Shloka 16
भीमस्य जलान्वेषणं तथा वनविश्रान्तिः
Bhīma’s Search for Water and the Forest Halt
तमुद्यतं रथेनैकमाशुकारिणमाहवे । अनेकमिव संत्रासान्मेनिरे तत्र कौरवा:
tam udyataṁ rathenaikam āśukāriṇam āhave | anekam iva saṁtrāsān menire tatra kauravāḥ ||
ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。彼が突進するのを見て—戦車にただ一人、戦場において迅速なる者—その場のクル族は恐怖に呑まれ、彼をまるで幾人にも見なした。ここには、勇気と武芸が一人の威容を増幅する一方、恐慌が目を曇らせ、軍の決意を脆くすることが示されている。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Fear can distort judgment: when an army loses composure, even a single resolute warrior appears multiplied. The verse highlights the ethical-psychological dimension of warfare—steadfastness strengthens, panic weakens.
A swift warrior (contextually King Drupada) advances alone in his chariot and showers attacks so effectively that the Kauravas, terrified, perceive him as if he were many fighters rather than one.