Shloka 12

Devanagari script

ते तु दृष्टवैव कौन्तेयमजिनै: प्रतिवासितम्‌ | रुक्माड्रदधरं वीरं॑ भीम॑ भीमपराक्रमम्‌

Transliteration

te tu dṛṣṭvaiva kaunteyam ajinaiḥ prativāsitam | rukmāṅgadadharaṃ vīraṃ bhīmaṃ bhīmaparākramam ||

Translation

But when they saw Bhīma, Kuntī’s son—clad in deerskins, wearing golden armlets, a hero of fearsome might—they recognized in him that same formidable strength which upholds righteous resolve even amid hardship and exile.

Word by Word

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral here), Non-finite

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• कौन्तेयम्: Kunti's son (Bhima)
• कौन्तेयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौन्तेय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अजिनैः: with animal skins
• अजिनैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अजिन
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• प्रतिवासितम्: clad/covered (dressed)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-वासय्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• रुक्म-अद्रि-धरम्: bearing golden ornaments (lit. bearing 'gold-mountain')
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रुक्माद्रिधर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वीरम्: hero
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• भीमम्: Bhima
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• भीम-पराक्रमम्: of terrible prowess
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भीमपराक्रम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīma
• Kuntī

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in conditions of hardship (such as forest life and ascetic clothing), true strength and heroic resolve remain aligned with dharma; outer austerity does not diminish inner valor.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator describes how certain observers, upon seeing Bhīma (Kuntī’s son) dressed in deerskins yet adorned with golden armlets, recognize him as a mighty hero of fearsome prowess.