Shloka 58

कर्णपर्व — अध्याय ५९

Arjuna Breaks the Encirclement; Bhīma Reinforces

Devanagari script

राजासौ कुशली श्रीमान्‌ धर्मपुत्रो युधिष्ठिर: । असौ भीमो महाबाहु: संनिवृत्तश्वमूमुखे

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

rājāsau kuśalī śrīmān dharmaputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ |

asau bhīmo mahābāhuḥ saṃnivṛttaś camūmukhe |

Translation

Sañjaya dit : «Ce roi illustre, Yudhiṣṭhira, fils de Dharma, est sain et sauf. Et ce Bhīma aux bras puissants est revenu et se tient à l’extrême avant de l’armée.»

Word by Word

• [{'term': 'sañjaya uvāca', 'definition': 'Sañjaya said (narrator reporting to Dhṛtarāṣṭra)'}, {'term': 'rājā', 'definition': 'king'}, {'term': 'asau', 'definition': 'that (person there), he'}, {'term': 'kuśalī', 'definition': 'safe, well, unharmed'}, {'term': 'śrīmān', 'definition': 'illustrious, endowed with prosperity/splendour'}, {'term': 'dharmaputraḥ', 'definition': 'son of Dharma (epithet of Yudhiṣṭhira)'}, {'term': 'yudhiṣṭhiraḥ', 'definition': 'Yudhiṣṭhira, eldest Pāṇḍava'}, {'term': 'bhīmaḥ', 'definition': 'Bhīma (Bhīmasena), Pāṇḍava warrior'}, {'term': 'mahābāhuḥ', 'definition': 'mighty-armed

• a heroic epithet'}, {'term': 'saṃnivṛttaḥ', 'definition': 'turned back, returned, withdrawn (to a position)'}, {'term': 'camūmukhe', 'definition': 'at the mouth/front of the army

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Bhīma (Bhīmasena)
• Pāṇḍava army (camū)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid war, the narrative highlights dharma through responsible leadership: the well-being of the rightful king (Yudhiṣṭhira, ‘son of Dharma’) and the protective readiness of a champion (Bhīma) at the army’s forefront, emphasizing duty, steadiness, and safeguarding one’s people.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports battlefield status: Yudhiṣṭhira is unharmed, and Bhīma has repositioned himself at the front of the Pāṇḍava forces, suggesting a tactical regrouping and readiness to meet the enemy’s advance.