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Shloka 38

Daiva–Puruṣakāra Discourse and the Elephant-Corps Engagement (भीमगजानीक-सम्भ्रान्ति)

सासिर्वेगवदाप्लुत्य दन्ताभ्यां वारणोत्तमम्‌ | आरुरोह ततो मध्यं नागराजस्य मारिष

sa-āsir vegavad āplutya dantābhyāṁ vāraṇottamam | āruroha tato madhyaṁ nāgarājasya māriṣa ||

Sañjaya disse: Com a espada na mão, Bhīmasena saltou adiante com grande velocidade e, tomando as presas do mais excelente dos elefantes como apoio, subiu até a cabeça—até o próprio cimo—daquele senhor dos elefantes. A visão fez com que os guerreiros não o vissem como um homem comum em combate, mas como alguém de poder sobre-humano, quase divino: imagem de determinação destemida em meio à violência da guerra.

he (Bhima)
:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
असिःsword
असिः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootअसि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
वेगवत्swiftly, with force
वेगवत्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootवेगवत्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
आप्लुत्यhaving leapt up
आप्लुत्य:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootआ + प्लु
Formक्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund)
दन्ताभ्याम्by/with the two tusks
दन्ताभ्याम्:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootदन्त
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Dual
वारणोत्तमम्the best of elephants
वारणोत्तमम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवारण-उत्तम
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
आरुरोहmounted, climbed
आरुरोह:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootआ + रुह्
FormPerfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
ततःthen, thereafter
ततः:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः
मध्यम्the middle (part)
मध्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमध्य
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
नागराजस्यof the lord of elephants
नागराजस्य:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootनागराज
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
मारिषO venerable one
मारिष:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootमारिष
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
B
Bhīmasena (Bhīma)
V
vāraṇottama (foremost elephant)
N
nāgarāja (lord/king of elephants)
S
sword (asi)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights the kṣatriya ideal of fearless resolve and extraordinary effort in battle; it also shows how visible courage can reshape perception—warriors begin to see a human hero as ‘divine’ due to unmatched prowess.

Bhīma, roaring and holding a sword, leaps up and uses the elephant’s tusks as footholds to climb onto the head of the great war-elephant, astonishing the surrounding soldiers.