Shloka 72

Devanagari script

क्रोधाविष्टो विनि:श्वस्य पुनश्चैनं वृकोदर: । जग्राह जयतां श्रेष्ठ: केशेष्वेव तदा भूशम्‌,विजयी वीरोंमें श्रेष्ठ भीमसेनका क्रोधावेश अभी उतरा नहीं था। उन्होंने पुनः बारंबार उच्छवास लेकर कीचकके केश पकड़ लिये

Transliteration

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

Translation

Masih dikuasai amarah dan terengah-engah berulang kali, Vrikodara—Bhimasena, yang utama di antara para pemenang—kembali mencengkeram Kicaka dengan keras pada rambutnya.

Word by Word

क्रोधाविष्टःovercome by anger

विनिःश्वस्यhaving breathed out / exhaling

पुनःagain

चand

एनम्him (this one)

वृकोदरःVrikodara (Bhima)

जग्राहseized

जयताम्of the victorious

श्रेष्ठःthe best

केशेषुin/at the hair

एवindeed / just

तदाthen

भूशम्firmly / strongly

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Vṛkodara (Bhīmasena)

Kīcaka

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

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.

What is happening in the narrative?

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.