Shloka 23
Śākadvīpa–Pramāṇa–Varṇana
Measurements and Description of Śākadvīpa
मुनिदेशात् परश्रैव प्रोच्यते दुन्दुभिस्वन: । सिद्धचारणसंकीर्णो गौरप्रायो जनाधिप
munideśāt paraś caiva procyate dundubhisvanaḥ | siddhacāraṇasaṅkīrṇo gauraprāyo janādhipa ||
サンジャヤは言った。「おお人々の主よ。ムニ（聖仙）の国から、また他の方角からも、大いなる戦鼓を打つがごとき音が聞こえる。吉祥にして深い響きが、シッダ（Siddha）とチャーラナ（Cāraṇa）の群れのただ中に満ち、そこには白く明るい光が優勢である。」
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores how momentous actions—especially war undertaken by kings—are framed by larger cosmic and moral atmospheres: signs, proclamations, and the witnessing presence of higher beings. It hints that human conflict is not merely private ambition but a public, ethically weighty event observed and judged in a wider order.
Sañjaya reports to the king that a powerful, drum-like sound is being heard from the direction associated with sages and other quarters, in a scene crowded with celestial Siddhas and Cāraṇas. The description functions as an omen-like, heightened prelude to the great battle setting.