Shloka 29

Śālva–Pradyumna Yuddha: Sārathya-kauśala, Astra-pratikāra, Daiva-niyati

Chapter 20

Devanagari script

ततो हलहलाशब्द: सौभमध्ये व्यवर्धत । वध्यतां विशिखैस्तीक्ष्णै: पततां च महार्णवे,इससे सौभविमानमें मेरे तीखे बाणोंसे मरकर महासागरमें गिरनेवाले दानवोंका कोलाहल बढ़ने लगा

Transliteration

tato halahalāśabdaḥ saubhamadhye vyavardhata | vadhyatāṁ viśikhaiḥ tīkṣṇaiḥ patatāṁ ca mahārṇave ||

Translation

అప్పుడు సౌభ విమానమధ్య ‘హలహలా’ అనే కోలాహలం మరింత పెరిగింది; నా పదునైన బాణాలతో హతమైన దానవులు మహాసముద్రంలో పడిపోతుండగా।

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

हलहलाशब्दःthe 'halahalā' clamour/sound

सौभमध्येin the midst of Saubha (the Saubha-vimāna)

व्यवर्धतincreased, grew

वध्यताम्let (them) be slain

विशिखैःwith arrows

तीक्ष्णैःsharp

पतताम्of (those) falling

चand

महार्णवेin the great ocean

Speaker

वासुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāsudeva (speaker)

Saubha (aerial fortress/vimāna)

Demons (dānava)

Arrows (viśikha)

Great ocean (mahārṇava)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights that adharma-driven hostility culminates in self-destructive chaos; righteous force, when employed to restrain aggressors, brings about the downfall of those who persist in wrongdoing.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāsudeva describes how, inside the Saubha aerial fortress, the uproar rises as demons struck by his sharp arrows are slain and tumble down into the great ocean.