Shloka 117
परिघके समान मोटी भुजाओंवाले शूरवीर पाण्डवोंने इहलोकमें विजय पाकर परलोकमें भी उत्तम गति निश्चित कर ली। वे सब-के-सब बड़े-बड़े शंख बजाने लगे ।।
sañjaya uvāca | parighake samānāḥ sthūlā bhujāḥ yeṣāṃ te śūrāḥ pāṇḍavā ihaloke vijayaṃ prāpya paraloke'pi uttamāṃ gatiṃ niścitāṃ cakruḥ | te sarve mahāśaṅkhān vādayām āsuḥ || somakāḥ sapāñcālāḥ prahṛṣyanta janeśvara | tataḥ tūryasahasreṣu nadatsu sa mahābalaḥ ||
サンジャヤは言った。「鉄の棍棒のように太い腕を持つパーンダヴァの勇者たちは、この世で勝利を得て、来世においても確かな高き境地を定めた。彼らは皆、大いなる法螺貝を吹き鳴らし始めた。人々の主よ、ソーマカ族はパンチャーラ族とともに歓喜し、やがて幾千の軍楽器が轟く中、あの強大な喧騒が湧き起こった。」
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse links righteous martial effort with a twofold outcome: success in the visible world (victory, honor) and a higher destiny beyond (uttamā gati). It reflects the epic’s ethic that a kṣatriya who fights steadfastly for a just cause gains both worldly acclaim and spiritual merit.
Sañjaya describes the Pāṇḍava side surging with confidence: the Pāṇḍavas blow their great conches, while their allies—the Somakas and Pāñcālas—rejoice. The battlefield fills with the roar of thousands of war-instruments, signaling the army’s rising morale and readiness for combat.