Shloka 1

(दाक्षिणात्य अधिक पाठके ७३ श्लोक मिलाकर कुल ४२३ शलोक हैं) #ीी#ीि 2 हज श्रीस-शसीस > जो उत्सव या नाटक आदिको सुविधापूर्वक देखनेके उद्देश्यसे बनाया गया हो, उसे प्रेक्षागृह या प्रेक्षाभवन कहते हैं। चतुस्त्रिंशर्दाधिकशततमो< ध्याय: भीमसेन, दुर्योधन तथा अर्जुनके द्वारा अस्त्र-कौशलका प्रदर्शन वैशम्पायन उवाच कुरुराजे हि रड़स्थे भीमे च बलिनां वरे । पक्षपातकृतस्नेह: स द्विधेिवाभवज्जन:,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--जनमेजय! जब कुरुराज दुर्योधन और बलवानोंमें श्रेष्ठ भीमसेन रंगभूमिमें उतरकर गदायुद्ध कर रहे थे, उस समय दर्शक जनता उनके प्रति पक्षपातपूर्ण स्नेह करनेके कारण मानो दो दलोंमें बँट गयी

vaiśampāyana uvāca | kururāje hi raṅgasth(e) bhīme ca balināṁ vare | pakṣapātakṛtasnehaḥ sa dvidheva abhavaj janaḥ ||

Vaiśampāyana said: “O Janamejaya, when the Kuru prince Duryodhana and Bhīmasena—foremost among the strong—entered the arena and engaged in mace-combat, the assembled people, swayed by partisan affection, seemed as though divided into two opposing camps.”

वैशम्पायनःVaiśampāyana
वैशम्पायनः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवैशम्पायन
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPerfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
कुरुराजेin/when the Kuru-king (Duryodhana)
कुरुराजे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootकुरुराज
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
हिindeed
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
रङ्गस्थेon the arena/stage
रङ्गस्थे:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootरङ्गस्थ
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
भीमेwhen Bhīma (was there)
भीमे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootभीम
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
बलिनाम्of the strong (men)
बलिनाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootबलिन्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
वरेin the best (one)
वरे:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootवर
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
पक्षपातकृतस्नेहःhaving affection caused by partiality
पक्षपातकृतस्नेहः:
TypeAdjective
Rootपक्षपातकृतस्नेह
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सःthat/he (the people)
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
द्विधाinto two (ways/parts)
द्विधा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootद्विधा
इवas if
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
अभवत्became
अभवत्:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
FormImperfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
जनःthe people/crowd
जनः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootजन
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśampāyana
J
Janamejaya
D
Duryodhana
B
Bhīmasena (Bhīma)
R
raṅga (arena)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights how public judgment is easily distorted by pakṣapāta (partisan bias): affection and loyalty can split a community into factions, obscuring fair assessment of merit and foreshadowing larger social rupture.

Duryodhana and Bhīma enter the arena and engage in a mace-combat display; the spectators, emotionally invested in one side or the other, react as if divided into two camps.