Shloka 26
वासवी-शक्तेः प्रयोगः, घटोत्कच-वधोत्तर-शोकः, व्यासोपदेशश्च
The Vāsavī Spear’s Use, Post-Ghaṭotkaca Grief, and Vyāsa’s Counsel
चण्डवाताभिसृष्टानामुदधीनामिव स्वन:
caṇḍavātābhisṛṣṭānām udadhīnām iva svanaḥ
サンジャヤは言った。「その響きは、烈しい暴風にあおられて荒れ狂う大海の轟きのごとくであった」—戦場の喧噪が、広大で抑えがたく、恐るべきものとなったことを示す譬えである。
सयजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores how war magnifies human actions into overwhelming, uncontrollable consequences: the din of conflict becomes as immense as storm-tossed oceans, suggesting that violence unleashes forces that exceed individual control and intensify fear and disorder.
Sañjaya describes the tremendous roar arising in the battle context, comparing it to the thunderous sound of oceans churned by fierce winds—an image used to convey the scale and dread of the ongoing combat.