Shloka 22
त॑ तु कुण्डलिनं दृष्टवा वर्मणा च समन्वितम् | अवध्यं समरे मत्वा पर्यतप्यद् युधिषछ्िर:,उसे दिव्य कुण्डल और कवचसे संयुक्त देख युद्धमें अवध्य जानकर राजा युधिष्ठिर सदा संतप्त होते रहते थे
taṁ tu kuṇḍalinaṁ dṛṣṭvā varmaṇā ca samanvitam | avadhyaṁ samare matvā paryatapyad yudhiṣṭhiraḥ ||
ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。神なる耳飾りを佩び、鎧を備えた彼の姿を見て、ユディシュティラは戦場において討ち難き者と見定めた。そう胸に刻んだ王は、つねに憂いに沈み—かかる敵が敗れぬかに思える戦の、法（ダルマ）の重荷に心を圧され続けた。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the moral and psychological weight borne by a dharmic ruler: when an opponent appears invulnerable, the king’s distress is not merely strategic but ethical—war becomes a source of inner torment when it seems to demand impossible or unrighteous means to overcome.
Vaiśaṃpāyana narrates that Yudhiṣṭhira sees a warrior marked by divine earrings and armor and concludes that he cannot be slain in battle; this perception makes Yudhiṣṭhira continually anxious and sorrowful.