Shloka 106

Devanagari script

ततः क्रुद्धो महाराज भैमसेनिर्महाबल: । चकार बहुधा55त्मानं भीषयाणो महारथान्‌,महाराज! तत्पश्चात्‌ क्रोधमें भरे हुए महाबली भीमसेनकुमार घटोत्कचने महारथियोंको भयभीत करते हुए अपने बहुत-से रूप बना लिये

Transliteration

tataḥ kruddho mahārāja bhaimasenir mahābalaḥ | cakāra bahudhātmānaṃ bhīṣayāṇo mahārathān mahārāja ||

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: Dann, o König, nahm der überaus starke Ghaṭotkaca, der Sohn Bhīmasenas, von Zorn entflammt, viele Gestalten an und versetzte die großen Wagenkrieger in Schrecken.

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

क्रुद्धःangry

महाराजO great king

भैमसेनिःthe son of Bhimasena (Ghaṭotkaca)

महाबलःvery strong, mighty

चकारmade, did

बहुधाin many ways, manifoldly

आत्मानम्himself (his own self/form)

भीषयाणःfrightening, terrifying

महारथान्the great chariot-warriors

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Bhīmasena

Ghaṭotkaca

mahārathas (great chariot-warriors)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how anger and extraordinary power can be used to intimidate opponents in war, prompting reflection on the ethical boundary between legitimate strategy and the deliberate cultivation of terror that intensifies violence and suffering.

What is happening in the narrative?

Ghaṭotkaca, the powerful son of Bhīma, becomes enraged and manifests multiple forms to frighten the leading warriors on the battlefield, as Sañjaya reports the events to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra.