Shloka 383

Devanagari script

हृद्गतं मनसा प्राह ध्यात्वा धर्मभृतां वर: | मदोन्मत्त भीमसेनके बारंबार गर्जना करनेपर धर्मात्माओंमें श्रेष्ठ धर्मपुत्र महाबाहु युधिष्ठिर मुसकराकर मन-ही-मन कुछ सोचते हुए अपने हृदयकी बात इस प्रकार कहने लगे --

Transliteration

hṛdgataṃ manasā prāha dhyātvā dharmabhṛtāṃ varaḥ | madonmatta-bhīmasenake bāraṃbāra garjanā karanepar dharmātmāoṃ meṃ śreṣṭha dharmaputra mahābāhu yudhiṣṭhira muskarākar mana-hī-mana kuch socte hue apane hṛdayakī bāt isa prakāra kahane lage --

Translation

ສັນຊະຍະ ກ່າວວ່າ: ຜູ້ທຳອິດໃນບັນດາຜູ້ທີ່ທົງທຳມະ ໄດ້ຄິດພິຈາລະນາຢູ່ໃນໃຈ ແລ້ວເວົ້າສິ່ງທີ່ຢູ່ໃນອົງອົບ. ເມື່ອພີມເສນະ ຜູ້ມຶນເມົາດ້ວຍຄວາມຄືກຄືນແຫ່ງສົງຄາມ ຮ້ອງຄຳຮາມຊ້ຳໆ, ທຳມະບຸດ ຢຸທິສຖິຣະ—ແຂນແຂງ ແລະເປັນຜູ້ດີເດັ່ນໃນບັນດາຜູ້ມີທຳມະ—ຍິ້ມ ຄິດຢ່າງງຽບໆ ໃນໃຈ ແລ້ວເລີ່ມເວົ້າຄວາມໃນໃຈຂອງຕົນດ້ວຍຖ້ອຍຄຳເຫຼົ່ານີ້.

Word by Word

हृद्गतम्gone into the heart; heart-felt (thought)

मनसाwith the mind

प्राहsaid

ध्यात्वाhaving reflected/meditated

धर्मभृताम्of the upholders of dharma

वरःthe best/excellent one

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Bhīmasena (Bhīma)

Yudhiṣṭhira (Dharmaputra)

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?

Even amid the frenzy of war and displays of strength, the dharmic leader is portrayed as inwardly reflective and self-possessed—acting from considered conviction rather than from intoxicated impulse.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes Bhīma repeatedly roaring in battle-excitement, while Yudhiṣṭhira, calm and smiling, thinks silently and then begins to voice what is in his heart.