Shloka 49

द्रोणपर्व — अध्याय १६२: प्रातःसंध्यायां युद्धप्रवृत्तिः तथा रजोमेघे संमूढता

Devanagari script

तौ प्रबुद्धौ रणे दृष्टवा वने वन्यौ गजाविव । उभयो: सेनयोर्हर्षस्तुमुल: समपद्यत,वनमें लड़नेवाले दो जंगली हाथियोंके समान उन दोनोंको युद्धमें जागरूक देखकर दोनों सेनाओमें तुमुल हर्षनाद छा गया

Transliteration

tau prabuddhau raṇe dṛṣṭvā vane vanyau gajāv iva | ubhayoḥ senayor harṣas tumulaḥ samapadyata ||

Translation

サञ्जयは言った。「戦場においてあの二人が完全に目覚め、備え整えているのを見て――森の中の二頭の野象のように――両軍に轟くばかりの歓声と鬨の声が湧き起こった。」

Word by Word

तौthose two

प्रबुद्धौawakened, alert

रणेin battle

दृष्ट्वाhaving seen

वनेin the forest

वन्यौwild

गजौtwo elephants

इवlike, as

उभयोःof both

सेनयोःof the two armies

हर्षःjoy, exhilaration

तुमुलःtumultuous, loud

समपद्यतarose, came about

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

स

संजय (Sañjaya)

two unnamed warriors (tāu)

both armies (ubhayoḥ senayoḥ)

wild elephants (gajau) (simile)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how visible readiness and power in war can trigger contagious excitement in crowds on both sides, showing the ethical danger of being swept up by martial spectacle rather than reflective judgment.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that when the two fighters appeared fully alert and battle-ready—compared to wild forest elephants—both armies erupted in loud, tumultuous cheers.