Shloka 25

भীমेन युधिष्ठिरस्य त्यागवृत्तेः प्रतिषेधः

Bhīma’s Rebuttal of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Renunciatory Inclination

Devanagari script

एते हि नित्यसंन्यासा दृश्यन्ते निरुपद्रवा: । अपरिग्रहवन्तश्न सततं ब्रह्मचारिण:,क्योंकि ये नित्य संन्यासी, उपद्रवशून्य, परिग्रहरहित तथा निरन्तर ब्रह्मचर्यका पालन करनेवाले देखे जाते हैं

Transliteration

ete hi nityasaṃnyāsā dṛśyante nirupadravāḥ | aparigrahavantaś ca satataṃ brahmacāriṇaḥ ||

Translation

ఎందుకంటే వీరు నిత్యసన్యాసులుగా కనిపిస్తారు—ఉపద్రవరహితులు, పరిగ్రహరహితులు, మరియు నిరంతరం బ్రహ్మచర్యాన్ని ఆచరించువారు.

Word by Word

एतेthese

हिindeed/for

नित्य-संन्यासाःconstant renunciants

दृश्यन्तेare seen/are observed

निरुपद्रवाःfree from disturbance/harm

अपरिग्रहवन्तःwithout possessions/non-possessive

चand

सततम्always/continually

ब्रह्मचारिणःbrahmacārins (celibate students/observers of continence)

Speaker

भीम उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhima (speaker)

nityasaṃnyāsins (perpetual renunciants)

brahmacārins (practitioners of brahmacarya)

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse praises the ethical stability of true renunciants: they are consistently harmless (nirupadrava), free from possessiveness (aparigraha), and steadfast in disciplined continence (brahmacarya). Such restraint is presented as a visible, lived form of dharma that reduces conflict and fear in society.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhima is describing a class of people—perpetual renunciants—highlighting their observable conduct. He points to their non-possessive, self-restrained lifestyle as evidence of a dharmic path characterized by peace and lack of disturbance.