Shloka 21

कुरुक्षेत्रे सेनानिवेशवृत्तान्तः — Dhṛtarāṣṭra Questions Saṃjaya on the Deployed Armies

Devanagari script

उदतिष्ठत्‌ ततः पार्थों भीमकर्मा वृकोदर: । गाण्डीवधन्वा ये चान्ये राजानस्तत्र केचन

Transliteration

udatiṣṭhat tataḥ pārtho bhīmakarmā vṛkodaraḥ | gāṇḍīvadhanvā ye cānye rājānas tatra kecana ||

Translation

তখন পার্থ—ভয়ংকর কর্মকারী বৃকোদর ভীম—উঠে দাঁড়ালেন; আর সেখানে উপস্থিত অন্যান্য রাজাগণও, গাণ্ডীবধারী অর্জুনসহ, সকলেই উঠে দাঁড়ালেন।

Word by Word

• उदतिष्ठत्: stood up / arose
• उदतिष्ठत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्-स्था (स्था धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिक)

• पार्थः: the son of Pritha (Arjuna)
• पार्थः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भीमकर्मा: he whose deeds are terrible
• भीमकर्मा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भीमकर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वृकोदरः: Wolf-bellied (Bhima)
• वृकोदरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृकोदर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गाण्डीवधन्वा: the wielder of the Gandiva bow (Arjuna)
• गाण्डीवधन्वा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गाण्डीवधन्वन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• राजानः: kings
• राजानः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• केचन: some (certain ones)
• केचन: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: केचन (किम् + चन)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Pārtha
• Bhīma (Vṛkodara)
• Gāṇḍīva (bow)
• other kings (rājānaḥ)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in a tense pre-war setting, conduct is regulated by dharma: rising together in an assembly signals respect, recognition of status, and disciplined readiness—ethical order maintained amid political crisis.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes a formal reaction in the gathering: Bhīma (Vṛkodara) rises first, and other kings present—along with the famed Gāṇḍīva-bearing archer—also stand, indicating that someone significant has appeared or that a decisive moment has been reached.