Shloka 17
शल्य–युधिष्ठिरयुद्धप्रारम्भः
Commencement of the Śalya–Yudhiṣṭhira Duel
तानापतत एवाशु पूरयाणान् रथस्वनै: । दिशश्व विदिशश्वैव कम्पयानांश्ष मेदिनीम्
tān āpatata evāśu pūrayāṇān rathasvanaiḥ | diśaś ca vidiśaś caiva kampayānāṃś ca medinīm ||
三阇耶说：他们立刻奔突而入，前进之时，战车轰鸣充塞四方与四隅，使大地亦为之震动。此偈凸显战势之汹涌：群力与军声化作将临毁灭的征兆。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how war’s collective force becomes world-shaking: the roar of chariots and the trembling earth symbolize the magnitude of violence and the destabilization it brings, serving as a sober reminder of the destructive weight of adharma-driven conflict.
Sañjaya describes warriors charging swiftly; their advancing mass fills all directions with the thunder of chariots, and the ground itself seems to quake under their onrush.