Shloka 25

Devanagari script

शूरा गर्जन्ति सततं प्रावषीव बलाहका:

Transliteration

śūrā garjanti satataṁ prāvaṣīva balāhakāḥ

Translation

Sañjaya said: The heroes kept roaring again and again, like monsoon clouds in the rainy season—an image of martial ardor swelling into a storm, where courage seeks to uphold one’s side’s duty even as the battlefield grows ever more perilous.

Word by Word

शूराःheroes, brave men

गर्जन्तिroar, thunder

सततम्constantly, always

प्रावृषिin the rainy season

इवlike, as if

बलाहकाःclouds

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights steadfast courage and collective resolve in the face of danger. By comparing warriors’ cries to monsoon thunder, it suggests that martial energy can gather irresistibly—yet it also hints at the ethical weight of war, where duty-driven valor can unleash consequences as powerful as a storm.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the warriors on the battlefield are repeatedly roaring—battle-cries rising and rolling like thunderous rain-clouds—signaling intensifying combat and heightened morale or fury on the field.