Shloka 2
Adhyāya 111 (Book 6): Daśama-dina-saṃgrāma—Bhīṣma’s Counsel to Yudhiṣṭhira and the Śikhaṇḍin-Led Advance
संजय उवाच ततस्ते पाण्डवा:ः सर्वे सूर्यस्योदयनं प्रति । ताड्यमानासु भेरीषु मृदड्भेष्वानकेषु च,संजयने कहा--राजन्! तदनन्तर सूर्योदय होनेपर रणभेरियाँ बज उठीं, मृदंग और ढोल पीटे जाने लगे, दहीके समान श्वेतवर्णवाले शंख सब ओर बजाये जाने लगे। उस समय समस्त पाण्डव शिखण्डीको आगे करके युद्धके लिये शिविरसे बाहर निकले
sañjaya uvāca tataste pāṇḍavāḥ sarve sūryasyodayaṃ prati | tāḍyamānāsu bherīṣu mṛdaṅgeṣv ānakeṣu ca ||
Sañjaya disse: Então todos os Pāṇḍavas, voltados para o nascer do sol, avançaram enquanto os grandes tambores de guerra eram batidos—tímpanos, mṛdaṅgas e outros instrumentos marciais ressoando. A cena assinalava o início solene do combate: não uma querela privada, mas um confronto público e ordenado, em que o dever e a determinação eram anunciados pelo som ritualizado da guerra.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores disciplined, duty-bound warfare: action begins at an auspicious, public moment (sunrise) and is framed by formal martial signals. It reflects the Mahābhārata’s ethical tension—war is grievous, yet undertaken as a regulated kṣatriya obligation rather than impulsive violence.
Sañjaya reports that at sunrise the Pāṇḍavas move out as battle-instruments—bherīs, mṛdaṅgas, and ānakas—are struck. It sets the battlefield atmosphere and marks the organized start of the day’s engagement.