Shloka 34

बकवधोत्तर-प्रशमनम् | Post-slaying Stabilization after Baka’s Death

Devanagari script

भीमसेन उवाच सुखसुप्तान्‌ तू के म्सेअक [_ मातरं चैव राक्षसि । न भयाद्‌ बो भ्रातुस्तव दुरात्मन:,भीमसेनने कहा--राक्षसी! मेरे भाई और माता इस वनमें सुखपूर्वक सो रहे हैं, तुम्हारे दुरात्मा भाईके भयसे मैं इन्हें जगाऊँगा नहीं

Transliteration

bhīmasena uvāca | sukhasuptān tu me 'mbāṃś ca mātaraṃ caiva rākṣasi | na bhayād bho bhrātus tava durātmanāḥ ||

Translation

భీమసేనుడు అన్నాడు—ఓ రాక్షసీ! నా సోదరులు, నా తల్లి ఈ అడవిలో నిశ్చింతగా నిద్రిస్తున్నారు. నీ దురాత్ముడైన అన్న భయంతో నేను వారిని లేపను.

Word by Word

भीमसेनःBhimasena

उवाचsaid

सुखसुप्तान्sleeping comfortably

तुbut/indeed

केwho (are)

माम्me

मातरम्mother

चand

एवindeed/just

राक्षसिO she-demoness

नnot

भयात्from fear

भोःO! (vocative particle)

भ्रातुःof (your) brother

तवyour

दुरात्मनःof the wicked-souled (one)

Speaker

भीमसेन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīmasena

Pāṇḍava brothers

Kuntī (mother of the Pāṇḍavas)

Rākṣasī (Hiḍimbā)

Hiḍimba (the wicked brother, implied)

Forest (vana)

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Fearlessness in the face of wrongdoing and steadfast protection of one’s dependents: Bhīma refuses to act from fear and prioritizes the safety and peace of his sleeping family.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the forest encounter with the rākṣasas, Bhīma addresses the rākṣasī (Hiḍimbā), stating that his brothers and mother are sleeping peacefully and that he will not wake them out of fear of her wicked brother (Hiḍimba).