Shloka 4
गान्धारी-प्रशमनम् — Pacification of Gāndhārī and Kṛṣṇa’s Counsel at Hāstinapura
ततस्ते प्राविशन् पार्था हतत्विट्कं हतेश्वरम् | दुर्योधनस्य शिबिरं रड्भवद्धिसृते जने
tatas te prāviśan pārthā hatatviṭkaṁ hateśvaram | duryodhanasya śibiraṁ raṅgavad dhiśṛte jane ||
संजय म्हणाला—त्यानंतर पृथापुत्र पांडव दुर्योधनाच्या शिबिरात प्रवेशले. स्वामी मारला गेल्याने त्याची शोभा मावळली होती; प्रेक्षक निघून गेल्यावर जसा रंगमंडप ओस व निस्तेज दिसतो, तसा तो शिबिर उत्सवशून्य व श्रीहीन भासत होता.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the fragility of worldly power: when the ruler falls, the camp’s glory collapses at once. It evokes vairāgya-like reflection—splendor depends on dharma-backed leadership and living order, and war’s outcome leaves emptiness rather than triumph.
After Duryodhana’s fall, the Pāṇḍavas enter his camp. Sañjaya describes it as desolate and joyless, like a theatre after the audience has left—guarded mainly by elderly ministers, with most remaining inhabitants being non-combatants.