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Shloka 31

Virāṭa-parva Adhyāya 22 — Draupadī’s Abduction Attempt and Bhīma’s Suppression of the Kīcakas

भीमसेन बोले--वरारोहे! तुम्हारा स्वागत है; क्योंकि तुमने मुझे प्रिय संवाद सुनाया है। सुन्दरी! मैं इस कार्यमें दूसरे किसीको सहायक बनाना नहीं चाहता ।। या मे प्रीतिस्त्वया55ख्याता कीचकस्य समागमे । हत्वा हिडिम्बं सा प्रीतिर्ममासीद्‌ वरवर्णिनि,वरवर्णिनि! कीचकसे मिलनेके लिये तुमने जो शुभ संवाद दिया है और इसे सुनकर मुझे जितनी प्रसन्नता हुई है, ऐसी प्रसन्नता मुझे हिडिम्बासुरको मारकर प्राप्त हुई थी

bhīmasena uvāca—varārohe! tava svāgataṃ; yat tvayā me priyaḥ saṃvādaḥ śrāvitaḥ. sundari! asmin kārye ’ham anyaṃ kaṃcid api sahāyaṃ na icchāmi. yā me prītis tvayā ākhyātā kīcakasya samāgame, hatvā hiḍimbaṃ sā prītir mama āsīd varavarṇini.

Bhīma sprach: „O edle Frau, sei willkommen. Du hast mir eine frohe Kunde gebracht, die mein Herz erfreut. O Schöne, in dieser Sache will ich keinen anderen als Helfer nehmen. Die Freude, die ich empfand, als ich von dir die Gelegenheit hörte, Kīcaka zu begegnen, ist dieselbe Freude, die ich einst nach der Erschlagung des Dämons Hidimba empfand.“

which (that)
:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootyad
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
meto me / for me
me:
Sampradana
TypePronoun
Rootasmad
Form—, Dative, Singular
prītiḥjoy, pleasure
prītiḥ:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootprīti
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
tvayāby you
tvayā:
Karana
TypePronoun
Roottvad
Form—, Instrumental, Singular
ākhyātātold, announced
ākhyātā:
TypeVerb
Rootā-khyā
Formkta (past passive participle), Feminine, Nominative, Singular
kīcakasyaof Kīcaka
kīcakasya:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootkīcaka
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
samāgamein the meeting/encounter
samāgame:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootsamāgama
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
hatvāhaving slain
hatvā:
TypeVerb
Roothan
Formabsolutive (ktvā)
hiḍimbamHiḍimba (the rākṣasa)
hiḍimbam:
Karma
TypeNoun
Roothiḍimba
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
that (same)
:
TypePronoun
Roottad
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
prītiḥjoy, pleasure
prītiḥ:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootprīti
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
mamaof me / my
mama:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootasmad
Form—, Genitive, Singular
āsītwas
āsīt:
TypeVerb
Rootas
FormImperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular
varavarṇiniO fair-complexioned one
varavarṇini:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun (vocative epithet)
Rootvara-varṇinī
FormFeminine, Vocative, Singular

भीमसेन उवाच

B
Bhima (Bhimasena)
K
Kichaka
H
Hidimba
T
the addressed lady (Draupadi/Sairandhri, implied)

Educational Q&A

When injustice threatens the vulnerable, righteous strength may be used decisively; Bhima frames his resolve as protective duty, refusing to dilute responsibility by involving others.

In the Virata court episode, Bhima responds to the lady’s message about arranging an encounter with Kichaka; he welcomes the news, insists on acting alone, and compares his present exhilaration to the triumph he felt after killing the rākṣasa Hidimba.