Mahabharata — Volume I (Dutt edition) — Chapter 162

MBh 1 162.1

वैशम्पायन उवाच करिष्य इति भीमेन प्रतिज्ञातेऽथ भारत। आजग्मुस्ते ततः सर्वे भैक्षमादाय पाण्डवाः॥

vaiśampāyana uvāca kariṣya iti bhīmena pratijñāte'tha bhārata| ājagmuste tataḥ sarve bhaikṣamādāya pāṇḍavāḥ||

Vaishampayana said : O descendant of Bharata, when Bhima promised by saying, “I shall do it," the Pandavas all came there after collecting food,

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

MBh 1 162.2

आकारेणैव तं ज्ञात्वा पाण्डुपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः। रहः समुपविश्यैकस्तत: पप्रच्छ मातरम्॥

ākāreṇaiva taṃ jñātvā pāṇḍuputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ| rahaḥ samupaviśyaikastata: papraccha mātaram||

The son of Pandu Yudhisthira learnt the affair by the appearance of Bhima and sitting by his mother, he spoke thus to her in private.

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

MBh 1 162.3

युधिष्ठिर उवाच किं चिकीर्षत्ययं कर्म भीमो भीमपराक्रमः। भवत्यनुमते कच्चित् स्वयं वा कर्तुमिच्छति॥

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca kiṃ cikīrṣatyayaṃ karma bhīmo bhīmaparākramaḥ| bhavatyanumate kaccit svayaṃ vā kartumicchati||

Yudhisthira said: What is the work that the greatly powerful Bhima wants to performs? Does he wish to do it by your command or of his own will?

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

MBh 1 162.4

कुन्त्युवाच ममैव वचनादेष करिष्यति परंतपः। ब्राह्मणार्थे महत् कृत्यं मोक्षाय नगरस्य च॥

kuntyuvāca mamaiva vacanādeṣa kariṣyati paraṃtapaḥ| brāhmaṇārthe mahat kṛtyaṃ mokṣāya nagarasya ca||

Kunti said: By my request the chastiser of foes (Bhima) will do this great deed for the sake of the Brahmana and in order to save the town (from the Rakshasa).

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

MBh 1 162.5

युधिष्ठिर उवाच किमिदं साहसं तीक्ष्णं भवत्या दुष्करं कृतम्। परित्यागं हि पुत्रस्य न प्रशंसन्ति साधवः॥

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca kimidaṃ sāhasaṃ tīkṣṇaṃ bhavatyā duṣkaraṃ kṛtam| parityāgaṃ hi putrasya na praśaṃsanti sādhavaḥ||

Yudhisthira said : What rush act has been done by you! It is a very difficult work. The learned men never praise one's abandonment of his own son.

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

MBh 1 162.6

कथं परसुतस्यार्थे स्वसुतं त्यक्तुमिच्छसि। लोकवेदविरुद्धं हि पुत्रत्यागात् कृतं त्वया॥

kathaṃ parasutasyārthe svasutaṃ tyaktumicchasi| lokavedaviruddhaṃ hi putratyāgāt kṛtaṃ tvayā||

were Why do you wish to abandon your son for the sake of another's son? You have done this act of abandonment of your son which is not approved by both men and by the Vedas.

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

MBh 1 162.7

यस्य बाहू समाश्रित्य सुखं सर्वे शयामहे। राज्यं चापहृतं क्षुद्रराजिहीर्षामहे पुनः॥

yasya bāhū samāśritya sukhaṃ sarve śayāmahe| rājyaṃ cāpahṛtaṃ kṣudrarājihīrṣāmahe punaḥ||

By the strength of whose arms we all sleep in comfort and hope to recovered the kingdom of which we have been deprived by the wretches (Duryodhana and others).

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

MBh 1 162.8

यस्य दुर्योधनो वीर्यं चिन्तयन्नमितौजसः। न शेते रजनी: सर्वा दुःखाच्छकुनिना सह॥

yasya duryodhano vīryaṃ cintayannamitaujasaḥ| na śete rajanī: sarvā duḥkhācchakuninā saha||

Remembering whose great prowess, Duryodhana with Sakuni and all others do not sleep (for a moment) in the night in anxiety;

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

MBh 1 162.9

यस्य वीरस्य वीर्येण मुक्ता जतुगृहाद् वयम्। अन्येभ्यश्चैव पापेभ्यो निहतश्च पुरोचनः॥

yasya vīrasya vīryeṇa muktā jatugṛhād vayam| anyebhyaścaiva pāpebhyo nihataśca purocanaḥ||

By whose heretic prowess we rescued from the burning house of lac and others dangers; by whom Purochana was killed.

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

MBh 1 162.10

यस्य वीर्यं समाश्रित्य वसुपूर्णां वसुन्धराम्। इमां मन्यामहे प्राप्तां निहत्य धृतराष्ट्रजान्॥ तस्य व्यवसितस्त्यागो बुद्धिमास्थाय बुद्धिमास्थाय कां त्वया। कच्चिन्नु दुःखैर्बुद्धिस्ते विलुप्ता गतचेतसः॥

yasya vīryaṃ samāśritya vasupūrṇāṃ vasundharām| imāṃ manyāmahe prāptāṃ nihatya dhṛtarāṣṭrajān|| tasya vyavasitastyāgo buddhimāsthāya buddhimāsthāya kāṃ tvayā| kaccinnu duḥkhairbuddhiste viluptā gatacetasaḥ||

Relying on whose prowess we believe ourselves that we have already acquired this earth full of wealth and have killed the sons of Dhritarashira. On what consideration have you resolved upon abandoning him? have you lost your senses on account of the calamities?

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

MBh 1 162.11

कुन्त्युवाच युधिष्ठिर न संतापस्त्वया कार्यो वृकोदरे। न चायं बुद्धिदौर्बल्याद् व्यवसायः कृतो मया॥

kuntyuvāca yudhiṣṭhira na saṃtāpastvayā kāryo vṛkodare| na cāyaṃ buddhidaurbalyād vyavasāyaḥ kṛto mayā||

Kunti said: ( Yudhisthira, you need not be anxious for Vrikodara. I have not resolved (to do it) out of any weakness of my understanding.

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

MBh 1 162.12

इह विप्रस्य भवने वयं पुत्र सुखोषिताः। अज्ञाता धार्तराष्ट्राणां सत्कृतः वीतमन्यवः॥ तस्य प्रतिक्रिया पार्थ मयेयं प्रसमीक्षिता। एतावानेव पुरुषः कृतं यस्मिन् न नश्यति॥

iha viprasya bhavane vayaṃ putra sukhoṣitāḥ| ajñātā dhārtarāṣṭrāṇāṃ satkṛtaḥ vītamanyavaḥ|| tasya pratikriyā pārtha mayeyaṃ prasamīkṣitā| etāvāneva puruṣaḥ kṛtaṃ yasmin na naśyati||

O son, our grief being assuaged, we live happily in the house of this Brahmana, unknown to the sons of Dhritarashtra and much respected by him. O Partha, I have resolved upon doing this in order to requite him, for he is a (true) man upon whom good service is never lost.

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

MBh 1 162.13

यावच्च कुर्यादन्योऽस्य कुर्याद् बहुगुणं ततः। दृष्ट्वा भीमस्य विक्रान्तं तदा जदुगृहे महत्। हिडिम्बस्य वधाच्चैवं विश्वासो मे वृकोदरे॥

yāvacca kuryādanyo'sya kuryād bahuguṇaṃ tataḥ| dṛṣṭvā bhīmasya vikrāntaṃ tadā jadugṛhe mahat| hiḍimbasya vadhāccaivaṃ viśvāso me vṛkodare||

It is (always) proper that the requital should be greater than the service received. Seeing the great prowess of Bhima in the house of lac. And in killing Hidimba, my confidence on Vrikodara is great.

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

MBh 1 162.14

बाह्वोर्बलं हि भीमस्य नागायुतसमं महत्। येन यूयं गजप्रख्या नियूँढा वारणावतात्॥

bāhvorbalaṃ hi bhīmasya nāgāyutasamaṃ mahat| yena yūyaṃ gajaprakhyā niyū~ḍhā vāraṇāvatāt||

The strength of Bhima's arms is as great as that of ten thousand elephants. It was therefore that he was able to carry you, all as heavy as elephants from Varanavata.

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

MBh 1 162.15

वृकोदरेण सदृशो बलेनान्यो न विद्यते। योऽभ्युदीयाद् युधि श्रेष्ठमपि वज्रधरं स्वयम्॥

vṛkodareṇa sadṛśo balenānyo na vidyate| yo'bhyudīyād yudhi śreṣṭhamapi vajradharaṃ svayam||

There is none so strong as Vrikodara; he may even vanquish in battle the thunderer (Indra) himself.

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

MBh 1 162.16

जातमात्रः पुरा चैव ममाङ्कात् पतितो गिरौ। शरीरगौरवादस्य शिला गात्रैविचूर्णिता॥

jātamātraḥ purā caiva mamāṅkāt patito girau| śarīragauravādasya śilā gātraivicūrṇitā||

As soon as he was born, he fell from my lap on the stone. The mass of stone on which he fell was broken into pieces by the weight of his body.

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

MBh 1 162.17

तदहं प्रज्ञया ज्ञात्वा बलं भीमस्य पाण्डव। प्रतिकार्ये च विप्रस्य ततः कृतवती मतिम्॥

tadahaṃ prajñayā jñātvā balaṃ bhīmasya pāṇḍava| pratikārye ca viprasya tataḥ kṛtavatī matim||

O Pandaya, from that day I have come to know the (great) strength of Bhima. Therefore, I am desirous of requiting (the services) of the Brahmana.

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

MBh 1 162.18

नेदं लोभान्न चाज्ञानान्न च मोहाद् विनिश्चितम्। बुद्धिपूर्वं तु धर्मस्य व्यवसायः कृतो मया॥

nedaṃ lobhānna cājñānānna ca mohād viniścitam| buddhipūrvaṃ tu dharmasya vyavasāyaḥ kṛto mayā||

I have not done this from foolishness, from ignorance, or from any inotive of gain. I have deliberately resolved to do this virtuous act.

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

MBh 1 162.19

अर्थों द्वावपि निष्पन्नौ युधिष्ठिर भविष्यतः। प्रतीकारश्च वासस्य धर्मश्च चरितो महान्॥

arthoṃ dvāvapi niṣpannau yudhiṣṭhira bhaviṣyataḥ| pratīkāraśca vāsasya dharmaśca carito mahān||

O Yudhisthira, two objects will be gained by this act, one is the requital of the Brahmana's services (to us) and the other is the acquisition of great religious merit.

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

MBh 1 162.20

यो ब्राह्मणस्य साहाय्यं कुर्यादर्थेषु कहिचित्। क्षत्रियः स शुभाँल्लोकानाप्नुयादिति मे मतिः॥

yo brāhmaṇasya sāhāyyaṃ kuryādartheṣu kahicit| kṣatriyaḥ sa śubhā~llokānāpnuyāditi me matiḥ||

It is my opinion that the Kshatriya who helps a Brahmana obtains the regions of bliss in after life.

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

MBh 1 162.21

क्षत्रियस्यैव कुर्वाणः क्षत्रियो वधमोक्षणम्। विपुलां कीर्तिमाप्नोति लोकेऽस्मिंश्च परत्र च॥

kṣatriyasyaiva kurvāṇaḥ kṣatriyo vadhamokṣaṇam| vipulāṃ kīrtimāpnoti loke'smiṃśca paratra ca||

A Kshatriya, who saves the life of a Kshatriya, acquires great fame in this and in the next world.

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

MBh 1 162.22

वैश्यस्यार्थे च साहाय्यं कुर्वाणः क्षत्रियो भुवि। स सर्वेष्वपि लोकेषु प्रजा रञ्जयते ध्रुवम्॥

vaiśyasyārthe ca sāhāyyaṃ kurvāṇaḥ kṣatriyo bhuvi| sa sarveṣvapi lokeṣu prajā rañjayate dhruvam||

A Kshatriya, who helps a Vaishya on earth, certainly becomes popular among men.

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

MBh 1 162.23

शूद्रं तु मोचयेद् राजा शरणार्थिनमागतम्। प्राप्नोतीह कुले जन्म सद्रव्ये राजपूजिते॥

śūdraṃ tu mocayed rājā śaraṇārthinamāgatam| prāpnotīha kule janma sadravye rājapūjite||

The king should even protect a Shudra who seeks protection. If he does so, he is born in his next birth in a royal family, possessing property and being adored by other kings.

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

MBh 1 162.24

एवं मां भगवान् व्यासः पुरा पौरवन्दना प्रोवाचासुकरप्रज्ञस्तस्मादेवं चिकीर्षितम्॥

evaṃ māṃ bhagavān vyāsaḥ purā pauravandanā provācāsukaraprajñastasmādevaṃ cikīrṣitam||

O descendant of Kuru, the illustrious and wise Vyasa formerly told me this. Therefore I am resolved upon doing it.

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