Mahabharata — Virata Parva, Shloka 81
Virāṭa-parva Adhyāya 22 — Draupadī’s Abduction Attempt and Bhīma’s Suppression of the Kīcakas
निष्पिष्य पाणिना पार्णिं संदष्टौष्ठपुर्ट बली । समाक्रम्य च संक्रुद्धो बलेन बलिनां वर:
niṣpiṣya pāṇinā pārṇiṃ saṃdaṣṭauṣṭha-puṭo balī | samākramya ca saṃkruddho balena balināṃ varaḥ ||
బలవంతులలో శ్రేష్ఠుడైన భీముడు—ఇంకా కోపంతో ఉప్పొంగుతూ—చేతిని చేతితో రుద్దుతూ, పళ్ళతో పెదవిని బిగించి, మళ్లీ అపార బలంతో కీచకునిపై దూకాడు।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Strength is ethically justified when used as disciplined, dharma-aligned force to restrain and punish adharma—here, Bhīma’s anger is directed toward correcting grave wrongdoing rather than indulging in needless violence.
Bhīma, still furious, rubs his palms, clenches his lips, and forcefully attacks Kīcaka again—intensifying the confrontation in the Kīcaka-vadha (slaying of Kīcaka) sequence.