Shloka 35

Devanagari script

तांश्वैवानय भद्ठरें ते पानीयं च त्वमानय । तब कुन्तीकुमार युधिष्ठिरने भीमसेनसे कहा--“परंतप! भरतनन्दन! नकुल, सहदेव और अर्जुनको पानीके लिये गये बहुत देर हो गयी। वे अभीतक नहीं आ रहे हैं। तुम्हारा कल्याण हो। तुम जाकर उन्हें बुला लाओ और पानी भी ले आओ” ।। ३३-३४ $ ।। भीमसेनस्तथेत्युक्त्वा त॑ देशं प्रत्यपद्यत

Transliteration

yakṣa uvāca | tāṁś caivānaya bhadraṁ te pānīyaṁ ca tvam ānaya | bhīmasenas tathety uktvā taṁ deśaṁ pratyapadyata |

Translation

যক্ষই ক’লে—“তেওঁলোকক শীঘ্ৰে ইয়ালৈ আন; তোমাৰ মঙ্গল হওক। আৰু তুমি নিজেও পানী লৈ আহা।” এই কথা শুনি ভীমসেনে ক’লে—“তথাস্তु,” আৰু সেই ঠাইলৈ গ’ল।

Word by Word

भीमसेनःBhimasena

तथाthus

इतिso/quoting

उक्त्वाhaving said

तंthat

देशंplace/region

प्रतिtowards

अपद्यतwent/approached

Speaker

यक्ष उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yaksha

Bhimasena (Bhima)

Yudhishthira

Nakula

Sahadeva

Arjuna

pānīya (water)

deśa (the place/region, i.e., the lake area in context)

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?

Even in crisis, a leader must act with care for companions and with disciplined obedience to proper instruction. The benediction “bhadraṁ te” frames the command ethically—action should be purposeful, restrained, and oriented toward the welfare of the group.

What is happening in the narrative?

After the other brothers have gone to find water and do not return, Yudhishthira sends Bhima to bring them back and fetch water. At the lake, the Yaksha issues a directive—bring the others and bring water—after which Bhima sets off toward the indicated place.