Shloka 13
Adhyāya 108 — Nimitta-darśana and Drona’s counsel amid Arjuna’s advance (निमित्तदर्शनं द्रोणोपदेशश्च)
खुरशब्दश्न सुमहान् वाजिनां शुश्रुवे तदा । महावंशवनस्येव दहयुमानस्य पर्वते,उस समय घोड़ोंकी टापोंका महान् शब्द सब ओर उसी प्रकार सुनायी देने लगा, मानो पर्ववपर जलते हुए बड़े-बड़े बाँसोंके जंगलमें उनके पोरोंके फटनेका शब्द हो रहा हो
sañjaya uvāca | khuraśabdaḥ sumahān vājīnām śuśruve tadā | mahāvaṃśavanasyeva dahyamānasya parvate ||
Wika ni Sañjaya: Noon, isang napakalakas na ugong ng mga yabag ng kabayo ang narinig sa lahat ng panig—gaya ng pagputok at pagbitak na sumisiklab kapag ang isang napakalawak na kawayanang nasusunog sa gilid ng bundok ay pumuputok sa apoy.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse is primarily descriptive rather than doctrinal: it conveys how war amplifies fear and inevitability through sensory imagery. Ethically, it underscores the grave, consuming nature of battle—like fire in a bamboo forest—reminding the listener that violence, once unleashed, spreads with a force beyond individual control.
Sañjaya narrates the battlefield as the armies move; the thunder of horses’ hooves rises everywhere. He compares that sound to the sharp cracking of bamboo exploding while a huge bamboo-grove burns on a mountainside, intensifying the scene’s urgency and dread.