Mahabharata — Virata Parva, Shloka 72
Virāṭa-parva Adhyāya 22 — Draupadī’s Abduction Attempt and Bhīma’s Suppression of the Kīcakas
क्रोधाविष्टो विनि:श्वस्य पुनश्चैनं वृकोदर: । जग्राह जयतां श्रेष्ठ: केशेष्वेव तदा भूशम्
krodhāviṣṭo viniḥśvasya punaś cainaṃ vṛkodaraḥ | jagrāha jayatāṃ śreṣṭhaḥ keśeṣv eva tadā bhṛśam ||
ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。なお怒りに囚われ、幾度も荒く息をつきながら、ヴリコーダラ――勝者の中でも最も優れたビーマセーナは、再びキーचकを力任せに掴み、その髪を強く引きつかんだ。この場面は、名誉と正義を守るために放たれた義憤が、悪人が完全に屈するまで激しさを保ち得ることを示している。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the moral tension between anger and duty: when confronting grave wrongdoing, force may be employed to uphold dharma, yet the narrative also shows how anger can persist and must ultimately be governed by righteous purpose rather than personal rage.
Bhīma (Vṛkodara), still inflamed with anger and breathing heavily, again seizes Kīcaka by the hair, continuing the overpowering of Kīcaka in the climactic confrontation of the Kīcaka episode in the Virāṭa court.