Mahabharata 4.33.14 — Virata Parva, Adhyaya 33, Shloka 14

Virāṭa-parva Adhyāya 33 — Kuru Cattle-Raid and Matsya Mobilization (भूमिंजय-प्रेरणा)

Devanagari script

भीमसेन उवाच अहमेनं परित्रास्ये शासनात्‌ तव पार्थिव । पश्य मे सुमहत्‌ कर्म युध्यतः सह शत्रुभि:

Transliteration

bhīmasena uvāca | aham enaṃ paritrāsye śāsanāt tava pārthiva | paśya me sumahat karma yudhyataḥ saha śatrubhiḥ ||

Translation

ប៊ីមសេនបាននិយាយថា៖ «ព្រះមហាក្សត្រ! តាមព្រះបញ្ជារបស់ព្រះអង្គ ខ្ញុំនឹងសង្គ្រោះគាត់ឲ្យរួចពីដៃសុសរមា។ សូមព្រះអង្គមើលថ្ងៃនេះ នូវកិច្ចការដ៏ធំ និងវីរភាពរបស់ខ្ញុំ ខណៈព្រះអង្គប្រយុទ្ធជាមួយសត្រូវ»។

Word by Word

• भीमसेनः: Bhimasena
• भीमसेनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीमसेन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), Third, Singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• एनम्: him
• एनम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• परित्रास्ये: I will rescue / deliver
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्रस्
• Form: Simple Future (Lṛṭ), First, Singular

• शासनात्: from (your) command/authority; by reason of the order
• शासनात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शासन
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• तव: of you / your
• तव: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• पार्थिव: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• पश्य: see
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश्
• Form: Imperative (Loṭ), Second, Singular

• मे: my
• मे: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• सुमहत्: very great
• सुमहत्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुमहत्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कर्म: deed, act
• कर्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• युध्यतः: of (you) fighting / while you fight
• युध्यतः: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: युध्
• Form: Present active participle (Śatṛ), Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• शत्रुभिः: with enemies
• शत्रुभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत्रु
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

भीमसेन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīmasena (Bhīma)
• Pārthiva (the king addressed, i.e., Virāṭa)
• Suśarmā
• Śatravaḥ (enemies)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharma in action: a warrior’s strength is ethically directed toward protection and rescue, carried out with disciplined obedience to a legitimate command rather than personal impulse.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīma addresses King Virāṭa, promising—on the king’s order—to free the captive (implied) from Suśarmā’s control, and invites the king to witness his great martial exploit amid the ongoing conflict with the enemies.