Shloka 13

द्रौपदी-भीमसेनसंवादः

Draupadī–Bhīmasena Dialogue on Suffering, Kāla, and Daiva

Devanagari script

त्वय्येवं निरयं प्राप्ते भीमे भीमपराक्रमे । शोके यौधिष्ठिरे मग्ना नाहं जीवितुमुत्सहे

Transliteration

tvayy evaṁ nirayaṁ prāpte bhīme bhīmaparākrame | śoke yauḍhiṣṭhire magnā nāhaṁ jīvitum utsahe ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana berkata: “Wahai Bhīma yang dahsyat perkasa—meskipun engkau begitu gagah, engkau telah jatuh ke dalam keadaan derita laksana neraka. Dan di pihak yang lain, Yudhiṣṭhira pula tenggelam dalam dukacita. Maka aku pun lemas dalam lautan duka; tiada lagi sedikit pun semangat untuk terus hidup.”

Word by Word

• {'tvayi': 'in you

• with regard to you', 'evaṁ': 'thus

• in this manner', 'nirayam': 'hell

• a state of torment (also ‘hell-like misery’ in context)', 'prāpte': 'having come to

• having befallen', 'bhīme': 'O Bhīma (vocative)

• also ‘terrible’ as an epithet', 'bhīma-parākrame': 'of fearsome valor/heroic power (epithet)', 'śoke': 'in grief

• in sorrow', 'yauḍhiṣṭhire': 'in/with Yudhiṣṭhira (locative

• ‘as for Yudhiṣṭhira’)', 'magnā': 'submerged

• overwhelmed', 'na aham': 'I do not', 'jīvitum': 'to live', 'utsahe': 'am able

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Bhīma
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Niraya (hell, as a metaphorical state)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds the ethical weight of shared suffering: even the mightiest (Bhīma) can be brought low by adverse fate, and the righteous leader (Yudhiṣṭhira) bears grief that affects the whole family. It highlights compassion and the psychological toll of dharmic endurance during hardship.

What is happening in the narrative?

A speaker (introduced by Vaiśampāyana’s narration) laments Bhīma’s hell-like distress and notes that Yudhiṣṭhira is also overwhelmed by sorrow. The speaker declares herself drowned in grief and expresses a loss of desire to live, emphasizing the intensity of the Pandavas’ crisis in the Virāṭa-period context.