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Shloka 19

भীমेन युधिष्ठिरस्य त्यागवृत्तेः प्रतिषेधः

Bhīma’s Rebuttal of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Renunciatory Inclination

कथं तस्मात्‌ समुत्पन्नास्तन्निष्ठास्तदुपाश्रया: । तदेव निन्दां भाषेयुर्धाता तत्र न गहति

kathaṃ tasmāt samutpannās tan-niṣṭhās tad-upāśrayāḥ | tad eva nindāṃ bhāṣeyur dhātā tatra na gahate ||

ഭീമൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ആ ക്ഷാത്രധർമ്മത്തിൽ നിന്നുതന്നെ ജനിച്ച്, അതിൽ തന്നെ നിഷ്ഠയോടെ നിലകൊണ്ട്, അതിനെ ആശ്രയിച്ചാണ് ജീവിക്കുന്നവർ, അതേ വീരധർമ്മത്തെ എങ്ങനെ നിന്ദിക്കും? നിന്ദ പറയേണ്ടിവന്നാൽ, ക്ഷത്രിയർക്കായി യുദ്ധധർമ്മം വിധിച്ച ആ വിധാതാവിന്മേലല്ലേ അത് ചേരേണ്ടത്?

कथम्how?
कथम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकथम्
तस्मात्from that (source/cause)
तस्मात्:
Apadana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formmasculine/neuter, ablative, singular
समुत्पन्नाःarisen, produced
समुत्पन्नाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसम्-उत्-पद्
Formmasculine, nominative, plural
तत्that
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formneuter, accusative, singular
निष्ठाःdevoted/steadfast (in it)
निष्ठाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootनिष्ठा
Formmasculine, nominative, plural
तत्that
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formneuter, accusative, singular
उपाश्रयाःhaving it as support; dependent on it
उपाश्रयाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootउपाश्रय
Formmasculine, nominative, plural
तत्that
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formneuter, accusative, singular
एवindeed, just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
निन्दाम्blame, censure
निन्दाम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनिन्दा
Formfeminine, accusative, singular
भाषेयुःwould speak/utter
भाषेयुः:
TypeVerb
Rootभाष्
Formoptative (vidhiling), 3rd, plural, parasmaipada
धाताthe creator/ordainer
धाता:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootधातृ
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
तत्रtherein, in that matter
तत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
गहतेis blamed/condemned; is censured
गहते:
TypeVerb
Rootगह्
Formpresent indicative (lat), 3rd, singular, atmanepada

भीम उवाच

B
Bhīma
D
Dhātā (the Ordainer/Creator)

Educational Q&A

Bhīma argues that those whose identity and livelihood rest upon kṣatriya-dharma cannot coherently denounce it; if one insists on blaming the existence of war-duty, the blame would logically be directed toward the cosmic Ordainer who instituted that social-ethical role.

In the Shānti Parva’s reflective setting, Bhīma speaks in defense of warrior-duty, challenging the idea of censuring kṣātra-dharma and shifting the discussion toward the source of such duties—divine ordinance (Dhātā) and the structure of dharma itself.