Shloka 7
Udyoga Parva, Adhyāya 73 — Kr̥ṣṇa’s Appraisal of Bhīma’s Altered Temper and Reaffirmation of Martial Resolve
स मन्युवशमापतन्न: स्वभावं दुष्टमास्थित: । स्वभावात् पापमभ्येति तृणैश्छन्न इवोरग:,उसने क्रोधके वशीभूत होकर दुष्ट स्वभावका आश्रय ले रखा है। वह तिनकोंमें छिपे सर्पकी भाँति स्वभावतः दूसरोंकी हिंसा करता है
sa manyuvaśam āpatannaḥ svabhāvaṃ duṣṭam āsthitaḥ | svabhāvāt pāpam abhyeti tṛṇaiś channa ivoragaḥ ||
لقد وقع تحت سلطان الغضب، واتخذ ملاذًا في طبعٍ خبيث. وبحكم طبيعته يميل إلى الإثم، كأفعى كامنة تحت العشب اليابس—مستترة، لكنها على أهبة أن تنقضّ وتؤذي الآخرين.
भीम उवाच
Educational Q&A
Unchecked anger (manyu) can dominate a person and harden into a wicked disposition; when one normalizes such a nature, wrongdoing becomes habitual and dangerous—like a concealed snake that harms without warning.
Bhima condemns an opponent’s moral character, portraying him as ruled by anger and innately inclined to harmful, sinful action, using the image of a snake hidden in grass to stress concealed danger.