Shloka 1

Bhīmasya paruṣa-vākyaṃ

Bhīma’s Harsh Speech Heard by Dhṛtarāṣṭra and Gāndhārī

Devanagari script

2 7 जा चतुथों5 ध्याय: व्यासजीके 2230 अप कक धृतराष्ट्रको वनमें जानेके अनुमति देना व्यास उवाच युधिष्ठिर महाबाहो यथाह कुरुनन्दन: । धृतराष्ट्रो महातेजास्तत्‌ कुरुष्वाविचारयन्‌,व्यासजी बोले--महाबाहु युधिष्ठिर! कुरुकुलको आनन्दित करनेवाले महातेजस्वी धृतराष्ट्र जो कुछ कह रहे हैं, उसे बिना विचारे पूरा करो

Transliteration

vyāsa uvāca | yudhiṣṭhira mahābāho yathāha kurunandanaḥ | dhṛtarāṣṭro mahātejās tat kuruṣv avicārayan ||

Translation

ব্যাস বললেন—মহাবাহু যুধিষ্ঠির! কুরুবংশের আনন্দস্বরূপ ধৃতরাষ্ট্র যা বলেছেন, সেই মহাতেজস্বীর কথাই বিনা দ্বিধায় সম্পন্ন করো।

Word by Word

• {'vyāsa uvāca': 'Vyāsa said', 'yudhiṣṭhira': 'Yudhiṣṭhira (eldest Pāṇḍava, king)', 'mahābāho': 'mighty-armed

• a heroic epithet', 'yathāha': 'as he has said

• according to his words', 'kurunandanaḥ': 'delight of the Kurus

• an honorific (here referring to Dhṛtarāṣṭra)', 'dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ': 'Dhṛtarāṣṭra (blind Kuru elder, father of the Kauravas)', 'mahātejāḥ': 'of great splendor/energy

• highly dignified', 'tat': 'that

• his request/that matter', 'kuruṣva': 'do (it)

• carry it out', 'avicārayan': 'without deliberation

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Kuru lineage (Kuru-kula)