Mahabharata — Volume I (Dutt edition) — Chapter 129
MBh 1 129.1
वैशम्पायन उवाच ततस्ते कौरवाः सर्वे विना भीमं च पाण्डवाः। वृत्तक्रीडाविहारास्तु प्रतस्थुर्गजसाह्वयम्॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca tataste kauravāḥ sarve vinā bhīmaṃ ca pāṇḍavāḥ| vṛttakrīḍāvihārāstu pratasthurgajasāhvayam||
Vaishampayana said : Here the Pandavas and the Kurus, after finishing their sports and pleasure, returned to Hastinapur without Bhima.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 129.2
स्थैर्गजैस्तथा चाश्चर्यानैश्चान्यैरनेकशः। ब्रुवन्तो भीमसेनस्तु यातो ह्यग्रत एव नः॥ ततो दुर्योधनः पापस्तत्रापश्यन् वृकोदरम्। भ्रातृभिः सहितो हृष्टां नगरं प्रविवेश ह॥
sthairgajaistathā cāścaryānaiścānyairanekaśaḥ| bruvanto bhīmasenastu yāto hyagrata eva naḥ|| tato duryodhanaḥ pāpastatrāpaśyan vṛkodaram| bhrātṛbhiḥ sahito hṛṣṭāṃ nagaraṃ praviveśa ha||
Some on horses, some on elephants and some preferring cars and other conveyances. They said, “Bhima must have gone before us." The wicked Duryodhana was glad not to see Bhima; and we entered the city with his brothers (in joy).
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 129.3
युधिष्ठिरस्तु धर्मात्मा ह्यविदन् पापमात्मनि। स्वेनानुमानेन परं साधं समनुपश्यति॥
yudhiṣṭhirastu dharmātmā hyavidan pāpamātmani| svenānumānena paraṃ sādhaṃ samanupaśyati||
The virtuous minded Yudhisthira, himself being unacquainted with vice and wickedness considered others to be as honest as he himself was.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 129.4
सोऽभ्युपेत्य तदा पार्थो मातरं भ्रातृवत्सलः। अभिवाद्याब्रवीत् कुन्तीमम्ब भीम इहागतः॥
so'bhyupetya tadā pārtho mātaraṃ bhrātṛvatsalaḥ| abhivādyābravīt kuntīmamba bhīma ihāgataḥ||
The son of Pritha, (Yudhisthira), full of filial love, went to his mother, Kunti and making obeisance to her he said, “Has Bhima come here?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 129.5
क्व गतो भविता मातर्नेह पश्यामि तं शुभे। उद्यानानि वनं चैव विचितानि समन्ततः॥ तदर्थं न च तं वीरं दृष्टवन्तो वृकोदरम्। मन्यमानस्ततः सर्वे यातो नः पूर्वमेव सः॥
kva gato bhavitā mātarneha paśyāmi taṃ śubhe| udyānāni vanaṃ caiva vicitāni samantataḥ|| tadarthaṃ na ca taṃ vīraṃ dṛṣṭavanto vṛkodaram| manyamānastataḥ sarve yāto naḥ pūrvameva saḥ||
O good mother, I do not see him here. Where has he gone? We sought for him long in the gardens and the woods. But we did not find Vrikodara any where. We thought in our mind that he had preceded us.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 129.6
आगताः स्म महाभागे व्याकुलेनान्तरात्मना। इहागम्य क्व नु गतस्त्वया वा प्रेषितः क्व नु॥
āgatāḥ sma mahābhāge vyākulenāntarātmanā| ihāgamya kva nu gatastvayā vā preṣitaḥ kva nu||
O illustrious lady, we have come here, our hearts being great anxiety. Coming here, where has he gone? Have you sent him any where?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 129.7
कथयस्व महाबाहुं भीमसेनं यशस्विनि। न हि मे शुध्यते भावस्तं वीरं प्रति शोभने।॥
kathayasva mahābāhuṃ bhīmasenaṃ yaśasvini| na hi me śudhyate bhāvastaṃ vīraṃ prati śobhane|||
O illustrious lady, O great one, tell me, I am full of doubts respecting the mighty hero, Bhima.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 129.8
यतः प्रसुप्तं मन्येऽहं भीमं नेति हतस्तु सः। इत्युक्ता च ततः कुन्ती धर्मराजेन धीमता॥ हा हेति कृत्वा सम्भ्रान्ता प्रत्युवाच युधिष्ठिरम्। न पुत्र भीमं पश्यामि न मामभ्येत्यसाविति॥
yataḥ prasuptaṃ manye'haṃ bhīmaṃ neti hatastu saḥ| ityuktā ca tataḥ kuntī dharmarājena dhīmatā|| hā heti kṛtvā sambhrāntā pratyuvāca yudhiṣṭhiram| na putra bhīmaṃ paśyāmi na māmabhyetyasāviti||
He was asleep and has not come, I believe Bhima is killed." Having been thus addressed by the intelligent son of Dharma (Yudhisthira), Kunti. Cried out "Alas! alas!" She then said to Yudhisthira in alarm, O son, I have not seen Bhima; he has not come to me.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 129.9
शीघ्रमन्वेषणे यत्नं कुरु तस्यानुजैः सह। इत्युक्त्वा तनयं ज्येष्ठं हृदयेन विदूयता॥ क्षत्तारमानाय्य तदा कुन्ती वचनमब्रवीत्। क्व गतो भगवन् क्षत्तर्भीमसेनो न दृश्यते॥
śīghramanveṣaṇe yatnaṃ kuru tasyānujaiḥ saha| ityuktvā tanayaṃ jyeṣṭhaṃ hṛdayena vidūyatā|| kṣattāramānāyya tadā kuntī vacanamabravīt| kva gato bhagavan kṣattarbhīmaseno na dṛśyate||
Go soon with your brothers and make a careful search for him.” Having said this in sorrowful heart to her eldest son. Kunti summoned Kshatta (Vidura) and spoke to him thus, "O illustrious Kshatta, I do not see Bhimasena. Where is he gone!
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 129.10
उद्यानान्निर्गताः सर्वे भ्रातरो भ्रातभिः सह। तत्रैकस्तु महाबाहुर्भीमो नाभ्येति मामिह॥
udyānānnirgatāḥ sarve bhrātaro bhrātabhiḥ saha| tatraikastu mahābāhurbhīmo nābhyeti māmiha||
The others with all their brothers have returned from the gardens; only my mighty arined Bhima has not come.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 129.11
न च प्रीणयते चक्षुः सदा दुर्योधनस्य सः। क्रूरोऽसौ दुर्मतिः क्षुद्रो राज्यलुब्धोऽनपत्रपः॥
na ca prīṇayate cakṣuḥ sadā duryodhanasya saḥ| krūro'sau durmatiḥ kṣudro rājyalubdho'napatrapaḥ||
He is always in the evil look of Duryodhana. The Kurus are all wicked, narrow minded, covetous for sovereignty and impudent.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 129.12
निहन्यादपि तं वीरं जातमन्युः सुयोधनः। तेन मे व्याकुलं चित्तं हृदयं दह्यतीव च॥
nihanyādapi taṃ vīraṃ jātamanyuḥ suyodhanaḥ| tena me vyākulaṃ cittaṃ hṛdayaṃ dahyatīva ca||
They might have killed him in anger. Therefore, my mind is affected with anxiety and my heart burns.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 129.13
विदुर उवाच मैवं वदस्व कल्याणि शेषसंरक्षणं कुरु। प्रत्यादिष्टो हि दुष्टात्मा शेषेऽपि प्रहरेत् तव॥
vidura uvāca maivaṃ vadasva kalyāṇi śeṣasaṃrakṣaṇaṃ kuru| pratyādiṣṭo hi duṣṭātmā śeṣe'pi praharet tava||
Vidura said : O blessed lady, do not say so. Protect the others (your sons) from the Kurus. It abused, the wicked minded (Duryodhana) may kill the rest (of your sons).
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 129.14
दीर्घायुषस्तव सुता यथोवाच महामुनिः। आगमिष्यति ते पुत्रः प्रीति चोत्पादयिष्यति॥ तु
dīrghāyuṣastava sutā yathovāca mahāmuniḥ| āgamiṣyati te putraḥ prīti cotpādayiṣyati|| tu
The great Rishi say that your sons would be long lived. (Therefore) that son (Bhima) will surely return and gladden your heart.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 129.15
वैशम्पायन उवाच एवमुक्त्वा ययौ विद्वान् विदुरः स्वं निवेशनम्। कुन्ती चिन्तापरा भूत्वा सहासीना सुतैर्गृहे॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca evamuktvā yayau vidvān viduraḥ svaṃ niveśanam| kuntī cintāparā bhūtvā sahāsīnā sutairgṛhe||
Vaishampayana said : Having said this, the learned Vidura went (back) to his house. Kunti with her sons lived in her house in (great) anxiety.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 129.16
ततोऽष्टमे दिवसे प्रत्यबुध्यत पाण्डवः। तस्मिंस्तदा रसे जीर्णे सोऽप्रमेयबलो बली।॥
tato'ṣṭame divase pratyabudhyata pāṇḍavaḥ| tasmiṃstadā rase jīrṇe so'prameyabalo balī|||
The Pandava (Bhima) awoke from his sleep on the eight days and he left himself strong beyond measure by digesting that Rasa (ambrosia).
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 129.17
तं दृष्ट्वा प्रतिबुध्यन्तं पाण्डवं ते भुजङ्गमाः। सान्त्वयामासुरव्यग्रा वचनं चेदमब्रुवन्॥
taṃ dṛṣṭvā pratibudhyantaṃ pāṇḍavaṃ te bhujaṅgamāḥ| sāntvayāmāsuravyagrā vacanaṃ cedamabruvan||
Seeing the Pandava (Bhima) awake the snakes consoled and cheered him and they spoke to him thus.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 129.18
यत् ते पीतो महाबाहो रसोऽयं वीर्यसम्भृतः। तस्मान्नागायुतबलो रणेऽधृष्यो भविष्यसि॥
yat te pīto mahābāho raso'yaṃ vīryasambhṛtaḥ| tasmānnāgāyutabalo raṇe'dhṛṣyo bhaviṣyasi||
O mighty armed hero, the strength giving Rasa (liquor) which you have drunk will give you the strength of ten thousand elephants and you will be invincible in battle.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 129.19
गच्छाद्य त्वं च स्वगृहं स्नातो दिव्यैरिमै लैः। भ्रातरस्तेऽनुतप्यन्ति त्वां विना कुरुपुङ्गव॥
gacchādya tvaṃ ca svagṛhaṃ snāto divyairimai laiḥ| bhrātaraste'nutapyanti tvāṃ vinā kurupuṅgava||
O best of the Kuru race, bathe in this sacred and auspicious water and return home. Your brothers are disconsolate for your absence.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 129.20
ततः स्नातो महाबाहुः शुचिः शुल्काम्बस्रजः। ततो नागस्य भवने कृतकौतुकमङ्गलः॥ ओषधीभिर्विषघ्नीभिः सुरभीभिर्विशेषतः। भुक्तवान् परमान्नं च नागैर्दत्तं महाबलः॥
tataḥ snāto mahābāhuḥ śuciḥ śulkāmbasrajaḥ| tato nāgasya bhavane kṛtakautukamaṅgalaḥ|| oṣadhībhirviṣaghnībhiḥ surabhībhirviśeṣataḥ| bhuktavān paramānnaṃ ca nāgairdattaṃ mahābalaḥ||
Thereupon the mighty armed (hero) became purified by a bath and decked himself with white garments and with white flowery garlands. He ate the Paramanya offered to him by the powerful Nagas. Then being adored and blessed by the Naga hero, the Pandava (Bhima), decked with various celestial ornaments, rose from the nether regions.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 129.21
पूजितो भुजगैर्वीरं आशीभिश्चाभिनन्दितः। दिव्याभरणसंछन्नो नागानामन्त्र्य पाण्डवः॥ उदतिष्ठत् प्रहृष्टात्मा नागलोकादरिंदमः। उत्क्षिप्तः स तु नागेन जलाज्जलरुहेक्षणः॥ तस्मिन्नेव वनोद्देशे स्थापितः कुरुनन्दनः। ते चान्तर्दधिरे नागाः पाण्डवस्यैव पश्यतः॥
pūjito bhujagairvīraṃ āśībhiścābhinanditaḥ| divyābharaṇasaṃchanno nāgānāmantrya pāṇḍavaḥ|| udatiṣṭhat prahṛṣṭātmā nāgalokādariṃdamaḥ| utkṣiptaḥ sa tu nāgena jalājjalaruhekṣaṇaḥ|| tasminneva vanoddeśe sthāpitaḥ kurunandanaḥ| te cāntardadhire nāgāḥ pāṇḍavasyaiva paśyataḥ||
That chastiser of foes (Bhima) rose from the abode of the Nagas in delightful heart. The lotus eyed (hero), being upraised by the Nagas from the water, was placed in the self same gardens, where he had been sporting. They then vanished in his own sight.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 129.22
तत उत्थाय कौन्तयो भीमसेनो महाबलः। आजगाम महाबाहुर्मातुरन्तिकमञ्जसा॥
tata utthāya kauntayo bhīmaseno mahābalaḥ| ājagāma mahābāhurmāturantikamañjasā||
The powerful Bhima, the son of Kunti, being thus arisen, ran to his mother with all speed.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 129.23
ततोऽभिवाद्य जननी ज्येष्ठं भ्रातरमेव च। कनीयसः समानाय शिरःस्वरिविमर्दनः॥
tato'bhivādya jananī jyeṣṭhaṃ bhrātarameva ca| kanīyasaḥ samānāya śiraḥsvarivimardanaḥ||
Saluting her and his eldest brother, that chastiser of foes smelt the heads of his younger brothers.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 129.24
तैश्चापि सम्परिष्वक्तः सह मात्रा नरर्षभैः। अन्योन्यगतसौहार्दाद् दिष्ट्या दिष्ट्येति चाब्रुवन्॥
taiścāpi sampariṣvaktaḥ saha mātrā nararṣabhaiḥ| anyonyagatasauhārdād diṣṭyā diṣṭyeti cābruvan||
He was embraced by his mother and by every one of those best of men. In filial love for one another they then exclaimed, “What joy! What great joy!"
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 129.25
ततस्तत् सर्वमाचष्ट दुर्योधनविचेष्टितम्। भ्रातृणां भीमसेनश्च महाबलपराक्रमः॥
tatastat sarvamācaṣṭa duryodhanaviceṣṭitam| bhrātṛṇāṃ bhīmasenaśca mahābalaparākramaḥ||
Everything about the villainy of Duryodhana was told to his brothers by the greatly powerful Bhima.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 129.26
नागलोके च यद् वृत्तं गुणदोषमशेषतः। तच्च सर्वमशेषेण कथयामास पाण्डवः॥
nāgaloke ca yad vṛttaṃ guṇadoṣamaśeṣataḥ| tacca sarvamaśeṣeṇa kathayāmāsa pāṇḍavaḥ||
The Pandava (Bhima) told them in detail all about the lucky and unlucky incidents that befell him in the region of the Nagas.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 129.27
ततो युधिष्ठिरो राजा भीममाह वचोऽर्थवत्। तूष्णीं भव न ते जल्प्यमिदं कार्यं कथंचन॥
tato yudhiṣṭhiro rājā bhīmamāha vaco'rthavat| tūṣṇīṃ bhava na te jalpyamidaṃ kāryaṃ kathaṃcana||
Thereupon, king Yudhisthira spoke to Bhima these words of great import, “Keep your silence. Do not speak it out to any one in any way.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 129.28
एवमुक्त्वा महाबाहुर्धर्मराजो युधिष्ठिरः। भ्रातृभिः सहितः सर्वैरप्रमत्तोऽभवत् तदा॥
evamuktvā mahābāhurdharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ| bhrātṛbhiḥ sahitaḥ sarvairapramatto'bhavat tadā||
sons of Kunti, you should protect one another with great care from this day.” having said this, the mighty armed Dharmaraja Yudhisthira.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 129.29
सारथिं चास्य दयितमपहस्तेन जनिवान्। धर्मात्मा विदुरस्तेषां पार्थानां प्रददौ मतिम्॥
sārathiṃ cāsya dayitamapahastena janivān| dharmātmā vidurasteṣāṃ pārthānāṃ pradadau matim||
With all his brothers, became very vigilant from that day. And the virtuous minded Vidura gave the sons of Pritha (the Pandavas) good counsels.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 129.30
भोजने भीमसेन्स्य पुनः प्राक्षेपयद् विषम्। कालकूटं नवं तीक्ष्णं सम्भृतं लोमहर्षणम्॥
bhojane bhīmasensya punaḥ prākṣepayad viṣam| kālakūṭaṃ navaṃ tīkṣṇaṃ sambhṛtaṃ lomaharṣaṇam||
Some time after, Duryodhana again mixed (with Bhima's food) poison which was fresh, virulent, fearful, hair stirring and deadly.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 129.31
वैश्यापुत्रस्तदाचष्ट पार्थानां हितकाम्यया। तच्चापि भुक्त्वाजरयदविकारं वृकोदरः॥
vaiśyāputrastadācaṣṭa pārthānāṃ hitakāmyayā| taccāpi bhuktvājarayadavikāraṃ vṛkodaraḥ||
The son of the Vaishya women (their cousin Yuyutsu), being desirous of doing good to the sons of Pritha, informed them of it; but Vrikodara (Bhima) ate it and digested it.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 129.32
विकारं न ह्यजनयत् सुतीक्ष्णमपि तद् विषम्। भीमसंहनने भीमे अजीर्यत वृकोदरे॥
vikāraṃ na hyajanayat sutīkṣṇamapi tad viṣam| bhīmasaṃhanane bhīme ajīryata vṛkodare||
Through that poison was greatly virulent, though it was intended for killing Bhima, it produced no effects on Bhima; he digested it.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 129.33
एवं दुर्योधनः कर्णः शकुनिश्चापि सौबलः। अनेकैरभ्युपायैस्ताञ्जिघांसन्ति स्म पाण्डवान्॥
evaṃ duryodhanaḥ karṇaḥ śakuniścāpi saubalaḥ| anekairabhyupāyaistāñjighāṃsanti sma pāṇḍavān||
Thereupon, Duryodhana, Karna and the son of Subala (Shakuni) adopted numerous other means to kill that Pandava (Bhima).
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 129.34
पाण्डवाश्चापि तत् सर्वं प्रत्यजानन्नमर्षिताः। उद्भावनमकुर्वन्तो विदुरस्य मते स्थिताः॥
pāṇḍavāścāpi tat sarvaṃ pratyajānannamarṣitāḥ| udbhāvanamakurvanto vidurasya mate sthitāḥ||
The Pandavas, though they were aware of all this, did express no indignation as advised by Vidura.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 129.35
कुमारान् क्रीडमानांस्तान् दृष्ट्वा राजातिदुर्मदान्। गुरुं शिक्षार्थमन्विष्य गौतमं तान् न्यवेदयत्॥ शरस्तम्बे समुद्भूतं वेदशास्त्रार्थपारगम्। अधिजग्मुश्च कुरवो धनुर्वेदं कृपात् तु ते॥
kumārān krīḍamānāṃstān dṛṣṭvā rājātidurmadān| guruṃ śikṣārthamanviṣya gautamaṃ tān nyavedayat|| śarastambe samudbhūtaṃ vedaśāstrārthapāragam| adhijagmuśca kuravo dhanurvedaṃ kṛpāt tu te||
King Dhritrasthra to search Kripacharya born of race of Gautama, who was originated from arrows for giving the education of their Kumar's engaged in playing and impertinent. Accepting them as a preceptor they handed over Kumar's of Kuru race to him. They started the teaching of Dhanurveda (archery). were
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)