Shloka 283
Chapter 59: Baladeva’s Censure, Keśava’s Restraint, and Yudhiṣṭhira’s Moral Accounting
कथं द्रक्ष्यामि विधवा वधू: शोकपरिप्लुता: । “भला, मैं भाइयों और पुत्रोंकी उन शोकविह्नलला और दु:खमें डूबी हुई विधवा बहुओंको कैसे देख सकूँगा
kathaṁ drakṣyāmi vidhavā vadhūḥ śokapariplutāḥ |
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संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse foregrounds the human cost of war: beyond victory and defeat, dharma must reckon with the suffering of families—especially the vulnerable—calling forth compassion and moral reflection.
Sañjaya, reporting the calamity of the war’s outcome, anticipates the scene at home and expresses anguish at the thought of facing the young women of the household who have become widows and are drowning in sorrow.