Shloka 12
ततः प्राध्मापयच्छड्खं भेरीशतनिनादिनम् | प्रचुक्षुभे बल॑ सर्वमुद््भूत इव सागर:,तदनन्तर द्रोणने सौ नगाड़ोंके बराबर आवाज करनेवाले अपने शंखको बजाया। उसे सुनकर सारी सेनामें हलचल मच गयी, मानो समुद्रमें ज्वार आ गया हो
tataḥ prādhmāpayac chaṅkhaṃ bherīśataninādinam | pracukṣubhe balaṃ sarvam udbhūta iva sāgaraḥ ||
ನಂತರ ದ್ರೋಣನು ನೂರು ಭೇರಿಗಳ ಗರ್ಜನೆಯಂತೆ ನಾದಿಸುವ ತನ್ನ ಶಂಖವನ್ನು ಊದಿದನು. ಅದನ್ನು ಕೇಳುತ್ತಿದ್ದಂತೆಯೇ ಸಮಸ್ತ ಸೇನೆ ಕುದಿಯಿತು—ಏಳಿದ ಅಲೆಗಳಿಂದ ಸಮುದ್ರ ಉಬ್ಬಿದಂತೆ.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the power of a single decisive signal to move a collective body—awakening courage, fear, and readiness. Ethically, it points to how leaders and symbols can shape the moral and emotional climate before action, for good or ill.
A warrior blows a conch that sounds as loud as a hundred war-drums. The sound spreads through the ranks, and the entire army becomes restless and stirred, compared to the ocean swelling in a sudden surge.