Shloka 206

Devanagari script

भीमसेनं च राधेय माद्रीपुत्री यमावपि । 'राधानन्दन! या तो तुम धर्मराज युधिष्ठिरको कैद कर लो या अर्जुन, भीमसेन तथा माद्रीकुमार नकुल-सहदेवको मार डालो

Transliteration

bhīmasenaṃ ca rādhēya mādrīputrau yamāv api |

Translation

Wika ni Sañjaya: “At si Bhīmasena rin, O anak ni Rādhā—kasama ang kambal na mga anak ni Mādrī.”

Word by Word

भीमसेनम्Bhimasena (Bhima)

चand

राधेयO Radheya (Karna)

माद्रीपुत्रीthe two sons of Madri

यमौthe twins (Nakula and Sahadeva)

अपिalso/even

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Karṇa (Rādheya)

Bhīma (Bhīmasena)

Nakula

Sahadeva

Mādrī

Yudhiṣṭhira (Dharmarāja)

Arjuna

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse, in context, highlights how war pressures leaders into extreme choices—capturing or killing key opponents—raising the Mahābhārata’s recurring ethical question: when strategy demands harsh action, how far can one go without violating dharma and losing moral legitimacy?

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports a directive aimed at Karṇa: Bhīma and the twin sons of Mādrī are named as targets, alongside the larger aim of either capturing Yudhiṣṭhira or slaying Arjuna, Bhīma, Nakula, and Sahadeva—framing a decisive push to break the Pāṇḍava leadership in the Kurukṣetra battle.