Shloka 50
असूृम्दिग्धो विस्रवल्लोहितास्य: क्रुद्धो>त्यर्थ भीमसेनस्तरस्वी । दुःशासने यद् रणे संभश्रुतं मे तद् वै सत्यं कृतमद्येह वीरो
asṛgdigdhō visravallohitāsyaḥ kruddho 'tyarthaṃ bhīmasenas tarasvī | duḥśāsane yad raṇe saṃbhṛtaṃ me tad vai satyaṃ kṛtam adya iha vīraḥ ||
Sinabi ni Sañjaya: “Balot ng dugo, at may dugong umaagos mula sa kaniyang bibig, ang makapangyarihang Bhīmasena—galit na galit nang lampas sa sukat—ay ngayong araw, dito mismo, tunay na tinupad ang panatang narinig kong binitiwan niya sa digmaan laban kay Duḥśāsana.”
संजय उवाच
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The verse highlights the binding force of a warrior’s vow and the ideal of making one’s word true (satya), while also showing how vows made in anger can culminate in grim, violent outcomes—raising ethical tension between personal retribution and broader dharma.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Bhīma, in extreme fury and covered in blood, has carried out what Sañjaya had heard as Bhīma’s battle-resolve against Duḥśāsana—i.e., the fulfillment of Bhīma’s earlier vow in the Kurukṣetra war.