राक्षसेन तथा भीमं क्लिश्यमानं निरीक्ष्य तु ॥
उवाचेदं वचः पार्थः प्रहसञ् शनकैर् इव ॥
भीम मा भैर् महाबाहो न त्वां बुध्यामहे वयम् ॥
समेतं भीमरूपेण प्रसुप्ताः श्रमकर्शिताः ॥
साहाय्ये ऽस्मि स्थितः पार्थ योधयिष्यामि राक्षसम् ॥
नकुलः सहदेवश् च मातरं गोपयिष्यतः ॥
rākṣasena tathā bhīmaṃ kliśyamānaṃ nirīkṣya tu ||
uvācedaṃ vacaḥ pārthaḥ prahasañ śanakair iva ||
bhīma mā bhair mahābāho na tvāṃ budhyāmahe vayam ||
sametaṃ bhīmarūpeṇa prasuptāḥ śramakarśitāḥ ||
sāhāyye 'smi sthitaḥ pārtha yodhayiṣyāmi rākṣasam ||
nakulaḥ sahadevaś ca mātaraṃ gopayiṣyataḥ ||
"Seeing Bhima thus hard-pressed by the rakshasa, Partha, softly laughing, spoke this word: 'Bhima, fear not, O mighty-armed one; we did not notice how you came to grips with this terrible one — we were asleep, worn out by toil. I stand ready to help, Partha, and will fight the rakshasa; and Nakula and Sahadeva will guard our mother.'"
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Here brotherly love shows itself in readiness to share the danger. It is telling that Arjuna, hardly awake, at once offers his help and arranges for the mother's protection: in the hour of trial the family closes ranks as one. Here is the dharma of brotherhood: each is ready to stand in another's place, and each is given his own service — the elder fights, the younger guard the mother. Telling too is Arjuna's light laughter: among the brothers there is neither alarm nor reproach for having slept through it — only calm assurance. The verse shows the harmony of the Pandavas, in which the strength of one is completed by the devotion of all.