Shloka 14
अध्याय ७५ — दैव-पुरुषकार-समन्वयः
Reconciling Contingency and Human Effort
विगाढे युधि सम्बाधे वेत्स्यसे मां जनार्दन । जनार्दन! यदि कदाचित् आप मुझे या मेरे पराक्रमको न जानते हों तो जब भयंकर संहारकारी घमासान युद्ध प्रारम्भ होगा, उस समय उगते हुए सूर्यकी प्रभाके समान आप मुझे अवश्य जान लेंगे ।। १३ ह ।। परुषैराक्षिपसि किं व्रणं पूतिमिवोन्नयन्,पके हुए घावको चाकूसे चीरने या उकसानेवाले पुरुषके समान आप मुझे अपने कठोर वचनोंद्वारा तिरस्कृत क्यों कर रहे हैं?
vigaḍhe yudhi sambādhe vetsyase māṃ janārdana | janārdana! yadi kadācit āpa māṃ vā mama parākramaṃ vā na jānīyāḥ, tadā bhayaṅkara-saṃhārakāri ghamāsāna-yuddhe pravṛtte, udayataḥ sūryasya prabhāsadṛśaṃ māṃ niścayaṃ jñāsyasi || paruṣair ākṣipasi kiṃ vraṇaṃ pūtim ivonnayan, pake vraṇaṃ cakrūse chindann iva vā, kathaṃ māṃ kaṭhorair vacobhis tiraskaroṣi? ||
Bhīma said: “In the thick press of battle, in the crush of close combat, you will truly know me, O Janārdana. If at any time you have not recognized me or my prowess, then when the dreadful, slaughtering melee begins, you will surely recognize me—like the radiance of the rising sun. Why do you provoke me with harsh words, as though prying open a festering wound—like a man who cuts into a ripened sore with a knife—stirring pain and anger without need?”
भीमसेन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse contrasts true worth proven by action with needless verbal provocation: Bhīma insists his valor will be evident in the decisive moment of battle, and he criticizes harsh speech that needlessly inflames pain and anger—like reopening a festering wound.
In Udyoga Parva’s pre-war tensions, Bhīma addresses Kṛṣṇa (Janārdana), asserting that once the terrible melee begins Kṛṣṇa will unmistakably witness his prowess, and questioning why Kṛṣṇa’s severe words are provoking him as if aggravating an already painful wound.