Shloka 8

युद्धसंग्रहः

Kurukṣetra Campaign in Summary

Devanagari script

पताकाभिरवविंचित्राभि: सघण्टाभि: समन्ततः । पुम्भि: स्त्रीभिश्व संघुष्ट: प्रणित इव चाभवत्‌

Transliteration

vaishampāyana uvāca |

patākābhir avavicitrābhiḥ saghaṇṭābhiḥ samantataḥ |

pumbhiḥ strībhiś ca saṅghuṣṭaḥ praṇīta iva cābhavat ||

Translation

毗舍摩波耶那说道：四周装点着斑斓多姿的旗幡，系在其上的铃铛叮当作响。男女悦耳之声充盈其间，仿佛整座山都被引入乐境——在节庆的和谐中鲜活起来。

Word by Word

• पताकाभिः: with banners/flags
• पताकाभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पताका
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Plural

• अवविचित्राभिः: very/variously beautiful (variegated)
• अवविचित्राभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विचित्र
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Plural

• सघण्टाभिः: having bells (attached)
• सघण्टाभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घण्टा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Plural

• समन्ततः: on all sides, all around
• समन्ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समन्ततः

• पुम्भिः: by/with men
• पुम्भिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुम्स्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• स्त्रीभिः: by/with women
• स्त्रीभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्री
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• संघुष्टः: resounding, filled with sound
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संघुष्ट
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रणीतः: led/produced (as if performed)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-नी
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इव: as if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अभवत्: was, became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• patākā (banners/flags)
• ghaṇṭā (bells)
• men (pumān)
• women (strī)
• mountain (parvata, implied by context)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights auspicious public order: communal participation (men and women together), regulated festivity, and harmonious sound are presented as signs of prosperity and well-conducted ritual life rather than chaos.

What is happening in the narrative?

The scene is being described as festive and ceremonial—banners wave in every direction, bells ring, and the voices of people fill the area, making the setting (likened to a mountain) seem musical and enlivened.