Shloka 49

Bhīmasena–Hanūmān Saṃvāda: The Tail Test and the Divine Path

Devanagari script

भयाद्‌ विससूजुर्भीमं शकृन्मूत्रं च सुखुवु: । प्रविवेश तत: क्षिप्रं तानपास्य महाबल:

Transliteration

bhayād visasūjur bhīmaṃ śakṛn-mūtraṃ ca sukhuvuḥ | praviveśa tataḥ kṣipraṃ tān apāsya mahābalaḥ ||

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。恐怖のあまり彼らは糞尿を漏らした。すると大力の者はたちまち踏み込み、彼らを脇へ押しのけて進んだ—圧倒的な力の前では、恐怖があらゆる平静の仮面を剥ぎ取ることを示す光景である。

Word by Word

• भयात्: from fear
• भयात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भय
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• विससूजुः: they discharged/voided
• विससूजुः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + सृज्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• भीमम्: Bhima
• भीमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• शकृत्: feces
• शकृत्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शकृत्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मूत्रम्: urine
• मूत्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूत्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• सुखुवुः: they offered/sacrificed (lit. poured as oblation)
• सुखुवुः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: सु + हु
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• प्रविवेश: he entered
• प्रविवेश: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + विश्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• ततः: then/from there
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• क्षिप्रम्: quickly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्षिप्र

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अपास्य: having cast aside/left behind
• Type: Verb
• Root: अप + अस्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Active

• महाबलः: the mighty-strong (one)
• महाबलः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाबल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Bhīma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores a psychological and ethical realism: fear can reduce even the proud to helplessness, revealing the fragility of outward dignity; true steadiness is tested not in comfort but under threat.

What is happening in the narrative?

Those confronted by Bhīma are so terrified that they involuntarily void feces and urine; Bhīma, described as mahābala, swiftly enters and brushes past them.