Mahabharata 7.161.95 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 161, Shloka 95
अजिशीर्षे प्रातःसंध्यायां संग्रामवर्णनम् / Dawn-Transition Battle at Ajiśīrṣa
Chapter 161
त्वमुत्पन्नो महाबाहो पञ्चालानां वध प्रति । करिष्यसि जगत् सर्वमपाज्चालं किलोद्यत:
tvam utpanno mahābāho pañcālānāṁ vadha prati | kariṣyasi jagat sarvam apāñcālaṁ kilodyataḥ ||
Duryodhana nói: “Hỡi bậc đại lực, ngươi sinh ra chính để giết người Pāñcāla. Chỉ cần ngươi đứng dậy sẵn sàng, ắt sẽ khiến cả thế gian vắng bóng Pāñcāla.”
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The verse illustrates how hatred and triumphalist rhetoric can frame violence as destiny (“born to slay”), revealing an adharma-driven mindset that treats entire peoples as expendable. It serves as a cautionary example of ethical collapse in war: dehumanization and the glorification of annihilation.
In the Drona Parva’s battle context, Duryodhana addresses a powerful fighter, praising him as destined to kill the Pañcālas and urging him to act. The statement is meant to inflame resolve and promise total victory by imagining a world emptied of the Pañcālas.
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