संजय उवाच
ततो मुहूर्तात् तुमुलः शब्दो हृदयकम्पनः ॥
अश्रूयत महाराज योधानां प्रयुयुत्सताम् ॥
शङ्खदुन्दुभिनिर्घोषैर् वारणानां च बृंहितैः ॥
रथानां नेमिघोषैश् च दीर्यतीव वसुंधरा ॥
हयानां हेषमाणानां योधानां तत्र गर्जताम् ॥
क्षणेन खं दिशश् चैव शब्देनापूरितं तदा ॥
पुत्राणां तव दुर्धर्ष पाण्डवानां तथैव च ॥
समकम्पन्त सैन्यानि परस्परसमागमे ॥
saṃjaya uvāca
tato muhūrtāt tumulaḥ śabdo hṛdayakampanaḥ ||
aśrūyata mahārāja yodhānāṃ prayuyutsatām ||
śaṅkhadundubhinirghoṣair vāraṇānāṃ ca bṛṃhitaiḥ ||
rathānāṃ nemighoṣaiś ca dīryatīva vasuṃdharā ||
hayānāṃ heṣamāṇānāṃ yodhānāṃ tatra garjatām ||
kṣaṇena khaṃ diśaś caiva śabdenāpūritaṃ tadā ||
putrāṇāṃ tava durdharṣa pāṇḍavānāṃ tathaiva ca ||
samakampanta sainyāni parasparasamāgame ||
Sanjaya said: "In a moment, O great king, there arose a terrible noise that shook the heart: it was the warriors longing for battle. From the din of conches and dundubhis, from the trumpeting of elephants and the rumble of chariot wheels, the earth seemed to split apart. The neighing of horses and the cries of warriors filled the sky and all quarters in an instant. When the armies of your sons and of the Pandavas came together, O formidable one, they trembled."
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The chapter opens not with the clash of weapons but with sound. Before the first blow falls, space itself fills with a roar, and a tremor seizes both armies. War is thus shown as a force that shakes not only men but the earth, the sky, and the very directions of space.