Shloka 71

Devanagari script

त॑ हीयमानं विज्ञाय भीमसेनो महाबल: । वक्षस्यानीय वेगेन ममर्देनं विचेतसम्‌,महाबली भीमसेन उसे निर्बल एवं अचेत होते देख उसकी छातीपर चढ़ बैठे और बड़े वेगसे उसे रौंदने लगे

Transliteration

taṁ hīyamānaṁ vijñāya bhīmaseno mahābalaḥ | vakṣasy ānīya vegena mamarda enaṁ vicetasam ||

Translation

அவன் தளர்வதை அறிந்த மகாவலிமை பீமசேனன், வேகமாக அவன் மார்பின் மீது ஏறி, பலத்துடன் நசுக்கினான்; அவன் உணர்விழந்தான்.

Word by Word

तत्him/that (person)

हीयमानम्being weakened/declining

विज्ञायhaving known/realizing

भीमसेनःBhimasena

महाबलःmighty/very strong

वक्षसिon the chest

आनीयhaving brought/placed (himself)

वेगेनwith speed/force

ममर्दcrushed/trampled

एनम्him

विचेतसम्unconscious/senseless

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Bhīmasena (Bhīma)

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 how, in the intensity of battle, strength and tactical decisiveness can override gentler restraint; it implicitly raises the ethical tension between necessary force in combat and the ideal of measured conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīma notices his opponent is weakening; he quickly climbs onto the man’s chest and crushes him with force, rendering him unconscious.