Shloka 25

युधिष्ठिरस्य कृष्णार्जुनादि-समाश्वासनम्

Yudhiṣṭhira’s reassurance and praise of Kṛṣṇa, Arjuna, Bhīma, and Sātyaki

Devanagari script

कि भीमस्य न जानासि विक्रमं त्वं सुबालिश

Transliteration

kiṃ bhīmasya na jānāsi vikramaṃ tvaṃ subāliśa

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Do you not know Bhīma’s prowess, you utterly foolish one?”

Word by Word

• किम्: why?/what?
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किम्
• Form: interrogative particle (indeclinable usage)

• भीमस्य: of Bhima
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीम
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न
• Form: negation particle

• जानासि: you know
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा
• Form: present tense (lat), parasmaipada, 2nd person, singular

• विक्रमम्: prowess/valor
• विक्रमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विक्रम
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: second-person pronoun, nominative, singular

• सुबालिश: O very foolish one
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुबालिश
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīma (Bhīmasena)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Sound judgment in dharmic and strategic matters requires recognizing reality—especially the proven strength and character of key actors. Dismissing Bhīma’s prowess out of arrogance or ignorance is portrayed as folly that invites ethical and practical disaster.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Drona Parva war-reporting frame, Sañjaya rebukes an interlocutor for failing to appreciate Bhīma’s formidable might, implying that such underestimation leads to misguided decisions amid the escalating violence of the battle.