Mahabharata — Volume IX (Dutt edition) — Chapter 237
MBh 9 237.1
वैशम्पायन उवाच सैवं विलय करुणं सोन्मादेव तपस्विनी। उत्तरा न्यपतद् भूमौ कृपणा पुत्रगृद्धिनी॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca saivaṃ vilaya karuṇaṃ sonmādeva tapasvinī| uttarā nyapatad bhūmau kṛpaṇā putragṛddhinī||
Vaishampayana said The helpless Uttara, desirous of getting back her child, having thus bewailed, dropped down in sorrow on the earth like demented creature.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 237.2
तां तु दृष्ट्वा निपतितां हतपुत्रपरिच्छदाम्। चुक्रोश कुन्ती दुःखार्ता सर्वाश्च भरतस्त्रियः॥
tāṃ tu dṛṣṭvā nipatitāṃ hataputraparicchadām| cukrośa kuntī duḥkhārtā sarvāśca bharatastriyaḥ||
Sceing the princess fallen on the earth deprived of her son and with her body uncovered, Kunti as also all the (other) Bharata-ladies, deeply afflicted, began to weep aloud.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 237.3
मुहूर्तमिव राजेन्द्र पाण्डवानां निवेशनम्। अप्रेक्षणीयमभवदार्तस्वनविनादितम्॥
muhūrtamiva rājendra pāṇḍavānāṃ niveśanam| aprekṣaṇīyamabhavadārtasvanavināditam||
Resounding with the voice of lamentation the palace of the Pandavas, O king, was soon converted into a house of sorrow where nobody could remain.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 237.4
सा मुहूर्ते च राजेन्द्र पुत्रशोकाभिपीडिता। कश्मलाभिहता वीर वैराटी त्वभवत् तदा॥
sā muhūrte ca rājendra putraśokābhipīḍitā| kaśmalābhihatā vīra vairāṭī tvabhavat tadā||
Greatly stricken with grief on account of her son, Virata's daughter, O king, seemed to be struck down for sometime by sorrow and cheerlessness.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 237.5
प्रतिलभ्य तु सा संज्ञामुत्तरा भरतर्षभ। अङ्कमारोष्य तं पुत्रमिदं वचनमब्रवीत्॥
pratilabhya tu sā saṃjñāmuttarā bharatarṣabha| aṅkamāroṣya taṃ putramidaṃ vacanamabravīt||
Regaining consciousness, O chief of Bharata's race, Uttara took up her child on her lap and said these words.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 237.6
धर्मज्ञस्य सुतः स त्वमधर्मे नावबुध्यसे। यस्त्वं वृध्णिप्रवीरस्य कुरुषे नाभिवादनम्॥
dharmajñasya sutaḥ sa tvamadharme nāvabudhyase| yastvaṃ vṛdhṇipravīrasya kuruṣe nābhivādanam||
You are the child of one who knew every duty. Are you not conscious then of the sin you commit, since you do not salute this foremost one of the Vrishni's race?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 237.7
पुत्र गत्वा मम वचो ब्रूयास्त्वं पितरं त्विदम्। दुर्मरं प्राणिनां वीर कालेऽप्राप्ते कथंचन॥ याहं त्वया विनायेह पत्या पुत्रेण चैव ह। मर्तव्ये सति जीवामि हतस्वस्तिरकिंचना॥
putra gatvā mama vaco brūyāstvaṃ pitaraṃ tvidam| durmaraṃ prāṇināṃ vīra kāle'prāpte kathaṃcana|| yāhaṃ tvayā vināyeha patyā putreṇa caiva ha| martavye sati jīvāmi hatasvastirakiṃcanā||
O son, going to your father tell him these words of mine, viz., It is difficult for living creatures to die before their time comes, because through refit of you, my husband, and now deprived of my child also, I am yet alive when I should die, unendued as I am with everything auspicious and everything valuable.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 237.8
अथवा धर्मराज्ञाहमनुज्ञाता महाभुज। भक्षयिष्ये विषं घोरं प्रवेक्ष्ये वा हुताशनम्॥
athavā dharmarājñāhamanujñātā mahābhuja| bhakṣayiṣye viṣaṃ ghoraṃ pravekṣye vā hutāśanam||
O mighty-armed one, with the permission of king Yudhishthira the just. I shall swallow some dreadful poison or cast myself on the burning fire.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 237.9
अथवा दुर्मरं तात यदिदं मे सहस्रधा। पतिपुत्रविहीनाया हृदयं न विदीर्यते॥
athavā durmaraṃ tāta yadidaṃ me sahasradhā| patiputravihīnāyā hṛdayaṃ na vidīryate||
O father, difficult of destruction is my heart since, though I am deprived of husband and child, that heart of mine does not brcak into a thousand pieces.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 237.10
उत्तिष्ठ पुत्र पश्येमां दुःखिता प्रपितामहीम्। आर्तामुपप्लुतां दीनां निमग्नां शोकसागरे॥
uttiṣṭha putra paśyemāṃ duḥkhitā prapitāmahīm| ārtāmupaplutāṃ dīnāṃ nimagnāṃ śokasāgare||
Rise, O son, and see this your afflicted great grandmother! She is deeply stricken with grief, bathed in tears, exceedingly cheerless, and plunged in an ocean of sorrow.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 237.11
आर्यांच पश्य पाञ्चालीं सात्वती च तपस्विनीम्। मां च पश्य सुदुःखार्तो व्याधविद्धां मृगीमिव॥
āryāṃca paśya pāñcālīṃ sātvatī ca tapasvinīm| māṃ ca paśya suduḥkhārto vyādhaviddhāṃ mṛgīmiva||
See the reverend princess of Panchala, and the helpless princess of the Sattata race! Look at myself, exceedingly afflicted with grief, and resembling a deer pierced by a hunter.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 237.12
उत्तिष्ठ पश्य वदनं लोकनाथस्य धीमतः। पुण्डरीकपलाशाक्षं पुरेव चपलेक्षणम्॥
uttiṣṭha paśya vadanaṃ lokanāthasya dhīmataḥ| puṇḍarīkapalāśākṣaṃ pureva capalekṣaṇam||
Rise, O child, and look at the face of this king, who is gifted with great wisdom, and possessed of eyes like lotus-petals and resembling your father of restless glances.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 237.13
एवं विप्रलपन्तीं तु दृष्ट्वा निपतितां पुनः। उत्तरां तां स्त्रियः सर्वाः पुनरुत्थापयंस्ततः॥
evaṃ vipralapantīṃ tu dṛṣṭvā nipatitāṃ punaḥ| uttarāṃ tāṃ striyaḥ sarvāḥ punarutthāpayaṃstataḥ||
Seeing Uttara, whey bewailed thus, fallen on the earth, all those ladies, raising her, caused her to sit up.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 237.14
उत्थाय च पुनधैर्यात् तदा मत्स्यपतेः सुता। प्राञ्जलिः पुण्डरीकाक्षं भूमावेवाभ्यवादयत्॥
utthāya ca punadhairyāt tadā matsyapateḥ sutā| prāñjaliḥ puṇḍarīkākṣaṃ bhūmāvevābhyavādayat||
Having sat up, the daughter of the king of the Matsyas, summoning her patience, joined her hands in respect and touched the earth with her head for saluting Keshava having eyes like lotus petals.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 237.15
श्रुत्वा स तस्या विपुलं विलापं पुरुषर्षभः। उपस्पृश्य ततः कृष्णो ब्रह्मास्त्रं प्रत्यसंहरत्॥
śrutvā sa tasyā vipulaṃ vilāpaṃ puruṣarṣabhaḥ| upaspṛśya tataḥ kṛṣṇo brahmāstraṃ pratyasaṃharat||
Hearing those heart-rending lamentations of hers, that foremost of persons touched water and withdrew the (force of the Brahmaweapon.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 237.16
प्रतिजज्ञे च दाशार्हस्तत्य जीवितमच्युतः। अब्रवीच्च विशुद्धात्मा सर्वे विश्रावयञ्जगत्॥ न ब्रवीम्युत्तरे मिथ्या सत्यमेतद् भविष्यति। एष संजीवयाम्येनं पश्यतां सर्वदेहिनाम्॥
pratijajñe ca dāśārhastatya jīvitamacyutaḥ| abravīcca viśuddhātmā sarve viśrāvayañjagat|| na bravīmyuttare mithyā satyametad bhaviṣyati| eṣa saṃjīvayāmyenaṃ paśyatāṃ sarvadehinām||
That hero of undecaying glory, belonging to the race of the Dasharhas, promised to revive the child. Then he of pure soul, said these words in the hearing of the whole universe, 'O Uttara, I never utter a falsehood. My words will prove true. I shall revive this child before all creatures.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 237.17
नोक्तपूर्वं मया मिथ्या स्वैरेष्वपि कदाचन। न च युद्धात् परावृत्तस्तथा संजीवतामयम्॥
noktapūrvaṃ mayā mithyā svaireṣvapi kadācana| na ca yuddhāt parāvṛttastathā saṃjīvatāmayam||
Never before have I uttered a falschood even in just. Never have I turned back from battle. (By the merit of those deeds) let this child revive.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 237.18
यथा मे दयितो धर्मो ब्राह्मणश्च विशेषतः। अभिमन्योः सुतो जातो मृतो जीवत्वयं तथा॥
yathā me dayito dharmo brāhmaṇaśca viśeṣataḥ| abhimanyoḥ suto jāto mṛto jīvatvayaṃ tathā||
As virtue is dear to me, as Brahmanas are especially dear to me, let Abhimanyu's son, who is born dead, revive.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 237.19
यथाहं नाभिजानामि विजये तु कदाचन। विराधं तेन सत्येन मृतो जीवत्वयं शिशुः॥
yathāhaṃ nābhijānāmi vijaye tu kadācana| virādhaṃ tena satyena mṛto jīvatvayaṃ śiśuḥ||
Never has a misunderstanding arisen between me and my friend Vijaya. Let this dead child revive by that truth.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 237.20
यथा सत्यं च धर्मश्च मयि नित्यं प्रतिष्ठितौ। तथा मृतः शिशुरयं जीवतादभिमन्युजः॥
yathā satyaṃ ca dharmaśca mayi nityaṃ pratiṣṭhitau| tathā mṛtaḥ śiśurayaṃ jīvatādabhimanyujaḥ||
As truth and virtue are always established in me, let this dead child of Abhimanyu revive.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 237.21
यथा कंसश्च केशी च धर्मेण निहतौ मया। तेन सत्येन बालोऽयं पुनः संजीवतामयम्॥
yathā kaṃsaśca keśī ca dharmeṇa nihatau mayā| tena satyena bālo'yaṃ punaḥ saṃjīvatāmayam||
As Kansa and Keshi have been righteously killed by me, let this child revive today by that truth.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 237.22
इत्युक्तो वासुदेवेन स बालो भरतर्षभ। शनैः शनैर्महाराज प्रास्पन्दत सचेतनः॥
ityukto vāsudevena sa bālo bharatarṣabha| śanaiḥ śanairmahārāja prāspandata sacetanaḥ||
After these words uttered by Vasudeva, that child, O foremost one of Bharata's family, became animal and began gradually to move, O king. were
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)