Shloka 6

Devanagari script

भारत! क्रोधमें भरे हुए भीमसेनने गदा उठाकर आपके दुर्योधन आदि सब पुत्रोंको अकेले ही रोक दिया ।। रथैरनेकसाहसरै: क्रोधामर्षसमन्वित: । नन्दकस्तव पुत्रस्तु भीमसेनं॑ महाबलम्‌

Transliteration

Bhārata! krodhena bhṛto Bhīmaseno gadām utthāpya tava Duryodhanādīn sarvān putrān eko 'pi niruddhavān. rathair aneka-sāhasraiḥ krodhāmarṣa-samanvitaḥ; Nandakas tava putras tu Bhīmasenaṃ mahābalam.

Translation

ହେ ଭାରତବଂଶୀ! କ୍ରୋଧ ଓ ଅମର୍ଷରେ ପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ ଭୀମସେନ ଗଦା ଉଠାଇ ଦୁର୍ଯ୍ୟୋଧନ ଆଦି ତୁମ ସମସ୍ତ ପୁତ୍ରଙ୍କୁ ଏକାକୀ ରୋକିଦେଲା। ଅନେକ ସହସ୍ର ରଥରେ ଘେରାଯାଇଥିଲେ ମଧ୍ୟ, କ୍ରୋଧ ଓ ଅପମାନବୋଧରେ ଉଦ୍ଦୀପ୍ତ ତୁମ ପୁତ୍ର ନନ୍ଦକ ମହାବଳୀ ଭୀମସେନଙ୍କୁ ମୁହାଁ ଦେଲା।

Word by Word

• रथैः: by/with chariots
• रथैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• अनेक: many
• अनेक: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनेक
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• साहस्रैः: by thousands (thousandfold)
• साहस्रैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: साहस्र
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• क्रोध: in anger
• क्रोध: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रोध
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• अमर्ष: in indignation
• अमर्ष: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमर्ष
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• समन्वितः: endowed with, possessed of
• समन्वितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + अन्वि (समन्वित)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नन्दकः: Nandaka (name)
• नन्दकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नन्दक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तव: of you/your
• तव: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• पुत्रः: son
• पुत्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• भीमसेनम्: Bhimasena
• भीमसेनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीमसेन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• महाबलम्: very strong, mighty
• महाबलम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाबल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (addressed as Bhārata)
• Bhīmasena (Bhīma)
• Duryodhana
• Kaurava sons (tava putrāḥ)
• Nandaka
• gadā (mace)
• ratha (chariots)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how anger (krodha) and wounded pride (amarṣa) escalate conflict and cloud judgment, even as it praises steadfast courage. Ethically, it cautions that emotional agitation can drive warriors into reckless confrontation, turning strength into destructive force.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Bhīma, enraged, raises his mace and single-handedly holds back Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s sons led by Duryodhana. Amid many thousands of chariots, the Kaurava son Nandaka advances against the mighty Bhīma.