Shloka 39

Devanagari script

तस्य विस्यन्दमानेन रुधिरेणामितौजस: । प्रहारगुरुपाताच्च मूच्छेंव समजायत,उसकी चोटसे अमिततेजस्वी भीमके शरीरसे रक्तकी धारा बह चली। साथ ही उस प्रहारके गहरे आघातसे उन्हें मूर्च्छा-सी आ गयी

Transliteration

tasya visyandamānena rudhireṇāmitaujasaḥ | prahāragurupātācca mūrcchā iva samajāyata ||

Translation

As the mighty one was struck, blood began to stream from his body. And from the heavy, crushing force of that blow, he fell into a swoon, as though overcome by faintness.

Word by Word

तस्यof him/his

विस्यन्दमानेनby (the) flowing/oozing

रुधिरेणby blood

अमितौजसःof the one of immeasurable vigor (Bhima)

प्रहार-गुरु-पातात्from the heavy fall/impact of the blow

चand

मूर्च्छाfainting/swoon

इवas if/like

समजायतarose/occurred

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīma (implied by the Hindi gloss as the one struck)

Vāyudeva (speaker)

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 underscores the reality that physical power is not absolute: in war, the force of violence produces immediate bodily consequences, reminding the listener of human fragility and the grave cost of combat.

What is happening in the narrative?

A powerful warrior (identified in the accompanying gloss as Bhīma) is struck so heavily that blood streams from his body, and the severity of the impact causes him to lapse into a faint-like swoon.