Shloka 66
अध्याय ७५ — दैव-पुरुषकार-समन्वयः
Reconciling Contingency and Human Effort
अतिवादापविद्धस्तु वक्ष्यामि बलमात्मन: । यद्यपि स्वयं अपनी प्रशंसा करना सर्वथा नीच पुरुषोंका ही कार्य है
ativādāpaviddhas tu vakṣyāmi balam ātmanaḥ |
ビーマセーナは言った。「あなたの度を越した侮辱の言葉に刺され、今こそ我が力を語ろう。自らを讃えることは本来、卑しき者の振る舞いである。だが我が名誉に背くあなたの言葉が我を傷つけたゆえ、その侮りに迫られて、我は我が威力を宣言する。」
भीमसेन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Speech has ethical weight: excessive or insulting words can provoke even the disciplined into self-assertion. Bhīma acknowledges that self-praise is normally blameworthy, yet frames his response as compelled by an attack on honor—highlighting the tension between humility and the duty to defend one’s dignity.
In the pre-war negotiations and confrontations of the Udyoga Parva, Bhīma responds to a verbal affront. Feeling dishonored by the other party’s harsh or overbearing words, he announces that he will speak of his own strength, signaling rising hostility and the hardening of positions before the war.