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ŚB 10.57.2

Devanagari

भीष्मं कृपं सविदुरं गान्धारीं द्रोणमेव च ।
तुल्यदु:खौ च सङ्गम्य हा कष्टमिति होचतु: ॥ २ ॥

Text

bhīṣmaṁ kṛpaṁ sa viduraṁ
gāndhārīṁ droṇam eva ca
tulya-duḥkhau ca saṅgamya
hā kaṣṭam iti hocatuḥ

Synonyms

bhīṣmam — Bhīṣma; kṛpam — Ācārya Kṛpa; sa-viduram — and also Vidura; gāndhārīm — Gāndhārī, the wife of Dhṛtarāṣṭra; droṇam — Ācārya Droṇa; eva ca — as well; tulya — equally; duḥkhau — sorrowful; ca — and; saṅgamya — meeting with; hā — alas; kaṣṭam — how painful; iti — thus; ha ūcatuḥ — They spoke.

Translation

The two Lords met with Bhīṣma, Kṛpa, Vidura, Gāndhārī and Droṇa. Showing sorrow equal to theirs, They cried out, “Alas, how painful this is!”

Purport

Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī points out that those who were involved in the assassination attempt were of course not at all sorry to hear of the Pāṇḍavas’ death. The persons specifically mentioned here, however — Bhīṣma, Kṛpa, Vidura, Gāndhārī and Droṇa — were actually unhappy to hear of the supposed tragedy.