Shloka 16
इरावांस्तु ततो राजन्ननुविन्दस्य सायकै: । चतुर्भिश्चतुरो वाहाननयद् यमसादनम्,राजन्! उस समय इरावानने अपने चार बाणोंद्वारा अनुविन्दके चारों घोड़ोंको यमलोक पहुँचा दिया
irāvāṁs tu tato rājann anuvindasya sāyakaiḥ | caturbhiś caturo vāhān anayad yamasādanam ||
సంజయుడు పలికెను—ఆపై, ఓ రాజా! ఇరావాన్ నాలుగు బాణాలతో అనువిందుని నాలుగు గుర్రాలను కొట్టి యమసదనానికి పంపెను.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights a battlefield ethic within kṣatriya-dharma: force is applied with tactical purpose—here, disabling the opponent’s chariot team—showing how duty in war often operates through strategic, targeted actions that determine outcomes while remaining within the accepted codes of combat.
Sañjaya reports to the king that Irāvān shoots four arrows and kills Anuvinda’s four horses, effectively neutralizing Anuvinda’s chariot mobility and sending the horses ‘to Yama’s abode,’ a poetic way of stating that they were slain.