Shloka 27

Devanagari script

इदं च भूयो वक्ष्यामि सभामध्ये बृहद्‌ वच: । सत्य॑ं देवा: करिष्यन्ति यन्नो युद्ध भविष्यति

Transliteration

idaṃ ca bhūyo vakṣyāmi sabhāmadhye bṛhad vacaḥ | satyaṃ devāḥ kariṣyanti yan no yuddhaṃ bhaviṣyati ||

Translation

さらにこの議場のただ中で、余は重き言葉を改めて宣言する。神々は余の言を真実とならしめよう——我らクル（カウラヴァ）とパーンダヴァの間に戦が起こるその時に。

Word by Word

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

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

• भूयः: again; further
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस्

• वक्ष्यामि: I shall speak
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सभा-मध्ये: in the midst of the assembly
• सभा-मध्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सभा + मध्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• बृहत्: great; weighty
• बृहत्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बृहत्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वचः: speech; statement
• वचः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सत्यम्: true; as truth
• सत्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• करिष्यन्ति: will make; will render
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• यत्: that which
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• नः: of us; our
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: 1st, Genitive, Plural

• युद्धम्: war; battle
• युद्धम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• भविष्यति: will be; will happen
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

भीमसेन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīmasena (Bhīma)
• devāḥ (the gods)
• sabhā (royal assembly)
• yuddha (war)
• Kauravas
• Pāṇḍavas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A public vow grounded in satya (truth) and witnessed by the gods is presented as morally binding; Bhīma frames future retributive action as the inevitable consequence of adharma, aligning personal resolve with a larger ethical order.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the royal assembly during the dice-hall crisis, Bhīma speaks again and makes a solemn, weighty declaration that the gods will confirm his words: war will occur between the Kauravas and Pāṇḍavas, and he will fulfill his vowed retaliation.