Shloka 18

द्रौपद्याः भीमसेन-प्रबोधनम्

Draupadī Awakens Bhīmasena

Devanagari script

त॑ मत्तमिव मातडूं वीक्षमाणं वनस्पतिम्‌ । स तमावारयामास भीमसेनं युधिषछिर:

Transliteration

taṁ mattam iva mātaṅgaṁ vīkṣamāṇaṁ vanaspatim | sa tam āvārayāmāsa bhīmasenaṁ yudhiṣṭhiraḥ ||

Translation

মত্ত হাতীৰ দৰে সেই গছলৈ চাই থকা ভীমসেনক যুধিষ্ঠিৰে বাধা দিলে।

Word by Word

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• मत्तम्: intoxicated, frenzied
• मत्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मत्त
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• इव: like, as if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• मातङ्गम्: elephant
• मातङ्गम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातङ्ग
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वीक्षमाणम्: looking at, beholding
• Type: Verb
• Root: वीक्ष्
• Form: शानच् (present active participle), Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वनस्पतिम्: tree
• वनस्पतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनस्पति
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आवारयामास: restrained, held back
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + वॄ (वारयति)
• Form: लिट् (periphrastic perfect), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

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

• युधिष्ठिरः: Yudhishthira
• युधिष्ठिरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Bhīmasena
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• vanaspati (tree)
• mātaṅga (elephant)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Strength must be governed by dharma and discernment. Yudhiṣṭhira embodies ethical leadership by restraining Bhīma’s impulsive force, showing that self-control and timely restraint can prevent harm and preserve a larger purpose.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīma, perceiving a tree as though it were a maddened elephant (a vivid simile suggesting danger or agitation), is checked by Yudhiṣṭhira, who intervenes to hold him back and keep the situation from escalating.