Shloka 9

भীমेन युधिष्ठिरस्य त्यागवृत्तेः प्रतिषेधः

Bhīma’s Rebuttal of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Renunciatory Inclination

Devanagari script

यथा हि पुरुष: खात्वा कूपमप्राप्य चोदकम्‌ | पड़कदिग्धो निवर्तेत कर्मेदे नस्तथोपमम्‌,जैसे कोई मनुष्य परिश्रम करके कुँआ खोदे और वहाँ जल न मिलनेपर देहमें कीचड़ लपेटे हुए वहाँसे निराश लौट आये, उसी प्रकार हमारा किया-कराया यह सारा पराक्रम व्यर्थ होना चाहता है

Transliteration

yathā hi puruṣaḥ khātvā kūpam aprāpya codakam | paṅkadigdho nivarteta karmedaṁ nas tathopamam ||

Translation

Bhima said: “As a man, after toiling to dig a well, finds no water and turns back in disappointment, his body smeared with mud, so too do our deeds and exertions seem to be turning futile.”

Word by Word

यथाjust as

हिindeed/for

पुरुषःa man

खात्वाhaving dug

कूपम्a well

अप्राप्यnot having obtained

चand

उदकम्water

पङ्कदिग्धःsmeared with mud

निवर्तेतwould return/turn back

कर्मaction/effort

इदम्this

नःof us/our

तथाso/thus

उपमम्comparable/analogous

Speaker

भीम उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhima

well (kūpa)

water (udaka)

mud (paṅka)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes