Shloka 313

Devanagari script

भीम॑ प्रच्छादयामासु: शरवर्ष: समन्तत: । “उनके मारे जानेपर मैं सारी पाण्डव-सेनाको मरी हुई ही मानता हूँ।” आपके पुत्रकी इस आज्ञाको शिरोधार्य करके समस्त राजाओंने चारों ओरसे बाण-वर्षा करके भीमसेनको ढक दिया

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | bhīmaṃ pracchādayāmāsuḥ śaravarṣaiḥ samantataḥ | “teṣāṃ māraṇe sati ahaṃ sarvāṃ pāṇḍava-senāṃ mṛtām eva manye” iti | tava putrasya etām ājñāṃ śirodhārya samastā rājānaḥ caturdiśaṃ śaravarṣaṃ kṛtvā bhīmasenaṃ pracchādayāmāsuḥ |

Translation

ସଞ୍ଜୟ କହିଲେ—ତାପରେ ସେମାନେ ସମସ୍ତ ଦିଗରୁ ଶରବର୍ଷା କରି ଭୀମଙ୍କୁ ଢାକିଦେଲେ। “ଏହା ନିହତ ହେଲେ, ମୁଁ ସମଗ୍ର ପାଣ୍ଡବ-ସେନାକୁ ମୃତ ଭାବେ ଗଣିବି।” ତୁମ ପୁତ୍ରଙ୍କ ଏହି ଆଜ୍ଞାକୁ ଶିରୋଧାର୍ଯ୍ୟ କରି, ସମସ୍ତ ରାଜା ଚାରିଦିଗରୁ ବାଣର ଝଡ଼ ଝାଡ଼ି ଭୀମସେନଙ୍କୁ ସେଇ ଶରବର୍ଷାରେ ଲୁଚାଇଦେଲେ।

Word by Word

• भीमम्: Bhima
• भीमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रच्छादयामासुः: they covered/veiled
• प्रच्छादयामासुः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रच्छादय् (प्र + छाद्, caus.)
• Form: Perfect (Periphrastic), Third, Plural

• शरवर्षैः: with showers of arrows
• शरवर्षैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरवर्ष
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• समन्ततः: on all sides, all around
• समन्ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समन्ततः

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• संजय (Sanjaya)
• भीम/भीमसेन (Bhima/Bhimasena)
• धृतराष्ट्र-पुत्र (Duryodhana; implied as 'your son')
• पाण्डव-सेना (Pandava army)
• समस्त राजानः (the allied kings)
• शर (arrows)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The passage highlights how a leader’s fixation on eliminating a single pivotal opponent can shape collective action: the allied kings treat the command as paramount (śirodhārya), showing the ethical tension between loyalty/obedience and the escalating violence of war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya reports that, acting on Duryodhana’s order and belief that Bhima’s death would decide the war, the allied kings surround Bhima and unleash a concentrated, all-sided rain of arrows, effectively hiding him beneath the barrage.