Mahabharata · 1.150.7–8
॥
Devanāgarī
यस्य बाहू समाश्रित्य सुखं सर्वे स्वपामहे ॥
राज्यं चापहृतं क्षुद्रैर् आजिहीर्षामहे पुनः ॥
यस्य दुर्योधनो वीर्यं चिन्तयन्न् अमितौजसः ॥
न शेते वसतीः सर्वा दुःखाच् छकुनिना सह ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
yasya bāhū samāśritya sukhaṃ sarve svapāmahe ||
rājyaṃ cāpahṛtaṃ kṣudrair ājihīrṣāmahe punaḥ ||
yasya duryodhano vīryaṃ cintayann amitaujasaḥ ||
na śete vasatīḥ sarvā duḥkhāc chakuninā saha ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
यस्य बाहू समाश्रित्य सुखं सर्वे स्वपामहेyasya bāhū samāśritya sukhaṃ sarve svapāmahe"Relying on whose arms we all sleep peacefully,
राज्यं च अपहृतं क्षुद्रैः आजिहीर्षामहे पुनःrājyaṃ ca apahṛtaṃ kṣudraiḥ ājihīrṣāmahe punaḥand hope to win back again the kingdom taken by the base;
यस्य दुर्योधनः वीर्यं चिन्तयन् अमितौजसःyasya duryodhanaḥ vīryaṃ cintayan amitaujasaḥthinking of whose valor — a man of measureless might —
न शेते वसतीः सर्वाः दुःखात् शकुनिना सहna śete vasatīḥ sarvāḥ duḥkhāt śakuninā sahaDuryodhana does not sleep any night for grief, together with Shakuni;
चापहृतंcāpahṛtaṃoriginal form "cāpahṛtaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
क्षुद्रैर्kṣudrairoriginal form "kṣudrair", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
दुर्योधनोduryodhanooriginal form "duryodhano", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चिन्तयन्न्cintayannoriginal form "cintayann", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सर्वाsarvāoriginal form "sarvā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
दुःखाच्duḥkhācoriginal form "duḥkhāc", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
छकुनिनाchakunināoriginal form "chakuninā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Translation
"Relying on whose arms we all sleep peacefully and hope to win back again the kingdom taken by the base; thinking of whose valor — a man of measureless might — Duryodhana, together with Shakuni, does not sleep through any night for grief, —"
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Here Yudhishthira's very reproach turns into praise of Bhima. It is notable that he enumerates what their hope rests upon: on Bhima's arms rests both their untroubled sleep and their hope of regaining the kingdom. Notable too that Bhima's valor robs Duryodhana himself of sleep: the virtue of the righteous is a terror to the wicked. The family's mainstay in time of calamity is its strongest defender, and to risk him seems to Yudhishthira reckless. Thus the scripture shows how dear Bhima is to his brothers; and in this recounting of his merits there sounds not dry calculation but love, fearful of losing its support and its brother.