Shloka 47

Devanagari script

भीमोअस्तु राजा मम जीवितेन न कार्यमद्यावमतस्य वीर । इत्येवमुक्त्वा सहसोत्पपात राजा ततस्तच्छयनं विहाय

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

bhīmo 'stu rājā mama jīvitena na kāryam adyāva-matasya vīra |

ity evam uktvā sahasotpapāta rājā tatas tacchayanaṃ vihāya ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Let Bhīma be king; I have no need of life today, O hero, if I am to be deemed slain.” Having spoken thus, the king sprang up at once, abandoning that couch. The utterance conveys a warrior’s ethic of honor: life is not worth clinging to when one’s martial standing is treated as already forfeited, and decisive action must follow words.

Word by Word

• भीमः: Bhima
• भीमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अस्तु: let (him) be
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Imperative, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मम: of me / my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• जीवितेन: with (my) life; by living
• जीवितेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जीवित
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• कार्यम्: need / purpose / business
• कार्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अद्य: today / now
• अद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य

• अवमतस्य: of the insulted / of the dishonoured one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अवमत
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• वीर: O hero
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• एवम्: in this manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• उक्त्वा: having said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada

• सहसा: suddenly / at once
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहसा

• उत्पपात: leapt up / sprang up
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्-पत्
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• तत्: that
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• शयनम्: bed / couch
• शयनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शयन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• विहाय: having left / abandoning
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-हा
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīma
• rājā (the king)
• śayana (couch/bed)