Shloka 30
Abhimanyunidhana-prakāśaḥ — Vasudeva–Kṛṣṇa–Subhadrā–Kuntī śoka-saṃvāda
Disclosure and Consolation
ततः स निहतो राजा धार्तराष्ट्रो महारणे | भीमसेनेन विक्रम्य पश्यतां पृथिवीक्षिताम्,तत्पश्चात् उस महासमरमें सब राजाओंके देखते-देखते भीमसेनने पराक्रम करके धृतराष्ट्रपुत्र राजा दुर्योधनको मार डाला
tataḥ sa nihato rājā dhārtarāṣṭro mahāraṇe | bhīmasenena vikramya paśyatāṃ pṛthivīkṣitām ||
Vāsudeva said: Then, in that great battle, the Dhārtarāṣṭra king was slain by Bhīmasena through sheer prowess, while the rulers of the earth looked on.
वासुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the moral logic of the epic: when rulership is grounded in adharma, its end comes inevitably, and often publicly. The witnessed fall of the Dhārtarāṣṭra king functions as a warning that power without righteousness cannot endure.
Vāsudeva recounts that in the great battle Bhīmasena, by his valor, slew the Dhārtarāṣṭra king—i.e., Duryodhana—while many other kings looked on, marking the decisive and publicly observed conclusion of Duryodhana’s leadership.