Mahabharata — Volume VI (Dutt edition) — Chapter 162
MBh 6 162.1
नारायणं नमस्कृत्य नरं चैव नरोत्तमम्। देवी सरस्वती व्यासं ततो जयमुदीरयेत्॥
nārāyaṇaṃ namaskṛtya naraṃ caiva narottamam| devī sarasvatī vyāsaṃ tato jayamudīrayet||
Having saluted Narayana, and Nara the foremost of all male beings, as also the goddess of learning Sarasvati, let us cry success.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 162.2
संजय उवाच ततस्ते सहिता वीराः प्रयाता दक्षिणामुखाः। उपास्तमनवेलायां शिविराभ्याशमागताः॥
saṃjaya uvāca tataste sahitā vīrāḥ prayātā dakṣiṇāmukhāḥ| upāstamanavelāyāṃ śivirābhyāśamāgatāḥ||
Sanjaya said “Those heroes then in a body went towards the south. At sunset they reached a spot near the (Kuru) encampment.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 162.3
विमुच्य वाहांस्त्वरिता भीता समभवंस्तदा। गहनं देशमासाद्य प्रच्छन्ना न्यविशन्त ते॥
vimucya vāhāṃstvaritā bhītā samabhavaṃstadā| gahanaṃ deśamāsādya pracchannā nyaviśanta te||
Letting loose their animals, they became very much frightened. Reaching then a forest, they secretly entered it.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 162.4
सेनानिवेशमभितो नातिदूरमवस्थिताः। निकृत्ता निशितैः शस्त्रैः समन्तात् क्षतविक्षताः॥ दीर्घमुष्णं च निःश्वस्य पाण्डवानेव चिन्तयतन्।
senāniveśamabhito nātidūramavasthitāḥ| nikṛttā niśitaiḥ śastraiḥ samantāt kṣatavikṣatāḥ|| dīrghamuṣṇaṃ ca niḥśvasya pāṇḍavāneva cintayatan|
They took up their quarters there near the encampment. Wounded with many keen weapons, they breathed and sighted heavily, thinking of the Pandavas.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 162.5
श्रुत्वा च निनदं घोरं पाण्डवानां जयैषिणाम्॥ अनुसारभयाद् भीताः प्राङ्मुखाः प्राद्रवन् पुनः।
śrutvā ca ninadaṃ ghoraṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ jayaiṣiṇām|| anusārabhayād bhītāḥ prāṅmukhāḥ prādravan punaḥ|
Hearing the loud noise set up by the victorious Pandavas, they feared a pursuit and therefore fled towards the east. were
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 162.6
ते मुहूर्तात् ततो गत्वा श्रान्तवाहाः पिपासिताः॥ नामृष्यन्त महेष्वासाः क्रोधामर्षवशं गताः। राज्ञो वधेन संतप्ता मुहूर्तं समवस्थिताः॥
te muhūrtāt tato gatvā śrāntavāhāḥ pipāsitāḥ|| nāmṛṣyanta maheṣvāsāḥ krodhāmarṣavaśaṃ gatāḥ| rājño vadhena saṃtaptā muhūrtaṃ samavasthitāḥ||
Having gone for sometime, their animals became tired and they themselves stricken with thirst. Beside themselves with anger and vindictiveness, those great bowmen could not bear what had taken place, burning as they did with grief at the slaughter of the king. They, however, rested for a while.”
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 162.7
धृतराष्ट्र उवाच अश्रद्धेयमिदं कर्म कृतं भीमेन संजय। यत् स नागायुतप्राणः पुत्रो मम निपातितः॥
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca aśraddheyamidaṃ karma kṛtaṃ bhīmena saṃjaya| yat sa nāgāyutaprāṇaḥ putro mama nipātitaḥ||
Dhritarashtra said "The feat, O Sanjaya, that Bhima performed seems to be incredible, since my son who was struck down as endued with the strength of ten thousand elephants.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 162.8
अवध्यः सर्वभूतानां वज्रसंहननो युवा। पाण्डवैः समरे पुत्रो निहतो मम संजय॥ न दिष्टमभ्यतिक्रान्तुं शक्यं गावल्गणे नरैः। यत् समेत्य रणे पाथैः पुत्रो मम निपातितः॥ अद्रिसारमयं नूनं हृदयं मम संजय। हतं पुत्रशतं श्रुत्वा यन्न दीर्णं सहस्रधा॥ कथं हि वृद्धमिथुनं हतपुत्रं भविष्यति। न ह्यहं पाण्डवेयस्य विषये वस्तुमुत्सहे॥
avadhyaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ vajrasaṃhanano yuvā| pāṇḍavaiḥ samare putro nihato mama saṃjaya|| na diṣṭamabhyatikrāntuṃ śakyaṃ gāvalgaṇe naraiḥ| yat sametya raṇe pāthaiḥ putro mama nipātitaḥ|| adrisāramayaṃ nūnaṃ hṛdayaṃ mama saṃjaya| hataṃ putraśataṃ śrutvā yanna dīrṇaṃ sahasradhā|| kathaṃ hi vṛddhamithunaṃ hataputraṃ bhaviṣyati| na hyahaṃ pāṇḍaveyasya viṣaye vastumutsahe||
In the prime of life and having an adamantine body, he was not capable of being slain by any creatures. Alas, even such a son of mine was struck down by the Pandavas in battle. Forsooth, O Sanjaya, my heart is made of adamant, because it does not break into a thousand pieces even after hearing of the death of my hundred sons. Alas, what will be the condition of myself and my wife, an old couple, deprive of all children. I dare, not dwell in the kingdom of Pandu's son.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 162.9
कथं राज्ञः पिता भूत्वा स्वयं राजा च संजय। प्रेष्यभूतः प्रवर्तेयं पाण्डवेयस्य शासनात्॥
kathaṃ rājñaḥ pitā bhūtvā svayaṃ rājā ca saṃjaya| preṣyabhūtaḥ pravarteyaṃ pāṇḍaveyasya śāsanāt||
Having been the father of a king and a king myself, O Sanjaya, how shall I pass my days as a slave obeying he commands of Pandu's son.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 162.10
आज्ञाप्य पृथिवीं सर्वां स्थित्वा मूर्ध्नि च संजय। कथमद्य भविष्यामि प्रेष्यभूतो दुरन्तकृत्॥
ājñāpya pṛthivīṃ sarvāṃ sthitvā mūrdhni ca saṃjaya| kathamadya bhaviṣyāmi preṣyabhūto durantakṛt||
Having commanded once the entire Earth and having trampled over the heads of all, O Sanjaya, how shall I live now as a wretched slave.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 162.11
कथं भीमस्य वाक्यानि श्रोतुं शक्ष्यामि संजय। येन पुत्रशतं पूर्णमेकेन निहतं मम॥
kathaṃ bhīmasya vākyāni śrotuṃ śakṣyāmi saṃjaya| yena putraśataṃ pūrṇamekena nihataṃ mama||
How shall I be able, O Sanjaya, to endure the words of Bhima who has alone killed a full hundred sons of mine?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 162.12
कृतं सत्यं वचस्तस्य विदुरस्य महात्मनः। अकुर्वता वचस्तेन मम पुत्रेण संजय॥
kṛtaṃ satyaṃ vacastasya vidurasya mahātmanaḥ| akurvatā vacastena mama putreṇa saṃjaya||
The words of the great Vidura are now realised. Alas, my son, O Sanjaya, did not listen to those words.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 162.13
अधर्मेण हते तात पुत्रे दुर्योधने मम। कृतवर्मा कृपो द्रौणिः किमकुर्वत संजय॥
adharmeṇa hate tāta putre duryodhane mama| kṛtavarmā kṛpo drauṇiḥ kimakurvata saṃjaya||
What, however, did Kritavarman and Kripa and Drona's son do after my son Duryodhana had been unfairly killed.”
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 162.14
संजय उवाच गत्वा तु तावका राजन् नातिदूरमवस्थिताः। अपश्यन्त वनं घोरं नानाद्रुमलतावृतम्॥
saṃjaya uvāca gatvā tu tāvakā rājan nātidūramavasthitāḥ| apaśyanta vanaṃ ghoraṃ nānādrumalatāvṛtam||
Sanjaya said "They had not proceeded far, O king, when they stopped, On seeing a dense forest covered with trees and creepers.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 162.15
ते मुहूर्तं तु विश्रम्य लब्धतोयैहयोत्तमैः। सूर्यास्तमनवेलायां समासेदुर्महद् वनम्॥
te muhūrtaṃ tu viśramya labdhatoyaihayottamaiḥ| sūryāstamanavelāyāṃ samāsedurmahad vanam||
Having rested for a little while, they entered that great forest, proceeding on their cars drawn by their excellent horses whose thirst had been satisfied.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 162.16
नानामृगगणैर्जुष्टं नानापक्षिगणावृतम्। नानाद्रुमलताच्छन्नं नानाव्यालनिषेवितम्॥
nānāmṛgagaṇairjuṣṭaṃ nānāpakṣigaṇāvṛtam| nānādrumalatācchannaṃ nānāvyālaniṣevitam||
That forest abounded with various kings of species of birds. And it was covered with many trees and creepers and was filled with numerous carnivorous creatures.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 162.17
नानातोयैः समाकीर्णं नानापुष्पोपशोभितम्। पद्मिनीशतसंछन्नं नीलोत्पलसमायुतम्॥
nānātoyaiḥ samākīrṇaṃ nānāpuṣpopaśobhitam| padminīśatasaṃchannaṃ nīlotpalasamāyutam||
It was covered with many pools of water, adorned with various kinds of flowers, and lakes overgrown with blue lotuses.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 162.18
प्रविश्य तद् वनं घोरं वीक्षमाणाः समन्ततः। शाखासहस्रसंछन्नं न्यग्रोधं ददृशुस्ततः॥
praviśya tad vanaṃ ghoraṃ vīkṣamāṇāḥ samantataḥ| śākhāsahasrasaṃchannaṃ nyagrodhaṃ dadṛśustataḥ||
Having entered that dense forest they looked about saw a gigantic banian tree with thousands of branches.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 162.19
उपेत्य तु तदा राजन् न्यग्रोधं ते महारथाः। ददृशुर्द्विपदां श्रेष्ठाः श्रेष्ठं तं वै वनस्पतिम्॥
upetya tu tadā rājan nyagrodhaṃ te mahārathāḥ| dadṛśurdvipadāṃ śreṣṭhāḥ śreṣṭhaṃ taṃ vai vanaspatim||
Repairing to the shade of that banian, those great car-warriors, O king, those foremost of men, founded that to be the biggest tree in those forest.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 162.20
तेऽवतीर्य रथेभ्यश्च विप्रमुच्य च वाजिनः। उपस्पृश्य यथान्यायं संध्यामन्वासत प्रभो॥
te'vatīrya rathebhyaśca vipramucya ca vājinaḥ| upaspṛśya yathānyāyaṃ saṃdhyāmanvāsata prabho||
Getting down from their cars, and letting loose their animals, they washed themselves and said their evening prayers.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 162.21
ततोऽस्तं पर्वतश्रेष्ठमनुप्राप्ते दिवाकरे। सर्वस्य जगतो धात्री शर्वरी समपद्यत॥ ग्रहनक्षत्रताराभिः सम्पूर्णाभिरलंकृतम्। नभोंऽशुकमिवाभाति प्रेक्षणीयं समन्ततः॥
tato'staṃ parvataśreṣṭhamanuprāpte divākare| sarvasya jagato dhātrī śarvarī samapadyata|| grahanakṣatratārābhiḥ sampūrṇābhiralaṃkṛtam| nabhoṃ'śukamivābhāti prekṣaṇīyaṃ samantataḥ||
The Sun then reached the setting hill, and Night, the mother of the universe, came. The sky, be spangled with planets and stars, shone alike an ornamented piece of brocade and presented a beautiful sight.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 162.22
इच्छया ते प्रवल्गन्ति ये सत्त्वा रात्रिचारिणः दिवाचराश्च ये सत्त्वास्ते निद्रावशमागताः॥
icchayā te pravalganti ye sattvā rātricāriṇaḥ divācarāśca ye sattvāste nidrāvaśamāgatāḥ||
Creators, ranging in the night, began to howl and utter their cries at will, while they that range in the day began to sleep.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 162.23
रात्रिंचराणां सत्त्वानां निर्घोषोऽभूत् सुदारुणः। क्रव्यादाश्च प्रमुदिता घोरा प्राप्ता च शर्वरी॥
rātriṃcarāṇāṃ sattvānāṃ nirghoṣo'bhūt sudāruṇaḥ| kravyādāśca pramuditā ghorā prāptā ca śarvarī||
The night-ranging animals set up a dreadful noise. The carnivorous creatures were full of joy, and the night, as it advanced, became awful.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 162.24
तस्मिन् रात्रिमुखे घोरे दुःखशोकसमन्विताः। कृतवर्मा कृपो द्रौणिरुपोपविविशुः समम्॥
tasmin rātrimukhe ghore duḥkhaśokasamanvitāḥ| kṛtavarmā kṛpo drauṇirupopaviviśuḥ samam||
At that time filled with grief and sorrow, Kritavarman and Kripa and Drona's son all sat down together.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 162.25
तत्रोपविष्टाः शोचन्तो न्यग्रोधस्य समीपतः। तमेवार्थमतिक्रान्तं कुरुपाण्डवयोः क्षयम्॥
tatropaviṣṭāḥ śocanto nyagrodhasya samīpataḥ| tamevārthamatikrāntaṃ kurupāṇḍavayoḥ kṣayam||
Seated under that banian, they began to express their sorrow regarding the destruction that had taken place of both the Kurus and the Pandavas.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 162.26
निद्रया च परीताङ्गा निषेदुर्धरणीतले। श्रमेण सुदृढं युक्ता विक्षता विविधैः शरैः॥
nidrayā ca parītāṅgā niṣedurdharaṇītale| śrameṇa sudṛḍhaṃ yuktā vikṣatā vividhaiḥ śaraiḥ||
Feeling asleep they laid themselves down on the bare Earth. They had been greatly wounded with arrows.
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MBh 6 162.27
ततो निद्रावशं प्राप्तौ कृपभोजौ महारथौ। सुखोचितावदुःखार्ही निषण्णौ धरणीतले॥
tato nidrāvaśaṃ prāptau kṛpabhojau mahārathau| sukhocitāvaduḥkhārhī niṣaṇṇau dharaṇītale||
The two great car-warriors, Kripa and Kritavarman, began to sleep. They ever deserving of happiness and undeserving of misery, slept on the bare ground.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 162.28
तौ तु सुप्तौ महाराज श्रमशोकसमन्वितौ। महार्हशयनोपेतौ भूमावेव ह्यनाथवत्॥
tau tu suptau mahārāja śramaśokasamanvitau| mahārhaśayanopetau bhūmāveva hyanāthavat||
Indeed, O king, they, who had always slept on costly beds, not slept, like helpless persons, on the bare ground, worn out with fatigue and gricf.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 162.29
क्रोधामर्षवशं प्राप्तो द्रोणपुत्रस्तु भारत। न वै स्म स जगामाथ निद्रां सर्प इव श्वसन्॥
krodhāmarṣavaśaṃ prāpto droṇaputrastu bhārata| na vai sma sa jagāmātha nidrāṃ sarpa iva śvasan||
Subject to wrath and revenge, Drona's son, however, O Bharata, could not sleep, but continued to breathe like a snake.
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MBh 6 162.30
न लेभे स तु निद्रां वै दह्यमानो हि मन्युना। वीक्षाञ्चक्रे महाबाहुस्तद् वनं घोरदर्शनम्॥
na lebhe sa tu nidrāṃ vai dahyamāno hi manyunā| vīkṣāñcakre mahābāhustad vanaṃ ghoradarśanam||
Burning with rage he could not sleep. That mighty hero looked on all sides of that terrible forest.
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MBh 6 162.31
वीक्षमाणो वनोद्देशं नानसत्त्वैर्निषेवितम्। अपश्यत महाबाहुर्यग्रोधं वायसैर्युतम्॥
vīkṣamāṇo vanoddeśaṃ nānasattvairniṣevitam| apaśyata mahābāhuryagrodhaṃ vāyasairyutam||
As he surveyed that forest filled with various kinds of creatures, the great warrior beheld large banian tree covered with crows.
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MBh 6 162.32
तत्र काकसहस्राणि तां निशां पर्यणामयन्। सुखं स्वपन्ति कौरव्य पृथक् पृथगुपाश्रयाः॥
tatra kākasahasrāṇi tāṃ niśāṃ paryaṇāmayan| sukhaṃ svapanti kauravya pṛthak pṛthagupāśrayāḥ||
On that banian thousands of crows roosted in the night. Each perching separately from its neighbour, those crows slept easily, O Kuru Chief.
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MBh 6 162.33
सुप्तेषु तेषु काकेषु विश्रव्येषु समन्ततः। सोऽपश्यत् सहसा यान्तमुलूकं घोरदर्शनम्॥
supteṣu teṣu kākeṣu viśravyeṣu samantataḥ| so'paśyat sahasā yāntamulūkaṃ ghoradarśanam||
As, however, those birds were sleeping in security on every side, Ashvatthaman beheld a terrible owl suddenly appeared there.
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MBh 6 162.34
महास्वनं महाकायं हर्यक्षं बभ्रुपिङ्गलम्। सुदीर्घघोणानखरं सुपर्णमिव वेगितम्॥
mahāsvanaṃ mahākāyaṃ haryakṣaṃ babhrupiṅgalam| sudīrghaghoṇānakharaṃ suparṇamiva vegitam||
Of frightful cries an huge body, with green eyes and tawny plumage, its nose and its talons were very large. And its speed was like that of Garuda.
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MBh 6 162.35
सोऽथ शब्दं मृदुं कृत्वा लीयमान इवाण्डजः। न्यग्रोधस्य ततः शाखां प्रार्थयामास भारत॥
so'tha śabdaṃ mṛduṃ kṛtvā līyamāna ivāṇḍajaḥ| nyagrodhasya tataḥ śākhāṃ prārthayāmāsa bhārata||
Crying softly that winged creature O Bharata, secretly approached the branches of that banian tree.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 162.36
संनिपत्य तु शाखायां न्यग्रोधस्य विहङ्गमः। सुप्ताञ्जधान सुबहून् वायसान् वायसान्तकः॥
saṃnipatya tu śākhāyāṃ nyagrodhasya vihaṅgamaḥ| suptāñjadhāna subahūn vāyasān vāyasāntakaḥ||
That sky-ranger, that slayer of crows, alighting on one of the branches of the banian, killed a large number of his sleeping enemies.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 162.37
केषांचिदच्छिनत् पक्षाशिरांसि च चकर्त ह। चरणांश्चैव केषांचिद् बभञ्ज चरणायुधः॥ क्षणेनाहन् स बलवान् येऽस्य दृष्टिपथे स्थिताः।
keṣāṃcidacchinat pakṣāśirāṃsi ca cakarta ha| caraṇāṃścaiva keṣāṃcid babhañja caraṇāyudhaḥ|| kṣaṇenāhan sa balavān ye'sya dṛṣṭipathe sthitāḥ|
He tore the wings of some and cut off the heads of others with his sharp talons and broke the legs of many. Highly strong as he was, he killed many that fell down before his eyes. was
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 162.38
तेषां शरीरावयवैः शरीरैश्च विशाम्पते॥ न्यग्रोधमण्डलं सर्वं संछन्नं सर्वतोऽभवत्।
teṣāṃ śarīrāvayavaiḥ śarīraiśca viśāmpate|| nyagrodhamaṇḍalaṃ sarvaṃ saṃchannaṃ sarvato'bhavat|
With the limbs and bodies, O king, of the slain crows, the ground covered by the spreading branches of the banian, overspread on all sides.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 162.39
तांस्तु हत्वा ततः काकान् कौशिको मुदितोऽभवत्।।४३ प्रतिकृत्य यथाकामं शत्रूणां शत्रुसूदनः।
tāṃstu hatvā tataḥ kākān kauśiko mudito'bhavat||43 pratikṛtya yathākāmaṃ śatrūṇāṃ śatrusūdanaḥ|
Having killed those crows, the owl became overjoyed like a slayer of foes after having dealt with his foes according to his pleasure.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 162.40
तद् दृष्ट्वा सोपधं कर्म कौशिकेन कृतं निशि॥ तद्भावकृतसंकल्पो द्रोणिरेकोऽन्वचिन्तयत्।
tad dṛṣṭvā sopadhaṃ karma kauśikena kṛtaṃ niśi|| tadbhāvakṛtasaṃkalpo droṇireko'nvacintayat|
Witnessing that deed perpetrated in the night by the owl, Drona's son began to reflect on it, desirous of guiding his own conduct after that example.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 162.41
उपदेशः कृतोऽनेन पक्षिणा मम संयुगे॥ शत्रूणां क्षपणे युक्तः प्राप्तः कालश्च मे मतः।
upadeśaḥ kṛto'nena pakṣiṇā mama saṃyuge|| śatrūṇāṃ kṣapaṇe yuktaḥ prāptaḥ kālaśca me mataḥ|
He said to him, "This owl teaches me a lesson in battle. Bent as I am upon the destruction of the enemy, the time for action is come.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 162.42
नाद्य शक्या मया हन्तुं पाण्डवा जितकाशिनः॥ बलवन्तः कृतोत्साहाः प्राप्तलक्ष्याः प्रहारिणः।
nādya śakyā mayā hantuṃ pāṇḍavā jitakāśinaḥ|| balavantaḥ kṛtotsāhāḥ prāptalakṣyāḥ prahāriṇaḥ|
The victorious Pandavas are incapable of being killed by me! They are possessed of power and perseverance, sure of aim, and skilled in smiting.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 162.43
राज्ञः सकाशात् तेषां तु प्रतिज्ञातो वधो मया॥ पतङ्गाग्निसमां वृत्तिमास्थायात्मविनाशिनीम्।
rājñaḥ sakāśāt teṣāṃ tu pratijñāto vadho mayā|| pataṅgāgnisamāṃ vṛttimāsthāyātmavināśinīm|
In the presence, however, of the king I have promised to destroy them. I have thus promised to perform a deed that would bring on my own destruction like an insect trying to rush into a burning fire.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 162.44
न्यायतो युध्यमानस्य प्राणत्यागो न संशयः॥ छद्मना च भवेत् सिद्धिः शत्रूणां च क्षयो महान्। तत्र संशयितादाद् योऽर्थो निःसंशयो भवेत्॥
nyāyato yudhyamānasya prāṇatyāgo na saṃśayaḥ|| chadmanā ca bhavet siddhiḥ śatrūṇāṃ ca kṣayo mahān| tatra saṃśayitādād yo'rtho niḥsaṃśayo bhavet||
If I were to fight fairly with them. I shall, forsooth, have to lay down my life! By deceitful act, however, I may yet get success and a great destruction may overtake my enemies.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 162.45
तं जना बहुः मन्यन्ते ये च शास्त्रविशारदाः। यचाप्यत्र भवेद् वाच्यं गर्हितं लोकनिन्दितम्॥ कर्तव्यं तन्मनुष्येण क्षत्रधर्मेण वर्तता। निन्दितानि च सर्वाणि कुत्सितानि पदे पदे॥ सोपधानि कृतान्येव पाण्डवैरकृतात्मभिः।
taṃ janā bahuḥ manyante ye ca śāstraviśāradāḥ| yacāpyatra bhaved vācyaṃ garhitaṃ lokaninditam|| kartavyaṃ tanmanuṣyeṇa kṣatradharmeṇa vartatā| ninditāni ca sarvāṇi kutsitāni pade pade|| sopadhāni kṛtānyeva pāṇḍavairakṛtātmabhiḥ|
People generally, as also those well-read in the scriptures, always prefer means which are certain to those which are uncertain. Censure and bad name, which soever this act may engender, ought to be incurred by a person who leads the life of a Kshatriya. The sinful Pandavas have, at every step, perpetrated very ugly, censurable and deceitful acts.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 162.46
अस्मिन्नर्थे पुरा गीता श्रूयन्ते धर्मचिन्तकैः॥ श्लोका न्यायमवेक्षद्भिस्तत्त्वार्थास्तत्त्वदर्शिभिः।
asminnarthe purā gītā śrūyante dharmacintakaiḥ|| ślokā nyāyamavekṣadbhistattvārthāstattvadarśibhiḥ|
Regarding this matter, certain ancient verses, full of truth, are heard, sung by truthseeing and righteous persons.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 162.47
परिश्रान्ते विदीर्णे वा भुञ्जाने वापि शत्रुभिः॥ प्रस्थाने वा प्रवेशे वा प्रहर्तव्यं रिपोर्बलम्।
pariśrānte vidīrṇe vā bhuñjāne vāpi śatrubhiḥ|| prasthāne vā praveśe vā prahartavyaṃ riporbalam|
They are:-The enemy's force, even which fatigued, or wounded, or while eating, or when retiring, or when resting within their camp, should be beaten.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 162.48
निद्रार्तमर्धरात्रे च तथा नष्टप्रणायकम्॥ भिन्नयोधं बलं यच्च द्विधा युक्तं च यद् भवेत्। इत्येवं निश्चयं चक्रे सुप्तानां निशि मारणे॥ पाण्डूनां सह पञ्चालैोणपुत्रः प्रतापवान्।
nidrārtamardharātre ca tathā naṣṭapraṇāyakam|| bhinnayodhaṃ balaṃ yacca dvidhā yuktaṃ ca yad bhavet| ityevaṃ niścayaṃ cakre suptānāṃ niśi māraṇe|| pāṇḍūnāṃ saha pañcālaioṇaputraḥ pratāpavān|
They shouid be equally treated when sleeping at dead of night, or when reft of commanders, or when routed, or when labouring under an error.'-Having thought thus, the valiant son of Drona formed the resolution of killing during the night the sleeping Pandavas and the Panchalas,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 162.49
स क्रूरां मतिमास्थाय विनिश्चित्य मुहुर्मुहुः॥ सुप्तौ प्राबोधयत् तौ तु मातुलं भोजमेव च।
sa krūrāṃ matimāsthāya viniścitya muhurmuhuḥ|| suptau prābodhayat tau tu mātulaṃ bhojameva ca|
Having formed this wicked resolution and promised to execute it, he awoke both his maternal uncle and the chief of the Bhojas. a
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 162.50
तौ प्रबुद्धौ महात्मानौ कृपभोजौ महाबलौ॥ नोत्तरं प्रतिपद्येतां तत्र युक्तं ह्रिया वृतौ।
tau prabuddhau mahātmānau kṛpabhojau mahābalau|| nottaraṃ pratipadyetāṃ tatra yuktaṃ hriyā vṛtau|
Awakened from sleep, those two illustrious and powerful persons, viz., Kripa and the Bhoja chief, heard Ashvatthaman's scheme, Filled with shame, both of them could not give a suitable reply.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 162.51
स मुहूर्तमिव ध्यात्वा बाष्यविह्वलमब्रवीत्॥ हतो दुर्योधनो राजा एकवीरो महाबलः। यस्यार्थे वैरमस्माभिरासक्तं पाण्डवैः सह॥ एकाकी बहुभिः क्षुदैराहवे शुद्धविक्रमः। पातितो भीमसेनेन एकादशचमूपतिः॥
sa muhūrtamiva dhyātvā bāṣyavihvalamabravīt|| hato duryodhano rājā ekavīro mahābalaḥ| yasyārthe vairamasmābhirāsaktaṃ pāṇḍavaiḥ saha|| ekākī bahubhiḥ kṣudairāhave śuddhavikramaḥ| pātito bhīmasenena ekādaśacamūpatiḥ||
Having reflected for short time Ashvatthaman said with tearful eyes,-King Duryodhana, they only hero of great might, for whose sake we were fighting with the Pandavas, has been killed. Deserted and alone through he was, the master of eleven Akshauhinis of soldiers that hero of unsullied prowess has been struck down by Bhimasena in battle.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 162.52
वृकोदरेण क्षुद्रेण सुनृशंसमिदं कृतम्। मूर्धाभिषिक्तस्य शिरः पादेन परिमृद्नता॥
vṛkodareṇa kṣudreṇa sunṛśaṃsamidaṃ kṛtam| mūrdhābhiṣiktasya śiraḥ pādena parimṛdnatā||
Another wicked act has been perpetrated by the mean Vrikodara for the latter has touched with his foot the head of a crowned person.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 162.53
विनर्दन्ति च पञ्चाला: श्वेलन्ति च हसन्ति च। धमन्ति शङ्खाशतशो हृष्टा जन्ति च दुन्दुभीन्॥
vinardanti ca pañcālā: śvelanti ca hasanti ca| dhamanti śaṅkhāśataśo hṛṣṭā janti ca dundubhīn||
The Panchalas are sending up loud roars and cries and loud bursts of laughter. Overjoyed, they are blowing their conchs and beating their drums.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 162.54
वादित्रघोषस्तुमुलो विमिश्रः शङ्खनिःस्वनैः। अनिलेनेरितो घोरो दिशः पूरयतीव ह॥
vāditraghoṣastumulo vimiśraḥ śaṅkhaniḥsvanaiḥ| anilenerito ghoro diśaḥ pūrayatīva ha||
The loud sound of their instruments, mingled with the blare of conchs, is fearful to the ear, and carried by the winds, is filling all the points of the horizon.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 162.55
अश्वानां हेषमाणानां गजानां चैव बुंहताम्। सिंहनादश्च शूराणां श्रूयते सुमहानयम्॥
aśvānāṃ heṣamāṇānāṃ gajānāṃ caiva buṃhatām| siṃhanādaśca śūrāṇāṃ śrūyate sumahānayam||
Loud also is the neighing of their steeds and the grunting of their elephants and the roaring of their warriors.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 162.56
दिशं प्राची समाश्रित्य हृष्टानां गच्छतां भृशम्। रथनेमिस्वनाश्चैव श्रूयन्ते लोमहर्षणाः॥
diśaṃ prācī samāśritya hṛṣṭānāṃ gacchatāṃ bhṛśam| rathanemisvanāścaiva śrūyante lomaharṣaṇāḥ||
That defending noise made by the rejoicing warriors as they are going to their quarters, as also the clatter of their car-wheels, comes to us from the east.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 162.57
पाण्डवैर्धार्तराष्ट्राणां यदिदं कदनं कृतम्। वयमेव त्रयः शिष्टा अस्मिन् महति वैशसे॥
pāṇḍavairdhārtarāṣṭrāṇāṃ yadidaṃ kadanaṃ kṛtam| vayameva trayaḥ śiṣṭā asmin mahati vaiśase||
So great has been the havoc made by the Pandavas on the Dhartarashtras that we three are the only survivors.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 162.58
केचिन्नागशतप्राणाः केचित् सर्वास्त्रकोविदाः। निहताः पाण्डवेयैस्ते मन्ये कालस्य पर्ययम्॥
kecinnāgaśataprāṇāḥ kecit sarvāstrakovidāḥ| nihatāḥ pāṇḍaveyaiste manye kālasya paryayam||
Some were gifted with the strength of a hundred elephants and some were masters of all weapons. Yet they have been killed by the son of Pandu. I consider this to be an instance of the reverses caused by Destiny.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 162.59
एवमेतेन भाव्यं हि नूनं कार्वेण तत्त्वतः। यथा ह्यस्येदृशी निष्ठा कृतकार्येऽपि दुष्करे॥
evametena bhāvyaṃ hi nūnaṃ kārveṇa tattvataḥ| yathā hyasyedṛśī niṣṭhā kṛtakārye'pi duṣkare||
Truly, this is the end of which such acts leads. Although the Pandavas have achieved such difficult feats, yet this should be the result of those feats.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 162.60
भवेतास्तु यदि प्रज्ञा न मोहादपनीयते। व्यापन्नेऽस्मिन् महत्यर्थे यन्नः श्रेयस्तदुच्यताम्॥
bhavetāstu yadi prajñā na mohādapanīyate| vyāpanne'smin mahatyarthe yannaḥ śreyastaducyatām||
If you have not lost your wisdom out of stupefaction, then say what is proper for us to do under these circumstances.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)