Shloka 60

Devanagari script

विवर्धमानमालक्ष्य तदस्त्रं भीमविक्रमम्‌ | पाण्डुसैन्यमृते भीम॑ सुमहद्‌ भयमाविशत्‌,उस अस्त्रको बढ़ते देख भयंकर पराक्रमी भीमसेनको छोड़कर शेष सारी पाण्डव- सेनापर महान्‌ भय छा गया

Transliteration

vivardhamānam ālakṣya tad astraṁ bhīmavikramam | pāṇḍusainyam ṛte bhīmaṁ sumahad bhayam āviśat |

Translation

ಆ ಅಸ್ತ್ರವು ವೃದ್ಧಿಯಾಗುತ್ತಿರುವುದನ್ನು ಕಂಡು, ಭೀಕರ ವಿಕ್ರಮಿಯಾದ ಭೀಮಸೇನನನ್ನು ಹೊರತುಪಡಿಸಿ ಉಳಿದ ಪಾಂಡವಸೈನ್ಯವನ್ನೆಲ್ಲ ಮಹಾಭಯ ಆವರಿಸಿತು.

Word by Word

विवर्धमानम्increasing, growing

आलक्ष्यhaving noticed/seeing

तत्that

अस्त्रम्weapon, missile

भीमविक्रमम्of terrible prowess

पाण्डुसैन्यम्the Pandu-army (Pandava host)

ऋतेexcept, without

भीमम्Bhima

सुमहत्very great

भयम्fear

आविशत्entered, seized

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Arjuna

Bhima (Bhimasena)

Pandava army

Astra (weapon)

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?

Even amid overwhelming danger, steadfast courage grounded in duty can prevent panic from becoming total collapse; one resolute warrior can embody and restore the ethical ideal of kṣatriya-dharma when others are shaken by fear.

What is happening in the narrative?

A powerful astra is seen intensifying, and terror spreads through the Pāṇḍava forces; only Bhīma remains unafraid, standing firm while the rest of the army is psychologically overwhelmed.