Shloka 8
द्वैपायनह्रदे दुर्योधनान्वेषणम् / The Search for Duryodhana at Dvaipāyana Lake
अपनी सेनाका इस प्रकार संहार होता देख राजा दुर्योधनको बड़ा क्रोध हुआ। उसने मरनेसे बचे हुए बहुत-से रथियों
saṃjaya uvāca | samāsādya raṇe sarvān pāṇḍavān sasu-hṛd-gaṇān | pāñcālyaṃ cāpi sa-balaṃ hatvā śīghraṃ nyavartata ||
三阇耶说道：见己军如此被歼，杜律约陀那王大怒。于是他从四方召集幸存的车战武士、象骑、马骑与步兵，对众人下令道：“诸勇士！速于战场迎击一切般度族，并其友军同盟；尽皆诛灭。并当歼杀般遮罗之统帅，连同其军，随后速速回返！”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how anger and desperation in war can eclipse discernment and dharmic restraint, leading leaders to issue totalizing commands of destruction. It serves as a narrative warning about the ethical degradation that accompanies unchecked rage and the momentum of violence.
After witnessing heavy losses, Duryodhana gathers the remaining fighters and orders them to engage the Pāṇḍavas and their allies, kill them, and also destroy the Pāñcāla leader with his forces, then return quickly—an attempt to reverse defeat through a concentrated assault.