Shloka 6
देवसत्रे मृत्युनिरोधः, पूर्वेन्द्राणां मानुषावतरणम्, द्रौपदी-वरकथनम्
Suspension of Death at the Devasatra; Former Indras’ Human Descent; Draupadī’s Boon Etiology
ऊचुश्न वाच: परुषास्ते राजानो युयुत्सव: । आहवे हि द्विजस्यापि वधो दृष्टो युयुत्मत:
Vaiśampāyana uvāca: ūcuḥ sma vācaḥ paruṣās te rājāno yuyutsavaḥ | āhave hi dvijasya api vadho dṛṣṭo yuyutmataḥ ||
تب جنگ کے خواہش مند اُن بادشاہوں نے سخت لہجے میں کہا—“میدانِ جنگ میں، اگر کوئی برہمن خود لڑنے پر آمادہ ہو، تو اس کا قتل بھی شاستروں کے مطابق جائز سمجھا گیا ہے۔”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights a wartime ethical claim: social-religious status (dvija/brāhmaṇa) does not grant immunity if one adopts the intention and role of a fighter; the speakers appeal to precedent and śāstric reasoning to justify harsh action in battle.
Vaiśampāyana reports that certain kings, eager for combat, respond harshly and argue that even a brāhmaṇa may be slain on the battlefield if he is himself war-minded—setting a justificatory tone for the conflict at hand.