Shloka 40

भीमस्य जलान्वेषणं तथा वनविश्रान्तिः

Bhīma’s Search for Water and the Forest Halt

Devanagari script

ततः किरीटी सहसा पाञ्चालान्‌ समरे<द्रवत्‌ । छादयन्निषुजालेन महता मोहयन्निव,उस युद्धमें किरीटधारी पार्थने बाणोंका बड़ा भारी जाल-सा बिछाकर पांचालोंको आच्छादित और मोहित-सा करते हुए उनपर सहसा आक्रमण किया

Transliteration

tataḥ kirīṭī sahasā pāñcālān samare 'dravat | chādayann iṣujālena mahatā mohayann iva ||

Translation

Então Kirīṭī (Arjuna) investiu de súbito contra os Pāñcālas no auge da batalha. Espalhando uma vasta rede de flechas, parecia velá-los e aturdi-los—imagem de um domínio marcial avassalador.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात्)
• Form: avyaya

• किरीटी: the diadem-wearer (Arjuna)
• किरीटी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: किरीटिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• सहसा: suddenly, at once
• सहसा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहसा
• Form: avyaya

• पाञ्चालान्: the Panchalas
• पाञ्चालान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाञ्चाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• समरे: in battle
• समरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• द्रवत्: running, rushing
• द्रवत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: द्रु (धातु)
• Form: present active participle (शतृ), masculine, nominative, singular

• छादयन्: covering, veiling
• छादयन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: छाद् (धातु)
• Form: present active participle (शतृ), masculine, nominative, singular

• इषुजालेन: with a net/mass of arrows
• इषुजालेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: इषुजाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: neuter, instrumental, singular

• महता: great, huge
• महता: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: neuter, instrumental, singular

• मोहयन्: bewildering, deluding
• मोहयन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुह् (धातु) (णिच्)
• Form: present active participle (शतृ), masculine, nominative, singular

• इव: as if, like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव
• Form: avyaya

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Kirīṭī (Arjuna)
• Pāñcālas
• iṣu (arrows)
• samara (battlefield)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights kṣatriya-dharma expressed as disciplined prowess: victory is pursued through mastery and strategy (a ‘net of arrows’) rather than mere rage. Ethical emphasis lies in controlled skill that overwhelms the opponent’s capacity to respond, reflecting the ideal of trained power governed by role-duty.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes Arjuna (Kirīṭī) suddenly charging the Pāñcāla forces in battle and showering them with such a dense barrage of arrows that they appear covered and confused, as though deluded by the sheer intensity of his attack.