Shloka 14
धृतराष्ट्रस्य उपालम्भः तथा पाण्डव-समाश्वासनम् | Dhṛtarāṣṭra Reproved and the Pāṇḍavas Consoled
स कोपपावकस्तस्य शोकवायुसमीरित: । भीमसेनमयं दावं दिधक्षुरिव दृश्यते,शोकरूपी वायुसे बढ़ी हुई उनकी क्रोधमयी अग्नि ऐसी दिखायी दे रही थी, मानो वह भीमसेनरूपी वनको जलाकर भस्म कर देना चाहती हो
sa kopapāvakastasya śokavāyusamīritaḥ | bhīmasenamayaṃ dāvaṃ didhakṣuriva dṛśyate ||
毗湿摩波耶那说：他的忿怒如炽火，被悲恸之风所鼓荡，仿佛要焚烧并化为灰烬那以毗摩军为形的森林。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that grief can act like a wind that intensifies anger, turning it into a consuming blaze. Ethically, it warns that unchecked emotion—especially in the aftermath of war—can destroy discernment and lead to further harm.
The narrator describes a person’s rage as a fire inflamed by sorrow, using a vivid simile: it looks ready to burn down a ‘forest’ identified with Bhīmasena. The image conveys escalating tension and the danger of retaliatory fury in the post-war setting of the Strī Parva.