Shloka 36

मैत्रेयागमनम् — The Arrival of Maitreya and the Admonition to Duryodhana

Devanagari script

यदि तेन पुरा मुक्तो भीमसेनो बकेन वै । अद्यैनं भक्षयिष्यामि पश्यतस्ते युधिछ्िर,'युधिष्ठिर! यदि पहले बकासुरने भीमसेनको छोड़ दिया, तो आज मैं तुम्हारे देखते- देखते इसे खा जाऊँगा

Transliteration

yadi tena purā mukto bhīmaseno bakena vai | adyainaṁ bhakṣayiṣyāmi paśyatas te yudhiṣṭhira ||

Translation

“If, in former days, Bhīmasena was indeed spared by Baka, then today—while you look on, O Yudhiṣṭhira—I shall devour this very one.” The utterance underscores a fierce resolve to correct a past wrong and to protect the righteous by confronting predatory violence directly, even at the cost of escalating danger.

Word by Word

यदिif

तेनby him/thereby

पुराformerly, earlier

मुक्तःreleased, let go

भीमसेनःBhimasena

बकेनby Baka (Bakasura)

वैindeed, surely

अद्यtoday, now

एनम्him/this one

भक्षयिष्यामिI will eat/devour

पश्यतःwhile (you are) seeing; of (you) looking on

तेof you/your

युधिष्ठिरO Yudhishthira

Speaker

विदुर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vidura

Bhīmasena (Bhīma)

Baka/Bakāsura

Yudhiṣṭhira

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes