Shloka 1
ऑपन--#+र< बक। ] अिफशशाड< द्वादशोड् ध्याय: पाण्डवोंका धृतराष्ट्रसे मिलना, धृतराष्ट्रके द्वारा भीमकी लोहमयी प्रतिमाका भंग होना और शोक करनेपर श्रीकृष्णका उन्हें समझाना वैशम्पायन उवाच हतेषु सर्वसैन्येषु धर्मराजो युधिष्ठिर: । शुश्रुवे पितरं वृद्ध निर्यान्तं गजसाह्वयात्,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--महाराज जनमेजय! समस्त सेनाओंका संहार हो जानेपर धर्मराज युधिष्ठिरने जब सुना कि हमारे बूढ़े ताऊ संग्राममें मरे हुए वीरोंका अन्त्येष्टिकर्म करानेके लिये हस्तिनापुरसे चल दिये हैं, तब वे स्वयं पुत्रशोकसे आतुर हो पुत्रोंके ही शोकमें डूबकर चिन्तामग्न हुए राजा धृतराष्ट्रके पास अपने सब भाइयोंके साथ गये
Vaiśampāyana uvāca | hateṣu sarva-sainyeṣu dharma-rājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | śuśruve pitaraṃ vṛddhaṃ niryāntaṃ gaja-sāhvayāt ||
Vaiśampāyana said: When all the armies had been slain, Dharma-king Yudhiṣṭhira heard that his aged uncle Dhṛtarāṣṭra was setting out from Hastināpura—Gajasāhvaya—to perform the last rites for the warriors fallen in battle. Hearing this, Yudhiṣṭhira, burdened by grief and moral anguish, went with his brothers to meet the sorrow-stricken king.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even after victory, dharma demands responsibility toward the dead and compassion toward the grieving; the aftermath of war calls for restraint, reconciliation, and the performance of necessary rites rather than triumphalism.
After the total destruction of the armies, Yudhiṣṭhira learns that the aged Dhṛtarāṣṭra is departing from Hastināpura to conduct funerary rites for the slain, and Yudhiṣṭhira goes with his brothers to meet him amid shared sorrow.