Shloka 323

Devanagari script

प्रहशस्तावका राजन्‌ सिंहनादान्‌ विनेदिरे । राजन्‌! उस महासमरमें पाण्डव-सेनाको दग्ध होती देख आपके सैनिक अत्यन्त प्रसन्न हो जोर-जोरसे सिंहनाद करने लगे

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | prahaṣṭās tāvakā rājan siṃhanādān vinedire | rājan, asmin mahāsamare pāṇḍava-senāṃ dagdhāṃ dṛṣṭvā tava sainikā atyantaṃ prasannāḥ san uccair uccaiḥ siṃhanādān cakruḥ |

Translation

Sanjaya said: “O King, your warriors, exultant, raised loud lion-roars. Seeing the Pandava army being scorched in that great battle, they became exceedingly delighted and shouted their triumphant roars again and again.”

Word by Word

• प्रहृष्टाः: delighted, exultant
• प्रहृष्टाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रहृष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √हृष्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तावकाः: your men (your soldiers)
• तावकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तावक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सिंहनादान्: lion-roars, battle-cries
• सिंहनादान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिंहनाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• विनेदिरे: they roared, they sounded forth
• विनेदिरे: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-√नद्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Dhritarashtra
• Kaurava soldiers
• Pandava army
• lion-roar (siṃhanāda)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the moral tension of war: victory and the enemy’s suffering can provoke exhilaration, yet such delight in destruction underscores how conflict distorts ethical sensibility and compassion—an implicit warning about the psychological intoxication of triumph.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya reports to King Dhritarashtra that the Kaurava troops, seeing the Pandava forces being scorched in the great battle, become highly pleased and raise loud, repeated cries of triumph (lion-roars).