Shloka 25
गान्धारी-प्रशमनम् — Pacification of Gāndhārī and Kṛṣṇa’s Counsel at Hāstinapura
रक्षितव्यो महाबाहो सर्वास्वापत्स्विति प्रभो । “भरतनन्दन! अब आगे समयानुसार जो कार्य प्राप्त हो उसे शीघ्र कर डालिये। पहले गाण्डीवधारी अर्जुनके साथ जब मैं उपलव्य नगरमें आया था
rakṣitavyo mahābāho sarvāsva-āpatsu iti prabho |
वायू म्हणाला—“हे प्रभो, महाबाहो! सर्व आपत्तींमध्ये याचे रक्षण करणे तुला आवश्यक आहे.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames protection as a binding duty: a true leader/ally must safeguard the dependent or entrusted person in every adversity, not only when convenient. It highlights dharma as steadfast responsibility under crisis.
Vāyu recalls an instruction given to the addressed hero—an explicit charge to protect someone through all dangers—presenting it as a remembered obligation within the war narrative of the Śalya Parva.