Shloka 686
Duryodhana’s Post-Duel Lament and Instructions (भग्नसक्थस्य विलापः)
पुत्रशोकाभिसंतप्ता गान्धारी प्ररुरोद ह | इतनी बात कहकर पुत्रशोकसे संतप्त हुई गान्धारी देवी अपने मुखको आँचलसे ढककर फूट-फूटकर रोने लगीं
putraśokābhisaṃtaptā gāndhārī praruroda ha |
પુત્રશોકથી દગ્ધ ગાંધારી તૂટી પડીને રડી ઊઠી. આ વાત સાંભળતાં જ તેણે આંચળથી મુખ ઢાંકી અતિ વ્યાકુળતાથી ફૂટ-ફૂટીને વિલાપ કર્યો.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the human cost of war and the inevitable suffering that follows collective wrongdoing: even royal power cannot shield one from the karmic and emotional consequences of adharma, especially as seen in a mother’s grief.
Vaiśaṃpāyana narrates that Gāndhārī, stricken by sorrow for her sons, breaks into intense weeping, marking a moment of raw lamentation in the aftermath of the Kurukṣetra devastation.