सारथिस् त्वरमाणस् तु दुःशासनम् अचेतसम् ॥
रणमध्याद् अपोवाह सौभद्रशरपीडितम् ॥
पाण्डवा द्रौपदेयाश् च विराटश् च समीक्ष्य तम् ॥
पाञ्चालाः केकयाश् चैव सिंहनादम् अथानदन् ॥
वादित्राणि च सर्वाणि नानालिङ्गानि सर्वशः ॥
प्रावादयन्त संहृष्टाः पाण्डूनां तत्र सैनिकाः ॥
sārathis tvaramāṇas tu duḥśāsanam acetasam ||
raṇamadhyād apovāha saubhadraśarapīḍitam ||
pāṇḍavā draupadeyāś ca virāṭaś ca samīkṣya tam ||
pāñcālāḥ kekayāś caiva siṃhanādam athānadan ||
vāditrāṇi ca sarvāṇi nānāliṅgāni sarvaśaḥ ||
prāvādayanta saṃhṛṣṭāḥ pāṇḍūnāṃ tatra sainikāḥ ||
The charioteer hastily bore off from the midst of battle the senseless Duhshasana, tormented by the arrows of Abhimanyu. The Pandavas, the sons of Draupadi and Virata, beholding him, and the Panchalas and Kekayas raised a lion's roar. And all the manifold martial music sounded everywhere in rejoicing there among the warriors of the Pandavas.
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The joy of the Pandavas at seeing Duhshasana laid low is not malice but the triumph of truth: he who had humiliated Draupadi and Yudhishthira is now helpless. Here rightful rejoicing at the shaming of the unrighteous shows itself. It is telling that the sons of Draupadi rejoice most of all — for their insulted mother, vengeance has been taken. The verse teaches that there is a joy that is not evil — joy at the triumph of justice, when the offender is put to shame; that the humbling of a proud oppressor rightly gladdens the hearts of the wronged; and that this rejoicing of the army is not a thirst for blood but the relief of those who have long endured injustice and now see at last that evil meets its retribution, and violated honor its vengeance.