Shloka 18

Kuberasaras-darśana (Bhīma beholds Kubera’s guarded lotus-lake) / कुबेरसरः-दर्शनम्

Devanagari script

हनूमानुवाच एवमेतन्महाबाहो यथा वदसि भारत । भीमसेन न पर्याप्तो ममासौ राक्षसाधम:,हनुमानजी बोले--भारत! महाबाहु भीमसेन! तुम जैसा कहते हो, ठीक ही है। वह अधम राक्षस वास्तवमें मेरा सामना नहीं कर सकता था

Transliteration

Hanūmān uvāca: evam etan mahābāho yathā vadasi Bhārata | Bhīmasena na paryāpto mamāsau rākṣasādhamaḥ ||

Translation

Hānūmān nói: “Đúng vậy, hỡi Bhārata tay mạnh—như lời ngươi nói, Bhīmasena. Tên rākṣasa hèn mạt ấy quả thật không phải đối thủ của ta.”

Word by Word

हनूमान्Hanuman

उवाचsaid

एवम्thus, in this way

एतत्this (indeed)

महाबाहोO mighty-armed one

यथाas, just as

वदसिyou say

भारतO Bharata (descendant of Bharata)

भीमसेनO Bhimasena

नnot

पर्याप्तःcapable, sufficient

ममof me, my

असौthat (one), he

राक्षसाधमःthe vilest of rakshasas

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Hanūmān

Bhīmasena (Bhīma)

Bhārata (epithet/address)

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True strength is shown with clarity and restraint: Hanuman acknowledges Bhima’s assessment and states that the wicked aggressor was not his equal, implying that moral baseness and unjust violence do not constitute real power.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Vana Parva episode where Bhima encounters Hanuman, Hanuman responds to Bhima by confirming that Bhima’s words are correct and that the vile rākṣasa was in fact incapable of facing Hanuman.