Text 21] Dhrtarastra Quits Home 687
come and go in which we have no hand, but we have to suffer or tolerate
them without remedial measure. That is the result of time.
TEXT 21
fregega aad fant aaz |
TRA FATT TA TAMAS 128
pitr-bhratr-suhrt-putra
hatas te vigatam vayam
atma ca jaraya grastah
para-geham upasase
pitr—father; bhratr—brother; suhrt—well-wishers; putrah—sons; hatah—
all dead; te—yours; vigatam—expended; vayam—age; atma—the body; ca—
also; jaraya—by invalidity; grastah—overcome; para-geham—another’s home;
upasase—you do live.
TRANSLATION
Your father, brother, well-wishers and sons are all dead and passed
away. You yourself have expended the major portion of your life, your
body is now overtaken by invalidity, and you are living in the home of
another.
PURPORT
The King is reminded of his precarious condition, influenced by cruel
time, and by his past experience he should have been more intelligent to
see what was going to happen to his own life. His father Vicitravirya died
long ago, when he and his younger brothers were all little children, and it
was due to the care and kindness of Bhismadeva that they were properly
brought up. Then again his brother Pandu died also. Then in the Battlefield
of Kuruksetra his one hundred sons and his grandsons all died, along with
all other well-wishers like Bhismadeva, Dronacarya, Karna and many other
kings and friends. So he had lost all men and money, and now he was living
at the mercy of his nephew, whom ‘he had put into troubles of various
types. And despite all these reverses, he thought that he would prolong
his life more and more. Vidura wanted to point out to Dhrtarastra that
everyone has to protect himself by his action and the grace of the Lord.
One has to execute his duty faithfully depending for the result on the
