Mahabharata — Volume II (Dutt edition) — Chapter 27
MBh 2 27.1
वैशम्पायन उवाच ततो वनगता: पार्थाः सायाह्ने सह कृष्णया। उपविष्टाः कथाश्चक्रुर्दुःखशोकपरायणाः॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca tato vanagatā: pārthāḥ sāyāhne saha kṛṣṇayā| upaviṣṭāḥ kathāścakrurduḥkhaśokaparāyaṇāḥ||
Vaishampayana said : Thereupon the sons of Pritha with Draupadi banished to the forest, sat one evening, stricken with grief and sorrow and began to talk with one another.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 27.2
प्रिया च दर्शनीया च पण्डिता च पतिव्रता। अथ कृष्णाधर्मराजमिदं वचनमब्रवीत्॥
priyā ca darśanīyā ca paṇḍitā ca pativratā| atha kṛṣṇādharmarājamidaṃ vacanamabravīt||
The beloved, beautiful, learned and faithful Draupadi addressed, the following words to the pious king (Yudhishthira).
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 27.3
द्रौपद्युवाच न नूनं तस्य पापस्य दुःखमस्मासु किंचन। विद्यतेधार्तराष्ट्रस्य नृशंसस्य दुरात्मनः॥
draupadyuvāca na nūnaṃ tasya pāpasya duḥkhamasmāsu kiṃcana| vidyatedhārtarāṣṭrasya nṛśaṃsasya durātmanaḥ||
Draupadi said : No feeling for us exists in the mind of that vile, vicious-souled and cruel son of Dhritarashtra.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 27.4
यस्त्वां वां राजन् मया सार्धमजिनैः प्रतिवासितम्। वनं प्रस्थाप्य दुष्टात्मा नान्वतप्यत दुर्मतिः॥
yastvāṃ vāṃ rājan mayā sārdhamajinaiḥ prativāsitam| vanaṃ prasthāpya duṣṭātmā nānvatapyata durmatiḥ||
For, that vicious-minded one, O king, having sent you along with me to the forest clad in deer-skin, feels no mortification.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 27.5
आयसं हृदयं नूनं तस्य दुष्कृतकर्मणः। यस्त्वांधर्मपरं श्रेष्ठं रूक्षाण्यश्रावयत् तदा॥
āyasaṃ hṛdayaṃ nūnaṃ tasya duṣkṛtakarmaṇaḥ| yastvāṃdharmaparaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ rūkṣāṇyaśrāvayat tadā||
For, the heart of that one of impious deed is made of steel since he could address harsh words to his pious eldest brother.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 27.6
सुखोचितमदुःखाहँ दुरात्मा ससुहृद्गणः। ईदृशं दुःखमानीय मोदते पापपूरुषः॥
sukhocitamaduḥkhāha~ durātmā sasuhṛdgaṇaḥ| īdṛśaṃ duḥkhamānīya modate pāpapūruṣaḥ||
Having brought you, who are used to happiness, to such a miserable plight that vicious-souled wretch delights with his friends.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 27.7
चतुर्णामेव पापानामा न पतितं तदा। त्वयि भारत निष्क्रान्ते वनायाजिनवाससि॥ दुर्योधनस्य कर्णस्य शकुनेश्च दुरात्मनः। दुर्धातुस्तस्य चोचस्य राजन् दुःशासनस्य च॥
caturṇāmeva pāpānāmā na patitaṃ tadā| tvayi bhārata niṣkrānte vanāyājinavāsasi|| duryodhanasya karṇasya śakuneśca durātmanaḥ| durdhātustasya cocasya rājan duḥśāsanasya ca||
O descendant of Bharata, O king, when clad in deer-skin you set out for the forest, only four vicious wights did not shed tears; Duryodhona, Karna, the evil-minded Shakuni and the fierce and vicious brother Dushashana.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 27.8
इतरेषां तु सर्वेषां कुरूणां कुरुसत्तम्। दुःखेनाभिपरीतानां नेत्रेभ्यः प्राप्तज्जलम्॥
itareṣāṃ tu sarveṣāṃ kurūṇāṃ kurusattam| duḥkhenābhiparītānāṃ netrebhyaḥ prāptajjalam||
O foremost of the Kurus, the other Kurus filled with sorrow, shed tears from their eyes.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 27.9
इदं च शयनं दृष्ट्वा यच्चासीत् ते पुरातनम्। शोचामि त्वां महाराज दुःखान/ सुखोचितम्॥
idaṃ ca śayanaṃ dṛṣṭvā yaccāsīt te purātanam| śocāmi tvāṃ mahārāja duḥkhāna/ sukhocitam||
O great king, seeing this your bed and recollecting what you had before I grieve for you, who do not deserve misery and have been brought up in every luxury.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 27.10
दान्तं यच्च सभामध्य आसनं रत्नभूषितम्। दृष्ट्वा कुशवृषी चेमा शोको मां प्रदहत्ययम्॥
dāntaṃ yacca sabhāmadhya āsanaṃ ratnabhūṣitam| dṛṣṭvā kuśavṛṣī cemā śoko māṃ pradahatyayam||
Thinking of that ivory seat in your court crested with jewels and seeing this scat of Kusha grass grief assails me.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 27.11
यदपश्यं सभायां त्वां राजभिः परिवारितम्। तच्च राजन्नपश्यन्त्याः का शान्तिर्हदयस्य मे॥
yadapaśyaṃ sabhāyāṃ tvāṃ rājabhiḥ parivāritam| tacca rājannapaśyantyāḥ kā śāntirhadayasya me||
I saw you in your court surrounded by the kings; seeing you without kings how can my mind have peace?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 27.12
या त्वाहं चन्दनादिग्धमपश्यं सूर्यवर्चसम्। सा त्वां पङ्कमलादिग्धं दृष्ट्वा मुह्यामि भारत॥
yā tvāhaṃ candanādigdhamapaśyaṃ sūryavarcasam| sā tvāṃ paṅkamalādigdhaṃ dṛṣṭvā muhyāmi bhārata||
O descendant of Bharata, I am beside myself on seeing you pasted with mud, you, gifted with the effulgence of sun whom I saw before pasted with sandal.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 27.13
या त्वाहं कौशिकैर्वस्त्रैः शुभैराच्छादितं पुरा। दृष्टवत्यस्मि राजेन्द्र सा त्वां पश्यामि चीरिणम्॥
yā tvāhaṃ kauśikairvastraiḥ śubhairācchāditaṃ purā| dṛṣṭavatyasmi rājendra sā tvāṃ paśyāmi cīriṇam||
O king of kings, I see you now clad in bark, whom I saw before clothed in white silken raiment.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 27.14
यच्च तदुक्मपात्रीभिर्ब्राह्मणेभ्यः सहस्रशः। ह्रियते ते गृहादन्नं संस्कृतं सार्वकामिकम्॥
yacca tadukmapātrībhirbrāhmaṇebhyaḥ sahasraśaḥ| hriyate te gṛhādannaṃ saṃskṛtaṃ sārvakāmikam||
(Formerly) pure food of every kind was taken from your house, on golden plates to thousands of Brahmanas.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 27.15
यतीनामगृहाणां ते तथैव गृहमेधिनाम्। दीयते भोजनं राजन्नतीवगुणवत् प्रभो॥
yatīnāmagṛhāṇāṃ te tathaiva gṛhamedhinām| dīyate bhojanaṃ rājannatīvaguṇavat prabho||
O lord, best food was given by you to ascetics, the houseless and those leading domestic lives, like an accomplished king.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 27.16
सत्कृतानि सहस्राणि सर्वकामैः पुरा गृहे। सर्वकामैः सुविहितैर्यदपूजयथा द्विजान्॥
satkṛtāni sahasrāṇi sarvakāmaiḥ purā gṛhe| sarvakāmaiḥ suvihitairyadapūjayathā dvijān||
Formerly living in your palace you had thousands of plates filled with every kind of food and used to worship the Brahmana, satisfying every desire of theirs.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 27.17
तच्च राजन्नपश्यन्त्याः का शान्तिर्हदयस्य मे। यत् ते भ्रातृन् महाराज युवानो मृष्टकुण्डलाः॥ अभोजयन्त मिष्टान्नैः सूदाः परमसंस्कृतैः। सर्वांस्तानद्य पश्यामि वने वन्येन जीविनः॥ अदुःखार्हान् मनुष्येन्द्र नोपशाम्यति मे मनः। भीमसेनमिमं चापि दुःखितं वनवासिनम्॥ ध्यायत: किं न मन्युस्ते प्राप्ते काले विवर्धते। भीमसेनं हि कर्माणि स्वयं कुर्वाणमन्युतम्॥ सुखा/ दुःखितं दृष्ट्वा कस्मान्मन्युर्न वर्धते।
tacca rājannapaśyantyāḥ kā śāntirhadayasya me| yat te bhrātṛn mahārāja yuvāno mṛṣṭakuṇḍalāḥ|| abhojayanta miṣṭānnaiḥ sūdāḥ paramasaṃskṛtaiḥ| sarvāṃstānadya paśyāmi vane vanyena jīvinaḥ|| aduḥkhārhān manuṣyendra nopaśāmyati me manaḥ| bhīmasenamimaṃ cāpi duḥkhitaṃ vanavāsinam|| dhyāyata: kiṃ na manyuste prāpte kāle vivardhate| bhīmasenaṃ hi karmāṇi svayaṃ kurvāṇamanyutam|| sukhā/ duḥkhitaṃ dṛṣṭvā kasmānmanyurna vardhate|
Not beholding all these, how can my heart, O king have peace! Thy youthful brothers, adorned with ear-rings, were formerly treated by cooks with sweat and skillfully prepared dishes-I now behold them all, unused to misery, in the forest living on the produces of the forest. My mind finds no peace, O lord of men. Beholding this Bhimasena sorry and living in forest and thinking over this, does not your mind in proper time become wrathful, Bhimasena who used to perforin all actions unaided.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 27.18
सत्कृतं विविधैर्यानैर्वस्त्रैरुच्चावचैस्तथा॥ तं ते वनगतं दृष्ट्वा कस्मान्मन्युर्न वर्धते।
satkṛtaṃ vividhairyānairvastrairuccāvacaistathā|| taṃ te vanagataṃ dṛṣṭvā kasmānmanyurna vardhate|
Beholding him stricken with sorrow who was used to all happiness, surrounded by numerous conveyances and clothed in costly raiment, why does not your anger blaze up?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 27.19
अयं कुरून् रणे सर्वान् हन्तुमुत्सहते प्रभुः॥ त्वत्प्रतिज्ञा प्रतीक्षस्तु सहतेऽयं वृकोदरः।
ayaṃ kurūn raṇe sarvān hantumutsahate prabhuḥ|| tvatpratijñā pratīkṣastu sahate'yaṃ vṛkodaraḥ|
Beholding him in the forest why does not your anger blaze up, this great one is prepared to slay all Kurus in battle. In honour of your promise Vrikodara bears all this.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 27.20
योऽर्जुनेनार्जुनस्तुल्यो द्विबाहुर्बहुबाहुना॥ शरावमर्दे शीघ्रत्वात् कालान्तकयमोपमः। यस्य शस्त्रप्रतापेन प्रणताः सर्वपार्थिवाः॥ यज्ञे तव महाराज ब्राह्मणानुपतस्थिरे। तमिमं पुरुषव्याघ्र पूजितं देवदानवैः॥ ध्यायन्तमर्जुनं दृष्ट्वा कस्माद् राजन् न कुप्यसि।
yo'rjunenārjunastulyo dvibāhurbahubāhunā|| śarāvamarde śīghratvāt kālāntakayamopamaḥ| yasya śastrapratāpena praṇatāḥ sarvapārthivāḥ|| yajñe tava mahārāja brāhmaṇānupatasthire| tamimaṃ puruṣavyāghra pūjitaṃ devadānavaiḥ|| dhyāyantamarjunaṃ dṛṣṭvā kasmād rājan na kupyasi|
O King, this Arjuna though possessed of two hands is equal to Arjuna of a thousand arms for light handedness in discharging arrows; he is equal to Yama at the end of Yuga; humbled by the prowess of whose weapons all the kings. Waited upon the Brahmanas in your sacrifice, O great king, beholding this foremost of men worshipped of Devas and Danavas. Arjuna stricken with anxiety, does not your mind become worked with anger?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 27.21
दृष्ट्वा वनगतं पार्थमदुःखार्ह सुखोचितम्॥ न च ते वर्धते मन्युस्तेन मुह्यामि भारत।
dṛṣṭvā vanagataṃ pārthamaduḥkhārha sukhocitam|| na ca te vardhate manyustena muhyāmi bhārata|
O king, beholding Partha used to happiness and unworthy of misery, living in the forest. Your anger is not excited, I am stricken with wonder for this.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 27.22
यो देवांश्च मनुष्यांश्च सर्वांश्चैकरथोऽजयत्॥ तं ते वनगतं दृष्ट्वा कस्मान्मन्युर्न वर्धते।
yo devāṃśca manuṣyāṃśca sarvāṃścaikaratho'jayat|| taṃ te vanagataṃ dṛṣṭvā kasmānmanyurna vardhate|
O Bharata, who mounted on a single car, vanquished men and serpents. Beholding him in the forest why is not your anger excited?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 27.23
यो यानैरद्धृताकारैर्हयैर्नागैश्च संवृतः॥ प्रसह्य वित्तान्यादत्त पार्थिवेभ्यः परंतप। क्षिपत्येकेन वेगेन पञ्चबाणशतानि यः॥ तं ते वनगतं दृष्ट्वा कस्मान्मन्युर्न वर्धते।
yo yānairaddhṛtākārairhayairnāgaiśca saṃvṛtaḥ|| prasahya vittānyādatta pārthivebhyaḥ paraṃtapa| kṣipatyekena vegena pañcabāṇaśatāni yaḥ|| taṃ te vanagataṃ dṛṣṭvā kasmānmanyurna vardhate|
He was honoured with the present of various vehicles, horses and elephants; he, the slayer of foes, wrested wealth by force from various other kings and discharges with one velocity hundreds of shafts; is not your mind worked up with ire beholding him in exile?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 27.24
श्यामं बृहन्तं तरुणं चर्मिणामुत्तमं रणे॥ दृष्ट्वा कस्मान्मन्युर्न वर्धते। नकुलं ते वने
śyāmaṃ bṛhantaṃ taruṇaṃ carmiṇāmuttamaṃ raṇe|| dṛṣṭvā kasmānmanyurna vardhate| nakulaṃ te vane
Beholding him fair, able-bodied, youthful and the best of swordsmen. Nakula in exile does not your anger blaze up?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 27.25
दर्शनीयं च शूरं च माद्रीपुत्रं युधिष्ठिर॥ सहदेवं वने दृष्ट्वा कस्मात् क्षमसि पार्थिव।
darśanīyaṃ ca śūraṃ ca mādrīputraṃ yudhiṣṭhira|| sahadevaṃ vane dṛṣṭvā kasmāt kṣamasi pārthiva|
Beholding, O Yudhishthira, O king, the heroic and handsome son of Madri, Sahadeva, in exile do you forgive (them)?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 27.26
नकुलं सहदेवं च दृष्ट्वा ते दुःखितावुभौ॥ अदुःखार्ही मनुष्येन्द्र कस्मान्मन्युर्न वर्धते।
nakulaṃ sahadevaṃ ca dṛṣṭvā te duḥkhitāvubhau|| aduḥkhārhī manuṣyendra kasmānmanyurna vardhate|
Beholding, O king of men, these Nakula and Sahadeva, unworthy of misery, stricken with grief does not your anger blaze up?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 27.27
दुपदस्य कुले जातां स्नुषां पाण्डोर्महात्मनः॥ धृष्टद्युम्नस्य भगिनीं वीरपत्नीमनुव्रताम्। मां वै वनगतां दृष्ट्वा कस्मात् क्षमसि पार्थिव॥
dupadasya kule jātāṃ snuṣāṃ pāṇḍormahātmanaḥ|| dhṛṣṭadyumnasya bhaginīṃ vīrapatnīmanuvratām| māṃ vai vanagatāṃ dṛṣṭvā kasmāt kṣamasi pārthiva||
Beholding me in the forest born in the race of Drupada, the daughter-in-law of the great Pandu, sister of Dhristadyumna, the devoted spouse of a heroes, do you forgive them, O king?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 27.28
नूनं च तव वै नास्ति मन्युर्भरतसत्तम्। यत् ते भ्रातूंश्च मां चैव दृष्ट्वा न व्यथते मनः॥
nūnaṃ ca tava vai nāsti manyurbharatasattam| yat te bhrātūṃśca māṃ caiva dṛṣṭvā na vyathate manaḥ||
Forsooth, O foremost of Bharatas, you have no anger, since beholding me and your brothers your mind is not pained.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 27.29
न निर्मन्युः क्षत्रियोऽस्ति लोके निर्वचनं स्मृतम्। तदद्य त्वयि पश्यामि क्षत्रिये विपरीतवत्॥
na nirmanyuḥ kṣatriyo'sti loke nirvacanaṃ smṛtam| tadadya tvayi paśyāmi kṣatriye viparītavat||
This is the saying of Smriti, that in this world there is not a Kshatriya who is without anger, but in you do I behold today the contradiction.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 27.30
यो न दर्शयते तेजः क्षत्रियः काल आगते। सर्वभूतानि तं पार्थ सदा परिभवन्त्युत॥
yo na darśayate tejaḥ kṣatriyaḥ kāla āgate| sarvabhūtāni taṃ pārtha sadā paribhavantyuta||
The Kshatriya who does not manifest his energy in proper hour is disregarded by all creatures, O son of Pritha.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 27.31
तत् त्वया न क्षमा कार्या शत्रुन् प्रति कथंचन। तेजसैव हि ते शक्या निहन्तुं नात्र संशयः॥
tat tvayā na kṣamā kāryā śatrun prati kathaṃcana| tejasaiva hi te śakyā nihantuṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ||
Therefore you should by no means, vouchsafe your forgiveness to the enemies; forsooth, by your energy you may destroy them all.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 27.32
तथैव यः क्षमाकाले क्षत्रियो नोपशाम्यति। अप्रियः सर्वभूतानां सोऽमुत्रेह च नश्यति॥
tathaiva yaḥ kṣamākāle kṣatriyo nopaśāmyati| apriyaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ so'mutreha ca naśyati||
So that Kshatriya too becomes unpopular with all and meets with destruction both in this world and in the next, whose anger is not appeased when the time for forgiveness comes.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)