Shloka 42
स्त्रीपर्व — अध्याय १५: गान्धारी-युधिष्ठिर-संवादः
Gandhārī’s Confrontation and Consolation of Yudhiṣṭhira
अवश्यभावी सम्प्राप्त: स्वभावाल्लोमहर्षण: । इदं तत् समनुप्राप्तं विदुरस्य वचो महत्
avaśyabhāvī samprāptaḥ svabhāvāllomaharṣaṇaḥ | idaṃ tat samanuprāptaṃ vidurasya vaco mahat ||
Vaiśampāyana said: “That which was bound to happen has now come to pass—by the force of its own nature, it is hair-raising. This very outcome has arrived, fulfilling the great counsel once spoken by Vidura.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores inevitability: when actions and dispositions (svabhāva) align with adharma and disregard wise counsel, consequences mature into unavoidable outcomes. Vidura’s ethical warnings are portrayed as validated by events, highlighting the moral weight of prudent advice.
Vaiśampāyana comments that the dreadful, fated outcome has now manifested, and that what Vidura had earlier warned or advised has been borne out by subsequent events—an observation framed within the tragic aftermath recounted in the Strī Parva.