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 |
Vaiśampāyana dijo: Fortalecidos por el destino y dotados de gran poder, llevarán a cabo la muerte de esos hombres. Los cinco Pāṇḍavas—héroes poderosos movidos por una disposición superior—se enfrentarán incluso a ancianos formidables como Bhīṣma y, en el curso de la guerra justa, provocarán su caída.
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.