Shloka 117
परिघके समान मोटी भुजाओंवाले शूरवीर पाण्डवोंने इहलोकमें विजय पाकर परलोकमें भी उत्तम गति निश्चित कर ली। वे सब-के-सब बड़े-बड़े शंख बजाने लगे ।।
sañjaya uvāca | parighake samānāḥ sthūlā bhujāḥ yeṣāṃ te śūrāḥ pāṇḍavā ihaloke vijayaṃ prāpya paraloke'pi uttamāṃ gatiṃ niścitāṃ cakruḥ | te sarve mahāśaṅkhān vādayām āsuḥ || somakāḥ sapāñcālāḥ prahṛṣyanta janeśvara | tataḥ tūryasahasreṣu nadatsu sa mahābalaḥ ||
Wika ni Sañjaya: “Ang mga Pāṇḍava, mga bayani na ang makakapal na bisig ay tila pamalong bakal, matapos magwagi sa mundong ito ay natiyak din ang marangal na hantungan sa kabilang-buhay. Silang lahat ay nagsimulang magpatunog ng kanilang malalaking kabibe. O panginoon ng mga tao, nagalak ang mga Somaka kasama ang mga Pāñcāla; at sa gitna ng libu-libong instrumentong pandigma na umuugong, sumiklab ang isang napakalakas na alingawngaw.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse links righteous martial effort with a twofold outcome: success in the visible world (victory, honor) and a higher destiny beyond (uttamā gati). It reflects the epic’s ethic that a kṣatriya who fights steadfastly for a just cause gains both worldly acclaim and spiritual merit.
Sañjaya describes the Pāṇḍava side surging with confidence: the Pāṇḍavas blow their great conches, while their allies—the Somakas and Pāñcālas—rejoice. The battlefield fills with the roar of thousands of war-instruments, signaling the army’s rising morale and readiness for combat.