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प्रतिलभ्य ततः संज्ञां मारुतिः क्रोधमूर्छितः ॥
विकृष्य कार्मुकं घोरं भारसाधनम् उत्तमम् ॥
अलम्बुसं शरैस् तीक्ष्णैर् अर्दयाम् आस सर्वतः ॥
स विद्धो बहुभिर् बाणैर् नीलाञ्जनचयोपमः ॥
शुशुभे सर्वतो राजन् प्रदीप्त इव किंशुकः ॥
स वध्यमानः समरे भीमचापच्युतैः शरैः ॥
स्मरन् भ्रातृवधं चैव पाण्डवेन महात्मना ॥
pratilabhya tataḥ saṃjñāṃ mārutiḥ krodhamūrchitaḥ ||
vikṛṣya kārmukaṃ ghoraṃ bhārasādhanam uttamam ||
alambusaṃ śarais tīkṣṇair ardayām āsa sarvataḥ ||
sa viddho bahubhir bāṇair nīlāñjanacayopamaḥ ||
śuśubhe sarvato rājan pradīpta iva kiṃśukaḥ ||
sa vadhyamānaḥ samare bhīmacāpacyutaiḥ śaraiḥ ||
smaran bhrātṛvadhaṃ caiva pāṇḍavena mahātmanā ||
Then, coming back to his senses, the son of the Wind, overcome with wrath, drew his terrible bow—that burdensome, finest of weapons. Pierced by many arrows, resembling a heap of dark collyrium, he shone on every side, O king, like a blazing kimshuka tree. And that rakshasa, struck in the battle by the arrows loosed from Bhima's bow, remembering the slaying of his brother by the great-souled Pandava...
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Bhima rises from his swoon "krodhamūrchitaḥ", and his wounds turn into adornment: studded with arrows, he shines, "pradīpta iva kiṃśukaḥ", like a blazing kimshuka. It is telling that for the righteous, wounds are not shame but the ornament of valor. The verse teaches that trial does not humble the steadfast but crowns him: what should have broken him only makes him fiercer and more majestic; wounded but unbending, he rises more resplendent than before, for his spirit is not wounded along with his body.