Shloka 8
भীমेन युधिष्ठिरस्य त्यागवृत्तेः प्रतिषेधः
Bhīma’s Rebuttal of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Renunciatory Inclination
ते सदोषा हतास्माभी राज्यस्य परिपन्थिन: । तान् हत्वा भुड्क्ष्व धर्मेण युधिष्ठिर महीमिमाम्
te sadoṣā hatāsmābhī rājyasya paripanthinaḥ | tān hatvā bhuṅkṣva dharmeṇa yudhiṣṭhira mahīm imām ||
Sinabi ni Bhīma: “O Yudhiṣṭhira! Ang mga taong iyon—mga humahadlang at kaaway ng aming kaharian—ay tunay na may sala; kaya sila’y pinatay namin. Pagkatapos silang mapatay, tamasahin mo ngayon ang lupang ito, na natamo nang wasto at ayon sa dharma.”
भीम उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhīma frames the post-war moral claim that the slain were culpable obstructors of rightful sovereignty, and therefore Yudhiṣṭhira should accept and govern the realm as a dharmic, legitimate outcome rather than remain paralyzed by grief or scruple.
In the aftermath of the great conflict, Bhīma addresses Yudhiṣṭhira, arguing that the enemies who opposed and harmed their kingdom were rightly killed, and urging Yudhiṣṭhira to take up kingship and enjoy/rule the earth in accordance with dharma.