Shloka 24
द्रौपदी-भीमसेनसंवादः
Draupadī–Bhīmasena Dialogue on Suffering, Kāla, and Daiva
यस्य सम रथघोषेण समकम्पत मेदिनी । सपर्वतवना भीम सहस्थावरजड्मा
yasya sama-ratha-ghoṣeṇa sama-kampata medinī | sa-parvata-vanā bhīma saha-sthāvara-jaṅgamā || bhīmasena! yasya mahā-bhāgyavataḥ putrasya utpattau mātāḥ kuntyāḥ sarvaḥ śoko naṣṭaḥ | sa eva tava kaniyān bhrātā arjunaḥ adya sva-duravasthayā māṃ śoka-magnaṃ karoti ||
Vaiśampāyana berkata: “Wahai Bhīma! Dia yang dentuman keretanya dahulu membuat bumi bergetar—bersama gunung-ganang dan rimba, bersama segala yang tidak bergerak dan yang bergerak—dia yang kelahirannya yang bertuah menghapuskan seluruh dukacita Ibu Kuntī: itulah adikmu Arjuna; kini, kerana keadaan hinanya pada saat ini, dia menenggelamkan aku dalam kesedihan.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse contrasts past glory with present hardship to highlight the instability of worldly conditions and the ethical weight of empathy: even the mighty can fall into distress, and the righteous response is compassionate concern rather than pride.
Vaiśampāyana addresses Bhīma, recalling Arjuna’s former awe-inspiring power and the joy his birth brought to Kuntī, and then laments that Arjuna’s current degraded situation (during the Virāṭa-period hardships) has made the narrator sorrowful.