फलानि वृक्षम् आरुह्य प्रचिन्वन्ति च ते यदा ॥
तदा पादप्रहारेण भीमः कम्पयते द्रुमम् ॥
प्रहारवेगाभिहताद् द्रुमाद् व्याघूर्णितास् ततः ॥
सफलाः प्रपतन्ति स्म द्रुतं स्रस्ताः कुमारकाः ॥
न ते नियुद्धे न जवे न योग्यासु कदा चन ॥
कुमारा उत्तरं चक्रुः स्पर्धमाना वृकोदरम् ॥
एवं स धार्तराष्ट्राणां स्पर्धमानो वृकोदरः ॥
अप्रिये ऽतिष्ठद् अत्यन्तं बाल्यान् न द्रोहचेतसा ॥
phalāni vṛkṣam āruhya pracinvanti ca te yadā ||
tadā pādaprahāreṇa bhīmaḥ kampayate drumam ||
prahāravegābhihatād drumād vyāghūrṇitās tataḥ ||
saphalāḥ prapatanti sma drutaṃ srastāḥ kumārakāḥ ||
na te niyuddhe na jave na yogyāsu kadā cana ||
kumārā uttaraṃ cakruḥ spardhamānā vṛkodaram ||
evaṃ sa dhārtarāṣṭrāṇāṃ spardhamāno vṛkodaraḥ ||
apriye 'tiṣṭhad atyantaṃ bālyān na drohacetasā ||
'When, having climbed a tree, they were gathering fruit, Bhima would shake the tree with a kick, and from the tree shaken by the force of the blow, the boys, whirling about, dislodged, would fall headlong together with the fruit. Neither in wrestling, nor in running, nor in exercises did the princes ever surpass Vrikodara in their rivalry with him. Thus Vrikodara, rivaling the sons of Dhritarashtra, was thoroughly unpleasant to them -- out of boyishness, not from malice.'
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Here the scripture states directly Bhima's innocence: his roughness is "out of boyishness, not from malice" (balyat na drohacetasa). This proviso is telling: the scripture vindicates Bhima, so that the blame for the coming enmity should not fall on him. An important distinction appears here: between thoughtless youthful vigor and deliberate evil lies a chasm; Bhima merely vexed them with childish high spirits, whereas Duryodhana will contrive a cold-blooded murder. Telling, too, is that one person's superiority, however innocent, inevitably wounds the pride of others: the very nature of rivalry harbors the seed of envy. But the scripture states clearly: it is not Bhima's superiority that is at fault, but the malice of the one who could not bear it. Thus the ground is prepared for revealing the true source of the trouble -- Duryodhana's corrupted heart.