Shloka 24

Devanagari script

एकाकी बहुभिस्तत्र परिवार्य महारथै: । अधर्मेण नरव्याप्रो भीमसेनेन पातित:,नरश्रेष्ठ राजा दुर्योधन अकेला था और बहुत-से महारथियोंने उसे वहाँ घेर रखा था, उस दशामें भीमसेनने उसको धराशायी किया है

Transliteration

ekākī bahubhis tatra parivārya mahārathaiḥ | adharmeṇa naravyāghro bhīmasenena pātitaḥ ||

Translation

Крипа сказал: «Там тигр среди людей — царь Дурьодхана — стоял один, но его окружали многие великие колесничие. И всё же Бхимасена поверг его неправедным способом».

Word by Word

एकाकीalone

बहुभिःby many

तत्रthere

परिवार्यhaving surrounded

महारथैःby great chariot-warriors

अधर्मेणby unrighteousness / unfairly

नरव्याघ्रःtiger among men (hero)

भीमसेनेनby Bhīmasena

पातितःfelled / struck down

Speaker

कृप उवाच

Characters & Entities

Kṛpa

Duryodhana

Bhīmasena (Bhīma)

mahārathas (great chariot-warriors)

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?

The verse foregrounds the Mahābhārata’s ethical scrutiny of warfare: victory is not judged only by outcome but by conformity to dharma; even a hated enemy’s fall can be condemned if achieved through adharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Kṛpa recalls Duryodhana’s defeat: though Duryodhana was alone and surrounded by many great fighters, Bhīma is said to have brought him down using an unrighteous method, framing the event as ethically problematic.