नापश्याम ततस् त्व् एतत् सैन्यं वै तमसावृतम् ॥
गाण्डीवस्य च निर्घोषः श्रुतो दक्षिणतो मया ॥
शङ्खदुन्दुभिनिर्घोषं वादित्राणां च निस्वनम् ॥
गाण्डीवस्य च निर्घोषो व्यतिक्रम्यास्पृशद् दिवम् ॥
ततः पुनर् दक्षिणतः संग्रामश् चित्रयोधिनाम् ॥
सुयुद्धम् अर्जुनस्यासीद् अहं तु द्रोणम् अन्वगाम् ॥
nāpaśyāma tatas tv etat sainyaṃ vai tamasāvṛtam ||
gāṇḍīvasya ca nirghoṣaḥ śruto dakṣiṇato mayā ||
śaṅkhadundubhinirghoṣaṃ vāditrāṇāṃ ca nisvanam ||
gāṇḍīvasya ca nirghoṣo vyatikramyāspṛśad divam ||
tataḥ punar dakṣiṇataḥ saṃgrāmaś citrayodhinām ||
suyuddham arjunasyāsīd ahaṃ tu droṇam anvagām ||
We could not then see that army, shrouded in darkness; but the roar of the Gandiva was heard by me from the south. The roar of conches and kettledrums, the sound of battle music, and the roar of the Gandiva, overriding all, reached the sky. Then once more from the south there was combat among skilled warriors -- a glorious fight of Arjuna's; but I followed after Drona.
42db028a0bcd · 发布于 2026年7月19日 15:11:21 UTC
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Sanjaya, the eyewitness, admits: the army is shrouded in darkness, and he cannot see it -- but hears "the roar of the Gandiva from the south." Where sight fails, hearing becomes the faithful witness: by the sound of the bow alone Sanjaya knows where Arjuna is. Telling here is the witness's humility, who does not conceal the limits of his own vision. The verse teaches that an honest narrator does not invent what he has not seen, but reports only what is reliable -- even if only by hearsay; that the presence of the great is known even when hidden from the eyes, by the mere echo of their deeds; and that a truthful testimony is valuable precisely for acknowledging its own limits -- Sanjaya does not pretend to have seen through the darkness, but says plainly, "I heard," and in this honesty lies the guarantee of his whole account.