Shloka 16

Devanagari script

अथ तौ सहितौ राजलन्नन्योन्यविधिना तत:ः । विषयप्रतिसंहारमुभावेव प्रचक्रतु:,राजन! तदनन्तर वे दोनों एक-दूसरेका उपकार करते हुए एक साथ हो गये। उन्होंने एक ही साथ अपने मनको विषयोंकी ओरसे हटा लिया

Transliteration

atha tau sahitau rājan anyonyavidhinā tataḥ | viṣayapratisamhāram ubhāv eva pracakratuḥ ||

Translation

Bhīṣma sprach: „Dann, o König, kamen die beiden in Eintracht zusammen, jeder handelte mit Rücksicht auf den anderen. Daraufhin begannen beide zugleich, Sinne und Geist von den Sinnesobjekten zurückzuziehen.“

Word by Word

अथthen

तौthose two

सहितौtogether, united

राजन्O king

अन्योन्य-विधिनाby mutual manner/reciprocal conduct

ततःthereupon, then

विषय-प्रतिसंहारम्withdrawal from sense-objects

उभौboth

एवindeed, just

प्रचक्रतुःthey did/undertook

Speaker

भीष्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

rājan (the king, i.e., Yudhiṣṭhira as addressee)

the two persons (unnamed in this verse)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Ethical harmony and mutual consideration support spiritual discipline: when people act with reciprocal goodwill, they can more effectively practice restraint and withdraw the mind from sense-objects, a key step toward inner steadiness and liberation-oriented living.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma narrates that two individuals unite in concord, each helping the other, and then both begin the practice of pratisamhāra—turning the mind and senses away from external objects—indicating a shared move toward yogic or renunciant discipline.