Shloka 26

Devanagari script

भीमसेन उवाच अहं दुर्योधनं हन्ता कर्ण हनता धनंजय: । शकुनिं चाक्षकितवं सहदेवो हनिष्यति,भीमसेनने कहा--मैं दुर्योधनका वध करूँगा, अर्जुन कर्णका संहार करेंगे और इस जुआरी शकुनिको सहदेव मार डालेंगे

Transliteration

bhīmasena uvāca | ahaṃ duryodhanaṃ hantā karṇaṃ hantā dhanaṃjayaḥ | śakuniṃ cākṣakitavaṃ sahadevo haniṣyati |

Translation

ഭീമസേനൻ പറഞ്ഞു—“ദുര്യോധനനെ ഞാൻ വധിക്കും; കർണനെ ധനഞ്ജയൻ (അർജുനൻ) സംഹരിക്കും; പാശക്രീഡയിലെ ചതിക്കാരനായ ശകുനിയെ സഹദേവൻ കൊല്ലും.”

Word by Word

भीमसेनःBhimasena

उवाचsaid

अहम्I

दुर्योधनम्Duryodhana

हन्ताslayer (one who will kill)

कर्णम्Karna

हन्ताslayer (one who will kill)

धनंजयःDhananjaya (Arjuna)

शकुनिम्Shakuni

चand

अक्ष-कितवम्the dice-gambler

सहदेवःSahadeva

हनिष्यतिwill kill

Speaker

भीमसेन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīmasena (Bhīma)

Duryodhana

Karṇa

Dhanañjaya (Arjuna)

Śakuni

Sahadeva

dice (akṣa)

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?

When dharma is publicly violated, righteous anger is disciplined into accountable resolve: the warriors bind themselves by vows to confront specific agents of adharma, presenting the coming conflict as moral restitution rather than mere rivalry.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the aftermath of the dice-hall humiliation and the Kauravas’ deceit, Bhīma declares a set of war-vows: he will kill Duryodhana, Arjuna will kill Karṇa, and Sahadeva will kill Śakuni, identifying the principal perpetrators and assigning their punishment.