Shloka 35

Devanagari script

तत्र भेरीसहस्राणि शड्खानामयुतानि च । न्यवादयन्त संहृष्टा: सहस्रायुतशो नरा:,उस समय उस रणक्षेत्रमें लाखों मनुष्य हर्ष और उत्साहमें भरकर हजारों भेरियों तथा शंखोंकी ध्वनि कर रहे थे

Transliteration

tatra bherīsahasrāṇi śaṅkhānām ayutāni ca | nyavādayanta saṁhṛṣṭāḥ sahasrāyutaśo narāḥ ||

Translation

ณ ที่นั้น เหล่าชายผู้ฮึกเหิมยินดีนับพันนับหมื่น ต่างประโคมกลองศึกนับพัน และเป่าสังข์นับหมื่น ให้ก้องกังวานไปทั่วสนามรบ.

Word by Word

तत्रthere; in that place

भेरी-सहस्राणिthousands of kettle-drums

शङ्खानाम्of conches

अयुतानिten-thousands

चand

न्यवादयन्तthey sounded/played (blew/beat)

संहृष्टाःdelighted; exhilarated

सहस्रायुतशःby thousands and tens of thousands

नराःmen; warriors

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

bherī (war-drums)

śaṅkha (conches)

raṇakṣetra (battlefield, implied by context)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how collective excitement and martial signaling can sweep through an army; ethically, it frames the war as a public, ritualized undertaking where instruments like conches and drums announce resolve and readiness, reminding readers that mass emotion powerfully shapes human action.

What is happening in the narrative?

As the conflict nears, vast numbers of men on the battlefield joyfully sound thousands of drums and tens of thousands of conches, creating a thunderous proclamation of mobilization and impending combat.