Mahabharata 7.186.55 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 186, Shloka 55
यथा चन्द्रोदयोद्धूत: क्षुभितः सागरो5भवत् | तथा चन्द्रोदयोद्धूत: स बभूव बलार्णव:
sañjaya uvāca | yathā candrodayoddhūtaḥ kṣubhitaḥ sāgaro 'bhavat | tathā candrodayoddhūtaḥ sa babhūva balārṇavaḥ |
பௌர்ணமி நிலவு உதயத்தால் தூண்டப்பட்ட கடல் கலங்கிப் பொங்குவது போல, நிலவெழுச்சியால் உந்தப்பட்ட அந்தப் படைமகாசமுத்திரமும் அப்போது கலக்கமடைந்தது।
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The verse highlights how external conditions can rapidly inflame collective emotion: like tides responding to the moon, armies can surge into agitation when a triggering sign or moment arrives—an ethical reminder to recognize and govern mass impulse amid war.
Sanjaya describes the battlefield mood: with the moon’s rising, the assembled forces are compared to an ocean whose waters heave under lunar influence, indicating a sudden, widespread stirring and unrest across the host.
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