Shloka 48

Bhagadatta’s Advance, the Saṃśaptaka Challenge, and Arjuna’s Counterstrike (द्रोणपर्व, अध्याय २६)

Devanagari script

तेषां प्रद्रवतां भीम: पज्चालानामितस्तत:

Transliteration

teṣāṁ pradravatāṁ bhīmaḥ pāñcālānām itas tataḥ

Translation

ສັນຊະຍະກ່າວວ່າ: ເມື່ອພວກປັນຈາລະພາກັນຫນີຢ່າງສັບສົນ ພີມະໄດ້ເຄື່ອນໄຫວໄປມາຢູ່ທ່າມກາງພວກເຂົາ ກົດດັນໃຫ້ການແຕກພ່າຍຮຸນແຮງຂຶ້ນ ແລະເພີ່ມພູນຄວາມຕົກໃຈໃນການຖອນຖອຍ—ເປັນພາບທີ່ຊີ້ໃຫ້ເຫັນວ່າ ໃນສົງຄາມ ເມື່ອລະບຽບແຕກສະລາຍ ຄວາມຢ້ານສາມາດແຜ່ລາມໄປທົ່ວກອງທັບ.

Word by Word

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• प्रद्रवताम्: while (they were) running forth / fleeing
• प्रद्रवताम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + द्रु (धावने)
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

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

• पाञ्चालानाम्: of the Panchalas
• पाञ्चालानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाञ्चाल
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• इतस्: from here / hence
• इतस्: Apadana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इतस्

• ततः: from there / thence
• ततः: Apadana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• संजय (Sañjaya)
• भीम (Bhīma)
• पाञ्चालाः (Pāñcālas)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights a practical ethical insight of the epic’s war narrative: once discipline collapses, fear multiplies and a retreat can become a rout; therefore leaders and warriors must preserve steadiness and order, since panic harms not only the individual but the whole host.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that the Pāñcālas are fleeing, and Bhīma is moving “here and there” among them—suggesting vigorous pursuit and battlefield pressure during a moment of disarray.