Shloka 150

समन्तपञ्चक-आख्यानम् तथा अक्षौहिणी-प्रमाणनिर्णयः

Samantapañcaka Narrative and the Measure of an Akṣauhiṇī

Devanagari script

किर्मीरस्य वधश्चात्र भीमसेनेन संयुगे | वृष्णीनामागमश्चात्र पज्चालानां च सर्वश:,इसी पर्वमें यह कथा है कि युद्धमें भीमसेनने किर्मीरको मार डाला। पाण्डवोंके पास वृष्णिवंशी और पांचाल आये। पाण्डवोंने उन सबके साथ वार्तालाप किया

Transliteration

kirmīrasya vadhaś cātra bhīmasenena saṁyuge | vṛṣṇīnām āgamaś cātra pāñcālānāṁ ca sarvaśaḥ ||

Translation

याच पर्वात असेही सांगितले आहे की रणांगणात भीमसेनाने किर्मीराचा वध केला. तसेच वृष्णिवंशी आणि सर्व पाञ्चाल पांडवांकडे आले; पांडवांनी त्या सर्वांशी संवाद केला.

Word by Word

किर्मीरस्यof Kirmīra

वधःkilling, slaying

चand

अत्रhere, in this (context/section)

भीमसेनेनby Bhīmasena

संयुगेin battle

वृष्णीनाम्of the Vṛṣṇis

आगमःarrival, coming

चand

अत्रhere, in this (context/section)

पाञ्चालानाम्of the Pāñcālas

चand

सर्वशःentirely, in every way; altogether

Speaker

राम उवाच

Characters & Entities

Kirmīra

Bhīmasena (Bhīma)

Vṛṣṇis

Pāñcālas

Pāṇḍavas

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Righteous strength is not merely personal prowess: it is reinforced by timely alliances and counsel. The slaying of a violent threat (Kirmīra) and the arrival of supportive clans (Vṛṣṇis, Pāñcālas) together illustrate how dharma is upheld through both valor and collective support.

What is happening in the narrative?

The passage summarizes key events: Bhīma kills the rākṣasa Kirmīra in combat, and afterward the Vṛṣṇis and the Pāñcālas arrive to the Pāṇḍavas. The Pāṇḍavas then engage in conversation with these arriving allies.