Shloka 24

Sātyaki-praveśaḥ and Duryodhana-saṃnipātaḥ

Sātyaki’s passage and Duryodhana’s mass engagement

Devanagari script

गर्जितोत्क्रुष्टसंनादा: शड्खदुन्दुभिनि:स्वना:

Transliteration

garjitotkruṣṭasaṃnādāḥ śaṅkhadundubhiniḥsvanāḥ

Translation

Sañjaya berkata: Bangkitlah hiruk-pikuk raungan dan sorak kemenangan, disertai tiupan sangkakala kulit siput yang bergema serta dentuman gendang perang yang dalam.

Word by Word

• गर्जित: roaring
• गर्जित: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्ज् (धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• उत्क्रुष्ट: loud shouting
• उत्क्रुष्ट: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत् + क्रुश् (धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• संनादाः: sounds, din, clamours
• संनादाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: संनाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• शङ्ख: conch
• शङ्ख: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्ख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (समासपूर्वपद), —

• दुन्दुभि: kettledrum
• दुन्दुभि: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुन्दुभि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (समासपूर्वपद), —

• निःस्वनाः: resonant sounds (of)
• निःस्वनाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: निःस्वन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• śaṅkha (conch)
• dundubhi (war-drum)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse does not give a direct moral injunction; it frames the ethical tension of war by highlighting how collective enthusiasm and ritualized signals (conches, drums, victory-shouts) can propel people into violent action under the banner of duty. It invites reflection on how dharma in a battlefield context is accompanied by powerful social and emotional forces.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya, narrating events to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, describes the battlefield soundscape: roaring cries and victory-shouts rise, while conches and war-drums reverberate—signaling mobilization, escalation, or the onset of a major clash in the Drona Parva.