Shloka 75

Kailāsa-darśana, Badarī-vāsa, and Sarasvatī–Dvaitavana Transition (कैलासदर्शन–बदरीवास–सरस्वतीद्वैतवनगमनम्)

Devanagari script

सयक्षासुरगन्धर्वै: सपक्षिगणपत्नगै: वसुधां चापि कौन्तेय त्वदूबाहुबलनिर्जिताम्‌ पालयिष्यति धर्मात्मा कुन्तीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिर:,'यक्ष, असुर, गन्धर्व, पक्षी तथा नाग भी तुम्हारे सामने नहीं टिक सकते। कुन्तीकुमार! धर्मात्मा कुन्तीपुत्र युधिष्ठिर तुम्हारे बाहुबलसे जीती हुई पृथ्वीका पालन करेंगे

Transliteration

sa yakṣāsura-gandharvaiḥ sa-pakṣi-gaṇa-pannagaiḥ vasudhāṃ cāpi kaunteya tvad-bāhu-bala-nirjitām pālayiṣyati dharmātmā kuntī-putro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ

Translation

Arjuna said: “O son of Kuntī, even Yakṣas, Asuras, Gandharvas, the hosts of birds, and the serpent-races cannot stand against you. The righteous Yudhiṣṭhira, Kuntī’s son, will govern and protect this earth—won by the strength of your arms—upholding dharma rather than mere conquest.”

Word by Word

• {'yakṣa': 'a class of nature-spirits/guardians, often associated with wealth and forests', 'asura': 'anti-god/demonic being

• powerful adversarial beings', 'gandharva': 'celestial musician

• a class of semi-divine beings', 'pakṣi-gaṇa': 'flocks/hosts of birds', 'pannaga': "serpent

• literally 'one who moves by crawling'", 'vasudhā': 'the earth

• land', 'kaunteya': 'O son of Kuntī (epithet of a Pāṇḍava, here addressed to Bhīma)', 'tvad-bāhu-bala': 'the strength of your arms

• personal martial prowess', 'nirjitā': 'conquered

• subdued', 'pālayiṣyati': 'will protect/govern/maintain (as a king protects subjects)', 'dharmātmā': 'one whose very nature is dharma

• righteous-minded', 'kuntī-putra': 'son of Kuntī', 'yudhiṣṭhira': 'Yudhiṣṭhira, eldest Pāṇḍava, exemplar of dharma'}

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna
• Bhima (addressed as Kaunteya)
• Yudhisthira
• Kunti
• Yakshas
• Asuras
• Gandharvas
• Bird-hosts (Pakshi-gana)
• Pannagas/Nagas (serpent-races)
• Earth (Vasudha)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Power and conquest are ethically completed only when placed under dharma: Arjuna frames Bhima’s strength as a means to establish Yudhiṣṭhira’s righteous protection of the earth, emphasizing kingship as guardianship (pālana) rather than domination.

What is happening in the narrative?

Arjuna praises Bhima’s unmatched might—so great that even formidable non-human classes (Yakṣas, Asuras, Gandharvas, birds, and serpent-beings) cannot withstand him—and declares that Yudhiṣṭhira will rule and protect the earth secured through Bhima’s martial prowess.