Shloka 7

Indrajit’s Binding, Restoration by Viśalyā, and Counsel Restraining Rāvaṇa (Āraṇyaka Parva 273)

Devanagari script

भीमसेन उवाच नायं पापसमाचारो मत्तो जीवितुमहति । कृष्णायास्तदनर्हाया: परिक्लेष्टा नराधम:,भीमसेनने कहा--इस नराधमने क्लेश पानेके अयोग्य द्रौपदीको कष्ट पहुँचाया है; अतः अब मेरे हाथसे इस पापाचारी जयद्रथका जीवित रहना ठीक नहीं है

Transliteration

bhīmasena uvāca: nāyaṃ pāpasamācāro matto jīvitum arhati | kṛṣṇāyās tad-anarhāyāḥ parikleṣṭā narādhamaḥ ||

Translation

Bhīmasena said: “This man of sinful conduct does not deserve to live at my hands. That vilest of men has tormented Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī), who is undeserving of such suffering; therefore it is not right that Jayadratha, this evildoer, should now be allowed to keep his life.”

Word by Word

भीमसेनःBhimasena

उवाचsaid

नnot

अयम्this (man)

पाप-समाचारःone of sinful conduct

मत्तःfrom me

जीवितुम्to live

अर्हतिdeserves/is fit

कृष्णायाःof Krishna (Draupadi)

तत्that

अनर्हायाःof (her) who is undeserving (of such treatment)

परिक्लेष्टाtormentor/one who causes distress

नराधमःworst of men, vile man

Speaker

भीमसेन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīmasena (Bhīma)

Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī)

Jayadratha

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?

A wrongdoer who inflicts suffering on the innocent—especially one under protection—incurs grave moral blame; Bhīma frames punishment as a matter of justice and defense of dharma, not mere personal anger.

What is happening in the narrative?

After Jayadratha has caused distress to Draupadī, Bhīma declares that such a sinner is unfit to live and insists that Jayadratha should not be spared.