Shloka 576
Duryodhana-patana-anuśocana
The Fall of Duryodhana and the Contest of Restraint
प्राकम्पन्त ततो राजंस्तव पुत्रे निपातिते । राजन! आपके पुत्रके धराशायी हो जानेपर वहाँ अस्त्र-शस्त्र और ध्वजावाले सभी वीर काँपने लगे
prākampanta tato rājan tava putre nipātite |
രാജാവേ! നിന്റെ പുത്രൻ വീണുകിടന്നപ്പോൾ അവിടെ ആയുധങ്ങളും ധ്വജങ്ങളും ധരിച്ചിരുന്ന എല്ലാ വീരന്മാരും വിറയ്ക്കാൻ തുടങ്ങി.
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the instability of worldly power and the psychological reality of war: when a key figure falls, even armed and bannered heroes can lose steadiness. It implicitly warns that pride in strength is unreliable and that violence rapidly produces fear, grief, and collapse of confidence.
Vāyudeva addresses a king and describes the battlefield reaction: after the king’s son is felled and lies on the ground, the surrounding warriors—despite their weapons and standards—begin to tremble, indicating shock and a sudden weakening of the army’s morale.