Shloka 23
भीमसेनस्य आत्मबलप्रशंसा — Bhīmasena’s Assertion of Strength
Udyoga Parva, Adhyāya 74
न चैतदनुरूपं ते यत् ते ग्लानिररिंदम । यदोजसा न लभते क्षत्रियो न तदश्लुते
na caitad anurūpaṃ te yat te glānir ariṃdama | yad ojasā na labhate kṣatriyo na tad aśnute śatrudamana ||
Disse Vaiśampāyana: “Esse desalento que surgiu em ti não é de modo algum condizente com alguém como tu, ó domador de inimigos. Pois um kṣatriya não desfruta nem faz uso daquilo que não pode obter por seu próprio vigor e valor.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
A warrior’s ethical code (kṣatriya-dharma) rejects paralysis by dejection: one should rely on personal vigor and rightful effort, and not seek to enjoy gains that were not earned through one’s own strength and courage.
Vaiśampāyana comments on a warrior being overcome by glāni (despondency) and rebukes it as unworthy, asserting the martial norm that a kṣatriya should pursue and accept only what is secured through valor, not through weakness or unearned advantage.