Mahabharata — Volume VII (Dutt edition) — Chapter 6
MBh 7 6.1
वैशम्पायन उवाच एतावदुक्त्वा देवर्षिविरराम स नारदः। युधिष्ठिरस्तु राजर्षिर्दथ्यौ शोकपरिप्लुतः॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca etāvaduktvā devarṣivirarāma sa nāradaḥ| yudhiṣṭhirastu rājarṣirdathyau śokapariplutaḥ||
Saying so the celestial Rishi Narada became silent. the royal sage Yudhishthira, filled with sorrow began to meditate.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 6.2
तं दीनमनसं वीरं शोकोपहतमातुरम्। निःश्वसन्तं यथा नागं पर्यश्रुनयनं तथा॥ कुन्ती शोकपरीताङ्गी दुःखोपहतचेतना। अब्रवीन्मधुराभाषा काले वचनमर्थवत्॥
taṃ dīnamanasaṃ vīraṃ śokopahatamāturam| niḥśvasantaṃ yathā nāgaṃ paryaśrunayanaṃ tathā|| kuntī śokaparītāṅgī duḥkhopahatacetanā| abravīnmadhurābhāṣā kāle vacanamarthavat||
Seeing that hero cheerless and unnerved by grief, sighing like a snake and shedding profuse tears, Kunti, herself filled with grief and almost beside herself with sorrow, addressed him in these sweet but weighty
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 6.3
युधिष्ठिर महाबाहो नैनं शोचितुमर्हसि। जहि शोकं महाप्राज्ञ शृणु चेदं वचो मम॥
yudhiṣṭhira mahābāho nainaṃ śocitumarhasi| jahi śokaṃ mahāprājña śṛṇu cedaṃ vaco mama||
O mighty-armed Yudhishthira, you should not give way to sorrow thus! O you of at wisdom, destroy this grief and listen to what I say.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 6.4
यातितः स मया पूर्वं भ्राज्यं ज्ञापयितुं तव। भास्करेण च देवेन पित्रा धर्मभृतां वर॥
yātitaḥ sa mayā pūrvaṃ bhrājyaṃ jñāpayituṃ tava| bhāskareṇa ca devena pitrā dharmabhṛtāṃ vara||
I tried formerly to inform Karna of his being your brother. The god Surya also, O best of all righteous men, did the same.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 6.5
यद्वाच्यं हितकामेन सुहृदा हितमिच्छता। तथा दिवाकरेणोक्तः स्वप्नान्ते मम चाग्रतः॥
yadvācyaṃ hitakāmena suhṛdā hitamicchatā| tathā divākareṇoktaḥ svapnānte mama cāgrataḥ||
That god said to Karna in a dream and once more in my presence, all that a well-wishing friend, from desire of good, should say.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 6.6
न चैनमशकद् भानुरहं वा स्नेहकारणैः। पुरा प्रत्यनुनेतुं वा नेतुं वाप्येकतां त्वया॥
na cainamaśakad bhānurahaṃ vā snehakāraṇaiḥ| purā pratyanunetuṃ vā netuṃ vāpyekatāṃ tvayā||
Neither by affliction nor by reasons could Surya or myself succeed in pacifying him or inducing him to join you.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 6.7
ततः कालपरीतः स वैरस्योद्धरणे रतः। प्रतीपकारी युष्माकमिति चोपेक्षितो मया॥
tataḥ kālaparītaḥ sa vairasyoddharaṇe rataḥ| pratīpakārī yuṣmākamiti copekṣito mayā||
Yielding to the influence of Time, he was determined on creating enmity with you. As he was determined upon doing injuries to you all, I myself gave up the attempt.'
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 6.8
इत्युक्तो धर्मराजस्तु मात्रा बाष्पाकुलेक्षणः। उवाच वाक्यं धर्मात्मा शोकव्याकुलितेन्द्रियः॥
ityukto dharmarājastu mātrā bāṣpākulekṣaṇaḥ| uvāca vākyaṃ dharmātmā śokavyākulitendriyaḥ||
Thus addressed by his mother, king Yudhishthira, with tearful eyes and heart shaken by grief, said:-
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 6.9
भवत्या गूढमन्त्रत्वात् पीडितोऽस्मीत्युवाच ताम्॥ शशाप च महातेजाः सर्वलोकेषु योषितः। न गुह्यं धारयिष्यन्तीत्येवं दुःखसमन्वितः॥
bhavatyā gūḍhamantratvāt pīḍito'smītyuvāca tām|| śaśāpa ca mahātejāḥ sarvalokeṣu yoṣitaḥ| na guhyaṃ dhārayiṣyantītyevaṃ duḥkhasamanvitaḥ||
'For you having concealed your counsels, this great calamity has befallen me.' The highly energetic and the righteous king then, in sorrow, cursed all the women of the world, saying,-'Henceforth no woman shall succeed in keeping a secret."
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 6.10
स राजा पुत्रपौत्राणां सम्बन्धिसुहृदां तदा। स्मरन्नुद्विग्नहृदयो बभूवोद्विग्नचेतनः॥
sa rājā putrapautrāṇāṃ sambandhisuhṛdāṃ tadā| smarannudvignahṛdayo babhūvodvignacetanaḥ||
Recollecting his sons and grandsons and kinsmen and friends, the king then became filled with anxiety and grief.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 6.11
ततः शोकपरीतात्मा सधूम इव पावकः। निर्वेदमगमद् धीमान् राजा संतापपीडितः॥
tataḥ śokaparītātmā sadhūma iva pāvakaḥ| nirvedamagamad dhīmān rājā saṃtāpapīḍitaḥ||
Stricken with sorrow, the intelligent king, resembling a fire covered with smoke, was filled with despair. Then the wise king endued with grief like the fire covered in the grip of dense smoke and thus he sank in agony.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)