Mahabharata 7.84.5 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 84, Shloka 5

अलम्बुस-वधः

The Neutralization of Alambusa

Devanagari script

एवमेतानि सर्वाणि तथान्यान्यपि भारत । वादयन्ति सुसंहृष्टा: कुशला: साधुशिक्षिता:

Transliteration

evam etāni sarvāṇi tathānyāny api bhārata | vādayanti susaṁhṛṣṭāḥ kuśalāḥ sādhuśikṣitāḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya disse: “Assim, ó Bhārata, aqueles instrumentos —e muitos outros além deles— foram tocados. Artistas hábeis, bem treinados e devidamente instruídos, fizeram-nos soar com grande júbilo, enchendo a cena com a música estrondosa e festiva da guerra.”

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus, in this manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• एतानि: these
• एतानि: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Plural

• सर्वाणि: all
• सर्वाणि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Plural

• तथा: so, likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• अन्यानि: other
• अन्यानि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Plural

• अपि: also, even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• भारत: O Bharata
• Type: Noun (proper/vocative)
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• वादयन्ति: they play (instruments), cause to sound
• Type: Verb
• Root: वादय् (√वाद् + णिच्)
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• सुसंहृष्टाः: highly delighted, very exhilarated
• सुसंहृष्टाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुसंहृष्ट
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• कुशलाः: skilled
• कुशलाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुशल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• साधु: well, properly
• Type: Indeclinable (adverbial)
• Root: साधु

• शिक्षिताः: trained, instructed
• शिक्षिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिक्षित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhārata (Dhṛtarāṣṭra as addressee)
• musical instruments (vādyāni)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how collective emotion and training can amplify an atmosphere—here, the exhilaration of war is intensified through disciplined performance. It implicitly contrasts technical skill and excitement with the grave ethical weight of battle that surrounds such pageantry.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that well-trained, skilled musicians are joyfully sounding many instruments, creating a loud, celebratory martial soundscape as events in the war unfold.