Shloka 8
Bhīma–Duryodhana Gadāyuddha Saṃkalpa
Resolve for the Mace Duel
श्रुत्वा स कटुका वाचो विषमस्थो नराधिप: । दीर्घमुष्णं च नि:श्वस्य सलिलस्थ: पुन: पुन:
śrutvā sa kaṭukā vāco viṣamastho narādhipaḥ | dīrgham uṣṇaṃ ca niḥśvasya salilasthaḥ punaḥ punaḥ ||
قال سنجيا: لما سمع الملكُ تلك الكلماتِ القاسية—وقد وقع في مأزقٍ خطير—أطلق زفراتٍ طويلةً حارّةً مرارًا وتكرارًا، كأنما هو غارقٌ في الماء، مثقَلٌ مغلوبٌ يجاهد ليثبّت نفسه.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Harsh speech has immediate moral and psychological consequences: it can wound, destabilize judgment, and deepen suffering—especially in moments of crisis—so restraint and responsibility in speech are ethically significant.
Sañjaya narrates that the king, after hearing bitter words, becomes inwardly shaken; he repeatedly exhales long, burning sighs, portrayed with the vivid simile of someone submerged in water—overwhelmed and struggling under the weight of events.