Mahabharata — Volume IX (Dutt edition) — Chapter 221

MBh 9 221.1

तथा प्रयान्तं वार्ष्णेयं द्वारकां भरतर्षभाः। परिष्वज्य न्यवर्तन्त सानुयात्रा परंतपाः॥

tathā prayāntaṃ vārṣṇeyaṃ dvārakāṃ bharatarṣabhāḥ| pariṣvajya nyavartanta sānuyātrā paraṃtapāḥ||

Vaishampayana said, As he of Vrishni's family was going to Dwraka, those foremost princes of Bharata's race, those chastisers of enemies, embraced him and fell back with their attendants.

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

MBh 9 221.2

पुनः पुनश्च वार्ष्णेयं पर्यष्वजत फाल्गुनः। आ चक्षुर्विषयाच्चैनं स ददर्श पुनः पुनः॥

punaḥ punaśca vārṣṇeyaṃ paryaṣvajata phālgunaḥ| ā cakṣurviṣayāccainaṃ sa dadarśa punaḥ punaḥ||

Phalguna repeatedly embraced the Vrishni hero and as long as he was within he range of eye-sight he repeatedly turned his eyes towards him.

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

MBh 9 221.3

कृच्छ्रेणैव तु तां पार्थो गोविन्दे विनिवेशिताम्। संजहार ततो दृष्टि कृष्णश्चाप्यपराजितः॥

kṛcchreṇaiva tu tāṃ pārtho govinde viniveśitām| saṃjahāra tato dṛṣṭi kṛṣṇaścāpyaparājitaḥ||

With great difficulty, the son of Pritha withdrew his look that had fallen on Govinda. The undefeated Krishna also (did the same).

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

MBh 9 221.4

तस्य प्रयाणे यान्यासन् निमित्तानि महात्मनः। बहून्यद्भुतरूपाणि तानि मे गदतः शृणु॥

tasya prayāṇe yānyāsan nimittāni mahātmanaḥ| bahūnyadbhutarūpāṇi tāni me gadataḥ śṛṇu||

The marks which were displayed on the occasion of the great one's departure, I shall now fully describe. Do you listen to me.

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

MBh 9 221.5

वायुर्वेगेन महता रथस्य पुरतो ववौ। कुर्वत्रिःशर्करं मागं विरजस्कमकण्टकम्॥

vāyurvegena mahatā rathasya purato vavau| kurvatriḥśarkaraṃ māgaṃ virajaskamakaṇṭakam||

The wind blew with great force before the car, clearing the path of sand grains and dust and thorns.

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

MBh 9 221.6

ववर्षं वासवश्चैव तोयं शुचि सुगन्धि च। दिव्यानि चैव पुष्पाणि पुरतः शार्ङ्गधन्वनः॥

vavarṣaṃ vāsavaścaiva toyaṃ śuci sugandhi ca| divyāni caiva puṣpāṇi purataḥ śārṅgadhanvanaḥ||

Vasava rained pure and fragrant showers and celestial flowers before the holder of Sharnga.

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

MBh 9 221.7

स प्रयातो महाबाहुः समेषु मरुधन्वसु। ददर्शाथ मुनिश्रेष्ठमुत्तङ्कममितौजसम्॥

sa prayāto mahābāhuḥ sameṣu marudhanvasu| dadarśātha muniśreṣṭhamuttaṅkamamitaujasam||

As the mighty-armed hero went on he came upon the desert ill-supplied with water. there a he saw that foremost of ascetics, named Utanka, of immeasurable energy.

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

MBh 9 221.8

स तं सम्पूज्य तेजस्वी मुनि पृथुललोचनः। पूजितस्तेन च तदा पर्यपृच्छदनामय॥

sa taṃ sampūjya tejasvī muni pṛthulalocanaḥ| pūjitastena ca tadā paryapṛcchadanāmaya||

The hero of large eyes and grcat energy adored that ascetic. He was then adored by the ascetic in return Vasudeva then enquired after his well-being.

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

MBh 9 221.9

स पृष्टः कुशलं तेन सम्पूज्य मधुसूदनम्। उत्तङ्को ब्राह्मणश्रेष्ठस्तत: पप्रच्छ माधवम्॥

sa pṛṣṭaḥ kuśalaṃ tena sampūjya madhusūdanam| uttaṅko brāhmaṇaśreṣṭhastata: papraccha mādhavam||

That foremost of Brahmanas, viz., Utanka, politely accosted by Madhava, honoured him duly and then addressed him in these words.

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

MBh 9 221.10

कच्चिच्छौरे त्वया गत्वा कुरुपाण्डवसद्म तत्। कृतं सौभ्रात्रमचलं तन्मे व्याख्यातुमर्हसि॥

kaccicchaure tvayā gatvā kurupāṇḍavasadma tat| kṛtaṃ saubhrātramacalaṃ tanme vyākhyātumarhasi||

O Shaurin, having gone to the palaces of the Kurus and the Pandavas, have you succeeded in establishing durable understanding between them such as should exit between brothers? You should tell me every thing.

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

MBh 9 221.11

अपि संधाय तान् वीरानुपावृत्तोऽसि केशव। सम्बन्धिनः स्वदयितान् सततं वृष्णिपुङ्गव॥

api saṃdhāya tān vīrānupāvṛtto'si keśava| sambandhinaḥ svadayitān satataṃ vṛṣṇipuṅgava||

Do you come, O Keshava, after having united them in peace, them who are your relatives and who are ever dear to you, O forcmost one of Vrishni's race.

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

MBh 9 221.12

कच्चित् पाण्डुसुताः पच्च धृतराष्ट्रस्य चात्मजाः। लोकेषु विहरिष्यन्ति त्वया सह परंतप॥

kaccit pāṇḍusutāḥ pacca dhṛtarāṣṭrasya cātmajāḥ| lokeṣu vihariṣyanti tvayā saha paraṃtapa||

Will the five sons of Pandu, and the children of Dhritarashtra, o destroyer of enemies, sport in the world in joy with you?

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

MBh 9 221.13

स्वराष्ट्रे ते च राजानः कच्चित् प्राप्स्यन्ति वै सुखम्। कौरवेषु प्रशान्तेषु त्वया नाथेन केशव॥

svarāṣṭre te ca rājānaḥ kaccit prāpsyanti vai sukham| kauraveṣu praśānteṣu tvayā nāthena keśava||

Will all the kings enjoy happiness in their respective kingdoms, on account of the pacification of the Kauravas brought about by you?

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

MBh 9 221.14

या मे सम्भावना तात त्वयि नित्यमवर्तत। अपि सा सफला तात कृता ते भरतान् प्रति॥

yā me sambhāvanā tāta tvayi nityamavartata| api sā saphalā tāta kṛtā te bharatān prati||

Has that trust, O son, which I had always reposed on you, borne fruit about the Kauravas?

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

MBh 9 221.15

श्रीभगवानुवाच कृतो यत्नो मया पूर्वे सौम्ये कौवान् प्रति। नाशक्यन्त यदा साम्ये ते स्थापयितुमञ्जसा॥ ततस्ते निधनं प्राप्ताः सर्वे ससुतबान्धवाः। न दिष्टमप्यतिक्रान्तुं शक्यं बुद्ध्या बलेन वा॥

śrībhagavānuvāca kṛto yatno mayā pūrve saumye kauvān prati| nāśakyanta yadā sāmye te sthāpayitumañjasā|| tataste nidhanaṃ prāptāḥ sarve sasutabāndhavāḥ| na diṣṭamapyatikrāntuṃ śakyaṃ buddhyā balena vā||

I tried my test at first, for bringing about a good understanding, about the Kauravas. When I could not by any means establish them on peace, it happened that all of them, with their relatives and kinsmen, died. It is impossible to transgress destiny by either intelligence of power.

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

MBh 9 221.16

महर्षे विदितं भूयः सर्वमेतत् तवानघ। तेऽत्यक्रामन् मतिं मह्यं भीष्मस्य विदुरस्य च॥

maharṣe viditaṃ bhūyaḥ sarvametat tavānagha| te'tyakrāman matiṃ mahyaṃ bhīṣmasya vidurasya ca||

O great Rishi, O sinless one, this also cannot he unknown to you. They (the Kauravas) disregarded which Bhishma and Vidura gave them referring to me.

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

MBh 9 221.17

ततो यमक्षयं जग्मुः समासाद्येतरेतरम्। पञ्चैव पाण्डवाः शिष्टा हतामित्रा हतात्मजाः। धार्तराष्ट्राश्च निहताः सर्वे ससुतबान्धवाः॥

tato yamakṣayaṃ jagmuḥ samāsādyetaretaram| pañcaiva pāṇḍavāḥ śiṣṭā hatāmitrā hatātmajāḥ| dhārtarāṣṭrāśca nihatāḥ sarve sasutabāndhavāḥ||

Encountering one another they then becaine guests of Yama's palace. Only the five Pandavas form the remnant of the un-slain, all their friends and all their children having been destroyed. All the sons Dhritarashtra also, with thcir children and kinsmen, have been killed.

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

MBh 9 221.18

इत्युक्तवचने कृष्णे भृशं क्रोधसमन्वितः। उत्तङ्क इत्युवाचैनं रोषादुत्फुल्ललोचनः॥

ityuktavacane kṛṣṇe bhṛśaṃ krodhasamanvitaḥ| uttaṅka ityuvācainaṃ roṣādutphullalocanaḥ||

When Krishna had said these words, Utanka, filled with anger, and with eyes expanded in rage, addressed him in these words.

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

MBh 9 221.19

यस्माच्छक्तेन ते कृष्ण न त्राताः कुरुपुङ्गवाः। सम्बन्धिनः प्रियास्तस्माच्छप्स्येऽहं त्वामसंशयम्॥

yasmācchaktena te kṛṣṇa na trātāḥ kurupuṅgavāḥ| sambandhinaḥ priyāstasmācchapsye'haṃ tvāmasaṃśayam||

Since, though able, O Krishna, you did not rescue those foremost ones of Kuru's race, who were your relatives and, therefore, dear to you, I shall, forsooth, curse you.

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

MBh 9 221.20

न च ते प्रसभं यस्मात् ते निगृह्य निवारिताः। तस्मान्मन्युपरीतस्त्वां शप्स्यामि मधुसूदन॥

na ca te prasabhaṃ yasmāt te nigṛhya nivāritāḥ| tasmānmanyuparītastvāṃ śapsyāmi madhusūdana||

Since you did not forcibly compel them to forbear, therefore, O destroyer of Madhu, I shall, filled with anger denounce a course on you.

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

MBh 9 221.21

त्वया शक्तेन हि सता मिथ्याचारेण माधव। ते परीताः कुरुश्रेष्ठा नश्यन्तः स्म ह्यपेक्षिताः॥

tvayā śaktena hi satā mithyācāreṇa mādhava| te parītāḥ kuruśreṣṭhā naśyantaḥ sma hyapekṣitāḥ||

It seems, O Madhava, that, though fully able (to save them), you were in different to these foremost of Kurus who, overwhelmed by insincerity and hypocrisy, have all met with destruction.

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

MBh 9 221.22

वासुदेव उवाच शृणु मे विस्तरेणेदं यद् वक्ष्ये भृगुनन्दन। गृहाणानुनयं चापि तपस्वी ह्यसि भार्गव॥

vāsudeva uvāca śṛṇu me vistareṇedaṃ yad vakṣye bhṛgunandana| gṛhāṇānunayaṃ cāpi tapasvī hyasi bhārgava||

O scion of Bhrigu's race listen, to what I say in full. Do you accept my apologies also. O you of Bhrigu's race you are an ascetic!

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

MBh 9 221.23

श्रुत्वा च मे तदध्यात्म मुञ्चेथाः शापमद्य वै। न च मां तपसाऽल्पेन शक्तोऽभिभवितुं पुमान्॥

śrutvā ca me tadadhyātma muñcethāḥ śāpamadya vai| na ca māṃ tapasā'lpena śakto'bhibhavituṃ pumān||

After having heard my words about the soul, you may then utter your curse. No man is able, by a little ascetic merit, to put me down.

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

MBh 9 221.24

न च ते तपसो नाशमिच्छामि तपतां वर। तपस्ते सुमहद्दीप्तं गुरवश्चापि तोषिताः॥

na ca te tapaso nāśamicchāmi tapatāṃ vara| tapaste sumahaddīptaṃ guravaścāpi toṣitāḥ||

O foremost of ascetics, I do not wish to see the destruction of all your penances! You have a large measure of blazing penances. You have passed your preceptors and seniors.

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

MBh 9 221.25

कौमारं ब्रह्मचर्यं ते जानामि द्विजसत्तम। दुःखार्जितस्य तपसस्तस्मन्निच्छामि ते व्ययम्॥

kaumāraṃ brahmacaryaṃ te jānāmi dvijasattama| duḥkhārjitasya tapasastasmannicchāmi te vyayam||

O foremost of twice-born ones. I know that you have observed the rules of Brahmacharya from your infancy. I do not, therefore wish the loss or diminution of your penances acquired with so much pain!

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