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Aranyaka ParvaDuryodhana's Ghosha Expedition and Humiliation

Gandharvas Capture Duryodhana and His Followers

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King Duryodhana is captured by the gandharvas along with his brothers Duhshasana, Durvishaha, Durmukha, and Durjaya, and all the kings' wives. His wounded survivors and advisers flee in misery to the Pandavas, setting the stage for what comes next.

The gandharvas had already wounded many of Duryodhana's men. Now they struck again. King Duryodhana — handsome, mighty-armed, immensely strong — was taken prisoner. So were Duhshasana, Durvishaha, Durmukha, and Durjaya. The gandharvas bound them all. They also seized the wives of the kings who had come with Duryodhana — every one of them. The wagons, the shopping carts, the whores, the carriages, the vehicles — everyone who could flee sought refuge with the Pandavas. The wounded from the earlier fighting joined them. Duryodhana's advisers were miserable. They had watched their king captured, his brothers bound, the women taken. Lamenting in sorrow, they went to Yudhishthira and begged him for help.

Aranyaka Parva, Chapter 528