrophe-like power that engulfs all, warning implicitly against the escalation of violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes the tremendous sound arising in the conflict, likening it to the roaring of seas whipped by a violent wind—an auditory image conveying the intensity and dread of the ongoing battle in the Droṇa Parva.