Shloka 4

Devanagari script

भीमस्य वाहाग्रयमुदारवेगं समनन्‍ततो बाणगणैर्निजषघ्नु: । तत: शरानापततो महात्मा चिच्छेद बाणैस्तपनीयपुड्खै:

Transliteration

bhīmasya vāhāgrayam udāravegaṃ samanantato bāṇagaṇair nijaṣaghnur | tataḥ śarān āpatato mahātmā ciccheda bāṇais tapanīya-puṅkhaiḥ ||

Translation

三阇耶说：他们从四面以箭雨猛击毗摩的前驱之乘——那迅疾而强劲的战车与车马。于是大心的毗摩塞那见诸箭奔袭而至，便以自身羽饰金色之箭将其一一截断。依战场之法度，此偈彰显沉着而有节制的技艺：纵遭围逼，毗摩亦以冷静的精准应对，而非惊惶失措。

Word by Word

• भीमस्य: of Bhima
• भीमस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीम
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• वाह: mount/vehicle (here: chariot/steed)
• वाह: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाह
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अग्रयम्: excellent, foremost
• अग्रयम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अग्र्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• उदार: mighty, great
• उदार: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उदार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वेगम्: speed, impetus
• वेगम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेग
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• समन्ततः: on all sides, all around
• समन्ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समन्ततः
• Form: true

• बाणगणैः: with multitudes of arrows
• बाणगणैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाणगण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• निजघ्नुḥ: struck, smote
• निजघ्नुḥ: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: Imperfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः
• Form: true

• शरान्: arrows
• शरान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• आपततः: of (them) falling/coming upon (him)
• आपततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: आपत्
• Form: Present active participle, Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• महात्मा: the great-souled one
• महात्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• चिच्छेद: cut (to pieces)
• चिच्छेद: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: छिद्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• बाणैः: with arrows
• बाणैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• तपनीयपुड्खैः: with arrows having golden (tapanīya) feathers/shafts
• तपनीयपुड्खैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तपनीयपुड्ख
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīma (Bhīmasena)
• arrows (bāṇa/śara)
• chariot-team / chariot-front (vāhāgra)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in violent conflict, the text praises steadiness, alertness, and measured response: Bhīma does not lose control when surrounded; he meets danger with trained precision, reflecting the ideal of disciplined kṣatriya conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīma’s chariot-team/front is attacked from all directions by volleys of arrows. Bhīma then intercepts the incoming shafts, cutting them down with his own arrows described as having golden fletchings.