Shloka 40
स गत्वा पाण्डुपुत्रेण तरसा बाहुशालिना । अनायुधेन वीरेण निहत: कि ततो5धिकम्,परंतु अपनी भुजाओंसे सुशोभित होनेवाले वीर पाण्डुपुत्र भीमने वेगपूर्वक वहाँ जाकर बिना किसी अस्त्र-शस्त्रके ही उस जरासंधको यमलोक पहुँचा दिया, इससे बढ़कर पराक्रम और क्या होगा?
sa gatvā pāṇḍuputreṇa tarasā bāhuśālinā | anāyudhena vīreṇa nihataḥ kiṃ tato 'dhikam ||
ドリタラーシュトラは言った。「あのジャラーサンダは、般度の勇子ビーマ—その腕こそ飾りなる者—に疾く迫られ、討たれた。武器を持たず、ただ剛力のみを頼みとして、彼を閻魔の国へ送り返したのだ。これに勝る武勲が、いったいどこにあろうか。」
धृतराष्ट उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights extraordinary valor grounded in personal strength and resolve: true heroism is not merely in possessing weapons but in courage, capability, and decisive action. It also implicitly raises the kṣatriya ideal of prowess while inviting reflection on the ethics of lethal force even when unarmed.
Dhṛtarāṣṭra recalls (or hears of) Jarāsandha’s death: Bhīma, a Pāṇḍava, rushed to him and killed him without using weapons, relying on his powerful arms. Dhṛtarāṣṭra frames this as an unsurpassed act of prowess.