Shloka 3

Kuntī’s Benediction to Draupadī and the Alliance Gifts (कुन्त्याः स्नुषाशीर्-वचनम् तथा दान-प्रतिग्रहः)

Devanagari script

सायं च भीमस्तु रिपुप्रमाथी जिष्णुर्यमौ चापि महानुभावौ । भैक्ष॑ चरित्वा तु युधिष्ठिराय निवेदयाज्चक्करुरदीनसत्त्वा:,सायंकाल होनेपर शत्रुओंका मान मर्दन करनेवाले भीमसेन, अर्जुन और महानुभाव नकुल-सहदेवने भिक्षा लाकर युधिष्ठिरको निवेदन की। इन सबका अन्तःकरण उदार था

Transliteration

sāyaṃ ca bhīmas tu ripupramāthī jiṣṇur yamau cāpi mahānubhāvau | bhaikṣaṃ caritvā tu yudhiṣṭhirāya nivedayāṃ cakrur adīnasattvāḥ ||

Translation

సాయంకాలమున శత్రువులను మట్టుపెట్టే భీముడు, జిష్ణువు (అర్జునుడు) మరియు మహానుభావులైన యమజులు నకుల-సహదేవులు భిక్ష కోసం వెళ్లి తెచ్చినదాన్ని యుధిష్ఠిరునికి సమర్పించారు; వారి హృదయాలు ఉదారమూ అచంచలమూ.

Word by Word

सायम्in the evening

चand

भीमःBhima

तुbut/indeed

रिपुप्रमाथीcrusher of enemies

जिष्णुःJishnu (Arjuna)

यमौthe twins (Nakula and Sahadeva)

चand

अपिalso

महानुभावौof great might/majesty (the two)

भैक्षम्alms

चरित्वाhaving gone about (begging)

तुthen/indeed

युधिष्ठिरायto Yudhishthira

निवेदयामासुःthey presented/announced

चand

चक्रुःthey did/made

अदीनसत्त्वाःundaunted in spirit

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Bhīma

Arjuna (Jiṣṇu)

Nakula

Sahadeva

Yudhiṣṭhira

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even those capable of overpowering enemies uphold dharma through humility and disciplined conduct: they accept hardship without losing inner strength and place their gains in service to the rightful elder, embodying restraint, obedience, and generosity.

What is happening in the narrative?

At evening, Bhīma, Arjuna, and the twins Nakula–Sahadeva go out to collect alms and then bring and present the gathered food to Yudhiṣṭhira, highlighting the Pāṇḍavas’ orderly life of hardship and mutual duty.