Shloka 53

Devanagari script

एष वैश्वानर इव समिद्ध: स्वेन तेजसा

Transliteration

eṣa vaiśvānara iva samiddhaḥ svena tejasā

Translation

ఇతడు తన స్వతేజస్సుతోనే ప్రదీప్తమైన వైశ్వానరాగ్నివలె జ్వలిస్తున్నాడు।

Word by Word

• एषः: this (one), he
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वैश्वानरः: Vaiśvānara (fire)
• वैश्वानरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैश्वानर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इव: like, as if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• समिद्धः: kindled, blazing
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-इन्ध्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)

• स्वेन: by/with his own
• स्वेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• तेजसा: splendor, brilliance, energy
• तेजसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तेजस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

भीमसेन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīmasena
• Vaiśvānara (Agni/fire)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights tejas—inner radiance and power—as self-generated and self-sustaining. Ethically, it suggests that true strength arises from one’s own character and energy, yet in war such fire-like power must be governed by dharma so it does not become indiscriminate destruction.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīma is describing a figure on the battlefield as blazing like a fully kindled fire, emphasizing the opponent’s (or warrior’s) overwhelming presence and intensity at that moment in the Drona Parva conflict.