Shloka 34
धर्मरहस्योपदेशः
Dharma-rahasya Instruction: Vows, Truth, and Non-injury
भीमसेनो<थ संक्रुद्धस्तस्य सैन्यं दुरासदम् । नाराचैरविमलैस्ती&णैर्दिश: प्राद्रावषद् बली,बलवान् भीमसेनने अत्यन्त कुपित होकर चमचमाते हुए तीखे नाराचोंसे आपकी दुर्जय सेनाको सम्पूर्ण दिशाओंमें खदेड़ दिया
bhīmaseno 'tha saṅkruddhas tasya sainyaṃ durāsadam | nārācair vimalais tīkṣṇair diśaḥ prādrāvaṣad balī balavān ||
അപ്പോൾ ബലവാനായ ഭീമസേനൻ അത്യന്തം ക്രുദ്ധനായി, നിർമലവും മൂർച്ചയുമുള്ള നാരാചബാണങ്ങളാൽ ആ ദുർജയ സൈന്യത്തെ എല്ലാദിക്കുകളിലേക്കും ഓടിച്ചുവിട്ടു।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the immense destructive capacity of anger when harnessed in war: Bhīma’s wrath becomes a force that scatters a formidable army. Ethically, it points to the double-edged nature of kṣatriya power—effective in protecting one’s cause, yet rooted in intense passions that must be governed by dharma.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Bhīma, furious, attacks the opposing host and drives it to flight in every direction using sharp nārāca arrows, effectively routing a previously hard-to-assail formation.