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Shloka 23

Mahāprasthānika-parva Adhyāya 2: The Northward March, Sight of Himavat and Meru, and the Sequential Falls

Devanagari script

वैशम्पायन उवाच इत्युक्त्वा प्रस्थितो राजा भीमो5थ निपपात ह । पतितश्चाब्रवीद्‌ भीमो धर्मराजं युधिष्ठिरम्‌

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | ity uktvā prasthito rājā bhīmo 'tha nipapāta ha | patitaś cābravīd bhīmo dharmarājaṃ yudhiṣṭhiram |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: Nói xong, vua Yudhiṣṭhira lại tiếp tục lên đường. Ngay khi ấy, Bhīma bỗng ngã xuống đất. Trong lúc nằm gục, Bhīma gọi Dharmarāja Yudhiṣṭhira và hỏi nguyên do mình sụp đổ, khi sự phán xét đạo lý của cuộc hành trình bắt đầu dần lộ rõ.

Word by Word

वैशम्पायनःVaiśampāyana

उवाचsaid

इतिthus

उक्त्वाhaving said

प्रस्थितःhaving set out / departed

राजाthe king

भीमःBhīma

अथthen

निपपातfell down

हindeed / surely (emphasis)

पतितःhaving fallen / fallen

चand

अब्रवीत्said / spoke

भीमःBhīma

धर्मराजम्the king of dharma (Dharmarāja)

युधिष्ठिरम्Yudhiṣṭhira

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Yudhiṣṭhira

Bhīma

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 initiates the ethical unraveling of the great journey: even the mightiest can fall when subtle moral residues remain. It frames the Mahāprasthāna as a test where inner dharma, not external power, determines who can continue.

What is happening in the narrative?

After Yudhiṣṭhira proceeds onward, Bhīma suddenly collapses. While fallen, he calls out to Yudhiṣṭhira and speaks—setting up the forthcoming explanation of the moral cause behind his fall.