Mahabharata — Ashvamedhika Parva, Shloka 28
Kṛṣṇa–Arjuna Saṃvāda in Indraprastha: Consolation, Legitimation, and Leave for Dvārakā (आश्वमेधिकपर्व, अध्याय १५)
प्रयोजन च निर्वत्तमिह वासे ममार्जुन । धार्तराष्ट्रो हतो राजा सबल: सपदानुग:
prayojanaṁ ca nirvṛttam iha vāse mamārjuna | dhārtarāṣṭro hato rājā sabalaḥ sapadānugaḥ ||
风神伐由说道：“噢，阿周那，我在此驻留的目的如今已然完成。达尔塔拉施特拉之王——持国之子难敌（Duryodhana）——已被诛灭，连同其军旅与随从侍从一并覆亡。”
वायुदेव उवाच
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The verse frames the fall of Duryodhana as the completion of a divinely overseen purpose: when adharma culminates in destructive war, its leader’s defeat becomes the necessary closure that restores moral order, and even divine presences withdraw once their role is fulfilled.
Vāyudeva addresses Arjuna, declaring that his reason for staying in this context has been accomplished because Duryodhana—the Dhārtarāṣṭra king—has been killed along with his army and attendants, marking the decisive end of the Kaurava leadership.