Mahabharata — Volume III (Dutt edition) — Chapter 209
MBh 3 209.1
वैशम्पायन उवाच एवमुक्तस्तु विमनास्तिर्यग्दृष्टिरधोमुखः। संहत्य च भ्रुवोर्मध्यं न किंचिद् व्याजहार ह॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca evamuktastu vimanāstiryagdṛṣṭiradhomukhaḥ| saṃhatya ca bhruvormadhyaṃ na kiṃcid vyājahāra ha||
Vaishampayana said Duryodhana, being thus addressed, seemed absorbed in thoughts, with his face hanging down and casting oblique glances; he began to contract the space between the two eye-brows and said not a word.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 209.2
त वै विमनसं दृष्ट्वा सम्प्रेक्ष्यान्योन्यमन्तिकात्। पुनरेवोत्तरं वाक्यमुक्तवन्तौ नरर्षभौ॥
ta vai vimanasaṃ dṛṣṭvā samprekṣyānyonyamantikāt| punarevottaraṃ vākyamuktavantau nararṣabhau||
Seeing him absent-minded those two best among men glancing at each other again said the following words.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 209.3
भीष्म उवाच शुश्रूषुमनसूयं च ब्रह्मण्यं सत्यवादिनम्। प्रतियोत्स्यामहे पार्थमतो दुःखतरं नु किम्॥
bhīṣma uvāca śuśrūṣumanasūyaṃ ca brahmaṇyaṃ satyavādinam| pratiyotsyāmahe pārthamato duḥkhataraṃ nu kim||
Bhishma said That we shall have to fight against the son of Pritha who is devoted to the service of his elders, without jealousy, conversant with Brahma and a speaker of truth-what can be more painful than this.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 209.4
द्रोण उवाच अश्वत्थाम्नि यथा पुत्रे भूयो मम धनंजये। बहुमानः परो राजन् संनतिश्च कपिध्वजे॥
droṇa uvāca aśvatthāmni yathā putre bhūyo mama dhanaṃjaye| bahumānaḥ paro rājan saṃnatiśca kapidhvaje||
Drona said My affection for Dhananjaya is greater than what I bear to my son Ashvathama; and the one, having the figure of a monkey on his banner, too has great respect and deference for me, Oking.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 209.5
तं च पुत्रात् प्रियतमं प्रतियोत्स्ये धनंजयम्। क्षात्रं धर्ममनुष्ठाय धिगस्तु क्षत्रजीविकाम्॥
taṃ ca putrāt priyatamaṃ pratiyotsye dhanaṃjayam| kṣātraṃ dharmamanuṣṭhāya dhigastu kṣatrajīvikām||
With him who is dear to me than my son namely Dhananjaya, shall I have to fight in observing the duties of a Kshatriya. Fie on the profession of a Kshatriya.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 209.6
यस्य लोके समो नास्ति कश्चिदन्यो धनुर्धरः। मत्प्रसादात् स बीभत्सुः श्रेयानन्यैर्धनुर्धरैः॥
yasya loke samo nāsti kaścidanyo dhanurdharaḥ| matprasādāt sa bībhatsuḥ śreyānanyairdhanurdharaiḥ||
He who is equaled by no bowman in this earth-it is through my grace and favour, is superior to other wielders of the bow.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 209.7
मित्रध्रुग् दुष्टभावश्च नास्तिकोऽथानृजुः शठः। न सत्सु लभते पूजां यज्ञे मूर्ख इवागतः॥
mitradhrug duṣṭabhāvaśca nāstiko'thānṛjuḥ śaṭhaḥ| na satsu labhate pūjāṃ yajñe mūrkha ivāgataḥ||
One who injures the interests of friends, who is of a wicked habit, an atheist, crooked and a deceitful man, does not get worship among the honest as an ignorant man coming to a sacrificial ceremony.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 209.8
वार्यमाणोऽपि पापेभ्यः पापात्मा पापमिच्छति। चोद्यमानोऽपि पापेन शुभात्मा शुभमिच्छति॥
vāryamāṇo'pi pāpebhyaḥ pāpātmā pāpamicchati| codyamāno'pi pāpena śubhātmā śubhamicchati||
A wicked-souled man inclines to wicked deeds though dissuaded from them and a virtuous-souled man, though urged to vice, desires to do good deeds.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 209.9
मिथ्योपचरिता ह्येते वर्तमाना ह्यनु प्रिये। अहितत्वाय कल्पन्ते दोषा भरतसत्तम॥
mithyopacaritā hyete vartamānā hyanu priye| ahitatvāya kalpante doṣā bharatasattama||
These sons of Pandu, though treacherously dealt with by you, now desire only what is good for you who cherish wicked intentions, O you best among the Bharatas, for your own injury.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 209.10
त्वमुक्तः कुरुवृद्धेन मया च विदुरेण च। वासुदेवेन च तथा श्रेयो नैवाभिमन्यसे॥
tvamuktaḥ kuruvṛddhena mayā ca vidureṇa ca| vāsudevena ca tathā śreyo naivābhimanyase||
You have been spoken to by the oldest among the Kurus, and by myself and by Vidura as also by Vasudeva but you do not accept what is beneficial to you.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 209.11
अस्ति मे बलमित्येव सहसा त्वं तितीर्षसि। सग्राहनक्रमकरं गङ्गावेगमिवोर्णगे॥
asti me balamityeva sahasā tvaṃ titīrṣasi| sagrāhanakramakaraṃ gaṅgāvegamivorṇage||
"I have got an army” with this thought you desire to overcome the Pandavas as the current of the Ganga flows into the ocean, full of sharks, alligators and crocodiles during the rainy season.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 209.12
वास एव यथा त्यक्तं प्रावृण्वानोऽभिमन्यसे। स्रजं त्यक्तामिव प्राप्य लोभाद् यौधिष्ठिरीं श्रियम्॥ द्रौपदीसहितं पार्थं सायुधैर्धातृभिर्वृतम्।
vāsa eva yathā tyaktaṃ prāvṛṇvāno'bhimanyase| srajaṃ tyaktāmiva prāpya lobhād yaudhiṣṭhirīṃ śriyam|| draupadīsahitaṃ pārthaṃ sāyudhairdhātṛbhirvṛtam|
Putting on as it were cast off clothes you have taken on yourself the cast off prosperity of Yudhishthira and think it to be your own. The son of Pritha in company with Draupadi and surrounded by his brothers,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 209.13
वनस्थमपि राज्यस्थः पाण्डवं को विजेष्यति॥ निदेशे यस्य राजानः सर्वे तिष्ठन्ति किङ्कराः।
vanasthamapi rājyasthaḥ pāṇḍavaṃ ko vijeṣyati|| nideśe yasya rājānaḥ sarve tiṣṭhanti kiṅkarāḥ|
Though he is staying in the forest who is there enjoying a kingdom though that can vanquish? Under whose command there are all the Yakasha kings as if his servants or slaves,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 209.14
तमैलविलमासाद्य धर्मराजो व्यराजत॥ कुबेरसदनं प्राप्य ततो रत्नान्यवाप्य च।
tamailavilamāsādya dharmarājo vyarājata|| kuberasadanaṃ prāpya tato ratnānyavāpya ca|
That virtuous king shone resplendent even when in the abode of that Ailavila; going to the abode of Kubera he obtained gems and wealth therefrom.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 209.15
स्फीतमाक्रम्य ते राष्ट्र राज्यमिच्छन्ति पाण्डवाः॥ दत्तं हुतमधीतं च ब्राह्मणास्तर्पिता धनैः।
sphītamākramya te rāṣṭra rājyamicchanti pāṇḍavāḥ|| dattaṃ hutamadhītaṃ ca brāhmaṇāstarpitā dhanaiḥ|
The Pandavas are prepared to attack your prosperous territories wishing the kingdom for themselves. Gifts have been made, the holy books studied, and Brahmanas gratified with wealth by us two.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 209.16
आवयोर्गतमायुश्च कृतकृत्यौ च विद्धि नौ॥ त्वं तु हित्वा सुखं राज्यं मित्राणि च धनानि च।
āvayorgatamāyuśca kṛtakṛtyau ca viddhi nau|| tvaṃ tu hitvā sukhaṃ rājyaṃ mitrāṇi ca dhanāni ca|
The length our life too has fairly run out; know also that our work is done. But yourself abandoning happiness, kingdom, friends and wealth,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 209.17
विग्रहं पाण्डवैः कृत्वा महद् व्यसनमाप्स्यसि॥ द्रौपदी यस्य चाशास्ते विजयं सत्यवादिनी।
vigrahaṃ pāṇḍavaiḥ kṛtvā mahad vyasanamāpsyasi|| draupadī yasya cāśāste vijayaṃ satyavādinī|
And fighting with the sons of Pandu will fall into a great trouble. Whose victory is prayed for by that speaker of truth Draupadi,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 209.18
तपोधोरव्रता देवी कथं जेष्यसि पाण्डवम्॥ मन्त्री जनार्दनो यस्य भ्राता यस्य धनंजयः। सर्वशस्त्रभृतां श्रेष्ठः कथं जेष्यसि पाण्डवम्॥
tapodhoravratā devī kathaṃ jeṣyasi pāṇḍavam|| mantrī janārdano yasya bhrātā yasya dhanaṃjayaḥ| sarvaśastrabhṛtāṃ śreṣṭhaḥ kathaṃ jeṣyasi pāṇḍavam||
That lady devoted to austere asceticismhow can you defeat that son of Pandu. Him whose adviser is Janardana, whose brother is Dhananjaya, the foremost among all wielders of weapon-how will you defeat that son of Pandu.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 209.19
सहाया ब्राह्मणा यस्य धृतिमन्तो जितेन्द्रियाः। तमुग्रतपसं वीरं कथं जेष्यसि पाण्डवम्॥
sahāyā brāhmaṇā yasya dhṛtimanto jitendriyāḥ| tamugratapasaṃ vīraṃ kathaṃ jeṣyasi pāṇḍavam||
Him on whose side Brahmanas, endued with wisdom and who have controlled their senses, have declared themselves, how can you defeat that son of Pandu, that hero of rigid austerities.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 209.20
पुनरुक्तं च वक्ष्यामि यत् कार्यं भूतिमिच्छता। सुहृदा मज्जमानेषु सुहृत्सु व्यसनार्णवे॥
punaruktaṃ ca vakṣyāmi yat kāryaṃ bhūtimicchatā| suhṛdā majjamāneṣu suhṛtsu vyasanārṇave||
I tell you again, according to the policy that ought to be adopt by a well-wisher who wishes the prosperity of a friend sunk into ocean of distress,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 209.21
अलं युद्धेन तैर्वीरैः शाम्य त्वं कुरुवृद्धये। मा गमः ससुतामात्यः सबलश्च पराभवम्॥
alaṃ yuddhena tairvīraiḥ śāmya tvaṃ kuruvṛddhaye| mā gamaḥ sasutāmātyaḥ sabalaśca parābhavam||
That there is no necessity to fight with these heroes; make peace for the sake of prosperity of the Kurus; do not invite along with your sons and ministers and your army, defeat.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)