Shloka 28

Devanagari script

आहत्य दुन्दुर्भि भीम: शड्खं प्रथ्माप्पय चासकृत्‌ | विनद्य सिंहनादेन ज्यां विकर्षन्‌ पुन: पुन:,भीमसेनने बारंबार डंका पीटा और अनेक बार शंख बजाकर बारंबार धनुषकी प्रत्यंचा खींचते हुए सिंहके दहाड़नेके समान भयंकर गर्जना की

Transliteration

āhatya dundubhim bhīmaḥ śaṅkhaṃ prathamāpyayā cāsakṛt | vinadya siṃhanādena jyāṃ vikarṣan punaḥ punaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Bhīma, after striking the war-drum, repeatedly blew his conch. Then, again and again drawing back the bowstring, he let out a terrifying roar like a lion—an act meant to proclaim resolve, rally allies, and strike fear into the opposing host in the charged ethics of battlefield duty.

Word by Word

• आहत्य: having struck/beaten
• आहत्य: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-हन् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि

• दुन्दुभिम्: the drum (kettledrum)
• दुन्दुभिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुन्दुभि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• भीमः: Bhima
• भीमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शङ्खम्: the conch
• शङ्खम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्ख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रथमापूर्य: having first filled (and blown)
• प्रथमापूर्य: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रथम + आ-पूॄ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• असकृत्: repeatedly, many times
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: असकृत्

• विनद्य: having roared/sounded
• विनद्य: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-नद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि

• सिंहनादेन: with a lion-roar
• सिंहनादेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिंहनाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• ज्याम्: the bowstring
• ज्याम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• विकर्षन्: pulling/drawing
• विकर्षन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-कृष् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīma (Bhīmasena)
• dundubhi (war-drum)
• śaṅkha (conch)
• jyā (bowstring)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

In the war setting, the verse highlights kṣatriya-duty expressed through disciplined fearlessness: ritual signals (drum, conch) and controlled displays of strength are used to uphold one’s side’s morale and to confront adharma without hesitation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes Bhīma’s battlefield proclamation: he strikes the drum, repeatedly blows the conch, draws his bowstring again and again, and roars like a lion—signaling readiness to fight and intimidating the enemy.