Shloka 5

कर्णस्य एकाकि-प्रहारः तथा पाण्डव-महारथ-परिवेष्टनम् | Karṇa’s concentrated assault and the Pāṇḍava encirclement

Devanagari script

दुर्योधनस्य तच्छुत्वा वचन क्षत्रियर्षभा: । ह्ृष्टा नादानुदक्रोशन्‌ वादित्राणि च सर्वश:,दुर्योधनकी वह बात सुनकर क्षत्रियशिरोमणि वीर हर्षमें भरकर सिंहनाद करने और सब प्रकारके बाजे बजाने लगे

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | duryodhanasya tac chrutvā vacanaṃ kṣatriyarṣabhāḥ | hṛṣṭā nādān udakrośan vāditrāṇi ca sarvaśaḥ ||

Translation

ದುರ್ಯೋಧನನ ಆ ವಚನವನ್ನು ಕೇಳಿ ಕ್ಷತ್ರಿಯಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠ ವೀರರು ಹರ್ಷದಿಂದ ಉಲ್ಲಸಿಸಿದರು; ಅವರು ಗರ್ಜನೆಯ ಯುದ್ಧಘೋಷಗಳನ್ನು ಎತ್ತಿ, ಎಲ್ಲ ವಿಧದ ವಾದ್ಯಗಳನ್ನು ಮೊಳಗಿಸಿದರು.

Word by Word

दुर्योधनस्यof Duryodhana

तत्that (speech/statement)

श्रुत्वाhaving heard

वचनम्speech, words

क्षत्रियर्षभाःbulls among kshatriyas; foremost warriors

हृष्टाःdelighted, thrilled

नादान्roars, loud cries

उदक्रोशन्they shouted out

वादित्राणिmusical instruments, drums etc.

चand

सर्वशःon all sides; in every way

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Duryodhana

kṣatriya warriors

war instruments (vāditra)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how stirring leadership speech can inflame collective martial emotion—loyalty and pride quickly become fuel for violence. Ethically, it invites reflection on how enthusiasm in war may be socially contagious, overriding sober discernment (viveka) about right conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

After Duryodhana speaks, the leading Kaurava-side kṣatriya warriors react with excitement: they shout battle-cries and have all kinds of instruments played, signaling readiness and intensifying the battlefield atmosphere.