Shloka 5

आदि पर्व, अध्याय 139 — Hiḍimba’s Detection and Hiḍimbā’s Approach to Bhīma

Devanagari script

समाप्तशिक्षो भीमस्तु द्युमत्सेनसमो बले । पराक्रमेण सम्पन्नो भ्रातृणामचरद्‌ वशे,शिक्षा समाप्त होनेपर भीमसेन बलमें राजा द्युमत्सेनके समान हो गये और पराक्रमसे सम्पन्न हो अपने भाइयोंके अनुकूल रहने लगे

Transliteration

samāptaśikṣo bhīmas tu dyumatsenasamo bale | parākrameṇa sampanno bhrātṝṇām acarād vaśe ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: Als Bhīma seine Ausbildung vollendet hatte, war er an Kraft dem König Dyumatsena ebenbürtig. Mit Tapferkeit erfüllt, lebte er fortan in Eintracht mit seinen Brüdern und hielt sich nach ihrem Wunsch — ein Zeichen dafür, dass gezügelte Macht von familiärer Harmonie geleitet wird, nicht von Hochmut.

Word by Word

समाप्तशिक्षःwhose training was completed

भीमःBhima

तुbut/indeed

द्युमत्सेनसमःequal to Dyumatsena

बलेin strength

पराक्रमेणby/with valor

सम्पन्नःendowed; accomplished

भ्रातॄणाम्of (his) brothers

अचरत्he lived/behaved; he acted

वशेunder control; in subordination

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Bhīma (Bhīmasena)

King Dyumatsena

the brothers (Bhrātṛs; the Pāṇḍavas implied)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Power gained through training is ethically complete only when governed by restraint and harmony; Bhīma’s strength and valor are paired with obedience to his brothers, modeling disciplined might under dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

After finishing his instruction, Bhīma becomes as strong as King Dyumatsena and, though highly valorous, chooses to live in accordance with his brothers’ wishes, maintaining unity within the family.