Shloka 40

दमयन्त्याः कार्यनिश्चयः — Damayantī’s Crisis Plan and Vārṣṇeya’s Departure

Devanagari script

गतेषु पार्थिवेन्द्रेषु भीम: प्रीतो महामना:

Transliteration

gateṣu pārthivendreṣu bhīmaḥ prīto mahāmanāḥ

Translation

Брихадэшва сказал: «Когда цари разъехались, Бхима — благородный духом и весьма довольный — остался; и его удовлетворение словно отражало восстановление порядка после того, как собрание властителей рассеялось».

Word by Word

• गतेषु: when (they) had gone / after (they) departed
• गतेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गत (√गम्)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• पार्थिवेन्द्रेषु: among the kings / when the kings (had departed)
• पार्थिवेन्द्रेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिवेन्द्र (पार्थिव + इन्द्र)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

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

• प्रीतः: pleased, delighted
• प्रीतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रीत (√प्री)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महामनाः: great-souled, noble-minded
• महामनाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महामनस् (महा + मनस्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

बृहदश्व उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīma
• pārthivendra (kings)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line highlights a moment of settled order: after rulers disperse, Bhīma is described as pleased and noble-minded, suggesting that right conduct and successful completion of a public or royal gathering brings inner satisfaction and steadiness.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bṛhadaśva narrates that the assembled kings have left; in the aftermath, Bhīma is portrayed as delighted and magnanimous, setting the tone for what follows after the departure of the royal company.