Mahabharata — Volume VI (Dutt edition) — Chapter 4

MBh 6 4.1

वैशम्पायन उवाच एतच्छ्रुत्वा महाराज धृतराष्ट्रोऽम्बिकासुतः। शोकस्यान्तमपश्यन् वै हतं मेने सुयोधनम्॥ विह्वलः पतितो भूमौ नष्टचेता इव द्विपः।

vaiśampāyana uvāca etacchrutvā mahārāja dhṛtarāṣṭro'mbikāsutaḥ| śokasyāntamapaśyan vai hataṃ mene suyodhanam|| vihvalaḥ patito bhūmau naṣṭacetā iva dvipaḥ|

Vaishampayana said Having heard this (the above intelligence), the great king Dhritarashtra, the son of Ambika, experienced, indeed, the farthest limit of grief and considered Suyodhana slain (in the battle); and highly perturbed, he fell down upon the ground, like an elephant, that had lost all his senses.

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

MBh 6 4.2

तस्मिन् निपतिते भूमौ विह्वले राजसत्तमे॥ आर्तनादो महानासीत् स्त्रीणां भरतसत्तम।

tasmin nipatite bhūmau vihvale rājasattame|| ārtanādo mahānāsīt strīṇāṃ bharatasattama|

O the most excellent of the Bharata race, on the fall of the highly agitated and foremost of monarchs upon the ground, there was tremendous wailing of women.

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

MBh 6 4.3

स शब्दः पृथिवी कृत्स्नां पूरयामास सर्वशः॥ शोकार्णवे महाघोरे निमग्ना भरतस्त्रियः। रुरुदुर्दुःखशोकार्ता भृशमुद्विग्नचेतसः॥

sa śabdaḥ pṛthivī kṛtsnāṃ pūrayāmāsa sarvaśaḥ|| śokārṇave mahāghore nimagnā bharatastriyaḥ| rurudurduḥkhaśokārtā bhṛśamudvignacetasaḥ||

Which (the noise) filled the entire earth to all its points. The ladies of the house hold of Bharata, greatly burnt in grief and with hearts filled with great anxiety, bewailed most bitterly, plunged as they were in the very deep ocean of sorrow.

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

MBh 6 4.4

राजानं च समासाद्य गान्धारी भरतर्षभ। निःसंज्ञा पतिता भूमौ सर्वाण्यन्तः पुराणि च ॥

rājānaṃ ca samāsādya gāndhārī bharatarṣabha| niḥsaṃjñā patitā bhūmau sarvāṇyantaḥ purāṇi ca ||

O best of the Bharata race advancing towards the king, Gandhari, as well as all other ladies of the royal household, fell down upon the ground, all having lost their senses. a

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

MBh 6 4.5

ततस्ताः संजयो राजन् समाश्वासयदातुराः। मुह्यमानाः सुबहुशो मुञ्चन्त्यो वारि नेत्रजम्॥

tatastāḥ saṃjayo rājan samāśvāsayadāturāḥ| muhyamānāḥ subahuśo muñcantyo vāri netrajam||

Thereupon, O monarch, Sanjaya consoled those ladies, who were highly oppressed with sorrow and deprived of their senses and who, again, were copiously shedding tears from their eyes.

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

MBh 6 4.6

समाश्वस्ताः स्त्रियस्तास्तु वेपमाना मुहुर्मुहुः। कदल्य इव वातेन धूयमानाः समन्ततः॥

samāśvastāḥ striyastāstu vepamānā muhurmuhuḥ| kadalya iva vātena dhūyamānāḥ samantataḥ||

In spite of their being comforted (by Sanjaya), those ladies shivered every moment like the plantain tree constantly shaken by the wind.

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

MBh 6 4.7

राजानं विदुस्थापि प्रज्ञाचक्षुषमीश्वरम्। आश्वासयामास तदा सिञ्चस्तोयेन कौरवम्॥

rājānaṃ vidusthāpi prajñācakṣuṣamīśvaram| āśvāsayāmāsa tadā siñcastoyena kauravam||

Thereupon Vidura, too, began to sprinkle water over the face of that descendant of Kuru and consoled that powerful monarch, who had eyes of wisdom.

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

MBh 6 4.8

स लब्वा शनकैःसंज्ञां ताश्च दृष्टा स्त्रियो नृप। उन्मत्त इव राजेन्द्र स्थितस्तूष्णीं विशाम्पते॥

sa labvā śanakaiḥsaṃjñāṃ tāśca dṛṣṭā striyo nṛpa| unmatta iva rājendra sthitastūṣṇīṃ viśāmpate||

O Lord of carth, having gradually attained to consciousness and understanding the rniserable plight of those ladies, the monarch, like at senseless being, remained silent for sometime.

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

MBh 6 4.9

ततो ध्यात्वा चिरं कालं निःश्वस्य च पुनः पुनः। स्वान् पुत्रान् गर्हयामास बहु मेने त्व पाण्डवान्॥

tato dhyātvā ciraṃ kālaṃ niḥśvasya ca punaḥ punaḥ| svān putrān garhayāmāsa bahu mene tva pāṇḍavān||

Thereupon he, reflecting (upon the matter) for a pretty long time and sighing heavily and incessantly, condemned his own sons but spoke highly of the Pandavas.

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

MBh 6 4.10

गर्हयंश्चात्मनो बुद्धिं शकुनेः सौबलस्य च। ध्यात्वा तु सुचिरं कालं वेपमानो मुहुर्मुहुः॥

garhayaṃścātmano buddhiṃ śakuneḥ saubalasya ca| dhyātvā tu suciraṃ kālaṃ vepamāno muhurmuhuḥ||

Then having condemned his own reason as well as that of Shakuni the son of Subala and meditated (upon the matter) for a long while, the king trembled at every moment.

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

MBh 6 4.11

संस्तभ्य च मनो भूयो राजा धैर्यसमन्वितः। पुनर्गावल्गर्णि सूतं पर्यपृच्छत संजयम्॥

saṃstabhya ca mano bhūyo rājā dhairyasamanvitaḥ| punargāvalgarṇi sūtaṃ paryapṛcchata saṃjayam||

The king had, again, restrained his mind and collected enough of patience. Then he asked his charioteer Sanjaya, the son of

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

MBh 6 4.12

यत् त्वया कथितं वाक्यं श्रुतं संजय तन्मया। कच्चिद् दुर्योधनः सूत न गतो वै यमक्षयम्॥ जये निराशः पुत्रो मे सततं जयकामुकः। ब्रूहि संजय तत्त्वेन पुनरुक्तां कथामिमाम्॥

yat tvayā kathitaṃ vākyaṃ śrutaṃ saṃjaya tanmayā| kaccid duryodhanaḥ sūta na gato vai yamakṣayam|| jaye nirāśaḥ putro me satataṃ jayakāmukaḥ| brūhi saṃjaya tattvena punaruktāṃ kathāmimām||

O Sanjaya, whatever words were uttered by you were all heard by me. O charioteer, has not my son Duryodhana gone to the region of Yama? Has my son, who is ever desirous of victory, grown desperate of success? O Sanjaya, do you repeat to me in detail truly what you have said already.

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

MBh 6 4.13

एवमुक्तोऽब्रवीत् सूतो राजानं जनमेजय। हतो वैकर्तनो राजन् सह पुत्रैर्महारथः॥ भ्रातृभिश्च महेष्वासैः सूतपुत्रैस्तनुत्यजैः।

evamukto'bravīt sūto rājānaṃ janamejaya| hato vaikartano rājan saha putrairmahārathaḥ|| bhrātṛbhiśca maheṣvāsaiḥ sūtaputraistanutyajaiḥ|

O Janamejaya, having been thus asked, the Suta addressed the king, saying-"O king, the son of Vikartan., that mighty car-warrior, was killed in battle along with his sons and brothers, as well as the other warrior sons of Suta, who were all great bowmen and who also were ready to give up their lives in battle.

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

MBh 6 4.14

दुःशासनश्च निहतः पाण्डवेन यशस्विना। पीतं च रुधिरं कोपाद् भीमसेनेन संयुगे॥

duḥśāsanaśca nihataḥ pāṇḍavena yaśasvinā| pītaṃ ca rudhiraṃ kopād bhīmasenena saṃyuge||

Dusshasana, too, was slain in an encounter by Bhimasena, that famous son of Pandu, who had drunk his (Dusshasana's) blood out of anger.

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