Shloka 37

Devanagari script

रौद्रस्थ कायाद्धि शिरो भीम॑ विकृतदर्शनम्‌ | स्फुरतस्तस्य समरे नदतश्नातिभैरवम्‌

Transliteration

raudrastha-kāyāddhi śiro bhīma vikṛta-darśanam | sphuratastasya samare nadataś cātibhairavam ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: From that body, fixed in a fierce and wrathful stance, Bhīma’s head appeared—its look distorted with rage. On the battlefield it quivered with intensity, and his roar rang out, exceedingly terrifying. The verse underscores how unrestrained fury manifests outwardly in war, turning a warrior’s very presence into a force of fear, and hints at the moral cost of violence even when driven by duty and vengeance.

Word by Word

• रौद्रात्: from the fierce (body)
• रौद्रात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रौद्र
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• स्थकायात्: from the massive-bodied one
• स्थकायात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थकाय
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• हि: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• शिरः: head
• शिरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिरस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• भीम: O Bhima
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीम
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• विकृतदर्शनम्: of dreadful/strange appearance
• विकृतदर्शनम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विकृतदर्शन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• स्फुरतः: of (him/it) quivering
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्फुरत्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• तस्य: of him/that
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• समरे: in battle
• समरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• नदतः: of (him/it) roaring
• Type: Verb
• Root: नदत्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• अतिभैरवम्: exceedingly terrible
• अतिभैरवम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अतिभैरव
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīma
• samara (battlefield)