कर्णेन युधिष्ठिरानीकविदारणम् / Karṇa’s Breach of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Battle-Line
ततः प्रयातो देवेश: सर्वैर्देवगणैर्वत:
tataḥ prayāto deveśaḥ sarvair devagaṇair vṛtaḥ
Dann zog der Herr der Götter davon, umgeben und begleitet von allen Scharen der Gottheiten.
पितामह उवाच
Even when divine forces appear in the narrative, they do not annul moral causality; their departure underscores that the war’s outcomes unfold within a larger order where actions and duties bear consequences.
Bhīṣma describes a moment after which the Lord of the gods (Indra) leaves, accompanied by the assembled deities, marking the end of a celestial episode and a transition back to the human battlefield narrative.