Mahabharata — Volume I (Dutt edition) — Chapter 273

MBh 1 273.1

वैशम्पायन उवाच एवमुक्त्वा ततो भीष्मो विरराम् महाबलः। व्याजहारोत्तरं तत्र सहदेवोऽर्थवद् वचः॥

vaiśampāyana uvāca evamuktvā tato bhīṣmo virarām mahābalaḥ| vyājahārottaraṃ tatra sahadevo'rthavad vacaḥ||

Vaishampayana said Having said this, the greatly strong Bhishma stopped. Then Sahadeva gave this reply(to Shishupala) of grave import.

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

MBh 1 273.2

केशवं केशिहन्तारमप्रमेयपराक्रमम्। पूज्यमानं मया यो वः कृष्णं न सहते नृपाः॥

keśavaṃ keśihantāramaprameyaparākramam| pūjyamānaṃ mayā yo vaḥ kṛṣṇaṃ na sahate nṛpāḥ||

"If there is any king(present here) who cannot bear the worship offered by me to Keshava, the slayer of Keshi, and the possessor of immeasurable energy.

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

MBh 1 273.3

सर्वेषां बलिनां मूर्ध्नि भयेदं निहितं पदम्। एवमुक्ते मया सम्यगुत्तरं प्रब्रवीतु सः॥

sarveṣāṃ balināṃ mūrdhni bhayedaṃ nihitaṃ padam| evamukte mayā samyaguttaraṃ prabravītu saḥ||

On the head of such heroes I place my foot. When I say this, let that one give me the proper reply.

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

MBh 1 273.4

स एव हि मया वध्यो भविष्यति न संशयः। मतिमन्थश्च ये केचिदाचार्यं पितरं गुरुम्॥ अर्घ्यमर्चितम_हमनुजानन्तु ते नृपाः। ततो न व्याजहारैषां कश्चिद् बुद्धिमतां सताम्॥ मानिनां बलिनां राज्ञां मध्ये वै दर्शिते पदे। ततोऽपतत् पुष्पवृष्टिः सहदेवस्य मूर्धनि॥

sa eva hi mayā vadhyo bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ| matimanthaśca ye kecidācāryaṃ pitaraṃ gurum|| arghyamarcitama_hamanujānantu te nṛpāḥ| tato na vyājahāraiṣāṃ kaścid buddhimatāṃ satām|| mānināṃ balināṃ rājñāṃ madhye vai darśite pade| tato'patat puṣpavṛṣṭiḥ sahadevasya mūrdhani||

Let those kings who possess intelligence approve the worship of the preceptor, the father, and the Guru (Krishna) who (fully) deserves the Arghya and the worship.” When Sahadeva thus showed his foot, no one among those intelligent, wise, proud and powerful kings said anything. Thereupon, showers of flowers fell upon the head of Sahadeva.

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

MBh 1 273.5

अदृश्यरूपा वचाश्चाप्यब्रुवन् साधु साध्विति। आविध्यदजितं कृष्णं भविष्यद्भूतजल्पकः॥

adṛśyarūpā vacāścāpyabruvan sādhu sādhviti| āvidhyadajitaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ bhaviṣyadbhūtajalpakaḥ||

An invisible voice said, “Excellent, Excellent!" Clad in a black deer skin, the speaker of both the past and the future,

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

MBh 1 273.6

सर्वसंशयनिर्मोक्ता नारदः सर्वलोकवित्। उवाचाखिलभूतानां मध्ये स्पष्टतरं वचः॥

sarvasaṃśayanirmoktā nāradaḥ sarvalokavit| uvācākhilabhūtānāṃ madhye spaṣṭataraṃ vacaḥ||

The dispeller of all doubts, Narada learned in(the mysteries) of all the world, then said in the midst of innumerable creatures these words of the clearest import.

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

MBh 1 273.7

कृष्णं कमलपत्राक्षं नार्चयिष्यन्ति ये नराः। जीवन्मृतास्तु ते ज्ञेया न सम्भाष्याः कदाचन॥

kṛṣṇaṃ kamalapatrākṣaṃ nārcayiṣyanti ye narāḥ| jīvanmṛtāstu te jñeyā na sambhāṣyāḥ kadācana||

Those men, who will not worship the lotus-eyed Krishna, should be considered as dead though living. He should never be talked to."

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

MBh 1 273.8

वैशम्पायन उवाच पूजयित्वा च पूजार्हान् ब्रह्मक्षत्रविशेषवित्। सहदेवो नृणां देवः समापद्यत कर्म तत्॥

vaiśampāyana uvāca pūjayitvā ca pūjārhān brahmakṣatraviśeṣavit| sahadevo nṛṇāṃ devaḥ samāpadyata karma tat||

Vaishampayana said Having worshipped those that deserved worship, then that god among men, Sahadeva, well-acquainted with the difference between a Brahmana and a Kshatriya competed the ceremony.

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

MBh 1 273.9

तस्मिन्नभ्यर्चिते कृष्णे सुनीथः शत्रुकर्षणः। अतिताप्रेक्षणः कोपादुवाच मनुजाधिपान्॥

tasminnabhyarcite kṛṣṇe sunīthaḥ śatrukarṣaṇaḥ| atitāprekṣaṇaḥ kopāduvāca manujādhipān||

When Krishna received the first worship, that slayer of foes, Sunitha (Shishupala), with eyes red as copper in anger, thus addressed the kings (present there).

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

MBh 1 273.10

स्थित: सेनापतिर्योऽहं मन्यध्वं किं तु साम्प्रतम्। युधि तिष्ठाम संना समेतान् वृष्णिपाण्डवान्॥

sthita: senāpatiryo'haṃ manyadhvaṃ kiṃ tu sāmpratam| yudhi tiṣṭhāma saṃnā sametān vṛṣṇipāṇḍavān||

“When I am here to be the generalissimo, what are you thinking now? In battle array let us stand against the assembled Vrishnis and the Pandavas".

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

MBh 1 273.11

इति सर्वान् समुत्साह्य राज्ञस्तांश्चेदिपुङ्गवः। यज्ञोपघाताय ततः सोऽमन्त्रयत राजभिः॥

iti sarvān samutsāhya rājñastāṃścedipuṅgavaḥ| yajñopaghātāya tataḥ so'mantrayata rājabhiḥ||

Having thus stirred up the kings, that best of the Chedis (Shishupala) began to consult with them how to obstruct the completion of the sacrifice.

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

MBh 1 273.12

तत्राहूता गताः सर्वे सुनीथप्रमुखा गणाः। समदृश्यन्त संक्रुद्धा विवर्णवदनास्तथा॥

tatrāhūtā gatāḥ sarve sunīthapramukhā gaṇāḥ| samadṛśyanta saṃkruddhā vivarṇavadanāstathā||

The invited kings, who had come to the sacrifice, all with Sunitha (Shishupala) at their head, looked angry, and their face became pale.

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

MBh 1 273.13

युधिष्ठिराभिषेकं च वासुदेवस्य चाहणम्। न स्याद् यथा तथा कार्यमेवं सर्वे तदाब्रुवन्॥

yudhiṣṭhirābhiṣekaṃ ca vāsudevasya cāhaṇam| na syād yathā tathā kāryamevaṃ sarve tadābruvan||

They all said, “We must act in such a way as the final sacrificial rites to be performed by Yudhishthira and this worship of Krishna may not be supposed to have our acquiescence”.

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

MBh 1 273.14

निष्कर्षानिश्चयात् सर्वे राजानः क्रोधमूर्छिताः। अब्रुवंस्तत्र राजानो निर्वेदादात्मनिश्चयात्॥

niṣkarṣāniścayāt sarve rājānaḥ krodhamūrchitāḥ| abruvaṃstatra rājāno nirvedādātmaniścayāt||

Having been impelled by a belief in their great power and confidence, and having been also deprived of all sense by anger, all the kings began to talk in this way.

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

MBh 1 273.15

सुहृद्भिर्वार्यमाणानां तेषां हि वपुराबभौ। आमिषादपकृष्टानां सिंहानामिव गर्जताम्॥

suhṛdbhirvāryamāṇānāṃ teṣāṃ hi vapurābabhau| āmiṣādapakṛṣṭānāṃ siṃhānāmiva garjatām||

Though they were appeased by their friends, their faces glowed with anger, and they roared like lions driven away from their prey.

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

MBh 1 273.16

तं बलौघमपर्यन्तं राजसागरमक्षयम्। कुर्वाणं समयं कृष्णो युद्धाय बुबुधे तदा॥

taṃ balaughamaparyantaṃ rājasāgaramakṣayam| kurvāṇaṃ samayaṃ kṛṣṇo yuddhāya bubudhe tadā||

Krishna understood that the undeteriorating great sea of kings with its countless waves of soldiers was making preparation for a fight.

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