Shloka 363
गान्धारीसहितकश्नैव कां गतिं प्रतिपत्स्यति । “पुत्रों और पौत्रोंकी बिलखती हुई बहुओंके साथ मेरे बूढ़े पिता राजा धृतराष्ट्र माता गान्धारीसहित किस अवस्थाको पहुँच जायँगे?
gāndhārī-sahitakaś caiva kāṃ gatiṃ pratipatsyati |
Sañjaya said: “And together with Gāndhārī, to what state or end will he attain?” In the wake of the Kurukṣetra catastrophe, the question points to the moral and existential aftermath of war: what becomes of the aged Dhṛtarāṣṭra and his queen when their lineage has been shattered and the household is left in grief.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the inescapable aftermath of adharma-driven conflict: even royal power cannot shield one from the consequences of collective wrongdoing, loss, and the uncertain ‘gati’ that follows catastrophic choices.
Sañjaya, reporting events and their consequences, raises (or relays) the anxious question of what end awaits the aged Dhṛtarāṣṭra together with Gandhārī after the destruction of their sons and the collapse of their house.