Shloka 943
Sauptika Parva, Adhyaya 8 — Dhṛṣṭadyumna-vadha and the Camp’s Nocturnal Rout
अपूरयद् दिश: सर्वा दिवं चातिमहान् स्वनः । राजन्! आनन्दमग्न हुए भूतसमुदायोंके द्वारा किया हुआ वह महान् कोलाहल सम्पूर्ण दिशाओं तथा आकाशमें गूँज उठा
apūrayad diśaḥ sarvā divaṃ cātimahān svanaḥ | rājan ānandamagnair bhūtasamūhair kṛto mahān kolāhalaḥ samantād diśaś ca nabhaś ca nināda |
സഞ്ജയൻ പറഞ്ഞു—രാജാവേ! അതിമഹത്തായ സ്വരം എല്ലാ ദിക്കുകളെയും ആകാശത്തെയും നിറച്ചു. ആനന്ദത്തിൽ മത്തായ ഭूतസമൂഹങ്ങൾ ഉയർത്തിയ ആ മഹാകോലാഹലം എല്ലാടവും മുഴങ്ങി.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how collective emotion—here, a jubilant frenzy among unseen beings—can swell into a world-filling tumult, functioning as a portent in the war narrative and reminding the listener that violence and its aftermath draw in forces beyond the human sphere.
Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra that a tremendous roar arose and echoed through all directions and the sky, produced by hosts of beings exulting in excitement—an atmospheric, ominous soundscape surrounding the events of the Sauptika episode.