Shloka 4

सौगन्धिकपुष्पप्रसङ्गः — The Saugaṇdhika Lotus and Bhīma’s Approach to Hanūmān

Devanagari script

भीमसेन उवाच हैडिम्बेय परिश्रान्ता तव मातापराजित । त्वं च कामगमस्तात बलवान्‌ वह तां खग,भीमसेन बोले--अपराजित और आकाशचारी हिडिम्बानन्दन! तुम्हारी माता द्रौपदी बहुत थक गयी है। तुम बलवान एवं इच्छानुसार सर्वत्र जानेमें समर्थ हो; अतः इसे (आकाशमार्गसे) ले चलो

Transliteration

bhīmasena uvāca haidimbeya pariśrāntā tava mātāparājitā | tvaṃ ca kāmagamas tāta balavān vaha tāṃ khaga ||

Translation

Bhīmasena nói: “Hỡi con của Hiḍimbā, kẻ không ai khuất phục, người tung hoành trên không trung! Mẹ của con, Draupadī, đã mệt lả. Con mạnh mẽ và có thể đi đến bất cứ nơi nào con muốn; vậy nên, hỡi kẻ du hành bầu trời, hãy mang nàng đi (theo đường không).”

Word by Word

भीमसेनःBhimasena

उवाचsaid

हैडिम्बेयO son of Hiḍimbā (Ghaṭotkaca)

परिश्रान्ताexhausted

तवof you/your

माताmother

अपराजिताunconquered, undefeated

त्वम्you

चand

कामगमःable to go at will

तातO dear one / O son

बलवान्strong, powerful

वहcarry, convey

ताम्her

खगO bird (i.e., flyer through the sky)

Speaker

भीमसेन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīmasena (Bhīma)

Ghaṭotkaca (Haidimbeya)

Hiḍimbā

Draupadī (as per the Gita Press Hindi gloss)

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?

Strength and extraordinary ability are to be used in service of care and protection—especially toward those who are fatigued or vulnerable—reflecting compassionate duty within family and community.

What is happening in the narrative?

During the Pandavas’ forest life, Bhīma addresses Ghaṭotkaca (his son through Hiḍimbā), praising his power and aerial mobility, and instructs him to carry the exhausted woman (identified in the Gita Press gloss as Draupadī) by the sky-route.