Shloka 7
भीमस्य बल्लव-प्रतिज्ञा तथा अर्जुनस्य बृहन्नडा-रूप-निर्णयः
Bhīma’s Ballava Vow and Arjuna’s Decision to Become Bṛhannadā
ये च केचिन्नियोत्स्यन्ति समाजेषु नियोधका: । तानहं हि नियोत्स्यामि रतिं तस्य विवर्धयन्,तथा जो कोई भी मल्लयुद्ध करनेवाले पहलवान जनसमाजमें दंगल करना चाहेंगे, राजाका प्रेम बढ़ानेके, लिये मैं उनसे भी भिड़ जाऊँगा
ye ca kecin niyotsyanti samājeṣu niyodhakāḥ | tān ahaṃ hi niyotsyāmi ratiṃ tasya vivardhayan |
Bhīmasena dit : «Et si, dans les assemblées publiques, des lutteurs souhaitent engager des combats, je les affronterai moi aussi—afin d’accroître la joie de ce roi.»
भीमसेन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even while living incognito, Bhīma frames his strength as disciplined service: he will accept challenges not for vanity, but to fulfill his role and sustain the king’s goodwill, supporting the larger dharmic mission of the Pāṇḍavas’ concealment.
During the Pāṇḍavas’ year of hiding in Virāṭa’s kingdom, Bhīma indicates that if wrestlers in public gatherings seek bouts, he will fight them, aiming to entertain and please the king—consistent with his assumed position and the need to remain safely established at court.