Mahabharata — Volume III (Dutt edition) — Chapter 5
MBh 3 5.1
वैशम्पायन उवाच ते वीरा बद्धनिस्त्रिंशास्तथा बद्धकलापिनः। बद्धगोधाङ्गुलित्राणा: कालिन्दीमभितो ययुः॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca te vīrā baddhanistriṃśāstathā baddhakalāpinaḥ| baddhagodhāṅgulitrāṇā: kālindīmabhito yayuḥ||
Vaishampayana said Those heroes equipped with swords and finger-protectors made of Iguna leather and furnished with weapons and quivers proceeded in the direction of the river Kalindi.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 5.2
ततस्ते दक्षिणं तीरमन्वगच्छन् पदातयः। निवृत्तवनवासा हि स्वराष्ट्र प्रेप्सवस्तदा। वसन्तो गिरिदुर्गेषु वनदुर्गेषु धन्विनः॥
tataste dakṣiṇaṃ tīramanvagacchan padātayaḥ| nivṛttavanavāsā hi svarāṣṭra prepsavastadā| vasanto giridurgeṣu vanadurgeṣu dhanvinaḥ||
Then they desirous of regaining their own kingdom put an end to their forest-life and walked on foot to the southern bank of the river (Kalindi).
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 5.3
विध्यन्तो मृगजातानि महेष्वासा महाबलाः। उत्तरेण दशार्णांस्ते पञ्चालान् दक्षिणेन च॥ अन्तरेण यकृल्लोमान् शूरसेनांश्च पाण्डवाः। लुब्धा ब्रुवाणा मत्स्यस्य विषयं प्राविशन् वनात्॥ धन्विनो बद्धनिस्त्रिंशा विवर्णाः श्मश्रुधारिणः। ततो जनपदं प्राप्य कृष्णा राजानमब्रवीत्॥
vidhyanto mṛgajātāni maheṣvāsā mahābalāḥ| uttareṇa daśārṇāṃste pañcālān dakṣiṇena ca|| antareṇa yakṛllomān śūrasenāṃśca pāṇḍavāḥ| lubdhā bruvāṇā matsyasya viṣayaṃ prāviśan vanāt|| dhanvino baddhanistriṃśā vivarṇāḥ śmaśrudhāriṇaḥ| tato janapadaṃ prāpya kṛṣṇā rājānamabravīt||
Having put an end to their forest life, those sons of Pandu, wielders of great bows, endued with great strength, equipped with swords, wearing beards and looking wan proceeded through Yakrilloma and and Shurasena, and leaving the country of Panchalas on the south and that of Dasharna on the north, dwelling (sometimes) in hill-forts and forest fastness and killing the deer (in their journey) entered Matsya's dominions giving out themselves as hunters.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 5.4
पश्यैकपद्यो दृश्यन्ते क्षेत्राणि विविधानि च। व्यक्तं दूरे विराटस्य राजधानी भविष्यति। वसामेहापरां रात्रिं बलरान् मे परिश्रमः॥
paśyaikapadyo dṛśyante kṣetrāṇi vividhāni ca| vyaktaṃ dūre virāṭasya rājadhānī bhaviṣyati| vasāmehāparāṃ rātriṃ balarān me pariśramaḥ||
Having arrived at the country Krishna said to the king-“Look here, there are seen many foot-paths and these indicate the existence of Virata's metropolis in the distance. Spend the remaining part of the night here for great is my fatigue."
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 5.5
युधिष्ठिर उवाच धनंजय समुद्यम्य पाञ्चालीं वह भारत। राजधान्यां निवत्स्यामो विमुक्ताश्च वनादितः॥
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca dhanaṃjaya samudyamya pāñcālīṃ vaha bhārata| rājadhānyāṃ nivatsyāmo vimuktāśca vanāditaḥ||
Yudhishthira said 0 Dhananjaya, o Bharata, take up Panchali and carry her. As we are come out of this forest we shall settle ourselves in the capital.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 5.6
वैशम्पायन उवाच तामादायार्जनुस्तूर्णं द्रौपदीं गजराडिव। सम्प्राप्य नगराभ्याशमवतारयदर्जुनः॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca tāmādāyārjanustūrṇaṃ draupadīṃ gajarāḍiva| samprāpya nagarābhyāśamavatārayadarjunaḥ||
Vaishampayana said Arjuna, like the leader of elephants, quickly took up Draupadi (Drupada's daughter) and on reaching the skirts of the forest let her down.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 5.7
स राजधानी सम्प्राप्य कौन्तेयोऽर्जुनमब्रवीत्। क्वायुधानि समासज्ज्य प्रवेक्ष्यामः पुरं वयम्॥
sa rājadhānī samprāpya kaunteyo'rjunamabravīt| kvāyudhāni samāsajjya pravekṣyāmaḥ puraṃ vayam||
After having arrived at the capital the son of Kunti, asked Arjuna-where shall we keep our weapons before we enter the city?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 5.8
सायुधाश्च प्रवेक्ष्यामो वयं तात पुरं यदि। समुद्वेगं जनस्यास्य करिष्यामो न संशयः॥ गाण्डीवं च महद् गाढं लोके च विदितं नृणाम्। तच्चेदायुधमादाय गच्छामो नगरं वयम्। क्षिप्रमस्मान् विजानीयुर्मनुष्या नात्र संशयः॥
sāyudhāśca pravekṣyāmo vayaṃ tāta puraṃ yadi| samudvegaṃ janasyāsya kariṣyāmo na saṃśayaḥ|| gāṇḍīvaṃ ca mahad gāḍhaṃ loke ca viditaṃ nṛṇām| taccedāyudhamādāya gacchāmo nagaraṃ vayam| kṣipramasmān vijānīyurmanuṣyā nātra saṃśayaḥ||
If we enter the city with our weapons we shall undoubtedly cause terror to the citizens. Moreover your gigantic bow, the Gandiva, is known to the people of the world, therefore, if we enter the city with that weapon, the people will undoubtedly cognizant us very soon.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 5.9
ततो द्वादश वर्षाणि प्रवेष्टव्यं वने पुनः। एकस्मिन्नपि विज्ञाते प्रतिज्ञातं हि नस्तथा॥
tato dvādaśa varṣāṇi praveṣṭavyaṃ vane punaḥ| ekasminnapi vijñāte pratijñātaṃ hi nastathā||
And if any one of us be discovered we hall have to enter the forest again for another twelve years, for that has truly been our promise.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 5.10
अर्जुन उवाच इयं कूटे मनुष्येन्द्र गहना महती शमी। भीमशास्त्रा दुरारोहा श्मशानस्य समीपतः॥
arjuna uvāca iyaṃ kūṭe manuṣyendra gahanā mahatī śamī| bhīmaśāstrā durārohā śmaśānasya samīpataḥ||
Arjuna said O lord of men, close by the cremation ground there stands, on the mountain peak, a large Shami tree, gigantic in size, hard to climb upon and with tremendous boughs.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 5.11
न चापि विद्यते कश्चन्मनुष्य इति मे मतिः। योऽस्मान् निदधतो द्रष्टा भवेच्छस्त्राणि पाण्डवाः।।१४।
na cāpi vidyate kaścanmanuṣya iti me matiḥ| yo'smān nidadhato draṣṭā bhavecchastrāṇi pāṇḍavāḥ||14|
Nor is their any human being I believe who can observe us, O Pandava, depositing our weapons.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 5.12
उत्पथे हि वने जाता गृगव्यालनिषेविते। समीपे च श्मशानस्य गहनस्य विशेषतः॥
utpathe hi vane jātā gṛgavyālaniṣevite| samīpe ca śmaśānasya gahanasya viśeṣataḥ||
Remote from the road there grows the tree in the forest inhabited by beasts and snakes and it stands beside a dismal cremation ground,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 5.13
समाधायायुधं शम्यां गच्छामो नगरं प्रति। एवमत्र यथायोगं विहरिष्याम भारत॥
samādhāyāyudhaṃ śamyāṃ gacchāmo nagaraṃ prati| evamatra yathāyogaṃ vihariṣyāma bhārata||
Having thus deposited our weapons on the Shami tree we shall, O Bharata, go to the city and pass our days there in style befitting us.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 5.14
वैशम्पायन उवाच एवमुक्त्वा स राजानं धर्मराज युधिष्ठिरम्। प्रचक्रमे निधानाय शस्त्राणां भरतर्षभ॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca evamuktvā sa rājānaṃ dharmarāja yudhiṣṭhiram| pracakrame nidhānāya śastrāṇāṃ bharatarṣabha||
Vaishampayana said Having spoken thus the king Yudhishthira, the virtuous Arjuna, O best of the Bharata race, prepared for putting aside the weapons on that tree. W to
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 5.15
येन देवान् मनुष्यांश्च सर्वांश्चैकरथोऽजयत्। स्फीताञ्जानपदांश्चान्यानजयत् कुरुपुङ्गवः॥ तदुदारं महाघोषं सम्पन्नबलसूदनम्। अपज्यमकरोत् पार्थो गाण्डीवं सुभयङ्करम्॥
yena devān manuṣyāṃśca sarvāṃścaikaratho'jayat| sphītāñjānapadāṃścānyānajayat kurupuṅgavaḥ|| tadudāraṃ mahāghoṣaṃ sampannabalasūdanam| apajyamakarot pārtho gāṇḍīvaṃ subhayaṅkaram||
Pritha's son, the best of the Kurus, loosened the string of the large and tremendous Gandiva, capable of producing a deeply terrific twang, of destroying the mighty hosts of enemies and by which he, on a single car, had conquered all the gods and men and many opulent countries.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 5.16
येन वीरः करुक्षेत्रमभ्यरक्षत् परंतपः। अमुञ्चद् धनुषस्तस्य ज्यामक्षय्यां युधिष्ठिरः॥
yena vīraḥ karukṣetramabhyarakṣat paraṃtapaḥ| amuñcad dhanuṣastasya jyāmakṣayyāṃ yudhiṣṭhiraḥ||
The warlike Yudhishthira, the chastiser of enemies, loosened the undecaying string of bow with which he had protected the field of the Kurus (Kurukshetra).
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 5.17
पाञ्चालान् येन संग्रामे भीमसेनोऽजयत् प्रभुः। प्रत्यषेधद् बहूनेकः सपत्नांश्चैव दिग्जये॥ निशम्य यस्य विस्फारं व्यद्रवन्त रणात् परे। पर्वतस्येव दीर्णस्य विस्फोटमशनेरिव॥ सैन्धवं येन राजानं पर्यामृषितवानथ। ज्यापाशं धनुषस्तस्य भीमसेनोऽवतारयत्॥
pāñcālān yena saṃgrāme bhīmaseno'jayat prabhuḥ| pratyaṣedhad bahūnekaḥ sapatnāṃścaiva digjaye|| niśamya yasya visphāraṃ vyadravanta raṇāt pare| parvatasyeva dīrṇasya visphoṭamaśaneriva|| saindhavaṃ yena rājānaṃ paryāmṛṣitavānatha| jyāpāśaṃ dhanuṣastasya bhīmaseno'vatārayat||
The mighty Bhimasena unfastened the string of the bow with which the sinless one had conquered the Panchalas in fight, defeated the lord of Sindhu, opposed many of his foes alone at the time of spreading his conquest in all directions and hearing whose twang like the splitting of a mountain, or like the roar of the thunder, the enemies had fled from the field.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 5.18
अजयत् पश्चिमामाशां धनुषा येन पाण्डवः। माद्रीपुत्रो महाबाहुस्ताम्रास्यो मितभाषिता॥ तस्य मौर्वीमपाकर्षच्छूरः संक्रन्दनो युधि। कुले नास्ति समो रूपे यस्येति नकुलः स्मृतः।।२५।
ajayat paścimāmāśāṃ dhanuṣā yena pāṇḍavaḥ| mādrīputro mahābāhustāmrāsyo mitabhāṣitā|| tasya maurvīmapākarṣacchūraḥ saṃkrandano yudhi| kule nāsti samo rūpe yasyeti nakulaḥ smṛtaḥ||25|
The heroic son of Pandu by Madri, having large arms, copper complexion, frugal speech and immense prowess in the field of battle, known by the name Nakula by virtue of his matchless beauty in the family, took away the string of his bow with which he had conquered all the regions of the west.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 5.19
दक्षिणां दक्षिणाचारो दिशं येनाजयत् प्रभुः। अपज्यमकरोद् वीरः सहदेवस्तदायुधम्॥
dakṣiṇāṃ dakṣiṇācāro diśaṃ yenājayat prabhuḥ| apajyamakarod vīraḥ sahadevastadāyudham||
The heroic Sahadeva of noble conduct rendered his bow stringless with which he made conquests in the southern regions.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 5.20
खगांश्च दीप्तान् दीर्घाश्च कलापांश्च महाधनान्। विपाठान् क्षुरधारांश्च धनुर्भिनिदधुः सह॥
khagāṃśca dīptān dīrghāśca kalāpāṃśca mahādhanān| vipāṭhān kṣuradhārāṃśca dhanurbhinidadhuḥ saha||
Along with their bows they deposited their long and shining swords, quivers of great value, and arrows with edges as sharp as those of razors.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 5.21
वैशम्पायन उवाच अथान्वशासन्नकुलं कुन्तीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः। आरुह्येमां शमी वीर धनूंष्येतानि निक्षिप॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca athānvaśāsannakulaṃ kuntīputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ| āruhyemāṃ śamī vīra dhanūṃṣyetāni nikṣipa||
Vaishampayana said: Then Yudhishthira, the son of Kunti, commanded Nakula-"O heroic one ascend this Shami tree and deposit those bows thereon.”
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 5.22
तामुपारुह्य नकुलो धनूंषि निदधे स्वयम्। यानि तस्यावकाशानि दिव्यरूपाण्यमन्यत॥ यत्र चापश्यत स वै तिरोवर्षाणि वर्षति। तत्र तानि दृढैः पाशैः सुगाढं पर्यबन्धत॥
tāmupāruhya nakulo dhanūṃṣi nidadhe svayam| yāni tasyāvakāśāni divyarūpāṇyamanyata|| yatra cāpaśyata sa vai tirovarṣāṇi varṣati| tatra tāni dṛḍhaiḥ pāśaiḥ sugāḍhaṃ paryabandhata||
Having ascended the Shami tree Nakula himself placed these bows. He tied them with strong ropes with those parts of the tree which he thought to be well-formed and where the rain in an oblique lines.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 5.23
शरीरं च मृतस्यैकं समबनन्त पाण्डवाः। विवर्जयिष्यन्ति नरा दूरादेव शमीमिमाम्॥
śarīraṃ ca mṛtasyaikaṃ samabananta pāṇḍavāḥ| vivarjayiṣyanti narā dūrādeva śamīmimām||
There also the Pandavas fastened a corpse so that the people getting the bad smell and saying-"there is a corpse fastened, will shun this Shami from a distance."
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 5.24
आबद्धं शवमत्रेति गन्धमाघ्राय पूतिकम्। अशीतिशतवर्षेयं माता न इति वादिनः॥ कुलधर्मोऽयमस्माकं पूर्वैराजरितोऽपि वा। समासज्ज्याथ वृक्षेऽस्मिन्निति वै व्याहरन्ति ते॥
ābaddhaṃ śavamatreti gandhamāghrāya pūtikam| aśītiśatavarṣeyaṃ mātā na iti vādinaḥ|| kuladharmo'yamasmākaṃ pūrvairājarito'pi vā| samāsajjyātha vṛkṣe'sminniti vai vyāharanti te||
After having finished the fastening they gave out-"This is our mother, one hundred and eight years old. This is our ancestral custom, observed by our forefathers."
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 5.25
आगोयालाविपालेभ्य आचक्षाणाः परंतपाः। आजग्मुर्नगराभ्याशं पार्थाः शत्रुनिबर्हणाः॥
āgoyālāvipālebhya ācakṣāṇāḥ paraṃtapāḥ| ājagmurnagarābhyāśaṃ pārthāḥ śatrunibarhaṇāḥ||
Having said this to the cow-herds and shipherds Pritha's sons, the subduers of enemies, approached the capital.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 5.26
जयो जयन्तो विजयो जयत्सेनो जयद्बलः। इति गुह्यानि नामानि चक्रे तेषां युधिष्ठिरः॥
jayo jayanto vijayo jayatseno jayadbalaḥ| iti guhyāni nāmāni cakre teṣāṃ yudhiṣṭhiraḥ||
(In order to live incognito) Yudhishthira selected for himself and his brothers these false names-Jaya, Jayanta, Vijaya, Jayatsena and Jayadbala.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 5.27
ततो यथाप्रतिज्ञाभिः प्राविशान् नगरं महत्। अज्ञातचर्यां वत्स्यन्तो राष्ट्र वर्षं त्रयोदशम्॥
tato yathāpratijñābhiḥ prāviśān nagaraṃ mahat| ajñātacaryāṃ vatsyanto rāṣṭra varṣaṃ trayodaśam||
For the purpose of passing the thirteenth year undiscovered in that kingdom they entered the great city in conformity to their promise (to Duryodhana).
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)