Shloka 183
भीमस्य जलान्वेषणं तथा वनविश्रान्तिः
Bhīma’s Search for Water and the Forest Halt
धनुर्ज्यातलशब्दश्न संस्पृश्य गगनं महान् | द्रपदके भयंकर बाण सब दिशाओंमें विचरने लगे। महाराज! उनकी विजय होती देख पांचालोंके घरोंमें शंख
vaiśampāyana uvāca | dhanurjyāṭalaśabdaś ca saṃspṛśya gaganaṃ mahān | drupadake bhayaṅkarā bāṇāḥ sarvadiśaṃ vicaranāḥ || mahārāja! teṣāṃ vijayaṃ dṛṣṭvā pañcālānāṃ gṛheṣu śaṅkhabherīmṛdaṅgādayaḥ sahasraśo vādyāni yugapat prāduḥśabdam akurvan | mahātmabalasampannāḥ pañcālasainikāḥ siṃhanādaṃ mahāvegena cakruḥ | sahaiva ca teṣāṃ dhanūṃṣi pratyancāṭaṅkāro mahān ākāśe vyāptaḥ pratyanunādayām āsa ||
ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。「弓弦の轟く響きは力強く立ちのぼり、まるで天に触れるかのようであった。恐るべき矢は四方へと飛び交い始めた。王よ、彼らの勝利を見て、パンチャーラの家々では法螺貝、戦鼓、ムリダンガ（mṛdaṅga）など幾千の楽器が一斉に鳴り響いた。大いなる内なる力を備えたパンチャーラの兵は、獅子のごとく凄まじく咆哮し、同時に弓弦の激しい反響が天に広がって、あまねくこだました。」
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage highlights how collective morale and inner strength (ātmabala) manifest outwardly in disciplined martial readiness and communal celebration. It implicitly contrasts righteous confidence and unity with fear: victory is not only a battlefield outcome but also a social and ethical affirmation that energizes a whole community.
A victorious moment for the Pañcālas is being described: arrows fly, bowstrings thunder, soldiers roar, and the populace celebrates with conches and drums. Vaiśampāyana paints a vivid soundscape of triumph and mobilized force, addressed to the king listening to the epic.