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Prayers by Queen Kuntī
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TRANSLATION
There the King of the Kurus, Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira, along with his younger brothers, Dhṛtarāṣṭra, Gāndhārī, Kuntī, Draupadī and also Lord Krṣṇa, all sat, overwhelmed with grief.
PURPORT
The Battle of Kurukṣetra was fought between family members, and thus all affected persons were also family members like Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira and brothers, Kuntī, Draupadī, Subhadrā, Dhṛtarāṣṭra, Gāndhārī and her daughters-in-law, etc. All the principal dead bodies were in some way or other related with each other, and therefore the family grief was combined. Lord Krṣṇa was also one of them as a cousin of the Pāṇḍavas and nephew of Kuntī, as well as brother of Subhadrā, etc. The Lord was, therefore, equally sympathetic toward all of them, and therefore He began to pacify them befittingly.
TEXT 4
सान्त्वयामास मुनिभिर्हतवन्धूञ् शुचार्पितान् । भूतेषु कालस्य गतिं दर्शयन्नप्रतिक्रियाम् ॥ ४ ॥
sāntvayāmāsa munibhir hata-bandhūñ śucārpitān bhūteṣu kālasya gatim darśayan napratikriyām
sāntvayāmāsa—pacified; munibhiḥ—along with the munis present there; hata-bandhūñ—those who lost their friends and relatives; śucārpitān—all shocked and affected; bhūteṣu—unto the living beings; kālasya—of the supreme law of the Almighty; gatim—reactions; darśayan—demonstrated; na—no; pratikriyām—remedial measures.
TRANSLATION
Lord Śrī Krṣṇa and the munis began to pacify those who were shocked and affected, citing the stringent laws of the Almighty and their reactions upon living beings.