Shloka 14

Devanagari script

बाहू विशालौ कृत्वासौ तेन भीमो5पि गच्छति । बाहू विदर्शयन्‌ राजन्‌ बाहुद्रविणदर्पित:

Transliteration

bāhū viśālau kṛtvāsau tena bhīmo 'pi gacchati | bāhū vidarśayan rājan bāhu-draviṇa-darpitaḥ ||

Translation

Vidura said: “Having made his arms broad and imposing, he goes on—Bhīma too—displaying his arms, O King, puffed up with the pride that comes from strength and wealth.”

Word by Word

बाहूtwo arms

विशालौbroad, huge

कृत्वाhaving made

असौthat man (he)

तेनby that / with that

भीमःBhima

अपिalso, even

गच्छतिgoes, proceeds

बाहूtwo arms

विदर्शयन्showing, displaying

राजन्O king

बाहुद्रविणदर्पितःproud due to the wealth of his arms (strength)

Speaker

विदुर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vidura

Bhīma

King (Dhṛtarāṣṭra)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Vidura warns that pride rooted in physical power and material wealth leads to moral blindness and reckless conduct; true royal discernment requires humility and restraint rather than public displays of might.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vidura describes a scene of swaggering display—arms made to look imposing and shown off—where Bhīma too is drawn into the same posture, and he points out to the king that such behavior is driven by arrogance born of strength and riches.