Shloka 16

दुःशासनवधः (Duḥśāsana-vadha) — Bhīma’s vow-fulfillment in combat

Devanagari script

ततो यौधिष्ठिरं सैन्यं वध्यमानं महात्मना

Transliteration

tato yauḍhiṣṭhiraṃ sainyaṃ vadhyamānaṃ mahātmanā

Translation

ထို့နောက် ထိုမဟာစိတ်ရှိသော သူရဲကောင်း၏ လက်ဖြင့် ဖြတ်သတ်ခံနေရသော ယုဓိဋ္ဌိရ၏ စစ်တပ်သည် အလွန်ပြင်းထန်စွာ ဒုက္ခရောက်လာသည်—စစ်၏ မရပ်မနား လှုပ်ရှားသွားလာမှုကို ပြသသည့် ပုံရိပ်တစ်ရပ်ဖြစ်ပြီး၊ တရားမျှတသော အကြောင်းရင်းတောင် စစ်မြေပြင်ပေါ် အကြမ်းဖက်မှု၏ ခက်ခဲသော အကျိုးဆက်ကို ခံရမည်ကို ဆိုလိုသည်။

Word by Word

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

• यौधिष्ठिरम्: belonging to Yudhiṣṭhira / of Yudhiṣṭhira
• यौधिष्ठिरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यौधिष्ठिर (युधिष्ठिर-सम्बद्ध)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• सैन्यम्: army
• सैन्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सैन्य
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• वध्यमानम्: being slain, being killed
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वध्यमान (√वध्/वध् ‘to slay’ + यमान; कर्मणि वर्तमानकाले कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (सैन्यम् इति विशेषणम्)

• महात्मना: by the great-souled one
• महात्मना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even when one stands with dharma, war unleashes suffering that does not discriminate; the verse underscores the ethical gravity of violence and the inevitability of painful consequences once battle is joined.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Yudhiṣṭhira’s forces are being slaughtered by a ‘great-souled’ warrior, indicating a moment of severe pressure and loss for the Pāṇḍava side in the Karṇa Parva battle sequence.