Shloka 45
Hiḍimba’s Approach and Hiḍimbā’s Warning to Bhīmasena (हिडिम्बागमनम् / हिडिम्बा-भयवचनम्)
ततो<वलुम्पनं कृत्वा प्रयात: पिशिताशन: । एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु नकुलो5प्याजगाम ह
tato ’valumpanaṁ kṛtvā prayātaḥ piśitāśanaḥ | etasminn eva kāle tu nakulo ’py ājagāma ha ||
तब वह मांसभक्षी प्राणी अपना शिकार उठाकर वहाँ से चला गया। उसी समय नकुल भी वहाँ आ पहुँचा।
जम्बुक उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how actions and their immediate aftermath shape the moral and narrative landscape: predatory wrongdoing (a flesh-eater carrying off prey) creates a situation into which a righteous agent (Nakula) arrives, implying that timely arrival and response are crucial in upholding dharma.
A flesh-eating being has just snatched something away and left. Precisely then, Nakula arrives on the scene, indicating a transition to the next event—likely confrontation, investigation, or the discovery of what has occurred.