Shloka 18
Yudhiṣṭhira’s Reproof and Vow-Logic: On Dice-Deception, Exile Terms, and the Governance of Anger
Adhyāya 35
शीलदोषाद् घृणाविष्ट आनृशंस्यात् परंतप । क्लेशांस्तितिक्षसे राजन् नान्य: कश्चिचत् प्रशंसति,परंतप युधिष्ठिर! आप शील-स्वभावके दोष और कोमलतासे एवं दयाभावसे युक्त होनेके कारण इतने क्लेश सह रहे हैं, परंतु महाराज! इसके लिये आपकी कोई प्रशंसा नहीं करता है
bhīmasena uvāca | śīladoṣād ghṛṇāviṣṭa ānṛśaṁsyāt paraṁtapa | kleśāṁs titikṣase rājan nānyaḥ kaścit praśaṁsati |
Bhīma disse: “Ó flagelo dos inimigos, por uma falha na tua própria disposição — dominado pela ternura e movido pela compaixão — suportas estas agruras. E, no entanto, ó Rei, ninguém te louva por carregar tamanho sofrimento.”
भीमसेन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse contrasts compassion and forbearance with pragmatic royal duty: endurance born of soft-heartedness may not earn social praise, and a ruler must weigh mercy against the demands of justice and protection.
Bhīma addresses Yudhiṣṭhira, criticizing his gentle, compassionate temperament as the reason he tolerates severe hardships; Bhīma adds that such suffering is not even publicly commended, implying it is ineffective or misplaced.