Shloka 20
तेषां शब्दो महानासीद् द्रवतां वाहिनीमुखे । महौघस्येव जलधेर्गिरिमासाद्य दीर्यत:,युद्धके मुहानेपर भागते हुए उन योद्धाओंका महान् कोलाहल वैसा ही जान पड़ता था, जैसा कि समुद्रके महान् जलप्रवाहके पर्वतसे टकरानेपर होता है
teṣāṃ śabdo mahān āsīd dravatāṃ vāhinī-mukhe | mahaughasyeva jaladher girim āsādya dīryataḥ ||
ที่ปากแนวทัพซึ่งกำลังแตกหนี เสียงอื้ออึงกึกก้องยิ่งนัก ดุจมหากระแสน้ำแห่งสมุทรกระแทกภูผาแล้วแตกกระจายคำราม
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how collective violence gains a force of its own: the army’s roar is compared to an oceanic surge smashing into a mountain, suggesting overwhelming momentum that can eclipse individual restraint and ethical reflection—an implicit warning about war’s dehumanizing power.
Sañjaya describes the battlefield as the warriors rush forward at the head of the army; their advancing movement produces a massive, thunderous clamor, likened to the sea’s great flood crashing against a mountain.