महाभारत · 1.140.11
॥
देवनागरी
हिडिम्बोवाच
नावमन्ये नरव्याघ्र त्वाम् अहं देवरूपिणम् ॥
दृष्टापदानस् तु मया मानुषेष्व् एव राक्षसः ॥
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
hiḍimbovāca
nāvamanye naravyāghra tvām ahaṃ devarūpiṇam ||
dṛṣṭāpadānas tu mayā mānuṣeṣv eva rākṣasaḥ ||
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
न अवमन्ये नरव्याघ्र त्वाम् अहं देवरूपिणम्na avamanye naravyāghra tvām ahaṃ devarūpiṇam'I do not disdain you, O tiger among men, godlike as you are;
दृष्टापदानः तु मया मानुषेषु एव राक्षसःdṛṣṭāpadānaḥ tu mayā mānuṣeṣu eva rākṣasaḥbut I have seen the deeds of [this] rakshasa among men'
हिडिम्बोवाचhiḍimbovācaoriginal form "hiḍimbovāca", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
नावमन्येnāvamanyeoriginal form "nāvamanye", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
दृष्टापदानस्dṛṣṭāpadānasoriginal form "dṛṣṭāpadānas", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
मानुषेष्व्mānuṣeṣvoriginal form "mānuṣeṣv", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अनुवाद
Hidimba said: "I do not disdain you, O tiger among men, godlike as you are; but I have seen [before] the deeds of this rakshasa among men."
संस्करण
f2c4301ecab0 · प्रकाशित 12 जुल॰ 2026, 5:03:09 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Here the rakshasi's anxiety is born not of doubt in Bhima but of experience. Telling is her explanation: she is afraid not because she reveres Bhima little, but because she has seen how her brother destroyed people: knowledge of past crimes gives rise to fear. In this is the natural caution of a loving heart: it trembles for the beloved even while believing in his strength. So the text shows the subtlety of her feeling: both reverence for Bhima's valor and the anxiety of love that remembers the enemy's might. It is this very love that will make her an ally of the righteous.