Shloka 1

Devanagari script

भीमसेन बोले--भद्रे! तू जैसा कह रही है, वैसा ही करूँगा। भीरु! मैं आज कीचकको उसके भाई-बन्धुओंसहित मार डालूँगा

Transliteration

Bhīmasena uvāca—bhadre! tvaṁ yathā vadāsi, tathā kariṣyāmi. bhīru! aham adya Kīcakaṁ tasya bhrātṛ-bandhubhiḥ saha mārayiṣyāmi.

Translation

ಭೀಮಸೇನನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ಭದ್ರೇ! ನೀನು ಹೇಳುವಂತೆ ನಾನೇ ಮಾಡುತ್ತೇನೆ. ಭೀರು! ಇಂದು ಕೀಚಕನನ್ನು ಅವನ ಸಹೋದರ-ಬಂಧುಗಳೊಡನೆ ಸಂಹರಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ।

Word by Word

भीमसेनःBhimasena

उवाचsaid

भद्रेO auspicious lady / O good one

त्वम्you

यथाas / just as

कथयसिyou say / you tell

तथाso / in that manner

एवindeed / exactly

करिष्यामिI will do

भीरुO timid one

अहम्I

अद्यtoday

कीचकंKichaka

तस्यof him / his

भ्रातृबन्धुभिःwith (his) brothers and kinsmen

सहtogether with

हत्वाhaving slain

पातयिष्यामिI will cause to fall / I will strike down

Speaker

भीमसेन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīmasena (Bhima)

Kīcaka

Kīcaka's brothers and kinsmen

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 a dharmic impulse to protect a wronged person and uphold honor: Bhima commits himself to decisive action against an aggressor, framing force as a response to adharma rather than personal cruelty.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Virata court context, Bhima responds to a distressed appeal (implicitly from Draupadi/Sairandhri) and promises to carry out her plan, declaring that he will kill Kichaka along with his supporting kinsmen.