Shloka 28
धृतराष्ट्रस्य मूर्च्छा—व्यासोपदेशः
Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Collapse and Vyāsa’s Counsel
ततस्ते भविता देवि भारस्य युधि नाशनम्
tataste bhavitā devi bhārasya yudhi nāśanam
Kemudian, wahai Dewi, dalam peperangan akan berlaku pemusnahan beban itu—pengakhiran kepada berat yang menindas yang dipikul bumi, melalui pembinasaan kekuatan-kekuatan yang menjadikan perang suatu keniscayaan. Vyāsa menggambarkan pembantaian yang bakal tiba bukan sekadar kemenangan, tetapi sebagai penyingkiran yang ngeri dan ditakdirkan terhadap beban yang tak tertanggung, dengan ketegangan etika antara keperluan dan tragedi.
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents war’s outcome as the removal of a cosmic and moral ‘burden’ rather than a celebratory triumph. It highlights the Mahābhārata’s ethical tension: even when destruction is portrayed as necessary for restoring order, it remains grievous and weighty.
Vyāsa addresses a goddess and foretells that, in the coming battle, the ‘burden’ will be destroyed—implying the elimination of those whose presence has become an intolerable weight on the world, culminating in a decisive, catastrophic conflict.