Shloka 4

Devanagari script

न चास्य सम्भ्रम: कश्चिदासीत्‌ तत्र महात्मन: । स भीमो भीमसंस्पर्श: शत्रुसेनाड्रपातन:,जिस बलवान वीरने अत्यन्त कुपित हो मद्रराज शल्यको उठाकर पृथ्वीपर पटक दिया था और हाथमें वृक्ष ले रणभूमिमें समस्त योद्धाओंको भयभीत कर डाला था तथा जिस महातेजस्वी शूरवीरको उस समय तनिक भी घबराहट नहीं हुई थी, वह शत्रुसेनाके हाथी, घोड़े आदि अंगोंको मार गिरानेवाला तथा स्पर्शमात्रसे भय उत्पन्न करनेवाला महाबली भीमसेन था

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | na cāsya sambhramaḥ kaścid āsīt tatra mahātmanaḥ | sa bhīmo bhīma-saṃsparśaḥ śatru-senā-drapātanaḥ |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: In that moment, there was not the slightest agitation in that great-souled hero. It was Bhīma—terrible to touch, a bringer-down of the enemy’s pride—who stood firm, embodying fearless resolve amid violence and proving that true strength is steadiness of mind even in the press of battle.

Word by Word

नnot

चand

अस्यof him

सम्भ्रमःconfusion; agitation; panic

कश्चित्any (at all)

आसीत्was

तत्रthere

महात्मनःof the great-souled one

सःhe

भीमःBhima

भीम-संस्पर्शःwhose touch is terrible

शत्रु-सेना-द्रपातनःone who fells the enemy-army (like a mountain-faller)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Bhīma

enemy army (śatru-senā)

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?

The verse highlights inner steadiness (absence of sambhrama—panic or agitation) as the mark of true heroism: power is ethically meaningful when governed by composure and resolve rather than fear or confusion.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes Bhīma in a tense martial setting: he remains unshaken and is portrayed as fearsome in combat, capable of crushing the enemy’s pride and routing their forces.