Shloka 533
प्रेषयामास स रुषा सौबलं प्रति भारत । भारत! तब रणभूमिमें अत्यन्त घायल हुए भीमसेनने कुपित हो शकुनिकी ओर एक सुवर्णभूषित बाण चलाया
preṣayāmāsa sa ruṣā saubalaṃ prati bhārata | bhārata! tadā raṇabhūmim atyanta-ghāyalau bhīmasenena kupito śakunim uddiśya suvarṇa-bhūṣitaṃ bāṇam ekaṃ pracukṣepa |
Dijo Sañjaya: Preso de ira, lanzó una flecha hacia Saubala (Śakuni), oh Bhārata. Luego, aunque gravemente herido en el campo de batalla, Bhīmasena—encendido de cólera—disparó contra Śakuni una sola saeta adornada con oro.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how intense anger and long-held enmity can drive decisive action even amid suffering. In the ethical landscape of the Mahābhārata, it warns that war amplifies passions; a warrior’s duty and strategy may be entangled with personal wrath, demanding vigilance over one’s inner state.
Sañjaya reports that Bhīma, though badly wounded, becomes enraged and shoots a gold-adorned arrow at Śakuni (also called Saubala), directing his attack specifically toward the notorious Kaurava ally.