Shloka 15

बक-राक्षसस्य आह्वानम् तथा वृक्षयुद्धम्

Summons of Baka and the Tree-Weapon Engagement

Devanagari script

ततो भीमो वन घोर प्रविश्य विजनं महत्‌ | न्यग्रोधं विपुलच्छायं रमणीयं ददर्श ह,उस समय भीमने उस विशाल, निर्जन एवं भयंकर वनमें प्रवेश करके एक बहुत सुन्दर और विस्तृत छायावाला बरगदका पेड़ देखा

Transliteration

tato bhīmo vanaṃ ghoraṃ praviśya vijanaṃ mahat | nyagrodhaṃ vipulacchāyaṃ ramaṇīyaṃ dadarśa ha |

Translation

అప్పుడు భీముడు ఆ విస్తారమైన, నిర్జనమైన, భయంకరమైన అడవిలో ప్రవేశించి, విస్తృత ఛాయను ప్రసరింపజేసే మనోహరమైన మర్రిచెట్టును చూచెను.

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

भीमःBhima

वनम्forest

घोरम्terrible, dreadful

प्रविश्यhaving entered

विजनम्deserted, solitary

महत्great, vast

न्यग्रोधम्banyan tree

विपुलच्छायम्having broad shade

रमणीयम्delightful, beautiful

ददर्शsaw

हindeed (emphatic particle)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīma

forest (vana)

banyan tree (nyagrodha)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

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 steadiness and discernment: even in a frightening, deserted wilderness, one notices signs of shelter and order in nature. It subtly frames courage as purposeful movement through danger, coupled with the ability to recognize a place of rest or strategic refuge.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that Bhīma enters a vast, terrifying, uninhabited forest and there sees a beautiful banyan tree with wide shade—setting the scene for what follows by marking a notable landmark and a potential resting or meeting spot.