Text 4] Prayers by Queen Kunti 377
TRANSLATION
There the King of the Kurus, Maharaja Yudhisthira, along with his
younger brothers, Dhrta:astra, Gandhari, Kunti, Draupadi and also Lord
Krsna, all sat, overwhelmed with grief.
PURPORT

The Battle of Kuruksetra was fought between family members, and thus
all affected persons were also family members like Maharaja Yudhisthira
and brothers, Kunti, Draupadi, Subhadra, Dhrtarastra, Gandhari and her
daughters-in-law, ete. All the principal dead bodies were in some way or
other related with each other, and therefore the family grief was com-
bined. Lord Krsna was also one of them as a cousin of the Pandavas and
nephew of Kunti, as well as brother of Subhadra, etc. The Lord was,
therefore, equally sympathetic toward all of them, and therefore He began
to pacify them befittingly.

TEXT 4
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AAT lrtedeqa TATA |
WY wea af caaaafaterar iv i
santvayadmdasa munibhir
hata-bandhufi sucarpitan
bhitesu kdlasya gatim
darsayan napratikriyam

santvayamdasa—pacified; munibhih—along with the munis present there:
hata-bandhiiti—those who lost their friends and relatives; suca@rpitén—all
shocked and affected; bhiitesu—unto the living beings; kalasya—of the
supreme law of the Almighty; gatim—reactions; darsayan—demonstrated;
na—ne; pratikriyam—remedial measures.

TRANSLATION
Lord Sri Krsna 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.
