गव्यूतिमात्राद् आगत्य त्वरितो मातरं प्रति ॥
स सुप्तां मातरं दृष्ट्वा भ्रातॄंश् च वसुधातले ॥
भृशं दुःखपरीतात्मा विललाप वृकोदरः ॥
शयनेषु परार्ध्येषु ये पुरा वारणावते ॥
नाधिजग्मुस् तदा निद्रां ते ऽद्य सुप्ता महीतले ॥
स्वसारं वसुदेवस्य शत्रुसंघावमर्दिनः ॥
कुन्तिभोजसुतां कुन्तीं सर्वलक्षणपूजिताम् ॥
स्नुषां विचित्रवीर्यस्य भार्यां पाण्डोर् महात्मनः ॥
प्रासादशयनां नित्यं पुण्डरीकान्तरप्रभाम् ॥
सुकुमारतरां स्त्रीणां महार्हशयनोचिताम् ॥
शयानां पश्यताद्येह पृथिव्याम् अतथोचिताम् ॥
धर्माद् इन्द्राच् च वायोश् च सुषुवे या सुतान् इमान् ॥
सेयं भूमौ परिश्रान्ता शेते ह्य् अद्यातथोचिता ॥
gavyūtimātrād āgatya tvarito mātaraṃ prati ||
sa suptāṃ mātaraṃ dṛṣṭvā bhrātṝṃś ca vasudhātale ||
bhṛśaṃ duḥkhaparītātmā vilalāpa vṛkodaraḥ ||
śayaneṣu parārdhyeṣu ye purā vāraṇāvate ||
nādhijagmus tadā nidrāṃ te 'dya suptā mahītale ||
svasāraṃ vasudevasya śatrusaṃghāvamardinaḥ ||
kuntibhojasutāṃ kuntīṃ sarvalakṣaṇapūjitām ||
snuṣāṃ vicitravīryasya bhāryāṃ pāṇḍor mahātmanaḥ ||
prāsādaśayanāṃ nityaṃ puṇḍarīkāntaraprabhām ||
sukumāratarāṃ strīṇāṃ mahārhaśayanocitām ||
śayānāṃ paśyatādyeha pṛthivyām atathocitām ||
dharmād indrāc ca vāyoś ca suṣuve yā sutān imān ||
seyaṃ bhūmau pariśrāntā śete hy adyātathocitā ||
"Having returned in haste to his mother, seeing her and his brothers asleep on the ground, Vrikodara, deeply seized with grief, wept: 'They who before in Varanavata never knew sleep even on the most precious of beds — now sleep on the ground! The sister of Vasudeva, the daughter of Kuntibhoja, Kunti, honored for her every auspicious mark, the daughter-in-law of Vichitravirya, the wife of the great Pandu, who ever slept on a palace bed, radiant as the heart of a lotus, the most delicate of women, worthy of a priceless couch — behold her sleeping here, on the ground, so unaccustomed to it! She who bore these sons of Dharma, Indra, and Vayu — here she lies, worn out, sleeping now on the earth, unaccustomed to it!'"
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Here Bhima's lament reveals both tenderness of heart and the bitterness of reversal. It is telling that this fearsome strongman weeps — not for himself but for his mother and brothers cast down from luxury into deprivation: his strength is joined to a loving, sensitive heart. Here it is shown that true manliness is not foreign to compassion: firm in battle, he is soft in love. Telling too is his meditation on reversal: yesterday, palace couches — today, bare earth; through Bhima's voice scripture shows the fragility of worldly happiness, which turns to disaster in an instant. Here is a lesson in anitya, impermanence: one must not cling to passing wealth, for the wheel of fate turns; only dharma and devotion to the Lord endure. Thus in Bhima's lament there is both love and bitter wisdom about the instability of earthly blessings.