Shloka 11

Devanagari script

जब दुर्योधनने द्रौपदीको अपनी दोनों जाँघें दिखायी थीं, उस समय यह देखकर भीमसेनने फड़कते हुए ओठोंसे जो बात कही थी, वह व्यर्थ नहीं हो सकती ॥। ऊरू भेत्स्यामि ते पाप गदया भीमवेगया । त्रयोदशानां वर्षाणामन्ते दुर्यूतदेविन:,उन्होंने कहा था--'पापी दुर्योधन! मैं तेरहवें वर्षके अन्तमें अपनी भयानक वेगवाली गदासे तुझ कपटी जुआरीकी दोनों जाँघें तोड़ डालूँगा'

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | yadā duryodhanena draupadīṃ prati svorū darśitau, tadā dṛṣṭvāpi bhīmasenaḥ sphurad-oṣṭhaḥ yad avadat, tad vyarthaṃ na bhavitum arhati | ūrū bhetsyāmi te pāpa gadayā bhīmavegayā | trayodaśānāṃ varṣāṇām ante duryūtadevinaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya berkata: Ketika Duryodhana dengan lancang memperlihatkan kedua pahanya kepada Draupadī, Bhīmasena—dengan bibir bergetar oleh amarah—mengucapkan kata-kata yang tak mungkin sia-sia: “Wahai Duryodhana yang berdosa! Pada akhir tahun ketiga belas, dengan gadaku yang melaju secepat dahsyat, akan kuhancurkan kedua pahamu—hai penjudi licik!”

Word by Word

ऊरूtwo thighs

भेत्स्यामिI shall split/break

तेof you/your

पापO sinner/wretch

गदयाwith a mace

भीमवेगयाwith terrible speed (i.e., terribly swift)

त्रयोदशानाम्of thirteen

वर्षाणाम्of years

अन्तेat the end

दुर्यूतदेविनःof the gambler devoted to crooked play (cheating gambler)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sanjaya

Duryodhana

Draupadi

Bhimasena (Bhima)

Gada (mace)

Thirteen-year exile/term (trayodaśa-varṣa)

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?

Public humiliation and adharma generate inevitable moral consequences; Bhima’s vow represents the idea that grievous wrongdoing—especially against a virtuous woman—invites retributive justice, and that words spoken in righteous outrage may become binding commitments shaping destiny.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya recalls Bhima’s earlier reaction to Duryodhana’s obscene gesture toward Draupadi: Bhima, enraged, vowed that after the Pandavas complete the thirteen-year term, he would smash Duryodhana’s thighs with his mace—foreshadowing the later fulfillment of this vow in the great war.