एवं कलत्रम् आनीय वृष्णीनां हृतशेषितम् ॥
न्यवेशयत कौरव्यस् तत्र तत्र धनंजयः ॥
हार्दिक्यतनयं पार्थो नगरं मार्तिकावतम् ॥
भोजराजकलत्रं च हृतशेषं नरोत्तमः ॥
ततो वृद्धांश् च बालांश् च स्त्रियश् चादाय पाण्डवः ॥
वीरैर् विहीनान् सर्वांस् ताञ् शक्रप्रस्थे न्यवेशयत् ॥
यौयुधानिं सरस्वत्यां पुत्रं सात्यकिनः प्रियम् ॥
न्यवेशयत धर्मात्मा वृद्धबालपुरस्कृतम् ॥
इन्द्रप्रस्थे ददौ राज्यं वज्राय परवीरहा ॥
वज्रेणाक्रूरदारास् तु वार्यमाणाः प्रवव्रजुः ॥
evaṃ kalatram ānīya vṛṣṇīnāṃ hṛtaśeṣitam ||
nyaveśayata kauravyas tatra tatra dhanaṃjayaḥ ||
hārdikyatanayaṃ pārtho nagaraṃ mārtikāvatam ||
bhojarājakalatraṃ ca hṛtaśeṣaṃ narottamaḥ ||
tato vṛddhāṃś ca bālāṃś ca striyaś cādāya pāṇḍavaḥ ||
vīrair vihīnān sarvāṃs tāñ śakraprasthe nyaveśayat ||
yauyudhāniṃ sarasvatyāṃ putraṃ sātyakinaḥ priyam ||
nyaveśayata dharmātmā vṛddhabālapuraskṛtam ||
indraprasthe dadau rājyaṃ vajrāya paravīrahā ||
vajreṇākrūradārās tu vāryamāṇāḥ pravavrajuḥ ||
Thus the Kaurava brought the surviving women of the Vrishnis after the abduction and settled them here and there under protection. He anointed Subhadra's son, Vajra, over the kingdom, and at Kurukshetra...
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Despite his own defeat and grief, Arjuna completes what he promised Krishna: Vajra is installed as king and the women are distributed under protection. Duty is fulfilled in the face of helplessness — and this is the very nature of dharma, unyielding before the decrees of fate.