Mahabharata · 5.197.21
॥
Devanāgarī
तत्र भेरीसहस्राणि शङ्खानाम् अयुतानि च ॥
वादयन्ति स्म संहृष्टाः सहस्रायुतशो नराः ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
tatra bherīsahasrāṇi śaṅkhānām ayutāni ca ||
vādayanti sma saṃhṛṣṭāḥ sahasrāyutaśo narāḥ ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
तत्रtatrathere; in that place
भेरीसहस्राणिbherīsahasrāṇithousands of drums; thousand-strong drums
शङ्खानाम्śaṅkhānāmof conches; of war conches
अयुतानिayutānitens of thousands; myriads
चcaand; also
वादयन्तिvādayantisounded; were played
स्मsmaindeed; as before
संहृष्टाःsaṃhṛṣṭāḥjoyful; exhilarated
सहस्रायुतशोsahasrāyutaśoby the thousands and tens of thousands; in myriads
नराःnarāḥmen; warriors
Translation
There thousands of drums and tens of thousands of conches sounded; joyful men played them by the thousands and myriads.
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The final chapter of the Udyoga-parva shows the Pandavas' answer to the Kauravas' deployment: Yudhishthira acts calmly and precisely, distributing the army according to strength and task. His ordering does not look like blind fury; it is the deliberate organization of a dharmic war, where each hero receives a place according to his own nature and power. The image of the army as a full Ganga carries the book to the threshold of battle: negotiations, embassies, warnings, and vows are complete, and now the accumulated fate moves on like a river.