यदा मृधे कौरवसृञ्जयानां वीरेष्वथो वीरगतिं गतेषु । वृकोदराविद्धगदाभिमर्श- भग्नोरुदण्डे धृतराष्ट्रपुत्रे ॥ १३ ॥ भर्तु: प्रियं द्रौणिरिति स्म पश्यन् कृष्णासुतानां स्वपतां शिरांसि । उपाहरद्विप्रियमेव तस्य जुगुप्सितं कर्म विगर्हयन्ति ॥ १४ ॥
yada mrdhe kaurava-srnjayanam viresv atho vira-gatim gatesu vrkodaraviddha-gadabhimarsa- bhagnoru-dande dhrtarastra-putre bhartuh priyam draunir iti sma pasyan krsna-sutanam svapatam siramsi upaharad vipriyam eva tasya jugupsitam karma vigarhayanti
- yada
- when
- mrdhe
- in the battlefield
- kaurava
- the party of Dhrtarastra
- srnjayanam
- of the party of the Pandavas
- viresu
- of the warriors
- atho
- thus
- vira-gatim
- the destination deserved by the warriors
- gatesu
- being obtained
- vrkodara
- Bhima (the second Pandava)
- aviddha
- beaten
- gada
- by the club
- abhimarsa
- lamenting
- bhagna
- broken
- uru-dande
- spinal cord
- dhrtarastra-putre
- the son of King Dhrtarastra
- bhartuh
- of the master
- priyam
- pleasing
- draunih
- the son of Dronacarya
- iti
- thus
- sma
- shall be
- pasyan
- seeing
- krsna
- Draupadi
- sutanam
- of the sons
- svapatam
- while sleeping
- siramsi
- heads
- upaharat
- delivered as a prize
- vipriyam
- unpleasing
- eva
- like
- tasya
- his
- jugupsitam
- most heinous
- karma
- act
- vigarhayanti
- disapproving
When the respective warriors of both camps, namely the Kauravas and the Pandavas, were killed on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra and the dead warriors obtained their deserved destinations, and when the son of Dhrtarastra fell down lamenting, his spine broken, being beaten by the club of Bhimasena, the son of Dronacarya [Asvatthama] beheaded the five sleeping sons of Draupadi and delivered the heads as a prize to his master, foolishly thinking that he would be pleased. Duryodhana, however, disapproved of the heinous act, and he was not pleased in the least.