Shloka 6
धृतराष्ट्राश्रमगमनम् — The Pandavas’ Procession to Dhritarashtra’s Hermitage
गन्धर्वाप्सरसश्वैव पिशाचा गुहराक्षसा: । तथा पुण्यजनाश्रैव सिद्धा देवर्षयोडपि च,गन्धर्व, अप्सरा, पिशाच, गुह्मक, राक्षस, पुण्यजन, सिद्ध देवर्षि, देवता, दानव तथा निर्मल देवर्षिगण--ये सभी यहाँ अवतार लेकर कुरुक्षेत्रके समरांगणमें वधको प्राप्त हुए हैं
vyāsa uvāca | gandharvāpsarasaś caiva piśācā guhyarākṣasāḥ | tathā puṇyajanāś caiva siddhā devarṣayo 'pi ca ||
Vyāsa dit : «Les Gandharvas et les Apsaras, ainsi que les Piśācas, les Guhyakas et les Rākṣasas ; de même les Puṇyajanas, les Siddhas, et même les voyants divins — ces ordres d’êtres aussi vinrent ici (en prenant un corps) et trouvèrent la mort sur le champ de bataille de Kurukṣetra.»
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse expands the moral and metaphysical horizon of the Kurukṣetra war: its consequences are not confined to human society. When adharma ripens into large-scale violence, many strata of beings become entangled, underscoring karma, inevitability of consequence, and the gravity of collective wrongdoing.
Vyāsa enumerates various non-human and celestial classes—Gandharvas, Apsarases, Piśācas, Guhyakas, Rākṣasas, Puṇyajanas, Siddhas, and Devarṣis—stating that they too came to Kurukṣetra in embodied forms and were slain, portraying the war as a vast, multi-realm convergence.