Shloka 4
धृतराष्ट्राश्रमगमनम् — The Pandavas’ Procession to Dhritarashtra’s Hermitage
न ते शोच्या महात्मान: सर्व एव नर्षभा: | क्षत्रधर्मपरा: सनन््तस्तथा हि निधन गता:
vyāsa uvāca | na te śocyā mahātmānaḥ sarva eva nararṣabhāḥ | kṣatradharmaparāḥ santaḥ tathā hi nidhanaṃ gatāḥ ||
ਉਹ ਸਭ ਮਹਾਤਮਾ ਨਰ-ਸ਼੍ਰੇਸ਼ਠ ਵੀਰ ਸ਼ੋਕ ਦੇ ਯੋਗ ਨਹੀਂ। ਕਸ਼ਤਰੀ ਧਰਮ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਡੋਲ ਰਹਿ ਕੇ, ਉਸੇ ਦੇ ਅਨੁਸਾਰ ਹੀ ਉਹ ਮੌਤ ਨੂੰ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਹੋਏ ਹਨ।
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
Grief is tempered by dharma: those who lived and died aligned with kṣatriya-duty are not to be lamented as if their end were meaningless; their death is framed as a duty-fulfilled, honorable completion.
Vyāsa addresses a grieving listener in the aftermath of the great war, urging them to refrain from mourning the fallen heroes, since they died as kṣatriyas should—steadfast in their ordained role.