Shloka 7
Udyoga Parva, Adhyāya 73 — Kr̥ṣṇa’s Appraisal of Bhīma’s Altered Temper and Reaffirmation of Martial Resolve
स मन्युवशमापतन्न: स्वभावं दुष्टमास्थित: । स्वभावात् पापमभ्येति तृणैश्छन्न इवोरग:
sa manyuvaśam āpatannaḥ svabhāvaṃ duṣṭam āsthitaḥ | svabhāvāt pāpam abhyeti tṛṇaiś channa ivoragaḥ ||
Il est tombé sous l’emprise de la colère et s’est réfugié dans une disposition mauvaise. Par sa nature même, il va vers le péché, tel un serpent caché sous l’herbe sèche—dissimulé, mais prêt à frapper et à nuire aux autres.
भीम उवाच
Educational Q&A
Unchecked anger (manyu) can dominate a person and harden into a wicked disposition; when one normalizes such a nature, wrongdoing becomes habitual and dangerous—like a concealed snake that harms without warning.
Bhima condemns an opponent’s moral character, portraying him as ruled by anger and innately inclined to harmful, sinful action, using the image of a snake hidden in grass to stress concealed danger.