Shloka 37

Virāṭa-parva Adhyāya 21 — Kīcaka’s clandestine approach and Bhīma’s covert intervention (नर्तनागारे कीचकवध-प्रसङ्गः)

Devanagari script

आहरेदपि वित्तानि परेषां क्रोशतामपि । न तिष्ठति सम सन्मार्गें न च धर्म बुभूषति,लोग रोते-चिल्लाते रह जाते हैं; किंतु यह उनका सारा धन हड़प लेता है। यह सन्मार्गमें स्थिर नहीं रहता तथा धर्मोपार्जन भी नहीं करना चाहता है

Transliteration

āhared api vittāni pareṣāṁ krośatām api | na tiṣṭhati sa sanmārge na ca dharmaṁ bubhūṣati ||

Translation

Quand bien même les autres crient pour protester, il s’empare tout de même de leurs richesses. Il ne demeure pas sur la voie juste, et ne veut pas poursuivre le dharma.

Word by Word

• आहरेत्: may seize/bring (take away)
• आहरेत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-हृ (धातु)
• Form: Vidhi-linga, Optative (potential), 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अपि: even/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• वित्तानि: wealths, monies
• वित्तानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वित्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• परेषाम्: of others
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• क्रोशताम्: of (them) crying out
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्रुश् (धातु)
• Form: Shatru (present active participle), Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• अपि: even/though
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• तिष्ठति: stands/abides
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: Lat, Present, 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सम्: well, properly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्

• मार्गे: in the path/way
• मार्गे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• न: nor/not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• धर्मम्: dharma, righteousness
• धर्मम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• बुभूषति: desires/wishes (to obtain/do)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: Lat, Present, 3, Singular, Parasmaipada, Desiderative (san) formation: bu-bhū-ṣa-

Speaker

भीमसेन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīmasena

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse condemns unjust appropriation of others’ wealth and frames it as a sign of adharma: a person who ignores others’ suffering and refuses the sanmārga lacks the will to cultivate dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīma is speaking in a morally charged context, criticizing a wrongdoer’s conduct—someone who forcibly takes wealth despite public outcry—highlighting the ethical contrast between righteous restraint and predatory greed.