Shloka 146

Chapter 137: Yuyudhāna (Sātyaki) Slays Somadatta; Yudhiṣṭhira Redirected from Droṇa

Devanagari script

न भीमसेन सम्प्राप्य निवर्तेत कदाचन । मनुष्य यमलोकमें भी जाकर लौट सकता है; परंतु युद्धमें भीमसेनके सामने जाकर कदापि जीवित नहीं लौट सकता

Transliteration

na bhīmasena samprāpya nivarteta kadācana |

Translation

ドリタラーシュトラは言った。「ひとたびビーマセーナと相まみえた者は、決して戻らぬ。人はヤマの国に赴いてさえ帰り得ることがあるが、戦場でビーマに対した者は、生きて帰ることはない。」

Word by Word

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• भीमसेनम्: Bhimasena
• भीमसेनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीमसेन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सम्प्राप्य: having reached/encountered
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-प्र-आप्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund)

• निवर्तेत: would return / could return
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-वृत्
• Form: Vidhi-lin (optative), Present-system (modal), Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• कदाचन: ever; at any time
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कदाचन

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Bhīmasena
• Yama
• Yamaloka

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the terrifying inevitability of death in righteous warfare when confronted by an overwhelmingly powerful warrior: moral courage and martial prowess can make battle a point of no return, highlighting the gravity of choosing war and the karmic finality it can bring.

What is happening in the narrative?

Dhṛtarāṣṭra, anxious about the course of the Kurukṣetra war, reflects on Bhīma’s lethal strength. He expresses dread that anyone who meets Bhīmasena on the battlefield is as good as dead, using the hyperbole that one might return even from Yama’s realm, but not from Bhīma’s presence in combat.