Shloka 55

Devanagari script

स्थिता: पश्यत मे कर्म द्रोणमेव व्रजाम्पहम्‌ । ये जबतक पाण्डव-सेनाको समाप्त नहीं कर लेते, उसके पहले ही मैं द्रोणपर आक्रमण करता हूँ। वीरो! तुम खड़े होकर मेरा पराक्रम देखो ।। ५४ ई ।। इत्युक्त्वा प्राविशत्‌ क्रुद्धों द्रोणानीकं वृकोदर:

Transliteration

sthitāḥ paśyata me karma droṇam eva vrajāmy aham | ity uktvā prāviśat kruddho droṇānīkaṃ vṛkodaraḥ ||

Translation

Bhīmasena sprach: „Steht fest und seht meine Tat. Ich gehe geradewegs auf Droṇa los.“ So sprechend stürmte Vṛkodara, von Zorn entbrannt, in Droṇas Schlachtordnung hinein.

Word by Word

इतिthus

उक्त्वाhaving said

प्राविशत्entered

क्रुद्धःangry

द्रोण-अनीकम्Drona's army/formation

वृकोदरःVrikodara (Bhima)

Speaker

भीमसेन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīmasena

Droṇa

Vṛkodara

Droṇa’s army/formation (Droṇānīka)

Pāṇḍavas (implied in the contextual gloss)

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?

In the battlefield ethic of the epic, steadfastness and decisive action are praised when undertaken for one’s side’s protection and strategic necessity; Bhīma’s vow-like resolve models kṣatriya courage directed toward a clear objective rather than hesitation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīma calls on his allies to hold position and witness his feat, then—angered—he plunges into Droṇa’s formation, signaling an aggressive attempt to strike at the enemy commander and disrupt the opposing force.