Shloka 18
Adhyāya 14: Śalya’s Missile-Pressure and the Pāṇḍava Convergence (शल्यस्य शरवर्षम्)
Devanagari script
भीरूणां त्रासजननी शूराणां हर्षवर्धिनी
Transliteration
bhīrūṇāṃ trāsajananī śūrāṇāṃ harṣavardhinī
Translation
桑阇耶说道：“她对怯者是恐惧之源，对勇者却是欢欣之增。”
Word by Word
भीरूणाम्of the timid/cowards
भीरूणाम्:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootभीरु
FormFeminine, Genitive, Plural
त्रासजननीproducer/mother of fear (causing terror)
त्रासजननी:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootत्रास-जननी
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
शूराणाम्of the heroes/brave
शूराणाम्:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootशूर
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
हर्षवर्धिनीincreaser of joy (gladdening)
हर्षवर्धिनी:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootहर्ष-वर्धिनी
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaCharacter Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights a moral-psychological contrast: the same battlefield stimulus becomes terror to the timid but joy to the courageous. It implies that inner disposition—steadfastness versus fear—determines one’s experience and ethical standing in crisis.
Sañjaya, narrating the Kurukṣetra war, describes a force or presence whose impact differs by temperament: it frightens those lacking courage and heartens the heroic, intensifying their confidence and zeal.