Shloka 57
Kubera’s Arrival and the Disclosure of Agastya’s Curse
Vaiśaṃpāyana–Janamejaya Narrative
तयोरासीत् सम्प्रहार: क्रुद्धयोर्भीमरक्षसो: । अमृष्यमाणयो: सड्ख्ये देवदानवयोरिव,भीमसेन तथा राक्षस दोनोंमें देवताओं और दानवोंके समान युद्ध होने लगा। दोनों ही रोष और अमर्षमें भरकर एक-दूसरेपर प्रहार करने लगे
tayor āsīt samprahāraḥ kruddhayor bhīmarakṣasoḥ | amṛṣyamāṇayoḥ saṅkhye devadānavayor iva ||
Disse Vaiśampāyana: Então irrompeu um choque feroz entre o irado Bhīma e o rākṣasa. Incapazes de se suportar, golpearam-se em combate como os deuses e os dānavas — cada qual movido pela cólera e pelo orgulho ferido, cada qual decidido a subjugar o outro.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how anger and intolerance (amṛṣyā) intensify conflict: when pride and wrath dominate, combat becomes relentless and destructive, resembling cosmic battles. Ethically, it cautions that unchecked krodha turns a contest into a consuming struggle.
A direct, close-quarters fight breaks out between Bhīma and a rākṣasa. Both are furious and unable to bear the other’s challenge, so they exchange blows in a battle compared to the legendary wars between devas and dānavas.