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Mahabharata — Virata Parva, Shloka 72

Virāṭa-parva Adhyāya 22 — Draupadī’s Abduction Attempt and Bhīma’s Suppression of the Kīcakas

क्रोधाविष्टो विनि:श्वस्य पुनश्चैनं वृकोदर: । जग्राह जयतां श्रेष्ठ: केशेष्वेव तदा भूशम्‌

krodhāviṣṭo viniḥśvasya punaś cainaṃ vṛkodaraḥ | jagrāha jayatāṃ śreṣṭhaḥ keśeṣv eva tadā bhṛśam ||

Vaiśampāyana dit : Toujours saisi de colère et haletant à plusieurs reprises, Vṛkodara—Bhīmasena, le premier parmi les vainqueurs—empoigna de nouveau Kīcaka avec force, le saisissant par les cheveux. La scène souligne que la colère juste, une fois déchaînée pour défendre l’honneur et la justice, peut demeurer intense jusqu’à ce que le coupable soit entièrement dompté.

क्रोधाविष्टःovercome by anger
क्रोधाविष्टः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootक्रोध-आविष्ट
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
विनिःश्वस्यhaving breathed out / exhaling
विनिःश्वस्य:
TypeVerb
Rootनि-श्वस् (धातु: श्वस्)
FormAbsolutive (Gerund)
पुनःagain
पुनः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
एनम्him (this one)
एनम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (एतद्-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
वृकोदरःVrikodara (Bhima)
वृकोदरः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवृकोदर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
जग्राहseized
जग्राह:
TypeVerb
Rootग्रह्
FormPerfect, 3, Singular
जयताम्of the victorious
जयताम्:
TypeVerb
Rootजि
FormPresent participle (active), Genitive plural (of those who are victorious)
श्रेष्ठःthe best
श्रेष्ठः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootश्रेष्ठ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
केशेषुin/at the hair
केशेषु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootकेश
FormMasculine, Locative, Plural
एवindeed / just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
तदाthen
तदा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतदा
भूशम्firmly / strongly
भूशम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootभूशम्

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśampāyana
V
Vṛkodara (Bhīmasena)
K
Kīcaka

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights the moral tension between anger and duty: when confronting grave wrongdoing, force may be employed to uphold dharma, yet the narrative also shows how anger can persist and must ultimately be governed by righteous purpose rather than personal rage.

Bhīma (Vṛkodara), still inflamed with anger and breathing heavily, again seizes Kīcaka by the hair, continuing the overpowering of Kīcaka in the climactic confrontation of the Kīcaka episode in the Virāṭa court.