Shloka 6

Devanagari script

नागायुतसमप्राण: ख्यातविक्रमपौरुष: । नायं भीमो>त्ययं गच्छेदिति चोद्धर्षणं कृतम्‌

Transliteration

nāgāyutasamaprāṇaḥ khyātavikramapauruṣaḥ | nāyaṃ bhīmo ’tyayaṃ gacched iti coddharṣaṇaṃ kṛtam ||

Translation

वैशंपायन म्हणाले—“दहा हजार नागांइतका प्राणबल असलेला, पराक्रम व पुरुषार्थाने ख्यात असा हा भीम अकाली अंताला जाणार नाही”—या निश्चयाने धीर देणारे व उत्साह वाढविणारे शब्द उच्चारले गेले.

Word by Word

नागायुतसमप्राणःhaving strength equal to ten-thousand elephants

ख्यातविक्रमपौरुषःwhose valor and manliness are renowned

नnot

अयम्this (man)

भीमःBhima

अत्ययम्calamity; downfall; peril

गच्छेत्would go; would come to

इतिthus; saying

चand

उद्धर्षणम्incitement; provocation; goading

कृतम्was done; was made

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Bhīma

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 recognized virtue and proven strength (vikrama, pauruṣa) become grounds for confidence and morale: one should not hastily assume ruin for a steadfast, capable person; instead, timely encouragement can uphold resolve in adversity.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator describes Bhīma as extraordinarily powerful—likened to possessing the vitality of ten thousand nāgas—and notes that, believing he would not succumb to disaster, those present offered rousing words meant to hearten and steady the situation.