Shloka 16

Devanagari script

तान्‌ समापतत: सर्वान्‌ भारद्वाजो महारथ:

Transliteration

tān samāpatataḥ sarvān bhāradvājo mahārathaḥ

Translation

Sañjaya dit : Lorsqu’ils se ruèrent tous ensemble, le grand guerrier de char Bhāradvāja soutint leur assaut—demeurant inébranlable dans la tempête du combat, incarnant le dharma du kṣatriya : affronter le péril sans reculer.

Word by Word

• तान्: those (them)
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• समापततः: (two) rush/charge together
• समापततः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आपत्
• Form: Present, Third, Dual

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• भारद्वाजः: Bhāradvāja (Droṇa)
• भारद्वाजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारद्वाज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महारथः: great chariot-warrior
• महारथः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhāradvāja (Droṇa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights steadfastness in one’s appointed duty: when faced with collective attack, the exemplary warrior does not falter but meets the challenge with resolve—an ethical ideal of courage and responsibility in the battlefield context.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that as multiple opponents charge at once, Droṇa—referred to by his lineage-name Bhāradvāja and praised as a mahāratha—confronts them in the thick of combat.