Shloka 36
भीमसेन उवाच एवमेतत् करिष्यामि यथा त्वं भीरु भाषसे । अद्य तं॑ सूदयिष्यामि कीचकं सह बान्धवै:,भीमसेन बोले--ठीक है, भीरु! तुम जैसा कहती हो, वही करूँगा। आज मैं उस कीचकको उसके भाई-बन्धुओंसहित मार डालूँगा
bhīmasena uvāca evam etat kariṣyāmi yathā tvaṃ bhīru bhāṣase | adya taṃ sūdayiṣyāmi kīcakaṃ saha bāndhavaiḥ ||
ଭୀମସେନ କହିଲେ—“ଏମିତି ହେଉ। ହେ ଭୀରୁ, ତୁମେ ଯେପରି କହୁଛ, ସେପରି ମୁଁ କରିବି। ଆଜି ମୁଁ ସେ କୀଚକକୁ ତା’ର ବାନ୍ଧବମାନଙ୍କ ସହିତ ବଧ କରିଦେବି।”
भीमसेन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Strength is to be used in service of dharma: Bhīma’s pledge frames violence not as personal rage but as the removal of an oppressor who violates social and moral boundaries, thereby protecting the vulnerable and restoring order.
In the Virāṭa kingdom during the Pāṇḍavas’ incognito exile, Bhīma responds to the distressed appeal (implicitly Draupadī) and vows to kill Kīcaka—an influential aggressor—along with his supporters/kinsmen.