Shloka 38

Adhyāya 141 — Night duels: Śaineya and Bhūriśravas; Droṇi and Ghaṭotkaca; Bhīma and Duryodhana

Devanagari script

तत्र भारत भीमस्य बल वीर्य पराक्रमम्‌

Transliteration

tatra bhārata bhīmasya bala-vīrya-parākramam

Translation

そこで、バーラタの末裔よ、ビーマの力、男児の勇、そして英雄の武威を語ろう――戦場における彼の業が、その全き威力のまま正しく理解されるために。

Word by Word

• तत्र: there; in that place/occasion
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र
• Form: Avyaya (indeclinable adverb of place)

• भारत: O Bhārata (descendant of Bharata)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, vocative singular

• भीमस्य: of Bhīma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीम
• Form: Masculine, genitive singular

• बलम्: strength
• बलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल
• Form: Neuter, accusative singular

• वीर्यम्: valor; prowess
• वीर्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर्य
• Form: Neuter, accusative singular

• पराक्रमम्: heroic might; great exertion
• पराक्रमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पराक्रम
• Form: Masculine, accusative singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhārata (Dhṛtarāṣṭra as addressee)
• Bhīma (Bhīmasena)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds the classical kṣatriya ideals—bala (strength), vīrya (valor), and parākrama (heroic initiative)—as qualities by which actions in war are evaluated and narrated, emphasizing that deeds must be understood in terms of courage and capacity, not merely outcome.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya addresses Dhṛtarāṣṭra (“Bhārata”) and signals a description of Bhīma’s battlefield might and exploits, introducing or transitioning into an account of Bhīma’s actions in the ongoing war episode.