Shloka 23

भीमसेनस्य आत्मबलप्रशंसा — Bhīmasena’s Assertion of Strength

Udyoga Parva, Adhyāya 74

Devanagari script

न चैतदनुरूपं ते यत्‌ ते ग्लानिररिंदम । यदोजसा न लभते क्षत्रियो न तदश्लुते

Transliteration

na caitad anurūpaṃ te yat te glānir ariṃdama | yad ojasā na labhate kṣatriyo na tad aśnute śatrudamana ||

Translation

Вайшампаяна сказал: «Эта унылость, возникшая в тебе, вовсе не подобает такому, как ты, о укротитель врагов. Ибо кшатрий не наслаждается и не пользуется тем, чего не может добыть собственною силой и доблестью».

Word by Word

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

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अनुरूपम्: befitting, suitable
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुरूप
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• ते: to you / for you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Dative, Singular

• यत्: that which
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• ते: your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• ग्लानिः: despondency, dejection
• ग्लानिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्लानि
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अरिंदम: O foe-subduer
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरिंदम
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• यत्: that which
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• ओजसा: by vigor, by prowess
• ओजसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओजस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

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

• लभते: obtains
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ्
• Form: Present (Lat), Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• क्षत्रियः: a Kshatriya, warrior
• क्षत्रियः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्रिय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

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

• अश्नुते: enjoys, partakes, makes use of
• Type: Verb
• Root: अश्
• Form: Present (Lat), Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• शत्रुदमन: O tamer of enemies
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत्रुदमन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• kṣatriya (warrior class)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A warrior’s ethical code (kṣatriya-dharma) rejects paralysis by dejection: one should rely on personal vigor and rightful effort, and not seek to enjoy gains that were not earned through one’s own strength and courage.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana comments on a warrior being overcome by glāni (despondency) and rebukes it as unworthy, asserting the martial norm that a kṣatriya should pursue and accept only what is secured through valor, not through weakness or unearned advantage.