Shloka 46

Devanagari script

भीम: क्रोधाग्निरक्ताक्ष: क्रुद्धः काल इवाबभौ | उन महारथियोंके चलाये हुए बाणोंद्वारा चारों ओरसे रोके जानेपर भीमसेनकी आँखें क्रोधसे लाल हो गयीं और वे कुपित हुए कालके समान प्रतीत होने लगे

Transliteration

bhīmaḥ krodhāgniraktākṣaḥ kruddhaḥ kāla ivābabhau |

Translation

ສັນຊະຍະ ກ່າວວ່າ: ພີມ ມີດວງຕາແດງດັ່ງໄຟແຫ່ງຄວາມໂກດ ລຸກໂຊດດ້ວຍໂທສະ ແລະປານດັ່ງ “ກາລະ” (ຄວາມຕາຍ) ເອງ. ແມ່ນແຕ່ຖືກລູກສອນຂອງມະຫານັກຮົບລົດຮົບເຫຼົ່ານັ້ນກັ້ນໄວ້ທຸກທິດ ຄວາມໂກດຂອງລາວກໍຍິ່ງທະວີ ຈົນເຫັນຄືຮ່າງແຫ່ງການທໍາລາຍທີ່ຫຼີກບໍ່ພົ້ນ.

Word by Word

भीमःBhima

क्रोधाग्नि-रक्ताक्षःwhose eyes were red like fire of anger

क्रुद्धःenraged

कालःTime/Death (Kala)

इवlike, as if

अभभौshone/appeared

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Bhīma (Bhīmasena)

mahārathī (great chariot-warriors)

bāṇa (arrows)

Kāla (Time/Death)

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 how unchecked anger can transform a warrior into a force of blind inevitability—‘like Kāla’—suggesting both the terrifying power of wrath and the moral danger of being consumed by it, even within the framework of a dharma-yuddha.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes Bhīma on the battlefield: despite being surrounded and restrained by volleys of arrows from great chariot-warriors, Bhīma’s eyes turn red with rage and he appears like Death itself, signaling an imminent, fearsome counterattack.