Shloka 49

Devanagari script

राजन! इधर शल्य भी अत्यन्त क्रोधमें भरकर सोमकों और पाण्डवयोद्धाओंका संहार करने लगे। उन्होंने पुनः पैने बाणोंद्वारा युधिष्ठिरको पीड़ा देना प्रारम्भ किया ।। तस्य भीमो रणे क्रुद्ध: संदश्य दशनच्छदम्‌ । विनाशायाभिसंधाय गदामादाय वीर्यवान्‌

Transliteration

tasya bhīmo raṇe kruddhaḥ saṃdaśya daśanacchadam | vināśāyābhisaṃdhāya gadām ādāya vīryavān ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Seeing this, Bhīma, inflamed with wrath on the battlefield, clenched his teeth. Resolving upon Śalya’s destruction, the mighty warrior seized his mace.

Word by Word

तस्यof him/thereof

भीमःBhima

रणेin battle

क्रुद्धःangry

संदश्यhaving shown/gnashed (lit. having made visible)

दशनच्छदम्lip/covering of the teeth (i.e., lips)

विनाशायfor destruction

अभिसंधायhaving aimed/intended

गदाम्mace

आदायhaving taken up

वीर्यवान्mighty/possessing valor

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Bhīma

Śalya

Yudhiṣṭhira

Pāṇḍava warriors

Somakas

gadā (mace)

battlefield (raṇa)

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?

The verse highlights how intense anger can crystallize into decisive action; in the kṣatriya context, Bhīma channels wrath into a focused resolve to remove a dangerous aggressor. Ethically, it underscores the tension between righteous protection (defending one’s side and leader) and the peril of krodha driving one toward total destruction.

What is happening in the narrative?

After Śalya, raging, continues slaughtering Somakas and Pāṇḍava fighters and again afflicts Yudhiṣṭhira with sharp arrows, Bhīma sees this, becomes furious, clenches his teeth, and—intent on Śalya’s ruin—picks up his mace to confront him.