Shloka 12
Kuntī’s Consolation to Draupadī and Lament for the Dispossessed Pandavas (सभा पर्व, अध्याय 70)
भीमसेन उवाच यद्येष गुरुरस्माकं धर्मराजो महामना: । न प्रभु: स्थात् कुलस्यास्य न वयं मर्षयेमहि
bhīmasena uvāca yadyeṣa gurur asmākaṃ dharmarājo mahāmanāḥ | na prabhuḥ sthāt kulasyāsya na vayaṃ marṣayema hi ||
ภีมเสนกล่าวว่า “หากธรรมราชผู้มีจิตใจสูงส่งนี้—ผู้เป็นพี่ใหญ่และผู้นำของเรา เป็นเจ้าและผู้พิทักษ์โดยชอบธรรมแห่งวงศ์นี้—มิได้เป็นเช่นนั้นแล้วไซร้ เราคงไม่อาจทนได้เลย เราจะไม่ยอมรับสภาพเช่นนี้เป็นอันขาด”
भीमसेन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical tension between righteous restraint and justified resistance: Bhīma’s anger is checked only because Yudhiṣṭhira, as the legitimate elder and dharma-guided authority of the family, must be obeyed. It underscores how legitimacy and dharma-based leadership can demand forbearance even when humiliation feels intolerable.
In the aftermath of the humiliations and injustices surrounding the Kuru court events, Bhīma voices his fury. He declares that they tolerate the situation only because Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira) is their guru-like elder and the rightful head of the family; otherwise, they would not endure it and would act against the wrong.