Shloka 21

Devanagari script

स यक्षगन्धर्वसुरब्रद्मर्षिगणसेवितम्‌ । विलोकयामास तदा पुष्पहेतोररिंदम:,शत्रुदमन भीमसेनने उस समय (पूर्वोक्त पुष्पकी प्राप्तिके लिये एक बार) यक्ष, गन्धर्व, देवता और ब्रह्मर्षियोंसे सेवित उस विशाल पर्वतपर (सब ओर) दृष्टिपात किया

Transliteration

sa yakṣagandharvasurabrahmarṣigaṇasevitam | vilokayāmāsa tadā puṣpahetor arindamaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Then Bhīmasena, the subduer of foes, seeking those flowers, cast his gaze all around upon that vast mountain—frequented and attended by Yakṣas, Gandharvas, gods, and companies of Brahmarṣis. The scene underscores a sacred landscape where desire is restrained by reverence, and strength is guided by purpose rather than pride.

Word by Word

सःhe (Bhimasena)

यक्षगन्धर्वसुरब्रह्मर्षिगणसेवितम्served/attended by the hosts of Yakshas, Gandharvas, gods, and Brahmarshis

विलोकयामासlooked at, surveyed

तदाthen, at that time

पुष्पहेतोःfor the sake of the flower(s)

अरिंदमःenemy-subduer (epithet)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Bhīmasena (Bhīma)

Yakṣas

Gandharvas

Devas (Suras)

Brahmarṣis

Mountain (parvata)

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?

Even a powerful hero should act with restraint and reverence in sacred spaces; strength is meant to serve a purposeful aim (here, the quest for flowers) rather than ego or aggression.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīma, intent on obtaining the desired flowers, surveys a great mountain that is inhabited and honored by celestial and semi-divine beings—signaling that his quest is entering a holy, guarded realm.