Shloka 12
द्रौपद्याः भीमसेन-प्रबोधनम्
Draupadī Awakens Bhīmasena
Devanagari script
स पपात तदा भूमौ रक्षोबलसमाहत: । विघूर्णमानो निश्रेष्टश्छिन्नममूल इव द्रुम:
Transliteration
sa papāta tadā bhūmau rakṣo-bala-samāhataḥ | vighūrṇamāno niśceṣṭaś chinnamūla iva drumaḥ ||
Translation
রাক্ষসের প্রবল আঘাতে কীচক তখন মাটিতে লুটিয়ে পড়ল; সারা দেহে ঘূর্ণি উঠল, আর সে শিকড়ছিন্ন বৃক্ষের মতো নিথর হয়ে গেল।
Word by Word
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
पपातfell
पपात:
TypeVerb
Rootपत्
FormPerfect (Paroksha), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
तदाthen
तदा:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतदा
भूमौon the ground
भूमौ:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootभूमि
FormFeminine, Locative, Singular
रक्षः-बल-समाहतःstruck by the strength of the Rakshasa
रक्षः-बल-समाहतः:
TypeAdjective
Rootरक्षस् + बल + समाहत
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
विघूर्णमानःreeling, whirling about
विघूर्णमानः:
TypeAdjective
Rootघूर्ण् (वि-)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
निश्चेष्टःmotionless
निश्चेष्टः:
TypeAdjective
Rootनिश्चेष्ट
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
छिन्न-मूलःhaving the root cut off; uprooted
छिन्न-मूलः:
TypeAdjective
Rootछिन्न + मूल
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
इवlike, as if
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
द्रुमःa tree
द्रुमः:
TypeNoun
Rootद्रुम
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
VaiśampāyanaR
rākṣasa (rakṣaḥ)E
earth/ground (bhūmi)T
tree (druma)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
The verse highlights the sudden collapse of arrogance and brute force when confronted by superior strength; violence rooted in pride proves unstable, falling as easily as a tree severed from its roots.
A man is struck powerfully by a rākṣasa; he staggers in a daze, becomes inert, and drops to the ground, compared to a tree cut at the root.