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Shloka 11

Arjuna’s Absence, Bhīma’s Kṣātra-Dharma Appeal, and Bṛhadaśva’s Arrival

Nala-Upākhyāna Begins

जब दुर्योधनने द्रौपदीको अपनी दोनों जाँघें दिखायी थीं, उस समय यह देखकर भीमसेनने फड़कते हुए ओठोंसे जो बात कही थी, वह व्यर्थ नहीं हो सकती ॥। ऊरू भेत्स्यामि ते पाप गदया भीमवेगया । त्रयोदशानां वर्षाणामन्ते दुर्यूतदेविन:,उन्होंने कहा था--'पापी दुर्योधन! मैं तेरहवें वर्षके अन्तमें अपनी भयानक वेगवाली गदासे तुझ कपटी जुआरीकी दोनों जाँघें तोड़ डालूँगा'

sañjaya uvāca | yadā duryodhanena draupadīṃ prati svorū darśitau, tadā dṛṣṭvāpi bhīmasenaḥ sphurad-oṣṭhaḥ yad avadat, tad vyarthaṃ na bhavitum arhati | ūrū bhetsyāmi te pāpa gadayā bhīmavegayā | trayodaśānāṃ varṣāṇām ante duryūtadevinaḥ ||

సంజయుడు అన్నాడు—దుర్యోధనుడు ద్రౌపదికి తన రెండు తొడలను చూపినప్పుడు, భీమసేనుడు కోపంతో కంపించే పెదవులతో పలికిన మాటలు వ్యర్థం కావు. అతడు అన్నాడు—“పాపి దుర్యోధనా! పదమూడవ సంవత్సరాంతంలో, భయంకర వేగమున్న నా గదతో నీ రెండు తొడలను విరిచివేస్తాను—ఓ కపట జూదగాడా!”

ऊरूtwo thighs
ऊरू:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootऊरु
FormMasculine, Accusative, Dual
भेत्स्यामिI shall split/break
भेत्स्यामि:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootभिद्
FormSimple Future (Luṭ), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada
तेof you/your
ते:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
FormGenitive, Singular, 2nd
पापO sinner/wretch
पाप:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun
Rootपाप
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
गदयाwith a mace
गदया:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootगदा
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
भीमवेगयाwith terrible speed (i.e., terribly swift)
भीमवेगया:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootभीमवेग
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
त्रयोदशानाम्of thirteen
त्रयोदशानाम्:
Sambandha
TypeNumeral/Adjective
Rootत्रयोदश
FormNeuter, Genitive, Plural
वर्षाणाम्of years
वर्षाणाम्:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootवर्ष
FormNeuter, Genitive, Plural
अन्तेat the end
अन्ते:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootअन्त
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
दुर्यूतदेविनःof the gambler devoted to crooked play (cheating gambler)
दुर्यूतदेविनः:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootदुर्यूतदेविन्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular

संजय उवाच

S
Sanjaya
D
Duryodhana
D
Draupadi
B
Bhimasena (Bhima)
G
Gada (mace)
T
Thirteen-year exile/term (trayodaśa-varṣa)

Educational Q&A

Public humiliation and adharma generate inevitable moral consequences; Bhima’s vow represents the idea that grievous wrongdoing—especially against a virtuous woman—invites retributive justice, and that words spoken in righteous outrage may become binding commitments shaping destiny.

Sanjaya recalls Bhima’s earlier reaction to Duryodhana’s obscene gesture toward Draupadi: Bhima, enraged, vowed that after the Pandavas complete the thirteen-year term, he would smash Duryodhana’s thighs with his mace—foreshadowing the later fulfillment of this vow in the great war.