Shloka 14
सेनयोरुभयोश्षवापि असर अब यते महान् । पाञ्चजन्यस्य निर्घोषो च निःस्वन:,“दोनों ही सेनाओंमें चारों ओर पांचजन्य शंखका गम्भीर घोष और गाण्डीवधनुषकी टंकारथ्वनि सुनायी देती है
sañjaya uvāca | senayor ubhayoḥ śvāpī asar abhyate mahān | pāñcajanyasya nirghoṣo ca niḥsvanaḥ |
सेनयोरुभयोः सर्वमप्यसृज्यत महान् रवः । पाञ्चजन्यस्य निर्घोषो गाण्डीवस्य च निःस्वनः ॥
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores how the outward commencement of war—signaled by sacred and martial sounds—also marks an inward ethical threshold: once the call is sounded, each side must confront responsibility (dharma), intention, and the consequences of violence.
Sañjaya describes the battlefield atmosphere at Kurukṣetra: across both armies a great uproar rises, dominated by Kṛṣṇa’s conch Pāñcajanya and the sharp twang of Arjuna’s bow Gāṇḍīva, indicating the battle’s imminent engagement.