Mahabharata — Volume V (Dutt edition) — Chapter 86

MBh 5 86.1

संजय उवाच हन्त ते सम्प्रवक्ष्यामि सर्वे प्रत्यक्षदर्शिवान्। शुश्रूषस्व स्थिरो भूत्वा तव ह्यपनयो महान्॥

saṃjaya uvāca hanta te sampravakṣyāmi sarve pratyakṣadarśivān| śuśrūṣasva sthiro bhūtvā tava hyapanayo mahān||

Sanjaya said Alas, as I have seen everything with my own eyes, I shall tell you. Hear me patiently. Great indeed is your fault.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 5 86.2

गतोदके सेतुबन्धो याक् तागयं तव। विलापो निष्फलो राजन् मा शुचो भरतर्षभ॥

gatodake setubandho yāk tāgayaṃ tava| vilāpo niṣphalo rājan mā śuco bharatarṣabha||

O king, these lamentations of yours are as useless as the construction of embankments when the waters have receeded from a flooded field. O foremost of the Bharatas, do not indulge in grief.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 5 86.3

अनतिक्रमणीयोऽयं कृतान्तस्याद्भुतो विधिः। मा शुचो भरतश्रेष्ठ दिष्टमेतत् पुरातनम्॥

anatikramaṇīyo'yaṃ kṛtāntasyādbhuto vidhiḥ| mā śuco bharataśreṣṭha diṣṭametat purātanam||

The decrees of Destiny and wonderful and enevitable. O foremost of the Bharatas, do not give way to grief, for these things are not unique.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 5 86.4

यदि त्वं हि पुरा द्यूतात् कुन्तीपुत्रं युधिष्ठिरम्। निवर्तयेथाः पुत्रांश्च न त्वां व्यसनमाव्रजेत्॥

yadi tvaṃ hi purā dyūtāt kuntīputraṃ yudhiṣṭhiram| nivartayethāḥ putrāṃśca na tvāṃ vyasanamāvrajet||

If in days gone by, you had prevented Kunti's son Yudhishthira or your own sors, from the tournament at dice, then this calamity would not have overtaken you.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 5 86.5

युद्धकाले पुनः प्राप्ते तदैव भवता यदि। निवर्तिताः स्युः संरब्धा न त्वां व्यसनमाव्रजेत्॥

yuddhakāle punaḥ prāpte tadaiva bhavatā yadi| nivartitāḥ syuḥ saṃrabdhā na tvāṃ vyasanamāvrajet||

If, again, on the eve of the battle, you had prevented the enraged parties from joining in the battle, then this calamity would not have overtaken you.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 5 86.6

दुर्योधनं चाविधेयं बनीतेति कुरूनचोदयिष्यस्त्वं न त्वां व्यसनमाव्रजेत्॥

duryodhanaṃ cāvidheyaṃ banīteti kurūnacodayiṣyastvaṃ na tvāṃ vyasanamāvrajet||

If, again, formerly you had incited the other Kurus to put an end to the existence of the refractory Duryodhana, then this calamity would never have overtaken you.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 5 86.7

पुरा यदि। तत् ते बुद्धिव्यभीचारमुपलप्स्यन्ति पाण्डवाः। पञ्चाला वृष्णयः सर्वे ये चान्येऽपि नराधिपाः॥

purā yadi| tat te buddhivyabhīcāramupalapsyanti pāṇḍavāḥ| pañcālā vṛṣṇayaḥ sarve ye cānye'pi narādhipāḥ||

If, indeed, you had done one of these alternatives, then the Pandavas, the Panchalas, the Vrishnis and the other rulers of Earth have never had the reason for blaming you for your pervert understanding.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 5 86.8

स कृत्वा पितृकर्म त्वं पुत्रं संस्थाप्य सत्पथे। वर्तेथा यदि धर्मेण न त्वां व्यसनमाव्रजेत्॥

sa kṛtvā pitṛkarma tvaṃ putraṃ saṃsthāpya satpathe| vartethā yadi dharmeṇa na tvāṃ vyasanamāvrajet||

If, again, doing the duty of a father, you had (by directing Duryodhana on the path of virtue) compelled him to follow in the same path, then this calamity would never have befallen you.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 5 86.9

त्वं तु प्राज्ञतमो लोके हित्वा धर्मे सनातनम्। दुर्योधनस्य कर्णस्य शकुनेश्चान्वागा मतम्॥

tvaṃ tu prājñatamo loke hitvā dharme sanātanam| duryodhanasya karṇasya śakuneścānvāgā matam||

You are the wisest man on the face of the Earth. But inspite of your being so, you accepted the counsel of Karna, Duryodhana and Shakuni, abounding the ways of eternal virtue.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 5 86.10

तत् तं विलपितं सर्वं मया राजन् निशामितम्। अर्थे निविशमानस्य विषमिश्रं यथा मधु॥

tat taṃ vilapitaṃ sarvaṃ mayā rājan niśāmitam| arthe niviśamānasya viṣamiśraṃ yathā madhu||

Therefore, O king, all these lamentations of yours that I have heard, you who are absorbed in the enjoyment of worldly objects-appear to me to be like honey-mixed with poison.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 5 86.11

नामन्यत तदा कृष्णो राजानं पाण्डवं पुरा। न भीष्मं नैव च द्रोणं यथा त्वां मन्यतेऽच्युतः॥

nāmanyata tadā kṛṣṇo rājānaṃ pāṇḍavaṃ purā| na bhīṣmaṃ naiva ca droṇaṃ yathā tvāṃ manyate'cyutaḥ||

In days gone by, Krishna did not hold king Yudhishthira the son of Pandu or Bhishma or Drona, in so high an estimation as he did hold you, O king.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 5 86.12

अजानात् स यदा तु त्वां राजधर्मादधश्च्युतम्। तदाप्रभृति कृष्णस्त्वां न तथा बहु मन्यते॥

ajānāt sa yadā tu tvāṃ rājadharmādadhaścyutam| tadāprabhṛti kṛṣṇastvāṃ na tathā bahu manyate||

But when he came to know you fallen from the duties of royalty, that time forward, he did not respect you as before.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 5 86.13

परुषाण्युच्यमानांश्च यथा पार्थानुपेक्षसे। तस्यानुबन्धः प्राप्तस्त्वां पुत्राणां राज्यकामुक॥

paruṣāṇyucyamānāṃśca yathā pārthānupekṣase| tasyānubandhaḥ prāptastvāṃ putrāṇāṃ rājyakāmuka||

When your sons applied harsh epithets to the sons of Pritha, you assumed an indifferent attitude. The result of that indifference of yours has now overtaken you-you who long to see your sons installed on the throne.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 5 86.14

पितृपैतामहं राज्यमपवृत्तं तदानघ। अथ पार्जितां कृत्स्नां पृथिवीं प्रत्यपद्यथाः॥

pitṛpaitāmahaṃ rājyamapavṛttaṃ tadānagha| atha pārjitāṃ kṛtsnāṃ pṛthivīṃ pratyapadyathāḥ||

O sinless one, the royalty you inherited from your fore-fathers, is now going to slip off your hands; or on the other hand you will have it, obtaining it from the sons of Pritha (who would certainly snatch it away from your sons after slaying them).

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 5 86.15

पाण्डुना निर्जितं राज्यं कौरवाणां यशस्तथा। ततश्चाप्यधिक भूयः पाण्डवैर्धर्मचारिभिः॥१५॥

pāṇḍunā nirjitaṃ rājyaṃ kauravāṇāṃ yaśastathā| tataścāpyadhika bhūyaḥ pāṇḍavairdharmacāribhiḥ||15||

The dominions of the Kurus and their fame, had been cquired by Pandu and the rightbehaving sons of Pandu have again added to that fame and those dominions.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 5 86.16

तेषां तत् तादृशं कर्म त्वामासाद्य सुनिष्फलम्। यत् पित्र्याद् भ्रंशिता राज्यात् त्वयेहामिषगृद्धिना॥

teṣāṃ tat tādṛśaṃ karma tvāmāsādya suniṣphalam| yat pitryād bhraṃśitā rājyāt tvayehāmiṣagṛddhinā||

All those endeavours of their became fruitless when indeed their interests clashed with yours, in as much as they were despoiled of their ancestral sovereignty by your very avaricious self.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 5 86.17

यत् पुनयुद्धकाले त्वं पुत्रान् गर्हयसे नृप। बहुधा व्याहरन् दोषान् न तदद्योपपद्यते॥

yat punayuddhakāle tvaṃ putrān garhayase nṛpa| bahudhā vyāharan doṣān na tadadyopapadyate||

So, O king, the fact of your attributing blame to your sons at the time of the actual warfare and the face of your expatiating on their faults, indeed, seem very unbecoming.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 5 86.18

न हि रक्षन्ति राजानो युध्यन्तो जीवितं रणे। चमू विगाह्य पार्थानां युध्यन्ते क्षत्रियर्षभाः॥

na hi rakṣanti rājāno yudhyanto jīvitaṃ raṇe| camū vigāhya pārthānāṃ yudhyante kṣatriyarṣabhāḥ||

The monarchs, when engaged in battle, do not pay the least regard to their lives. Those foremost of the Kshatriyas fight (to the best of their abilities, having penetrated into the heart of the array of troops belonging to the sons of Pritha.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 5 86.19

यांतु कृष्णार्जुनौ सेनां यां सात्यकिवृकोदरौ। रक्षेरन् को नु तां युध्येच्चमूमन्यत्र कौरवैः॥

yāṃtu kṛṣṇārjunau senāṃ yāṃ sātyakivṛkodarau| rakṣeran ko nu tāṃ yudhyeccamūmanyatra kauravaiḥ||

The army which Krishna and Arjuna and Satyaki and Vrikodara protect what persons except the Kauravas would hazard a battle with that army.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 5 86.20

येषां योद्धा गुडाकेशो येषां मन्त्री जनार्दनः। येषां च सात्यकिर्योद्धा येषां योद्धा वृकोदरः॥

yeṣāṃ yoddhā guḍākeśo yeṣāṃ mantrī janārdanaḥ| yeṣāṃ ca sātyakiryoddhā yeṣāṃ yoddhā vṛkodaraḥ||

They whose warrior is Gudakesha (Arjuna), they whose counsellor is Krishna, they whose protectors are Vrikodara and Satyaki.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 5 86.21

को हि तान् विषहेद् योद्धं मर्त्यधर्मा धनुर्धरः। अन्यत्र कौरवेयेभ्यो ये वा तेषां पदानुगाः॥

ko hi tān viṣahed yoddhaṃ martyadharmā dhanurdharaḥ| anyatra kauraveyebhyo ye vā teṣāṃ padānugāḥ||

What human wielder of bow would venture to fight them, save and except the Kauravas and those who follow their lead.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 5 86.22

यावत् तु शक्यते कर्तुमन्तरज्ञैर्जनाधिपः। क्षत्रधर्मरतैः शूरैस्तावत् कुर्वन्ति कौरवाः॥

yāvat tu śakyate kartumantarajñairjanādhipaḥ| kṣatradharmarataiḥ śūraistāvat kurvanti kauravāḥ||

Everything that can possibly be done by devoted (tributary) kings endued with heroism and observant of the duties of the Kshatriyas, all that is being done for the Kauravas by their partisans.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 5 86.23

यथा तु पुरुषव्या युद्ध परमसंकटम्। कुरूणां पाण्डवैः सार्धं तत् सर्वं शृणु तत्त्वतः॥

yathā tu puruṣavyā yuddha paramasaṃkaṭam| kurūṇāṃ pāṇḍavaiḥ sārdhaṃ tat sarvaṃ śṛṇu tattvataḥ||

Hear now from me everything that transpired in that dreadful battle between those foremost of men, viz., the Kauravas and the Pandavas.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)