Shloka 49
शकुनिवधः — Sahadeva’s Slaying of Śakuni
with Ulūka’s fall
Devanagari script
भीमस्तु समरे क्रुद्धः पुत्र तव जनाधिप
Transliteration
bhīmas tu samare kruddhaḥ putra tava janādhipa
Translation
Wahai penguasa rakyat, di tengah pertempuran putramu Bhīma pun bangkit dalam amarah.
Word by Word
भीमःBhima
भीमः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभीम
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
समरेin battle
समरे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootसमर
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
क्रुद्धःangered
क्रुद्धः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootक्रुध्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)
पुत्रO son
पुत्र:
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
तवof you/your
तव:
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद्
Form—, Genitive, Singular
जनाधिपO ruler of men (king)
जनाधिप:
TypeNoun
Rootजनाधिप
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaB
BhīmaD
Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by address: janādhipa, 'O king')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
The verse highlights how anger can become a decisive force in war, raising an ethical tension: even when battle is sanctioned by duty, the warrior’s inner state (krodha) can push action beyond measured righteousness, making self-control a crucial moral concern.
Sañjaya reports to the king that Bhīma, on the battlefield, has become intensely enraged—an emotional turning point that typically precedes a fierce assault or a significant act of combat in the surrounding passage.