Shloka 89

Devanagari script

ततो भीमो महाबाहुद्रौणेर्युधि महाबल:

Transliteration

tato bhīmo mahābāhur drauṇer yudhi mahābalaḥ

Translation

Kemudian Bhima, berlengan perkasa dan berkekuatan besar, maju bertempur melawan putra Drona.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable)

• भीमः: Bhima
• भीमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• महाबाहुः: the mighty-armed (one)
• महाबाहुः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाबाहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• द्रौणेः: of Drona's son (Ashvatthaman)
• द्रौणेः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रौणि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• युधि: in battle
• युधि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युध् (प्रातिपदिक; स्त्रीलिङ्ग)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• महाबलः: very strong, mighty
• महाबलः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाबल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhima
• Drona’s son (Ashvatthama)
• Sanjaya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights kshatriya-dharma in practice: meeting a powerful adversary without retreat, using strength under the discipline of duty rather than mere rage, and sustaining resolve amid the moral weight of war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya narrates a battlefield turn where Bhima, renowned for immense power, moves to engage Drona’s son (Ashvatthama) in combat, signaling an intensification of the duel-driven clashes within the larger Kurukshetra war.