Shloka 9

Devanagari script

भीमसेन उवाच अर्जुनार्जुन बीभत्सो शृणुष्वैतद्‌ वचो मम । यदर्थ क्षत्रिया सूते तस्थ कालोडयमागत:,भीमसेन बोले--अर्जुन! अर्जुन! बीभत्सो! मेरी यह बात सुनो। क्षत्राणी माता जिसके लिये बेटा पैदा करती है, उसे कर दिखानेका यह अवसर आ गया है

Transliteration

bhīmasena uvāca | arjunārjuna bībhatsō śṛṇuṣvaitad vaco mama | yadartha kṣatriyā sūte tastha kālo ’yam āgataḥ ||

Translation

Bhīmasena sprach: „Arjuna—Arjuna! O Bībhatsu, höre meine Worte. Nun ist die Zeit gekommen, jene Tat zu vollbringen, um derentwillen eine Kshatriya-Mutter einen Sohn gebiert—die entscheidende Stunde der Kriegerpflicht ist da.“

Word by Word

भीमसेनःBhimasena

उवाचsaid

अर्जुनO Arjuna

बीभत्सोO Bibhatsu

शृणुष्वlisten

एतत्this

वचःspeech/words

ममof me / my

यदर्थम्for which purpose

क्षत्रियाa Kshatriya woman

सूतेgives birth (brings forth)

तस्मिन्in that / for that (occasion)

कालःtime

अयम्this

आगतःhas come / arrived

Speaker

भीमसेन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīmasena (Bhīma)

Arjuna

Bībhatsu (epithet of Arjuna)

Kṣatriyā (Kshatriya mother)

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?

Bhīma urges Arjuna to stand firm in kṣatriya-dharma: when the decisive moment arrives, a warrior must act with resolve, fulfilling the purpose for which he was born—protecting honor and upholding duty in battle.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the midst of the Drona Parva’s intense fighting, Bhīma addresses Arjuna directly, calling him by name and epithet to rouse him. He declares that the critical time has come for Arjuna to perform the warrior’s decisive task for which a Kshatriya mother bears a son.