Shloka 186

Devanagari script

यतो भीमो महेष्वासो युयुधे तव सैनिकै: । महाराज! तब सारथि घोड़ोंको तेजीसे हाँकता हुआ उसी ओर चल दिया जहाँ महाधनुर्धर भीमसेन आपके सैनिकोंके साथ युद्ध कर रहे थे

Transliteration

yato bhīmo maheṣvāso yuyudhe tava sainikaiḥ | mahārāja! tataḥ sārathiḥ ghoḍān tejasā hāṅkatā huā tām eva diśaṃ jagāma yatra mahādhanurdharaḥ bhīmasenaḥ tava sainikaiḥ saha yuddhaṃ kurvan āsīt |

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O King, seeing where Bhīma, the mighty archer, was engaged in combat with your troops, the charioteer at once drove the horses swiftly in that very direction—toward the place where the great bowman Bhīmasena was fighting your soldiers.”

Word by Word

yataḥfrom where / whereupon

bhīmaḥBhima

mahā-īṣvāsaḥgreat bowman

yuyudhefought

tavayour

sainikaiḥwith (your) soldiers

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Bhīma (Bhīmasena)

Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by 'mahārāja' and 'tava')

charioteer (sārathi)

horses

Kaurava soldiers (tava sainikāḥ)

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 underscores the immediacy and momentum of battlefield duty: when a decisive warrior is engaged, commanders and attendants respond swiftly. Ethically, it reflects the kṣatriya context where action, coordination, and resolve are treated as obligations within war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the charioteer quickly drives the horses toward the spot where Bhīma, famed as a great archer, is fighting against the king’s soldiers.