Shloka 13
Arjuna’s Concentrated Archery and the Rout of the Kaurava Mahārathas
Gāṇḍīva-Nirghoṣa Episode
अर्जुन प्रति संरब्धो युद्धार्थी स महारथ: । महोदधिजमादाय दशध्मौ वेगेन वीर्यवान्
arjunaṃ prati saṃrabdho yuddhārthī sa mahārathaḥ | mahodadhijam ādāya daśadhmau vegena vīryavān ||
வைசம்பாயனன் கூறினான்—அர்ஜுனனை நோக்கி சினந்து, போருக்குத் துடித்த அந்த மகாரதன், பேர்கடலில் பிறந்த சங்கத்தை எடுத்துக் கொண்டு, வீரியத்துடன் வலிமையாக ஊதினான்.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
A martial signal (the conch) is not merely sound but a public declaration of intent; it can awaken pride, anger, and the kṣatriya obligation to respond. The verse highlights how inner emotions quickly translate into outward action in a dharma-bound battlefield context.
After Arjuna’s conch is sounded, an opposing great warrior becomes angry toward him, takes up his own ocean-born conch, and blows it powerfully—announcing readiness to fight and intensifying the confrontation.