Shloka 13

Bhīmasena’s Capture by the Serpent and Nahūṣa’s Self-Disclosure (भीमसेन-भुजङ्गग्रहणं नहुषोपाख्यानप्रस्तावः)

Devanagari script

जड़मानि च भूतानि सर्वाण्येवावतस्थिरे देवर्षयक्ष प्रवरास्तथैव च दिवौकस:,द्विजातियोंको किसी प्रकार भी वेदोंका भान नहीं हो पाता था। जनमेजय! भूमिके भीतर जो प्राणी निवास करते थे, वे भी पीड़ित हो उठे और अर्जुनको सब ओरसे घेरकर खड़े हो गये। उन सबके मुखपर विकृति आ गयी थी। वे हाथ जोड़े हुए थर-थर काँप रहे थे और अस्त्रोंके तेजसे संतप्त हो धनंजयसे प्राणोंकी भिक्षा माँग रहे थे। इसी समय ब्रह्मर्षि, सिद्ध महर्षि, समस्त जंगम प्राणी, श्रेष्ठ देवर्षि, देवता, यक्ष, राक्षस, गन्धर्व, पक्षी तथा आकाशचारी प्राणी सभी वहाँ आकर उपस्थित हो गये

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca |

jaḍamāni ca bhūtāni sarvāṇy evāvatasthire |

devarṣi-yakṣa-pravarās tathaiva ca divaukasaḥ ||

Translation

Semua makhluk, bahkan yang menjadi kaku dan terpaku, berdiri tak bergerak. Para devarṣi dan yakṣa terkemuka, demikian pula para penghuni surga, hadir di sana.

Word by Word

जडमानिmotionless, inert

चand

भूतानिbeings, creatures

सर्वाणिall

एवindeed, just

अवतस्थिरेstood still, remained

देवर्षिdivine sages

यक्षyakshas

प्रवराःexcellent, foremost

तथैवjust so, likewise

चand

दिवौकसःheaven-dwellers (gods)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Devarṣis

Yakṣas

Divaukasaḥ (heaven-dwellers/celestials)

Bhūtāni (all beings)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

When extraordinary power is unleashed, its effects are not merely personal or local; it can arrest and summon the attention of the entire cosmic community. The verse underscores restraint and responsibility: forces that shake the worlds demand dharmic self-control and ethical awareness.

What is happening in the narrative?

The scene depicts a moment of overwhelming intensity in which all beings become motionless, and eminent celestial classes—divine seers, Yakṣas, and other heaven-dwellers—are present, as if compelled to witness the event.