Shloka 12

Aṃśāvataraṇa-kathana (Catalog of Divine/Asuric Portions in Human Births) — Chapter 61

Devanagari script

यदा विबुद्ध: कौन्तेयस्तदा संछिद्य बन्धनम्‌ । उदतिष्ठन्महाबाहुर्भीमसेनो गतव्यथ:,जब कुन्तीनन्दन महाबाहु भीमकी आँख खुली, तब वे सारा बन्धन तोड़कर बिना किसी पीड़ाके उठ खड़े हुए

Transliteration

yadā vibuddhaḥ kaunteyas tadā saṃchidya bandhanam | udatiṣṭhan mahābāhur bhīmaseno gatavyathaḥ ||

Translation

قال فايشَمبايانا: لما أفاق ابنُ كونتي (بهيمسينا)، مزّق قيوده ونهض قائمًا—عظيمَ الذراعين، لا ألمَ به.

Word by Word

• यदा: when
• यदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा
• Form: temporal adverb

• विबुद्धः: awakened, conscious
• विबुद्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विबुद्ध
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• कौन्तेयः: son of Kuntī (Bhīma)
• कौन्तेयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौन्तेय
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा
• Form: temporal adverb

• संछिद्य: having cut asunder, breaking
• संछिद्य: Karana
• Type: Verb
• Root: छिद्
• Form: absolutive (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय), having cut/broken; with prefix सम्

• बन्धनम्: bond, fetter
• बन्धनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बन्धन
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• उदतिष्ठत्: stood up, arose
• उदतिष्ठत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था
• Form: imperfect (लङ्), parasmaipada, 3rd person, singular; with prefix उद्

• महाबाहुः: the mighty-armed one
• महाबाहुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाबाहु
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• भीमसेनः: Bhīmasena
• भीमसेनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीमसेन
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• गतव्यथः: free from pain, with pain gone
• गतव्यथः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गतव्यथ
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Kaunteya (Bhīmasena/Bhīma)
• bandhana (bonds/fetters)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Awareness restores agency: when clarity returns, one can break limiting restraints and stand up with renewed strength and dignity, ready to act rightly.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīmasena regains consciousness, snaps the bonds that held him, and rises up, described as mighty-armed and no longer in pain.