Shloka 1176
गौरुडव्यूह-रचना तथा अर्धचन्द्र-प्रत्यव्यूह
Garuḍa Array and the Ardhacandra Counter-Formation
वादित्रनिनदैघेरिर्नृत्यति सम समन्ततः । राजन! श्वेतको मारा गया देख आपका पुत्र दुःशासन बाजे-गाजेकी भयंकर ध्वनिके साथ चारों ओर नाचने लगा
vāditra-ninadaiḥ ghoraiḥ nṛtyati sama-samantataḥ | rājan! śvetako mārā gayā; dekh āp kā putra duḥśāsana bāje-gāje kī bhayaṅkara dhvani ke sātha cāroṃ or nācne lagā ||
सञ्जय उवाच—राजन्, वादित्रनिनदैर्घोरैः समन्ततः सर्वतो नृत्यं प्रवृत्तम्। ‘श्वेतकः हतः’ इति श्रुत्वा तव पुत्रो दुःशासनः, वाद्यघोषस्य भीषणेन नादेन प्रमत्तः, सर्वतो नृत्यति स्म।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights a moral contrast: rejoicing and celebrating at another’s death—especially in the frenzy of war—signals a hardening of conscience and a drift toward adharma. It implicitly critiques the Kaurava temperament that treats violence as entertainment rather than as a grave consequence.
Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra that, after news spread that Śvetaka had been killed, Duḥśāsana erupted into celebratory dancing amid the frightening blare of war-instruments, with commotion on all sides.