Shloka 16

Devanagari script

स तै: परिवृत: शूरै: शूरो युधि सुदुर्जयै: । न सम प्रव्यथते राजन्‌ कृष्णतुल्यपराक्रम:,राजन! अभिमन्युका पराक्रम भगवान्‌ श्रीकृष्णके समान था। वह युद्धमें अत्यन्त दुर्जय उन शूरवीरोंसे घिर जानेपर भी व्यथित या चिन्तित नहीं हुआ

Transliteration

sa taiḥ parivṛtaḥ śūraiḥ śūro yudhi sudurjayaiḥ | na sama pravyathate rājan kṛṣṇatulyaparākramaḥ ||

Translation

ข้าแต่พระราชา อภิมันยุผู้มีเดชานุภาพเสมอพระกฤษณะ แม้ถูกเหล่าวีรบุรุษผู้ยากจะปราบล้อมไว้ในสนามรบ ก็หาได้หวั่นไหวหรือครั่นคร้ามไม่

Word by Word

सःhe

तैःby them

परिवृतःsurrounded

शूरैःby heroes/warriors

शूरःthe hero

युधिin battle

सुदुर्जयैःby very hard-to-conquer (warriors)

नnot

समम्at all / equally

प्रव्यथतेis distressed / trembles

राजन्O king

कृष्णतुल्यपराक्रमःwhose valor is equal to Krishna's

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by 'rājan')

Kṛṣṇa

Abhimanyu (implied by context of the passage)

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 steadfast courage under pressure: a dharmic warrior does not lose composure even when surrounded by formidable foes. Inner steadiness and resolve are presented as ethical strengths in the chaos of battle.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes to the king how the hero (contextually Abhimanyu) is encircled by powerful warriors in the fight, yet remains unshaken, his valor likened to that of Kṛṣṇa.