Shloka 163
अध्याय १५९ — रात्रौ श्रमविरामः
Night Exhaustion and Brief Pause in Battle
पुत्रास्ते5 भ्यर्दयन् भीम॑ दश दाशरथे: समा: । नरश्रेष्ठ) वीर बाह्लीकके मारे जानेपर श्रीरामचन्द्रजीके समान पराक्रमी आपके दस पुत्र भीमसेनको पीड़ा देने लगे
putrās te 'bhyardayan bhīmaṃ daśa dāśaratheḥ samāḥ | naraśreṣṭhā vīrā bāhlīkaṃ māre jāne para śrīrāmacandrajīke samāna-parākramī āpake daśa putrā bhīmasenako pīḍā dene lage |
ສັນຊະຍະ ກ່າວວ່າ: ບຸດຊາຍທັງສິບຂອງທ່ານ—ວິລະຊົນຜູ້ມີອານຸພາບເທົ່າກັບ ຣາມະ ບຸດຂອງທະສະຣະຖະ—ໄດ້ຮຸກຮານ ແລະ ບີບຄັ້ນ ພີມະ. ຫຼັງຈາກ ບາຫລີກະ ລົ້ມຕາຍ, ພວກເຂົາກໍລຸມເຂົ້າໃສ່ ພີມະເສນະ ເພື່ອຫວັງຈະກົດຂີ່ເຂົາດ້ວຍການຈູ່ໂຈມຮ່ວມກັນ.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how warfare amplifies cycles of grief and vengeance: after a leader’s death, allies may resort to coordinated aggression. Ethically, it invites reflection on whether valor is best shown through fair combat or through overpowering force driven by retaliation.
Sanjaya reports to Dhritarashtra that Dhritarashtra’s ten sons, described as Rama-like in prowess, begin to surround and harass Bhima, especially after learning of Bahlika’s death, intensifying the battle pressure on the Pandava hero.