Shloka 64
भीमस्य जलान्वेषणं तथा वनविश्रान्तिः
Bhīma’s Search for Water and the Forest Halt
भग्नदर्प हृतधनं तं तथा वशमागतम् | स वैरं मनसा ध्यात्वा द्रोणो द्रुपदमब्रवीत्
bhagnadarpaṁ hṛtadhanaṁ taṁ tathā vaśam āgatam | sa vairaṁ manasā dhyātvā droṇo drupadam abravīt ||
其傲慢既碎，财物尽夺，身亦全然受制，德鲁帕达王只得俯首屈从。德罗那于心中追忆旧怨，遂对德鲁帕达王开口——仿佛为一场严酷清算揭幕：私怨披上“正当报复”的外衣而被追索。
वैशमग्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how unresolved enmity (vaira) can drive action even when an opponent is already defeated. Ethically, it warns that power over a humbled foe tests one’s dharma: justice should not collapse into personal vengeance.
Drupada has been defeated and stripped of wealth, brought fully under control. Droṇa, recalling their prior feud, is about to speak to Drupada—introducing the moment where Droṇa turns victory into a personal settling of accounts.