Shloka 25
Kṛṣṇa at Duryodhana’s House: Refusal of Hospitality and Departure to Vidura (कृष्णस्य धार्तराष्ट्रनिवेशनगमनम्)
क्रोधं बलममर्ष च यो निधाय परंतप: । जितात्मा पाण्डवोअमर्षी भ्रातुस्तिष्ठति शासने
vaiśampāyana uvāca | krodhaṁ balam amarṣaṁ ca yo nidhāya paraṁtapaḥ | jitātmā pāṇḍavo 'marṣī bhrātus tiṣṭhati śāsane ||
Vaiśampāyana disse: “Aquele Pāṇḍava, flagelo dos inimigos, embora por natureza seja intolerante e feroz, contém dentro de si a cólera, a força e a indignação. Dominando-se, permanece firme sob o comando de seu irmão.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even immense power and righteous fury must be governed by self-mastery; true strength is shown when one restrains anger and acts within dharma, here expressed as disciplined obedience to a rightful leader (the elder brother).
The narrator characterizes Bhīma: though fierce and easily provoked, he contains his anger and remains under his brother’s command—highlighting the Pāṇḍavas’ internal discipline on the eve of major political and military decisions.