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Tato judhisthiro gatwa saha krishna gajahvayam
Pitaram santayamasa gandharimcha tapaswinm.
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Tato—thereafter, Yudhisthiro—maharaj Yudhisthir, Gatwa—going there, Saha—along with, Krishna—the Lord, Gajhavayam—in the capital of the name Hastinapur, Pitaram—unto his uncle (Dhritarastra) Santayamasa—spacified, Gandharim—wife of Dhritarastra, Cha—and, Tapaswinim—an ascetic lady.
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Thereafter, Maharaj Yudhisthir at once went to his capital of the name Hastinapur along with Lord Shri Krishna and going there he spacified his uncle and aunt Gandhari who was an ascetic.
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Dhritarastra and Gandhari, the father and the mother of Duryodhone and brothers, were elder uncle and aunt of Maharaj Yudhisthir. After the battle of Kurukshetra the celebrated couple having lost all their sons and grand sons, were under the care of Maharaj Yudhisthir. They were passing their days in great agony on account of such heavy loss of life and were practically living the life of ascetics. The death news of Bhismadeva uncle of Dhritarastra was another great shock for the king and the queen and therefore they required good solace from Maharaj Yudhisthir. Maharaj Yudhisthir was conscious of his duty and he at once hurried to the spot with Lord Krishna and satisfied the berieving Dhritrastra by kind words both from himself and the Lord also.
#$p#Gandhari was a powerful ascetic although she was living the life of a faithful wife and a kind mother. It is said that Gandhari also voluntarily folded her eyes on account of blindness of her husband. A wife's duty is to follow the husband cent per cent. And Gandhari was so true to her husband that she followed him even in his perpetual blindness. Therefore in her actions she was a great ascetic. Besides that the shock which she suffered on account of wholesale killing of her one hundred sons and the sons' sons also, was certainly too much for a woman; but she suffered all these just like an ascetic forbearing in all sorts of sufferings. The character of Gandhari, although a woman, is no less than Bhismadeva. They are all remarkable characters in the role of Mahabharata.
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#dl##dd#tato yudhiṣṭhiro gatvā#/dd#
#dd#saha-kṛṣṇo gajāhvayam#/dd#
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#i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=tataḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#tataḥ#/i# — thereafter; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=yudhiṣṭhiraḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#yudhiṣṭhiraḥ#/i# — Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=gatvā&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#gatvā#/i# — going there; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=saha&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#saha#/i# — with; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=kṛṣṇaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#kṛṣṇaḥ#/i# — the Lord; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=gajāhvayam&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#gajāhvayam#/i# — in the capital named Gajāhvaya Hastināpura; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=pitaram&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#pitaram#/i# — unto his uncle (Dhṛtarāṣṭra); #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=sāntvayām&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#sāntvayām #a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=āsa&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#āsa#/i# — consoled; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=gāndhārīm&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#gāndhārīm#/i# — the wife of Dhṛtarāṣṭra; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=ca&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#ca#/i# — and; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=tapasvinīm&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#tapasvinīm#/i# — an ascetic lady.
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Thereafter, Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira at once went to his capital, Hastināpura, accompanied by Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, and there he consoled his uncle and aunt Gāndhārī, who was an ascetic.
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Dhṛtarāṣṭra and Gāndhārī, the father and the mother of Duryodhana and his brothers, were the elder uncle and aunt of Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira. After the Battle of Kurukṣetra, the celebrated couple, having lost all their sons and grandsons, were under the care of Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira. They were passing their days in great agony over such a heavy loss of life and were practically living the life of ascetics. The death news of Bhīṣmadeva, uncle of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, was another great shock for the King and the Queen, and therefore they required solace from Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira. Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira was conscious of his duty, and he at once hurried to the spot with Lord Kṛṣṇa and satisfied the bereaved Dhṛtarāṣṭra with kind words, from both himself and the Lord also.
#$p#Gāndhārī was a powerful ascetic, although she was living the life of a faithful wife and a kind mother. It is said that Gāndhārī also voluntarily closed her eyes because of the blindness of her husband. A wife's duty is to follow the husband cent percent. And Gāndhārī was so true to her husband that she followed him even in his perpetual blindness. Therefore in her actions she was a great ascetic. Besides that, the shock she suffered because of the wholesale killing of her one hundred sons and her grandsons also was certainly too much for a woman. But she suffered all this just like an ascetic. Gāndhārī, although a woman, is no less than Bhīṣmadeva in character. They are both remarkable personalities in the #i#Mahābhārata#/i#.
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