Shloka 5

Bhīmasena–Hanūmān Saṃvāda: The Tail Test and the Divine Path

Devanagari script

पश्य दिव्यं सुरुचिरं भीम पुष्पमनुत्तमम्‌ । गन्धसंस्थानसम्पन्नं मनसो मम नन्दनम्‌,'भीम! देखो तो, यह दिव्य पुष्प कितना अच्छा और कैसा सुन्दर है! मानो सुगन्ध ही इसका स्वरूप है। यह मेरे मनको आनन्द प्रदान कर रहा है। परंतप! मैं इसे धर्मराजको भेंट करूँगी। तुम मेरी इच्छाकी पूर्तिके लिये काम्यकवनके आश्रममें इसे ले चलो”

Transliteration

paśya divyaṃ suruciraṃ bhīma puṣpam anuttamam | gandhasaṃsthānasaṃpannaṃ manaso mama nandanam ||

Translation

“Look, Bhīma—see this divine flower, exquisitely beautiful and unsurpassed. It is endowed with fragrance and perfect form, and it delights my mind. O scorcher of foes, I shall offer it to Dharmarāja; to fulfill my wish, carry it to the hermitage in the Kāmyaka forest.”

Word by Word

• [{'term': 'paśya', 'definition': 'see

• behold (imperative)'}, {'term': 'divyam', 'definition': 'divine

• celestial'}, {'term': 'suruciram', 'definition': 'very lovely

• exceedingly beautiful'}, {'term': 'bhīma', 'definition': 'Bhīma (addressed)

• also ‘terrible/mighty’ as an epithet'}, {'term': 'puṣpam', 'definition': 'flower'}, {'term': 'anuttamam', 'definition': 'unsurpassed

• incomparable'}, {'term': 'gandha', 'definition': 'fragrance

• scent'}, {'term': 'saṃsthāna', 'definition': 'form

• configuration'}, {'term': 'saṃpannam', 'definition': 'endowed with

• furnished with'}, {'term': 'manasaḥ', 'definition': 'of the mind'}, {'term': 'mama', 'definition': 'my'}, {'term': 'nandanam', 'definition': 'delighting

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Bhīma
• Puṣpa (divine flower)
• Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• Kāmyaka-vana
• Āśrama (hermitage)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights intention and duty: a beautiful object is not sought merely for personal pleasure but is directed toward respectful offering to Dharmarāja, while Bhīma is called upon to fulfill a loved one’s wish through loyal service—an ethic of devotion, restraint, and right action even during exile.

What is happening in the narrative?

A divine, fragrant, exceptionally beautiful flower is shown to Bhīma. The speaker expresses delight in it and states the intention to present it to Dharmarāja, asking Bhīma to carry it to the hermitage in the Kāmyaka forest to fulfill the request.