Mahabharata — Volume III (Dutt edition) — Chapter 92
MBh 3 92.1
वैशम्पायन उवाच स च कौरव्यमासाद्य द्रुपदस्य पुरोहितः। सत्कृतो धृतराष्ट्रेण भीष्मेण विदुरेण च॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca sa ca kauravyamāsādya drupadasya purohitaḥ| satkṛto dhṛtarāṣṭreṇa bhīṣmeṇa vidureṇa ca||
Vaishampayana said The priest of Drupada, having arrived near the son of Kuru, was greeted by Dhritarashtra, Bhishma and Vidura.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 92.2
सर्वं कौशल्यमुक्त्वाऽऽदौ पृष्ट्वा चैवमनामयम्। सर्वसेनाप्रणेतृणां मध्ये वाक्यमुवाच ह॥
sarvaṃ kauśalyamuktvā''dau pṛṣṭvā caivamanāmayam| sarvasenāpraṇetṛṇāṃ madhye vākyamuvāca ha||
Having asked him if everything were well with him and also made enquiries about his health in the midst of all the leaders of his army he said these words.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 92.3
सर्वैर्भवद्भिर्विदितो राजधर्मः सनातनः। वाक्योपादानहेतोस्तु वक्ष्यामि विदिते सति॥
sarvairbhavadbhirvidito rājadharmaḥ sanātanaḥ| vākyopādānahetostu vakṣyāmi vidite sati||
It is known to all, what the duty of a king is as it obtains since a long period back, but through known, yet shall I speak, as a preface to my speech proper.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 92.4
धृतराष्ट्रश्च पाण्डुश्च सुतावेकस्य विश्रुतौ। तयोः समानं द्रविणं पैतृकं नात्र संशयः॥
dhṛtarāṣṭraśca pāṇḍuśca sutāvekasya viśrutau| tayoḥ samānaṃ draviṇaṃ paitṛkaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ||
It is known that Dhritarashtra and Pandu are the sons of one and their paternal kingdom must be shared by them equally-there is no doubt about it.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 92.5
धृतराष्ट्रस्य ये पुत्राः प्राप्तः तैः पैतृकं वसु। पाण्डुपुत्राः कथं नाम न प्राप्ताः पैतृकं वसु॥
dhṛtarāṣṭrasya ye putrāḥ prāptaḥ taiḥ paitṛkaṃ vasu| pāṇḍuputrāḥ kathaṃ nāma na prāptāḥ paitṛkaṃ vasu||
Those who are the sons of Dhritarashtra have obtained the position of their father why have not the sons of Pandu obtained the paternal kingdom?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 92.6
एवंगते पाण्डवेयैर्विदितं वः पुरा यथा। न प्राप्तं पैतृकं द्रव्यं धृतराष्ट्रेण संवृतम्॥
evaṃgate pāṇḍaveyairviditaṃ vaḥ purā yathā| na prāptaṃ paitṛkaṃ dravyaṃ dhṛtarāṣṭreṇa saṃvṛtam||
It is known to you, how in former days, the sons of Pandu, did not obtain their ancestral wealth which was wrested from them by the son of Dhritarashtra.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 92.7
प्राणान्तिकैरप्युपायैः प्रयतद्भिरनेकशः। शेषवन्तो न शकिता नेतुं वै यमसादनम्॥
prāṇāntikairapyupāyaiḥ prayatadbhiranekaśaḥ| śeṣavanto na śakitā netuṃ vai yamasādanam||
They sought (to remove them) by several means, calculated even to bring their lives to an end, but they have not yet reached the termination's of their lives, so they were unable to send them to the palace of the king of Death (Yama).
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 92.8
पुनश्च वर्धितं राज्यं स्वबलेन महात्मभिः। छद्मनापहृतं क्षुदैर्धार्तराष्ट्रैः ससौबलैः॥
punaśca vardhitaṃ rājyaṃ svabalena mahātmabhiḥ| chadmanāpahṛtaṃ kṣudairdhārtarāṣṭraiḥ sasaubalaiḥ||
Then again, the kingdom gained by the noble-minded ones through their own strength was taken away from them by a trick by the mean sons of Dhritarashtra united with the son of Subala.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 92.9
तदप्यनुमतं कर्म यथायुक्तमनेन वै। वासिताश्च महारण्ये वर्षाणीह त्रयोदश॥
tadapyanumataṃ karma yathāyuktamanena vai| vāsitāśca mahāraṇye varṣāṇīha trayodaśa||
Even this act, undesirable as it was, approved of by him and they lived for thirteen years in the great forest.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 92.10
सभायां क्लेशितैवीरैः सहभायैस्तथा भृशम्। अरण्येविविधा: क्लेशाः सम्प्राप्तास्तैः सुदारुणाः।।१०
sabhāyāṃ kleśitaivīraiḥ sahabhāyaistathā bhṛśam| araṇyevividhā: kleśāḥ samprāptāstaiḥ sudāruṇāḥ||10
In the court too serious troubles were experienced by the heroes along with their wife and in the forest diverse troubles of great magnitude were met with by them.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 92.11
तथा विराटनगरे योन्यन्तरगतैरिव। प्राप्तः परमसंक्लेशो यथा पापैर्महात्मभिः॥
tathā virāṭanagare yonyantaragatairiva| prāptaḥ paramasaṃkleśo yathā pāpairmahātmabhiḥ||
And in the same way in the town of Virata, hard troubles were met with by the large minded ones as great pains are endured by wicked souls, when they transmigrate into other beings.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 92.12
ते सर्वं पृष्ठतः कृत्वा तत् सर्वं पूर्वकिल्बिषम्। सामैव कुरुभिः सार्धमिच्छन्ति कुरुपुङ्गवाः॥
te sarvaṃ pṛṣṭhataḥ kṛtvā tat sarvaṃ pūrvakilbiṣam| sāmaiva kurubhiḥ sārdhamicchanti kurupuṅgavāḥ||
Forgetting all these troubles gone through by them in past times those foremost, among the race of Kuru, are desirous of peace with the son of Kuru.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 92.13
तेषां च वृत्तमाज्ञाय वृत्तं दुर्योधनस्य च। अनुनेतुमिहार्हन्ति धार्तराष्ट्र सुहृज्जनाः॥
teṣāṃ ca vṛttamājñāya vṛttaṃ duryodhanasya ca| anunetumihārhanti dhārtarāṣṭra suhṛjjanāḥ||
Knowing their nature and the nature of Duryodhana, the well wishers (of the letter) should, properly speaking on this occasion, lead the son of Dhritarashtra (to an amicable settlement).
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 92.14
न हि ते विग्रहं वीराः कुर्वन्ति कुरुभिः सह। अविनाशेन लोकस्य काइक्षन्ते पाण्डवाः स्वकम्॥१४।
na hi te vigrahaṃ vīrāḥ kurvanti kurubhiḥ saha| avināśena lokasya kāikṣante pāṇḍavāḥ svakam||14|
These heroes do not (want to) wage war with the son of Kuru. The sons of Pandu do not want (to get back) their own by ruining the world.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 92.15
यश्चापि धार्तराष्ट्रस्य हेतुः स्याद् विग्रहं प्रति। स च हेतुर्न मन्तव्यो बलीयांसस्तथा हि ते॥
yaścāpi dhārtarāṣṭrasya hetuḥ syād vigrahaṃ prati| sa ca heturna mantavyo balīyāṃsastathā hi te||
The reason, which the son of Dhritarashtra brings forward for war, cannot be regarded as a reason for they are the stronger.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 92.16
अक्षौहिण्यश्च सप्तैव धर्मपुत्रस्य संगताः। युयुत्समानाः कुरुभिः प्रतीक्षन्तेऽस्य शासनम्॥
akṣauhiṇyaśca saptaiva dharmaputrasya saṃgatāḥ| yuyutsamānāḥ kurubhiḥ pratīkṣante'sya śāsanam||
Seven Akshauhinis have been collected for the son of Dharma (Yudhishthira), they all desirous of fighting with the sons of Kuru, are waiting for his permission.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 92.17
अपरे पुरुषव्याघ्राः सहस्राक्षौहिणीसमाः। सात्यकिर्भीमसेनश्च यमौ च सुमहाबलौ॥
apare puruṣavyāghrāḥ sahasrākṣauhiṇīsamāḥ| sātyakirbhīmasenaśca yamau ca sumahābalau||
There are others, best among men, who are, each of them equal to thousand Akshauhinis-for instance, the son of Satyaki, Bhimasena and the twin brothers of very great strength.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 92.18
एकादशैताः पृतना एकतश्च समागताः। एकतश्च महाबाहुर्बहुरूपी धनंजयः॥
ekādaśaitāḥ pṛtanā ekataśca samāgatāḥ| ekataśca mahābāhurbahurūpī dhanaṃjayaḥ||
On one side are united those eleven (Akshauhinis) and on the other, Dhananjaya of great strength and of many forms.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 92.19
यथा किरीटी सर्वाभ्यः सेनाब्यो व्यतिरिच्यते। एवमेव महाबाहुर्वासुदेवो महाद्युतिः॥
yathā kirīṭī sarvābhyaḥ senābyo vyatiricyate| evameva mahābāhurvāsudevo mahādyutiḥ||
An Kiritin suppress the entire army, so does Vasudeva of long arms and of great luster.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 92.20
बहुलत्वं च सेनानां विक्रमं च किरीटिनः। बुद्धिमत्त्वं च कृष्णस्य बुद्ध्वा युध्येत को नरः॥
bahulatvaṃ ca senānāṃ vikramaṃ ca kirīṭinaḥ| buddhimattvaṃ ca kṛṣṇasya buddhvā yudhyeta ko naraḥ||
What man will fight against an army superior in number, the prowess of Kiritin and the wisdom of Krishna.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 92.21
ते भवन्तो यथाधर्मं यथासमयमेव च। प्रयच्छन्तु प्रदातव्यं मा व: कालोऽत्यगादयम्॥
te bhavanto yathādharmaṃ yathāsamayameva ca| prayacchantu pradātavyaṃ mā va: kālo'tyagādayam||
Therefore do you, as dictated by virtue and as agreed to in the stipulation, give back that which should be returned. Don't you let this opportunity.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)