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Shloka 29

Gadāyuddhe Kṛṣṇopadeśaḥ (Kṛṣṇa’s Counsel in the Mace-Duel) — Śalya-parva 57

ददृशुस्ते महाराज भीमसेनस्य तां गदाम्‌ | राजेन्द्र! दर्शकोंने भीमसेनकी उस भयंकर गदाको इन्द्रके वज्ञ और यमराजके दण्डके समान उठी हुई देखा ।। आविध्यन्तं गदां दृष्टवा भीमसेनं तवात्मज:

dadṛśus te mahārāja bhīmasenasya tāṁ gadām | rājendra! darśakāḥ bhīmasenasya tāṁ bhayaṅkarāṁ gadām indrasya vajrasamaṁ yamarājasya daṇḍasamaṁ ca udyatāṁ dadṛśuḥ || āvidhyantaṁ gadāṁ dṛṣṭvā bhīmasenaṁ tavātmajaḥ |

మహారాజా! వీక్షకులు భీమసేనుని ఆ గదను ఇంద్ర వజ్రమువలె, యమదండమువలె ఎత్తి ఉన్నదిగా చూచిరి. భీమసేనుడు గదను తిప్పుచున్నదాన్ని చూచి నీ కుమారుడు (దుర్యోధనుడు) అతనిని గమనించెను.

ददृशुःthey saw
ददृशुः:
TypeVerb
Rootदृश्
Formलिट् (Perfect), 3, Plural, परस्मैपदम्
तेthose (they)
ते:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
महाराजO great king
महाराज:
TypeNoun
Rootमहाराज
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
भीमसेनस्यof Bhimasena
भीमसेनस्य:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootभीमसेन
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
ताम्that
ताम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
गदाम्mace
गदाम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootगदा
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
आविध्यन्तम्whirling (brandishing)
आविध्यन्तम्:
TypeVerb
Rootआ + विध्
Formशतृ (Present active participle), Masculine, Accusative, Singular
गदाम्the mace
गदाम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootगदा
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
दृष्ट्वाhaving seen
दृष्ट्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootदृश्
Formक्त्वा (Absolutive), Active
भीमसेनम्Bhimasena
भीमसेनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootभीमसेन
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
तवyour
तव:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
FormGenitive, Singular
आत्मजःson
आत्मजः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootआत्मज
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
D
Dhṛtarāṣṭra
B
Bhīmasena (Bhīma)
D
Duryodhana
I
Indra
Y
Yama (Yamarāja)
G
gadā (mace)
V
vajra (thunderbolt)
D
daṇḍa (rod of punishment)

Educational Q&A

The verse frames battlefield power in moral-symbolic terms: Bhīma’s mace is likened to Indra’s vajra (divine force) and Yama’s daṇḍa (punitive justice), suggesting that violence in this climactic duel is also the working out of consequence and retribution within the epic’s dharmic horizon.

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the spectators see Bhīma raising and whirling his fearsome mace. The description sets the scene for the decisive mace-fight atmosphere, with Duryodhana (the king’s son) facing Bhīma’s imminent attack.