Shloka 16
अभिमन्योरावरणम्
Encirclement and counter-strikes of Abhimanyu
“लक्ष्मण! इस संसारको अच्छी तरह देख लो। अब शीघ्र ही परलोककी यात्रा करोगे। इन बान्धव-जनोंके देखते-देखते मैं तुम्हें यमलोक पहुँचाये देता हूँ” ।। एवमुक्त्वा ततो भल्लं सौभद्र: परवीरहा । उद्धबर्ह महाबाहुर्निर्मुक्तोरगसंनिभम्,ऐसा कहकर शत्रुवीरोंका संहार करनेवाले महाबाहु सुभद्राकुमारने केंचुलसे निकले हुए सर्पके समान एक भल्लको तरकससे निकाला
sañjaya uvāca | “lakṣmaṇa! imaṃ saṃsāraṃ samyag avalokaya | adya tvaṃ śīghram eva paralokasya yātrāṃ kariṣyasi | eṣāṃ bāndhava-janānāṃ paśyatāṃ paśyatāṃ tvāṃ yama-lokaṃ prāpayāmi” || evam uktvā tato bhallaṃ saubhadraḥ para-vīra-hā | uddhṛtya bāhuḥ mahābāhur nirmuktoraga-sannibham ||
Sañjaya said: “Lakṣmaṇa, look well upon this world. Soon you will set out on the journey to the next. Before the very eyes of your kinsmen, I shall send you to Yama’s realm.” Having spoken thus, the mighty-armed son of Subhadrā—slayer of enemy heroes—drew forth a bhalla arrow from his quiver, gleaming like a serpent newly slipped from its skin.
संजय उवाच