Sauptika Parva Adhyaya 15 Shloka 14 - Mahabharata | Kannada | Vedapath

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Shloka 14

Brahmaśirastra-pratisaṃhāra — Retraction and redirection of the supreme weapon

Sauptika Parva, Adhyāya 15

Devanagari script

“'मुने! मैंने भीमसेनके भयसे भारी संकटमें पड़कर अपने प्राणोंको बचानेके लिये ही यह अस्त्र छोड़ा था ।।

Transliteration

muné! mayāpi bhīmasenasya bhayāt bhāri saṅkaṭe patitvā svaprāṇān rakṣituṃ kevalaṃ ayam astraḥ muktaḥ. adharmas tu kṛto 'nena dhārtarāṣṭraṃ jighāṃsatā; mithyācāreṇa bhagavan bhīmasenena saṃyuge.

Translation

ಮುನಿಯೇ! ಭೀಮಸೇನನ ಭಯದಿಂದ ನಾನೂ ಮಹಾ ಸಂಕಟದಲ್ಲಿ ಸಿಲುಕಿ, ಕೇವಲ ಪ್ರಾಣರಕ್ಷಣೆಗೆಂದೇ ಈ ಅಸ್ತ್ರವನ್ನು ಬಿಡಿಸಿದೆನು. ಆದರೆ ಭಗವನ್! ಧಾರ್ತರಾಷ್ಟ್ರನ (ದುರ್ಯೋಧನನ)ನ್ನು ಕೊಲ್ಲಬೇಕೆಂಬ ಆಸೆಯಿಂದ ಈ ಭೀಮಸೇನನು ಯುದ್ಧಭೂಮಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಮಿಥ್ಯಾಚಾರವನ್ನು ಆಶ್ರಯಿಸಿ ಮಹಾ ಅಧರ್ಮವನ್ನು ಮಾಡಿದನು.

Word by Word

अधर्मःunrighteousness, adharma

कृतःdone, committed

अनेनby this (one), by him

धार्तराष्ट्रम्the son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra (Duryodhana)

जिघांसताby (one) wishing to kill

मिथ्या-आचारेणby false conduct, by deceitful practice

भगवन्O venerable one, O Lord (sir)

भीमसेनेनby Bhīmasena

संयुगेin battle, in combat

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Bhīmasena

Dhārtarāṣṭra (Duryodhana)

astra (weapon)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The passage contrasts self-defense with intentional wrongdoing: saving one’s life in extreme danger is presented as a motive, but deliberately pursuing an enemy’s death through deceitful means is condemned as adharma, highlighting the epic’s concern for ethical limits even in war.

What is happening in the narrative?

A speaker explains that he discharged a weapon only to protect his life when threatened by Bhīmasena. He then accuses Bhīmasena of committing adharma in battle by adopting deceitful conduct with the aim of killing Duryodhana (the Dhārtarāṣṭra).