Shloka 9

Bhīmasya paruṣa-vākyaṃ

Bhīma’s Harsh Speech Heard by Dhṛtarāṣṭra and Gāndhārī

Devanagari script

वैशम्पायन उवाच इत्युक्त: स तु त॑ प्राह व्यासो वेदविदां वर: । युधिष्ठटिरं महातेजा: पुनरेव महाकवि:

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca: ity uktaḥ sa tu taṃ prāha Vyāso vedavidāṃ varaḥ | Yudhiṣṭhiraṃ mahātejāḥ punar eva mahākaviḥ ||

Translation

వైశంపాయనుడు పలికెను—ఇట్లు చెప్పబడిన తరువాత, వేదవిదులలో శ్రేష్ఠుడైన మహాతేజస్వి మహాకవి వ్యాసుడు యుధిష్ఠిరుని మరల సంబోధించి, ఆ గంభీర క్షణంలో ధర్మమార్గోపదేశాన్ని పునః ప్రారంభించాడు।

Word by Word

वैशम्पायनःVaiśampāyana

उवाचsaid

इतिthus

उक्तःhaving been addressed / spoken to

सःhe

तुbut / indeed

तंhim

प्राहsaid / spoke to

व्यासःVyāsa

वेदविदाम्of the knowers of the Veda

वरःthe best

युधिष्ठिरम्Yudhiṣṭhira

महातेजाःof great splendor

पुनःagain

एवindeed / just

महाकविःthe great poet

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Vyāsa

Yudhiṣṭhira

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 frames ethical instruction as coming from a qualified authority: Vyāsa, the foremost knower of the Veda, speaks again to Yudhiṣṭhira. The implied teaching is that dharma in difficult times is clarified through the guidance of realized sages and scriptural wisdom.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates a transition: after some prior statement, Vyāsa resumes speaking and addresses Yudhiṣṭhira again. It signals the continuation of counsel or instruction within the Ashramavāsika context.