Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.57.2

bhīṣmaḿ kṛpaḿ sa viduraḿ

gāndhārīḿ droṇam eva ca

tulya-duḥkhau ca sańgamya

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; sańgamya — 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.

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