Shloka 406

Devanagari script

तस्मै गुर्वी गदां घोरां विनदन्नुत्ससर्ज ह । घोड़ों और सारथिके मारे जानेपर रथकी बैठकसे नीचे उतरकर गर्जते हुए भीमसेनने उस राक्षसपर अपनी भारी एवं भयंकर गदा दे मारी

Transliteration

saf1jaya uv01ca |

tasmai gurv2b43 gad0143 ghor0143 vinadann utsasarja ha |

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: Laut brüllend schleuderte er gegen jenen Feind eine schwere, schaurige Keule. Nachdem Wagenlenker und Pferde erschlagen waren, stieg Bhīmasena vom Sitz des Streitwagens herab und warf, dröhnend vor Zorn, seine gewaltige und furchtbare Keule auf den Rākṣasa.

Word by Word

तस्मैto him

गुर्वीheavy

गदाम्mace

घोराम्terrible, dreadful

विनदन्roaring, resounding

उत्ससर्जhe hurled, he discharged

हindeed (emphatic particle)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sanjaya

Gada (mace)

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

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the kshatriya ethos in wartime: when faced with grave loss and immediate threat, a warrior responds with decisive force. Ethically, it reflects the Mahabharata43s tension between righteous duty in battle and the escalating ferocity that grief and rage can unleash.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya narrates a moment of intense combat: a warrior (contextually Bhimasena in the accompanying Hindi gloss) roars and hurls a heavy, terrifying mace at an opponent, after the charioteer and horses have been killed and he has come down from the chariot-seat.