Mahabharata — Volume VI (Dutt edition) — Chapter 188

MBh 6 188.1

जनमेजय उवाच गते भगवति व्यासे धृतराष्ट्रो महीपतिः। किमचेष्टत विप्रर्षे तन्मे व्याख्यातुमर्हसि॥

janamejaya uvāca gate bhagavati vyāse dhṛtarāṣṭro mahīpatiḥ| kimaceṣṭata viprarṣe tanme vyākhyātumarhasi||

Janamejaya said After the holy Vyasa had gone away, what, O Rishi, did king Dhritarashtra do? You should tell me this.

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

MBh 6 188.2

तथैव कौरवो राजा धर्मपुत्रो महामनाः। कृपप्रभृतयश्चैव किमकुर्वत ते त्रयः॥

tathaiva kauravo rājā dharmaputro mahāmanāḥ| kṛpaprabhṛtayaścaiva kimakurvata te trayaḥ||

What also did the Kuru king, the great son of Dharma, do? And what did those three, viz., Kripa and others do?

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

MBh 6 188.3

अश्वत्थाम्नः श्रुतं कर्म शापश्चान्योन्यकारितः। वृत्तान्तमुत्तरं ब्रूहि यदभाषत संजयः॥

aśvatthāmnaḥ śrutaṃ karma śāpaścānyonyakāritaḥ| vṛttāntamuttaraṃ brūhi yadabhāṣata saṃjayaḥ||

I have heard of the wonderful deeds of Ashvatthaman and the exchange of curses. Tell me what took place next, and what Sanjaya next said to the old king."

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

MBh 6 188.4

वैशम्पायन उवाच हते दुर्योधने चैव हते सैन्ये च सर्वशः। संजयो विगतप्रज्ञो धृतराष्ट्रमुपस्थितः॥

vaiśampāyana uvāca hate duryodhane caiva hate sainye ca sarvaśaḥ| saṃjayo vigataprajño dhṛtarāṣṭramupasthitaḥ||

Vaishampayana said "After Duryodhana and all his soldiers had been killed, Sanjaya, deprived of spiritual sight, returned to Dhritarashtra.

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

MBh 6 188.5

संजय उवाच आगम्य नानादेशेभ्यो नानाजनपदेश्वराः। पितृलोकं गता राजन् सर्वे तव सुतैः सह॥

saṃjaya uvāca āgamya nānādeśebhyo nānājanapadeśvarāḥ| pitṛlokaṃ gatā rājan sarve tava sutaiḥ saha||

Sanjaya said The kings of various races, that came from various kingdoms, have all, O king, gone to the abode of Death along with your sons.

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

MBh 6 188.6

याच्यमानेन सततं तव पुत्रेण भारत। घातिता पृथिवी सर्वा वैरस्यान्तं विधित्सता॥

yācyamānena satataṃ tava putreṇa bhārata| ghātitā pṛthivī sarvā vairasyāntaṃ vidhitsatā||

Your son, O king, who had constantly been requested (for peace) but who always desired to terminate his hostility after killing the Pandavas has caused the Earth exterminated.

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

MBh 6 188.7

पुत्राणामथ पौत्राणां पितॄणां च महीपते। आनुपूर्येण सर्वेषां प्रेतकार्याणि कारय॥

putrāṇāmatha pautrāṇāṃ pitṝṇāṃ ca mahīpate| ānupūryeṇa sarveṣāṃ pretakāryāṇi kāraya||

Do you, O king, cause the obsequia rites of your sons and grandsons and fathers to be duly performed.

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

MBh 6 188.8

वैशम्पायन उवाच तच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं घोरं संजयस्य महीपतिः। गतासुरिव निश्चेष्टो न्यपतत् पृथिवीतले॥

vaiśampāyana uvāca tacchrutvā vacanaṃ ghoraṃ saṃjayasya mahīpatiḥ| gatāsuriva niśceṣṭo nyapatat pṛthivītale||

Vaishampayana said Hearing these dreadful words of Sanjaya, the king dropped down on the Earth and lay unconscious like one deprived of life.

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

MBh 6 188.9

तं शयानमुपागम्य पृथिव्यां पृथिवीपतिम्। विदुरः सर्वधर्मज्ञ इदं वचनमब्रवीत्॥ उत्तिष्ठ राजन् किं शेषे मा शुचो भरतर्षभ। एषा वै सर्वसत्त्वानां लोकेश्वर परा गतिः॥

taṃ śayānamupāgamya pṛthivyāṃ pṛthivīpatim| viduraḥ sarvadharmajña idaṃ vacanamabravīt|| uttiṣṭha rājan kiṃ śeṣe mā śuco bharatarṣabha| eṣā vai sarvasattvānāṃ lokeśvara parā gatiḥ||

Approaching the king, who was lying prostrate on the Earth, Vidura, conversant with all forms of duty, said: 'Rise, O king, why do you lie down thus? Do not grieve, O foremost of Bharata's! This O king, is the final end of all creatures.

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

MBh 6 188.10

अभावादीनि भूतानि भावमध्यानि भारत। अभावनिधनान्येव तत्र का परिदेवना॥

abhāvādīni bhūtāni bhāvamadhyāni bhārata| abhāvanidhanānyeva tatra kā paridevanā||

In the beginning creatures are non-existent. In the middle, O Bharata, they become existent. At the end, they once more become non-existent. What is there to be sorry for in all this.

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

MBh 6 188.11

न शोचन् मृतमन्वेति न शोचन म्रियते नरः। एवं सांसिद्धिके लोके किमर्थमनुशोचसि॥

na śocan mṛtamanveti na śocana mriyate naraḥ| evaṃ sāṃsiddhike loke kimarthamanuśocasi||

By grieving one cannot get back the dead. By indulging in grief, one cannot die himself. When such is the course of the world, why do you grieve?

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

MBh 6 188.12

अयुध्यमानो म्रियते युद्धयमानस्तु जीवति। कालं प्राप्य महाराज न कश्चिदतिवर्तते॥

ayudhyamāno mriyate yuddhayamānastu jīvati| kālaṃ prāpya mahārāja na kaścidativartate||

One may die without fighting in battle. One also escapes alive after having engaged in battle. When one's appointed Time comes, O king, he cannot escape.

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

MBh 6 188.13

कालः कर्षति भूतानि सर्वाणि विविधानि च। न कालस्य प्रियः कश्चिन्न द्वेष्यः कुरुसत्तम॥

kālaḥ karṣati bhūtāni sarvāṇi vividhāni ca| na kālasya priyaḥ kaścinna dveṣyaḥ kurusattama||

Time drags all creatures. There is none dear or loathsome to Time, O Kuru's chief.

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

MBh 6 188.14

यथा वायुस्तृणाग्राणि संवर्तयति सर्वतः। तथा कालवशं यान्ति भूतानि भरतर्षभ॥

yathā vāyustṛṇāgrāṇi saṃvartayati sarvataḥ| tathā kālavaśaṃ yānti bhūtāni bharatarṣabha||

As the wind tears off the ends of all blades of grass, so all creatures, O Bharata chief, are subjected by Time under its influence.

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

MBh 6 188.15

एकसार्थप्रयातानां सर्वेषां तत्र गामिनाम्। यस्य कालः प्रयात्यग्रे तत्र का परिदेवना॥

ekasārthaprayātānāṃ sarveṣāṃ tatra gāminām| yasya kālaḥ prayātyagre tatra kā paridevanā||

All creatures are like members of the same caravan bound for one destination. What is there to be sorry for if Time meets with one a little earlier than with another.

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

MBh 6 188.16

यांश्चापि निहतान् युद्धे राजंस्त्वमनुशोचसि। न शोच्या हि महात्मानः सर्वे ते त्रिदिवं गताः॥

yāṃścāpi nihatān yuddhe rājaṃstvamanuśocasi| na śocyā hi mahātmānaḥ sarve te tridivaṃ gatāḥ||

Those again, O king, that have fallen in battle and for whom you bewail, are not really objects of your grief, since all those illustrious persons to heaven.

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

MBh 6 188.17

न यज्ञैर्दक्षिणावद्भिर्न तपोभिर्न विद्यया। तथा स्वर्गमुपायान्ति यथा शूरास्तनुत्यजः॥

na yajñairdakṣiṇāvadbhirna tapobhirna vidyayā| tathā svargamupāyānti yathā śūrāstanutyajaḥ||

By celebrating sacrifices with enough presents, by practising ascetic austerities, and by knowledge, people cannot so easily go to heaven as heroes by displaying courage in battle.

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

MBh 6 188.18

सर्वे वेदविदः शूराः सर्वे सुचरितव्रताः। सर्वे चाभिमुखाः क्षीणास्तत्र का परिदेवना॥

sarve vedavidaḥ śūrāḥ sarve sucaritavratāḥ| sarve cābhimukhāḥ kṣīṇāstatra kā paridevanā||

All those heroes were conversant with the Vedas; all of them were observant of vows: all of them have died, fighting the foe in battle. What is there to be sorry for then.

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

MBh 6 188.19

शरीराग्निषु शूराणां जुहुवुस्ते शराहुतीः। हूयमानाशरांश्चैव सेहुरुत्तमपूरुषाः॥

śarīrāgniṣu śūrāṇāṃ juhuvuste śarāhutīḥ| hūyamānāśarāṃścaiva sehuruttamapūruṣāḥ||

have gone They poured their libations of arrows upon the bodies of their brave enemies as upon a fire. Great as they were, they bore in return the libations of arrows poured upon themselves.

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

MBh 6 188.20

एवं राजंस्तवाचक्षे स्वयं पन्थानमुत्तमम्। न युद्धादधिकं किंचित् क्षत्रियस्येह विद्यते॥

evaṃ rājaṃstavācakṣe svayaṃ panthānamuttamam| na yuddhādadhikaṃ kiṃcit kṣatriyasyeha vidyate||

I tell you. O king, that these is no superior way to heaven for a Kshatriya to one thought battle.

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

MBh 6 188.21

क्षत्रियास्ते महात्मानः शूराः समितिशोभनाः। आशिषं परमां प्राप्ता न शोच्याः सर्व एव हि॥

kṣatriyāste mahātmānaḥ śūrāḥ samitiśobhanāḥ| āśiṣaṃ paramāṃ prāptā na śocyāḥ sarva eva hi||

All of them were great Kshatriya, all of them were heroes and ornaments of assemblies. They have attained to a highly blessed state. One should not grieve for them.

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

MBh 6 188.22

आत्मनाऽऽत्मानमाश्वास्य मा शुचः पुरुषर्षभ। नाद्य शोकाभिभूतस्त्वं कार्यमुत्स्रष्टुमर्हसि।॥

ātmanā''tmānamāśvāsya mā śucaḥ puruṣarṣabha| nādya śokābhibhūtastvaṃ kāryamutsraṣṭumarhasi|||

Do you comfort your oneself. Do not grieve, O foremost of men. You should not allow yourself to be overwhelmed with so row and give up all work.

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