Shloka 36

Devanagari script

स तथा पीड्यमानोड<पि सर्वशस्त्रैर्महारथै: । मत्वा तृणेन तांस्तुल्यान्‌ विचचार गतव्यथ:,उन महारथियोंद्वारा सब प्रकारके अस्त्र-शस्त्रोंसे पीड़ित किये जानेपर भी भीमसेन उन्हें तिनकोंके समान मानकर व्यथारहित हो विचरण करने लगे

Transliteration

sa tathā pīḍyamāno 'pi sarvaśastrair mahārathaiḥ | matvā tṛṇena tāṁs tulyān vicacāra gatavyathaḥ ||

Translation

स तथा पीड्यमानोऽपि सर्वशस्त्रैर्महारथैः । मत्वा तृणेन तांस्तुल्यान् विचचार गतव्यथः ॥

Word by Word

सःhe

तथाthus, in that manner

पीड्यमानःbeing afflicted/pressed

अपिeven, although

सर्वशस्त्रैःwith all weapons

महारथैःby great chariot-warriors

मत्वाhaving considered

तृणेनas/like a straw

तान्them

तुल्यान्equal (to), like

विचचारroamed/moved about

गतव्यथःwhose pain had gone; untroubled

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Bhīmasena

mahārathas

śastra (weapons)

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 highlights steadfast courage and mental mastery in adversity: even when struck by many weapons, a true hero remains unshaken, treating threats as insignificant and continuing his duty without inner distress.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes Bhīmasena on the battlefield being attacked by multiple great chariot-warriors with various weapons; yet Bhīma, undeterred and seemingly pain-free, continues to move about, regarding his assailants as negligible.