Mahabharata — Volume IX (Dutt edition) — Chapter 281
MBh 9 281.1
वैशम्पायन उवाच वनं गते कौरवेन्द्रे दुःखशोकसमन्विताः। बभूवुः पाण्डवा राजन् मातृशोकेन चान्विताः॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca vanaṃ gate kauravendre duḥkhaśokasamanvitāḥ| babhūvuḥ pāṇḍavā rājan mātṛśokena cānvitāḥ||
Vaishampayana said, Upon the retirement of the king of the Kurus into the forest, the Pandavas, O king, afflicted besides by grief on account of their mother, became very dispirited.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 281.2
तथा पौरजनः सर्वः शोचन्नास्ते जनाधिपम्। कुर्वाणाश्च कथास्तत्र ब्राह्मणा नृपतिं प्रति॥
tathā paurajanaḥ sarvaḥ śocannāste janādhipam| kurvāṇāśca kathāstatra brāhmaṇā nṛpatiṃ prati||
The citizens also of Hastinapur were possessed by deep sorrow. The Brahmanas always talked of the old king.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 281.3
कथं नु राजा वृद्धः स वने वसति निर्जने। गान्धारी च महाभागा सा च कुन्ती पृथा कथम्॥
kathaṃ nu rājā vṛddhaḥ sa vane vasati nirjane| gāndhārī ca mahābhāgā sā ca kuntī pṛthā katham||
How, indeed, will the king, who has become old, live in the solitary forest? How will the highly blessed Gandhari, and Pritha, the daughter of Kuntibhoja, live there?
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MBh 9 281.4
सुखार्हः स हि राजर्षिरसुखी तद् वनं महत्। किमवस्थः समासाद्य प्रज्ञाचक्षुर्हतात्मजः॥
sukhārhaḥ sa hi rājarṣirasukhī tad vanaṃ mahat| kimavasthaḥ samāsādya prajñācakṣurhatātmajaḥ||
The royal sage has always lived in the enjoyment of every comfort. He will certainly be very miserable. Arrived in the deep forest, what is now the condition of that personage of royal descent, who is, again, bereft of vision?
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MBh 9 281.5
सुदुष्कृतं कृतवती कुन्ती पुत्रानपश्यती। राज्यश्रियं परित्यज्य वनं सा समरोचयत्॥
suduṣkṛtaṃ kṛtavatī kuntī putrānapaśyatī| rājyaśriyaṃ parityajya vanaṃ sā samarocayat||
Difficult is the feat that Kunti has performed by separating herself from her sons. Alas, renouncing royal prosperity, she choose a life in the forest.
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MBh 9 281.6
विदुरः किमवस्थश्च भ्रातुः शुश्रूषुरात्मवान्। स च गावल्गणिर्थीमान् भर्तृपिण्डानुपालकः॥
viduraḥ kimavasthaśca bhrātuḥ śuśrūṣurātmavān| sa ca gāvalgaṇirthīmān bhartṛpiṇḍānupālakaḥ||
What, again, is the condition of Vidura who is always devoted to the service of his elder brother? How also is the intelligent son of Gavalgani who is so faithful to the salt given him by his master?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 281.7
आकुमारं च पौरास्ते चिन्ताशोकसमाहताः। तत्र तत्र कथाश्चक्रुः समासाद्य परस्परम्॥
ākumāraṃ ca paurāste cintāśokasamāhatāḥ| tatra tatra kathāścakruḥ samāsādya parasparam||
The citizens, including even the minors, meeting together, asked one another these questions.
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MBh 9 281.8
पाण्डवाश्चैव ते सर्वे भृशं शोकपरायणाः। शोचन्तो मातरं वृद्धामूर्नातिचिरं पुरे॥
pāṇḍavāścaiva te sarve bhṛśaṃ śokaparāyaṇāḥ| śocanto mātaraṃ vṛddhāmūrnāticiraṃ pure||
The Pandavas also, greatly stricken with grief, bewailed for their old mother, and could not live in their city long.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 281.9
तथैव वृद्धं पितरं हतपुत्रं जनेश्वरम्। गान्धारी च महाभागां विदुरं च महामतिम्॥
tathaiva vṛddhaṃ pitaraṃ hataputraṃ janeśvaram| gāndhārī ca mahābhāgāṃ viduraṃ ca mahāmatim||
Thinking also of their old sire, the king, who had lost all his children, and the highly blessed Gandhari, and Vidura of great intelligence, they could not enjoy peace of mind.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 281.10
नैषां बभूव सम्प्रीतिस्तान् विचिन्तयतां तदा। न राज्ये न च नारीषु न वेदाध्ययनेषु च॥
naiṣāṃ babhūva samprītistān vicintayatāṃ tadā| na rājye na ca nārīṣu na vedādhyayaneṣu ca||
They had no pleasure in sovereignty, nor in women, nor in the study of the Vedas.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 281.11
परं निर्वेदमगमंश्चिन्तयन्तो नराधिपम्। तं च ज्ञातिवधं घोरं संस्मरन्तः पुनः पुनः॥
paraṃ nirvedamagamaṃścintayanto narādhipam| taṃ ca jñātivadhaṃ ghoraṃ saṃsmarantaḥ punaḥ punaḥ||
Despair entered their souls as they thought of the old king and as they repeated, of that terrible destruction of kinsinen.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 281.12
अभिमन्योश्च बालस्य विनाशं रणमूर्धनि। कर्णस्य च महाबाहो संग्रामेप्वपलायिनः॥ तथैव द्रौपदेयानामन्येषां सुहृदामपि। वधं संस्मृत्य ते वीरा नानिप्रमनसोऽभवन्॥
abhimanyośca bālasya vināśaṃ raṇamūrdhani| karṇasya ca mahābāho saṃgrāmepvapalāyinaḥ|| tathaiva draupadeyānāmanyeṣāṃ suhṛdāmapi| vadhaṃ saṃsmṛtya te vīrā nānipramanaso'bhavan||
Indeed, thinking of the destruction of the youthful Abhimanyu on the field of battle, of the mighty-armed Karna who never retreated from fight, of the sons of Draupadi, and of other friends of theirs, those heroes became highly dispirited.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 281.13
हतप्रवीरां पृथिवी हृतरत्नां च भारत। सदैव चिन्तयन्तस्ते न शर्म चोपलेभिरे॥
hatapravīrāṃ pṛthivī hṛtaratnāṃ ca bhārata| sadaiva cintayantaste na śarma copalebhire||
They could not get peace of mind upon repeatedly thinking that the Earth had become divested of both her heroes and her riches.
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MBh 9 281.14
द्रौपदी हतपुत्रा च सुभद्रा चैव भाविनी। नातिप्रीतियुते देव्यो तदाऽऽस्तामप्रहृष्टवत्॥
draupadī hataputrā ca subhadrā caiva bhāvinī| nātiprītiyute devyo tadā''stāmaprahṛṣṭavat||
Draupadi had lost all her children, and the beautiful Subhadra also had become childless. They, too, were of cheerless hearts and grieved greatly.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 281.15
वैराट्यास्तनयं दृष्ट्वा पितरं ते परिक्षितम्। धारयन्ति स्म ते प्राणांस्तव पूर्वपितामहाः॥
vairāṭyāstanayaṃ dṛṣṭvā pitaraṃ te parikṣitam| dhārayanti sma te prāṇāṃstava pūrvapitāmahāḥ||
Seeing, however, the son of Virata's daughter, viz., your sire Parikshit, your grandsires somehow lived.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)