Shloka 48
Virāṭa-parva Adhyāya 22 — Draupadī’s Abduction Attempt and Bhīma’s Suppression of the Kīcakas
भीमसेन बोले--सौभाग्यकी बात है कि तुम ऐसे दर्शनीय हो और यह भी भाग्यकी ही बात है कि तुम स्वयं ही अपनी प्रशंसा कर रहे हो। परंतु ऐसा कोमल स्पर्श भी तुम्हें पहले कभी नहीं प्राप्त हुआ होगा ।।
bhīmasena uvāca—sparśaṁ vetsi vidagdhas tvaṁ kāma-dharma-vicakṣaṇaḥ | strīṇāṁ prīti-karo nānyas tvat-samaḥ puruṣas tv iha ||
ビーマセーナは言った。「汝は触れ合いの術に通じているようだ—巧みにして見識深く、恋の道とその掟を知り尽くした者のごとく。この世で女たちを喜ばせることにおいて、汝に並ぶ男はいない。だが、これほど柔らかな触れ方を、汝はおそらく未だ受けたことがあるまい。」
भीमसेन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores ethical reversal: one who prides himself on exploiting intimacy is confronted by a stronger moral force. Skill in sensual matters without restraint and righteousness becomes a mark of vice, and the narrative frames such pride as deserving correction.
Bhīma addresses a man boasting of his prowess in pleasing women, responding with cutting irony. He acknowledges the man’s claimed expertise in touch and love-craft, then warns that the gentle touch being offered is unlike anything he has experienced—foreshadowing a decisive, punitive encounter within the Virāṭa court episode.