Shloka 45

Hiḍimba’s Approach and Hiḍimbā’s Warning to Bhīmasena (हिडिम्बागमनम् / हिडिम्बा-भयवचनम्)

Devanagari script

ततो<वलुम्पनं कृत्वा प्रयात: पिशिताशन: । एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु नकुलो5प्याजगाम ह

Transliteration

tato ’valumpanaṁ kṛtvā prayātaḥ piśitāśanaḥ | etasminn eva kāle tu nakulo ’py ājagāma ha ||

Translation

Pagkaraan, matapos agawin ang kanyang nasamsam at tumakas dala iyon, umalis ang nilalang na kumakain ng laman. Sa mismong sandaling iyon, dumating din si Nakula roon—hudyat ng susunod na pagtatagpo at ng mga bunga na nakaugnay sa gawa at sa takdang oras.

Word by Word

ततःthen/thereupon

अवलुम्पनम्plundering/robbing (act of despoiling)

कृत्वाhaving done

प्रयातःdeparted/went forth

पिशिताशनःflesh-eater (carnivore/demon)

एतस्मिन्in this

एवindeed/just

कालेat the time

तुbut/and

नकुलःNakula

अपिalso/even

आजगामcame/arrived

हindeed/for emphasis (narrative particle)

Speaker

जम्बुक उवाच

Characters & Entities

Jambuka

piśitāśana (flesh-eating being)

Nakula

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how actions and their immediate aftermath shape the moral and narrative landscape: predatory wrongdoing (a flesh-eater carrying off prey) creates a situation into which a righteous agent (Nakula) arrives, implying that timely arrival and response are crucial in upholding dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

A flesh-eating being has just snatched something away and left. Precisely then, Nakula arrives on the scene, indicating a transition to the next event—likely confrontation, investigation, or the discovery of what has occurred.