Shloka 14

धृतराष्ट्रस्य उपालम्भः तथा पाण्डव-समाश्वासनम् | Dhṛtarāṣṭra Reproved and the Pāṇḍavas Consoled

Devanagari script

स कोपपावकस्तस्य शोकवायुसमीरित: । भीमसेनमयं दावं दिधक्षुरिव दृश्यते,शोकरूपी वायुसे बढ़ी हुई उनकी क्रोधमयी अग्नि ऐसी दिखायी दे रही थी, मानो वह भीमसेनरूपी वनको जलाकर भस्म कर देना चाहती हो

Transliteration

sa kopapāvakastasya śokavāyusamīritaḥ | bhīmasenamayaṃ dāvaṃ didhakṣuriva dṛśyate ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: His wrath, like a blazing fire fanned by the wind of grief, appeared as though it wished to set ablaze and reduce to ashes the very forest embodied by Bhīmasena.

Word by Word

सःhe/that (fire)

कोपपावकःthe fire of anger

तस्यof him/of that

शोकवायुसमीरितःfanned/stirred by the wind of grief

भीमसेनमयम्consisting of Bhimasena / made of Bhimasena

दावम्forest-conflagration; wildfire

दिधक्षुःwishing to burn

इवas if/like

दृश्यतेis seen/appears

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Bhīmasena

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes