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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 ||

சஞ்சயன் கூறினான்—பின்னர் ப்ருதையின் புதல்வர்கள் துர்யோதனனின் பாசறைக்குள் நுழைந்தனர். அதின் தலைவன் வீழ்ந்ததால் அதன் ஒளி அணைந்திருந்தது; பார்வையாளர்கள் சென்றபின் அரங்கம் வெறுமையாக மங்குவது போல, அந்தப் பாசறை விழாவற்றதும் செல்வஒளியற்றதும் தோன்றியது.

ततःthen, thereafter
ततः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः
तेthey
ते:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formmasculine, nominative, plural
प्राविशन्entered
प्राविशन्:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + विश्
Formimperfect (laṅ), 3rd, plural, parasmaipada
पार्थाःthe sons of Pṛthā (Pāṇḍavas)
पार्थाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपार्थ
Formmasculine, nominative, plural
हतत्विट्कम्whose splendor was destroyed
हतत्विट्कम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootहत-त्विट्क
Formneuter, accusative, singular
हतईश्वरम्whose lord/master was slain
हतईश्वरम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootहत-ईश्वर
Formneuter, accusative, singular
दुर्योधनस्यof Duryodhana
दुर्योधनस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootदुर्योधन
Formmasculine, genitive, singular
शिबिरम्camp
शिबिरम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootशिबिर
Formneuter, accusative, singular

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
P
Pārthas (Pāṇḍavas / sons of Kuntī-Pṛthā)
D
Duryodhana
Ś
Śibira (camp)

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.