Shloka 19

Daiva–Puruṣakāra Discourse and the Elephant-Corps Engagement (भीमगजानीक-सम्भ्रान्ति)

Devanagari script

ततो भीमो महाबाहुर्विधुन्वन्‌ रुचिरं धनु:

Transliteration

tato bhīmo mahābāhur vidhunvan ruciraṃ dhanuḥ

Translation

သဉ္ဇယက ပြောသည်။ ထို့နောက် လက်မောင်းကြီးသော ဘီမသည် မိမိ၏ တောက်ပလှပသော လေးကို လှုပ်ခါလိုက်သည်—အဆင်သင့်ဖြစ်မှုနှင့် ဆုံးဖြတ်ချက်ကို ထင်ရှားစွာ ကြေညာသကဲ့သို့၊ စစ်၏ အကျင့်သီလဆိုင်ရာ အလေးချိန်နှင့် ကိုယ်ပိုင်ကတိကဝတ်တို့က လှုပ်ရှားမှုသို့ တွန်းပို့လာချိန်၌။

Word by Word

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद्
• Form: Avyaya (ablatival adverb: 'from that/then')

• भीमः: Bhima
• भीमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीम
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

• महाबाहुः: the mighty-armed (one)
• महाबाहुः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाबाहु
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

• विधुन्वन्: shaking; brandishing
• विधुन्वन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + धुन्
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ), masculine nominative singular

• रुचिरम्: beautiful; splendid
• रुचिरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रुचिर
• Form: Neuter, accusative, singular

• धनुः: bow
• धनुः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस्
• Form: Neuter, accusative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Bhima
• bow (dhanuḥ)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the kshatriya ideal of steadfastness: inner resolve must translate into disciplined action. Bhima’s brandishing of the bow symbolizes readiness to uphold duty amid the ethical gravity of war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya narrates a battlefield moment: Bhima, described as mighty-armed, shakes/brandishes his splendid bow, signaling preparation to engage and intensifying the martial atmosphere.