SECTION LXXI
(Dyuta Parva Continued)
"Karna said,--'We have never heard of such
an act (as this one of Draupadi), performed by any of the women noted in this
world for their beauty. When the sons of both Pandu and Dhritarashtra were
excited with wrath, this Draupadi became unto the sons of Pandu as their
salvation. Indeed the princess of Panchala, becoming as a boat unto the sons of
Pandu who were sinking in a boatless ocean of distress, hath brought them in
safety to the shore.'"
Vaisampayana continued,--"Hearing these
words of Karna in the midst of the Kurus,--viz., that the sons of Pandu were
saved by their wife,--the angry Bhimasena in great affliction said (unto
Arjuna),--'O Dhananjaya, it hath been said by Devala three lights reside in
every person, viz., offspring, acts and learning, for from these three hath
sprung creation. When life becometh extinct and the body becometh impure and is
cast off by relatives, these three become of service to every person. But the
light that is in us hath been dimmed by this act of insult to our wife. How, O
Arjuna, can a son born from this insulted wife of ours prove serviceable to us?
"Arjuna replied,--'Superior persons, O
Bharata, never prate about the harsh words that may or may not be uttered by
inferior men. Persons that have earned respect for themselves, even if they are
able to retaliate, remember not the acts of hostility done by their enemies,
but, on the other hand, treasure up only their good deeds.'
'Bhima said,--'Shall I, O king, slay, without
loss of time all these foes assembled together, even here, or shall I destroy
them, O Bharata, by the roots, outside this palace? Or, what need is there of
words or of command? I shall slay all these even now, and rule thou the whole
earth, O king, without a rival. And saying this, Bhima with his younger
brothers, like a lion in the midst of a herd of inferior animals, repeatedly
cast his angry glances around. But Arjuna, however, of white deeds, with
appealing looks began to pacify his elder brother. And the mighty-armed hero
endued with great prowess began to burn with the fire of his wrath. And, O
king, this fire began to issue out of Vrikodara's ears and other senses with
smoke and sparks and flames. And his face became terrible to behold in
consequence of his furrowed brows like those of Yama himself at the time of the
universal destruction. Then Yudhishthira forbade the mighty hero, embracing him
with his arms and telling him 'Be not so. Stay in silence and peace.' And
having pacified the mighty-armed one with eyes red in wrath, the king
approached his uncle Dhritarashtra, with hands joined in entreaty."
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