Shloka 31

द्रोणपर्व — अध्याय 128: दुर्योधनस्य परसेनाप्रवेशः

Duryodhana’s Incursion and the Tumult of Battle

Devanagari script

ततोअब्रवीद्‌ धर्मराजं भीमसेनस्तथागतम्‌

Transliteration

tato 'bravīd dharmarājaṃ bhīmasenas tathāgatam

Translation

Sañjaya dit : Alors Bhīmasena s’adressa à Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira), venu en ce lieu—au cœur de la tension de la guerre, où le devoir et la résolution doivent être raffermis par le conseil entre frères.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereupon
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः
• Form: Avyaya (ablatival adverb: 'from that/thereupon')

• अब्रवीत्: said, spoke
• अब्रवीत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: लुङ् (aorist), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्

• धर्मराजम्: Dharmaraja (Yudhishthira)
• धर्मराजम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मराज
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, द्वितीया विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• भीमसेनः: Bhimasena (Bhima)
• भीमसेनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीमसेन
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा
• Form: Avyaya

• आगतम्: come, arrived (one who had come)
• आगतम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया/प्रथमा विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīmasena (Bhīma)
• Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid warfare, dharma is sustained through timely speech—responsible counsel to the rightful leader strengthens moral clarity and collective resolve.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya narrates that Bhīma begins speaking to Yudhiṣṭhira, who has arrived; the verse functions as a transition into Bhīma’s address within the Drona Parva battle context.