Shloka 24

धृतराष्ट्रस्य उपालम्भः तथा पाण्डव-समाश्वासनम् | Dhṛtarāṣṭra Reproved and the Pāṇḍavas Consoled

Devanagari script

त्वां क्रोधवशमापन्नं विदित्वा भरतर्षभ । मयापकृष्ट: कौन्तेयो मृत्योर्दष्टान्तरं गत:,“भरतश्रेष्ठ) आपको क्रोधके वशीभूत हुआ जान मैंने मृत्युकी दाढ़ोंमें फँसे हुए कुन्तीकुमार भीमसेनको पीछे खींच लिया था

Transliteration

tvāṃ krodhavaśam āpannaṃ viditvā bharatarṣabha | mayāpakṛṣṭaḥ kaunteyo mṛtyor daṣṭāntaraṃ gataḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana berkata: “Wahai banteng di antara kaum Bharata, mengetahui engkau dikuasai amarah, aku menarik kembali putera Kuntī—Bhīmasena—yang telah masuk ke rahang maut.”

Word by Word

त्वाम्you

क्रोध-वशम्under the control of anger

आपन्नम्having fallen into / having become

विदित्वाhaving known

भरत-ऋषभO bull among the Bharatas

मयाby me

अपकृष्टःwas pulled away / drawn back

कौन्तेयःthe son of Kunti (Bhima)

मृत्योःof death

दष्ट-अन्तरम्the interval between the teeth / the jaws

गतःhaving gone / having entered

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Bharatarṣabha (addressed person)

Kaunteya (Bhīmasena)

Bhīmasena

Mṛtyu (Death, personified)

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?

Unchecked anger drives even the mighty into self-destructive danger; ethical action includes restraining oneself and, when possible, restraining others from rash violence that leads to ruin.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator reports that, seeing the addressed person overcome by anger, he intervened and physically drew Bhīma (the son of Kuntī) back from a situation described as ‘the jaws of death,’ preventing an immediate fatal outcome.