Shloka 16
भीष्मस्य सेनापत्यप्रतिज्ञा तथा रथसंख्यावर्णनम् | Bhishma Accepts Command and Enumerates Kaurava Strength
अधर्मज्ञो नित्यवैरी पापबुद्धिर्नुशंसकृत् । सत्यां प्रतिज्ञामचिराद् द्रक्ष्यसे तां सुयोधन
sañjaya uvāca | adharmajño nityavairī pāpabuddhir nuśaṃsakṛt | satyāṃ pratijñām acirād drakṣyase tāṃ suyodhana |
三阇耶说道：“苏由檀那啊！你很快就会看到那誓言化为真实：毗摩军在盛怒之下，针对你弟弟杜沙萨那——不识达摩、恒为仇敌、心怀恶念且行事残忍之人——所立的誓言。”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Adharma—manifest as cruelty, wicked intent, and persistent enmity—invites inevitable consequences. The verse emphasizes that a solemn vow (pratijñā), once uttered in a charged moral context, becomes a vehicle through which ethical causality plays out: wrongdoing ripens into retribution, and truth is seen in the fulfillment of pledged action.
Sanjaya addresses Suyodhana (Duryodhana), warning him that Bhima’s vow concerning Duhshasana will soon be realized. It foreshadows the violent outcome awaiting Duhshasana and signals that the conflict is moving from threats and vows toward their concrete fulfillment in the coming war.