Mahabharata — Volume III (Dutt edition) — Chapter 1
MBh 3 1.1
नारायणं नमस्कृत्यं नरं चैव नरोत्तमम्। देवी सरस्वतीं व्यासं ततो जयमुदीरयेत्॥
nārāyaṇaṃ namaskṛtyaṃ naraṃ caiva narottamam| devī sarasvatīṃ vyāsaṃ tato jayamudīrayet||
Having saluted Narayana and Nara the best of male beings as also the goddess of learning let us cry success.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 1.2
जनमेजय उवाच कथं विराटनगरे मम पूर्वपितामहाः। अज्ञातवासमुषिता दुर्योधनभयार्दिताः॥
janamejaya uvāca kathaṃ virāṭanagare mama pūrvapitāmahāḥ| ajñātavāsamuṣitā duryodhanabhayārditāḥ||
Janamejaya said How did my great grand fathers, stricken with the fear of Duryodhana, live incognito in the city of Virata?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 1.3
पतिव्रतः महाभागा सततं ब्रह्मवादिनी। द्रौपदी च कथं ब्रह्मन्नज्ञाता दुःखितावसत्॥
pativrataḥ mahābhāgā satataṃ brahmavādinī| draupadī ca kathaṃ brahmannajñātā duḥkhitāvasat||
O Brahmana, how did the highly lucky Draupadi, devoted to her husbands, afflicted with woe and in the habit of reciting the names of the Supreme being, live undiscovered?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 1.4
वैशम्पायन उवाच यथा विराटनगरे तव पूर्वपितामहाः। अज्ञातवासमुषितास्तच्छृणुष्व नराधिप॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca yathā virāṭanagare tava pūrvapitāmahāḥ| ajñātavāsamuṣitāstacchṛṇuṣva narādhipa||
Vaishampayana said Listen, O ruler of men, how your great grand-fathers spent their days in the city of Virata without being discovered.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 1.5
तथा स तु वरॉल्लब्ध्वा धर्मो धर्मभृतां वरः। गत्वाऽऽश्रमं ब्राह्मणेभ्य आचख्यौ सर्वमेव तत्॥
tathā sa tu varaॉllabdhvā dharmo dharmabhṛtāṃ varaḥ| gatvā''śramaṃ brāhmaṇebhya ācakhyau sarvameva tat||
Having thus received the boon from Dharma (the god of virtue) the best of the virtuous retired to the asylum, and described to the Brahmanas, all that came to pass.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 1.6
कथयित्वा तु तत् सर्वं ब्राह्मणेभ्यो युधिष्ठिरः। अरणीसहितं तस्मै ब्राह्मणाय न्यवेदयत्॥
kathayitvā tu tat sarvaṃ brāhmaṇebhyo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ| araṇīsahitaṃ tasmai brāhmaṇāya nyavedayat||
Having described everything to the Brahmanas, Yudhishthira gave over to the Brahmana the fire sticks along with the churning staff which he had lost.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 1.7
ततो युधिष्ठिरो राजा धर्मपुत्रो महामनाः। संनिवर्त्यानुजान् सर्वानिति होवाच भारत॥
tato yudhiṣṭhiro rājā dharmaputro mahāmanāḥ| saṃnivartyānujān sarvāniti hovāca bhārata||
0 Bharata, then the high-souled potentate Yudhishthira, the offspring of Dharma, called all his younger brothers together and addressed them thus:
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 1.8
द्वादशेमानि वर्षाणि राज्यविप्रोषिता वयम्। त्रयोदशोऽयं सम्प्राप्तः कृच्छ्रात् परमदुर्वसः॥
dvādaśemāni varṣāṇi rājyaviproṣitā vayam| trayodaśo'yaṃ samprāptaḥ kṛcchrāt paramadurvasaḥ||
For these twelve years, we have been exiled from our kingdom. This is the thirteenth year very had to pass.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 1.9
स साधु कौन्तेय इतो वासमर्जुन रोचय। संवत्सरमिमं यत्र वसेमाविदिताः परैः॥
sa sādhu kaunteya ito vāsamarjuna rocaya| saṃvatsaramimaṃ yatra vasemāviditāḥ paraiḥ||
Therefore, O Arjuna, the son of Kunti, from here make a judicious choice of a place where we may stay one year without being known by our enemies.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 1.10
अर्जुन उवाच तस्यैव वरदानेन धर्मस्य मनुजाधिप। अज्ञाता विचरिष्यामो नराणां नात्र संशयः॥
arjuna uvāca tasyaiva varadānena dharmasya manujādhipa| ajñātā vicariṣyāmo narāṇāṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ||
Arjuna said O lord of men, by virtue of Dharma's gift of boon we shall to about without being known to the people. There is no doubt of it.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 1.11
तत्र वासाय राष्ट्राणि कीर्तयिष्यामि कानिचित्। रमणीयानि गुप्तानि तेषां किञ्चित् स्म रोचया॥
tatra vāsāya rāṣṭrāṇi kīrtayiṣyāmi kānicit| ramaṇīyāni guptāni teṣāṃ kiñcit sma rocayā||
from among But for purposes of our abode I shall mention some places some places both pleasant and sequestered, please fix upon those.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 1.12
सन्ति रम्या जनपदा बनाः परितः कुरून्। पाञ्चालाचैदिमत्स्याश्च शूरसेनाः पटच्चराः॥ दशार्णा नवराष्ट्राश्च मल्लाः शाल्वा युगन्धराः। कुन्तिराष्ट्रं च विपुलं सुराष्ट्रावन्तयस्तथा॥
santi ramyā janapadā banāḥ paritaḥ kurūn| pāñcālācaidimatsyāśca śūrasenāḥ paṭaccarāḥ|| daśārṇā navarāṣṭrāśca mallāḥ śālvā yugandharāḥ| kuntirāṣṭraṃ ca vipulaṃ surāṣṭrāvantayastathā||
About the kingdom of Kurus there are many beautiful countries with plenty of corn viz. Panchala, Chedi, Matsya, Shurasena, Patachchara, Dasharna, Navarashtra, Malla, Shalva, Yugandhara and extensive Kuntirashtra, Saurashtra and Avanti.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 1.13
एतेषां कतमो राजन् निवासस्तव रोचते। यत्र वत्स्यामहे राजन् संवत्सरमिमं वयम्॥
eteṣāṃ katamo rājan nivāsastava rocate| yatra vatsyāmahe rājan saṃvatsaramimaṃ vayam||
Which of these, O king, do you select for your abode, where we may live all the year round. On which of these places, Oking, does your choice fall, where we may live all the year round.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 1.14
युधिष्ठिर उवाच श्रुतमेतन्महाबाहो यथा स भगवान् प्रभुः। अब्रवीत् सर्वभूतेशस्तत् तथा न तदन्यथा॥
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca śrutametanmahābāho yathā sa bhagavān prabhuḥ| abravīt sarvabhūteśastat tathā na tadanyathā||
Yudhishthira said O you of mighty arms, what the worshipful deity (Dharma), the lord of all beings, has said must be so; there can be no other alternative.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 1.15
अवश्यं त्वेव वासार्थं रमणीयं शिवं सुखम्। सम्मन्त्र्य सहितैः सर्वैर्वस्तव्यमकुतोभयैः॥
avaśyaṃ tveva vāsārthaṃ ramaṇīyaṃ śivaṃ sukham| sammantrya sahitaiḥ sarvairvastavyamakutobhayaiḥ||
After consulting together we must seek out a pleasant auspicious and agreeable place, where we may live all together without fear.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 1.16
मत्स्यो विराटो बलवानभिरक्तोऽथ पाण्डवान्। धर्मशीलो वदान्यश्च वृद्धश्च सततं प्रियः॥
matsyo virāṭo balavānabhirakto'tha pāṇḍavān| dharmaśīlo vadānyaśca vṛddhaśca satataṃ priyaḥ||
The aged Virata, the king of Matsya, is powerful, charitable, of righteous disposition, ever beloved and also attached to the Pandavas.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 1.17
विराटनगरे तात संवत्सरमिमं वयम्। कुर्वन्तस्तस्य कर्माणि विहरिष्याम भारत॥
virāṭanagare tāta saṃvatsaramimaṃ vayam| kurvantastasya karmāṇi vihariṣyāma bhārata||
In the city of Virata, O dear one, we shall, O Bharata, spend the whole of his year, doing his work.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 1.18
तत् कर्म यानि यानि च कर्माणि तस्य वक्ष्यामहे वयम्। आसाद्य मत्स्यं प्रबूत कुरुनन्दनाः॥
tat karma yāni yāni ca karmāṇi tasya vakṣyāmahe vayam| āsādya matsyaṃ prabūta kurunandanāḥ||
Tell me, O sons of Kuru, in what capacities we shall have to present ourselves after we shall have gone to the king of the Matsya.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 1.19
अर्जुन उवाच नरदेव कथं तस्य राष्ट्रे कर्म करिष्यसि। विराटनगरे साधो रंस्यसे केन कर्मणा॥
arjuna uvāca naradeva kathaṃ tasya rāṣṭre karma kariṣyasi| virāṭanagare sādho raṃsyase kena karmaṇā||
Arjuna said O god among men, how will you work in his domain, O virtuous one, in what capacity will you reside in the city of Virata?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 1.20
मृदुर्वदान्यो ह्रीमांश्च धार्मिकः सत्यविक्रमः। राजंस्त्वमापदाऽऽकृष्टः किं करिष्यसि पाण्डव॥
mṛdurvadānyo hrīmāṃśca dhārmikaḥ satyavikramaḥ| rājaṃstvamāpadā''kṛṣṭaḥ kiṃ kariṣyasi pāṇḍava||
O king, you are gentle, charitable, modest, righteous, and true to promise. O Pandava, what will you do, although afflicted with calamity.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 1.21
न दुःखमुचितं किञ्चिद् राजन् वेद यथा जनः। स इमामापदं प्राप्य कथं घोरां तरिष्यसि॥
na duḥkhamucitaṃ kiñcid rājan veda yathā janaḥ| sa imāmāpadaṃ prāpya kathaṃ ghorāṃ tariṣyasi||
Like an ordinary person a king is not accustomed to hardships; how will you, as a king, thus get over the awful calamity that has overtaken you.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 1.22
युधिष्ठिर उवाच शृणुध्वं यत् करिष्यामि कर्म वै कुरुनन्दनाः। विराटमनुसम्प्राप्य राजानं पुरुषर्षभाः॥
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca śṛṇudhvaṃ yat kariṣyāmi karma vai kurunandanāḥ| virāṭamanusamprāpya rājānaṃ puruṣarṣabhāḥ||
Yudhishthira said O you sons of Kuru, O you best among men, listen what work I shall do after having come before the king Virata.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 1.23
सभास्तारो भविष्यामि तस्य राज्ञो महात्मनः। कङ्को नाम द्विजो भूत्वा मताक्षः प्रियदेवनः॥
sabhāstāro bhaviṣyāmi tasya rājño mahātmanaḥ| kaṅko nāma dvijo bhūtvā matākṣaḥ priyadevanaḥ||
Appearing as a twice-born one, Kanka by name, expert in dice and fond of game, I shall be a counter of that high-minded king.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 1.24
वैदूर्यान् काञ्चनान् दान्तान् फलैर्योतीरसैः सह। कृष्णाँल्लोहितवर्णाश्च निर्वामि मनोरमान्॥ विराटराजं रमयन् सामात्यं सहबान्धवम्। न च मां वेत्स्यते कश्चित् तोषयिष्ये च तं नृपम्।।२६
vaidūryān kāñcanān dāntān phalairyotīrasaiḥ saha| kṛṣṇā~llohitavarṇāśca nirvāmi manoramān|| virāṭarājaṃ ramayan sāmātyaṃ sahabāndhavam| na ca māṃ vetsyate kaścit toṣayiṣye ca taṃ nṛpam||26
Moving upon boards nice ivory pawns, blue, yellow, red and white, by means of red and black dice I shall please the king with his friends and ministers. When I shall thus be satisfying the king no body shall be able to find me out.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 1.25
आसं युधिष्ठिरस्याहं पुरा प्राणसमः सखा। इति वक्ष्यामि राजानं यदि मां सोऽनुयोक्ष्यते॥
āsaṃ yudhiṣṭhirasyāhaṃ purā prāṇasamaḥ sakhā| iti vakṣyāmi rājānaṃ yadi māṃ so'nuyokṣyate||
If the king asks me I shall say-"formerly I was the friend of Yudhishthira, as dear as his life.”
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 1.26
इत्येतद् वो मयाऽऽख्यातं विहरिष्याम्यहं यथा। वृकोदर विराटे त्वं रंस्यसे केन हेतुना॥
ityetad vo mayā''khyātaṃ vihariṣyāmyahaṃ yathā| vṛkodara virāṭe tvaṃ raṃsyase kena hetunā||
I have told you all that-how I would pass my days there. O Vrikodara, in what capacity will you live in the city of Virata?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)