Shloka 13

The Bhīma-Dvādaśī

Kalyāṇinī) Vow and the Anangadāna-Vrata (with a Courtesan-Conduct Discourse

Devanagari script

प्रवृत्तासु पुराणासु धर्मसंबधधिनीषु च । कथासु भीमसेनेन परिपृष्टः प्रतापवान्

Transliteration

pravṛttāsu purāṇāsu dharmasaṃbadhadhinīṣu ca | kathāsu bhīmasenena paripṛṣṭaḥ pratāpavān

Translation

Khi những cuộc đàm đạo về các Purāṇa gắn liền với dharma đang diễn ra, giữa dòng tự sự ấy, Bhīmasena đã nêu câu hỏi với bậc anh hùng lẫy lừng, đầy uy lực.

Word by Word

• प्रवृत्तासु: when (they were) underway
• प्रवृत्तासु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + वृत्त (धातु √वृत्) + क्त (प्रत्यय) → प्रवृत्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त ‘having commenced/being in progress’; Locative plural (agreeing with कथासु)

• पुराणासु: in the Purāṇic
• पुराणासु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुराण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी बहुवचन; Locative plural (qualifying कथासु)

• धर्म-संबद्ध-धिनीषु: in stories whose understanding is connected with dharma
• धर्म-संबद्ध-धिनीषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक) + संबद्ध (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + धिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी बहुवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष: ‘धर्मे संबद्धाः धिनयः (बुद्धयः) यासु ताः’/‘धर्मसंबद्धधिनी’ = ‘having intellect connected with dharma’; Locative plural (qualifying कथासु)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• कथासु: in the narratives
• कथासु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कथा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी बहुवचन; Locative plural

• भीमसेनेन: by Bhīmasena
• भीमसेनेन: Kartr (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीमसेन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया एकवचन; Instrumental singular

• परिपृष्टः: (he was) questioned
• परिपृष्टः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि + प्रच्छ् (धातु √प्रच्छ्) + क्त (प्रत्यय) → परिपृष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle) ‘asked’; Nominative singular

• प्रतापवान्: the valiant one
• प्रतापवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रतापवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; मतुप्-प्रत्ययान्त ‘possessing valor’; Nominative singular

Speaker

Narrator (context-setting verse; the specific speaker is not explicit in this pāda)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: धर्मसंबधधिनीषु is treated as dharma-sambaddha-dhinīṣu (orthographic variant in the given text); devagaṃdharva etc. not present. No major external sandhi besides standard word-joining in pāda.

Characters & Entities

• Bhīmasena

FAQs

Who is being described as 'pratāpavān' (the mighty one) in this verse?

The verse identifies Bhīmasena as the questioner but does not explicitly name the person called pratāpavān; it functions as a narrative bridge, and the identity is clarified by the surrounding verses in the chapter.

What does the verse indicate about the focus of the discussion?

It frames the ongoing discourse as Purāṇic kathā that are dharma-saṃbaddha—i.e., stories and teachings intended to illuminate ethical and religious duty.

What is the ethical or instructional cue in this line?

It signals that inquiry (paripraśna) within dharma-oriented narratives is valued—Bhīmasena’s questioning sets up instruction grounded in dharma.