Shloka 30
कर्णिनालीकनाराचानुत्सूजन् भरतर्षभ । स त्वमोघानिषून् मुक््त्वा तृष्णयाभिप्रपीडित:
karṇinālīkanārācān utsṛjan bharatarṣabha | sa tvam oghāniṣūn muktvā tṛṣṇayābhiprapīḍitaḥ ||
যক্ষ বলল—“হে ভরতশ্রেষ্ঠ! তুমি কর্ণযুক্ত তীর, নালিক ও নারাচ নিক্ষেপ করছ; তবু তৃষ্ণায় পীড়িত হয়েও তুমি অমোঘ শরসমূহের এক সম্পূর্ণ বর্ষা ছুড়ে দিয়েছ।”
यक्ष उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even when one possesses strength and skill (symbolized by a flawless volley of arrows), bodily craving and distress (thirst) can still dominate; the episode points toward the need for restraint, discernment, and humility before higher law (dharma).
In the Yakṣa episode, the Yakṣa addresses Yudhiṣṭhira with a pointed observation: despite being afflicted by thirst, he has acted with force and martial capability—shooting a barrage of powerful arrows—setting the stage for the Yakṣa’s moral and philosophical testing.