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Shloka 1176

गौरुडव्यूह-रचना तथा अर्धचन्द्र-प्रत्यव्यूह

Garuḍa Array and the Ardhacandra Counter-Formation

Devanagari script

वादित्रनिनदैघेरिर्नृत्यति सम समन्ततः । राजन! श्वेतको मारा गया देख आपका पुत्र दुःशासन बाजे-गाजेकी भयंकर ध्वनिके साथ चारों ओर नाचने लगा

Transliteration

vāditra-ninadaiḥ ghoraiḥ nṛtyati sama-samantataḥ | rājan! śvetako mārā gayā; dekh āp kā putra duḥśāsana bāje-gāje kī bhayaṅkara dhvani ke sātha cāroṃ or nācne lagā ||

Translation

Санджая сказал: О царь, среди устрашающего грохота барабанов и музыкальных инструментов повсюду, со всех сторон, начались пляски. «Шветака убит!» — услышав это, твой сын Духшасана принялся плясать кругом, увлечённый грозным шумом музыки.

Word by Word

वादित्र-निनद-घोरैःwith terrible sounds of musical instruments

नृत्यतिdances

समम्equally / uniformly

समन्ततःon all sides / all around

राजन्O king

श्वेतकःŚvetaka (proper name)

माराःthe Maras (a group/name; unclear in this context)

गयाःthe Gayas (a group/name; unclear in this context)

ददृशुःsaw

आपकnot Sanskrit (Hindi: 'your')

पुत्रson

दुःशासनःDuḥśāsana

बाजे-गाजेकीnot Sanskrit (Hindi: 'of music and instruments')

भयंकरterrible

ध्वनिःsound

सहwith

चारःnot matching intended sense; likely from Hindi 'चारों' (four/all four sides)

नाचनेnot Sanskrit (Hindi: 'to dance')

लगाnot Sanskrit (Hindi: 'began/started')

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Duḥśāsana

Śvetaka

vāditra (musical instruments)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights a moral contrast: rejoicing and celebrating at another’s death—especially in the frenzy of war—signals a hardening of conscience and a drift toward adharma. It implicitly critiques the Kaurava temperament that treats violence as entertainment rather than as a grave consequence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra that, after news spread that Śvetaka had been killed, Duḥśāsana erupted into celebratory dancing amid the frightening blare of war-instruments, with commotion on all sides.