Shloka 74

Devanagari script

स भीमसेनस्तच्छुत्वा सम्प्रहृष्टतनूरुह: । शब्दप्रभवमन्विच्छंक्षचार कदलीवनम्‌,उसे सुनकर भीमसेनके रोंगटे खड़े हो गये और उसके कारणको हढूँढ़नेके लिये वे उस केलेके बगीचेमें घूमने लगे

Transliteration

sa bhīmasenas tac chrutvā samprahṛṣṭa-tanūruhaḥ | śabda-prabhavam anvicchan kṣacāra kadalīvanam ||

Translation

ครั้นได้ยินเสียงนั้น ขนกายของภีมเสนาก็ลุกชัน ด้วยใคร่รู้ต้นตอแห่งเสียง เขาจึงเที่ยวค้นหาไปทั่วดงกล้วยเพื่อสืบหาที่มา

Word by Word

सःhe

भीमसेनःBhimasena

तत्that (sound/thing)

श्रुत्वाhaving heard

सम्प्रहृष्टतनूरुहःone whose body-hairs stood up (thrilled)

शब्दप्रभवम्the source/cause of the sound

अन्विच्छन्seeking, searching for

क्षचारwandered/roamed

कदलीवनम्the banana-grove

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīmasena

kadalīvana (plantain/banana grove)

śabda (sound/noise)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights alertness and purposeful inquiry: when confronted with an unusual event, Bhīma does not react blindly but seeks the cause, showing courage guided by investigation rather than mere impulse.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that Bhīmasena, startled and thrilled by a sound, enters and wanders through a plantain grove to locate the origin of that noise.