Shloka 25

Adhyāya 107 — बहुयुद्धप्रकरणम्

Multiple Defensive Engagements to Protect Bhīṣma

Devanagari script

भीमसेनस्तु राजानं मुहूर्तादिव बाह्लविकम्‌

Transliteration

bhīmasenastu rājānaṃ muhūrtādiva bāhlavikam

Translation

သဉ္ဇယက ပြောသည်– ဘီမစေနသည် အချိန်တိုတောင်းလှစွာအတွင်း ဘာဟ္လဝိက ဘုရင်ထံသို့ တိုက်ရိုက် ထိုးဝင်လာကာ—အကွာအဝေးကို လျင်မြန်စွာ ချုံ့ကာ၊ စစ်ပွဲ၏ အရှိန်သည် တိုက်ရိုက် ထိပ်တိုက်တွေ့ဆုံမှုသို့ လှည့်သွားလေသည်။

Word by Word

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

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• राजानम्: the king
• राजानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• मुहूर्तात्: from/after a short time (a muhurta)
• मुहूर्तात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुहूर्त
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• इव: as if/like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• बाह्लविकम्: the Bahlavika (man/king) / belonging to the Bahlavas
• बाह्लविकम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बाह्लविक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīmasena (Bhīma)
• Bāhlavika king

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights decisive action and martial readiness: in the ethics of kṣatriya warfare, hesitation can endanger one’s side, while timely resolve can shift the course of combat.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Bhīma rapidly advances upon a king identified as Bāhlavika, indicating an imminent clash and emphasizing Bhīma’s speed and aggressive initiative on the battlefield.