Shloka 19
सेनापति-निर्णयः तथा पाण्डवसेनायाः कुरुक्षेत्रगमनम्
Decision on Command and the Pandavas’ March to Kurukshetra
निर्याताश्न विनाशाय कुरुक्षेत्र नराधिपा: । एतत् ते कथितं राजन् यद् वृत्तं कुरुसंसदि,सब राजा अपने विनाशके लिये कुरक्षेत्रको प्रस्थान कर चुके हैं। राजन्! कौरव-सभामें जो कुछ हुआ था, वह सारा वृत्तान्त मैंने तुमसे कह सुनाया
niryātāś ca vināśāya kurukṣetraṁ narādhipāḥ | etat te kathitaṁ rājan yad vṛttaṁ kurusaṁsadi ||
राजन्! सब नराधिपति अपने ही विनाश के लिये कुरुक्षेत्र को प्रस्थान कर चुके हैं। कौरव-सभा में जो कुछ घटित हुआ था, वह समस्त वृत्तान्त मैंने तुम्हें कह सुनाया।
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
When rulers abandon restraint and righteousness, their political decisions can become a march toward self-destruction; the verse frames the journey to Kurukṣetra as the karmic consequence of what occurred in the Kuru assembly.
Vāyudeva informs the king that the kings have already departed for Kurukṣetra and states that he has finished recounting the full sequence of events that took place in the Kuru court, which precipitated the coming conflict.