Shloka 36

Devanagari script

यत्र ते पुरुषव्याप्रा भ्रातरोडस्थ निपातिता: । तान्‌ दृष्टवा दु:खितो भीमस्तृषया च प्रपीडित:

Transliteration

yatra te puruṣavyāprā bhrātaro 'ṣṭau nipātitāḥ | tān dṛṣṭvā duḥkhito bhīmas tṛṣayā ca prapīḍitaḥ ||

Translation

Якша сказал: «Там, где твои братья — мужи могучего деяния — лежали поверженные, числом восемь, Бхима, увидев их, был сокрушён горем и вместе с тем терзаем жаждой».

Word by Word

यत्रwhere

तेthose/they

पुरुषव्याप्राःengaged in manly deeds; active as men

भ्रातरःbrothers

अस्थिin/at the bone(s); on the bones

निपातिताःfelled/struck down

तान्them

दृष्ट्वाhaving seen

दुःखितःgrieved/sorrowful

भीमःBhima

तृषयाby thirst

चand

प्रपीडितःafflicted/tormented

Speaker

यक्ष उवाच

Characters & Entities

य

यक्ष (Yakṣa)

भ

भीम (Bhīma)

भ

भ्रातरः (brothers; the fallen brothers)

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 frames a moral test: intense bodily need (thirst) and emotional shock (seeing loved ones fallen) can cloud judgment. It prepares the ethical setting in which restraint, discernment, and adherence to dharma are demanded despite distress.

What is happening in the narrative?

The Yakṣa describes the scene at the lake: Bhīma arrives and sees his brothers lying fallen. He is struck by sorrow and also suffering from thirst, setting up the tension that leads to the Yakṣa’s challenge and questioning.