Shloka 21
प्रासादाभोगसंरुद्धे अन्वरौत्सीत् स रोदसी,वहाँ रोदन करते हुए उन पुरुषप्रवर पाण्डवोंके रोनेका शब्द महलके विस्तारसे अवरुद्ध हुए भूतल और आकाशकमें गूँजने लगा
prāsādābhoga-saṁruddhe anv-arautsīt sa rodasī
Yudhiṣṭhira said: “Confined by the vast expanse of the palace, their lamentation could not flow outward as it usually would; yet the sound of weeping from those foremost of men—the Pāṇḍavas—reverberated and spread, filling both earth and sky.”
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even when dharma requires restraint and endurance, grief is not negated; it becomes a truthful testimony to impermanence and the cost of worldly duty. The verse suggests that sorrow, when rooted in real loss and moral burden, cannot be fully contained by status, wealth, or walls—its resonance is ‘cosmic,’ reminding rulers and readers alike of the limits of power.
Inside the palace, the foremost Pāṇḍavas are weeping. The palace’s vast structure seems to confine or muffle the sound, yet their cries still echo so strongly that they are described as filling ‘earth and sky’ (rodasī), emphasizing the intensity of the moment.