Shloka 20
भृशमुद्विग्नमनसस्ते पौरा: कुरुसंक्षये । प्राक्रोशन््त महाराज स्वनुरक्तास्तदा भृूशम्,महाराज! कुरुकुलका संहार हो जानेसे अत्यन्त उद्विग्नचित्त हुए पुरवासी जो राजवंशके साथ पूर्ण अनुराग रखते थे, जोर-जोरसे रोने लगे
bhṛśam udvigna-manasas te paurāḥ kuru-saṅkṣaye | prākrośan mahārāja sva-nuraktās tadā bhṛśam ||
Vaiśampāyana said: O King, when the Kuru line was brought to ruin, the citizens—deeply attached to their own royal house—became intensely distressed at heart and cried out loudly in grief. The verse underscores how the devastation of war spreads beyond the battlefield, wounding the moral and emotional fabric of the entire community.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
War’s consequences are not limited to warriors; the collapse of a dynasty brings widespread suffering to ordinary people, revealing an ethical dimension of conflict where communal bonds and social stability are shattered.
In the aftermath of the Kuru annihilation, the city’s inhabitants—loyal to the royal house—are overwhelmed with anxiety and grief and cry out loudly, marking the public lament that follows the great slaughter.