Shloka 166
Draupadī-apaharaṇa-saṃdeśaḥ
Report of Draupadī’s Abduction and the Pāṇḍavas’ Pursuit
वधं चैषां करिष्यन्ति दैवयुक्ता महाबला: । वे दैवप्रेरित महाबली महात्मा पाँचों पाण्डव भी इन भीष्म आदिका सामना करते हुए इनका वध करेंगे
vadhaṃ caiṣāṃ kariṣyanti daivayuktā mahābalāḥ |
قال فايشَمبايانا: وقد أُيِّدوا بالقَدَر وأُوتوا قوةً عظيمة، فسوف يُوقعون القتل بهؤلاء الرجال. إن الباندافا الخمسة—أبطالٌ عظام تُحرّكهم مشيئةٌ أعلى—سيواجهون حتى الشيوخ المهيبين مثل بهيشما، وفي سياق الحرب العادلة يوقعون بهم السقوط.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames the coming destruction of great warriors as occurring under daiva (a higher dispensation), suggesting that even immense human power operates within a moral-cosmic order; in a dharmic conflict, outcomes are portrayed as aligned with destiny rather than mere personal hatred.
Vaiśaṃpāyana states that mighty, fate-impelled heroes will kill ‘these’ opponents; in contextual understanding, this points to the Pāṇḍavas eventually confronting and overcoming even towering figures such as Bhīṣma in the great war.