Shloka 24

Devanagari script

तथैनं बलिनां श्रेष्ठ तस्य राज्ञो महात्मन: । मातरिश्वा ददौ पुत्र भीम॑ नाम महाबलम्‌,“उसी प्रकार उन महात्मा राजाको साक्षात्‌ वायु देवताने यह महाबली भीम नामक पुत्र प्रदान किया है, जो समस्त बलवानोंमें श्रेष्ठ है

Transliteration

tathaiva enaṃ balināṃ śreṣṭha tasya rājño mahātmanaḥ | mātariśvā dadau putra bhīmaṃ nāma mahābalam ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “In the same manner, O best among the mighty, Mātariśvan (the Wind-god) granted to that great-souled king a son of immense strength, named Bhīma—one who would stand foremost among all the powerful.”

Word by Word

तथाthus, in the same way

एनम्him (this one)

बलिनाम्of the strong (ones)

श्रेष्ठम्the best, foremost

तस्यof that

राज्ञःof the king

महात्मनःof the great-souled

मातरिश्वाMātariśvan (Vāyu, Wind-god)

ददौgave

पुत्रम्a son

भीम-नामnamed Bhīma

महाबलम्very strong, of great strength

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Mātariśvan (Vāyu, Wind-god)

Bhīma

the king (Pāṇḍu, implied)

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?

The verse underscores that extraordinary capacities can be understood as divinely sanctioned gifts, meant to serve a larger dharmic purpose; Bhīma’s strength is presented not as mere power, but as a destined endowment within a righteous lineage.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana continues the account of the Pāṇḍavas’ births, stating that the Wind-god Mātariśvan granted the king a son named Bhīma, renowned as the foremost among the strong.