Shloka 383

Bhīma–Duryodhana Gadāyuddha Saṃkalpa

Resolve for the Mace Duel

Devanagari script

उदतिष्ठत पुत्रस्ते प्रतपन्‌ रश्मिवानिव । कंधेपर लोहेकी गदा रखकर बँधे हुए जलका भेदन करके आपका वह पुत्र प्रतापी सूर्यके समान ऊपर उठा

Transliteration

udatiṣṭhat putras te pratapan raśmivān iva | kandhe lohamayīṃ gadāṃ nidhāya baddha-jalaṃ bhittvā tava sa putraḥ pratāpī sūrya iva ūrdhvaṃ utthitaḥ |

Translation

ଆପଣଙ୍କ ପୁତ୍ର ପୁଣି ଉଠିଲା—କିରଣମୟ ସୂର୍ଯ୍ୟ ପରି ଜ୍ୱଳିତ। କାନ୍ଧରେ ଲୋହାର ଗଦା ରଖି, ବନ୍ଧନ ସଦୃଶ ଜଳକୁ ଭେଦି, ସେ ପ୍ରତାପୀ ସୂର୍ଯ୍ୟ ପରି ଉପରକୁ ଉଠିଲା।

Word by Word

• उदतिष्ठत: arose, stood up
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-स्था (स्था)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

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

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• प्रतपन्: shining, blazing
• प्रतपन्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रतप्
• Form: Śatṛ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• रश्मिवान्: possessing rays
• रश्मिवान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रश्मिवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इव: like, as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• संजय (Sañjaya)
• धृतराष्ट्र (Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (implied by 'your son')
• तव पुत्रः (your son—likely Duryodhana in Śalya Parva context)
• सूर्य (the Sun)
• गदा (mace)
• जल (water)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights steadfastness and warrior-resolve: even when constrained and forced down, a kṣatriya is expected to recover composure, rise again, and continue to face adversity with courage and self-command.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that his son rises up again, shining like the sun, with an iron mace on his shoulder, breaking through restraining waters and emerging upward—signaling a return to action in the battle setting.