Shloka 45

Hiḍimba’s Approach and Hiḍimbā’s Warning to Bhīmasena (हिडिम्बागमनम् / हिडिम्बा-भयवचनम्)

Devanagari script

ततो<वलुम्पनं कृत्वा प्रयात: पिशिताशन: । एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु नकुलो5प्याजगाम ह

Transliteration

tato ’valumpanaṁ kṛtvā prayātaḥ piśitāśanaḥ | etasminn eva kāle tu nakulo ’py ājagāma ha ||

Translation

ତାପରେ ସେ ମାଂସଭକ୍ଷୀ ପ୍ରାଣୀ ନିଜ ଶିକାରକୁ ଉଠାଇ ନେଇ ସେଠାରୁ ପ୍ରସ୍ଥାନ କଲା। ସେଇ ସମୟରେ ନକୁଳ ମଧ୍ୟ ସେଠାକୁ ଆସି ପହଞ୍ଚିଲା।

Word by Word

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

• अवलुम्पनम्: plundering/robbing (act of despoiling)
• अवलुम्पनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवलुम्पन
• Form: Neuter, accusative, singular

• कृत्वा: having done
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वा), indeclinable

• प्रयातः: departed/went forth
• प्रयातः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-या
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), masculine, nominative, singular

• पिशिताशनः: flesh-eater (carnivore/demon)
• पिशिताशनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिशिताशन
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

• एतस्मिन्: in this
• एतस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, locative, singular

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव
• Form: Avyaya

• काले: at the time
• काले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल
• Form: Masculine, locative, singular

• तु: but/and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु
• Form: Avyaya

• नकुलः: Nakula
• नकुलः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नकुल
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि
• Form: Avyaya

• आजगाम: came/arrived
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम्
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd person, singular, parasmaipada

• ह: indeed/for emphasis (narrative particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह
• Form: Avyaya (particle)

Speaker

जम्बुक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Jambuka
• piśitāśana (flesh-eating being)
• Nakula

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how actions and their immediate aftermath shape the moral and narrative landscape: predatory wrongdoing (a flesh-eater carrying off prey) creates a situation into which a righteous agent (Nakula) arrives, implying that timely arrival and response are crucial in upholding dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

A flesh-eating being has just snatched something away and left. Precisely then, Nakula arrives on the scene, indicating a transition to the next event—likely confrontation, investigation, or the discovery of what has occurred.