Text 4.33

वीरः,

vīraḥ,

This verse illustrates vīra-rasa (heroism):

guṇaṃ karṇākṛṣṭaṃ kara-kiśalayaṃ tūṇa-śikhare dhanuś cakrī-bhūtaṃ nipatad iṣu-vṛndaṃ tata itaḥ |
ripūn bhūmau suptān kalayati samaṃ deva-nikare jarāsandhasyājau jayati bhuja-vīryaṃ murabhidaḥ ||

guṇam—the bowstring; karṇa-ākṛṣṭam—pulled up to the ear; kara-kiśalayam—the lotus in the form of a hand; tūṇa—of the quiver; śikhare—at the top; dhanuḥ—the bow; cakrī-bhūtam—which had become a cakra; nipatat—falling; iṣu-vṛndam—the multitude of arrows; tataḥ—there; itaḥ—here; ripūn—the enemies; bhūmau—on the ground; suptān—sleeping; kalayati—while [the gods] counted; samam—in such a way that it was the same; deva-nikare—while the multitude of gods; jarāsandhasya—related to Jarāsandha; ājau—in the battle; jayati—is supereminent; bhuja—of the arms; vīryam—the prowess; mura-bhidaḥ—of Kṛṣṇa (“the destroyer of Mura”).

The prowess of Kṛṣṇa’s arms was supereminent in the battle with Jarāsandha’s forces. The gods saw both His bowstring pulled to His ear and His right lotus hand at the top of His quiver at the same time. They saw that His bow had become a cakra. They observed the arrows that were falling here and there, and they counted the same number of enemies put to sleep on the battlefield. (Alaṅkāra-kaustubha 5.16)

yuddha-dāna-dayā-dharma-pūrvakatvād vīraś catur-vidhaḥ. sarvatrotsāhaḥ sthāyī. lakṣyāṇy ūhyāni.

There are four kinds of heroes: yuddha-vīra (a hero in battle), dāna-vīra (a hero in giving), dayā-vīra (a hero of compassion), and dharma-vīra (a hero of moral ethics). In all cases, the sthāyi-bhāva is utsāha (zeal). The secondary characteristics of the respective instances of utsāha can be inferred.