Shloka 19
मārkaṇḍeya-ukta yuddha-vyūha-pratyavyūhaḥ
Battle Formations and Countermeasures in the Rāmopākhyāna
सशड्खघोष: सतलत्रघोषो गाण्डीवधन्वा मुहुरुद्वहंश्व । यदा शरानर्पयिता तवोरसि तदा मनस्ते किमिवाभविष्यत्,जब गाण्डीव धनुष धारण करनेवाले अर्जुन शंख-ध्वनिके साथ दस्तानेकी आवाज फैलाते हुए बार-बार बाण उठा-उठाकर तेरी छातीपर चोट करेंगे, उस समय तेरे मनकी दशा कैसी होगी? (इसे भी सोच ले)
saśaṅkhaghoṣaḥ satalatraghoṣo gāṇḍīvadhanvā muhur udvahan śvān | yadā śarān arpayitā tavorasi tadā manas te kim ivābhaviṣyat ||
ジャヤドラタは言った。「ガーンディーヴァを携えるアルジュナが、法螺貝の轟きと武具の鳴り響く音を伴って進み、幾度も矢を取り上げて放ち、汝の胸に突き立てるとき、そのとき汝の心は如何なる有様となろうか。これもまた思い量れ。」
जयद्रथ उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores moral causality in a warrior context: reckless wrongdoing invites inevitable consequences, and fear arises when one confronts the rightful retaliation of a superior, dharma-aligned hero.
Jayadratha speaks in a taunting, cautionary tone, evoking Arjuna’s battlefield presence—conch-blast, martial clamor, and repeated volleys—to shake the opponent’s confidence and force him to imagine the terror of facing Arjuna’s arrows.