Shloka 21
श्रुत्वा तु तद् भीमवच: सुघोरं दुःशासनो भीमसेन निरीक्ष्य
śrutvā tu tad bhīmavacaḥ sughoraṃ duḥśāsano bhīmasenaṃ nirīkṣya |
সঞ্জয়ে ক’লে—ভীমৰ সেই অতি ভয়ংকৰ বাক্য শুনি দুঃশাসনে ভীমসেনলৈ চাইলে। চাইতেই সি ক্ৰোধে জ্বলি উঠিল; আৰু কৌৰৱ আৰু সোমকসকলৰ শুনা অৱস্থাত, ৰণভূমিত ভ্ৰূকুটি কুঁচকাই, হাঁহি মাৰি ৰোষভৰে ক’লে।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how speech on the battlefield—especially words driven by vengeance—can immediately inflame anger and escalate violence. It implicitly warns that harsh, fearsome utterances have ethical weight: they shape intention, provoke retaliation, and intensify adharma-like impulses even amid a dharma-framed war.
Sañjaya reports that Duḥśāsana hears Bhīma’s terrifying challenge or threat, looks directly at him, and becomes enraged. In front of both sides—Kauravas and Somakas—he responds with a grim smile and wrathful speech, signaling an imminent clash and the sharpening of personal enmity within the larger war.