Shloka 386
Duryodhana Seized by Citraseṇa; Kaurava Petition to Yudhiṣṭhira (दुर्योधनापहारः / चित्रसेनगन्धर्वग्रहणम्)
ततो विलीनगर्भा सा मानुषी भुवि दृश्यते । जो गन्धर्वोकी माता है, वह गर्भिणी स्त्रीके गर्भभो लेकर चल देती है, जिससे उस मानवी स्त्रीका गर्भ विलीन हुआ देखा जाता है
tato vilīnagarbhā sā mānuṣī bhuvi dṛśyate |
แล้วสตรีมนุษย์ผู้นั้นก็ปรากฏบนแผ่นดินประหนึ่งว่าครรภ์ของนางได้สลายไป—มดลูกว่างเปล่า
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how extraordinary power can disrupt ordinary human life, implicitly warning that such power must be governed by dharma—especially regarding harm to the innocent and the sanctity of life.
Mārkaṇḍeya describes a human woman who is observed with her pregnancy having vanished, implying that her womb-content has been made to disappear through an external (likely supernatural) act.