Shloka 16

Bhīmasena’s Himalayan Hunt and Seizure by the Ajagara (भीमसेनस्य अजगरग्रहणम्)

Devanagari script

अजुन उवाच श्वः प्रभाते भवान्‌ द्रष्टा दिव्यान्यस्त्राणि सर्वशः निवातकववचा घोरा यैर्मया विनिपातिता:,अर्जुन बोले--महाराज! कल सबेरे आप उन सब दिव्यास्त्रोंको देखियेगा जिनके द्वारा मैंने भयानक निवातकवचोंको मार गिराया है

Transliteration

arjuna uvāca—śvaḥ prabhāte bhavān draṣṭā divyāny astrāṇi sarvaśaḥ | nivātakavacā ghorā yair mayā vinipātitāḥ ||

Translation

Arjuna said: “Tomorrow at dawn, Your Majesty will behold, in full, the celestial weapons—those by which I struck down the dreadful Nivātakavacas.”

Word by Word

अर्जुनःArjuna

उवाचsaid

श्वःtomorrow

प्रभातेin the morning

भवान्you (honorific)

द्रष्टाwill see / is to see (seer)

दिव्यानिdivine

अस्त्राणिweapons (missiles)

सर्वशःentirely / in every way

निवातकवचाःthe Nivātakavacas (a class of demons)

घोराःterrible

यैःby which

मयाby me

विनिपातिताःwere struck down / felled

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Arjuna

Nivātakavacas

divyāni astrāṇi (celestial weapons)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Power—especially divinely sanctioned power—should be shown with responsibility and transparency before rightful authority; martial success is framed not as personal boast but as accountable fulfillment of duty.

What is happening in the narrative?

Arjuna informs the king that at dawn he will be shown the celestial weapons and the means by which Arjuna has defeated the fearsome Nivātakavacas, situating the victory within a report to authority.