Shloka 27

Devanagari script

तस्मात्‌ पुत्रेण या तेडसौ प्रतिमा कारिता55यसी । भीमस्य सेयं कौरव्य तवैवोपह्ृता मया,“कुरुनन्दन! इसलिये आपके पुत्रने जो भीमसेनकी लोहमयी प्रतिमा बनवा रखी थी, वही मैंने आपको भेंट कर दी

Transliteration

tasmāt putreṇa yā te ’sau pratimā kāritā lohamayī | bhīmasya seyaṃ kauravya tavaivopahṛtā mayā ||

Translation

Therefore, O Kauravya, the iron image of Bhīmasena that your son had caused to be made—this very one I have brought and presented to you.

Word by Word

तस्मात्therefore/from that (reason)

पुत्रेणby (your) son

याwhich

तेof you/your

असौthat (she/that one)

प्रतिमाimage/statue

कारिताmade/caused to be made

अयसीmade of iron

भीमस्यof Bhima

साthat (she/that one)

इयम्this

कौरव्यO Kaurava (descendant of Kuru)

तवto you/for you

एवindeed/just

उपहृताbrought/presented

मयाby me

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Bhīmasena (Bhīma)

Kauravya (Dhṛtarāṣṭra as addressee)

the iron image/statue (lohamayī pratimā) of Bhīma

the son (putra—contextually Duryodhana)

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?

Objects created from hatred and rivalry become, after destruction, mere witnesses to moral failure. The return of the iron effigy highlights the futility of enmity and the ethical cost of adharma-driven schemes.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana tells Dhṛtarāṣṭra (addressed as Kauravya) that the iron statue of Bhīma commissioned by his son has been brought and presented to him—an item tied to past hostility, now surfacing amid the sorrowful aftermath.