Shakuni and Duryodhana convince Yudhistra to play a game of dice with them. He loses his wealth, kingdom, brothers, himself. He stakes Panchali and loses her too in the end. An overjoyed Duryodhana orders for Panchali to be brought to court. She is forced to come to court by Dussasana. Panchali questions the court about the claims of Dussasana and Karna. With no reply. Dussasana comes to disrobe her that even her clothes belong to the Kauravas. Panchali begs for mercy but no one comes forward. Thinking of Krishna, she surrenders herself with her hands up in the air. Dussasana is not able to undress her. He soon tires of pulling her unending saree and falls down. Panchali continues supplicating Krishna. She then realizes what had happened. The whole episode was sensitively portrayed by Urmila.

Panchali is now very angry. She curses Dussasana. She takes a vow to destroy the Kaurava dynasty and says that she will leave her hair untied until it is bathed in Duryodhana's blood. The credits for the evening go to: nattuvangam, A.Lakshman, vocal, S.P.Ramh and S.K.Suresh, choreography, Lakshman and Suresh, mridangam, Nellai D. Kannan, violin, K.T.Sivaganesh, and flute, Sashidaran and tabla Jagadeesh Janardhan. Revathy Sankaran was the compere.

Urmila's nritta was crisp and confident. Her araimandi was discernable, so were her clean lines. Her storytelling was to the point but could have done with more depth. When a story needs to be enacted in such detail, it dwindles to a mere narrative. Can the dancer not take the liberty of choosing which episodes to delineate? For a character introduction or a character build up, time is necessary. But Urmila did not give herself that leisure.