Shloka 106

Devanagari script

यथाहं भीमसेनेन व्युत्क्रम्य समयं हतः । “मेरे पक्षके वीरोंमेंसे जो लोग इस युद्धमें जीवित बच गये हों, उन्हें यह बताना कि भीमसेनने किस तरह गदायुद्धके नियमका उल्लंघन करके मुझे मारा

Transliteration

yathāhaṃ bhīmasenena vyutkramya samayaṃ hataḥ |

Translation

ಸಂಜಯನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ನನ್ನ ಪಕ್ಷದ ವೀರರಲ್ಲಿ ಈ ಯುದ್ಧದಲ್ಲಿ ಜೀವಂತ ಉಳಿದವರಿಗಿದು ತಿಳಿಸಿರಿ: ಭೀಮಸೇನನು ಗದಾಯುದ್ಧದ ನಿಶ್ಚಿತ ನಿಯಮವನ್ನು ಮೀರಿ ನನ್ನನ್ನು ಹೇಗೆ ಸಂಹರಿಸಿದನು ಎಂದು.

Word by Word

यथाas, in the manner that

अहम्I

भीमसेनेनby Bhimasena

व्युत्क्रम्यhaving transgressed, having violated

समयम्the agreement, the rule/compact

हतःkilled, slain

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Bhīmasena

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?

The verse highlights the moral weight of agreed norms in warfare: victory gained by violating a mutually accepted rule is portrayed as ethically compromised, raising questions about dharma in extreme conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the context of the climactic mace duel, the speaker characterizes his death as caused by Bhīmasena’s breach of the duel’s agreed conventions, emphasizing that the killing occurred through a rule-violation rather than straightforward adherence to combat protocol.