Shloka 59
Duryodhana-patana-anuśocana
The Fall of Duryodhana and the Contest of Restraint
पुल्लिज्जा इव नार्यस्तु स्त्रीलिड्रा पुरुषाभवन्
pullijjā iva nāryas tu strīlīḍrā puruṣābhavan
វាយុបានមានព្រះបន្ទូលថា៖ «ស្ត្រីទាំងឡាយ ដូចជាត្រូវក្តីឆ្កួតចម្លែកចាប់យក បានក្លាយដូចបុរស—បោះបង់ការរឹតត្បិតតាមស្រីធម្មតា ហើយទទួលយកអាកប្បកិរិយាហ៊ានហួស និងរឹងមាំ»។
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how intense turmoil can invert expected social roles and behaviors, signaling a breakdown of normal order; ethically, it points to the destabilizing power of violence and crisis on personal conduct and communal norms.
Vāyu describes a scene in which women, overwhelmed by extraordinary circumstances, act with a boldness and force associated with men, indicating widespread agitation and the abnormality of the situation being recounted.