Shloka 95
अजिशीर्षे प्रातःसंध्यायां संग्रामवर्णनम् / Dawn-Transition Battle at Ajiśīrṣa
Chapter 161
त्वमुत्पन्नो महाबाहो पञ्चालानां वध प्रति । करिष्यसि जगत् सर्वमपाज्चालं किलोद्यत:,महाबाहो! तुम पांचालोंका वध करनेके लिये ही उत्पन्न हुए हो। यदि तुम तैयार हो जाओ तो निश्चय ही सारे जगत्को पांचालोंसे शून्य कर दोगे
tvam utpanno mahābāho pañcālānāṁ vadha prati | kariṣyasi jagat sarvam apāñcālaṁ kilodyataḥ ||
Duryodhana sprach: „O Starkarmiger, du bist geboren, um die Pāñcālas zu erschlagen. Wenn du dich nur kampfbereit erhebst, wirst du gewiss die ganze Welt der Pāñcālas berauben.“
दुर्योधन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse illustrates how hatred and triumphalist rhetoric can frame violence as destiny (“born to slay”), revealing an adharma-driven mindset that treats entire peoples as expendable. It serves as a cautionary example of ethical collapse in war: dehumanization and the glorification of annihilation.
In the Drona Parva’s battle context, Duryodhana addresses a powerful fighter, praising him as destined to kill the Pañcālas and urging him to act. The statement is meant to inflame resolve and promise total victory by imagining a world emptied of the Pañcālas.