Shloka 72

मैत्रेयागमनम् — The Arrival of Maitreya and the Admonition to Duryodhana

Devanagari script

भीमबाहुबलोप्पिष्टे विनष्टे राक्षसे ततः । विविशुस्ते वन॑ वीरा: क्षेमं निहतकण्टकम्‌,भीमसेनके बाहुबलसे पिसकर जब वह राक्षस नष्ट हो गया, तब उस अकण्टक एवं कल्याणमय वनमें उन सभी वीरोंने प्रवेश किया

Transliteration

bhīmabāhubaloppiṣṭe vinaṣṭe rākṣase tataḥ | viviśus te vanaṃ vīrāḥ kṣemaṃ nihatakaṇṭakam ||

Translation

Когда ракшас был сокрушён и уничтожен силой рук Бхимы, те герои вошли в лес — теперь безопасный, без «шипов» (то есть без опасностей), место благополучия.

Word by Word

भीमबाहुबलोप्पिष्टेwhen (he) was crushed by Bhima's arm-strength

विनष्टेwhen destroyed

राक्षसेin/with regard to the rakshasa (demon)

ततःthen/thereupon

विविशुःthey entered

तेthose/they

वनम्the forest

वीराःheroes/warriors

क्षेमम्safe/secure, auspicious

निहतकण्टकम्with obstacles/thorns removed

Speaker

विदुर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīma (Bhīmasena)

Rākṣasa

Vana (forest)

Vīrāḥ (the heroes/Pāṇḍavas and companions)

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 conveys that when a harmful aggressor is removed, the path becomes 'nihata-kaṇṭaka'—free of thorns—so that the righteous may proceed in safety (kṣema). It frames strength as ethically meaningful when used to eliminate threats and restore communal well-being.

What is happening in the narrative?

After Bhīma crushes and destroys a rākṣasa with his arm-strength, the heroes enter the forest, now described as safe and unobstructed—no longer troubled by the 'thorn' of that menace.