Shloka 2
धृतराष्ट्रस्य मूर्च्छा—व्यासोपदेशः
Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Collapse and Vyāsa’s Counsel
त॑ तथा पतितं भूमौ नि:संज्ञं प्रेक्ष्य बान्धवा: । कृष्णद्वैपायनश्रैव क्षत्ता च विदुरस्तथा
taṁ tathā patitaṁ bhūmau niḥsaṁjñaṁ prekṣya bāndhavāḥ | kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaś caiva kṣattā ca viduras tathā ||
毗湿摩波耶那说：见他如此倒卧于地，昏迷不醒，诸亲族皆在旁注视——并有黑天·岛生（毗耶娑）与维杜罗，那位王室内廷的近侍同在。此景昭示战争的人间代价：纵是智者与至亲，也不得不目睹暴力之后生命与笃定一并崩塌。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the stark reality of suffering after violence: even revered sages and righteous counselors must confront the consequences. Ethically, it points to the inevitability of grief and the fragility of embodied life, urging sobriety about the costs of adharma and conflict.
The narrator describes a person lying fallen and unconscious on the ground, while relatives look on. Present among the witnesses are Vyāsa (Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana) and Vidura, indicating that both family members and eminent elders are present at this moment of collapse and mourning in the post-war setting of the Strī Parva.