Gada

Shalva lays siege to Dvaravati from the air, attacking from every side at once. The Vrishnis and Andhakas respond with total mobilization — no drinking, no entertainment, bridges destroyed, moats fortified, and every tested warrior placed at the walls. The city becomes a fortress that nothing enters or leaves without a seal.

Pradyumna, having been carried unconscious from the battlefield, imagines the scorn of every Vrishni hero — Gada, Baladeva, Satyaki, and the women of his clan — if he does not return. He tells Daruki that shame with ridicule is worse than death, and commands the chariot be turned back at once.

Sanjaya reports to Dhritarashtra that after the Pandavas' defeat at dice, Krishna and their allies visited them in Kamyaka forest. Krishna vowed to kill Duryodhana and his allies, but Yudhishthira insisted on keeping his thirteen-year vow. The assembled warriors then pledged to Draupadi that her oppressors would be destroyed when the time came.