Shloka 276

Devanagari script

गदां चिक्षेप वेगेन वज्रपातोपमां तदा । भयंकर पराक्रमी भीमसेनने राक्षसराज अलायुधको ऐसा पराक्रम करते देख उस समय उसके ऊपर वज्रपातके समान अपनी भयंकर गदा बड़े वेगसे चलायी

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | gadāṃ cikṣepa vegena vajrapātopamāṃ tadā | bhayaṅkara-parākramaṃ bhīmasenena rākṣasarāja alāyudhakaḥ |

Translation

సంజయుడు అన్నాడు—అప్పుడు రాక్షసరాజు అలాయుధుడు భీమసేనుని భయంకర పరాక్రమాన్ని చూసి, వజ్రపాతంలా తన ఘోర గదను మహావేగంతో అతనిపై విసిరాడు।

Word by Word

• गदाम्: mace
• गदाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गदा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• चिक्षेप: threw
• चिक्षेप: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षिप्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• वेगेन: with speed
• वेगेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेग
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• वज्रपातोपमाम्: like a thunderbolt-strike
• वज्रपातोपमाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वज्रपातोपमा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Bhimasena (Bhima)
• Alayudha
• Gada (mace)
• Vajrapata (thunderbolt-like strike)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the escalation inherent in warfare: formidable strength invites an equally forceful response. It implicitly points to the moral gravity of battle—where courage and duty operate amid destructive consequences.

What is happening in the narrative?

During the Drona Parva battle, Alayudha, the Rakshasa king, witnesses Bhima’s fearsome prowess and responds by hurling a terrible mace at him with thunderbolt-like speed and force.