Shloka 16
Sauptika Parva, Adhyaya 8 — Dhṛṣṭadyumna-vadha and the Camp’s Nocturnal Rout
तमुत्पतन्तं शयनाददश्व॒त्थामा महाबल:
tam utpatantaṃ śayanād adaśvatthāmā mahābalaḥ
សញ្ជ័យបាននិយាយថា៖ បន្ទាប់មក អશ્વត្ថាមា អ្នកមានកម្លាំងមហិមា បានឃើញគេផ្លោះឡើងពីគ្រែ—ចលនាភ្លាមៗដែលបង្ហាញការភ្ញាក់ផ្អើល និងជំរុញឲ្យរាត្រីនោះកាន់តែតានតឹង និងហិង្សា។
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores how swiftly fear and aggression escalate in a climate of vengeance: a single sudden movement becomes a trigger in a night governed by suspicion and violence, highlighting the ethical collapse characteristic of the Sauptika episode.
Sanjaya reports that Aśvatthāmā notices someone abruptly rising from a bed. The moment functions as a narrative cue of alarm and imminent action within the nocturnal events of the Sauptika Parva.