Shloka 2
भीम उवाच प्रातिकाम्यनयत् कृष्णां सभायां प्रेष्यवत् तदा । न मया निहततस्तत्र तेन प्राप्ता: सम संशयम्,भीमसेनने कहा--जब प्रातिकामीकी जगह दूत बनकर गया हुआ दु:शासन द्रौपदीको कौरवोंकी सभामें दासीकी भाँति बलपूर्वक खींच ले आया, उस समय मैंने जो उसका वध नहीं कर डाला; इसीके कारण हमलोग ऐसे धर्मसंकटमें पड़े हैं
bhīma uvāca | prātikāmyānayat kṛṣṇāṃ sabhāyāṃ preṣyavat tadā | na mayā nihatatas tatra tena prāptāḥ sma saṃśayam ||
Bhīma disse: “Quando então Duḥśāsana, indo no lugar de Pratikāmin como um mero mensageiro servil, arrastou Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī) para a assembleia dos Kaurava como se fosse uma escrava, à força, eu não o matei ali mesmo. Por essa falha, caímos agora neste terrível aperto do dharma, cheios de dúvida.”
भीम उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights moral responsibility and the ethical cost of inaction: failing to resist an obvious injustice at the decisive moment can lead to deeper, prolonged dharma-conflict and collective suffering.
Bhima recalls the earlier court episode in which Draupadi was brought into the royal assembly in a humiliating manner. He laments that he did not immediately kill the one who brought her, and he interprets their present crisis as a consequence of that restraint or failure to act.