तत्रावैक्षन्त पुत्रास् ते भीमसेनस्य विक्रमम् ॥
सुपुङ्खैः कङ्कवासोभिर् यत् कर्णं छादयच् छरैः ॥
स नन्दयन् रणे पार्थं केशवं च यशस्विनम् ॥
सात्यकिं चक्ररक्षौ च भीमः कर्णम् अयोधयत् ॥
विक्रमं भुजयोर् वीर्यं धैर्यं च विदितात्मनः ॥
पुत्रास् तव महाराज ददृशुः पाण्डवस्य ह ॥
tatrāvaikṣanta putrās te bhīmasenasya vikramam ||
supuṅkhaiḥ kaṅkavāsobhir yat karṇaṃ chādayac charaiḥ ||
sa nandayan raṇe pārthaṃ keśavaṃ ca yaśasvinam ||
sātyakiṃ cakrarakṣau ca bhīmaḥ karṇam ayodhayat ||
vikramaṃ bhujayor vīryaṃ dhairyaṃ ca viditātmanaḥ ||
putrās tava mahārāja dadṛśuḥ pāṇḍavasya ha ||
There your sons watched the valor of Bhimasena -- how, with well-fletched, heron-feathered arrows, he covered Karna with shafts. Gladdening in battle Partha and the glorious Keshava, Satyaki and the two guardians of the wheels, Bhima fought with Karna. The valor of his arms, his might, and the fortitude of the self-possessed Pandava, your sons, o great king, indeed beheld.
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Bhima fights "gladdening" Arjuna, Krishna, and Satyaki: his feat is not self-assertion but service to those near him and to the common cause. It is telling that he is called viditātmā, one who has known himself: his valor grows out of self-mastery, not blind fury. The verse teaches that the highest strength in battle belongs to one who is master of himself and fights for others rather than for himself; and fortitude born of a clear spirit surpasses all mere frenzy.