Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-1
Despondency of Arjuna
11. Taking up your respective positions on all fronts, all of you support Bhishma alone from all sides. Then he addressed his officers thus: “Keep the army under you in a state of readiness. Those who are the captains of the army units should remain in the front and distribute the tasks among the car-warriors. They should keep their units under control and remain near Bhishma.” Then he said to Drona, “You should oversee all this. You should support Bhishma alone and hold him in my place. For now our army entirely depends upon him.” 12. In order to cheer him up, the aged Kuru Lord, his valiant grandsire, roared aloud like a lion and blew the conch. Hearing this address of the King, the General was overjoyed, and he gave out the lion’s roar (121-105). This war-cry resounded in both armies with such force, that the echo which arose could not be contained. His heroic nature being excited by that echo, Bhishma blew his divine conch. The two sounds mingled, deafening the three worlds, and it seemed as if the sky would come down with a crash. The heavens thundered and the seas swelled upwards, and the moving and stationary things became stirred up and shaken. The hills and caves resounded with that great noise, and war drums began to beat in both armies (126-130). |
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