Shloka 15

Devanagari script

गतो<सि वैरस्यानृण्यं प्रतिज्ञा पूरिता त्वया । शुभेनाथाशुभेनैव कर्मणा विरमाधुना,'भीम! तुम वैरसे उऋण हुए। तुमने शुभ या अशुभ कर्मसे अपनी प्रतिज्ञा पूरी कर ली। अब तो इस कार्यसे विरत हो जाओ

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | gato 'si vairasyānṛṇyaṃ pratijñā pūritā tvayā | śubhenāthāśubhenaiva karmaṇā viramādhunā ||

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: „O Bhīma, du hast nun die Schuld der Feindschaft beglichen; dein Gelübde ist von dir erfüllt. Ob durch eine Tat, die man für glückverheißend hält, oder durch eine, die man für unheilvoll hält — du hast vollendet, was du gelobt hast; lass nun ab von diesem Tun.“

Word by Word

गतःgone; having gone

असिyou are

वैindeed

वैरस्यof enmity; of vengeance

ऋण्यंdebt; obligation

प्रतिज्ञाvow; promise

पूरिताfulfilled

त्वयाby you

शुभेनby good (deed/means)

अथthen; and now

अशुभेनby evil (deed/means)

एवindeed; just

कर्मणाby an act; by deed

विरमdesist; stop

अधुनाnow

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Bhīma

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?

Even when a vow of vengeance has been carried out, one should recognize the moral ambiguity of the act (śubha/aśubha) and practice restraint thereafter; fulfilling a pledge does not justify continuing violence beyond its stated end.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya addresses Bhīma, stating that Bhīma has completed his pledged act and is now ‘free of the debt’ of hostility; therefore, Sañjaya urges him to stop and not proceed further in the same violent course.