Mahabharata — Volume VI (Dutt edition) — Chapter 191

MBh 6 191.1

वैशम्पायन उवाच हतेषु सर्वसैन्येषु धर्मराजो युधिष्ठिरः। शुश्रुवे पितरं वृद्धं निर्यान्तं गजसाह्वयात्॥

vaiśampāyana uvāca hateṣu sarvasainyeṣu dharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ| śuśruve pitaraṃ vṛddhaṃ niryāntaṃ gajasāhvayāt||

Vaishampayana said "After all the warriors had been massacred, king Yudhishthira heard that his uncle Dhritarashtra had left the city of Hastinapura.

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

MBh 6 191.2

सोऽभ्ययात् पुत्रशोकार्तः पुत्रशोकपरिप्लुतम्। शोचमानं महाराज भ्रातृभिः सहितस्तदा॥

so'bhyayāt putraśokārtaḥ putraśokapariplutam| śocamānaṃ mahārāja bhrātṛbhiḥ sahitastadā||

Afflicted with grief consequent on the death of his sons, Yudhishthira, O king, accompanied by his brothers, set out for meeting his uncle who was filled with sorrow for the death of his (hundred) sons.

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

MBh 6 191.3

अन्वीयमानो वीरेण दाशार्हेण महात्मना। युयुधानेन च तथा तथैव च युयुत्सुना॥

anvīyamāno vīreṇa dāśārheṇa mahātmanā| yuyudhānena ca tathā tathaiva ca yuyutsunā||

The son of Kunti was followed by the great and heroic Krishna of Dasharha's race, by Yuyudhana, as also by Yuyutsu.

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

MBh 6 191.4

तमन्वगात् सुदुःखार्ता द्रौपदी शोककर्शिता। सह पाञ्चालयोषिद्भिर्यास्तत्रासन् समागताः॥

tamanvagāt suduḥkhārtā draupadī śokakarśitā| saha pāñcālayoṣidbhiryāstatrāsan samāgatāḥ||

The princess Draupadi also, laden with grief, and accompanied by those Panchala ladies that were with her, sorrowfully followed her husband.

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

MBh 6 191.5

स गङ्गामनु वृन्दानि स्त्रीणां भरतसत्तम। कुररीणामिवार्तानां क्रोशन्तीनां ददर्श ह॥

sa gaṅgāmanu vṛndāni strīṇāṃ bharatasattama| kurarīṇāmivārtānāṃ krośantīnāṃ dadarśa ha||

Yudhishthira saw near the banks of the Ganges, O king, the crowd of Bharata ladies afflicted with sorrow and crying like a light of she-ospreys.

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

MBh 6 191.6

ताभिः परिवृतो राजा क्रोशन्तीभिः सहस्रशः। ऊर्ध्वबाहुभिरार्ताभी रुदतीभिः प्रियाप्रियैः॥

tābhiḥ parivṛto rājā krośantībhiḥ sahasraśaḥ| ūrdhvabāhubhirārtābhī rudatībhiḥ priyāpriyaiḥ||

The king was soon surrounded by those thousands of ladies who with arms raised up in grief, were bewailing aloud and uttering all sorts of words, agreeable and disagreeable.

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

MBh 6 191.7

व नु धर्मज्ञता राज्ञः क्व नु साद्यानृशंसता। यचावधीत् पितॄन् भ्रातॄन् गुरुपुत्रान् सखीनपि।॥

va nu dharmajñatā rājñaḥ kva nu sādyānṛśaṃsatā| yacāvadhīt pitṝn bhrātṝn guruputrān sakhīnapi|||

Where, indeed, in that righteousness of the king, where his truth and pity, since he has killed sires and brothers and preceptors and sons and friends.

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

MBh 6 191.8

घातयित्वा कथं द्रोणं भीष्मं चापि पितामहम्। मनस्तेऽभून्महाबाहो हत्वा चापि जयद्रथम्॥

ghātayitvā kathaṃ droṇaṃ bhīṣmaṃ cāpi pitāmaham| manaste'bhūnmahābāho hatvā cāpi jayadratham||

How, O mighty-armed one, had your heart become tranquil after killing Drona, and your grandsire Bhishma, and Jayadratha.

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

MBh 6 191.9

किं नु राज्येन ते कार्यं पितॄन् भ्रातृनपश्यतः। अभिमन्युं च दुर्धर्षं द्रौपदेयांश्च भारत॥

kiṃ nu rājyena te kāryaṃ pitṝn bhrātṛnapaśyataḥ| abhimanyuṃ ca durdharṣaṃ draupadeyāṃśca bhārata||

What is the use of sovereignty to you, after have your seen your sires and brothers, O Bharata, and the irresistible Abhimanyu and the sons of Draupadi, thus killed.

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

MBh 6 191.10

अतीत्य ता महाबाहुः क्रोशन्तीः कुररीरिव। ववन्दे पितरं ज्येष्ठं धर्मराजो युधिष्ठिरः॥

atītya tā mahābāhuḥ krośantīḥ kurarīriva| vavande pitaraṃ jyeṣṭhaṃ dharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ||

Leaving those ladies crying like a fight of she-ospreys, the mighty-armed king Yudhishthira the just bowed to the feet of his eldest uncle.

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

MBh 6 191.11

ततोऽभिवाद्य पितरं धर्मेणामित्रकर्षणाः। न्यवेदयन्त नामानि पाण्डवास्तेऽपि सर्वशः॥

tato'bhivādya pitaraṃ dharmeṇāmitrakarṣaṇāḥ| nyavedayanta nāmāni pāṇḍavāste'pi sarvaśaḥ||

Having saluted their sire duly, those slayer of foes, viz., the Pandavas, announced themselves to him, each uttering his own name.

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

MBh 6 191.12

तमात्मजान्तकरणं पिता पुत्रवधार्दितः। अप्रीयमाणाः शोकातः पाण्डवं परिषस्वजे॥

tamātmajāntakaraṇaṃ pitā putravadhārditaḥ| aprīyamāṇāḥ śokātaḥ pāṇḍavaṃ pariṣasvaje||

Greatly stricken with grief for the slaughter of his sons, Dhritarashtra unwillingly embraced the eldest son of Pandu, who was the cause of that slaughter.

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

MBh 6 191.13

धर्मराजं परिष्वज्य सान्त्वयित्वा च भारत। दुष्टात्मा भीममन्वैच्छद् दिधक्षुरिव पावकः॥

dharmarājaṃ pariṣvajya sāntvayitvā ca bhārata| duṣṭātmā bhīmamanvaicchad didhakṣuriva pāvakaḥ||

Having embraced Yudhishthira and spoken a few solacing words to him, O Bharata, the wicked Dhritarashtra sought for Bhima, like a burning fire ready to burn everything that would approach it.

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

MBh 6 191.14

स कोपपावकस्तस्य शोकवायुसमीरितः। भीमसेनमयं दावं दिधक्षुरिव दृश्यते॥

sa kopapāvakastasya śokavāyusamīritaḥ| bhīmasenamayaṃ dāvaṃ didhakṣuriva dṛśyate||

Indeed, the fire of his anger, fanned by the wind of his grief, seemed then to be ready to consume the Bhima-forest.

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

MBh 6 191.15

तस्य संकल्पमाज्ञाय भीमं प्रत्यशुभं हरिः। भीममाक्षिप्य पाणिभ्यां प्रददौ भीममायसम्॥

tasya saṃkalpamājñāya bhīmaṃ pratyaśubhaṃ hariḥ| bhīmamākṣipya pāṇibhyāṃ pradadau bhīmamāyasam||

Understanding the wicked intentions towards Bhima, Krishna, dragging away the real Bhima, prusented an iron statue of the second son of Pandu to the old king.

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

MBh 6 191.16

प्रागेव तु महाबुद्धिर्बुद्ध्वा तस्येङ्गितं हरिः। संविधानं महाप्राज्ञस्तत्र चक्रे जनार्दनः॥

prāgeva tu mahābuddhirbuddhvā tasyeṅgitaṃ hariḥ| saṃvidhānaṃ mahāprājñastatra cakre janārdanaḥ||

The highly intelligent, Krishna had, in the very beginning understood the object of Dhritarashtra, and had, therefore, kept such a contrivance ready for baffling them.

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

MBh 6 191.17

तं गृहीत्वैव पाणिभ्यां भीमसेनमयस्मयम्। बभञ्ज बलवान् राजा मन्यमानो वृकोदरम्॥

taṃ gṛhītvaiva pāṇibhyāṃ bhīmasenamayasmayam| babhañja balavān rājā manyamāno vṛkodaram||

Holding with his two arms that iron Bhima, the power king Dhritarashtra, endued with great strength, broke it into pieces, taking it for the real Bhima.

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

MBh 6 191.18

नागायुतबलप्राणः स राजा भीममायसम्। भक्त्वा विमथितोरस्कः सुनाव रुधिरं मुखात्॥

nāgāyutabalaprāṇaḥ sa rājā bhīmamāyasam| bhaktvā vimathitoraskaḥ sunāva rudhiraṃ mukhāt||

Possessed of the strength of ten thousands elephants, the king broke that statue into pieces. His own breast, however, was considerably bruised and he began to vomit blood.

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

MBh 6 191.19

ततः पपात मेदिन्यां तथैव रुधिरोक्षितः। प्रपुष्पिताग्रशिखरः पारिजात इव दुमः॥

tataḥ papāta medinyāṃ tathaiva rudhirokṣitaḥ| prapuṣpitāgraśikharaḥ pārijāta iva dumaḥ||

Covered with blood the king dropped down on the ground like a blossoming Parijata tree.

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

MBh 6 191.20

प्रत्यगृह्णाच तं विद्वान् सूतो गावल्गणिस्तदा। मैवमित्यब्रवीच्चैनं शमयन् सान्त्वयन्निव॥

pratyagṛhṇāca taṃ vidvān sūto gāvalgaṇistadā| maivamityabravīccainaṃ śamayan sāntvayanniva||

His learned charioteer, Sanjaya the son of Gavalgana raised the king and soothing and comforting him, said'Do not act so.'

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

MBh 6 191.21

स तु कोपं समुत्सृज्य गतमन्युर्महामनाः। हा हा भीमेति चुक्रोश नृपः शोकसमन्वितः॥

sa tu kopaṃ samutsṛjya gatamanyurmahāmanāḥ| hā hā bhīmeti cukrośa nṛpaḥ śokasamanvitaḥ||

Having cast off his wrath and regained his true nature the king then became filled with grief and began to weep aloud, saying, 'Alas, Oh Bhima, Alas, Oh Bhima!'

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

MBh 6 191.22

तं विदित्वा गतक्रोधं भीमसेनवधार्दितम्। वासुदेवो वरः पुंसामिदं वचनमब्रवीत्॥ मा शुचो धृतराष्ट्रं त्वं नैष भीमस्त्वया हतः। आयसी प्रतिमा ह्येषा त्वया निष्पातिता विभो॥

taṃ viditvā gatakrodhaṃ bhīmasenavadhārditam| vāsudevo varaḥ puṃsāmidaṃ vacanamabravīt|| mā śuco dhṛtarāṣṭraṃ tvaṃ naiṣa bhīmastvayā hataḥ| āyasī pratimā hyeṣā tvayā niṣpātitā vibho||

Knowing that he was no longer under the influence of anger, and that he was truly sorry for having (as he believed) slain Bhima, Vasudeva, that foremost of men, said,-'Do not grieve, O Dhritarashtra, for you have not killed Bhimasena. That is an iron statue, O king, whica has been broken by you.

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

MBh 6 191.23

त्वां क्रोधवशमापन्नं विदित्वा भरतर्षभ। मयापकृष्टः कौन्तेयो मृत्योर्दष्ट्रान्तरं गतः॥

tvāṃ krodhavaśamāpannaṃ viditvā bharatarṣabha| mayāpakṛṣṭaḥ kaunteyo mṛtyordaṣṭrāntaraṃ gataḥ||

Knowing that you were filled with anger, O foremost of Bharata's race, I dragged Bhima away from within the jaws of Death.

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

MBh 6 191.24

न हि ते राजशार्दूल बले तुल्योऽस्ति कश्चन। कः सहेत महाबाहो बाह्वेर्विग्रहणं नरः॥

na hi te rājaśārdūla bale tulyo'sti kaścana| kaḥ saheta mahābāho bāhvervigrahaṇaṃ naraḥ||

O best of kings, there is none equal to you in physical strength. Who is there, O mightyarmed one, that would bear pressure of your arms.

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

MBh 6 191.25

यथान्तकमनुप्राप्य जीवन् कश्चिन्न मुच्यते। एवं बाह्वन्तरं प्राप्य तव जीवेन कश्चन॥

yathāntakamanuprāpya jīvan kaścinna mucyate| evaṃ bāhvantaraṃ prāpya tava jīvena kaścana||

As no one can escape alive from a struggle with Death himself, so no body can come out safe from within your embrace.

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

MBh 6 191.26

तस्मात्पुत्रेण या तेऽसौ प्रतिमा कारिताऽऽयसी। भीमस्य सेयं कौरव्य तवैवोपहता मया।॥

tasmātputreṇa yā te'sau pratimā kāritā''yasī| bhīmasya seyaṃ kauravya tavaivopahatā mayā|||

Therefore that iron statue of Bhima, which had been made by your son, had been kept ready for you.

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

MBh 6 191.27

पुत्रशोकाभिसंतप्तं धर्मादपकृतं मनः। तव राजेन्द्र तेव त्वं भीमसेनं जिघांससि॥

putraśokābhisaṃtaptaṃ dharmādapakṛtaṃ manaḥ| tava rājendra teva tvaṃ bhīmasenaṃ jighāṃsasi||

On account of the sorrow for the death of your sons, your mind has been filled with spite. Therefore, O great king, you seek kill Bhimasena.

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

MBh 6 191.28

न त्वेतत् ते क्षमं राजन् हन्यास्त्वं यद् वृकोदरम्। न हि पुत्रा महाराज जीवेयुस्ते कथंचन॥

na tvetat te kṣamaṃ rājan hanyāstvaṃ yad vṛkodaram| na hi putrā mahārāja jīveyuste kathaṃcana||

The destruction of Bhima, however, O king, would do you no good. Your sons, O king, would not be revived by it.

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

MBh 6 191.29

तस्माद् यत् कृतमस्माभिर्मन्यमानैः शमं प्रति। अनुमन्यस्व तत् सर्वं मा च शोके मनः कृथाः॥

tasmād yat kṛtamasmābhirmanyamānaiḥ śamaṃ prati| anumanyasva tat sarvaṃ mā ca śoke manaḥ kṛthāḥ||

Therefore, approve of what we have done to secure peace, and do not grieve any longer."

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