[ BHAGAVAD GITA · 1.19 · spoken by Dhritarashtra ]
The Kauravs used every instrument they had. The Pandavs used names. Who won the sound?
That sound — reverberating through sky and earth — shattered the hearts of Dhritarashtra's sons. The Kauravs made noise. The Pandavs broke hearts.
SANSKRIT
स घोषो धार्तराष्ट्राणां हृदयानि व्यदारयत् । नभश्च पृथिवीं चैव तुमुलोऽभ्यनुनादयन् (or लोव्यनु) ॥१-१९॥
KRISHNA’S LINE
“Noise fills the air. Conviction fills the heart. Only one of them breaks the other.”
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