Shloka 10

Hanūmān’s Embrace, Counsel, and Promise to Amplify Bhīma’s Battle-Roar

Gandhamādana Continuation

Devanagari script

भीम उवाच युगसंख्यां समाचक्ष्व आचारं च युगे युगे । धर्मकामार्थभावांश्ष कर्मवीर्ये भवाभवौ,भीमसेनने कहा--कपिप्रवर! आप मुझे युगोंकी संख्या बताइये और प्रत्येक युगमें जो आचार, धर्म, अर्थ एवं कामके तत्त्व, शुभाशुभ कर्म, उन कर्मोकी शक्ति तथा उत्पत्ति और विनाशादि भाव होते हैं, उनका भी वर्णन कीजिये

Transliteration

bhīma uvāca yuga-saṅkhyāṃ samācakṣva ācāraṃ ca yuge yuge | dharma-kāma-artha-bhāvāṃś ca karma-vīrye bhavābhavau ||

Translation

毗摩说：“哦，群猴之最胜者，请告诉我诸劫（yuga）的数目与次第，以及每一劫中所行之正当行仪（ācāra）。也请说明众生对法（dharma）、利（artha）与欲（kāma）的倾向；吉与凶之业行；诸业之力；并阐明万有如何生起、又如何消逝的过程。”

Word by Word

भीमःBhima

उवाचsaid

युग-संख्याम्the number of yugas

समाचक्ष्वtell / explain

आचारम्conduct, practice

चand

युगेin (each) yuga

युगेin (every) yuga

धर्म-काम-अर्थ-भावान्the states/aspects of dharma, kama, and artha

कर्म-वीर्येin the potency of actions (karmas)

भव-अभवौarising and ceasing; existence and non-existence

Speaker

भीम उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhima (Bhimasena)

Kapi-pravara (foremost of monkeys)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames an ethical-cosmological inquiry: moral conduct (ācāra) and the balance of dharma, artha, and kāma are not abstract but understood in relation to time (yugas) and karmic causality—how actions gain efficacy and lead to arising and passing away of conditions.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhima addresses a revered monkey-figure (kapi-pravara) and requests a systematic explanation of the yugas and the norms and moral dynamics characteristic of each age, including how good and bad actions operate and how creation and dissolution are understood.