समाश् च तेषां पन्थानः क्रियन्तां नगराद् बहिः ॥
प्रयाणं घुष्यताम् अद्य श्वोभूत इति माचिरम् ॥
ते तथेति प्रतिज्ञाय श्वोभूते चक्रिरे तथा ॥
हृष्टरूपा महात्मानो विनाशाय महीक्षिताम् ॥
ततस् ते पार्थिवाः सर्वे तच् छ्रुत्वा राजशासनम् ॥
आसनेभ्यो महार्हेभ्य उदतिष्ठन्न् अमर्षिताः ॥
बाहून् परिघसंकाशान् संस्पृशन्तः शनैः शनैः ॥
काञ्चनाङ्गददीप्तांश् च चन्दनागरुभूषितान् ॥
उष्णीषाणि नियच्छन्तः पुण्डरीकनिभैः करैः ॥
अन्तरीयोत्तरीयाणि भूषणानि च सर्वशः ॥
samāś ca teṣāṃ panthānaḥ kriyantāṃ nagarād bahiḥ ||
prayāṇaṃ ghuṣyatām adya śvobhūta iti māciram ||
te tatheti pratijñāya śvobhūte cakrire tathā ||
hṛṣṭarūpā mahātmāno vināśāya mahīkṣitām ||
tatas te pārthivāḥ sarve tac chrutvā rājaśāsanam ||
āsanebhyo mahārhebhya udatiṣṭhann amarṣitāḥ ||
bāhūn parighasaṃkāśān saṃspṛśantaḥ śanaiḥ śanaiḥ ||
kāñcanāṅgadadīptāṃś ca candanāgarubhūṣitān ||
uṣṇīṣāṇi niyacchantaḥ puṇḍarīkanibhaiḥ karaiḥ ||
antarīyottarīyāṇi bhūṣaṇāni ca sarvaśaḥ ||
"Let level roads be made to them outside the city. This very day, without delay, let the march be proclaimed for tomorrow." They promised, "So be it," and the next day did all this; magnanimous, with joyful looks, they made ready for the destruction of kings. Then all those rulers, hearing the king's command, rose up in agitation from their costly seats. Slowly they touched their arms, which resembled iron bars, gleaming with golden armlets and adorned with sandal and aloe; with lotus-like hands they adjusted their turbans, their lower and upper garments, and all their ornaments.
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The chapter shows how news of the Pandavas encamped on Kurukshetra turns Duryodhana's fear into military mobilization. He understands that Krishna will tell the Pandavas everything, yet instead of yielding he chooses to prepare for confrontation: camps, roads, weapons, troops, and a city roaring like the ocean before a storm.