Shloka 20

Devanagari script

भवता वारिता: सर्वे भ्रातरो भीमविक्रमा: । धर्मपाशनिबद्धाश्न न किंचित्‌ प्रतिपेदिरे,यद्यपि आपके भाई भयंकर पराक्रम प्रकट करनेमें समर्थ थे, तथापि आपने इन्हें रोक दिया, इसलिये धर्मबन्धनमें बँधे होनेके कारण ये उस समय उस अन्यायका कुछ भी प्रतीकार न कर सके

Transliteration

bhavatā vāritāḥ sarve bhrātaro bhīmavikramāḥ | dharmapāśanibaddhāś ca na kiñcit pratipedire ||

Translation

ଆପଣ ମୋର ସମସ୍ତ ଭାଇମାନଙ୍କୁ ରୋକିଦେଲେ, ଯଦ୍ୟପି ସେମାନେ ଭୀମବିକ୍ରମ। ଧର୍ମପାଶରେ ବନ୍ଧିତ ଥିବାରୁ, ସେ ସମୟରେ ସେମାନେ ସେହି ଅନ୍ୟାୟର କିଛି ମଧ୍ୟ ପ୍ରତିକାର କରିପାରିଲେ ନାହିଁ।

Word by Word

भवताby you

वारिताःwere restrained/checked

सर्वेall

भ्रातरःbrothers

भीमविक्रमाःof terrible valor

धर्मपाशनिबद्धाःbound by the noose of dharma

नnot

किञ्चित्anything

प्रतिपेदिरेthey undertook/did (any counter-action)

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yudhiṣṭhira

the Pāṇḍava brothers (collectively)

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?

Even when one has the power to retaliate, dharma can impose restraint; moral duty may require enduring wrong without immediate violent response, highlighting the tension between righteous conduct and the impulse to punish injustice.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira addresses the person who checked the Pāṇḍavas, saying that although his brothers were capable of formidable action, they were held back; because they were bound by dharma, they did not respond to the wrongdoing at that moment.