Shloka 43

Duryodhana-patana-anuśocana

The Fall of Duryodhana and the Contest of Restraint

Devanagari script

राजन! तदनन्तर दो घड़ी सुस्ताकर प्रतापी भीमसेनने निकट आये हुए दुर्योधनपर बड़े वेगसे आक्रमण किया ।।

Transliteration

tam āpatatantaṁ samprekṣya saṁrabdham amitaujasam | mogham asya prahāraṁ taṁ cikīrṣur bharatarṣabha ||

Translation

கோபத்தால் கொதித்து அளவற்ற வலத்துடன் பாய்ந்து வரும் பீமனைப் பார்த்து, பாரதகுலச் சிறந்தவனே, துரியோதனன் அவன் அந்தத் தாக்குதலை வீணாக்கத் தீர்மானித்தான்।

Word by Word

• [{'term': 'tam', 'definition': 'him (Bhīma)'}, {'term': 'āpatatantam', 'definition': 'rushing/falling upon

• charging toward (accusative singular, present participle)'}, {'term': 'samprekṣya', 'definition': 'having seen

• observing'}, {'term': 'saṁrabdham', 'definition': 'enraged

• fiercely intent'}, {'term': 'amitaujasam', 'definition': 'of immeasurable vigor/energy

• exceedingly powerful'}, {'term': 'mogham', 'definition': 'fruitless

• in vain'}, {'term': 'asya', 'definition': 'of him

• his'}, {'term': 'prahāram', 'definition': 'blow

• attack'}, {'term': 'cikīrṣuḥ', 'definition': 'wishing/intending to do (desiderative sense)'}, {'term': 'bharatarṣabha', 'definition': 'O bull of the Bharatas (honorific address to the listener)'}]

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīmasena (Bhīma)
• Duryodhana
• Bharata (dynastic epithet: Bharatarṣabha)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid righteous warfare, raw fury (saṁrabdha) must be met with discernment and strategy; the verse highlights how power alone is not decisive—timely counteraction can make a mighty blow ‘mogha’ (ineffective).

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīma charges at Duryodhana in anger, poised to strike. Duryodhana, seeing the attack coming, intends to neutralize or deflect the blow so it does not achieve its purpose.