Shloka 27

Abhimanyunidhana-prakāśaḥ — Vasudeva–Kṛṣṇa–Subhadrā–Kuntī śoka-saṃvāda

Disclosure and Consolation

Devanagari script

तमन्वधावत्‌ संक्रुद्धो भीमसेन: प्रतापवान्‌ । हदे द्वैपायने चापि सलिलस्थं ददर्श तम्‌

Transliteration

tam anvadhāvat saṁkruddho bhīmasenaḥ pratāpavān | hrade dvaipāyane cāpi salilasthaṁ dadarśa tam ||

Translation

ヴァースデーヴァは言った。怒りに燃えた剛勇のビーマセーナは彼を追い立てた。そして「ドヴァイパーヤナ」と呼ばれる湖の水中に身を潜める彼をも見つけ出した。

Word by Word

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अन्वधावत्: ran after / pursued
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-धाव्
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• संक्रुद्धः: enraged
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सं-क्रुध् (क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भीमसेनः: Bhimasena
• भीमसेनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीमसेन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रतापवान्: mighty / valorous
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रतापवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ह्रदे: in the lake
• ह्रदे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ह्रद
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• द्वैपायने: in (the lake) Dvaipayana
• द्वैपायने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वैपायन
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अपि: also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• सलिलस्थम्: standing/remaining in the water
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सलिल-स्थ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• ददर्श: saw / found
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Perfect (Lit), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वासुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)
• Bhīmasena (Bhīma)
• Duryodhana
• Dvaipāyana lake (hrada)
• Salila (water)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how anger fuels relentless action, yet hiding cannot erase accountability. In the ethical frame of the epic, consequences follow one’s choices, and attempts to evade them only delay confrontation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīma, furious, chases his adversary and discovers him concealed in the waters of the Dvaipāyana lake—identifying Duryodhana’s hiding place.