Shloka 563
Duryodhana-patana-anuśocana
The Fall of Duryodhana and the Contest of Restraint
नृत्यद्धिर्भयदैर्व्याप्ता दिशस्तत्रा भवन् नृप । नरेश्वर! वहाँ सम्पूर्ण दिशाओंमें नाचते हुए अनेक पैर और अनेक बाँहवाले घोर एवं भयंकर कबन्ध व्याप्त हो रहे थे
nṛtyaddhir bhayadair vyāptā diśas tatrābhavan nṛpa | nareśvara! vahāṃ sampūrṇa diśāsu nācatāṃ bahubhiḥ pādaiḥ bahubhir bāhubhiś ca ghorāḥ bhayaṅkarāḥ kabandhā vyāptā abhavan |
风神说道：“大王啊，在那地方，四方尽被可怖之相所充塞。人中之主啊，处处弥漫着骇人的迦班陀（kabandha）——无首之躯——狰狞可怖，仿佛在起舞，生出多足多臂，遍布四野。”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the moral and psychological cost of war: when violence and adharma dominate, the world itself appears filled with terror and ominous signs, reflecting the collapse of order and the inevitability of death.
Vāyudeva describes a horrifying scene where all directions seem crowded with dreadful, dancing headless trunks (kabandhas) with many arms and feet—an ominous, supernatural battlefield vision meant to convey pervasive fear and impending destruction.