Shloka 773
अध्याय ९ — कर्णस्य प्रहारः, योधयुग्मनियोजनम्, शैनेय-कैकेययोर्युद्धविन्यासः
रुधिरे पीयमाने च किंस्विद् दुर्योधनो<ब्रवीत् । युद्धस्थलमें अपने भाई दुःशासनको भीमसेनके द्वारा मारा गया देख जब कि उसका रक्त पीया जा रहा था, दुर्योधनने क्या कहा?
rudhire pīyamāne ca kiṃsvid duryodhano 'bravīt |
毗湿摩波耶那说道：当他看见战场上兄长杜赫沙娑那被毗摩塞那所杀，且其血正被饮下之时，难敌说了什么？
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse functions as a narrative hinge: it highlights how war can intensify hatred to the point of dehumanizing acts, prompting the listener to judge the ethical collapse that follows from adharma—especially the long chain of insults and retaliations between the houses.
On the battlefield, Duḥśāsana has been killed by Bhīmasena, and Bhīma is drinking his blood. The narrator (Vaiśampāyana) then asks what Duryodhana said upon witnessing this shocking scene.