Mahabharata 7.105.47 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 105, Shloka 47

Duryodhana Seeks Droṇa’s Counsel; Imperative to Protect Jayadratha; Pāñcāla Assault on Duryodhana

Devanagari script

स शब्दो भरतश्रेष्ठ व्याप्य सर्वा दिशो दश । प्रतिसस्वान तत्रैव कुरुपाण्डवयोर्बले

Transliteration

sa śabdo bharataśreṣṭha vyāpya sarvā diśo daśa | pratisaśvāna tatraiva kurupāṇḍavayor bale ||

Translation

اے بھرتوں میں برتر! وہ آواز دسوں سمتوں میں پھیل گئی اور وہیں کورو اور پانڈو کی فوجوں کے بیچ بار بار گونجتی رہی۔

Word by Word

• सः: that (he/it)
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शब्दः: sound, noise
• शब्दः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शब्द
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भरतश्रेष्ठ: O best of the Bharatas
• Type: Noun (vocative address)
• Root: भरत-श्रेष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• व्याप्य: having pervaded
• Type: Verb (non-finite)
• Root: व्याप्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), having pervaded

• सर्वाः: all
• सर्वाः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• दिशः: directions
• दिशः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• दश: ten
• दश: Karma
• Type: Adjective (numeral)
• Root: दशन्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• प्रतिसस्वान: resounded, echoed
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रतिस्वन्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• कुरु-पाण्डवयोः: of the Kurus and the Pाण्डवs
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरु + पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Dual

• बले: in the army/force
• बले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by 'bharataśreṣṭha')
• Kurus
• Pāṇḍavas
• the sound (śabda)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how actions in war do not remain isolated: the 'sound' that spreads and echoes symbolizes the way violence and its signals propagate and return, implicating both sides and intensifying the moral weight of conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that a great sound arose on the battlefield, filled all directions, and echoed repeatedly within the assembled forces of the Kurus and Pāṇḍavas.