Shloka 32
दुःशासनवधः (Duḥśāsana-vadha) — Bhīma’s vow-fulfillment in combat
गृह्नी ध्वमिति राजानमभ्यधावन्त सर्वश: । उस समय राजा दुर्योधनसहित आपके सभी पुत्र इस प्रकार कोलाहल करने लगे --'राजा युधिष्ठिरको पकड़ लो” ऐसा कहकर वे सभी ओरसे उनकी ओर दौड़ पड़े ।।
gṛhṇīdhvam iti rājānam abhyadhāvanta sarvaśaḥ | tataḥ śatāḥ saptadaśa kekayānāṃ prahāriṇām ||
Sinabi ni Sañjaya: “Dakpin ang hari!”—sumigaw sila nang gayon at sumugod sa kanya mula sa lahat ng panig. Pagkaraan, ang isang libo’t pitong daang mandirigmang Kekaya, mabangis sa paglusob, ay sumulong sa gitna ng labanan.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how, in war, the impulse to seize the opposing leader can override restraint; it implicitly warns that collective frenzy and tactical obsession with capture intensify adharma-like violence and accelerate escalation.
Sañjaya reports that Duryodhana and the Kaurava forces shout to capture the king (Yudhiṣṭhira) and charge from all directions; immediately after, a large contingent—seventeen hundred Kekaya fighters—moves forward as the battle surges.