Shloka 26

दुःशासनवधः (Duḥśāsana-vadha) — Bhīma’s vow-fulfillment in combat

Devanagari script

यत्र यत्र स धर्मात्मा दुष्टां दृष्टिं व्यसर्जयत्‌ । तत्र तत्र व्यशीर्यन्त तावका भरतर्षभ

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | yatra yatra sa dharmātmā duṣṭāṃ dṛṣṭiṃ vyasarjayat | tatra tatra vyaśīryanta tāvakā bharatarṣabha ||

Translation

ହେ ଭରତର୍ଷଭ! ସେ ଧର୍ମାତ୍ମା (ଯୁଧିଷ୍ଠିର) କ୍ରୋଧଦୋଷରେ ପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ ଉଗ୍ର ଦୃଷ୍ଟି ଯେଉଁଠି ଯେଉଁଠି ନିକ୍ଷେପ କରୁଥିଲେ, ସେଉଁଠି ସେଉଁଠି ଆପଣଙ୍କ ଯୋଦ୍ଧାମାନେ ଭାଙ୍ଗିଚୁରି ଛିଟିଯାଉଥିଲେ।

Word by Word

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धर्मात्मा: the righteous-souled one
• धर्मात्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दुष्टाम्: wicked
• दुष्टाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुष्ट
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• दृष्टिम्: glance; look
• दृष्टिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दृष्टि
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• व्यसर्जयत्: he cast; he directed
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृज्
• Form: Imperfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada, Active

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• व्यशीर्यन्त: they were shattered; they fell apart
• Type: Verb
• Root: शॄ
• Form: Imperfect, Third, Plural, Atmanepada, Middle

• तावकाः: your (men); your troops
• तावकाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तावक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• भरतर्षभ: O bull among the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरतर्षभ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by address 'bharatarṣabha')
• Kaurava soldiers (tāvakāḥ)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even a person grounded in dharma can be overtaken by anger in crisis; when moral authority is joined with wrath, it becomes especially potent and destructive. The verse implicitly warns about the power—and danger—of a 'corrupted gaze' (duṣṭā dṛṣṭi), suggesting that inner states (like krodha) can decisively shape outer outcomes.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Yudhiṣṭhira, though known as dharmātmā, directs a fierce, anger-tinged gaze in various directions on the battlefield, and wherever he does so, the Kaurava troops break apart and scatter.