Shloka 23

Devanagari script

अक्कुद्धयत रणे भीमस्तैर्म॑थे प्रत्यवस्थितै:

Transliteration

akrudhyata raṇe bhīmas tair mathe pratyavasthitaiḥ

Translation

サンジャヤは言った。激戦のただ中にあっても、ビーマは怒りに身を委ねなかった。密に隊列を組んで踏みとどまる戦士たちに相対し、彼は揺るがぬ決意でその場を守り抜いた――戦の重圧の中でなお自制に統べられた勇力、その規律ある強さが示されたのである。

Word by Word

• अक्रुद्ध्यत्: became angry / was enraged
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्रुध्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• भीमः: Bhima
• भीमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तैः: by/with those
• तैः: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• मथे: in the melee / in the churning (of battle)
• मथे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मथ
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• प्रत्यवस्थितैः: standing firm/opposed, arrayed against (him)
• प्रत्यवस्थितैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रत्यवस्थित
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīma
• battlefield (raṇa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in war, strength is meant to be governed by restraint. Bhīma’s steadiness suggests that righteous action is not mere rage but disciplined courage aligned with duty.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Bhīma, confronted by opponents positioned directly before him in the dense press of battle, remains composed and does not succumb to anger as the fighting intensifies.