Shloka 20
Gāndhārī’s Petition for a Vision of the Departed (गान्धार्याः प्रार्थना—दिव्यदर्शनप्रसङ्गः)
तेषां तु पुरुषेन्द्राणां रुवतां रुदितस्वन:,वहाँ रोदन करते हुए उन पुरुषप्रवर पाण्डवोंके रोनेका शब्द महलके विस्तारसे अवरुद्ध हुए भूतल और आकाशकमें गूँजने लगा
teṣāṁ tu puruṣendrāṇāṁ ruvatāṁ ruditāsvaraḥ | mahālavistareṇāvaruddho bhūtale 'kāśe ca ghoṣam āgamat ||
然而，那哭泣之声——出自那些如雄牛般刚猛的君王、世间最卓绝的男子——纵被宫殿的广阔所阻，变得沉闷含混，仍旧四散铺开，回响于大地，直上苍穹。此景昭示：由尽责之生与不可挽回之失所生的悲恸，非墙垣与王者华丽所能囚禁；它终将化作众人共闻、近乎宇宙的哀歌。
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the inevitability and universality of sorrow: even royal power and physical barriers cannot contain the consequences of loss. It implicitly points toward vairāgya (dispassion) and the ethical gravity of dharma-bound actions whose outcomes must be endured.
The foremost men—identified in context as the Pāṇḍavas—are crying aloud. Their lament, though muffled by the palace’s vast structure, still reverberates widely, echoing across earth and sky, emphasizing the intensity of their grief.