Shloka 7
न च मन्युस्त्वया कार्य इति त्वां प्राह धर्मराट् । संस्मृत्य भीमस्तद्वैरं यदन््यायवदाचरत्,“धर्मराजने आपसे कहलाया है कि भीमसेन पूर्व वैरका स्मरण करके जो कभी-कभी आपके साथ अन्याय-सा कर बैठते हैं, उसके लिये आप इनपर क्रोध न कीजियेगा
na ca manyus tvayā kārya iti tvāṃ prāha dharmarāṭ | saṃsmṛtya bhīmas tad-vairaṃ yad anyāyavad ācarat |
Vaiśampāyana said: “The king of Dharma addressed you thus: ‘You should not give way to anger.’ For Bhīma, recalling the old enmity, sometimes behaves in a manner that seems unjust toward you; for that, you should not be wrathful with him.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes restraint of anger and compassionate forbearance: even if someone acts unjustly due to old hostility, one should not respond with wrath, especially when guided by dharma.
Vaiśampāyana reports that Yudhiṣṭhira (Dharmarāja) counsels the addressed person not to be angry with Bhīma, explaining that Bhīma’s occasional harshness arises from remembering past enmity.