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Shloka 50

Devanagari script

क्षेयेडा: किलकिलाशब्दा: क्रकचा गोविषाणिका: । भेरीमृदज़पणवान्‌ नादयेयु: पुराश्चरान्‌,जो लोग सेनाके आगे हों, उन्हें गर्जन-तर्जन करते और किलकारियाँ भरते हुए क्रकच, नरसिंहे, भेरी, मृदंग और ढोल आदि बाजे बजाने चाहिये

Transliteration

kṣeyeḍāḥ kila-kilā-śabdāḥ krakacā go-viṣāṇikāḥ | bherī-mṛdaṅga-paṇavān nādayeyuḥ purāścarān ||

Translation

ให้ผู้ที่เดินนำหน้ากองทัพเปล่งเสียงกู่ก้องและโห่ร้องยินดี แล้วบรรเลงเครื่องศึก—ครกจะจะ, เขาสัตว์ (โควิเษาณิกา), และกลองใหญ่ทั้งหลาย เช่น เภรี มฤทังคะ และปณวะ—เพื่อให้ไพร่พลก้าวหน้าอย่างเป็นระเบียบและบั่นทอนขวัญข้าศึก

Word by Word

क्षेयेडाःtrumpets/clarions (a kind of war-instrument)

किलकिलाशब्दाःkilikila-cries/sounds (shouts of glee/war-whoops)

क्रकचाःkrakaca-instruments (a kind of musical/war instrument)

गोविषाणिकाःcow-horns (horn-trumpets)

भेरीkettle-drum

मृदङ्गmṛdaṅga drum

पणवान्paṇava-drums (small drums)

नादयेयुःshould sound/play (make resound)

पुरःचरान्those who go in front (vanguard/fore-runners)

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

army vanguard (purāścarāḥ)

krakaca (instrument)

go-viṣāṇikā (horn)

bherī (drum)

mṛdaṅga (drum)

paṇava (drum)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in warfare, effective leadership emphasizes order, coordination, and morale. Bhīṣma highlights organized signals—cries and instruments—to unify the army’s movement and strengthen resolve.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma gives practical counsel about how the troops at the front should advance: raising loud cries and sounding horns and drums so the army moves forward with confidence and a clear martial rhythm.