Shloka 20
भीमस्य जलान्वेषणं तथा वनविश्रान्तिः
Bhīma’s Search for Water and the Forest Halt
दुःशासनश्न संक़्रुद्ध: शरवर्षैरवाकिरन् । सो35तिविद्धो महेष्वास: पार्षतो युधि दुर्जय:
vaiśampāyana uvāca | duḥśāsanaḥ saṁkruddhaḥ śaravarṣair avākiran | so 'tividdho maheṣvāsaḥ pārṣato yudhi durjayaḥ ||
Sinabi ni Vaiśampāyana: Sa matinding galit, si Duḥśāsana ay nagpaulan ng sunod-sunod na mga palaso. Bagama’t malubhang tinamaan, ang dakilang mamamanang si Pārṣata—na mahirap daigin sa digmaan—ay nagtiis sa paglusob at nagpatuloy sa pagdiin pasulong.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how krodha (anger) fuels violence, yet true martial steadiness is shown by endurance and disciplined response even when wounded—an ethical contrast between rage-driven attack and resilient, duty-bound resistance.
Duḥśāsana, in fury, unleashes a heavy rain of arrows. Pārṣata, though badly struck, remains a formidable archer and continues to stand his ground in the fight.