Previous Verse
Next Verse

Shloka 9

Udyoga Parva, Adhyāya 73 — Kr̥ṣṇa’s Appraisal of Bhīma’s Altered Temper and Reaffirmation of Martial Resolve

पुरा प्रसन्ना: कुरव: सहपुत्रास्तथा वयम्‌ । इन्द्रज्येष्ठा इवा भूम मोदमाना: सबान्धवा:

purā prasannāḥ kuravaḥ sahaputrās tathā vayam | indrajyeṣṭhā iva bhūma modamānāḥ sabāndhavāḥ ||

กาลก่อน เหล่ากุรุพร้อมด้วยบุตรทั้งหลาย และพวกเราด้วย ต่างชื่นบานร่วมกับญาติวงศ์ทั้งปวง; ดุจหมู่เทพที่มีอินทร์เป็นประมุข ต่างเริงร่าในความเป็นหนึ่งเดียว

पुराformerly, earlier
पुरा:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुरा
प्रसन्नाःpleased, cheerful
प्रसन्नाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रसन्न
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
कुरवःthe Kurus
कुरवः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकुरु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
सहtogether with
सह:
Karana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसह
पुत्राःsons
पुत्राः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
तथाso, likewise
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
वयम्we
वयम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
इन्द्रIndra
इन्द्र:
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
ज्येष्ठाःelders, foremost
ज्येष्ठाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootज्येष्ठ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
इवlike, as if
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
भूमO king / O mighty one
भूम:
TypeNoun
Rootभूमन्
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
मोदमानाḥrejoicing
मोदमानाḥ:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootमुद्
Formशतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural
with
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
बान्धवाःkinsmen, relatives
बान्धवाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootबान्धव
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural

भीम उवाच

B
Bhima
K
Kurus
S
sons of the Kurus
I
Indra
K
kinsmen/relatives (bāndhava)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights the moral tragedy of a family’s fall from harmony into hostility: when kinship and shared joy are abandoned, adharma grows and war becomes thinkable. Remembering past concord functions as an ethical indictment of present choices.

Bhima is speaking and recalling an earlier period when both branches of the Kuru family lived happily together with their relatives, comparing that unity to the gods rejoicing under Indra’s leadership—implicitly contrasting it with the current rupture that is driving events toward war.