Mahabharata · 7.79.14–15
॥
Devanāgarī
तस्मिंस् तथा वर्तमाने दारुणे नादसंकुले ॥
भीरूणां त्रासजनने शूराणां हर्षवर्धने ॥
प्रवादितासु भेरीषु झर्झरेष्व् आनकेषु च ॥
मृदङ्गेषु च राजेन्द्र वाद्यमानेष्व् अनेकशः ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
tasmiṃs tathā vartamāne dāruṇe nādasaṃkule ||
bhīrūṇāṃ trāsajanane śūrāṇāṃ harṣavardhane ||
pravāditāsu bherīṣu jharjhareṣv ānakeṣu ca ||
mṛdaṅgeṣu ca rājendra vādyamāneṣv anekaśaḥ ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
तस्मिन् तथा वर्तमानेtasmin tathā vartamānewhen thus it continued; amid such [a din] unfolding
दारुणे नादसंकुलेdāruṇe nādasaṃkulea dreadful tumult of roaring; in a fearsome confusion of cries
भीरूणाम् त्रासजननेbhīrūṇām trāsajananegiving birth to terror in the cowardly; instilling fear in the timid
शूराणाम् हर्षवर्धनेśūrāṇām harṣavardhanemultiplying joy in the brave; adding rapture to the valiant
प्रवादितासु भेरीषुpravāditāsu bherīṣuwhen the kettledrums were struck; amid sounding drums
झर्झरेषु आनकेषु चjharjhareṣu ānakeṣu cain jharjharas and anakas; in jharjharas and anaka-drums
मृदङ्गेषु च राजेन्द्रmṛdaṅgeṣu ca rājendraand mridangas, O lord of kings; and mridangas, O lord of kings
वाद्यमानेषु अनेकशःvādyamāneṣu anekaśaḥsounding again and again; thundering in many ways
Translation
While thus continued that dreadful tumult of roaring, giving birth to terror in the cowardly and multiplying joy in the brave -- when the kettledrums were struck, and the jharjharas and anakas, and the mridangas, O lord of kings, sounded again and again...
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One and the same din -- "bhīrūṇāṃ trāsajanane śūrāṇāṃ harṣavardhane": to the timid it is terror, to the valiant, joy. The outer sound is unchanging; what differs is the heart's response: fear and courage hear different things in the same thunder. It is telling that the trial does not create cowardice or courage but only reveals what already fills the person. The verse teaches that the same circumstance discloses what a person is made of within: the same roar of battle crushes one man and lifts another.