Shloka 7

Devanagari script

न च मन्युस्त्वया कार्य इति त्वां प्राह धर्मराट्‌ । संस्मृत्य भीमस्तद्वैरं यदन्‍्यायवदाचरत्‌,“धर्मराजने आपसे कहलाया है कि भीमसेन पूर्व वैरका स्मरण करके जो कभी-कभी आपके साथ अन्याय-सा कर बैठते हैं, उसके लिये आप इनपर क्रोध न कीजियेगा

Transliteration

na ca manyus tvayā kārya iti tvāṃ prāha dharmarāṭ | saṃsmṛtya bhīmas tad-vairaṃ yad anyāyavad ācarat |

Translation

Вайшампаяна сказал: «Царь Дхармы сказал тебе так: “Не предавайся гневу”. Ибо Бхима, вспоминая прежнюю вражду, порой ведёт себя с тобой так, что это кажется несправедливым; за это не гневайся на него.»

Word by Word

नnot

चand

मन्युःanger

त्वयाby you / for you (to have)

कार्यःto be done; to be undertaken (necessary)

इतिthus (quotative)

त्वाम्you

प्राहsaid

धर्मराट्the king of dharma (Yudhiṣṭhira)

संस्मृत्यhaving remembered

भीमःBhīma

तत्that

वैरम्enmity

यत्which

अन्यायवत्unjustly; as if unjust

आचरत्behaved; acted

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira)

Bhīma (Bhīmasena)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes restraint of anger and compassionate forbearance: even if someone acts unjustly due to old hostility, one should not respond with wrath, especially when guided by dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana reports that Yudhiṣṭhira (Dharmarāja) counsels the addressed person not to be angry with Bhīma, explaining that Bhīma’s occasional harshness arises from remembering past enmity.