Shloka 43

Duryodhana-patana-anuśocana

The Fall of Duryodhana and the Contest of Restraint

Devanagari script

राजन! तदनन्तर दो घड़ी सुस्ताकर प्रतापी भीमसेनने निकट आये हुए दुर्योधनपर बड़े वेगसे आक्रमण किया ।।

Transliteration

tam āpatatantaṁ samprekṣya saṁrabdham amitaujasam | mogham asya prahāraṁ taṁ cikīrṣur bharatarṣabha ||

Translation

见毗摩——威力无量——挟烈怒如火冲杀而来，杜尤陀那，噢，婆罗多族之雄，决意使那迎面一击落空。在战阵喧腾之中，他欲在重击落下之前先行化解，以审慎的防御对抗猛力。

Word by Word

• [{'term': 'tam', 'definition': 'him (Bhīma)'}, {'term': 'āpatatantam', 'definition': 'rushing/falling upon

• charging toward (accusative singular, present participle)'}, {'term': 'samprekṣya', 'definition': 'having seen

• observing'}, {'term': 'saṁrabdham', 'definition': 'enraged

• fiercely intent'}, {'term': 'amitaujasam', 'definition': 'of immeasurable vigor/energy

• exceedingly powerful'}, {'term': 'mogham', 'definition': 'fruitless

• in vain'}, {'term': 'asya', 'definition': 'of him

• his'}, {'term': 'prahāram', 'definition': 'blow

• attack'}, {'term': 'cikīrṣuḥ', 'definition': 'wishing/intending to do (desiderative sense)'}, {'term': 'bharatarṣabha', 'definition': 'O bull of the Bharatas (honorific address to the listener)'}]

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīmasena (Bhīma)
• Duryodhana
• Bharata (dynastic epithet: Bharatarṣabha)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid righteous warfare, raw fury (saṁrabdha) must be met with discernment and strategy; the verse highlights how power alone is not decisive—timely counteraction can make a mighty blow ‘mogha’ (ineffective).

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīma charges at Duryodhana in anger, poised to strike. Duryodhana, seeing the attack coming, intends to neutralize or deflect the blow so it does not achieve its purpose.