Shloka 30

दुःशासनवधः (Duḥśāsana-vadha) — Bhīma’s vow-fulfillment in combat

Devanagari script

स पीडितो भृशं तेन धर्मराजो युधिछ्िर:

Transliteration

sa pīḍito bhṛśaṃ tena dharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ

Translation

三阇耶说道：法王由提施提罗被那一击重重折磨，剧痛之下身形震颤；这显明：纵是守持正法之人，也要在战争残酷的必然中经受考验。

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पीडितः: afflicted, tormented
• पीडितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पीडित (पीड् धातु, क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भृशम्: exceedingly, greatly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भृशम्

• तेन: by him/that
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• धर्मराजः: Dharmaraja (Yudhishthira)
• धर्मराजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मराज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• युधिष्ठिरः: Yudhishthira
• युधिष्ठिरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Yudhiṣṭhira (Dharmarāja)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even a ruler devoted to dharma is not spared suffering; righteousness is tested under pressure, and endurance amid unavoidable conflict becomes part of ethical kingship.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Yudhiṣṭhira has been struck or otherwise harmed and is intensely distressed by it, marking a moment of vulnerability for the Dharmarāja within the battlefield events of Karṇa Parva.