Shloka 35

Udyoga Parva 142: Vidura’s warning to Kuntī and Kuntī’s resolve to meet Karṇa

Gaṅgātīra encounter begins

Devanagari script

उच्च॑ पर्वतमारूढो भीमकर्मा वृकोदर: । गदापाणिर्नरिव्याप्रो ग्रसन्निव महीमिमाम्‌

Transliteration

uccaiḥ parvatam ārūḍho bhīmakarmā vṛkodaraḥ | gadāpāṇir nara-vyāghro grasann iva mahīm imām ||

Translation

సంజయుడు అన్నాడు—స్వప్నంలో నేను భీమసేనుడిని చూశాను—భయంకర కర్మలవాడు వృకోదరుడు, చేతిలో గదా పట్టుకొని, ఎత్తైన పర్వతంపై ఎక్కి, ఈ భూమినే గ్రసించబోతున్నట్లుగా కనిపించాడు.

Word by Word

• उच्चम्: high (up)
• उच्चम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उच्च
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• पर्वतम्: mountain
• पर्वतम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आरूढः: having mounted / seated upon
• आरूढः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-रुह्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भीमकर्मा: one whose deeds are terrible
• भीमकर्मा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भीमकर्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वृकोदरः: Vṛkodara (Bhīma; wolf-bellied)
• वृकोदरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृकोदर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गदापाणिः: one who has a mace in hand
• गदापाणिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गदापाणि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नरव्याघ्रः: tiger among men / best of men
• नरव्याघ्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरव्याघ्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ग्रसन्: devouring (as if)
• ग्रसन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• महीम्: the earth
• महीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मही
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• इमाम्: this
• इमाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīmasena (Vṛkodara)
• gadā (mace)
• parvata (mountain)
• mahī (earth)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames a dream-vision as an omen: Bhīma’s colossal, earth-devouring image signals overwhelming force and the gathering inevitability of war, warning that unchecked hostility will consume the world of men.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports a dream in which Bhīma, holding his mace, stands atop a high mountain and appears ready to swallow the earth—an ominous, symbolic portrayal of Bhīma’s might and the looming devastation of the coming conflict.