Shloka 28

Devanagari script

सो5तिविद्धो महाराज तव पुत्रेण धन्विना । भीम: संचुक्षुभे क्रुद्धः पर्वणीव महोदधि:,महाराज! आपके थधनुर्धर पुत्रद्वारा अत्यन्त घायल कर दिये जानेपर भीमसेनका क्रोध भड़क उठा और वे पूर्णिमाके दिन उमड़ते हुए महासागरके समान बहुत ही क्षुब्ध हो उठे

Transliteration

so 'tividdho mahārāja tava putreṇa dhanvinā | bhīmaḥ sañcukṣubhe kruddhaḥ parvaṇīva mahodadhiḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: O King, though grievously pierced by the arrow of your bow-wielding son, Bhīma’s wrath flared up; he heaved and surged in fury like the great ocean swelling on the full-moon tide.

Word by Word

सःhe (Bhima)

अतिविद्धःpierced severely / grievously wounded

महाराजO great king

तवof you / your

पुत्रेणby (your) son

धन्विनाby the archer / bowman

भीमःBhima

संचुक्षुभेbecame violently agitated / surged

क्रुद्धःangry

पर्वणिon the (lunar) festival day / at the full-moon time

इवlike / as

महोदधिःthe great ocean

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Bhīma (Bhīmasena)

tava putra (your son—Kaurava prince, archer)

bow (implied by dhanvin)

arrow/wound (implied by atividdhaḥ)

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 a moral-psychological truth of warfare: injury and humiliation can inflame anger, and unchecked wrath can swell into a force as overwhelming as nature itself. It implicitly warns that inner agitation may drive escalation beyond measured judgment.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Bhīma, though severely struck by the king’s archer-son, does not falter; instead he becomes intensely enraged and turbulent, compared to the ocean rising powerfully at the full-moon tide.