Shloka 7
Gandhamādana-praveśa and Vṛṣaparvan-āśrama
Entry toward Gandhamādana; hospitality and onward route
तमनादृत्य पद्मानि जिहीर्षसि बलादृत: । धर्मराजस्य चात्मानं ब्रवीषि भ्रातरं कथम्,भीमसेन! तुम अपने बलके घमंडमें आकर कुबेरकी अवहेलना करके यहाँसे कमलपुष्पोंका अपहरण करना चाहते हो। ऐसी दशामें अपने-आपको धर्मराजका भाई कैसे बता रहे हो?
tam anādṛtya padmāni jihīrṣasi balādṛtaḥ | dharmarājasya cātmānaṁ bravīṣi bhrātaraṁ katham ||
“Disregarding him, and puffed up with the pride of your strength, you wish to seize these lotus-flowers by force. In such a state, how can you call yourself the brother of Dharmarāja?”
भीम उवाच
Educational Q&A
Strength without humility becomes arrogance; one who claims kinship with a righteous person must act with restraint and respect, not by forceful seizure.
Bhīma is rebuked for wanting to take lotus-flowers by force while disregarding Kubera; the rebuke questions how he can claim to be Yudhiṣṭhira’s brother if he behaves contrary to dharma.