Shloka 14
भीष्मस्य मध्याह्नयुद्धवर्णनम् / Mid-day Battle Description: Bhīṣma Engaged by the Pāñcālas
अथ शब्दो महानासीत् तव सैन्यस्य भारत । मारुतोद्धतवेगस्य सागरस्येव पर्वणि
atha śabdo mahān āsīt tava sainyasya bhārata | mārutoddhatavegasya sāgarasyeva parvaṇi, bhārata ||
សញ្ជ័យបាននិយាយ៖ បន្ទាប់មក ឱ ភារតៈ សំឡេងរំពងដ៏ធំបានកើតឡើងពីកងទ័ពរបស់អ្នក ដូចសមុទ្រដែលគំហុករន្ទះនៅថ្ងៃបុណ្យ ពេលរលកត្រូវខ្យល់បោកឲ្យកើនកម្លាំង។
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how massed human will—especially in war—can swell into a force like nature itself. It implicitly cautions that such momentum, once unleashed, becomes difficult to restrain, intensifying the ethical stakes of choosing conflict over restraint.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that a tremendous clamour rises from the Kaurava host. He compares it to the ocean’s booming roar when wind drives its waves higher on a festive occasion, setting the scene for the battle’s escalating intensity.