Shloka 49

Devanagari script

स्वबाहुबलमाश्रित्य तेनाहं प्रीतिमांस्त्वयि । शापादद्य विनिर्मुक्तो घोरादस्मि वृकोदर,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--जनमेजय! राजा युधिष्ठिर्से ऐसा कहकर कुबेरने भीमसेनसे कहा--“तात! कुरुश्रेष्ठ भीम! तुमने द्रौपदीके लिये जो यह साहसपूर्ण कार्य किया है, इसके लिये मेरे मनमें कोई विचार नहीं है। तुमने मेरी तथा देवताओंकी अवहेलना करके अपने बाहुबलके भरोसे यक्षों तथा राक्षसोंका विनाश किया है, इससे तुमपर मैं बहुत प्रसन्न हूँ। वृकोदर! आज मैं एक भयंकर शापसे छूट गया हूँ

Transliteration

svabāhubalam āśritya tenāhaṁ prītimāṁs tvayi | śāpād adya vinirmukto ghorād asmi vṛkodara ||

Translation

Relying on the strength of your own arms, you have acted; therefore my heart is pleased with you. O Vṛkodara, today I have been released from a dreadful curse.

Word by Word

स्वone's own

बाहुबलम्strength of (one's) arms

आश्रित्यhaving relied on

तेनtherefore / by that

अहम्I

प्रीतिमान्pleased, delighted

त्वयिin/with regard to you

शापात्from a curse

अद्यtoday, now

विनिर्मुक्तःfreed, released

घोरात्from the terrible (one)

अस्मिI am

वृकोदरO Wolf-bellied one (Bhima)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Vṛkodara (Bhīma)

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?

Extraordinary strength gains ethical value when used for a righteous purpose; courageous action undertaken for protection and honor can earn even divine approval and become a means to remove suffering (here, the lifting of a curse).

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana reports that a divine figure expresses satisfaction with Bhīma (Vṛkodara) for relying on his own might in a bold deed, and declares that, as a result, he has been freed that very day from a terrible curse.