Shloka 563
Duryodhana-patana-anuśocana
The Fall of Duryodhana and the Contest of Restraint
नृत्यद्धिर्भयदैर्व्याप्ता दिशस्तत्रा भवन् नृप । नरेश्वर! वहाँ सम्पूर्ण दिशाओंमें नाचते हुए अनेक पैर और अनेक बाँहवाले घोर एवं भयंकर कबन्ध व्याप्त हो रहे थे
nṛtyaddhir bhayadair vyāptā diśas tatrābhavan nṛpa | nareśvara! vahāṃ sampūrṇa diśāsu nācatāṃ bahubhiḥ pādaiḥ bahubhir bāhubhiś ca ghorāḥ bhayaṅkarāḥ kabandhā vyāptā abhavan |
قال فايُو: «أيها الملك، لقد امتلأت الجهات هناك بمشاهد تبعث الرعب. يا سيدَ الناس، في كل ناحية انتشرت كَبَنْدَهاتٌ مروّعة—جذوعٌ بلا رؤوس—مخيفةٌ مهولة، كأنها ترقص، لها أقدامٌ كثيرة وأذرعٌ كثيرة، في كل مكان.»
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the moral and psychological cost of war: when violence and adharma dominate, the world itself appears filled with terror and ominous signs, reflecting the collapse of order and the inevitability of death.
Vāyudeva describes a horrifying scene where all directions seem crowded with dreadful, dancing headless trunks (kabandhas) with many arms and feet—an ominous, supernatural battlefield vision meant to convey pervasive fear and impending destruction.