Shloka 16

अध्याय १५९ — रात्रौ श्रमविरामः

Night Exhaustion and Brief Pause in Battle

Devanagari script

तस्मिन्‌ विनिहते वीरे बाह्लीके पुरुषर्षभ

Transliteration

tasmin vinihate vīre bāhlīke puruṣarṣabha

Translation

সঞ্জয়ে ক’লে—হে পুৰুষশ্ৰেষ্ঠ! সেই বীৰ বাহ্লীক নিহত হোৱাত যুদ্ধৰ গতি অন্যৰূপ হ’ল।

Word by Word

• तस्मिन्: in him/therein (in that situation)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, locative, singular

• विनिहते: when (he was) slain
• विनिहते: Adhikarana
• Type: Participle (Adjective)
• Root: वि-नि-हन् (हन्)
• Form: masculine/neuter, locative, singular

• वीरे: in the hero
• वीरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• बाह्लीके: in (the) Bāhlīka
• बाह्लीके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun (Proper name/Patronymic)
• Root: बाह्लीक
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• पुरुषर्षभ: O bull among men (best of men)
• पुरुषर्षभ: Karta
• Type: Noun (Vocative epithet)
• Root: पुरुष + ऋषभ
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bāhlīka

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how the fall of a prominent warrior—especially an elder—becomes an ethical and emotional turning point in war: death intensifies both grief and the impulse toward retaliation, testing restraint and dharma amid violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Bāhlīka, described as a heroic warrior, has been slain; the line sets up the ensuing reactions and developments on the battlefield that follow this death.