Mahabharata — Volume I (Dutt edition) — Chapter 305

MBh 1 305.1

कर्ण उवाच त्रयः किलेमे ह्यधना भवन्ति। दासः पुतश्चास्वतन्त्रा च नारी। दासस्य पत्नी त्वधनस्य भद्रे हीनेश्वरा दासधनं च सर्वम्॥

karṇa uvāca trayaḥ kileme hyadhanā bhavanti| dāsaḥ putaścāsvatantrā ca nārī| dāsasya patnī tvadhanasya bhadre hīneśvarā dāsadhanaṃ ca sarvam||

Karna said Of all the persons in this assembly, Bhisma, Khattwa (Vidura) and the preceptor of the Kurus (Droria) appear to be independent (men), for they always speak of their master as wicked, they always censure him and never wish for his prosperity.

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

MBh 1 305.2

प्रविश्य राज्ञः परिवारं भजस्व तत् ते कार्यं शिष्टमादिश्यतेऽत्र। ईशास्तु सर्वे तव राजपुत्रि। भवन्ति वै धार्तराष्ट्रा न पार्थाः॥

praviśya rājñaḥ parivāraṃ bhajasva tat te kāryaṃ śiṣṭamādiśyate'tra| īśāstu sarve tava rājaputri| bhavanti vai dhārtarāṣṭrā na pārthāḥ||

The slave, the son, and the wife, (these three) are always dependent. They can have no wealth, for whatever they possess belong to their master. You are (now) the wife of a slave incapable of possessing anything of her own.

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

MBh 1 305.3

अन्यं वृणीष्व पतिमाशु भाविनि यस्माद् दास्यं न लभसि देवनेन। नित्यं दास्ये विदितं तत् तवास्तु॥

anyaṃ vṛṇīṣva patimāśu bhāvini yasmād dāsyaṃ na labhasi devanena| nityaṃ dāsye viditaṃ tat tavāstu||

Go to the inner apartments of the king and serve his relatives. This is the work that is now justify assigned to you. O princess, the sons of Dhritarashtra, and not the sons of Pritha (the Pandavas), are now your masters.

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

MBh 1 305.4

पराजितो नकुलो भीमसेनो युधिष्ठिरः सहदेवार्जुनौ च। दासीभूता त्वं हि वै याज्ञसेनि पराजितास्ते पतयो नैव सन्ति।॥

parājito nakulo bhīmaseno yudhiṣṭhiraḥ sahadevārjunau ca| dāsībhūtā tvaṃ hi vai yājñaseni parājitāste patayo naiva santi|||

O beautiful lady, select now another husband who will not make you a slave by gambling. It is well known that it is not censurable in a slave to proceed with freedom in selecting her husband.

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

MBh 1 305.5

प्रयोजनं जन्मनि किं न मन्यते पराक्रमं पौरुषं चैव पार्थः। पाञ्चाल्यस्य दुपदस्यात्मजामिमां सभामध्ये यो व्यदेवीद् ग्लहेषु॥

prayojanaṃ janmani kiṃ na manyate parākramaṃ pauruṣaṃ caiva pārthaḥ| pāñcālyasya dupadasyātmajāmimāṃ sabhāmadhye yo vyadevīd glaheṣu||

O Yajnaseni, Nakula, Bhimasena, Yudhisthira, Sahadeva and Arjuna are all won (by us). You are (also) now a slave. Your husbands who are slaves cannot be now your masters.

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

MBh 1 305.6

वैशम्पायन उवाच तद् वै श्रुत्वा भीमसेनोऽत्यमर्षी भृशं निशश्वास तदाऽऽर्तरूपः। राजानुगो धर्मपाशानुबद्धो दहन्निवैनं क्रोधसंरक्तदृष्टिः॥

vaiśampāyana uvāca tad vai śrutvā bhīmaseno'tyamarṣī bhṛśaṃ niśaśvāsa tadā''rtarūpaḥ| rājānugo dharmapāśānubaddho dahannivainaṃ krodhasaṃraktadṛṣṭiḥ||

Did not the son of Pritha (Yudhisthira) consider life as useless, did he not care for prowess and manhood, that he offered the daughter of Drupada, the Panchala king, as a stake at dice in the presence of all this assembly.

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

MBh 1 305.7

भीम उवाच नेष सत्यं दासधर्मः प्रदिष्टः। र्नादेवीस्त्वं यद्यनया नरेन्द्र॥

bhīma uvāca neṣa satyaṃ dāsadharmaḥ pradiṣṭaḥ| rnādevīstvaṃ yadyanayā narendra||

Vaishampayana said Hearing these words, the wrathful Bhima breathed hard; he became a very picture of woe. But obedient to the king (Yudhisthira) and bound by the ties of virtue and duty, (he still did nothing awful). But as if burning every thing with his eyes inflamed with anger, he thus spoke.

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

MBh 1 305.8

वैशम्पायन उवाच भीमसेनवचः श्रुत्वा राजा दुर्योधनस्तदा। युधिष्ठिरमुवाचेदं तूष्णीम्भूतमचेतनम्॥

vaiśampāyana uvāca bhīmasenavacaḥ śrutvā rājā duryodhanastadā| yudhiṣṭhiramuvācedaṃ tūṣṇīmbhūtamacetanam||

Bhima said I cannot be angry at these words of the Suta's son (Karna), for we have really entered the state not played staking this princess, could our enemies ever dare to speak thus to me?

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

MBh 1 305.9

भीमार्जुनौ यमौ चैव स्थितौ ते नृप शासने। प्रश्नं ब्रूहि च कृष्णां त्वमजितां यदि मन्यसे॥

bhīmārjunau yamau caiva sthitau te nṛpa śāsane| praśnaṃ brūhi ca kṛṣṇāṃ tvamajitāṃ yadi manyase||

Vaishampayana said Hearing these words of Bhimasena, king Duryodhana thus addressed Yudhisthira who was sitting silent as one who is deprived of his senses.

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

MBh 1 305.10

एवमुक्त्वा तु कौन्तेयमपोह्य वसनं स्वकम्। स्मयन्नवेक्ष्य पाञ्चालीमैश्वर्यमदमोहितः॥

evamuktvā tu kaunteyamapohya vasanaṃ svakam| smayannavekṣya pāñcālīmaiśvaryamadamohitaḥ||

"O king, Bhima, Arjuna, and the twins (Nakula and Sahadeva) are ever under your seat. Answer this question. Say whether you regard Krishna as won".

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

MBh 1 305.11

कदलीस्तम्भसदृशं सर्वलक्षणसंयुतम्। गजहस्तप्रतीकाशं वज्रप्रतिमगौरवम्॥ अभ्युत्स्मयित्वा राधेयं भीममाधर्षयन्निव। द्रौपद्याः प्रेक्षमाणायाः सव्यमूरुमदर्शयत्॥

kadalīstambhasadṛśaṃ sarvalakṣaṇasaṃyutam| gajahastapratīkāśaṃ vajrapratimagauravam|| abhyutsmayitvā rādheyaṃ bhīmamādharṣayanniva| draupadyāḥ prekṣamāṇāyāḥ savyamūrumadarśayat||

Having spoken thus to the son of Kunti, Duryodhana proud of his affluence, and desirous of encouraging the son of Radha (Karna) and of insulting Bhima, uncovered his right thigh, which was like a stem of the plantain tree or like the trunk of an elephant and which was graced with every auspicious mark, and endued with the strength of thunder; he showed it to Draupadi in her very sight.

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

MBh 1 305.12

भीमसेनस्तमालोक्य नेत्रे उत्फाल्य लोहिते। प्रोवाच राजमध्ये तं सभां विश्रावयन्निव॥

bhīmasenastamālokya netre utphālya lohite| provāca rājamadhye taṃ sabhāṃ viśrāvayanniva||

Seeing this Bhimasena, expanding his red eyes, thus spoke to him (Duryodhana) in the midst of the kings, as if piercing them (with his words).

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

MBh 1 305.13

पितृभिः सह सालोक्यं मा स्म गच्छेद् वृकोदरः। यद्येतमूरूं गदया न भिन्द्यां ते महाहवे॥

pitṛbhiḥ saha sālokyaṃ mā sma gacched vṛkodaraḥ| yadyetamūrūṃ gadayā na bhindyāṃ te mahāhave||

"Let not Vrikodara go to the regions obtained by his ancestors, if he does not break that thigh in a great battle."

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

MBh 1 305.14

क्रुद्धस्य तस्य सर्वेभ्यः स्रोतोभ्यः पावकर्चिषः। वृक्षस्येव विनिश्चेरुः कोटरेभ्यः प्रदह्यतः॥

kruddhasya tasya sarvebhyaḥ srotobhyaḥ pāvakarciṣaḥ| vṛkṣasyeva viniśceruḥ koṭarebhyaḥ pradahyataḥ||

Like the fire that comes out of every crevice of a burning tree, sparkles of fire emitted from every part of angry Bhima's body.

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

MBh 1 305.15

विदुर उवाच परं भयं पश्यत भीमसेनात्। तद् बुध्यस्वं धृतराष्ट्रस्य पुत्राः। दैवेरितो नूनमयं पुरस्तात् परोऽनयो भरतेषूदपादि॥

vidura uvāca paraṃ bhayaṃ paśyata bhīmasenāt| tad budhyasvaṃ dhṛtarāṣṭrasya putrāḥ| daiverito nūnamayaṃ purastāt paro'nayo bharateṣūdapādi||

Vidura said O kings of Pratipa's race, look at the great danger that arise from Bhimasena. Know for certain that this great calamity that threatens to overtake the descendants of Bharata has been sent by Destiny itself.

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

MBh 1 305.16

अतिद्यूतं कृतमिदं धार्तराष्ट्रा यस्मात् स्त्रियं विवदध्वं सभायाम्। योगक्षेमौ नश्यतो वः समग्रौ पापान् मन्त्रान् कुरवो मन्त्रयन्ति॥

atidyūtaṃ kṛtamidaṃ dhārtarāṣṭrā yasmāt striyaṃ vivadadhvaṃ sabhāyām| yogakṣemau naśyato vaḥ samagrau pāpān mantrān kuravo mantrayanti||

The sons of Dhritarashtra have gambled disregarding every proper consideration. They are now quarrelling in the Sabha over a lady. Your kingdom's prosperity is at an end. Alas! The Kurus are engaged in sinful consultation.

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

MBh 1 305.17

इमं धर्मं कुरवो जानताशु ध्वस्ते धर्मे परिषत् सम्प्रदुष्येत्। दीशोऽभविष्यदपराजितात्मा॥

imaṃ dharmaṃ kuravo jānatāśu dhvaste dharme pariṣat sampraduṣyet| dīśo'bhaviṣyadaparājitātmā||

O Kurus, take to your heart this high precept that I declare to you. If virtue is persecuted (in · an assembly,) the whole assembly becomes polluted. If he (Yudhisthira) had staked her before he was himself won, he would have certainly been regarded as her master.

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

MBh 1 305.18

देवं मन्ये यस्य दीव्यत्यनीशः। गान्धारराजस्य वचो निशम्य धर्मादस्मात् कुरवो मापयात॥

devaṃ manye yasya dīvyatyanīśaḥ| gāndhārarājasya vaco niśamya dharmādasmāt kuravo māpayāta||

If a man stakes any thing at a time when he has no wealth, to win from him any wealth (then) is like obtaining wealth in a dream. O Kurus, listening to the words of the Gandhara king, do not fall from the path of virtue.

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

MBh 1 305.19

दुर्योधन उवाच भीमस्य वाक्ये तद्वदेवार्जुनस्य स्थितोऽहं वै यमयोश्चैवमेव। मथो दास्यान्मोक्ष्यसे याज्ञसेनि॥

duryodhana uvāca bhīmasya vākye tadvadevārjunasya sthito'haṃ vai yamayoścaivameva| matho dāsyānmokṣyase yājñaseni||

Duryodhana said I am willing to abide by the words of Bhima, Arjuna and the twins. Let them say that Yudhisthira is not their master; and Yajnaseni will (then) be freed from slavery.

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

MBh 1 305.20

अर्जुन उवाच ईशो राजा पूर्वमासीद् ग्लहे नः कुन्तीसुतो धर्मराजो महात्मा। ईशस्त्वयं कस्य पराजितात्मा तज्जानीध्वं कुरवः सर्व एव॥

arjuna uvāca īśo rājā pūrvamāsīd glahe naḥ kuntīsuto dharmarājo mahātmā| īśastvayaṃ kasya parājitātmā tajjānīdhvaṃ kuravaḥ sarva eva||

Arjuna said This illustrious son of Kunti, Dharmaraja (Yudhisthira) was certainly our lord and master before he began to play. But having lost himself, let all the Kurus decide whose master he is now.

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

MBh 1 305.21

वैशम्पायन उवाच ततो राज्ञो धृतराष्ट्रस्य गेहे गोमायुरुच्चाहरदग्निहोत्रे। तं रासभाः प्रत्यभाषन्त राजन् समन्ततः पक्षिणश्चैव रौद्राः॥

vaiśampāyana uvāca tato rājño dhṛtarāṣṭrasya gehe gomāyuruccāharadagnihotre| taṃ rāsabhāḥ pratyabhāṣanta rājan samantataḥ pakṣiṇaścaiva raudrāḥ||

Vaishampayana said Thereupon a jackal cried in the Homa chamber of king Dhritarashtra. O king asses began to bray responsively (with the jackal), and fearful birds from all quarters joined with them in their cries.

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

MBh 1 305.22

तं वै शब्दं विदुरस्तत्त्ववेदी शुश्राव घोरं सुबलात्मजा च। भीष्मो द्रोणो गौतमश्चापि विद्धान् स्वस्ति स्वस्तीत्यपि चैवाहुरुच्चैः॥

taṃ vai śabdaṃ vidurastattvavedī śuśrāva ghoraṃ subalātmajā ca| bhīṣmo droṇo gautamaścāpi viddhān svasti svastītyapi caivāhuruccaiḥ||

At this sound, Vidura, learned in everything, and also the daughter of Subala (Gandhari), knew what it meant. Bhisma, Drona, and the learned Goutama (Kripa) also knowing it, loudly cried, "Svasti" "Svasti" (peace).

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

MBh 1 305.23

स्तमुत्पातं घोरमालक्ष्य राज्ञे। निवेदयामासतुरातवत् तदा ततो राजा वाक्यमिदं बभाषे॥

stamutpātaṃ ghoramālakṣya rājñe| nivedayāmāsaturātavat tadā tato rājā vākyamidaṃ babhāṣe||

Seeing that fearful omen, Gandhari and the learned Vidura told everything in great affliction to the king (Dhritarashtra). Then the king thus spoke.

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

MBh 1 305.24

धृतराष्ट्र उवाच हतोऽसि दुर्योधन मन्दबुद्धे यस्त्वं सभायां कुरुपुङ्गवानाम्। स्त्रियं समाभाषसि दुर्विनीत विशेषतो द्रौपदी धर्मपत्नीम्॥

dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca hato'si duryodhana mandabuddhe yastvaṃ sabhāyāṃ kurupuṅgavānām| striyaṃ samābhāṣasi durvinīta viśeṣato draupadī dharmapatnīm||

Dhritarashtra said O wicked minded Duryodhana, O wretch, destruction has already overtaken you when you insult in such language a wife of the Kuru chief, especially this wedded wife (of the Pandavas) Draupadi.

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

MBh 1 305.25

एवमुक्त्वा धृतराष्ट्रो मनीषी। हितान्वेषी बान्धवानामपायात्। कृष्णां पाञ्चालीमब्रवीत् सान्त्वपूर्व विमृश्यैतत् प्रज्ञया तत्त्वबुद्धिः॥

evamuktvā dhṛtarāṣṭro manīṣī| hitānveṣī bāndhavānāmapāyāt| kṛṣṇāṃ pāñcālīmabravīt sāntvapūrva vimṛśyaitat prajñayā tattvabuddhiḥ||

Vaishampayana said Having said this, the wise Dhritarashtra, who possessed great knowledge, reflecting (on the matter) with the aid of his wisdom and being desirous of saving his relatives and friends from destruction, consoled the Panchala princes Krishna and thus spoke to her.

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

MBh 1 305.26

धृतराष्ट्र उवाच वरं वृणीष्व पाञ्चालि मत्तो यदभिवाञ्छसि। वधूनां हि विशिष्टा मे त्वं धर्मपरमा सती॥

dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca varaṃ vṛṇīṣva pāñcāli matto yadabhivāñchasi| vadhūnāṃ hi viśiṣṭā me tvaṃ dharmaparamā satī||

Dhritarashtra said O Panchali ask from me any boon you desire. Chaste and devoted to virtue, you are the foremost of all my daughters-in-law.

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

MBh 1 305.27

द्रौपद्युवाच ददासि चेद् वरं मह्यं वृणोमि भरतर्षभ। सर्वधर्मानुगः श्रीमानदासोऽस्तु युधिष्ठिरः॥

draupadyuvāca dadāsi ced varaṃ mahyaṃ vṛṇomi bharatarṣabha| sarvadharmānugaḥ śrīmānadāso'stu yudhiṣṭhiraḥ||

Draupadi said O best of the Bharata race, if you grant me a boon, I say, let the handsome Yudhisthira, ever obedient to all duties, be freed from slavery.

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

MBh 1 305.28

मनस्विनमजानन्तो मैवं ब्रूयः कुमारकाः। एष वै दासपुत्रो हि प्रतिविन्ध्यं ममात्मजम्॥

manasvinamajānanto maivaṃ brūyaḥ kumārakāḥ| eṣa vai dāsaputro hi prativindhyaṃ mamātmajam||

Let not unthinking children speak of my greatly intelligent son Prativindhya as the son of a slave.

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

MBh 1 305.29

राजपुत्रः पुरा भूत्वा यथा नान्यः पुमान् क्वचित्। राजभिालितस्यास्य न युक्ता दासपुत्रता॥

rājaputraḥ purā bhūtvā yathā nānyaḥ pumān kvacit| rājabhiālitasyāsya na yuktā dāsaputratā||

Having been born a prince, to whom there is no man superior, and nurtured by kings, it is not proper that he should be called the son of a slave.

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

MBh 1 305.30

धृतराष्ट्र उवाच एवं भवतु कल्याणि यथा त्वमभिभाषसे। द्वितीयं ते वरं भद्रे ददानि वरयस्व ह। मनो हि मे वितरति नैकं त्वं वरमर्हसि॥

dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca evaṃ bhavatu kalyāṇi yathā tvamabhibhāṣase| dvitīyaṃ te varaṃ bhadre dadāni varayasva ha| mano hi me vitarati naikaṃ tvaṃ varamarhasi||

Dhritarashtra said O blessed girl, what you have said, let it be so. O excellent one, ask for a second boon. I shall grant it to you. My heart desires to give you a second boon. You do not deserve to get only one boon. me

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

MBh 1 305.31

द्रौपद्युवाच सरथौ सधनुष्कौ च भीमसेनधनेजयौ। यमौ च वरये राजन्नदासान् स्ववशानहम्॥

draupadyuvāca sarathau sadhanuṣkau ca bhīmasenadhanejayau| yamau ca varaye rājannadāsān svavaśānaham||

Draupadi said O king, grant this boon that Bhimasena, Arjuna and the twins with their bows and cars be freed from slavery and gain their liberty.

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

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धृतराष्ट्र उवाच तथास्तु ते महाभागे यथा त्वं नन्दिनीच्छसि। तृतीयं वरयास्मत्तो नासि द्वाभ्यां सुसत्कृता। त्वं हि सर्वस्नुषाणां मे श्रेयसी धर्मचारिणी॥

dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca tathāstu te mahābhāge yathā tvaṃ nandinīcchasi| tṛtīyaṃ varayāsmatto nāsi dvābhyāṃ susatkṛtā| tvaṃ hi sarvasnuṣāṇāṃ me śreyasī dharmacāriṇī||

Dhritarashtra said O greatly blessed girl, let it be what you say. O daughter, ask for a third boon, you have not been sufficiently honoured with two boons. Ever trading the path of virtue, you are the foremost of all my daughters-in-law.

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

MBh 1 305.33

द्रौपद्युवाच लोभो धर्मस्य नाशाय भगवन् नाहमुत्सहे। अनर्हा वरमादातुं तृतीयं राजसत्तम॥

draupadyuvāca lobho dharmasya nāśāya bhagavan nāhamutsahe| anarhā varamādātuṃ tṛtīyaṃ rājasattama||

Draupadi said O illustrious one, covetousness destroys virtue. O foremost of kings, I do not deserve a third boon; I dare not ask any.

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

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एकमाहुर्वैश्यवरं द्वौ तु क्षत्रस्त्रिया वरौ। त्रयस्तु राज्ञो राजेन्द्र ब्राह्मणस्य शतं वराः॥

ekamāhurvaiśyavaraṃ dvau tu kṣatrastriyā varau| trayastu rājño rājendra brāhmaṇasya śataṃ varāḥ||

O king of kings, it is ordained that a Vaisya may ask one boon, a Kshatriya woman two, a Kshatriya three and a Brahmana one hundred.

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

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पापीयांस इमे भूत्वा संतीर्णाः पतयो मम। वेत्स्यन्ति चैव भद्राणि राजन् पुण्येन कर्मणा॥

pāpīyāṃsa ime bhūtvā saṃtīrṇāḥ patayo mama| vetsyanti caiva bhadrāṇi rājan puṇyena karmaṇā||

O king, these my husbands, freed from the wretched state of slavery, will be able to achieve prosperity by their own virtuous acts.

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