Shloka 16
Devanagari script
भीमसेन उवाच ये पुरा विचरन्तीह पुरुषा वशवर्तिन: । तस्यास्ते वचन श्रुत्वा हनूणा विहरन्त्वतः
Transliteration
bhīmasena uvāca ye purā vicarantīha puruṣā vaśavartinaḥ | tasyās te vacanaṃ śrutvā hanūṇā viharantu ataḥ ||
Translation
ビーマセーナは言った。「おお女神よ。久しくここにあって汝の命に従い歩み来たれる者どもは、汝の言葉を聞きし今、誓いの縛めを解かれ、望むままに自由に行き来すべし。」
Word by Word
भीमसेनःBhimasena
भीमसेनः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभीमसेन
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPerfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
येwho (those who)
ये:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
पुराformerly, earlier
पुरा:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुरा
विचरन्तिwander, move about
विचरन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootचर्
FormPresent, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
इहhere
इह:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह
पुरुषाःmen, persons
पुरुषाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपुरुष
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
वशवर्तिनःobedient, under control
वशवर्तिनः:
TypeAdjective
Rootवशवर्तिन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
तस्याःof her
तस्याः:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormFeminine, Genitive, Singular
तेthey
ते:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
वचनम्word, statement
वचनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवचन
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
श्रुत्वाhaving heard
श्रुत्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु
Formक्त्वा (absolutive), Parasmaipada (usage)
हनूणाwith (their) jaw; by the jaw
हनूणा:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootहनू
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
विहरन्तुlet them sport/roam
विहरन्तु:
TypeVerb
Rootविहृ
FormImperative, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
अतःtherefore; hence
अतः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअतः
Speaker
भीमसेन उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
BhīmasenaD
Devī (addressed lady/goddess)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
Authority should be exercised with restraint: once a rightful command is fulfilled or a promise is satisfied, people should be released from binding obligations and allowed autonomy, reflecting fairness and dharma.
Bhīma addresses a revered lady as ‘Devī’ and requests that men who have been acting under her orders be freed from their pledged duty, so they may move about according to their own will.