Shloka 10
द्रोणपर्व (अध्याय १) — भीष्मनिधनानन्तरं धृतराष्ट्रस्य शोकः, सेनायाः स्थितिः, कर्णस्मरणं च
Droṇa Parva, Chapter 1: Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s grief after Bhīṣma’s fall and the army’s reorientation toward Karṇa
कि नु स्वित् कुरवो5कार्षु्निमग्ना: शोकसागरे,उन दुर्धर्ष वीर महात्मा भीष्मके मारे जानेपर तो समस्त कुरुवंशी शोकके समुद्रमें डूब गये होंगे; फिर उन्होंने कौन-सा कार्य किया?
ki nu svit kuravo 'kārṣur nimagnāḥ śokasāgare | anudharṣa vīra mahātmā bhīṣmake māre jāne para to samasta kuruvaṃśī śokake samudrameṃ ḍūba gaye hoṅge; phira unhoṃne kaun-sā kārya kiyā? ||
ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。「不敗の英雄にして大魂ビ―シュマが討たれたとき、クルの一族は悲嘆の大海に沈んだに違いない。その圧倒的な嘆きの中で、彼らはどのような方策を取ったのか。」
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how collective sorrow after the fall of a righteous elder tests a community’s steadiness and dharmic judgment: grief is natural, yet leaders must still choose a course of action that shapes the moral direction of the war.
After Bhīṣma’s fall, the narrator frames the Kurus as overwhelmed by grief and asks what they did next—setting up the transition of command and strategy that leads into the events of Droṇa Parva.