तं तथा समरे द्रोणं निघ्नन्तं सोमकान् रणे ॥
न चाप्य् अभिययुः के चिद् अपरे नैव विव्यधुः ॥
वर्तमाने तथा रौद्रे तस्मिन् वीरवरक्षये ॥
अशृणोत् सहसा पार्थः पाञ्चजन्यस्य निस्वनम् ॥
पूरितो वासुदेवेन शङ्खराट् स्वनते भृशम् ॥
युध्यमानेषु वीरेषु सैन्धवस्याभिरक्षिषु ॥
नदत्सु धार्तराष्ट्रेषु विजयस्य रथं प्रति ॥
गाण्डीवस्य च निर्घोषे विप्रनष्टे समन्ततः ॥
कश्मलाभिहतो राजा चिन्तयाम् आस पाण्डवः ॥
taṃ tathā samare droṇaṃ nighnantaṃ somakān raṇe ||
na cāpy abhiyayuḥ ke cid apare naiva vivyadhuḥ ||
vartamāne tathā raudre tasmin vīravarakṣaye ||
aśṛṇot sahasā pārthaḥ pāñcajanyasya nisvanam ||
pūrito vāsudevena śaṅkharāṭ svanate bhṛśam ||
yudhyamāneṣu vīreṣu saindhavasyābhirakṣiṣu ||
nadatsu dhārtarāṣṭreṣu vijayasya rathaṃ prati ||
gāṇḍīvasya ca nirghoṣe vipranaṣṭe samantataḥ ||
kaśmalābhihato rājā cintayām āsa pāṇḍavaḥ ||
"While Drona, thus in battle slaying the Somakas, none advanced against him, and some others did not even strike at all. While that dreadful destruction of the finest heroes was taking place, Partha [Yudhishthira] suddenly heard the sound of the Panchajanya conch. Filled with Vasudeva's breath, the king of conches resounded loudly, while the heroes -- the guardians of the Sindhu king -- were fighting, and the sons of Dhritarashtra roared toward Vijaya's [Arjuna's] chariot; but the twang of Gandiva had vanished on every side. Stricken with despair, the king, the Pandava, fell to thinking."
26e23f666908 · प्रकाशित 19 जुल॰ 2026, 4:02:23 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
The sound of Panchajanya is heard, but 'gāṇḍīvasya nirghoṣe vipranaṣṭe' -- the voice of Gandiva has fallen silent: the silence of a familiar signal breeds fear for one dear to us. It is telling that love is sensitive to the smallest absence of news: silence where a friend's voice should be wounds more than bad tidings. The verse teaches that a loving heart is troubled not by what it hears but by what it does not hear; and ignorance of a dear one's fate is more tormenting than any report, for in silence the imagination paints the worst.