Mahabharata — Volume III (Dutt edition) — Chapter 52
MBh 3 52.1
भीष्म उवाच कलाः काष्ठाश्च युज्यन्ते मुहूर्ताश्च दिनानि च। अर्धमासाश्च मासाश्च नक्षत्राणि ग्रहास्तथा॥ ऋतक्श्चापि युज्यन्ते तथा संवत्सरा अपि।
bhīṣma uvāca kalāḥ kāṣṭhāśca yujyante muhūrtāśca dināni ca| ardhamāsāśca māsāśca nakṣatrāṇi grahāstathā|| ṛtakścāpi yujyante tathā saṃvatsarā api|
Bhishma said The wheel of time revolves with various divisions such as Kalas, Kashthas, Muhurtas, days, fortnights months, stars, planets, seasons and years.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 52.2
एवं कालविभागेन कालचक्र प्रवर्तते॥ तेषां कालातिरेकेण ज्योतिषां च व्यतिक्रमात्। पञ्चमे पञ्चमे वर्षे द्वौ मासावुपजायतः॥
evaṃ kālavibhāgena kālacakra pravartate|| teṣāṃ kālātirekeṇa jyotiṣāṃ ca vyatikramāt| pañcame pañcame varṣe dvau māsāvupajāyataḥ||
On account of the excess of time and the constellations going on their courses there is an increase of two months in every five years.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 52.3
एषामभ्यधिका मासाः पञ्च च द्वादश क्षपाः। त्रयोदशानां वर्षाणामिति मे वर्तते मतिः॥
eṣāmabhyadhikā māsāḥ pañca ca dvādaśa kṣapāḥ| trayodaśānāṃ varṣāṇāmiti me vartate matiḥ||
I think, calculating in this way, there will be an addition of five months and twelve nights within thirteen vears.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 52.4
सर्वं यथावच्चरितं यद् यदेभिः प्रतिश्रुतम्। एवमेतद् ध्रुवं ज्ञात्वा ततो बीभत्सुरागतः॥
sarvaṃ yathāvaccaritaṃ yad yadebhiḥ pratiśrutam| evametad dhruvaṃ jñātvā tato bībhatsurāgataḥ||
They all have duly acted up to what they promised. Knowing all for certain Arjuna has come here.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 52.5
सर्वे चैव महात्मानः सर्वे धर्मार्थकोविदाः। येषां युधिष्ठिरो राजा कस्माद् धर्मेऽपराध्नुयुः॥
sarve caiva mahātmānaḥ sarve dharmārthakovidāḥ| yeṣāṃ yudhiṣṭhiro rājā kasmād dharme'parādhnuyuḥ||
All of them are noble and well acquainted with virtue and worldly profit. They have Yudhishthira as their king. How can they injure virtue?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 52.6
अलुब्धाश्चैव कौन्तेयाः कृतवन्तश्च दुष्करम्। न चापि केवलं राज्यमिच्छेयुस्तेऽनुपयतः॥
alubdhāścaiva kaunteyāḥ kṛtavantaśca duṣkaram| na cāpi kevalaṃ rājyamiccheyuste'nupayataḥ||
The sons of Kunti are not avaricious and they have performed a work which it is greatly difficult to do. They do not wish to acquire kingdom by unfair means.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 52.7
तदैव ते हि विक्रान्तुमीषुः कौरवनन्दनाः। धर्मपाशनिबद्धास्तु न चेलुः क्षत्रियव्रतात्॥
tadaiva te hi vikrāntumīṣuḥ kauravanandanāḥ| dharmapāśanibaddhāstu na celuḥ kṣatriyavratāt||
(If so) the descendants of Kuru would have liked to show their prowess at that time; virtuous as they are, they did not deviate from the duties of the Kshatriyas.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 52.8
यच्चानृत इति ख्यायाद् यः स गच्छेत् पराभवम्। णुयुर्मरणं पार्था नानृतत्वं कथंचन॥
yaccānṛta iti khyāyād yaḥ sa gacchet parābhavam| ṇuyurmaraṇaṃ pārthā nānṛtatvaṃ kathaṃcana||
Whoever will regard them as dishonest will meet with discomfiture today. The sons of Pritha will rather invite death but will never speak an untruth.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 52.9
प्राप्तकाले तु प्राप्तव्यं नोत्सृजेयुनरर्षभाः। अपि वज्रभृता गुप्तं तथावीर्या हि पाण्डवाः॥
prāptakāle tu prāptavyaṃ notsṛjeyunararṣabhāḥ| api vajrabhṛtā guptaṃ tathāvīryā hi pāṇḍavāḥ||
Those great men, the Pandavas, powerful like him (Indra), will never part with a thing that comes to them in due time even if it is protected by the holder of thunder (Indra).
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 52.10
प्रतियुध्येम समरे सर्वशस्त्रभृतां वरम्। तस्माद् यदत्र कल्याणं लोके सिद्धिरनुष्ठितम्। तत् संविधीयतां शीघ्रं मा वो ह्यर्थोऽभ्यगात् परम्।। न हि पश्यामि संग्रामे कदाचिदपि कौरव। एकान्तसिद्धिं राजेन्द्र सम्प्राप्तश्च धनंजयः॥ सम्प्रवृत्ते तु संग्रामे भावाभावौ जयाजयौ। अवश्यमेकं स्पृशतो दृष्टमेतदसंशयम्॥
pratiyudhyema samare sarvaśastrabhṛtāṃ varam| tasmād yadatra kalyāṇaṃ loke siddhiranuṣṭhitam| tat saṃvidhīyatāṃ śīghraṃ mā vo hyartho'bhyagāt param|| na hi paśyāmi saṃgrāme kadācidapi kaurava| ekāntasiddhiṃ rājendra samprāptaśca dhanaṃjayaḥ|| sampravṛtte tu saṃgrāme bhāvābhāvau jayājayau| avaśyamekaṃ spṛśato dṛṣṭametadasaṃśayam||
We shall have to content against, in battle, the foremost of all of all heroes; let such arrangements be made speedily, which are good and approved by the honest so that our properties may not pass into the hands of the enemies. O Kaurava, O emperor, I have never seen a battle in which one party is sure to come off victorious. (Besides) Arjuna has come. When a battle begins there is victory and defeat, prosperity and adversity. Therefore one must have either of the two. I have observed it without doubt.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 52.11
तस्माद् युद्धोचितं कर्म कर्म वा धर्मसंहितम्। क्रियतामाशु राजेन्द्र सम्प्राप्तश्च धनंजयः॥
tasmād yuddhocitaṃ karma karma vā dharmasaṃhitam| kriyatāmāśu rājendra samprāptaśca dhanaṃjayaḥ||
Whether it is right or not you should, O king, make arrangements speedily for the battle for Arjuna has come.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 52.12
दुर्योधन उवाच नाहं राज्यं प्रदास्यामि पाण्डवानां पितामह। युद्धोपचारिक यत् तु तच्छीघ्रं प्रविधीयताम्॥
duryodhana uvāca nāhaṃ rājyaṃ pradāsyāmi pāṇḍavānāṃ pitāmaha| yuddhopacārika yat tu tacchīghraṃ pravidhīyatām||
Duryodhana said I shall not, O grandfather, give back their kingdom to Pandavas. Therefore without delay, make arrangements for the battle.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 52.13
भीष्म उवाच अत्र या मामिका बुद्धिः श्रूयतां यदि रोचते। सर्वथा हि मया श्रेयो वक्तव्यं कुरुनन्दन॥
bhīṣma uvāca atra yā māmikā buddhiḥ śrūyatāṃ yadi rocate| sarvathā hi mayā śreyo vaktavyaṃ kurunandana||
Bhishma said Hear what I think about this, if you like. I should always speak what is good, O descendant of Kuru.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 52.14
क्षिप्रं बलचतुर्भागं गृह्य गच्छ पुरं प्रति। ततोऽपरश्चतुर्भागो गाः समादाय गच्छतु॥
kṣipraṃ balacaturbhāgaṃ gṛhya gaccha puraṃ prati| tato'paraścaturbhāgo gāḥ samādāya gacchatu||
Quickly proceed towards the city with onefourth of the army. Let the other fourth part go away with the kine.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 52.15
वयं चार्धन सैन्यस्य प्रतियोत्स्याम पाण्डवम्। अहं द्रोणश्च कर्णश्च अश्वत्थामा कृपस्तथा। प्रतियोत्स्याम बीभत्सुमागतं कृतनिश्चयम्॥ मत्स्यं वा पुनरायातमागतं वा शतक्रतुम्। अहमावारयिष्यामि वेलेव मकरालयम्॥
vayaṃ cārdhana sainyasya pratiyotsyāma pāṇḍavam| ahaṃ droṇaśca karṇaśca aśvatthāmā kṛpastathā| pratiyotsyāma bībhatsumāgataṃ kṛtaniścayam|| matsyaṃ vā punarāyātamāgataṃ vā śatakratum| ahamāvārayiṣyāmi veleva makarālayam||
With half the army we shall fight with Arjuna. Myself, Drona, Karna, the son of Drona, as well as Sharadvata's son, Shall firmly fight with Arjuna or the king of Matsya if he has come back or even with the performer of hundred sacrifices. I shall face them like the bank (obstructing the motion of the) ocean.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 52.16
वैशम्पायन उवाच तद वाक्यं रुरुचे तेषां भीष्मेणोक्तं महात्मना। तथा हि कृतवान् राजा कौरवाणामनन्तरम्।॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca tada vākyaṃ ruruce teṣāṃ bhīṣmeṇoktaṃ mahātmanā| tathā hi kṛtavān rājā kauravāṇāmanantaram|||
Vaishampayana said These words of the great Bhishma found favour with them and the king of Kauravas immediately carried them out.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 52.17
भीष्मः प्रस्थाप्य राजानं गोधनं तदनन्तरम्। सेनामुख्यान् व्यवस्थाप्य व्यूहितुं सम्प्रचक्रमे॥
bhīṣmaḥ prasthāpya rājānaṃ godhanaṃ tadanantaram| senāmukhyān vyavasthāpya vyūhituṃ sampracakrame||
Having sent away the king and thereafter the precious kine Bhishma addressed himself for arranging his troops in battle array.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 52.18
भीष्म उवाच आचार्य मध्ये तिष्ठ त्वमश्वत्थामा तु सव्यतः। कृपः शारद्वतो धीमान् पार्श्व रक्षतु दक्षिणम्॥
bhīṣma uvāca ācārya madhye tiṣṭha tvamaśvatthāmā tu savyataḥ| kṛpaḥ śāradvato dhīmān pārśva rakṣatu dakṣiṇam||
Bhishma said Stand you, O preceptor, in the middle; let Ashvathama defend the left wing and the intelligent son of Sharadvata Kripa protect the right wing.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 52.19
अग्रतः सूतपुत्रस्तु कर्णस्तिष्ठतु दंशितः। अहं सर्वस्य सैन्यस्य पश्चात् स्थास्यामि पालयन्।।२३
agrataḥ sūtaputrastu karṇastiṣṭhatu daṃśitaḥ| ahaṃ sarvasya sainyasya paścāt sthāsyāmi pālayan||23
Let Karna, the son of charioteer, clad in a coat of mail, stand in the front. And I shall command the entire army in the rear.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)