Shloka 9
Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 50 — Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Appraisal of Bhīmasena (भीमसेनभयवर्णनम्)
यथा मृगाणां यूथेषु सिंहो जातबलभ्चरेत् मामकेषु तथा भीमो बलेषु विचरिष्यति,जैसे बलवान सिंह मृगोंके यूथोंमें निःशंक विचरण करता है, उसी प्रकार भीमसेन मेरी विशाल वाहिनियोंमें बेखटके विचरेगा
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca |
yathā mṛgāṇāṁ yūtheṣu siṁho jātabalas caret māmakeṣu tathā bhīmo baleṣu vicariṣyati |
Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: “Just as a lion, newly come into its strength, roams fearlessly among herds of deer, so will Bhīma move unhindered through my own great armies.”
धृतराष्ट उवाच
Educational Q&A
Mere numbers and outward might cannot secure victory when facing a truly powerful and resolute warrior; fear and foreboding arise when one recognizes the ethical and strategic cost of unjust conflict.
Dhṛtarāṣṭra voices apprehension about the coming war, imagining Bhīma moving through the Kaurava forces as effortlessly and fearlessly as a lion among deer—an omen of devastation for his side.