Mahabharata 3.150.40 — Vana Parva, Adhyaya 150, Shloka 40

Hanūmān’s Embrace, Counsel, and Promise to Amplify Bhīma’s Battle-Roar

Gandhamādana Continuation

Devanagari script

एतत्‌ ते सर्वमाख्यातं यन्मां त्वं परिपृच्छसि । युगसंख्यां महाबाहो स्वस्ति प्राप्तुहि गम्यताम्‌

Transliteration

etat te sarvam ākhyātaṃ yan māṃ tvaṃ paripṛcchasi | yuga-saṅkhyāṃ mahābāho svasti prāptuṃ hi gamyatām ||

Translation

एतत् ते सर्वमाख्यातं यन्मां त्वं परिपृच्छसि । युगसंख्यां महाबाहो स्वस्ति प्राप्तुं हि गम्यताम् ॥ महाबाहो! यद् युगसंख्याविषये त्वया पृष्टं, तस्य सर्वमिदं मया व्याख्यातम्। तव स्वस्ति भवतु; इदानीं त्वं गच्छ, स्वमार्गं प्रतिपद्यस्व।

Word by Word

• {'etat': 'this (matter), this much', 'te': 'to you, for you', 'sarvam': 'all, the whole', 'ākhyātam': 'has been declared/told, explained', 'yat': 'which, what', 'mām': 'me', 'tvam': 'you', 'paripṛcchasi': 'you ask, you inquire thoroughly', 'yuga': 'age, epoch (cosmic era)', 'saṅkhyā': 'number, enumeration, reckoning', 'yuga-saṅkhyām': 'the enumeration/reckoning of the yugas', 'mahābāho': 'O mighty-armed one (honorific address)', 'svasti': 'well-being, auspiciousness', 'prāptum': 'to obtain, to attain', 'hi': 'indeed, surely', 'gamyatām': 'let it be gone/let one depart

Speaker

भीम उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīma (speaker)
• mahābāhu (addressee, unspecified in the verse)
• yuga (cosmic ages)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse models responsible instruction: once a question is fully answered, the speaker concludes clearly, offers an auspicious blessing (svasti), and directs the listener to proceed—emphasizing completeness, clarity, and goodwill in discourse.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīma ends a didactic explanation about the counting/measure of the yugas. He tells the interlocutor that the inquiry has been fully addressed, blesses him with well-being, and signals that it is time to depart.