Shloka 29

Duryodhana’s Post-Duel Lament and Instructions (भग्नसक्थस्य विलापः)

Devanagari script

पितामहश्न भगवान्‌ कृष्णस्तत्र भविष्यति | सर्वथा ते महाबाहो गान्धार्या: क्रोधनाशनम्‌

Transliteration

pitāmahaś ca bhagavān kṛṣṇas tatra bhaviṣyati | sarvathā te mahābāho gāndhāryāḥ krodha-nāśanam ||

Translation

ที่นั่น พระกฤษณะผู้เป็นภควานจะประทับอยู่ด้วย พร้อมกับปิตามหะ. โอ้ผู้มีพาหาอันเกรียงไกร พระองค์จักยังความพิโรธของกานธารีให้ดับสิ้นโดยประการทั้งปวง

Word by Word

पितामहःthe grandsire (Bhīṣma)

नnot

भगवान्the Blessed Lord

कृष्णःKṛṣṇa

तत्रthere

भविष्यतिwill be / will become

सर्वथाin every way / certainly

तेof you / your

महाबाहोO mighty-armed one

गान्धार्याःof Gāndhārī

क्रोधanger

नाशनम्destruction / removal

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Kṛṣṇa

Pitāmaha (Bhīṣma)

Gāndhārī

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in the aftermath of catastrophic conflict, righteous leadership requires the cooling of wrath and the restoration of moral balance; the presence of the wise and the divine is portrayed as essential for transforming grief-driven anger into restraint and reconciliation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana foretells that Kṛṣṇa (and the revered grandsire, Pitāmaha) will be present at the relevant encounter, and that Kṛṣṇa will ensure Gāndhārī’s anger is quelled—anticipating a tense post-war moment where her grief and indignation must be addressed.