Mahabharata — Virata Parva, Shloka 27
Virāṭa-parva Adhyāya 22 — Draupadī’s Abduction Attempt and Bhīma’s Suppression of the Kīcakas
“अतः महाबाहो! कीचक रातके समय उस सूनी नृत्यशालामें अकेला आवेगा। तुम वहीं उसे मार डालना ।।
tāṃ sūtaputraṃ kaunteya kīcakaṃ madadarpitam | gatvā tvaṃ nartanāgāraṃ nirjīvaṃ kuru pāṇḍava ||
ໄວສັມປາຍະນະ ກ່າວວ່າ: “ໂອ ບຸດແຫ່ງກຸນຕີ, ໂອ ປານດະວະ—ຈົ່ງໄປຫາຫໍຟ້ອນລຳ ແລະເຮັດໃຫ້ ກີຈະກະ ບຸດແຫ່ງສູຕະ (ຜູ້ຂັບລົດສົງຄາມ) ຜູ້ພອງຕົວດ້ວຍຄວາມຍະໂສຈາກຄວາມເມົາ ໃຫ້ກາຍເປັນສົບໄຮ້ຊີວິດ.” ຄຳສັ່ງນີ້ວາງກອບການສັງຫານກີຈະກະເປັນການກະທຳຈຳເປັນ ເພື່ອປົກປ້ອງກຽດສັກສີຂອງດຣອບະດີ ແລະຫ້າມປາມຜູ້ທຳຜິດຜູ້ມີອຳນາດ ຜູ້ລ່ວງເກີນຂອບເຂດແຫ່ງທຳມະ.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
When a powerful person becomes lawless through arrogance and violates another’s dignity, dharma may require decisive restraint of that wrongdoer. The verse presents force not as personal cruelty but as protective justice aimed at stopping ongoing adharma.
In the Virāṭa court episode, Kīcaka has harassed Draupadī. A plan is set so that he comes alone to the dance-hall at night; the addressed Pāṇḍava (Bhīma, in disguise) is instructed to go there and kill Kīcaka.