Shloka 1283
दध्मौ प्रमुदित: शड्खं बृहन्तमपराजित: । भागे हुए घोड़े भीमसेनको समरांगणसे दूर हटा ले गये, यह देखकर विजयी वीर अश्वृत्थामाने अत्यन्त प्रसन्न हो अपना विशाल शंख बजाया
dadhmau pramuditaḥ śaṅkhaṃ bṛhantam aparājitaḥ | bhāge huye ghoṛe bhīmasenako samarāṅgaṇase dūra haṭā le gaye, yaha dekhakara vijayī vīra aśvatthāmāne atyanta prasanna ho apnā viśāla śaṅkha bajāyā |
サンジャヤは言った。「逃げる馬がビーマセーナを戦場から遠ざけたのを見て、勝ち誇る勇士アシュヴァッターマー—不屈にして歓喜に満ち—大いなる法螺貝を吹き鳴らした。」
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage highlights how quickly advantage shifts in war and how warriors publicly mark perceived victory through martial signals like the conch. Ethically, it invites reflection on the exhilaration of triumph amid violence and the instability of worldly success.
Bhīma is drawn away from the battlefield as the horses flee; witnessing this, Aśvatthāmā feels victorious and, in celebration and proclamation, blows his large conch while Sañjaya reports the event.