Shloka 7

Indrajit’s Binding, Restoration by Viśalyā, and Counsel Restraining Rāvaṇa (Āraṇyaka Parva 273)

Devanagari script

भीमसेन उवाच नायं पापसमाचारो मत्तो जीवितुमहति । कृष्णायास्तदनर्हाया: परिक्लेष्टा नराधम:,भीमसेनने कहा--इस नराधमने क्लेश पानेके अयोग्य द्रौपदीको कष्ट पहुँचाया है; अतः अब मेरे हाथसे इस पापाचारी जयद्रथका जीवित रहना ठीक नहीं है

Transliteration

bhīmasena uvāca: nāyaṃ pāpasamācāro matto jīvitum arhati | kṛṣṇāyās tad-anarhāyāḥ parikleṣṭā narādhamaḥ ||

Translation

ಭೀಮಸೇನನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—“ಈ ಪಾಪಾಚಾರಿ ನನ್ನ ಕೈಯಿಂದ ಬದುಕಲು ಅರ್ಹನಲ್ಲ. ದುಃಖಕ್ಕೆ ಅನರ್ಹಳಾದ ಕೃಷ್ಣಾ (ದ್ರೌಪದಿ)ಯನ್ನು ಈ ನರಾಧಮನು ಪೀಡಿಸಿದ್ದಾನೆ; ಆದ್ದರಿಂದ ಈ ದುಷ್ಕರ್ಮಿ ಜಯದ್ರಥನು ಈಗ ಜೀವಂತಿರುವುದು ಯುಕ್ತವಲ್ಲ.”

Word by Word

भीमसेनःBhimasena

उवाचsaid

नnot

अयम्this (man)

पाप-समाचारःone of sinful conduct

मत्तःfrom me

जीवितुम्to live

अर्हतिdeserves/is fit

कृष्णायाःof Krishna (Draupadi)

तत्that

अनर्हायाःof (her) who is undeserving (of such treatment)

परिक्लेष्टाtormentor/one who causes distress

नराधमःworst of men, vile man

Speaker

भीमसेन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīmasena (Bhīma)

Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī)

Jayadratha

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?

A wrongdoer who inflicts suffering on the innocent—especially one under protection—incurs grave moral blame; Bhīma frames punishment as a matter of justice and defense of dharma, not mere personal anger.

What is happening in the narrative?

After Jayadratha has caused distress to Draupadī, Bhīma declares that such a sinner is unfit to live and insists that Jayadratha should not be spared.