Shloka 27

Bhīmasena’s Discourse on Kāla, Resolve, and the Feasibility of Ajñātavāsa (भीमसेनस्य कालोपदेशः)

Devanagari script

तच्छुत्वा धृतिमास्थाय कर्मणा प्रतिपादय । प्रतिपाद्य तु राजेन्द्र ततः क्षिप्रं ज्वरं जहि,राजेन्द्र! उस उपायको सुनकर धैर्यपूर्वक प्रयत्नद्वारा उसका अनुष्ठान करो। उसका अनुष्ठान करके शीघ्र ही अपनी मानसिक चिन्ताका परित्याग कर दो

Transliteration

tac chrutvā dhṛtim āsthāya karmaṇā pratipādaya | pratipādya tu rājendra tataḥ kṣipraṃ jvaraṃ jahi ||

Translation

Hearing that counsel, O best of kings, steady yourself with fortitude and carry it out through deliberate action. And once you have duly performed it, quickly cast off your feverish anxiety—let the mind be freed from torment after right effort is made.

Word by Word

तत्that (thing/means)

श्रुत्वाhaving heard

धृतिम्steadfastness, courage

आस्थायhaving assumed/maintained

कर्मणाby action/effort

प्रतिपादयcarry out, perform, accomplish

प्रतिपाद्यhaving performed/accomplished

तुbut/then/indeed

राजेन्द्रO king of kings (O best of kings)

ततःthen, thereafter

क्षिप्रम्quickly

ज्वरम्fever; distress/anguish

जहिabandon/remove; destroy

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyāsa

rājendra (addressed king)

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?

Adopt steadfastness (dhṛti), act decisively to implement the advised remedy, and once duty is performed, relinquish anxious agitation; ethical effort should be followed by inner release rather than continued worry.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa concludes his instruction by urging the addressed king to put the proposed means into practice with courage and, after completing it, to abandon the ‘fever’ of mental distress—moving from counsel to execution and then to calm.