Mahabharata — Volume I (Dutt edition) — Chapter 148

MBh 1 148.1

वैशम्पायन उवाच तांस्तु दृष्ट्वा सुमनसः परिसंवत्सरोषितान्। विश्वस्तानिव संलक्ष्य हर्षं चक्रे पुरोचनः॥ पुरोचने तथा हृष्टे कौन्तेयोऽथ युधिष्ठिरः। भीससेनार्जुनौ चोभौ यमौ प्रोवाच धर्मवित्॥

vaiśampāyana uvāca tāṃstu dṛṣṭvā sumanasaḥ parisaṃvatsaroṣitān| viśvastāniva saṃlakṣya harṣaṃ cakre purocanaḥ|| purocane tathā hṛṣṭe kaunteyo'tha yudhiṣṭhiraḥ| bhīsasenārjunau cobhau yamau provāca dharmavit||

Vaishampayana said : Having seen them living cheerfully and without suspicious for a full year, Purochana became exceedingly glad. Seeing Purochana ili that state of mind, the virtuous son of Kunti, Yudhishthira, thus spoke to Bhima, Arjuna and the twins (Nakula and Sahadeva).

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 1 148.2

अस्मानयं सुविश्वस्तान् वेत्ति पापः पुरोचनः। वञ्चितोऽयं नृशंसात्मा कालं मन्ये पलायने॥

asmānayaṃ suviśvastān vetti pāpaḥ purocanaḥ| vañcito'yaṃ nṛśaṃsātmā kālaṃ manye palāyane||

Yudhisthira said: The cruel hearted and sinful Purochana thinks us very trustful and he has thus been well deceived. I think (therefore) that the time for our escape has come.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 1 148.3

आयुधागारमादीप्य दग्ध्वा चैव पुरोचनम्। षट् प्राणिनो निधायेह द्रवामोऽनभिलक्षिताः॥

āyudhāgāramādīpya dagdhvā caiva purocanam| ṣaṭ prāṇino nidhāyeha dravāmo'nabhilakṣitāḥ||

Setting fire to the arsenal, burning Purochana to death and leaving six bodies here, let us escape from this place, unobserved by any.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 1 148.4

अथ दानापदेशेन कुन्ती ब्राह्मणभोजनम्। चक्रे निशि महाराज आजग्मुस्तत्र योषितः॥ ता विहृत्य यथाकामं भुक्त्वा पीत्वा च भारत। जग्मुर्निशि गृहानेव समनुज्ञाप्य माधवीम्॥

atha dānāpadeśena kuntī brāhmaṇabhojanam| cakre niśi mahārāja ājagmustatra yoṣitaḥ|| tā vihṛtya yathākāmaṃ bhuktvā pītvā ca bhārata| jagmurniśi gṛhāneva samanujñāpya mādhavīm||

On the occasion of an alms giving, Kunti fed on a certain night a large number of Brahmanas. There came also a number of ladies. O descendant of Bharata, they ate and drank and enjoyed themselves as much as they pleased. And they all returned home with the permissions of Madhvi (Kunti).

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 1 148.5

निषादी पञ्चपुत्रा तु तस्मिन् भोज्ये यदृच्छया। अन्नार्थिनी समभ्यागात् सपुत्रा कालचोदिता॥ सा पीत्वा मदिरां मत्ता सपुत्रा मदविह्वला। सह सर्वैः सुतै राजंस्तस्मिन्नेव निवेशने॥ सुष्वाप विगतज्ञाना मृतकल्पा नराधिप। अथ प्रवाते तुमुले निशि सुप्ते जने तदा॥ तदुपादीपयद् भीमः शेते यत्र पुरोचनः। ततो जदुगृहद्वारं दीपयामास पाण्डवः॥

niṣādī pañcaputrā tu tasmin bhojye yadṛcchayā| annārthinī samabhyāgāt saputrā kālacoditā|| sā pītvā madirāṃ mattā saputrā madavihvalā| saha sarvaiḥ sutai rājaṃstasminneva niveśane|| suṣvāpa vigatajñānā mṛtakalpā narādhipa| atha pravāte tumule niśi supte jane tadā|| tadupādīpayad bhīmaḥ śete yatra purocanaḥ| tato jadugṛhadvāraṃ dīpayāmāsa pāṇḍavaḥ||

Impelled by fate, a Nishada woman with her five sons came there with the desire of obtaining food and she enjoyed herself there at pleasure. She drank wine and became drunk and incapable with her sons. O king, she with her sons slept in that house more dead than alive. O king, when all the people fell asleep, a violent storm began to blow on that night. Bhima then set fire to the house where Purochana was asleep; then the Pandava set fire to the door of that lac house.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 1 148.6

समन्ततो ददौ पश्चादग्नि तत्र निवेशने। ज्ञात्वा तु तद् गृहं सर्वमादीप्तं पाण्डुनन्दनाः॥ सुरङ्गां विविशुस्तूर्णं मात्रा सार्धमरिंदमाः। ततः प्रतापः सुमहाञ्छब्दश्चैव विभावसोः॥ प्रादुरासीत् तदा तेन बुबुधे स जनवजः। तदवेक्ष्य गृहं दीप्तमाहुः पौराः कृशाननाः॥

samantato dadau paścādagni tatra niveśane| jñātvā tu tad gṛhaṃ sarvamādīptaṃ pāṇḍunandanāḥ|| suraṅgāṃ viviśustūrṇaṃ mātrā sārdhamariṃdamāḥ| tataḥ pratāpaḥ sumahāñchabdaścaiva vibhāvasoḥ|| prādurāsīt tadā tena bubudhe sa janavajaḥ| tadavekṣya gṛhaṃ dīptamāhuḥ paurāḥ kṛśānanāḥ||

Then he set fire to that house in several places. When the sons of Pandu were satisfied that the house had caught fire in all parts. Those chastisers of foes, then speedily entered the subterranean passage with their mother. Thereupon the intense heat and the great roar of the fire. Awakened the people of the city; and seeing the house ablaze, they said in sorrowful face.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 1 148.7

पौरा ऊचुः दुर्योधनप्रयुक्तेन पापेनाकृतबुद्धिना। गृहमात्मविनाशाय कारितं दाहितं च तत्॥ अहो धिग् धृतराष्ट्रस्य बुद्धिर्नातिसमञ्जसा। यः शुचीन् पाण्डुदायादान् दाहयामास शत्रुवत्॥

paurā ūcuḥ duryodhanaprayuktena pāpenākṛtabuddhinā| gṛhamātmavināśāya kāritaṃ dāhitaṃ ca tat|| aho dhig dhṛtarāṣṭrasya buddhirnātisamañjasā| yaḥ śucīn pāṇḍudāyādān dāhayāmāsa śatruvat||

The Citizens said : The wicked minded (Purochana) built this house to destroy the relatives of his employer under the instructions of the Duryodhana and he has (now) set fire to it. Fire Fire on SO Dhritarashtra, whose understanding is partial! He has burnt to death the heirs of Pandu, as if they were his enemies?

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 1 148.8

दिष्ट्या त्विदानी पापात्मा दग्धोऽयमतिदुर्मतिः। अनागसः सुविश्वस्तान् यो ददाह नरोत्तमान्॥

diṣṭyā tvidānī pāpātmā dagdho'yamatidurmatiḥ| anāgasaḥ suviśvastān yo dadāha narottamān||

The wicked minded and sinful (Purochana), who has brunt those best of men (the Pandavas) innocent and unsuspicious, has himself been (also) burnt to death as fate would have it.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 1 148.9

वैशम्पायन उवाच एवं ते विलपन्ति स्म वारणावतका जनाः। परिवार्य गृहं तच्च तस्थू रात्रौ समन्ततः॥

vaiśampāyana uvāca evaṃ te vilapanti sma vāraṇāvatakā janāḥ| parivārya gṛhaṃ tacca tasthū rātrau samantataḥ||

Vaishampayana said : Thus bewailed the citizens of Varanavata. Surrounding the house, they remained for the whole night there.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 1 148.10

पाण्डवाश्चापि ते सर्वे सह मात्रा सुदुःखिताः। बिलेन तेन निर्गत्य जग्मुर्दुतमलक्षिताः॥

pāṇḍavāścāpi te sarve saha mātrā suduḥkhitāḥ| bilena tena nirgatya jagmurdutamalakṣitāḥ||

The Pandavas however with their sorrowful mother came out of the subterranean passage and fled unobserved in haste.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 1 148.11

तेन निद्रोपरोधेन साध्वसेन च पाण्डवाः। न शेकुः सहसा गन्तुं सह मात्रा परंतपाः॥

tena nidroparodhena sādhvasena ca pāṇḍavāḥ| na śekuḥ sahasā gantuṃ saha mātrā paraṃtapāḥ||

Those chastisers of foes, the Pandavas, on account of sleeplessness and fear, could not proceed with speed with their mother.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 1 148.12

भीमसेनस्तु राजेन्द्र भीमवेगपराक्रमः। जगाम भ्रातृनादाय सर्वान् मातरमेव च॥ स्कन्धमारोप्य जननी यमावरून वीर्यवान्। पार्थी गृहीत्वा पाणिभ्यां भ्रातरौ सुमहाबलः॥

bhīmasenastu rājendra bhīmavegaparākramaḥ| jagāma bhrātṛnādāya sarvān mātarameva ca|| skandhamāropya jananī yamāvarūna vīryavān| pārthī gṛhītvā pāṇibhyāṃ bhrātarau sumahābalaḥ||

O king of kings, Bhimasena, educed with great speed and power, took upon his body his mother and all his brothers. The greatly strong and energetic Vrikodara took his mother on his shoulder, the twins on his sides and the two sons of Pritha, his brothers (Arjuna and Yudhisthira) on both his arms.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 1 148.13

उरसा पादपान् भञ्जन् महीं पद्भ्यां विदारयन्। स जगामाशु तेजस्वी वातरंहा वृकोदरः॥

urasā pādapān bhañjan mahīṃ padbhyāṃ vidārayan| sa jagāmāśu tejasvī vātaraṃhā vṛkodaraḥ||

He broke the trees by his breast and pressed the earth with his feet. He tius marched on.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)