Mahabharata 9.57.39 — Shalya Parva, Adhyaya 57, Shloka 39

Gadāyuddhe Kṛṣṇopadeśaḥ (Kṛṣṇa’s Counsel in the Mace-Duel) — Śalya-parva 57

Devanagari script

तस्य भीमो महावेगां जाम्बूनदपरिष्कृताम्‌

Transliteration

tasya bhīmo mahāvegāṃ jāmbūnadapariṣkṛtām

Translation

ಸಂಜಯನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ಆಮೇಲೆ ಭೀಮನು ಮಹಾವೇಗದಿಂದ ಜಾಂಬೂನದ ಚಿನ್ನದಿಂದ ಅಲಂಕರಿಸಲ್ಪಟ್ಟ (ಅಸ್ತ್ರವನ್ನು) ಎತ್ತಿ/ಸಾಧಿಸಿ, ಪ್ರಹಾರಕ್ಕೆ ಸಿದ್ಧನಾದನು.

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/that
• तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• भीमः: Bhima
• भीमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महावेगाम्: very swift/with great speed
• महावेगाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महावेग
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• जाम्बूनदपरिष्कृताम्: adorned/embellished with Jāmbūnada-gold
• जाम्बूनदपरिष्कृताम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जाम्बूनदपरिष्कृत
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīma
• Jāmbūnada gold

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line underscores kṣatriya resolve in battle: strength and speed are harnessed toward a decisive act, while the ornate, gold-adorned weapon highlights how worldly splendor accompanies—and cannot soften—the harsh ethical reality of war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes Bhīma acting with great force, taking up or directing a gold-ornamented weapon, signaling an imminent strike within the ongoing Kurukṣetra combat.