धर्मपाशसितस् त्व् एवं नाधिगच्छामि संकटम् ॥
गौरवेण निरुद्धश् च निग्रहाद् अर्जुनस्य च ॥
धर्मराजनिसृष्टस् तु सिंहः क्षुद्रमृगान् इव ॥
धार्तराष्ट्रान् इमान् पापान् निष्पिषेयं तलासिभिः ॥
तम् उवाच तदा भीष्मो द्रोणो विदुर एव च ॥
क्षम्यताम् एवम् इत्य् एवं सर्वं संभवति त्वयि ॥
dharmapāśasitas tv evaṃ nādhigacchāmi saṃkaṭam ||
gauraveṇa niruddhaś ca nigrahād arjunasya ca ||
dharmarājanisṛṣṭas tu siṃhaḥ kṣudramṛgān iva ||
dhārtarāṣṭrān imān pāpān niṣpiṣeyaṃ talāsibhiḥ ||
tam uvāca tadā bhīṣmo droṇo vidura eva ca ||
kṣamyatām evam ity evaṃ sarvaṃ saṃbhavati tvayi ||
[Bhima:] "But, bound by the bonds of dharma, I do not enter this strait, restrained by respect and by Arjuna's restraint. Yet were I released by Dharmaraja, I would crush these sinful sons of Dhritarashtra with my palms like swords, as a lion crushes lesser beasts." Then Bhishma, Drona, and Vidura said to him: "Let this be forgiven; for speaking thus, you are indeed capable of anything."
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Bhima calls his restraint "the bonds of dharma" — and thereby shows that true strength is not the kind that bursts forth, but the kind that willingly bears the bridle. The image of a lion held on a leash is more fearsome than a lion set free: both its might and its mastery over that might are visible. Telling is the elders' word — "all is possible in you": they acknowledge both the justice of his anger and the invincibility of his arm, yet ask for patience, for the hour of reckoning has not yet come. The verse teaches that restrained strength gathers what unrestrained strength squanders; that anger subject to dharma does not fade but ripens toward its hour; and that great patience is not weakness but a storm compressed and awaiting its time.