yadā - when; mṛdhe - in the battlefield; kaurava - the party of Dhṛtarāṣṭra; sṛñjayānām - of the party of the Pāṇḍavas; vīreṣu - of the warriors; atho - thus; vīra-gatim - the destination deserved by the warriors; gateṣu - being obtained; vṛkodara - Bhīma (the second Pāṇḍava); āviddha - beaten; gadā - by the club; abhimarśa - lamenting; bhagna - broken; uru-daṇḍe - spinal cord; dhṛtarāṣṭra-putre - the son of King Dhṛtarāṣṭra; bhartuḥ - of the master; priyam - pleasing; drauṇiḥ - the son of Droṇācārya; iti - thus; sma - shall be; paśyan - seeing; kṛṣṇā - Draupadī; sutānām - of the sons; svapatām - while sleeping; śirāṁsi - heads; upāharat - delivered as a prize; vipriyam - pleasing; eva - like; tasya - his; jugupsitam - most heinous; karma - act; vigarhayanti - disapproving.

When the respective warriors of both camps, namely the Kauravas and the Pāṇḍavas, were killed on the Battlefield of Kurukṣetra and the dead warriors obtained their deserved destinations, and when the son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra fell down lamenting, his spine broken, being beaten by the club of Bhīmasena, the son of Droṇācārya [Aśvatthāmā] beheaded the five sleeping sons of Draupadī 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.