Shloka 48
स शब्दस्तुमुल: खं द्यां पृथिवीं च व्यनादयत् । सबने प्रसन्न होकर रणभेरियाँ बजायीं, सहस्रों डंके पीटे, घोड़ोंकी टापों और रथोंके पहियोंसे पीड़ित हुई रणभूमि मानो आर्तनाद करने लगी। वह तुमुल ध्वनि आकाश, अन्तरिक्ष और भूतलको गुँजाने लगी ।। तं शब्दं पाण्डवा: श्रुत्वा पर्जन्यनिनदोपमम्
sa śabdas tumulaḥ khaṃ dyāṃ pṛthivīṃ ca vyanādayat | sabne prasanna hokara raṇabheriyāṃ bajāyīṃ, sahasroṃ ḍaṃke pīṭe, ghoṛoṃ kī ṭāpoṃ aur rathoṃ ke pahiyoṃ se pīḍita huī raṇabhūmi māno ārtanāda karane lagī | sa tumula dhvani ākāśa, antarikṣa aur bhūtala ko guṃjāne lagī || taṃ śabdaṃ pāṇḍavāḥ śrutvā parjanya-ninadopamam ||
ಆ ತುಮುಲ ಶಬ್ದವು ಆಕಾಶ, ಅಂತರಿಕ್ಷ ಮತ್ತು ಭೂಮಿಯನ್ನು ಪ್ರತಿಧ್ವನಿಗೊಳಿಸಿತು. ಮಳೆಮೋಡಗಳ ಗರ್ಜನೆಯಂತೆ ಆ ಧ್ವನಿಯನ್ನು ಕೇಳಿ ಪಾಂಡವರು ಅದನ್ನು ಗಮನಿಸಿದರು.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the moral gravity of war: collective excitement and martial display can drown the world in noise, yet the earth itself is portrayed as suffering. The imagery implicitly cautions that triumphal fervor carries a cost borne by living beings and the very ground of battle.
Sanjaya reports a massive surge of battle-noise—war-drums and countless drums, along with the pounding of horses and chariots—so intense that it seems to make the sky, mid-air, and earth reverberate. The Pāṇḍavas hear this thunder-like din, signaling the enemy’s readiness and the intensifying clash.