Shloka 19
वैशम्पायन उवाच एवं ब्रुवाणमजिनैर्विवासितं दुःशासनस्तं परिनृत्यति सम । मध्ये कुरूणां धर्मनिबद्धमार्ग गौर्गौरिति स्माह्दयन् मुक्तलज्ज:
Vaiśampāyana uvāca: evaṃ bruvāṇam ajinair vivāsitaṃ duḥśāsanas taṃ parinṛtyati sma | madhye kurūṇāṃ dharma-nibaddha-mārgaṃ gaur gaur iti smāhvayan mukta-lajjaḥ ||
Wika ni Vaiśampāyana: “O Janamejaya, nang makita ni Duḥśāsana si Bhīmasena—nakabalot sa balat ng usa at nagsasalita nang gayon—ang walang-hiya ay nagsimulang sumayaw sa gitna ng mga Kuru upang manlibak, at sumigaw: ‘O toro! O toro!’ Ngunit ang landas ng galit ni Bhīma ay pinigil ni Dharma-rāja Yudhiṣṭhira sa daan ng dharma; kung hindi, hindi niya hahayaang mabuhay si Duḥśāsana.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights dharma as restraint under provocation: even when insulted publicly, Bhīma’s impulse toward immediate violent retaliation is checked by Yudhiṣṭhira’s commitment to righteous conduct and strategic patience.
In the Kuru court, Duḥśāsana shamelessly mocks Bhīma—who is described as wearing deerskins—by dancing and calling him ‘ox.’ Bhīma is prevented from acting on his anger because Yudhiṣṭhira holds him back on the grounds of dharma.