Shloka 29

भीमसेनस्य वेगाभिपातः—विशोकसारथिसंवादश्च

Bhīma’s surge and dialogue with charioteer Viśoka

Devanagari script

तद्‌ बल॑ पाण्डुपुत्रस्य द्रोणपुत्रप्रतापितम्‌

Transliteration

tad balaṁ pāṇḍuputrasya droṇaputrapratāpitam

Translation

పాండుపుత్రుల ఆ బలం ద్రోణపుత్రుని ప్రతాపంతో అణచబడుతూ బాధపడుతోంది.

Word by Word

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• बलम्: army; force
• बलम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• पाण्डुपुत्रस्य: of the son of Pāṇḍu (i.e., of the Pāṇḍava)
• पाण्डुपुत्रस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डुपुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• द्रोणपुत्रप्रतापितम्: overpowered/afflicted by the might of Droṇa's son (Aśvatthāman)
• द्रोणपुत्रप्रतापितम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रतापित
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pāṇḍuputra (a Pāṇḍava, likely Arjuna)
• Droṇaputra (Aśvatthāmā)
• Pāṇḍavas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how martial prowess can decisively shift the balance of battle, reminding the listener that strength and strategy—when wielded by a formidable warrior—can overwhelm even a renowned side; it also underscores the Mahābhārata’s ethical tension between valor and the destructive momentum of war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the Pāṇḍava force (associated with Pāṇḍu’s son) is being severely pressured and subdued by the battlefield might of Droṇa’s son, Aśvatthāmā.