Shloka 10

Devanagari script

कि नु वक्ष्यति बीभत्सुरजितो युधि पाण्डव: । भीमसेनो यमौ चोभौ भृशं कौतूहलान्विता:,युद्धमें कभी पराजित न होनेवाले पाण्डुनन्दन अर्जुन किस प्रकार अपना मत व्यक्त करते हैं? भीमसेन, नकुल तथा सहदेव भी क्या कहते हैं? इसके लिये उन राजाओंके मनमें बड़ी उत्कण्ठा थी

Transliteration

ki nu vakṣyati bībhatsur ajito yudhi pāṇḍavaḥ | bhīmaseno yamau cobhau bhṛśaṃ kautūhalānvitāḥ ||

Translation

వారిలో తీవ్రమైన కుతూహలం కలిగింది—“యుద్ధంలో అజేయుడైన పాండునందనుడు బీభత్సు అర్జునుడు ఏ అభిప్రాయం ప్రకటించును? అలాగే భీమసేనుడు, యమజులైన నకుల-సహదేవులు ఏమి చెప్పుదురు?”

Word by Word

किम्what

नुindeed/then (interrogative particle)

वक्ष्यतिwill say

बीभत्सुःBībhatsu (Arjuna)

अजितःunconquered

युधिin battle

पाण्डवःthe Pāṇḍava (Arjuna)

भीमसेनःBhīmasena

यमौthe twins (Nakula and Sahadeva)

चand

उभौboth

भृशम्greatly/exceedingly

कौतूहल-अन्विताःendowed with curiosity

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Arjuna (Bībhatsu)

Bhīmasena (Bhīma)

Nakula

Sahadeva

Pāṇḍavas

kings (rājānaḥ)

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 highlights the ethical weight of counsel in a royal assembly: the Pāṇḍavas’ words—especially Arjuna’s, famed for both prowess and moral discernment—are awaited because speech and judgment (mati) can steer collective action toward or away from dharma, particularly when conflict looms.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that the gathered kings are intensely eager to hear what Arjuna will say, and also what Bhīma and the twin brothers (Nakula and Sahadeva) will state. Their anticipated responses are treated as consequential opinions in the unfolding deliberations of the assembly.