संजय उवाच
ततो व्यूढेष्व् अनीकेषु समुत्क्रुष्टेषु मारिष ॥
ताड्यमानासु भेरीषु मृदङ्गेषु नदत्सु च ॥
अनीकानां च संह्रादे वादित्राणां च निस्वने ॥
प्रध्मापितेषु शङ्खेषु संनादे लोमहर्षणे ॥
अभिहारयत्सु शनकैर् भरतेषु युयुत्सुषु ॥
रौद्रे मुहूर्ते संप्राप्ते सव्यसाची व्यदृश्यत ॥
saṃjaya uvāca
tato vyūḍheṣv anīkeṣu samutkruṣṭeṣu māriṣa ||
tāḍyamānāsu bherīṣu mṛdaṅgeṣu nadatsu ca ||
anīkānāṃ ca saṃhrāde vāditrāṇāṃ ca nisvane ||
pradhmāpiteṣu śaṅkheṣu saṃnāde lomaharṣaṇe ||
abhihārayatsu śanakair bharateṣu yuyutsuṣu ||
raudre muhūrte saṃprāpte savyasācī vyadṛśyata ||
When the ranks had been arrayed, resounding with war-cries, O venerable one, when the kettledrums were struck and the mridangas rumbled, at the roar of the ranks and the clang of instruments, when the conches were blown, at the cry that made the hair stand on end, when the Bharatas, eager for battle, advanced slowly — when the dread hour had come, Savyasachin appeared.
fb20c4e80f0c · published Jul 19, 2026, 3:45:02 PM UTC
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The long chain of "when..." builds tension, and at its peak stands "savyasācī vyadṛśyata" — "Savyasachin appeared." The emergence of a single warrior crowns the din of two armies. It is significant that his arrival is marked by "raudre muhūrte," "in the dread hour": time itself responds to the fulfillment of a vow. The verse teaches the power of long accumulation: the poem does not hurry, gathering roar and tremor so that a single name — Arjuna's — might sound as the resolution of all this waiting; and the arrival of the one who fulfills a righteous vow coincides with the dread hour of destiny itself.