Shloka 166
अध्याय ७५ — दैव-पुरुषकार-समन्वयः
Reconciling Contingency and Human Effort
द्रष्टा मां त्वं च लोकश्न विकर्षन्तं वरान् वरान् जब (घमासान युद्धमें) मैं कुपित होकर मतवाले हाथियों, रथियों तथा घुड़सवारोंको धराशायी करना और फेंकना आरम्भ करूँगा एवं दूसरे श्रेष्ठ क्षत्रियवीरोंका वध करने लगूँगा, उस समय आप और दूसरे लोग भी मुझे देखेंगे कि मैं किस प्रकार चुन-चुनकर प्रधान-प्रधान वीरोंका संहार कर रहा हूँ
draṣṭā māṃ tvaṃ ca loka-jña vikarṣantaṃ varān varān; yuddhe krodha-samāviṣṭo mattān gajān rathinaś ca hayārohāṃś ca pātayiṣyāmi prakṣepsyāmi ca; anyāṃś ca śreṣṭhān kṣatriya-vīrān nihaniṣyāmi; tadā tvaṃ ca pare lokāś ca māṃ drakṣyatha yathāhaṃ pradhāna-pradhānān vīrān vicitya vicitya saṃharāmi.
Bhīmasena disse: «Tu, que conheces os caminhos do mundo, verás como eu arrasto para a queda os melhores dos guerreiros. Quando, na fúria de uma batalha terrível, eu começar a derrubar e a lançar de lado elefantes enfurecidos, combatentes de carro e cavaleiros, e quando me puser a matar outros eminentes heróis kṣatriya, então tu e o povo vereis como escolho, um a um, os principais campeões e os destruo.»
भीमसेन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse foregrounds kṣatriya-dharma as martial duty: Bhīma frames his coming violence as deliberate, targeted destruction of leading enemy champions. Ethically, it highlights the tension between righteous duty in war and the dangerous momentum of anger (krodha) that can intensify violence.
Bhīma declares that, once battle begins, he will in wrath bring down elephants, chariot-fighters, and cavalry, and will systematically pick out and kill the foremost kṣatriya heroes—so that the addressed ‘knower of the world’ and others will witness his selective slaughter of principal warriors.