Mahabharata 7.74.53 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 74, Shloka 53
अर्जुनस्य सैन्धवाभिमुखगमनम् तथा विन्दानुविन्दयोर्वधः
Arjuna’s advance toward Saindhava and the fall of Vinda–Anuvinda
ततो वादित्रघोषाश्न प्रादुरासन् सहस्रश: । सिंहनादश्न पाण्डूनां प्रतिज्ञाते महात्मना
tato vāditraghoṣāḥ prādurāsan sahasraśaḥ | siṃhanādaś ca pāṇḍūnāṃ pratijñāte mahātmanā ||
അതിനുശേഷം മഹാത്മാവായ അർജുനൻ പ്രതിജ്ഞ ചെയ്തതുമാത്രത്തിൽ പാണ്ഡവശിബിരത്തിൽ ആയിരക്കണക്കിന് വാദ്യങ്ങളുടെ ഘോഷം ഉയർന്നു; പാണ്ഡവവീരരുടെ സിംഹനാദവും എല്ലാടവും മുഴങ്ങിത്തുടങ്ങി।
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
A publicly declared vow by a righteous warrior carries ethical force: it binds the speaker to action and simultaneously galvanizes the community to uphold duty (kṣatriya-dharma) in a crisis.
Immediately after the great-souled hero (contextually Arjuna) makes a pledge, the Pandava camp erupts with the sounds of drums and other instruments and with loud lion-like battle-cries, signaling collective approval and readiness for the coming action.
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