Shloka 7

मयेन सभानिर्माणम्

Maya’s Construction of the Assembly Hall

Devanagari script

सा वै शतसहस्नस्य सम्मिता शत्रुधातिनी । अनुरूपा च भीमस्य गाण्डीवं भवतो यथा,'शत्रुओंका संहार करनेवाली वह गदा अकेली ही एक लाख गदाओंके बराबर है। जैसे गाण्डीव धनुष आपके योग्य है, वैसे ही वह गदा भीमसेनके योग्य होगी

Transliteration

sā vai śatasahasrasya sammitā śatrudhātinī | anurūpā ca bhīmasya gāṇḍīvaṃ bhavato yathā ||

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。「そのガダーは敵を滅ぼすもの、ただ一つで十万のガダーに等しい。ガーンディーヴァ弓があなたにふさわしいように、そのガダーもまたビーマセーナにふさわしいであろう。」

Word by Word

साshe/that (gadha)

वैindeed

शतसहस्रस्यof a hundred-thousand

सम्मिताequal/measured as (equivalent)

शत्रुधातिनीdestroyer/slayer of enemies

अनुरूपाsuitable, fitting

चand

भीमस्यof Bhima

गाण्डीवम्Gandiva (bow)

भवतःof you (honorific)

यथाas, just as

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Bhīma (Bhīmasena)

Arjuna

Gāṇḍīva

Gadā (mace)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights anurūpatā—fitness between a warrior and his weapon: true power is not merely possession but the right match of capability, role, and instrument, framed within the kṣatriya ideal of protecting and overcoming hostile forces.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes an extraordinary mace, praising it as overwhelmingly powerful and specifically suited to Bhīmasena, drawing a parallel to how Arjuna’s famed bow Gāṇḍīva is uniquely appropriate to Arjuna.