Shloka 5
Kirmīra-rākṣasa-saṃgamaḥ (Encounter and Slaying of Kirmīra) | किर्मीरेण सह भीमसेनसमागमः
वायुदेव उवाच दुर्योधनस्य कर्णस्य शकुनेश्न दुरात्मन: । दुःशासनचतुर्थानां भूमि: पास्यति शोणितम्,श्रीकृष्णने कहा--राजाओ! जान पड़ता है, यह पृथ्वी दुर्योधन, कर्ण, दुरात्मा शकुनि और चौथे दुःशासन--इन सबके रक्तका पान करेगी
vāyudeva uvāca: duryodhanasya karṇasya śakuneś ca durātmanaḥ | duḥśāsana-caturthānāṃ bhūmiḥ pāsyati śoṇitam ||
Vāyudeva disse: “Esta terra beberá o sangue de Duryodhana, de Karṇa, do perverso Śakuni e dos quatro irmãos que começam por Duḥśāsana.” A fala funciona como um sombrio presságio moral: aqueles que sustentam o adharma por meio de engano, crueldade e humilhação dos justos inevitavelmente encontrarão retribuição violenta, e o próprio chão do reino testemunhará as consequências de seus atos.
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Adharma—expressed through cruelty, deceit, and the oppression of the righteous—ripens into inevitable destruction. The verse frames the coming bloodshed as a moral consequence: the perpetrators of grave wrongdoing will not escape the results of their actions.
Vāyudeva delivers a foreboding prediction that the earth will ‘drink’ the blood of key Kaurava-aligned figures—Duryodhana, Karṇa, Śakuni, and the group of four associated with Duḥśāsana—anticipating the catastrophic war and their deaths as the culmination of their hostile conduct.