Shloka 64

Devanagari script

अन्यद्‌ गृहा धनु: सज्यं त्वरमाणो महाबल:

Transliteration

anyad gṛhā dhanuḥ sajyaṃ tvaramāṇo mahābalaḥ | rājendra mahābalī bhīmaḥ jīvitamoham utsṛjya subalaputrasya senāṃ tadā bāṇair ācchādayām āsa ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O lord of kings, the mighty Bhīma, acting with haste, took up another bow and strung it. Casting aside all attachment to life amid the press of battle, he at once covered the army of Subala’s son with a dense shower of arrows.”

Word by Word

• अन्यत्: another (thing)
• अन्यत्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• गृहीत्वा: having taken
• गृहीत्वा: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive), Parasmaipada (usage), non-finite

• धनुः: bow
• धनुः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सज्यम्: strung, with the bowstring fixed
• सज्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सज्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• त्वरमाणः: hastening
• त्वरमाणः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्वर्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महाबलः: mighty-strong
• महाबलः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाबल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राजेन्द्र: O king of kings
• राजेन्द्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजेन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• संजय (Sañjaya)
• भीम (Bhīma)
• राजेन्द्र (the king addressed—Dhṛtarāṣṭra)
• सुबलपुत्र (Śakuni)
• धनुः (bow)
• प्रत्यंचा (bowstring, implied by sajyaṃ)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights warrior-resolve aligned with kṣatriya-dharma: in a righteous battle one must act decisively, abandoning paralyzing attachment to personal survival (jīvitamoha) and focusing on the duty at hand.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīma quickly takes up a second bow, strings it, and immediately unleashes a heavy volley of arrows that blankets Śakuni’s forces, as Sañjaya reports the battlefield action to the king.