Shloka 18

Devanagari script

तान्‌ दृष्टवा चुक्रुधे भीमो जगृहे भारसाधनान्‌

Transliteration

tān dṛṣṭvā cukrudhe bhīmo jagṛhe bhārasādhanān

Translation

Sañjaya said: Seeing them, Bhīma flared up in wrath and seized his heavy weapons—readying himself to answer violence with force in the grim demands of the battlefield.

Word by Word

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund)

• चुक्रुधे: became angry
• चुक्रुधे: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्रुध्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Ātmanepada, 3rd, Singular

• भीमः: Bhima
• भीमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जगृहे: took, seized
• जगृहे: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Ātmanepada, 3rd, Singular

• भारसाधनान्: weighty weapons/implements (means of bearing weight)
• भारसाधनान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारसाधन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīma
• weapons (bhārasādhanāni)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how intense emotion—especially anger—can immediately translate into action in war; it implicitly warns that krodha drives escalation, even when a warrior feels compelled by kṣatriya-duty to respond with force.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Bhīma, upon seeing the opposing side (or a threatening situation), becomes enraged and physically takes up heavy weapons, signaling his readiness to engage in combat.