Shloka 26
शून्यं स नर्तनागारमागमिष्यति कीचक: । एको निशि महाबाहो कीचकं त॑ निषूदय
śūnyaṁ sa nartanāgāram āgamiṣyati kīcakaḥ | eko niśi mahābāho kīcakaṁ taṁ niṣūdaya ||
Vaiśampāyana nói: “Kīcaka sẽ đến vũ đường khi nơi ấy trống vắng. Hỡi bậc dũng sĩ tay mạnh, hãy đi một mình trong đêm và giết Kīcaka ấy.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames force as a targeted, strategic act used to stop ongoing wrongdoing: the aggressor is lured to an isolated place and punished without endangering others, reflecting a concern for protecting the vulnerable and minimizing collateral harm.
A plan is stated: Kīcaka will come to the dance-hall when it is empty; the addressed hero is instructed to go alone at night and kill Kīcaka there, setting up the decisive confrontation in the Kīcaka episode of the Virāṭa court.