But through a little space in the napkin, even as she turned her face
away, her eyes fell on the toe of the prostrate Yudhishthira.
At once, says the poet, the toe wascharred black. Arjuna knew the power
of bereaved Gandhari's wrath, and hid himself behind Vasudeva.
The wise and good Gandhari suppressed all her anger and blessed the
Pandavas and sent them to Kunti.
Gandhari turned to Draupadi, who was in
lamentation, having lost all her sons. "Dear girl," said Gandhari. "Do not
grieve.
fWho can give solace to you and me? It is
through my fault that this great tribe has been destroyed altogether." |