Shloka 35

अर्जुनागमनम्

Arjuna’s Arrival and Reunion on the Sacred Mountain

Devanagari script

तदेकायनमासाद्य विषमं भीमदर्शनम्‌ | बहुतालोच्छूयं शूद्धमारुरोह महाबल:,वह पर्वत ऊँची-नीची भूमियोंसे युक्त और देखनेमें भयंकर था। उसकी ऊँचाई कई ताड़ोंके बराबर थी और उसपर चढ़नेके लिये एक ही मार्ग था, तो भी महाबली भीमसेन उसके शिखरपर चढ़ गये

Transliteration

tad ekāyanam āsādya viṣamaṃ bhīmadarśanam | bahutālocchūyaṃ śuddham āruroha mahābalaḥ ||

Translation

ただ一筋の狭い登路に至ると、怪力のビーマは、見るだに恐ろしい険峻な高みをよじ登った。山は起伏に富み、凄まじい相をなし、幾本もの椰子にも比すべき高さでそびえていた。登る道はただ一つ、しかも難路であったが、それでもビーマセーナは頂へと到り、危難の前に屈せぬ決然たる勇を体現した。

Word by Word

तत्that (mountain/thing)

एकायनम्having a single path/approach

आसाद्यhaving reached/approached

विषमम्uneven, rugged, difficult

भीमदर्शनम्terrible to behold

बहुतालोच्छ्रयम्of the height of many palm-trees

शुद्धम्sheer/steep; clear (context: steep ascent)

आरुरोहclimbed/ascended

महाबलःthe mighty one

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Bhīma

Bhīmasena

mountain

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Steadfast resolve in pursuing one’s duty or goal: even when the way is narrow and dangerous, a person of strength and discipline does not retreat, but advances with courage and endurance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that Bhīmasena reaches a mountain with a single, difficult route upward; despite its fearsome, steep, and towering nature, Bhīma ascends and reaches the summit.