Shloka 16

द्रोण–सात्यकि द्वैरथम्

Droṇa and Sātyaki: The Chariot Duel

Devanagari script

ततोडर्जुनो वच:ः श्रुत्वा धर्मराजेन भाषितम्‌

Transliteration

tato 'rjuno vacaḥ śrutvā dharmarājena bhāṣitam

Translation

ထို့နောက် အာဂျုနသည် ဓမ္မရာဇ (ယုဓိဋ္ဌိရ) ပြောသောစကားကို ကြားပြီး၊ စစ်ပွဲ၏ အရေးပေါ်အခြေအနေထဲတွင် ပြန်လည်တုံ့ပြန်하였다—တရားမျှတလိုသော ရည်ရွယ်ချက်ကိုပင် စစ်မြေပြင်နှင့် ခေါင်းဆောင်မှု၏ ကြမ်းတမ်းသော လိုအပ်ချက်များနှင့် တိုင်းတာရသည့်အခါဖြစ်သည်။

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable)

• अर्जुनः: Arjuna
• अर्जुनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• वचः: speech, words
• वचः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (absolutive), कर्तरि प्रयोग

• धर्मराजेन: by Dharmaraja (Yudhishthira)
• धर्मराजेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मराज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• भाषितम्: spoken, said
• भाषितम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: भाष् (धातु)
• Form: कृत (क्त) कृदन्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna
• Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights attentive listening to righteous counsel: Arjuna’s next action is framed as a response to Dharmarāja’s speech, underscoring that even in war, decisions should proceed from hearing and weighing dharmic guidance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira (Dharmarāja) has spoken; Arjuna hears those words, marking a transition point where Arjuna is about to reply or act based on that counsel within the events of Droṇa Parva.