Shloka 35
मौसलपर्व — अध्याय ८
Arjuna’s evacuation of Dvārakā, Vasudeva’s rites, and the caravan’s crisis
कृतकृत्यानि चास्त्राणि गतान्यद्य यथागतम्
kṛtakṛtyāni cāstrāṇi gatāny adya yathāgatam
そして武器は——その役目を果たし終えると——今日去っていった。来たときのままに、去るときもまた然り。ここには暴力の道義的な終結が示される。戦の道具は目的ではなく、定められた働きを終えれば退く、はかない手段にすぎない。
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even the most formidable powers—especially weapons and violent means—are ultimately temporary and purposive: once their destined function is completed, they withdraw. The verse hints at ethical restraint and the inevitability of closure after conflict.
Vyāsa remarks that the astras (weapons/missiles) have completed their appointed task and have now departed, returning to their origin in the same way they appeared—signaling the winding down of destructive forces in the Mausala Parva context.