Shloka 54

Devanagari script

वैशम्पायन उवाच एवमुक्ते पाण्डवेन समहृष्यद्‌ वृकोदर: । मुहुर्मुहु: क्रोधवशात्‌ प्रावेपत च पाण्डव:,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--जनमेजय! पाण्डुनन्दन अर्जुनके ऐसा कहनेपर पाण्डव भीमसेनको बड़ा हर्ष हुआ। वे क्रोधवश बारंबार काँपने लगे

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca: evam ukte pāṇḍavena samaharṣyad vṛkodaraḥ | muhur muhuḥ krodhavaśāt prāvepata ca pāṇḍavaḥ ||

Translation

وَیشَمپایَن نے کہا—جب پاندَو (ارجُن) نے یوں کہا تو وِرکودر (بھیم سین) بے حد مسرور ہوا؛ مگر غصّے کے زیرِ اثر وہ بار بار کانپنے لگا۔

Word by Word

वैशम्पायनःVaiśampāyana

उवाचsaid

एवम्thus

उक्तेwhen (it was) said

पाण्डवेनby the Pāṇḍava (Arjuna)

समहृष्यत्rejoiced greatly

वृकोदरःVṛkodara (Bhīma)

मुहुःagain and again

मुहुःrepeatedly

क्रोधवशात्from/under the sway of anger

प्रावेपतtrembled

चand

पाण्डवःthe Pāṇḍava (Bhīma)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Janamejaya

Arjuna

Bhīma (Vṛkodara)

Pāṇḍava(s)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical tension before war: joy arises when dharma seems to be asserted, yet anger can surge powerfully. It implicitly warns that even justified action should be guided by discernment, not merely by uncontrolled wrath.

What is happening in the narrative?

After Arjuna speaks (in the surrounding context), Bhīma reacts strongly—he is pleased and energized, but his anger is so intense that he repeatedly trembles, signaling readiness for confrontation and the emotional pitch of the impending conflict.