Shloka 10
Chapter 10: Survivors Console the Royal Couple and Disperse (धृतराष्ट्र–गान्धारी प्रति निवेदनम्)
श्वेतपर्वतरूपे भ्यो गृहेभ्यस्तास्त्वपाक्रमन् | गुहाभ्य इव शैलानां पृषत्यो हतयूथपा:,कौरवोंके घर श्वेत पर्वतके समान जान पड़ते थे। उनसे जब वे स्त्रियाँ बाहर निकलीं, उस समय जिनका यूथपति मारा गया हो, पर्वतोंकी गुफासे निकली हुई उन चितकबरी हरिणियोंके समान दिखायी देने लगीं इति श्रीमहाभारते स्त्रीपर्वणि जलप्रदानिकपर्वणि धृतराष्ट्रनिर्गमने दशमो<5ध्याय: ।। १० || इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ाभारत स्त्रीपर्वके अन्तर्गत जलप्रदानिकपर्वनें धृतराष्ट्रका नगरसे निकलनाविषयक दसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
śvetaparvatarūpebhyo gṛhebhyaḥ tāḥ tv apākraman | guhābhya iva śailānāṃ pṛṣatyo hatayūthapāḥ ||
Vaiśaṃpāyana said: From those houses that looked like white mountains, the women came out. As they emerged, they appeared like speckled does coming forth from the caves of hills—herd-leaders slain—bereft of protection and stricken by grief. The image underscores the moral aftermath of war: when the guardians fall, the vulnerable are left exposed, and the victory of arms turns into a landscape of sorrow.
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