Shloka 10

Adhyāya 129 — Public Acclaim of the Pāṇḍavas and Duryodhana’s Appeal to Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Devanagari script

यतः प्रसुप्तं मन्ये5हं भीम॑ नेति हतस्तु सः । इत्युक्ता च ततः कुन्ती धर्मराजेन धीमता,“जहाँ मैं भीमसेनको सोया हुआ समझता था, वहीं किसीने उसे मार तो नहीं डाला?! बुद्धिमान्‌ धर्मराजके इस प्रकार पूछनेपर कुन्ती “हाय-हाय” करके घबरा उठी और युधिष्ठिससे बोली--“'बेटा! मैंने भीमको नहीं देखा है। वह मेरे पास आया ही नहीं

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | yataḥ prasuptaṃ manye 'haṃ bhīma neti hataḥ tu saḥ | ity uktā ca tataḥ kuntī dharmarājena dhīmatā |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: „Von eben dem Ort, wo ich meinte, Bhīma schlafe—kann es sein, dass jemand ihn getötet hat?“ Als der weise Dharmarāja so sprach, erschrak Kuntī und klagte laut; sie erwiderte Yudhiṣṭhira, sie habe Bhīma nicht gesehen, und er sei nicht zu ihr zurückgekehrt.

Word by Word

• {'yataḥ': 'from where

• from the place where', 'prasuptam': 'asleep

• sleeping', 'manye': 'I think

• I suppose', 'aham': 'I', 'bhīma': 'Bhīma (Bhīmasena), the strong Pāṇḍava', 'na iti': 'not (so)

• ‘is it not…?’ (interrogative nuance in context)', 'hataḥ': 'killed

• slain', 'tu': 'but

• indeed', 'saḥ': 'he', 'iti uktā': 'thus addressed

• having been spoken to', 'tataḥ': 'then

• thereafter', 'kuntī': 'Kuntī (mother of the Pāṇḍavas)', 'dharmarājena': 'by Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira), ‘king of dharma’', 'dhīmatā': 'by the intelligent/wise one'}

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Bhīma (Bhīmasena)
• Kuntī
• Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even the dharmic and composed leader must remain vigilant for the safety of dependents; concern for a brother’s welfare is presented as a righteous responsibility, not mere fear.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira (Dharmarāja) realizes Bhīma is not where he was expected to be and fears he may have been killed; Kuntī, alarmed, admits she has not seen Bhīma and that he did not come to her.