कर्णेन युधिष्ठिरानीकविदारणम् / Karṇa’s Breach of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Battle-Line
ततः प्रयातो देवेश: सर्वैर्देवगणैर्वत:
tataḥ prayāto deveśaḥ sarvair devagaṇair vṛtaḥ
かくして神々の主は、あらゆる神群に囲まれ、随従されつつ去っていった。
पितामह उवाच
Even when divine forces appear in the narrative, they do not annul moral causality; their departure underscores that the war’s outcomes unfold within a larger order where actions and duties bear consequences.
Bhīṣma describes a moment after which the Lord of the gods (Indra) leaves, accompanied by the assembled deities, marking the end of a celestial episode and a transition back to the human battlefield narrative.