Mahabharata — Shalya Parva, Shloka 563

Śalya–Bhīma Gadā-saṃnipāta and Śalya’s Bāṇa-jāla against Yudhiṣṭhira

Book 9, Chapter 11

Devanagari script

निवार्यमाणो बहुभिद्रौपद्या: प्रियमास्थित: । तथा जिसके द्वारा क्रोधमें भरे हुए महाबलवान्‌ कुन्तीकुमार भीमने बहुतोंके मना करनेपर भी द्रौपदीका प्रिय करनेके लिये उद्यत हो गर्जना करते हुए कुबेरभवनमें रहनेवाले बहुत-से मायामय अभिमानी गुह्य॒कोंका वध किया था

Transliteration

nivāryamāṇo bahubhir draupadyāḥ priyam āsthitaḥ | tathā yasya krodhena bhare mahābalavān kuntīkumāro bhīmas tu bahūnāṃ nivāraṇe 'pi draupadīpriyakaraṇāya udyataḥ san garjan kuberabhavane nivāsinaḥ bahūn māyāmayān abhimāninaḥ guhyakān avadhīt |

Translation

ສັນຊະຍະກ່າວວ່າ: ແມ່ນແຕ່ຖືກຫ້າມປາມໂດຍຫຼາຍຄົນ ລາວກໍຍັງມຸ່ງໝັ້ນຈະເຮັດສິ່ງທີ່ເປັນທີ່ຮັກຂອງດຣໍປະດີ. ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ພີມະ ບຸດແຫ່ງກຸນຕີ ຜູ້ມີພະລັງອັນຍິ່ງໃຫຍ່ ເຕັມໄປດ້ວຍຄວາມໂກດ ແລະບໍ່ຍອມຟັງການຫ້າມຫຼາຍເທື່ອ ເພື່ອໃຫ້ດຣໍປະດີພໍໃຈ ໄດ້ຮ້ອງຄໍາຮາມ ແລະສັງຫານພວກກຸຫຍະກະຜູ້ຫຍິ່ງຍໂສ ມີມາຍາຫຼາຍຕົວ ຜູ້ອາໄສຢູ່ໃນວິຫານຂອງກຸເບຣະ.

Word by Word

• निवार्यमाणः: being restrained / though being prevented
• निवार्यमाणः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: निवार्य (√वृ + नि, caus.)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Passive, शानच् (present passive participle)

• बहुभिः: by many (people)
• बहुभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• द्रौपद्याः: of Draupadī
• द्रौपद्याः: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रौपदी
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• प्रियम्: what is dear / a pleasing act
• प्रियम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रिय
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आस्थितः: having undertaken / resolved upon
• आस्थितः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आस्थित (√स्था + आ)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Parasmaipada (active sense), क्त (past participle)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Draupadī
• Bhīma
• Kuntī
• Kubera
• Guhyakas
• Kubera’s abode (Kuberabhavana)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The passage highlights the ethical tension between devotion to a loved one and self-control: even a righteous motive (pleasing/protecting Draupadī) can become morally hazardous when driven by uncontrolled anger, leading to disproportionate violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya recalls an earlier feat of Bhīma: despite many trying to restrain him, Bhīma—enraged and intent on doing what pleased Draupadī—roared and slew many proud, illusion-using Guhyakas who lived in Kubera’s abode.