Shloka 553
Duryodhana-patana-anuśocana
The Fall of Duryodhana and the Contest of Restraint
अन्तर्भूमिगतश्वैव तव पुत्रे निपातिते । राजन! जब आपका पुत्र मार गिराया गया, उस समय इस भूतलपर भेरी, शंखों और मृदंगोंका गम्भीर घोष होने लगा
antarbhūmi-gataś caiva tava putre nipātite | rājan, yadā tava putro māritaḥ, tadā asmin bhūtale bherī-śaṅkha-mṛdaṅgānāṃ gambhīro ghoṣaḥ samabhavat |
風神は言った。「王よ、汝の子が討たれて地に倒れたとき、地上には重々しく響き渡る喧声が起こった――ベーリーの太鼓、シャンク（法螺貝）、ムリダンガが一斉に鳴り響いたのだ。その瞬間は武人の死にとどまらず、戦の陰惨な儀礼をも刻む。楽器は勝利を告げるが、ダルマは血と命の代価によって試される。」
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical tension of war: public signals of triumph (drums and conches) arise immediately upon a death, reminding the listener that martial duty and victory are inseparable from grief, loss, and the testing of dharma.
Vāyu addresses a king and describes the moment the king’s son is slain and falls to the ground; at that instant, loud battlefield instruments—bherīs, conches, and mṛdaṅgas—sound across the earth, marking the event as a decisive and publicly proclaimed turn in the battle.