Shloka 6

Devanagari script

ते तु राज्ञा समादिष्टा भीमसेनं जिघांसव: । अभ्यवर्तन्त संक्रुद्धा: पतज्रा: पावकं यथा

Transliteration

te tu rājñā samādiṣṭā bhīmasenaṃ jighāṃsavaḥ | abhyavartanta saṃkruddhāḥ pataṅgāḥ pāvakaṃ yathā ||

Translation

ৰাজাৰ আদেশ পাই ভীমসেনক বধ কৰিবলৈ উদ্যত তেওঁলোকে ক্ৰোধে ধাৱমান হ’ল—যেনে পতঙ্গ অগ্নিৰ দিশে ধায়।

Word by Word

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• राज्ञा: by the king
• राज्ञा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• समादिष्टाः: commanded/ordered
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-√दिश् (आदिश्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, Past passive participle (क्त)

• भीमसेनम्: Bhimasena
• भीमसेनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीमसेन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• जिघांसवः: wishing to kill
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √हन् (desiderative: जिघांस्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, Desiderative agent noun (सन् + उ, -u stem)

• अभ्यवर्तन्त: they advanced/attacked
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-आ-√वृत्
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Plural, Ātmanepada

• संक्रुद्धाः: enraged
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-√क्रुध्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, Past passive participle (क्त)

• पतङ्गाः: moths/insects
• पतङ्गाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पतङ्ग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पावकम्: fire
• पावकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पावक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• यथा: as/like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīmasena (Bhīma)
• the king (rājā)
• fire (pāvaka)
• moths (pataṅga)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The simile of moths rushing into fire highlights the ethical danger of acting from anger and blind obedience: such impulses can propel people toward ruin, even when the goal is framed as loyalty to a ruler.

What is happening in the narrative?

Warriors, acting under the king’s command, charge at Bhīmasena with the intention to kill him. Their furious, heedless advance is compared to moths drawn into a flame.