Shloka 16

भूरिश्रवसः गर्हा, प्रायोपवेशः, सात्यकिकृतशिरच्छेदः

Bhūriśravas’s Censure, Prāyopaveśa, and Sātyaki’s Beheading

Devanagari script

अथान्यद्‌ धनुरादाय हेमपृष्ठं दुरासदम्‌

Transliteration

athānyad dhanur ādāya hemapṛṣṭhaṃ durāsadam

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: Darauf nahm er einen anderen Bogen—goldrückig und für andere schwer zu bestehen—um den Kampf fortzusetzen.

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• अन्यत्: another (one)
• अन्यत्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• धनुः: bow
• धनुः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आदाय: having taken
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + दा
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund)

• हेमपृष्ठम्: gold-backed
• हेमपृष्ठम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हेमपृष्ठ
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• दुरासदम्: hard to approach/assail
• दुरासदम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुरासद
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• bow (dhanuḥ)
• gold (hema)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how, in the momentum of war, power and superior arms can intensify violence; it invites reflection on restraint and responsibility (dharma) even when one possesses overwhelming capability.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya narrates that a warrior takes up another formidable, gold-backed bow, signaling renewed or intensified combat action in the ongoing battle sequence of Droṇa Parva.