Shloka 17
Droṇa’s Ācārya-Dakṣiṇā: Capture of Drupada and Division of Pāñcāla (द्रोण-आचार्यदक्षिणा)
हर्षात् प्रक्रीडमानांस्तान् गृह राजन् निलीयते । शिर:सु विनिगृहौतान् योधयामास पाण्डवै:
Vaiśampāyana uvāca: harṣāt prakrīḍamānāṁs tān gṛhe rājan nilīyate | śiraḥsu vinigṛhītān yodhayāmāsa pāṇḍavaiḥ ||
Vaiśampāyana nói: “Hỡi đại vương, khi bọn trẻ Kaurava đang vui đùa hớn hở, Bhīmasena bắt lấy chúng rồi ẩn vào trong nhà. Nắm lấy đầu chúng, chàng bắt chúng vật lộn với các Pāṇḍava.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even in childhood, misuse of strength and humiliating play violates dharma: it harms others, breeds resentment, and becomes a moral cause for future conflict. The epic hints that ethical failures begin long before the battlefield.
Bhīma, while the Kaurava boys are playing, catches them and hides, then forcibly makes them grapple with the Pāṇḍavas by holding them by the head—an episode portraying rough domination in the boys’ rivalry.