Shloka 55

Devanagari script

तस्मिन्‌ निपतिते भूमौ भीम: क्रुद्धों विशाम्पते

Transliteration

tasmin nipatite bhūmau bhīmaḥ kruddho viśāmpate

Translation

Sañjaya said: When he fell upon the ground, Bhīma—angered, O lord of men—reacted fiercely. The line signals the surge of wrath that follows a warrior’s fall, as grief and rage drive further violence and test restraint under dharma’s demands in war.

Word by Word

• तस्मिन्: in that (place/time)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• निपतिते: having fallen / fallen
• निपतिते: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-पत्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त), used adjectivally

• भूमौ: on the ground
• भूमौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

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

• क्रुद्धः: angry
• क्रुद्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुध्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त), used adjectivally

• विशाम्पते: O lord of the people (O king)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशाम्पति
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīma
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by viśāmpate)
• bhūmi (the ground/earth)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds krodha arising from battlefield loss; it implicitly warns that anger can overtake discernment, making self-restraint and adherence to dharma difficult even for great warriors.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that after a combatant has fallen to the ground, Bhīma becomes furious, indicating an imminent escalation in his actions on the battlefield.