Shloka 55

Devanagari script

तस्मिन्‌ निपतिते भूमौ भीम: क्रुद्धों विशाम्पते

Transliteration

tasmin nipatite bhūmau bhīmaḥ kruddho viśāmpate

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: Als er zu Boden stürzte, geriet Bhīma — zornentbrannt, o Herr der Menschen — in wilde Gegenwehr. Diese Zeile kündet von der Zorneswoge nach dem Sturz eines Kriegers und zeigt, wie Schmerz und Wut weitere Gewalt nähren und die Selbstbeherrschung unter den Forderungen des Dharma im Krieg erproben.

Word by Word

• तस्मिन्: in that (place/time)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• निपतिते: having fallen / fallen
• निपतिते: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-पत्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त), used adjectivally

• भूमौ: on the ground
• भूमौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• भीमः: Bhima
• भीमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• क्रुद्धः: angry
• क्रुद्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुध्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त), used adjectivally

• विशाम्पते: O lord of the people (O king)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशाम्पति
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīma
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by viśāmpate)
• bhūmi (the ground/earth)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds krodha arising from battlefield loss; it implicitly warns that anger can overtake discernment, making self-restraint and adherence to dharma difficult even for great warriors.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that after a combatant has fallen to the ground, Bhīma becomes furious, indicating an imminent escalation in his actions on the battlefield.