Mahabharata 7.201.13 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 201, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

तत: शड्खसहस्राणि भेरीणामयुतानि च । अवादयन्त संहृष्टा: कुरुपाण्डवसैनिका:,तदनन्तर हर्षमग्न हुए कौरव-पाण्डव-सैनिक सहस्रों शंख और हजारों रणभेरियाँ बजाने लगे

Transliteration

tataḥ śaṅkha-sahasrāṇi bherīṇām ayutāni ca | avādayanta saṁhṛṣṭāḥ kuru-pāṇḍava-sainikāḥ ||

Translation

ఆపై ఆనందోల్లాసంతో కురు–పాండవ సైనికులు వేలాది శంఖాలు, అయుతాల సంఖ్యలో రణభేరీలు మోగించారు.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय

• शङ्खसहस्राणि: thousands of conches
• शङ्खसहस्राणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्ख + सहस्र
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• भेरीणाम्: of kettledrums
• भेरीणाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भेरी
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• अयुतानि: tens of thousands
• अयुतानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अयुत
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: अव्यय

• अवादयन्: they sounded/played
• Type: Verb
• Root: वादय् (णिच्) < वद्/वाद्
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• संहृष्टाः: delighted, exhilarated
• संहृष्टाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संहृष्ट (सम् + हृष्, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• कुरुपाण्डवसैनिकाः: the Kuru and Pandava soldiers
• कुरुपाण्डवसैनिकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरु + पाण्डव + सैनिक
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Kurus (Kauravas)
• Pāṇḍavas
• śaṅkha (conch)
• bherī (war-drum)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how collective emotion—especially exhilaration and confidence—manifests outwardly in war through ritualized signals (conches and drums). Ethically, it reminds the reader that even when morale rises, the struggle must still be measured against dharma: courage and unity are powerful, but they do not by themselves justify unrighteous means.

What is happening in the narrative?

After a significant turn or moment of excitement in the battle, warriors on both sides—the Kurus and the Pāṇḍavas—break into loud martial celebration, blowing thousands of conches and beating vast numbers of war-drums, creating a thunderous battlefield clamor.