SB 1.8.3
TEXT 3
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TEXT
तत्रासीनं कुरुपतिं धृतराष्ट्रं सहानुजम् ।
गान्धारीं पुत्रशोकार्तां पृथां कृष्णां च माधवः ॥ ३ ॥ tatrasinam kuru-patim
dhrtarastram sahanujam
gandharim putra-sokartam
prtham krsnam ca madhavah
tatra-there; asinam-sitting; kuru-patim-the King of the Kurus; dhrtarastram-Dhrtarastra; saha anujam-with his younger brother; gandharim-Gandhari; putra-son; soka-artam-overtaken by bereavement; prtham-Kunti; krsnam-Draupadi; ca-also; madhavah-Lord Sri Krsna.
TRANSLATION
There the King of the Kurus, Maharaja Yudhisthira, along with his younger brothers, Dhrtarastra, 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, etc. All the principal dead bodies were in some way or other related with each other, and therefore the family grief was combined. 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.
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