Mahabharata 7.178.2 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 178, Shloka 2
महत्या सेनया युक्तो दुर्योधनमुपागमत् | राक्षसानां विरूपाणां सहस्रै: परिवारित:,वह सहस्रों विकराल रूपवाले राक्षसोंसे घिरकर अपनी विशाल सेनाके साथ दुर्योधनके पास आया
mahatyā senayā yukto duryodhanam upāgamat | rākṣasānāṁ virūpāṇāṁ sahasraiḥ parivāritaḥ ||
महत्या सेनया युक्तः सहस्रैर्विरूपै राक्षसैः परिवारितश्च स दुर्योधनमुपागमत्।
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The verse highlights how choices in war can attract and empower increasingly violent, unrighteous forces; aligning with such forces may bring tactical strength but deepens moral peril and disorder.
A figure (implied from context) arrives to meet Duryodhana, coming with a large army and escorted by thousands of terrifying rākṣasas, signaling reinforcement and a grim intensification of the battle situation.
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