Shloka 22
जज्वाल भीम॑ं स तदा स्मयेन संशृण्वतां कौरवसोमकानाम् । उक्तस्तदा55जौ स तथा सरोषं जगाद भीम॑ परिवर्तनेत्र:
jajvāla bhīmaṁ sa tadā smayena saṁśṛṇvatāṁ kaurava-somakānām | uktas tadā yuddhe sa tathā saroṣaṁ jagāda bhīmaṁ parivartanetraḥ ||
সঞ্জয়ে ক’লে—তেতিয়া কৌৰৱ আৰু সোমকসকলৰ শুনা অৱস্থাত, দুঃশাসনে হাঁহি মাৰি ভীমলৈ চাই ক্ৰোধে জ্বলি উঠিল। ৰণভূমিত ভীমে তেনে ক’তেই তাৰ চকুৰ ভাৱ সলনি হ’ল; তাৰপিছত সি হাঁহি মাৰি ভীমক ৰোষভৰে উত্তৰ দিলে।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how words spoken in war can trigger immediate emotional escalation: a smile can mask contempt, and anger can override restraint. Ethically, it warns that hostile speech and retaliatory intent intensify adharma-like conduct even within a kṣatriya battlefield setting, where self-control remains a virtue.
After Bhīma utters a fierce statement on the battlefield, Duḥśāsana turns to look at him. Seeing Bhīma, Duḥśāsana becomes inflamed with anger; his expression changes, and in front of both Kauravas and Somakas he smiles and then replies to Bhīma in a wrathful tone.