Shloka 11
स्त्रीपर्व — अध्याय १५: गान्धारी-युधिष्ठिर-संवादः
Gandhārī’s Confrontation and Consolation of Yudhiṣṭhira
वैरस्यास्य गताः पार हत्वा दुर्योधन रणे । राज्यं युधिष्िर: प्राप्तो वयं च गतमन्यव:,“रणभूमिमें दुर्योधनका वध करके हमलोग इस वैरसे पार हो गये। राजा युधिष्ठिरको राज्य मिल गया और हमलोगोंका क्रोध शान्त हो गया”
vairasyāsya gatāḥ pāra hatvā duryodhana raṇe | rājyaṃ yudhiṣṭhiraḥ prāpto vayaṃ ca gatamanyavaḥ ||
Vaiśampāyana said: “Having slain Duryodhana on the battlefield, we have crossed beyond this enmity. Yudhiṣṭhira has obtained the kingdom, and our anger too has subsided.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames the end of violent conflict as a ‘crossing beyond enmity’: once the decisive battle is concluded and rightful rule is established, the ethical task becomes the pacification of wrath and the cessation of vendetta, rather than perpetuating hatred.
After Duryodhana’s death in battle, the speakers describe the war’s objective as completed: Yudhiṣṭhira has gained the kingdom, and the immediate fury that fueled the conflict is said to have quieted.