Shloka 16

Devanagari script

निवारितास्तु ते वीरास्तयो: पुरुषसिंहयो: । समसज्जन्त चत्वारो वाता: पर्वतयोरिव,वहाँ रोके गये वे चारों वीर उन दोनों पुरुषसिंह पाण्डवोंके साथ इस प्रकार भिड़ गये मानो चौआई हवा दो पर्वतोंसे टकरा रही हो

Transliteration

nivāritās tu te vīrās tayoḥ puruṣasiṃhayoḥ | samasajjanta catvāro vātāḥ parvatayor iva ||

Translation

ಸಂಜಯನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ತಡೆಯಲ್ಪಟ್ಟರೂ ಆ ನಾಲ್ವರು ವೀರರು ಆ ಇಬ್ಬರು ಪುರುಷಸಿಂಹರೊಂದಿಗೆ ಮುಖಾಮುಖಿಯಾಗಿ ಸೆಣಸಿದರು; ನಾಲ್ಕು ಉಗ್ರ ಗಾಳಿಗಳು ಎರಡು ಪರ್ವತಗಳಿಗೆ ಡಿಕ್ಕಿ ಹೊಡೆಯುವಂತೆ ಅದು ಕಂಡಿತು.

Word by Word

निवारिताःrestrained/checked

तुbut/indeed

तेthose

वीराःheroes/warriors

तयोःof those two

पुरुषसिंहयोःof the two lion-like men

सम्together/fully (prefix used with verb)

असज्जन्तthey engaged/closed in (fight)

चत्वारःfour

वाताःwinds

पर्वतयोःof (the) two mountains

इवlike/as if

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

two Pāṇḍava heroes (puruṣasiṃha)

four warriors (unnamed here)

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?

The verse highlights steadfastness under pressure: even when forces surge like violent winds, true strength is shown by those who stand firm like mountains. In the Mahābhārata’s ethical landscape, it also reflects the grim reality that valor and determination operate within the larger tension of dharma amid war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes four warriors who, though obstructed, manage to engage in close combat with two exceptionally mighty Pāṇḍava heroes. The encounter is intensified through a simile: four winds colliding with two mountains, conveying both ferocity and immovability.