Shloka 6

Vyāsa’s Counsel to the Concealed Pāṇḍavas; Śaṃkara’s Boon and the Predestination of Draupadī

Chapter 157

Devanagari script

अर्ध ते भुञज्जते वीरा: सह मात्रा परंतपा: | अर्ध सर्वस्य भैक्षस्य भीमो भुड्क्ते महाबल:,वे चारों वीर परंतप पाण्डव अपनी माताके साथ आधी भिक्षाका उपयोग करते थे और सम्पूर्ण भिक्षाका आधा भाग अकेले महाबली भीमसेन खाते थे

Transliteration

ardhaṃ te bhuñjate vīrāḥ saha mātrā parantapāḥ | ardhaṃ sarvasya bhaikṣyasya bhīmo bhuṅkte mahābalaḥ ||

Translation

毗湿摩波耶那说道：那四位英雄兄弟、焚敌之勇者，与母亲同食乞得之物的一半；而一日所乞的全部之中，另一半则由臂力无双的毗摩一人独食。

Word by Word

• अर्धम्: half
• अर्धम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्ध
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• ते: they (those)
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Plural

• भुञ्जते: eat/consume
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Ātmanepada

• वीराः: heroes
• वीराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• मात्रा: with (their) mother
• मात्रा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• परंतपाः: foe-scorchers
• परंतपाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परंतप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अर्धम्: half
• अर्धम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्ध
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सर्वस्य: of all/entire
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• भैक्षस्य: of the alms
• Type: Noun
• Root: भैक्ष
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• भीमः: Bhima
• भीमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भुङ्क्ते: eats/consumes
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Ātmanepada

• महाबलः: mighty-strong
• महाबलः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाबल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Pandavas (the four brothers implied)
• Kuntī (the mother, implied by 'mātrā')
• Bhīma (Bhīmasena)
• bhaikṣya (alms/food obtained by begging)