Shloka 16

Devanagari script

भयान्नमन्ति राजानो यस्य सम शतसंघश: । स वीरशयमने शेते क्रव्याद्धि: परिवारित:,जिनके आगे सैकड़ों राजा भयसे सिर झुकाते थे, वे ही आज हिंसक जन्तुओंसे घिरे हुए वीर-शय्यापर सो रहे हैं

Transliteration

bhayān namanti rājāno yasya samaśatasaṅghaśaḥ | sa vīraśayane śete kravyāddhiḥ parivāritaḥ ||

Translation

ក្រឹបៈបាននិយាយថា៖ «មុននេះ ព្រះមហាក្សត្ររាប់រយអង្គតែងកោតខ្លាច ហើយឱនក្បាលនៅមុខទ្រង់។ តែឥឡូវនេះ វីរបុរសនោះដេកលើគ្រែអ្នកយុទ្ធ—ត្រូវសត្វស៊ីសាច់ព័ទ្ធជុំវិញ»។

Word by Word

भयात्from fear

नमन्तिbow (down)

राजानःkings

यस्यof whom/whose

समाःequal (in rank)

शत-सङ्घशःin groups of hundreds

सःhe

वीर-शयनेon the hero's bed (battlefield couch)

शेतेlies (sleeps)

क्रव्याद्भिःby flesh-eaters (carnivores)

परिवारितःsurrounded

Speaker

कृप उवाच

Characters & Entities

Kṛpa

kings (rājānaḥ)

flesh-eating scavengers (kravyād)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the impermanence of worldly power and the ethical horror of war: those once feared and honored can quickly become helpless bodies on the battlefield, exposed to indignity and decay.

What is happening in the narrative?

Kṛpa laments the fallen warrior(s) after the night of slaughter, contrasting their former majesty—before whom many kings bowed—with their present state: lying on the battlefield, surrounded by scavengers.