Shloka 37

Gadā-yuddhe Bhīma–Duryodhanayoḥ Tumulaḥ Saṃprahāraḥ

Mace-duel’s intense exchange

Devanagari script

इत्येवमुच्चै राजेन्द्र भाषमाणं वृकोदरम्‌ । उवाच गतभी राजन पुत्रस्ते सत्यविक्रम:,राजेन्द्र! इस प्रकार उच्चस्वरसे बोलनेवाले भीमसेनसे आपके सत्यपराक्रमी पुत्रने निर्भय होकर कहा--

Transliteration

ity evam uccai rājendra bhāṣamāṇaṁ vṛkodaram | uvāca gatabhī rājān putras te satyavikramaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O lord of kings, as Vṛkodara (Bhīma) spoke aloud in this manner, your son—of true valor—addressed him without fear.”

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• एवम्: in this manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• उच्चैः: aloud, loudly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उच्चैः

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

• भाषमाणम्: speaking
• भाषमाणम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: भाष्
• Form: शानच् (present active participle), Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वृकोदरम्: Vṛkodara (Bhīma)
• वृकोदरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृकोदर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• गतभीः: fearless (lit. whose fear has gone)
• गतभीः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गतभी
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

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

• ते: your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• सत्यविक्रमः: of true valor / truly valiant
• सत्यविक्रमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्यविक्रम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by rājendra/rājan address)
• Vṛkodara (Bhīma)
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s son (a Kaurava prince, not named in this verse)