Shloka 33
Adhyāya 160: Arjuna’s Envoy-Message—Critique of Borrowed Valor and Pre-dawn Mobilization
सूदकर्मणि च श्रान्तं विराटस्य महानसे । भीमसेनेन कौन्तेय यच्च तन््मम पौरुषम्
sūdakarmaṇi ca śrāntaṃ virāṭasya mahānase | bhīmasenena kaunteya yac ca tan mama pauruṣam ||
ହେ କୌନ୍ତେୟ! ବିରାଟରାଜଙ୍କ ମହାନସରେ ସୂଦକର୍ମରେ ଲାଗି ତୁମ ଭାଇ ଭୀମସେନ ଯେ କ୍ଲାନ୍ତିକର ଶ୍ରମ ସହିଥିଲେ—ସେହିଟି ମଧ୍ୟ ମୋର ପୌରୁଷର ଫଳ।
उलूक उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how pride and taunting are used as weapons: Ulūka claims credit for the Pāṇḍavas’ enforced humiliation, illustrating adharma in speech—deriding another’s hardship to provoke anger and destabilize resolve.
Ulūka, speaking as a hostile envoy, mocks the Pāṇḍavas by recalling their incognito exile at Virāṭa’s court—specifically Bhīma’s disguise as a cook in the royal kitchen—and boasts that this suffering was caused by his side’s power.