Shloka 40

दमयन्त्याः कार्यनिश्चयः — Damayantī’s Crisis Plan and Vārṣṇeya’s Departure

Devanagari script

गतेषु पार्थिवेन्द्रेषु भीम: प्रीतो महामना:

Transliteration

gateṣu pārthivendreṣu bhīmaḥ prīto mahāmanāḥ

Translation

Bṛhadaśva said: “When the kings had departed, Bhīma—noble-minded and greatly pleased—remained, his satisfaction reflecting the restoration of order after the assembly of rulers had dispersed.”

Word by Word

• गतेषु: when (they) had gone / after (they) departed
• गतेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गत (√गम्)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• पार्थिवेन्द्रेषु: among the kings / when the kings (had departed)
• पार्थिवेन्द्रेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिवेन्द्र (पार्थिव + इन्द्र)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• भीमः: Bhima
• भीमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रीतः: pleased, delighted
• प्रीतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रीत (√प्री)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महामनाः: great-souled, noble-minded
• महामनाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महामनस् (महा + मनस्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

बृहदश्व उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīma
• pārthivendra (kings)