Mahabharata — Volume II (Dutt edition) — Chapter 258

MBh 2 258.1

जनमेजय उवाच दुर्योधनं मोक्षयित्वा पाण्डुपुत्रा महाबलाः। किमकार्षुर्वने तस्मिंस्तन्ममाख्यातुमर्हसि॥

janamejaya uvāca duryodhanaṃ mokṣayitvā pāṇḍuputrā mahābalāḥ| kimakārṣurvane tasmiṃstanmamākhyātumarhasi||

Janamejaya said : After having rescued Duryodhana, what did the mighty Pandavas do in that forest? You should tell me all this.

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

MBh 2 258.2

वैशम्पायन उवाच ततः शयानं कौन्तेयं रात्रौ द्वैतवने मृगाः। स्वप्नान्ते दर्शयामासुर्वाष्पकण्ठा युधिष्ठिरम्॥

vaiśampāyana uvāca tataḥ śayānaṃ kaunteyaṃ rātrau dvaitavane mṛgāḥ| svapnānte darśayāmāsurvāṣpakaṇṭhā yudhiṣṭhiram||

Vaishampayana said : One day, when Yudhishthira was sleeping at night in the Dvaitavana, some deer with accents choked in tears appeared before him in his dreams.

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

MBh 2 258.3

भवतो भ्रातरः शूराः तानब्रवीत् स राजेन्द्रो वेपमानान् कृताञ्जलीन्। ब्रूत यद् वक्तु कामाः स्थ के भवन्तः किमिष्यते॥

bhavato bhrātaraḥ śūrāḥ tānabravīt sa rājendro vepamānān kṛtāñjalīn| brūta yad vaktu kāmāḥ stha ke bhavantaḥ kimiṣyate||

To them standing with joined hands, their bodies trembling all over, that foremost of kings said, “Tell me what you wish to say. Who are you and what do you desire."

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

MBh 2 258.4

एवमुक्ताः पाण्डवेन कौन्तेयेन यशस्विना। प्रत्यब्रुवन् मृगास्तत्र हतशेषा युधिष्ठिरम्॥

evamuktāḥ pāṇḍavena kaunteyena yaśasvinā| pratyabruvan mṛgāstatra hataśeṣā yudhiṣṭhiram||

Having been thus addressed by the son of Kunti, the illustrious Pandava (Yudhishthira), those deer, the remaining ones of the herd that had been slaughtered, thus spoke to him,

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

MBh 2 258.5

वयं मृगा द्वैतवने हतशिष्टास्तु भारत। नोत्सीदेम महाराज क्रियतां वासपर्ययः॥

vayaṃ mṛgā dvaitavane hataśiṣṭāstu bhārata| notsīdema mahārāja kriyatāṃ vāsaparyayaḥ||

O descendant of Bharata, we are deer of Dvaitvana, those that are alive after the rest has been slaughtered. We shall completely be exterminated. Therefore change your abode (from this forest to some other).

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

MBh 2 258.6

सर्व एवास्त्रकोविदाः। कुलान्यल्पावशिष्टानि कृतवन्तो वनौकसाम्॥

sarva evāstrakovidāḥ| kulānyalpāvaśiṣṭāni kṛtavanto vanaukasām||

Your brothers are all heroes, learned in weapons. They have thinned the dwellers of the forest (animals).

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

MBh 2 258.7

बीजभूता वयं केचिदविशष्टा महामते। विवर्धेमहि राजेन्द्र प्रसादात् ते युधिष्ठिर।॥

bījabhūtā vayaṃ kecidaviśaṣṭā mahāmate| vivardhemahi rājendra prasādāt te yudhiṣṭhira|||

O high-minded one, O Yudhishthira, we few only remain as seed. O king of kings, through your favour let us multiply.

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

MBh 2 258.8

तान् वेपमानान् वित्रस्तान् बीजमात्रावशेषितान्। मृगान् दृष्ट्वा सुदुःखार्तो धर्मराजो युधिष्ठिरः॥

tān vepamānān vitrastān bījamātrāvaśeṣitān| mṛgān dṛṣṭvā suduḥkhārto dharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ||

Seeing those deer which remained like seed after the rest had been destroyed, trembling and afflicted with fear, Dharamaraja (Yudhishthira) was greatly affected with grief.

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

MBh 2 258.9

तांस्तथेत्यब्रवीद् राजा सर्वभूतहिते रतः। यथा भवन्तो ब्रुवते करिष्यामि च तत् तथा॥

tāṃstathetyabravīd rājā sarvabhūtahite rataḥ| yathā bhavanto bruvate kariṣyāmi ca tat tathā||

The king, ever intent on the welfare of all creatures, said to them "So be it”. I shall act as you say.

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

MBh 2 258.10

इत्येवं प्रतिबुद्धः स रात्र्यन्ते राजसत्तमः। अब्रवीत् सहितान् भ्रातॄन् दयापन्नो मृगान् प्रति॥ ते उक्तो रात्रौ मृगैरस्मि स्वप्नान्ते हतशेषितैः। तन्तुभूताः स्म भद्रं ते दया नः क्रियतामिति॥

ityevaṃ pratibuddhaḥ sa rātryante rājasattamaḥ| abravīt sahitān bhrātṝn dayāpanno mṛgān prati|| te ukto rātrau mṛgairasmi svapnānte hataśeṣitaiḥ| tantubhūtāḥ sma bhadraṃ te dayā naḥ kriyatāmiti||

Awakening after the dream that foremost of kings, moved by pity towards the deer, thus spoke to his brothers assembled there. "Those deer that are still alive after the rest have been slaughtered all appeared before me last night and said "we remain as the seed of our species. Be blessed. Have compassion on us."

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

MBh 2 258.11

सत्यमाहुः कर्तव्या दयास्माभिर्वनौकसाम्। साष्टमासं हि नो वर्षं यदेतदुपयुक्ष्महे॥

satyamāhuḥ kartavyā dayāsmābhirvanaukasām| sāṣṭamāsaṃ hi no varṣaṃ yadetadupayukṣmahe||

They spoke truly. We ought to have compassion for the dwellers of the forest (animals). We have been feeding on them for one year and eight months.

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

MBh 2 258.12

पुनर्बहुमृगं रम्यं काम्यकं काननोत्तमम्। मरुभूमेः शिरःस्थानं तृणबिन्दुसरः प्रति॥ तत्रेमां वसतिं शिष्टां विहरन्तो रमेमहि।

punarbahumṛgaṃ ramyaṃ kāmyakaṃ kānanottamam| marubhūmeḥ śiraḥsthānaṃ tṛṇabindusaraḥ prati|| tatremāṃ vasatiṃ śiṣṭāṃ viharanto ramemahi|

Therefore let us again go to the charming forest of Kamyaka, that foremost of forests abounding in wild animals, situated at the head of the desert near the lake Trinabindu. Let us there pleasantly pass the rest of our time."

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

MBh 2 258.13

ततस्ते पाण्डवाः शीघ्रं प्रययुर्धर्मकोविदाः॥ ब्राह्मणैः सहिता राजन् ये च तत्र सहोषिताः। इन्द्रसेनादिभिश्चैव प्रेष्यैरनुगतास्तदा।॥

tataste pāṇḍavāḥ śīghraṃ prayayurdharmakovidāḥ|| brāhmaṇaiḥ sahitā rājan ye ca tatra sahoṣitāḥ| indrasenādibhiścaiva preṣyairanugatāstadā|||

Then the Pandavas learned in Dharma soon went away (from the Dvaitavana). O king, with the Brahmanas and all those that lived with them. They were followed by Indrasena and other servants.

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

MBh 2 258.14

ते यात्वानुसृतैर्मार्ग: स्वनैः शुचिजलान्वितैः। ददृशुः काम्यकं पुण्यमाश्रमं तापसायुतम्॥

te yātvānusṛtairmārga: svanaiḥ śucijalānvitaiḥ| dadṛśuḥ kāmyakaṃ puṇyamāśramaṃ tāpasāyutam||

Proceeding along the road furnished with excellent corn and clear water they at last saw the sacred hermitage of Kamyaka.

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

MBh 2 258.15

विविशुस्ते स्म कौरव्या वृता विप्रर्षभैस्तदा। तद् वनं भरतश्रेष्ठाः स्वर्ग सुकृतिनो यथा॥

viviśuste sma kauravyā vṛtā viprarṣabhaistadā| tad vanaṃ bharataśreṣṭhāḥ svarga sukṛtino yathā||

As virtuous men enter the celestials regions, those foremost of the Bharata race, those descendants of Kuru, surrounded by the excellent Brahmanas, entered that forest.

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