Shloka 16

Devanagari script

ततो भीम: पुनर्गुर्वी चिक्षेपाधिरथेर्गदाम्‌

Transliteration

tato bhīmaḥ punar gurvī cikṣepādhirather gadām

Translation

ສັນຈະຍະ ກ່າວວ່າ: ແລ້ວ ພີມ ບໍ່ຫວັ່ນໄຫວ ໄດ້ຂວ້າງຄທາອັນໜັກຂອງຕົນອີກຄັ້ງ ໃສ່ນັກຮົບລົດຮົບຜູ້ຍິ່ງໃຫຍ່ນັ້ນ. ບົດນີ້ຊີ້ໃຫ້ເຫັນການທະວີຄວາມຮຸນແຮງຢ່າງບໍ່ຢຸດຢັ້ງໃນສົງຄາມ—ເມື່ອຄວາມກ້າຫານແລະຄວາມໂກດແຄ້ນຜັກດັນໃຫ້ຈົມຕີຊ້ຳໆ ໃນຂະນະທີ່ນ້ຳໜັກທາງທຳມະຂອງຄວາມຮຸນແຮງກໍສະສົມຂຶ້ນໃນທົ່ງແຫ່ງທຳມະ.

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereupon

भीमःBhima

पुनःagain

गुर्वीheavy, weighty

चिक्षेपthrew, hurled

अधिरथेःof Adhiratha (i.e., Karna)

गदाम्mace

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sanjaya

Bhima

adhiratha (a foremost chariot-warrior)

gada (mace)

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 kshatriya ethos of persistence and force in combat, while implicitly reminding the listener that repeated acts of violence—however valorous—intensify the moral gravity of war on the dharma-field.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya reports that Bhima again launches a powerful attack by throwing a heavy mace at a leading chariot-warrior (adhiratha), indicating an ongoing duel or exchange of blows in the Drona Parva battle sequence.