Shloka 58

Devanagari script

द्विषतो भीमसेनस्य क्रुद्धस्य वशमेष्यथ । पितामहैराचरितं न धर्म हातुमरहथ,“हमारा शत्रु भीमसेन क्रोधमें भरा हुआ है। यदि भागोगे तो उसके वशमें पड़कर मारे जाओगे; अतः अपने बाप-दादोंके द्वारा आचरणमें लाये हुए क्षत्रिय-धर्मका परित्याग न करो

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | dviṣato bhīmasenasya kruddhasya vaśam eṣyatha | pitāmahair ācaritaṃ na dharmaṃ hātum arhatha ||

Translation

Sañjaya dit : «Bhīmasena, votre ennemi, brûle de colère. Si vous fuyez, vous tomberez en son pouvoir et serez mis à mort. N’abandonnez donc pas le kṣatriya-dharma pratiqué et maintenu par vos ancêtres.»

Word by Word

द्विषतःof the hating (enemy)

भीमसेनस्यof Bhimasena

क्रुद्धस्यof the enraged

वशम्into (his) control

एष्यथyou will go/come

पितामहैःby the forefathers/grandsires

आचरितम्practised/observed

नnot

धर्मम्dharma/duty

हातुम्to abandon

अर्हथyou ought/are fit

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Bhīmasena (Bhīma)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

One should not abandon one’s rightful duty—here, the warrior’s code of standing firm in battle—especially when flight leads to greater danger and dishonor; ancestral standards of conduct are invoked as an ethical anchor.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports a warning addressed to warriors facing Bhīma: since Bhīma is enraged, retreat will only place them under his control and result in death; they are urged to hold their ground and maintain kṣatriya-dharma.