Shloka 45

Hiḍimba’s Approach and Hiḍimbā’s Warning to Bhīmasena (हिडिम्बागमनम् / हिडिम्बा-भयवचनम्)

Devanagari script

ततो<वलुम्पनं कृत्वा प्रयात: पिशिताशन: । एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु नकुलो5प्याजगाम ह

Transliteration

tato ’valumpanaṁ kṛtvā prayātaḥ piśitāśanaḥ | etasminn eva kāle tu nakulo ’py ājagāma ha ||

Translation

Entonces, tras arrebatar su presa y huir con ella, la criatura devoradora de carne se marchó. En ese mismo instante llegó también Nakula—preludio del siguiente encuentro y de las consecuencias que se atan al acto y al momento.

Word by Word

ततःthen/thereupon

अवलुम्पनम्plundering/robbing (act of despoiling)

कृत्वाhaving done

प्रयातःdeparted/went forth

पिशिताशनःflesh-eater (carnivore/demon)

एतस्मिन्in this

एवindeed/just

कालेat the time

तुbut/and

नकुलःNakula

अपिalso/even

आजगामcame/arrived

हindeed/for emphasis (narrative particle)

Speaker

जम्बुक उवाच

Characters & Entities

Jambuka

piśitāśana (flesh-eating being)

Nakula

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how actions and their immediate aftermath shape the moral and narrative landscape: predatory wrongdoing (a flesh-eater carrying off prey) creates a situation into which a righteous agent (Nakula) arrives, implying that timely arrival and response are crucial in upholding dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

A flesh-eating being has just snatched something away and left. Precisely then, Nakula arrives on the scene, indicating a transition to the next event—likely confrontation, investigation, or the discovery of what has occurred.