स्त्रीपर्व — अध्याय १५: गान्धारी-युधिष्ठिर-संवादः
Gandhārī’s Confrontation and Consolation of Yudhiṣṭhira
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत स्त्रीपर्वके अन्तर्गत जलप्रदानिकपर्वमें गान्धारीकी सान्त्वनगाविषयक चौदहवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ,सद्धिविरगर्हितं घोरमनार्यजनसेवितम् । क्रूर कर्माकृथास्तस्मात्तदयुक्तं वृकोदर
saddhiviragarhitaṃ ghoraṃ anāryajanasevitam | krūra karma akṛthās tasmāt tad ayuktaṃ vṛkodara ||
“That deed was dreadful, condemned by the wise and dispassionate, and fit only for the company of the ignoble. Therefore, O Vṛkodara, you should not have done such a cruel act; it was improper.”
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