Shloka 16
Abhimanyu-śravaṇa-prastāva and Cakravyūha-vinyāsa
Prelude to Abhimanyu’s Account and the Wheel-Formation Deployment
द्रोणेन व्याहते त्वेवे संशप्तकगणा: पुनः । आह्वयन्नर्जुनं संख्ये दक्षिणामभितो दिशम्,द्रोणाचार्यके ऐसा कहनेपर पुनः संशप्तकगणोंने दक्षिण दिशामें जा अर्जुनको युद्धके लिये ललकारा
droṇena vyāhate tv eva saṁśaptakagaṇāḥ punaḥ | āhvayann arjunaṁ saṅkhye dakṣiṇām abhito diśam ||
ಸಂಜಯನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ದ್ರೋಣನು ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಯುದ್ಧದಲ್ಲಿ ತೊಡಗಿದ್ದಾಗಲೇ, ಸಂಶಪ್ತಕಗಣಗಳು ಮತ್ತೆ रणಭೂಮಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಅರ್ಜುನನನ್ನು ಸವಾಲು ಮಾಡಿ, ಅವನನ್ನು ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ದಿಕ್ಕಿನತ್ತ ಎಳೆದುಕೊಂಡವು.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how warfare tests dharma through strategy and steadfast vows: a vowed enemy-host can be used to divert a key protector, showing that ethical duty in war includes discernment—recognizing when a challenge is also a calculated distraction.
While Droṇa is actively fighting, the Saṁśaptakas again issue a direct battle-challenge to Arjuna and pull him toward the southern side of the field, aiming to separate him from the main engagement and reduce his influence elsewhere.