Shloka 42
गच्छन्त्यभिमुखा गड़्ां द्रोणशिष्या द्विजातय: । अपय्व्यां चितिं कृत्वा पुरस्कृत्य कृपी च ते,चिताकी अग्निमें अग्निहोत्रसहित द्रोणाचार्यको रखकर उनकी आहुति दे उन्हींके शिष्य द्विजातिगण कृपीको आगे और चिताको दायें करके गंगाजीके तटकी ओर जा रहे हैं
gacchanty abhimukhā gaṅgāṃ droṇaśiṣyā dvijātayaḥ | apavyaṃ citiṃ kṛtvā puraskṛtya kṛpī ca te ||
Vaiśampāyana nói: “Các môn đồ song sinh của Droṇa tiến thẳng về phía sông Gaṅgā. Đặt Kṛpī đi trước và giữ giàn hỏa táng ở bên phải như để kính cẩn nhiễu quanh, họ tiếp tục lên đường—mang theo ngọn lửa thiêng và những lễ nghi phải làm cho bậc thầy của mình.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even in the wake of catastrophic violence, dharma requires honoring relationships and obligations—here, the disciples’ duty to their guru—through correct and respectful rites. The verse highlights reverence (keeping the pyre to the right, leading with the honored person) and the ethical continuity of ritual responsibility amid grief.
Droṇa’s disciples are taking the funeral pyre toward the river Gaṅgā for the concluding rites. They proceed with Kṛpī placed in front as the honored elder, and they keep the pyre to their right in a gesture of respect while moving toward the riverbank.