Mahabharata 1.151.1 — Adi Parva, Adhyaya 151, Shloka 1

बक-राक्षसस्य आह्वानम् तथा वृक्षयुद्धम्

Summons of Baka and the Tree-Weapon Engagement

Devanagari script

(दाक्षिणात्य अधिक पाठके २९ श्लोक मिलाकर कुल ५५ श्लोक हैं) अपन का छा | अत-४#-#कात पजञज्चाशर्दाधिकशततमोब् ध्याय: माता कुन्तीके लिये भीमसेनका जल ले आना

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca: tena vikramamāṇena ūruvegasaṃīritam | vanaṃ savṛkṣaviṭapaṃ vyāghūrṇitam ivābhavat ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: Tâu vua Janamejaya, khi Bhīmasena sải bước tiến lên, khu rừng—bị khuấy động bởi luồng xung lực khủng khiếp từ tốc độ của chàng—dường như quay cuồng, cùng với cây cối và cành nhánh rung chuyển.

Word by Word

• वैशम्पायनः: Vaiśampāyana
• वैशम्पायनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैशम्पायन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular

• तेन: by him/with him
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• विक्रममाणेन: striding/advancing
• विक्रममाणेन: Karana
• Type: Verb
• Root: विक्रम्
• Form: Present active participle (Śatṛ), Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• ऊरु-वेग-समीरितम्: set in motion by the force of (his) thighs
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समीरित
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• वनम्: the forest
• वनम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• स-वृक्ष-विटपम्: together with trees and branches
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विटप
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• व्याघूर्णितम्: whirled/turned around
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्याघूर्णित
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• इव: as if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• अभवत्: became/appeared
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect, Third, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Bhīmasena (Bhīma)
• Janamejaya
• vana (forest)
• vṛkṣa (trees)
• viṭapa (branches/boughs)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores dharma as protective resolve: Bhīma’s immense vigor is not mere aggression but an embodied readiness to act for the welfare of his family, hinting that righteous strength must be directed toward duty even amid rising anger and injustice.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes Bhīma moving with such speed and power that the forest appears to spin and tremble with its trees and branches, a poetic exaggeration that signals urgency and the intensity of the moment in the surrounding episode.