Shloka 8

वसिष्ठ-प्रशंसा

Vasiṣṭha as Purohita: Ascetic Mastery and Royal Counsel

Devanagari script

दृष्टवा भीमबलोद्धूतं बकं॑ विनिहतं तदा | ज्ञातयोअस्य भयोद्विग्ना: प्रतिजग्मुस्ततस्तत:,भीमसेनके बलसे बकासुरको पछाड़ा एवं मारा गया देख उस राक्षसके कुटुम्बीजन भयसे व्याकुल हो इधर-उधर भाग गये

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca |

Dṛṣṭvā bhīmabaloddhūtaṃ bakaṃ vinihataṃ tadā |

Jñātayo 'sya bhayodvignāḥ pratijagmustatas tataḥ ||

Translation

ครั้นเห็นบกะถูกแรงอันมหาศาลของภีมะเหวี่ยงกระเด็นและถูกสังหารแล้ว เหล่าญาติของอสูรก็หวาดผวาแตกตื่น พากันหนีไปคนละทิศละทาง

Word by Word

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), परस्मैपद-भाव (क्रियाविशेषण)

• भीमबल-उद्धूतम्: thrown/struck away by Bhima's strength
• भीमबल-उद्धूतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उद्धूत (कृदन्त) / भीमबल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• बकम्: Baka (the demon)
• बकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• विनिहतम्: slain, killed
• विनिहतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विनिहत (कृदन्त; √हन्)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तदा: then, at that time
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)

• ज्ञातयः: kinsmen, relatives
• ज्ञातयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्ञाति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अस्य: of him/of this (i.e., of Baka)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• भय-उद्विग्नाः: agitated by fear, panic-stricken
• भय-उद्विग्नाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उद्विग्न (कृदन्त) / भय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• प्रतिजग्मुः: went away, fled
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-√गम् (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• ततः: from there, thence
• ततः: Apadana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)

• ततः: from there (repeated: in various directions)
• ततः: Apadana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Bhīmasena (Bhīma)
• Baka (Bakāsura)
• Baka's kinsmen/relatives (jñātayaḥ)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Predatory power that harms society is not invincible; when strength is guided by dharma—used to defend others rather than to exploit—it restores safety and causes wrongdoing to disperse.

What is happening in the narrative?

After Bhīma kills the rākṣasa Baka, Baka’s relatives witness the defeat and, overwhelmed by fear, scatter and flee in different directions.