Shloka 15

भीमसेन–कर्णयुद्धवर्णनम्

Description of the Bhīmasena–Karṇa Engagement

Devanagari script

भीरूणां त्रासजनने शूराणां हर्षवर्धने । प्रवादितासु भेरीषु झर्झरिष्वानकेषु च

Transliteration

bhīrūṇāṁ trāsajanane śūrāṇāṁ harṣavardhane | pravāditāsu bherīṣu jharjhariṣv ānakeṣu ca ||

Translation

ສັນຊະຍະກ່າວວ່າ: ເມື່ອກອງກະທົບ (kettledrums) ຖືກຕີຂຶ້ນ—ພ້ອມກັບກອງ «ຊັຣຊັຣຣີ» ແລະກອງສົງຄາມ «ອານະກະ»—ສຽງຄືຟ້າຮ້ອງຂອງມັນເຮັດໃຫ້ຜູ້ຂີ້ຢ້ານຫວາດກົວ ແຕ່ກັບເພີ່ມພູນຄວາມຍິນດີ ແລະຄວາມມຸ່ງໝັ້ນໃຫ້ແກ່ຜູ້ກ້າຫານ. ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ສັນຍານສົງຄາມອັນດຽວກັນນີ້ໄດ້ເປີດເຜີຍອຸປນິສັຍພາຍໃນຂອງແຕ່ລະຝ່າຍໃນສະໜາມຮົບ.

Word by Word

भीरूणाम्of the fearful (cowards)

त्रासजननेin the producing of terror

शूराणाम्of the heroes (brave men)

हर्षवर्धनेin the increasing of joy

प्रवादितासुwhen sounded/being played

भेरीषुin/on kettledrums

झर्झरिषुin/on jharjharis (a kind of drum/instrument)

आनकेषुin/on kettle-drums (ānaka drums)

चand

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

bherī (kettledrum/war-drum)

jharjharī (drum/percussion instrument)

ānaka (war-drum)

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 the same external event—martial drums—can produce opposite effects depending on one’s inner disposition: fear in the timid and invigorating joy in the courageous. It implicitly praises steadiness and valor as fitting qualities in a righteous warrior context.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes the battlefield atmosphere as war-instruments are sounded. The booming of bherīs, jharjharīs, and ānakas signals the onset or intensification of combat, psychologically shaking the fearful while energizing the heroic fighters.