Mahabharata — Volume IX (Dutt edition) — Chapter 271
MBh 9 271.1
वैशम्पायन उवाच ततो रजन्यां व्युष्टायां धृतराष्ट्रोऽम्बिकासुतः। विदुरं प्रेषयामास युधिष्ठिर निवेशनम्॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca tato rajanyāṃ vyuṣṭāyāṃ dhṛtarāṣṭro'mbikāsutaḥ| viduraṃ preṣayāmāsa yudhiṣṭhira niveśanam||
Vaishampayana said After that night had passed away, Dhritarashtra, the son of Ambika, sent Vidura to Yudhishthira's place.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 271.2
स गत्वा राजवचनादुवाचाच्युतमीश्वरम्। युधिष्ठिरं महातेजाः सर्वबुद्धिमतां वरः॥ धृतराष्ट्रो महाराजो वनवासाय दीक्षितः। गमिष्यति वनं राजन्नागतां कार्तिकीमिमाम्॥
sa gatvā rājavacanāduvācācyutamīśvaram| yudhiṣṭhiraṃ mahātejāḥ sarvabuddhimatāṃ varaḥ|| dhṛtarāṣṭro mahārājo vanavāsāya dīkṣitaḥ| gamiṣyati vanaṃ rājannāgatāṃ kārtikīmimām||
Gifted with great energy and the foremost of all persons endued with intelligence, Vidura. having arrived at at Yudhishthira's palace, addressed that foremost of men, that king of undecaying glory, in these words:—King Diritarashtra has perforined the preliminary rites for accomplishing his purpose of retiring into the forest. He will start for the woods, O king, on the coming day of full moon of the month of Kartika.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 271.3
स त्वां कुरुकुलश्रेष्ठ किंचिदर्थमभीप्सति। श्राद्धमिच्छति दातुं स गाङ्गेयस्य महात्मनः॥ द्रोणस्य सोमदत्तस्य बालीकस्य च धीमतः। पुत्राणां चैव सर्वेषां ये चान्ये सुहृदो हताः॥ यदि चाप्यनुजानीषे सैन्धवापसदस्य च।
sa tvāṃ kurukulaśreṣṭha kiṃcidarthamabhīpsati| śrāddhamicchati dātuṃ sa gāṅgeyasya mahātmanaḥ|| droṇasya somadattasya bālīkasya ca dhīmataḥ| putrāṇāṃ caiva sarveṣāṃ ye cānye suhṛdo hatāḥ|| yadi cāpyanujānīṣe saindhavāpasadasya ca|
He now solicits from you, O foremost of Kuru's race, some money. He wishes to perform the Shraddha of the great son of Ganga, as also of Drona and Somadatta and Vallika of great intelligence, and of all his sons as also of all other wishers of his who have been killed, and, if you permit it, of that wicked king of the Sindhus.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 271.4
नरर्षभम्। एतच्छुत्वा तु वचनं विदुरस्य युधिष्ठिरः॥ हृष्टः सम्पूजयामास गुडाकेशश्च पाण्डवः।
nararṣabham| etacchutvā tu vacanaṃ vidurasya yudhiṣṭhiraḥ|| hṛṣṭaḥ sampūjayāmāsa guḍākeśaśca pāṇḍavaḥ|
Hearing these words of Vidura, both Yudhishthira, and Pandus' son Arjuna of curly hair, became very glad and applauded them highly.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 271.5
न च भीमो दृढक्रोधस्तद्वचो जगृहे तदा॥ विदुरस्य महातेजा दुर्योधनकृतं स्मरन्। अभिप्रायं विदित्वा तु भीमसेनस्य फाल्गुनः॥ किरीटी किंचिदानम्य तमुवाच भीम राजा पिता वृद्धो वनवासाय दीक्षितः॥
na ca bhīmo dṛḍhakrodhastadvaco jagṛhe tadā|| vidurasya mahātejā duryodhanakṛtaṃ smaran| abhiprāyaṃ viditvā tu bhīmasenasya phālgunaḥ|| kirīṭī kiṃcidānamya tamuvāca bhīma rājā pitā vṛddho vanavāsāya dīkṣitaḥ||
Bhima, however, of great energy and an unappeasable anger, did not accept those words of Vidura in good spirits, recollecting the acts of Duryodhana. Understanding the thoughts of Bhimasena, the diadem-decked Phalguna, slightly bending bending his face downwards, addressed that foremost of men in these words: 'O Bhima, our royal lather who is old, has resolved to retire into the forest.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 271.6
दातुमिच्छति सर्वेषां सुहृदामौर्ध्वदेहिकम्। भवता निर्जितं वित्तं दातुमिच्छति कौरवः॥
dātumicchati sarveṣāṃ suhṛdāmaurdhvadehikam| bhavatā nirjitaṃ vittaṃ dātumicchati kauravaḥ||
He wishes to make gifts for advancing the happiness of his killed kinsmen and wellwishers now in the other world. O you of Kuru's race, he wishes to give away wealth that belongs to you by conquest.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 271.7
भीष्मादीनां महाबाहो तदनुज्ञातुमर्हसि। दिष्ट्या त्वद्य महाबाहो धृतराष्ट्रः प्रयाचते॥ याचितो यः पुरास्माभिः पश्य कालस्य पर्ययम्। योऽसौ पृथिव्याः कृत्स्नाया भर्ता भूत्वा नराधिपः॥१२ परैर्विनिहतामात्यो वनं गन्तुमभीप्सति। मा तेऽन्यत् पुरुषव्याघ्र दानाद् भवतु दर्शनम्॥
bhīṣmādīnāṃ mahābāho tadanujñātumarhasi| diṣṭyā tvadya mahābāho dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ prayācate|| yācito yaḥ purāsmābhiḥ paśya kālasya paryayam| yo'sau pṛthivyāḥ kṛtsnāyā bhartā bhūtvā narādhipaḥ||12 parairvinihatāmātyo vanaṃ gantumabhīpsati| mā te'nyat puruṣavyāghra dānād bhavatu darśanam||
Indeed, O mighty-armed one, it is for Bhishma and others that the old king is desirous of making those gifts. You should grant your permission. By good luck it is, O you of mighty arms, that Dhritarashtra today begs wealth of us, he who was formerly begged by us. Mark the reverses brought about by time. That king who was before the lord and protector of the whole Earth, now wishes to go into the forest, his kinsmen and associates all killed by enemies. O king, let not your views deviate from granting the permission asked.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 271.8
अयशस्यमतोऽन्यत् स्यादधर्मश्च महाभुज। राजानमुपशिक्षस्व ज्येष्ठं भ्रातरमीश्वरम्॥
ayaśasyamato'nyat syādadharmaśca mahābhuja| rājānamupaśikṣasva jyeṣṭhaṃ bhrātaramīśvaram||
O mighty-armed one, refusal, besides bringing infamy, will yield demerit. Do you learn your duty in this matter from the king, your eldest brother, who is lord of all.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 271.9
अर्हस्त्वमपि दातुं वै नादातुं भरतर्षभ। एवं ब्रुवाणं वीभत्सुं धर्मराजोऽप्यपूजयत्॥
arhastvamapi dātuṃ vai nādātuṃ bharatarṣabha| evaṃ bruvāṇaṃ vībhatsuṃ dharmarājo'pyapūjayat||
You should give instead of refusing, O chief of Bharata's race!' Bibhatsu who was saying so was applauded by king Yudhishthira the just.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 271.10
भीमसेनस्तु सक्रोधः प्रोवाचेदं वचस्तदा। वयं भीष्मस्य दास्यामः प्रेतकार्यं तु फाल्गुन॥ सोमदत्तस्य नृपते रिश्रवस एव च। बाह्रीकस्य च राजर्षेनॊणस्य च महात्मनः॥ अन्येषां चैव सर्वेषां कुन्ती कर्णाय दास्यति। श्राद्धानि पुरुषव्याघ्र मा प्रादात् कौरवो नृपः॥
bhīmasenastu sakrodhaḥ provācedaṃ vacastadā| vayaṃ bhīṣmasya dāsyāmaḥ pretakāryaṃ tu phālguna|| somadattasya nṛpate riśravasa eva ca| bāhrīkasya ca rājarṣenòṇasya ca mahātmanaḥ|| anyeṣāṃ caiva sarveṣāṃ kuntī karṇāya dāsyati| śrāddhāni puruṣavyāghra mā prādāt kauravo nṛpaḥ||
Yielding to anger Bhimasena said these words :-O Phalguna, it is we that shall make gifts in the matter of Bhishma's obsequies, as also of king Somavatta and of Bhurishravas, of the royal sage Valhika, and of the great Drona, and of all others. Our mother Kunti shall make such obsequial offerings for Karna. O foremost of men, let not Dhritarashtra perform those Sharaddhas.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 271.11
इति मे वर्तते बुद्धिर्मा नो निन्दन्तु शत्रवः। कष्टात्कष्टतरं यान्तु सर्वे दुर्योधनादयः॥
iti me vartate buddhirmā no nindantu śatravaḥ| kaṣṭātkaṣṭataraṃ yāntu sarve duryodhanādayaḥ||
This is what I think. Let not our enemies be gladdened. Let Duryodhana and others sink from a miserable to a more miserable position.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 271.12
यैरियं पृथिवी कृत्स्ना घातिता कुलपांसनैः। कुतस्त्वमसि विस्मृत्य वैरं द्वादशवार्षिकम्॥ अज्ञातवासं गहनं द्रौपदीशोकवर्धनम्। क्व तदा धृतराष्ट्रस्य स्नेहोऽस्मन्द्रोचरो गतः॥ सार्धं पाञ्चालपुत्र्या
yairiyaṃ pṛthivī kṛtsnā ghātitā kulapāṃsanaiḥ| kutastvamasi vismṛtya vairaṃ dvādaśavārṣikam|| ajñātavāsaṃ gahanaṃ draupadīśokavardhanam| kva tadā dhṛtarāṣṭrasya sneho'smandrocaro gataḥ|| sārdhaṃ pāñcālaputryā
Alas, it was those wretches of their family who caused the whole Earth to be exterininated? How have you been able to forget that anxiety of twelve long years and out living in deep forest in cognite that was so painful to Draupadi? Where was Dhritarashtra's affection for us then?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 271.13
कृष्णाजिनोपसंवीतो हृताभरणभूषणः। त्वं राजानमुपजग्मिवान्।॥
kṛṣṇājinopasaṃvīto hṛtābharaṇabhūṣaṇaḥ| tvaṃ rājānamupajagmivān|||
Clad in a black deer-skin and divested of all your ornaments, with the Princess of Panchala in your company, did you not follow this king?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 271.14
क्व तदा द्रोणभीष्मौ तौ सोमदत्तोऽपि वाऽभवत्। यत्र त्रयोदशसमा वने वन्येन जीवथ॥
kva tadā droṇabhīṣmau tau somadatto'pi vā'bhavat| yatra trayodaśasamā vane vanyena jīvatha||
Where were Bhishma and Drona then, and where was Somadatta? You had to live for thirteen years in the forest depending on the products of the wilderness.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 271.15
न तदां त्वां पिता ज्येष्ठः पितृत्वेनाभिवीक्षते। किं ते तद् विस्मृतं पार्थ यदेष कुलपांसनः॥ दुर्बुद्धिर्विदुरं प्राह द्यूते किं जितमित्युत। तमेवं वादिनं राजा कुन्तीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः। उवाच वचनं धीमान् जोषमास्वेति भर्त्सयन्॥
na tadāṃ tvāṃ pitā jyeṣṭhaḥ pitṛtvenābhivīkṣate| kiṃ te tad vismṛtaṃ pārtha yadeṣa kulapāṃsanaḥ|| durbuddhirviduraṃ prāha dyūte kiṃ jitamityuta| tamevaṃ vādinaṃ rājā kuntīputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ| uvāca vacanaṃ dhīmān joṣamāsveti bhartsayan||
Your eldest father did not then look at you with eyes of parental affection. Have you forgotten, O Partha, that it was this wretch of our family, of wicked understanding, who enquired of Vidura, when the match at dice was going on, 'What has been won?' Hearing thus far, king Yudhishthira, the son of Kunti, gifted with great intelligence, rebuked him and told him to be silent.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)