Shloka 37

Virāṭa-parva Adhyāya 21 — Kīcaka’s clandestine approach and Bhīma’s covert intervention (नर्तनागारे कीचकवध-प्रसङ्गः)

Devanagari script

आहरेदपि वित्तानि परेषां क्रोशतामपि । न तिष्ठति सम सन्मार्गें न च धर्म बुभूषति,लोग रोते-चिल्लाते रह जाते हैं; किंतु यह उनका सारा धन हड़प लेता है। यह सन्मार्गमें स्थिर नहीं रहता तथा धर्मोपार्जन भी नहीं करना चाहता है

Transliteration

āhared api vittāni pareṣāṁ krośatām api | na tiṣṭhati sa sanmārge na ca dharmaṁ bubhūṣati ||

Translation

ఇతరులు ఎంతగా కేకలు వేసినా, వారి ధనాన్ని ఇతడు లాక్కుంటాడు. సన్మార్గంలో నిలవడు; ధర్మాన్ని అనుసరించాలనే కోరిక కూడా లేదు.

Word by Word

• आहरेत्: may seize/bring (take away)
• आहरेत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-हृ (धातु)
• Form: Vidhi-linga, Optative (potential), 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अपि: even/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• वित्तानि: wealths, monies
• वित्तानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वित्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• परेषाम्: of others
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• क्रोशताम्: of (them) crying out
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्रुश् (धातु)
• Form: Shatru (present active participle), Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• अपि: even/though
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• तिष्ठति: stands/abides
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: Lat, Present, 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सम्: well, properly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्

• मार्गे: in the path/way
• मार्गे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• न: nor/not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• धर्मम्: dharma, righteousness
• धर्मम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• बुभूषति: desires/wishes (to obtain/do)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: Lat, Present, 3, Singular, Parasmaipada, Desiderative (san) formation: bu-bhū-ṣa-

Speaker

भीमसेन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīmasena

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse condemns unjust appropriation of others’ wealth and frames it as a sign of adharma: a person who ignores others’ suffering and refuses the sanmārga lacks the will to cultivate dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīma is speaking in a morally charged context, criticizing a wrongdoer’s conduct—someone who forcibly takes wealth despite public outcry—highlighting the ethical contrast between righteous restraint and predatory greed.