Shloka 10

Bhīmasena’s Himalayan Hunt and Seizure by the Ajagara (भीमसेनस्य अजगरग्रहणम्)

Devanagari script

ततो भवन्‍न्तमद्राक्ष॑ं भ्रातृभि: परिवारितम्‌ गन्धमादनपादस्य पर्वतस्यास्य मूर्थनि,इसके बाद इस गन्धमादनकी शाखाभूत इस पर्वतके शिखरपर भाइयोंसहित आपका दर्शन किया है

Transliteration

tato bhavantam adrākṣaṁ bhrātṛbhiḥ parivāritam gandhamādana-pādasya parvatasyāsya mūrdhani

Translation

ਫਿਰ ਗੰਧਮਾਦਨ ਦੇ ਪੈਰਾਂ ਤੋਂ ਨਿਕਲੀ ਇਸ ਪਹਾੜੀ ਸ਼ਾਖਾ ਦੇ ਸ਼ਿਖਰ ਉੱਤੇ, ਭਰਾਵਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਘਿਰੇ ਹੋਏ ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਮੈਂ ਦਰਸ਼ਨ ਕੀਤਾ।

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• भवन्तम्: you (honorific), (as object)
• भवन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अद्राक्षम्: I saw
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Aorist (Luṅ), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भ्रातृभिः: by/with brothers
• भ्रातृभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• परिवारितम्: surrounded, encircled
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि + वृत्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• गन्धमादन: of Gandhamādana (mountain)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धमादन
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• पादस्य: of the foot/base
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• पर्वतस्य: of the mountain
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• अस्य: of this
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• मूर्धनि: on the summit/head (locative)
• मूर्धनि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूर्धन्
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna
• brothers (Pāṇḍavas)
• Gandhamādana
• mountain summit (mūrdhan)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights reverence and right conduct in meeting a respected person: even amid exile and struggle, one approaches elders or worthy figures with honor, and the unity of brothers becomes a support for dharmic action.

What is happening in the narrative?

Arjuna narrates that he saw the addressed person on the summit of a mountain connected to Gandhamādana, with his brothers around him—setting the scene for an important encounter during the forest-exile journey.