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Shloka 61

Gadāyuddhe Kṛṣṇopadeśaḥ (Kṛṣṇa’s Counsel in the Mace-Duel) — Śalya-parva 57

प्रमथिष्यन्निव शिरो भीमसेनस्य संयुगे । भरतवंशका वह श्रेष्ठ वीर हाथमें गदा लेकर युद्धस्थलमें भीमसेनका मस्तक कुचल डालनेके लिये उनकी ओर दौड़ा ।। ६० ह || स महात्मा महात्मानं भीम॑ भीमपराक्रम:

pramathiṣyann iva śiro bhīmasenasya saṁyuge | bharatavaṁśakaḥ sa vai śreṣṭho vīraḥ hastamāṁ gadāṁ gṛhītvā yuddhasthale bhīmasenasya mastakaṁ kucalituṁ tadābhimukhaṁ drutam adhāvat || sa mahātmā mahātmānaṁ bhīmaṁ bhīmaparākramaḥ ||

サンジャヤは言った。「戦のただ中でビーマセーナの首を砕かんとするかのように、バラタの血統における第一の勇士は棍棒を固く握り、戦場を駆け抜けて彼へと突進し、ビーマの頭蓋を打ち砕くことを狙った。かくして、恐るべき武威を備えた大魂の戦士は、同じく大魂にしてその力自体が畏怖を呼ぶビーマへと襲いかかった。」

प्रमथिष्यन्about to crush
प्रमथिष्यन्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-मथ्
Formfuture active participle (śatṛ), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
इवas if
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
शिरःhead
शिरः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootशिरस्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
भीमसेनस्यof Bhīmasena
भीमसेनस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootभीमसेन
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
संयुगेin battle
संयुगे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootसंयुग
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
महात्माthe great-souled one
महात्मा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमहात्मन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
महात्मानम्the great-souled one (object)
महात्मानम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमहात्मन्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
भीमम्Bhīma
भीमम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootभीम
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
भीमपराक्रमःof terrible prowess
भीमपराक्रमः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootभीम-पराक्रम
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

संजय उवाच

संजय (Sañjaya)
भीमसेन / भीम (Bhīmasena/Bhīma)
गदा (mace)
युद्धस्थल (battlefield)
भरतवंश (Bharata lineage)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights the kṣatriya ideal of unwavering resolve and valor in battle, while implicitly revealing the moral cost of war: greatness (mahātmā) is shown through courage and commitment to one’s role, even when the immediate intent is lethal.

Sañjaya describes a foremost Bharata-line warrior seizing a mace and charging at Bhīma, seemingly determined to crush Bhīma’s head—setting the tone for a fierce close-combat encounter centered on mace-fighting.