Shloka 1176

Devanagari script

आस्फोटयामास भृशं भीमसेनो ननाद च | जनेश्वर! पांचालों और सोमकोंके तो हर्षकी सीमा न रही। सहस्रों रणवाद्य बजने लगे। उस समय महाबली भीमसेन जोर-जोरसे ताल ठोकने और सिंहके समान दहाड़ने लगे

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | āsphoṭayāmāsa bhṛśaṃ bhīmaseno nanāda ca | janeśvara! pāñcālānāṃ somakānāṃ ca harṣasya sīmā nābhavat | sahasrāṇi raṇavādyāni vavādyire | tadā mahābalī bhīmasenaḥ jorajorena tālaṃ tokan siṃhasyeva nādaṃ cakāra |

Translation

जनेश्वर! महाबली भीमसेनाने जोराने ताल ठोकली आणि मोठ्याने गर्जना केली. पांचाल व सोमकांचा आनंद उफाळून आला; हजारो रणवाद्यांचा निनाद झाला. तेव्हा भीमसेनाने अंगावर प्रहार करून आव्हान दिले आणि सिंहासारखा गर्जून धर्मयुद्धासाठीची तयारी जाहीर केली.

Word by Word

• आस्फोटयामास: struck/clapped (repeatedly)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आस्-√स्फोट्
• Form: Perfect (Periphrastic), 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भृशम्: vehemently, greatly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भृश

• भीमसेनः: Bhimasena
• भीमसेनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीमसेन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ननाद: roared, sounded
• Type: Verb
• Root: √नद्
• Form: Perfect, 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Bhimasena (Bhima)
• Dhritarashtra (implied by address janeśvara)
• Panchalas
• Somakas
• war-instruments (raṇavādya)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how righteous resolve in a dharma-yuddha is strengthened through courage and collective morale: Bhima’s roar and the sounding of war-instruments function as an ethical rallying cry—steadfastness, fearlessness, and solidarity in the face of grave duty.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya reports to the king that Bhima forcefully claps/strikes his arms and roars like a lion. The Pandava allies—the Panchalas and Somakas—overflow with joy, and countless battle instruments resound, signaling heightened enthusiasm and readiness for combat.