Shloka 143

Devanagari script

यथा संहृष्यते पाप: पाण्डुपुत्रो वृकोदर: | “अधर्मसे विजय प्राप्त करके किस बुद्धिमान्‌ पुरुषको हर्ष होगा? जैसा कि पापी पाण्डुपुत्र भीमसेनको हो रहा है

Transliteration

yathā saṁhṛṣyate pāpaḥ pāṇḍuputro vṛkodaraḥ |

Translation

சஞ்சயன் கூறினான்—அதர்மத்தால் வெற்றி பெற்றால் எந்த ஞானி மகிழ்வான்? ஆயினும் பாவமனத்தையுடைய பாண்டுவின் மகன் வ்ருகோதரன் பீமசேனன் அப்படியே களிகூர்கிறான்.

Word by Word

• यथा: just as / as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा
• Form: indeclinable (comparative particle)

• संहृष्यते: rejoices / becomes delighted
• Type: Verb
• Root: हृष्
• Form: present tense (laṭ), 3rd person, singular, Ātmanepada; with prefix सम्

• पापः: a sinner / wicked man
• पापः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• पाण्डुपुत्रः: son of Pāṇḍu
• पाण्डुपुत्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डु-पुत्र
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• वृकोदरः: Vṛkodara (Bhīma; lit. 'wolf-bellied')
• वृकोदरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृकोदर
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Vṛkodara (Bhīma/Bhīmasena)
• Pāṇḍu

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames victory as ethically meaningful: triumph gained through adharma should not be a cause for joy, and rejoicing in such a victory is portrayed as a moral failing.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya comments critically on Bhīma (Vṛkodara), describing him as rejoicing after a victory that is implied to have been achieved by unrighteous means, thereby emphasizing the ethical tension within the war’s outcomes.