Shloka 58

भीमसेन-धृष्टद्युम्नयोर्वाक्यं

Bhīmasena and Dhṛṣṭadyumna’s Speeches on Kṣātra-Dharma

Devanagari script

पुत्रस्तु तव राजेन्द्र भीमाद्‌ भीत: प्रणश्य च

Transliteration

putras tu tava rājendra bhīmād bhītaḥ praṇaśya ca

Translation

Sañjaya said: O king, your son—terrified of Bhīma—fled and disappeared from the scene, his fear overriding resolve amid the moral and physical pressures of war.

Word by Word

• पुत्रः: son
• पुत्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• तव: your/of you
• तव: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• राजेन्द्र: O king (lord of kings)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजेन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• भीमात्: from Bhima
• भीमात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीम
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• भीतः: afraid
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भी
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रणश्य: having perished/being destroyed
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-नश्
• Form: Gerund (Absolutive), —, —

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Bhīma
• your son (Duryodhana)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

In the battlefield context, fear can eclipse duty and judgment; a leader who has pursued adharma may find courage and steadiness eroded at decisive moments, revealing the ethical cost of prior choices.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the king’s son, overwhelmed by fear of Bhīma, withdrew from the encounter—effectively fleeing and disappearing from immediate view.