ये कोपिता: सुबहु पाण्डुसुता: सपत्नै- र्दुर्द्यूतहेलनकचग्रहणादिभिस्तान् । कृत्वा निमित्तमितरेतरत: समेतान् हत्वा नृपान् निरहरत् क्षितिभारमीश: ॥ २ ॥
ye kopitāḥ su-bahu pāṇḍu-sutāḥ sapatnair durdyūta-helana-kaca-grahaṇādibhis tān kṛtvā nimittam itaretarataḥ sametān hatvā nṛpān niraharat kṣiti-bhāram īśaḥ
- ye
- they who
- kopitāḥ
- were angered
- su-bahu
- excessively, time and time again
- pāṇḍu-sutāḥ
- the sons of Pāṇḍu
- sapatnaiḥ
- by their enemies
- duḥ-dyūta
- by duplicitous gambling
- helana
- insults
- kaca-grahaṇa
- grabbing the hair (of Draupadī)
- ādibhiḥ
- and other impetuses
- tān
- them (the Pāṇḍavas)
- kṛtvā
- making
- nimittam
- the immediate cause
- itara-itarataḥ
- confronting one another on opposite sides
- sametān
- all assembled
- hatvā
- killing
- nṛpān
- the kings
- niraharat
- took away once and for all
- kṣiti
- of the earth
- bhāram
- the burden
- īśaḥ
- the Supreme Lord
Because the sons of Pāṇḍu were enraged by the numerous offenses of their enemies, such as duplicitous gambling, verbal insults, the seizing of Draupadī’s hair, and many other cruel transgressions, the Supreme Lord engaged those Pāṇḍavas as the immediate cause to execute His will. On the pretext of the Battle of Kurukṣetra, Lord Kṛṣṇa arranged for all the kings who were burdening the earth to assemble with their armies on opposite sides of the battlefield, and when the Lord killed them through the agency of war, the earth was relieved of its burden.