Shloka 20
उपायैः पूर्ववधकथनम् / Strategic Justifications for Prior Eliminations
भेरीशब्देन महता मृदड्भानां स्वनेन च । गजानां बंहितैश्वापि तुरड्राणां च ह्रेषितै:
bherīśabdena mahatā mṛdaṅgānāṁ svanena ca | gajānāṁ bṛṁhitaiś cāpi turaṅgāṇāṁ ca hreṣitaiḥ ||
యుద్ధభేరీల మహానాదంతో, మృదంగాల గంభీర ధ్వనితో, ఏనుగుల గర్జనతో, గుర్రాల హ్రేషణతో యుద్ధభూమి మార్మోగింది.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how external displays—drums, animal cries, and martial noise—can intensify collective emotion in war. Ethically, it points to the danger that spectacle and momentum may drown out reflection on dharma, making restraint and right judgment harder to maintain.
Sañjaya describes the battlefield atmosphere: loud drums are sounded, elephants trumpet, and horses neigh. The combined uproar marks the mobilization and heightened intensity of the fighting in the Drona Parva context.