Shloka 9

Hiḍimbā’s Account and the Bhīma–Hiḍimba Engagement (आदि पर्व, अध्याय १४२)

Devanagari script

स कथं शक्‍्यते<स्माभिरपाकर्तु बलादित: | पितृपैतामहाद्‌ राज्यात्‌ ससहायो विशेषतः,फिर उन्हें उनके बाप-दादोंके राज्यसे बलपूर्वक कैसे हटाया जा सकता है? विशेषत: ऐसे समयमें, जब कि उनके सहायक अधिक हैं

Transliteration

sa kathaṁ śakyate 'smābhir apākartuṁ balād itaḥ | pitṛpaitāmahād rājyāt sa-sahāyo viśeṣataḥ ||

Translation

ବୈଶମ୍ପାୟନ କହିଲେ—ପିତା-ପିତାମହଙ୍କ ପାରମ୍ପରିକ ରାଜ୍ୟରୁ ତାଙ୍କୁ ଆମେ ବଳପୂର୍ବକ କିପରି ହଟାଇପାରିବୁ? ବିଶେଷତଃ ସେ ଅନେକ ସହାୟଙ୍କ ସହିତ ଥିବାବେଳେ।

Word by Word

सःhe/that one

कथम्how

शक्यतेis possible / can be done

अस्माभिःby us

अपाकर्तुम्to remove / to drive away

बलात्by force / forcibly

इतःfrom here

पितृपैतामहात्from (their) paternal and ancestral

राज्यात्from the kingdom

सहtogether with

सहायःan ally/helper

विशेषतःespecially

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

rājya (the ancestral kingdom)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical and practical weight of hereditary legitimacy: removing someone from an ancestral kingdom by brute force is portrayed as difficult and implicitly questionable, especially when the person has strong support.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana reports a deliberative stance: the speakers consider whether it is feasible to expel a claimant/holder from an inherited kingdom, but conclude that forceful removal is not realistically possible, particularly due to the presence of many allies.