Shloka 20
Bhīmasena’s Counsel on Grief, Inner Conflict, and the Duty of Kingship (भीमसेन-उपदेशः)
जटासुरात् परिकलेशं चित्रसेनेन चाहवम् । सैन्धवाच्च परिक्लेशं कथं विस्मृतवानसि
Vaiśampāyana uvāca: Jaṭāsurāt parikleśaṃ Citraseṇena cāhavam | Saindhavāc ca parikleśaṃ kathaṃ vismṛtavān asi ||
毗湿摩波耶那说：“你怎会忘记阇塔苏罗带来的艰难，与奇特罗塞那不得不进行的战斗，以及信度国王（阇耶陀罗他）加诸于你的屈辱痛苦？这些经历怎会从你记忆中滑落？”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores moral recollection: past hardships and humiliations are meant to inform present judgment and restraint. Forgetting the lessons of suffering can lead one to repeat errors and lose ethical clarity.
Vaiśampāyana reminds the listener of three earlier ordeals—trouble from Jaṭāsura, a battle with the Gandharva Citraseṇa, and the disgrace caused by Jayadratha—challenging how such significant events could be forgotten.