Shloka 69
Virāṭa-parva Adhyāya 22 — Draupadī’s Abduction Attempt and Bhīma’s Suppression of the Kīcakas
तलाभ्यां स तु भीमेन वक्षस्यभिहतो बली । कीचको रोषसंतप्त: पदान्न चलित: पदम्
talābhyāṃ sa tu bhīmena vakṣasy abhihato balī | kīcako roṣa-saṃtaptaḥ padān na calitaḥ padam ||
ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。すると剛力のキーचकは、ビーマに両の開いた掌で胸を打たれた。打撃は確かに届いたが、キーचकは怒りに燃え上がり、それでも立つ場所から一歩たりとも動かなかった――肉体の力への驕りと、やがて報いを招く高慢がいよいよ募っていることを示していた。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Unchecked pride and anger can make one outwardly unshaken yet inwardly blinded; the episode frames Kīcaka’s arrogance as a moral fault that hastens just consequences, while Bhīma’s controlled force serves a larger duty of protecting the vulnerable.
During the confrontation, Bhīma strikes Kīcaka on the chest with both palms. Kīcaka, though hit, becomes enraged and refuses to yield even a step, intensifying the conflict that will culminate in his downfall.