Shloka 33
Udyoga Parva 142: Vidura’s warning to Kuntī and Kuntī’s resolve to meet Karṇa
Gaṅgātīra encounter begins
अस्थिसंचयमारूढश्चामितौजा युधिष्ठिर: । सुवर्णपात्र्यां संहृष्टो भुक्ततवान् घृतपायसम्,“मैंने स्वप्रमें देखा, अमिततेजस्वी युधिष्ठिर सफेद हड्डियोंके ढेरपर बैठे हुए हैं और सोनेके पात्रमें रखी हुई घृतमिश्रित खीरको बड़ी प्रसन्नताके साथ खा रहे हैं
sañjaya uvāca | asthisañcayam ārūḍhaś cāmitaujā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | suvarṇapātryāṃ saṃhṛṣṭo bhuktavān ghṛtapāyasam ||
Sañjaya sagte: „Im Traum sah ich Yudhiṣṭhira — von unermesslicher Kraft — auf einem Haufen Knochen sitzen und voller Freude aus einer goldenen Schale Milchreis, mit Ghee vermischt, essen.“
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames a moral paradox: even a dharmic king’s future prosperity can be shadowed by the human cost of war. The dream functions as an ethical warning that victory and enjoyment may rest upon widespread death, urging reflection on responsibility, consequence, and the tragic price of conflict.
Sanjaya reports a dream-vision in which he sees Yudhiṣṭhira sitting atop a pile of bones and happily eating ghee-rich rice pudding from a golden bowl. As an omen within Udyoga Parva’s pre-war atmosphere, it foreshadows massive slaughter alongside the eventual royal success and abundance associated with Yudhiṣṭhira.