Shloka 37
पुत्रशोकसमाविष्टा गान्धारी त्विदमब्रवीत् । श्वशुरं बद्धनयना देवी प्राज्जलिरुत्थिता,आँखोंपर पट्टी बाँधे गान्धारी देवी श्वशुरके सामने हाथ जोड़कर खड़ी हो गयीं और पुत्रशोकसे संतप्त होकर इस प्रकार बोलीं
putraśokasamāviṣṭā gāndhārī tvidam abravīt | śvaśuraṃ baddhanayanā devī prāñjalir utthitā ||
子らを失った悲しみに呑まれたガーンドハーリーは、こう語った。布で目を覆った王妃は立ち上がり、舅の前に合掌して恭しく立ち—悲嘆に燃えながら—言葉を発し始めた。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even in intense personal grief, Gandhārī maintains dharmic decorum—rising, approaching her elder (father-in-law), and speaking with folded hands—showing that reverence and self-restraint are upheld as ethical ideals amid suffering.
Vaiśaṃpāyana narrates that Gandhārī, still wearing her blindfold, stands before Dhṛtarāṣṭra with joined palms and begins to speak, driven by the anguish of losing her sons in the war’s aftermath.