Shloka 326

Devanagari script

विद्रवन्ति च सैन्यानि त्वदीयानि दिशो दश । शत्रुओंकी सेनामें यह भयंकर गर्जनाका शब्द बढ़ता जा रहा है और तुम्हारे सैनिक दसों दिशाओंमें भाग रहे हैं

Transliteration

vidravanti ca sainyāni tvadīyāni diśo daśa |

Translation

ພະວາຍຸເທວະກ່າວວ່າ: «ກອງທັບຂອງເຈົ້າແຕກແຖວ ແລະຫນີໄປທົ່ວສິບທິດ. ໃນຄ່າຍສັດຕູ ສຽງຄຳຮ້ອງກຶກກ້ອງອັນນ່າສະພຶງກຳລັງພອງໂຕຂຶ້ນ—ເປັນລາງຮ້າຍວ່າຄວາມຢ້ານໄດ້ຄອບງຳຝ່າຍເຈົ້າ ແລະອຳນາດຮຸກຄືບຂອງຝ່າຍຕົນຕໍ່ສູ້ກຳລັງເພີ່ມຂຶ້ນ»។

Word by Word

• विद्रवन्ति: run away, flee
• विद्रवन्ति: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि+द्रु (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), 3rd, Plural, परस्मैपद

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• सैन्यानि: armies, troops
• सैन्यानि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सैन्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• त्वदीयानि: your (belonging to you)
• त्वदीयानि: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्वदीय
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• दिशः: directions
• दिशः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• दश: ten
• दश: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दशन्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

श्रीवायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu-deva (Wind-god) (speaker)
• tvam (the addressed person, unnamed in the pāda)
• tvadīya-sainyāni (your troops)
• śatravaḥ / śatru-senā (enemy army; implied by the accompanying Hindi gloss)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights a key ethical and practical truth of warfare: when discipline and courage collapse, even a large force becomes ineffective. A leader must recognize signs of panic and restore order, because moral strength and cohesion often decide outcomes as much as weapons do.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu-deva reports a battlefield development: the addressed warrior’s own troops are scattering in all directions, while the enemy’s terrifying roar grows louder—indicating the enemy’s advance and the speaker’s side losing morale and formation.