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Shloka 32

Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 50 — Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Appraisal of Bhīmasena (भीमसेनभयवर्णनम्)

वीथीं कुर्वन्‌ महाबाहुद्रावयन्‌ मम वाहिनीम्‌ । नृत्यन्निव गदापाणियगान्तं दर्शयिष्यति

vīthīṁ kurvan mahābāhur drāvayan mama vāhinīm | nṛtyann iva gadāpāṇir yāgāntaṁ darśayiṣyati ||

ဓြတရာෂ္ဋြက ပြောသည်— «ထိုလက်တံကြီးသောသူသည် တန်းစီထားသောတပ်ရင်းများအတွင်း လမ်းကြောင်းတစ်ခုကို ခွဲဖောက်ကာ ငါ့စစ်တပ်ကို ထွက်ပြေးစေမည်။ လက်ထဲတွင် ဂဒါကို ကိုင်လျက် အကသလို လှည့်ဝိုင်းကာ ရှေ့သို့ တိုးသွားသည့်အခါ စစ်မြေပြင်ကို ကမ္ဘာပျက်ကာလ၏ မြင်ကွင်းကဲ့သို့ ဖြစ်စေမည်။»

वीथीम्a path/way (lane)
वीथीम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवीथी
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
कुर्वन्making/doing
कुर्वन्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
Formशतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
महाबाहुःthe mighty-armed (one)
महाबाहुः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमहाबाहु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
द्रावयन्driving away/putting to flight
द्रावयन्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootद्रु (द्रावयति)
Formशतृ (present active participle, causative), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
ममmy
मम:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
Form—, Genitive, Singular
वाहिनीम्army/host
वाहिनीम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवाहिनी
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
नृत्यन्dancing
नृत्यन्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootनृत्
Formशतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
इवas if/like
इव:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
Formtrue
गदापाणिःone whose hand holds a mace (mace-handed)
गदापाणिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootगदापाणि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
युगान्तम्the end of an age (world-ending time)
युगान्तम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootयुगान्त
FormMasculine/Neuter, Accusative, Singular
दर्शयिष्यतिwill show/manifest
दर्शयिष्यति:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootदृश् (दर्शयति)
FormSimple Future (लृट्), causative, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

धृतराष्ट उवाच

D
Dhṛtarāṣṭra
B
Bhīma
M
mace (gadā)
K
Kaurava army (mama vāhinī)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights how unchecked conflict escalates into catastrophic suffering: Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s dread of Bhīma’s power reflects the moral consequence of failed diplomacy and attachment-driven decisions that push society toward ruin.

Dhṛtarāṣṭra imagines (or foresees) Bhīma breaking into the Kaurava ranks, opening a passage for his advance, scattering the army, and moving with mace in hand so terrifyingly that the scene resembles an apocalyptic end-of-the-age vision.