Shloka 4
शल्यपरिघातः (Śalya Under Encirclement) — Mahābhārata, Śalya-parva, Adhyāya 12
तत:ः शड्खप्रणादश्च तूर्याणां च सहस्रश: । सिंहनादश्न संजज्ञे शूराणां हर्षवर्धन:
tataḥ śaṅkhapraṇādaś ca tūryāṇāṃ ca sahasraśaḥ | siṃhanādaś ca saṃjajñe śūrāṇāṃ harṣavardhanaḥ ||
അപ്പോൾ ശംഖപ്രണാദവും ആയിരക്കണക്കിന് തൂര്യങ്ങളുടെ മുഴക്കവും ഉയർന്നു. ശൂരന്മാരുടെ സിംഹനാദവും പിറന്നു; അത് അവരുടെ ഹർഷം വർധിപ്പിച്ചു.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how collective sound—conches, instruments, and battle-cries—functions as a force that amplifies emotion and resolve. Ethically, it points to the double-edged nature of martial exhilaration: it can steady courage and unity, yet it can also intensify aggression and propel violence.
As the armies prepare and the confrontation escalates, the battlefield fills with the blaring of conches and the loud music of war-instruments in great numbers. The warriors raise a lion-like roar, boosting their morale and signaling readiness for combat.