Shloka 16
Śālva’s Elephant Assault and the Counterstroke (शाल्वस्य नागारूढाभ्यवहारः)
“आज सत्यपरायण राजा युधिष्छिर शत्रुहीन हो गये और आज दुर्योधन अपनी देदीप्यमान राजलक्ष्मीसे भ्रष्ट हो गया ।। अद्य श्रुत्वा हत॑ पुत्र धृतराष्ट्रो जनेश्वर: । विह्वल: पतितो भूमौ किल्बिषं प्रतिपद्यताम्
sañjaya uvāca | adya satyaparāyaṇo rājā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ śatruhīno 'bhavat, adya ca duryodhanaḥ svāṃ dedīpyamānāṃ rājalakṣmīṃ bhraṣṭaḥ | adya śrutvā hataṃ putraṃ dhṛtarāṣṭro janeśvaraḥ vihvalaḥ patito bhūmau kilbiṣaṃ pratipadyatām ||
Sañjaya said: “Today King Yudhiṣṭhira, steadfast in truth, has become free of enemies; and today Duryodhana has fallen from his blazing royal fortune. Today, on hearing that his son has been slain, Dhṛtarāṣṭra—the lord of men—overwhelmed and distraught, collapses to the ground, as though being driven to the consequences of his own wrongdoing.”
संजय उवाच