Shloka 64

Devanagari script

अन्यद्‌ गृहा धनु: सज्यं त्वरमाणो महाबल:

Transliteration

anyad gṛhā dhanuḥ sajyaṃ tvaramāṇo mahābalaḥ | rājendra mahābalī bhīmaḥ jīvitamoham utsṛjya subalaputrasya senāṃ tadā bāṇair ācchādayām āsa ||

Translation

Sañjaya dijo: «Oh señor de reyes, el poderoso Bhīma, con premura, tomó otro arco y lo encordó. En el fragor de la batalla, desechando todo apego a la vida, cubrió al instante al ejército del hijo de Subala con una densa lluvia de flechas.»

Word by Word

• अन्यत्: another (thing)
• अन्यत्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• गृहीत्वा: having taken
• गृहीत्वा: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive), Parasmaipada (usage), non-finite

• धनुः: bow
• धनुः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सज्यम्: strung, with the bowstring fixed
• सज्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सज्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• त्वरमाणः: hastening
• त्वरमाणः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्वर्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महाबलः: mighty-strong
• महाबलः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाबल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राजेन्द्र: O king of kings
• राजेन्द्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजेन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• संजय (Sañjaya)
• भीम (Bhīma)
• राजेन्द्र (the king addressed—Dhṛtarāṣṭra)
• सुबलपुत्र (Śakuni)
• धनुः (bow)
• प्रत्यंचा (bowstring, implied by sajyaṃ)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights warrior-resolve aligned with kṣatriya-dharma: in a righteous battle one must act decisively, abandoning paralyzing attachment to personal survival (jīvitamoha) and focusing on the duty at hand.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīma quickly takes up a second bow, strings it, and immediately unleashes a heavy volley of arrows that blankets Śakuni’s forces, as Sañjaya reports the battlefield action to the king.