Shloka 84
Arjuna’s Advance toward Bhīṣma; The Gāṇḍīva’s Signal and the Armies’ Convergence (भीष्माभिमुखगमनम् — गाण्डीवनिर्घोष-ध्वजवर्णनम्)
नदन्तो विविधान् नादांस्तूर्यस्वनविमिश्रितान् । सिंहनादांश्व कुर्वन्तो विमिश्रान् शड्खनि:स्वनै:
nadanto vividhān nādāṁs tūrya-svana-vimiśritān | siṁha-nādāṁś ca kurvanto vimiśrān śaṅkha-niḥsvanaiḥ ||
وہ طرح طرح کے نعرے لگاتے، سازوں کی آوازوں سے آمیزہ شور برپا کرتے، اور شنکھ کی گونج کے ساتھ ملے ہوئے شیرانہ للکاریں مارتے ہوئے آگے بڑھے۔
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how collective courage and unity are strengthened through shared affirmation and disciplined martial enthusiasm; the controlled display of strength (battle-cries, conches, instruments) functions as a moral-psychological force that steadies an army for its duty in war.
Sañjaya reports the army’s advance: warriors move forward joyfully, praising one another, while loud roars and lion-like shouts rise together with the blended sounds of war-instruments and the reverberating blasts of conches.