Shloka 9

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

Devanagari script

अभिप्रायं तु विज्ञाय महिष्या: पुरुषर्षभ: । प्रियाया: प्रियकाम: स प्रायाद्‌ भीमो महाबल:,पुरुषशिरोमणि महाबली भीम अपनी प्यारी रानीके मनोभावको जानकर उसका प्रिय करनेकी इच्छासे वहाँसे चल दिये

Transliteration

abhiprāyaṃ tu vijñāya mahiṣyāḥ puruṣarṣabhaḥ | priyāyāḥ priyakāmaḥ sa prāyād bhīmo mahābalaḥ ||

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは言った。后妃の胸中の意を悟ると、ビーマは――人中の雄牛、剛力無双――愛する者の望みにかなうことをなさんとして、そこを出立した。

Word by Word

अभिप्रायम्intention, thought

तुbut, indeed

विज्ञायhaving known/understood

महिष्याःof the queen

पुरुषर्षभःbull among men (best of men)

प्रियायाःof (his) beloved

प्रियकामःdesiring what is pleasing (to her)

सःhe

प्रायात्set out, departed

भीमःBhima

महाबलःmighty-strong

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Bhīma

mahiṣī (queen/chief wife)

priyā (beloved wife)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores sensitivity to another’s unspoken intention (abhiprāya) and the ethical value of acting deliberately to bring about what is beneficial and dear—here, fulfilling a beloved’s wish through timely, purposeful effort.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana narrates that Bhīma perceives the queen’s (beloved wife’s) intention and, wanting to please her, departs from that place to carry out what she desires.