Shloka 4
Duryodhana’s Account of Gandharva Defeat and the Pandavas’ Intervention (दुर्योधनवर्णितो गन्धर्वसंग्रामः)
ततः कदाचित् कुशल: कथासु विप्रो5भ्यगच्छद् भुवि कौरवेयान् । स तै: समेत्याथ यदृच्छयैव वैचित्रवीर्य नृपमभ्यगच्छत्,तदनन्तर किसी समय कथा-वार्तामें कुशल एक ब्राह्मण उस वन्यभूमिमें पाण्डवोंके पास आया और उनसे मिलकर वह घूमता-घामता अकस्मात् राजा धृतराष्ट्रके दरबारमें जा पहुँचा
tataḥ kadācit kuśalaḥ kathāsu vipro 'bhyagacchad bhuvi kauraveyān | sa taiḥ sametyātha yadṛcchayaiva vaicitravīrya nṛpam abhyagacchat ||
さてある時、談論に巧みで諸々の消息にも通じた一人の婆羅門が、その地でパーンダヴァのもとを訪れた。彼らと会ったのち、彼はさらに旅を続け、ただの偶然によって、ヴィチトラヴィーリヤの末裔たる王ドリタラーシュトラの御前—王廷—へと辿り着いたのである。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how the movement of truthful speech and information—often carried by wandering Brahmins—can influence ethical and political outcomes, and how events that appear accidental (yadṛcchā) may still become morally significant in the unfolding of dharma.
A Brahmin skilled in conversation arrives among the Kauravas, meets them, and while travelling onward he happens to reach the court of King Dhṛtarāṣṭra (called Vaicitravīrya, ‘descendant of Vicitravīrya’).