Shloka 6

Devanagari script

भारत! क्रोधमें भरे हुए भीमसेनने गदा उठाकर आपके दुर्योधन आदि सब पुत्रोंको अकेले ही रोक दिया ।। रथैरनेकसाहसरै: क्रोधामर्षसमन्वित: । नन्दकस्तव पुत्रस्तु भीमसेनं॑ महाबलम्‌

Transliteration

Bhārata! krodhena bhṛto Bhīmaseno gadām utthāpya tava Duryodhanādīn sarvān putrān eko 'pi niruddhavān. rathair aneka-sāhasraiḥ krodhāmarṣa-samanvitaḥ; Nandakas tava putras tu Bhīmasenaṃ mahābalam.

Translation

Sañjaya said: O descendant of Bharata, Bhīmasena, inflamed with wrath, lifted his mace and single-handedly checked all your sons, beginning with Duryodhana. Surrounded by many thousands of chariots and driven by anger and wounded pride, your son Nandaka confronted the mighty Bhīmasena.

Word by Word

रथैःby/with chariots

अनेकmany

साहस्रैःby thousands (thousandfold)

क्रोधin anger

अमर्षin indignation

समन्वितःendowed with, possessed of

नन्दकःNandaka (name)

तवof you/your

पुत्रःson

तुbut/indeed

भीमसेनम्Bhimasena

महाबलम्very strong, mighty

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra (addressed as Bhārata)

Bhīmasena (Bhīma)

Duryodhana

Kaurava sons (tava putrāḥ)

Nandaka

gadā (mace)

ratha (chariots)

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 highlights how anger (krodha) and wounded pride (amarṣa) escalate conflict and cloud judgment, even as it praises steadfast courage. Ethically, it cautions that emotional agitation can drive warriors into reckless confrontation, turning strength into destructive force.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Bhīma, enraged, raises his mace and single-handedly holds back Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s sons led by Duryodhana. Amid many thousands of chariots, the Kaurava son Nandaka advances against the mighty Bhīma.