Mahabharata — Volume IX (Dutt edition) — Chapter 312
MBh 9 312.1
युधिष्ठिर उवाच नेह पश्यामि विबुधा राधेयममितौजसम्। भ्रातरौ च महात्मानौ युधामन्यूत्तमौजसौ॥ जुहुवुर्ये शरीराणि रणवह्नौ महारथाः। राजानो राजपुत्राश्च ये मदर्थे हता रणे॥
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca neha paśyāmi vibudhā rādheyamamitaujasam| bhrātarau ca mahātmānau yudhāmanyūttamaujasau|| juhuvurye śarīrāṇi raṇavahnau mahārathāḥ| rājāno rājaputrāśca ye madarthe hatā raṇe||
Yudhishthira said “You deities, I do not see here Radha's son of incomparable prowess, as also my largehearted brothers, and and Yudhamanyu and Uttamaujas, those great car-warriors who poured their bodies (as libations on the fire of battle, those kings and princess who met with death for my sake in battle.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 312.2
क्व ते महारथाः सर्वे शार्दूलसमविक्रमाः। तैरप्ययं जितो लोकः कच्चित् पुरुषसत्तमैः॥
kva te mahārathāḥ sarve śārdūlasamavikramāḥ| tairapyayaṃ jito lokaḥ kaccit puruṣasattamaiḥ||
Where are those great car-warriors who possessed of the prowess of tigers? Have those foremost of men gained this region?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 312.3
यदि लोकानिमान् प्राप्तास्ते च सर्वे महारथाः। स्थितं वित्त हि मां देवा: सहितं तैर्महात्मभिः॥
yadi lokānimān prāptāste ca sarve mahārathāḥ| sthitaṃ vitta hi māṃ devā: sahitaṃ tairmahātmabhiḥ||
If thosc great car-warriors have obtained these regions, than only do you know, O good, that I shall live here with those greet ones.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 312.4
कच्चिन्न तैरवाप्तोऽयं नृपैर्लोकोऽक्षयः शुभः। न तैरहं विना रंस्ये भ्रातृभिर्जातिभिस्तथा॥
kaccinna tairavāpto'yaṃ nṛpairloko'kṣayaḥ śubhaḥ| na tairahaṃ vinā raṃsye bhrātṛbhirjātibhistathā||
If this auspicious and eternal region has not becn gained by those kings, then, know, O gods, that without those brothers and kinsmen of mine, I shall not live here.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 312.5
मातुर्हि वचनं श्रुत्वा तदा सलिलकर्मणि। कर्णस्य क्रियतां तोयमिति तप्यामि तेन वै॥
māturhi vacanaṃ śrutvā tadā salilakarmaṇi| karṇasya kriyatāṃ toyamiti tapyāmi tena vai||
At the time of celebrating the water rites (after the battle), I heard my mother say, Do you offer oblations of water to Karna! I am burning with grief.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 312.6
इदं च परितप्यामि पुनः पुनरहं सुराः। यन्मातुः सदृशौ पादौ तस्याहममितात्मनः॥ दृष्ट्वैव तौ नानुगतः कर्णं परबलार्दनम्। न ह्यस्मान् कर्णसहितान् जयेच्छक्रोऽपि संयुगे॥
idaṃ ca paritapyāmi punaḥ punarahaṃ surāḥ| yanmātuḥ sadṛśau pādau tasyāhamamitātmanaḥ|| dṛṣṭvaiva tau nānugataḥ karṇaṃ parabalārdanam| na hyasmān karṇasahitān jayecchakro'pi saṃyuge||
I grieve also continually at this, O gods that when I marked the resemblance between the feet of my mother and those of Karna of high soul, I did not immediately place myself under the orders of that destroyer of hostile ranks! Ourselves joined with Karna, Shakra himself would have been unable to defeat in battle.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 312.7
तमहं यत्र तत्रस्थं द्रष्टुमिच्छामि सूर्यजम्। अविज्ञातो मया योऽसौ घातितः सव्यसाचिना॥
tamahaṃ yatra tatrasthaṃ draṣṭumicchāmi sūryajam| avijñāto mayā yo'sau ghātitaḥ savyasācinā||
Wherever may that child of the sum be, I wish to see him. Alas, not knowing his relationship with us, I caused him to be killed by Arjuna.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 312.8
भीमं च भीमविक्रान्तं प्राणेभ्योऽपि प्रियं मम। अर्जुनं चेन्द्रसंकाशं यमौ चैव यमोपमौ॥ द्रष्टुमिच्छामि तां चाहं पाञ्चालीं धर्मचारिणीम्। न चेह स्थातुमिच्छामि सत्यमेवं ब्रवीमि वः॥
bhīmaṃ ca bhīmavikrāntaṃ prāṇebhyo'pi priyaṃ mama| arjunaṃ cendrasaṃkāśaṃ yamau caiva yamopamau|| draṣṭumicchāmi tāṃ cāhaṃ pāñcālīṃ dharmacāriṇīm| na ceha sthātumicchāmi satyamevaṃ bravīmi vaḥ||
Bhima also of dreadful prowess and dearer to me than my life. Arjuna too, resembling Indra himself, the twins also who resembled the Destroyer the Destroyer himself in prowess, I wish to see ! I wish to see the princess of Panchala, of good conduct, I wish not to stay here. I tell you the truth.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 312.9
किं मे भ्रातृविहीनस्य स्वर्गेण सुरसत्तमाः। यत्र ते मम स स्वर्गो नायं स्वर्गो मतो मम॥
kiṃ me bhrātṛvihīnasya svargeṇa surasattamāḥ| yatra te mama sa svargo nāyaṃ svargo mato mama||
O foremost of the deities, what is Heaven to me if I am separated from my brothers? That is Heaven where those brothers of mine are. This in my opinion, is not Heaven.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 312.10
देवा ऊचुः यदि वै तत्र ते श्रद्धा गम्यतां पुत्र मा चिरम्। प्रिये हि तव वर्तामो देवराजस्य शासनात्॥
devā ūcuḥ yadi vai tatra te śraddhā gamyatāṃ putra mā ciram| priye hi tava vartāmo devarājasya śāsanāt||
The Deities said If you wish to be there, go them, O son, forthwith, At the command of the king of the celestials, we are ready to do what you like.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 312.11
वैशम्पायन इत्युक्त्वा तं ततो देवा देवदूतमुपादिशन्। युधिष्ठिरस्य सुहृदो दर्शयेति परंतप॥ ततः कुन्तीसुतो राजा देवदूतश्च जग्मतुः। सहितौ राजशार्दूल यत्र ते पुरुषर्षभाः॥
vaiśampāyana ityuktvā taṃ tato devā devadūtamupādiśan| yudhiṣṭhirasya suhṛdo darśayeti paraṃtapa|| tataḥ kuntīsuto rājā devadūtaśca jagmatuḥ| sahitau rājaśārdūla yatra te puruṣarṣabhāḥ||
Having said so, the celestials then ordered the celestial messenger, o destroyer of enemies, saying, 'Do you show to Yudhishthira his friends and kinsmen, Then the royal son of Kunti and the celestial messenger went together, O fore-most of kings to that place where those chiefs of men were.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 312.12
अग्रतो देवदूतश्च ययौ राजा च पृष्ठतः। पन्थानमशुभं दुर्गं सेवितं पापकर्मभिः॥
agrato devadūtaśca yayau rājā ca pṛṣṭhataḥ| panthānamaśubhaṃ durgaṃ sevitaṃ pāpakarmabhiḥ||
The celestial messenger went first, followed by the king. The path was difficult and trodden by men of sinful deeds.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 312.13
तमसा संवृतं घोरं केशशैवलशाद्वलम्। युक्तं पापकृतां गन्धैर्मीसशोणितकर्दमम्॥ दंशोत्पातकभल्लूकमक्षिकामशकावृतम्। इतश्चेतश्च कुणपैः समन्तात् परिवारितम्॥
tamasā saṃvṛtaṃ ghoraṃ keśaśaivalaśādvalam| yuktaṃ pāpakṛtāṃ gandhairmīsaśoṇitakardamam|| daṃśotpātakabhallūkamakṣikāmaśakāvṛtam| itaścetaśca kuṇapaiḥ samantāt parivāritam||
It was covered with thick darkness, and covered with hair and moss forming its grassy vesture. Polluted with the blood, it was filled with gad-flies and stinging bees and gnats and was endangered by the inroads of grisly bars. Rotting corpses lay here and there.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 312.14
अस्थिकेशसमाकीर्णं कृमिकीटसमाकुलम्। ज्वलनेन प्रदीप्तेन समन्तात् परिवेष्टितम्॥
asthikeśasamākīrṇaṃ kṛmikīṭasamākulam| jvalanena pradīptena samantāt pariveṣṭitam||
Overspread with bones and hair, it was noisesome with worms and insects. It was bounded all along with a burning fire.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 312.15
अयोमुखैश्च काकाद्यैर्गुधैश्च समभिद्रुतम्। सूचीमुखैस्तथा प्रेतैर्विथ्यशैलोपमैर्वृतम्॥
ayomukhaiśca kākādyairgudhaiśca samabhidrutam| sūcīmukhaistathā pretairvithyaśailopamairvṛtam||
It was infested by crows and other birds and vultures, tall having beaks of iron, as also by evil spirits with long mouths pointed like needles. And it was filled with inaccessible fastness like the Vindhya mountains,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 312.16
मेदोरुधिरयुक्तैश्च च्छिन्नबाहूरुपाणिभिः। निकृत्तोदरपादैश्च तत्र तत्र प्रवेरितैः॥
medorudhirayuktaiśca cchinnabāhūrupāṇibhiḥ| nikṛttodarapādaiśca tatra tatra praveritaiḥ||
Human corpses were scattered over it, smeared with fat and blood, with arms and thighs out off, or with entrails torn out and legs severed.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 312.17
स तत्कुणपदुर्गन्धमशिवं लोमहर्षणम्। जगाम राजा धर्मात्मा मध्ये बहु विचिन्तयन्॥
sa tatkuṇapadurgandhamaśivaṃ lomaharṣaṇam| jagāma rājā dharmātmā madhye bahu vicintayan||
Along that path so disagreeable with the stench of corpses and awful with other incidents, the righteous-souled king went filled with various thoughts.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 312.18
ददर्शोष्णोदकैः पूर्णा नदीं चापि सुदुर्गमाम्। असिपत्रवनं चैव निशितं क्षुरसंवृतम्॥
dadarśoṣṇodakaiḥ pūrṇā nadīṃ cāpi sudurgamām| asipatravanaṃ caiva niśitaṃ kṣurasaṃvṛtam||
He saw a river full of boiling water and therefore difficult to cross as also a forest of trees whose leaves were sharp swords and razors.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 312.19
करम्भवालुकास्तप्ता आयसीश्च शिलाः पृथक्। लोहकुम्भीश्च तैलस्य क्वाथ्यमानाः समन्ततः॥
karambhavālukāstaptā āyasīśca śilāḥ pṛthak| lohakumbhīśca tailasya kvāthyamānāḥ samantataḥ||
There were plains full of fine white sand highly heated, and rocks and stones made of iron. There were many jars of iron all around, with boiling oil in them.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 312.20
कूटशाल्मलिकं चापि दुःस्पर्श तीक्ष्णकण्टकम्। ददर्श चापि कौन्तेयो यातनाः पापकर्मिणाम्॥
kūṭaśālmalikaṃ cāpi duḥsparśa tīkṣṇakaṇṭakam| dadarśa cāpi kaunteyo yātanāḥ pāpakarmiṇām||
Many a Kuta-shalmalika was there with sharp thorns, and therefore, greatly painful to the touch. The son of Kunti saw also the tortures inflicted upon sinful men.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 312.21
स तं दुर्गन्धमालक्ष्य देवदूतमुवाच ह। कियदध्वानमस्माभिर्गन्तव्यमिममीदृशम्॥
sa taṃ durgandhamālakṣya devadūtamuvāca ha| kiyadadhvānamasmābhirgantavyamimamīdṛśam||
Seeing that inauspicious region full of every sort of fouiness, Yudhishthira asked the celestial messenger, saying, How far shall we go along a path like this?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 312.22
क्व च ते भ्रातरो मह्यं तन्ममाख्यातुमर्हसि। देशोऽयं कश्च देवानामेतदिच्छामि वेदितुम्॥
kva ca te bhrātaro mahyaṃ tanmamākhyātumarhasi| deśo'yaṃ kaśca devānāmetadicchāmi veditum||
You should tell me where those brothers, of mine are. I wish also to know what region is this of the celestials.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 312.23
स संनिववृते श्रुत्वा धर्मराजस्य भाषितम्। देवदूतोऽब्रवीच्चैनमेतावद् गमनं तव॥
sa saṃnivavṛte śrutvā dharmarājasya bhāṣitam| devadūto'bravīccainametāvad gamanaṃ tava||
Hearing these words of king Yudhishthira, the just, the celestial messenger stopped in his course and replied, saying, Thus far is your way.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 312.24
निवर्तितव्यो हि मया तथासम्युक्तो दिवौकसैः। यदि श्रान्तोऽसि राजेन्द्र त्वमथागन्तुमर्हसि॥
nivartitavyo hi mayā tathāsamyukto divaukasaiḥ| yadi śrānto'si rājendra tvamathāgantumarhasi||
The dwellers of the celestial region ordered me that having come thus far, I am to stop! If you are tired, O king of kings, you may return with me. was sorrow
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MBh 9 312.25
युधिष्ठिरस्तु निर्विण्णस्तेन गन्धेन मूर्च्छितः। निवर्तने धृतमनाः पर्यावर्तत भारत॥
yudhiṣṭhirastu nirviṇṇastena gandhena mūrcchitaḥ| nivartane dhṛtamanāḥ paryāvartata bhārata||
Yudhishthira, however sorely disconsolate and stupefied by the foul stench. Resolved to return, O Bharata, he retraced his steps.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 312.26
स संनिवृत्तो धर्मात्मा दुःखशोकसमाहतः। शुश्राव तत्र वदतां दीना वाचः समन्ततः॥
sa saṃnivṛtto dharmātmā duḥkhaśokasamāhataḥ| śuśrāva tatra vadatāṃ dīnā vācaḥ samantataḥ||
Stricken with and grief, the righteous-souled king turned back. Directly then he heard piteous cries all around.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 312.27
भो भो धर्मज राजर्षे पुण्याभिजन पाण्डव। अनुग्रहार्थमस्माकं तिष्ठ तावन्मुहूर्तकम्॥
bho bho dharmaja rājarṣe puṇyābhijana pāṇḍava| anugrahārthamasmākaṃ tiṣṭha tāvanmuhūrtakam||
O son Dharma, O royal sage, O you of holy birth, o son of Pandu, do you say a moment of favouring us.
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MBh 9 312.28
आयाति त्वयि दुर्धर्षे वाति पुण्यः समीरणः। तव गन्धानुगस्तात येनास्मान् सुखमागमत्॥
āyāti tvayi durdharṣe vāti puṇyaḥ samīraṇaḥ| tava gandhānugastāta yenāsmān sukhamāgamat||
At your approach, O invincible one, a delightful breeze has begun to blow, bearing the sweet smell of your body. We have been greatly relieved at this.
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MBh 9 312.29
ते वयं पार्थ दीर्घस्य कालस्य पुरुषर्षभ। सुखमासादयिष्यामस्त्वां दृष्ट्वा राजसत्तम॥
te vayaṃ pārtha dīrghasya kālasya puruṣarṣabha| sukhamāsādayiṣyāmastvāṃ dṛṣṭvā rājasattama||
O foremost of king seeing you, O first of men, we have been highly pleased O son of Pritha, let that happiness last longer through your stay here for a few moments more.
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MBh 9 312.30
संतिष्ठस्व महाबाहो मुहूर्तमपि भारत। त्वयि तिष्ठति कौरव्य यातनास्मान् न बाधते॥
saṃtiṣṭhasva mahābāho muhūrtamapi bhārata| tvayi tiṣṭhati kauravya yātanāsmān na bādhate||
Do you remain here, O Bharata, for even a short time! As long as you are here O you of Kuru's race, tortures cease to afflict us.
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MBh 9 312.31
एवं बहुविधा वाचः कृपणा वेदनावताम्। तस्मिन् देशे स शुश्राव समन्ताद् वदतां नृप॥
evaṃ bahuvidhā vācaḥ kṛpaṇā vedanāvatām| tasmin deśe sa śuśrāva samantād vadatāṃ nṛpa||
This king, heard there these and many similar words, uttered piteously by persons in distress, reaching his ears from all sides.
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MBh 9 312.32
तेषां तु वचनं श्रुत्वा दयावान् दीनभाषिणाम्। अहो कृच्छ्रमिति प्राह तस्थौ स च युधिष्ठिरः॥
teṣāṃ tu vacanaṃ śrutvā dayāvān dīnabhāṣiṇām| aho kṛcchramiti prāha tasthau sa ca yudhiṣṭhiraḥ||
Hearing those words of beings in distress, Yudhishthira of compassionate heart exclaimed aloud, Alas, how pain-full! and the king stood still.
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MBh 9 312.33
स ता गिरः पुरस्ताद् वै श्रुतपूर्वा पुनः पुनः। ग्लानानां दुःखितानां च नाभ्यजानत पाण्डवः॥
sa tā giraḥ purastād vai śrutapūrvā punaḥ punaḥ| glānānāṃ duḥkhitānāṃ ca nābhyajānata pāṇḍavaḥ||
The words of those woe-begone and afflicted persons seemed to the son of Pandu to be uttered in voices that he had heard before although he could not, then recognise thein.
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MBh 9 312.34
अबुध्यमानस्ता वाचो धर्मपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः। उवाच के भवन्तो वै किमर्थमिह तिष्ठथ॥
abudhyamānastā vāco dharmaputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ| uvāca ke bhavanto vai kimarthamiha tiṣṭhatha||
Unable to recognise the voice, Dharma's son, Yudhishthira, enquired, saying, who are you? Why also do you stay here?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 312.35
इत्युक्तास्ते ततः सर्वे समन्तादवभाषिरे। कर्णोऽहं भीमसेनोऽहमर्जुनोऽहमिति प्रभो॥
ityuktāste tataḥ sarve samantādavabhāṣire| karṇo'haṃ bhīmaseno'hamarjuno'hamiti prabho||
Thus addressed, they answered him from all sides, saying, I am Karna! I am Bhimasena! I am Arjuna!
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 312.36
नकुलः सहदेवोऽहं धृष्टद्युम्नोऽहमित्युत। द्रौपदी द्रौपदेयाश्च इत्येवं ते विचुक्रुशुः॥
nakulaḥ sahadevo'haṃ dhṛṣṭadyumno'hamityuta| draupadī draupadeyāśca ityevaṃ te vicukruśuḥ||
I am Nakula, I am Sahadeva! I am Dhrishtadyumna! I am Draupadi! We are the sons of Draupadi! thus O king did those voice speak.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 312.37
ता वाचः स तदा श्रुत्वा तद्देशसदृशीर्नृप। ततो विममृशे राजा किं त्विदं दैवकारितम्॥
tā vācaḥ sa tadā śrutvā taddeśasadṛśīrnṛpa| tato vimamṛśe rājā kiṃ tvidaṃ daivakāritam||
Hearing those cries, O king, uttered in voice of pain suitable to that place, the royal Yudhishthira asked himself, What perverse destiny is this?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 312.38
किं तु तत् कलुषं कर्म कृतमेभिर्महात्मभिः। कर्णेन द्रौपदेयैर्वा पाञ्चाल्या वा सुमध्यया॥ य इमे पापगन्धेऽस्मिन् देशे सन्ति सुदारुणे। नाहं जानामि सर्वेषां दुष्कृतं पुण्यकर्मणाम्॥
kiṃ tu tat kaluṣaṃ karma kṛtamebhirmahātmabhiḥ| karṇena draupadeyairvā pāñcālyā vā sumadhyayā|| ya ime pāpagandhe'smin deśe santi sudāruṇe| nāhaṃ jānāmi sarveṣāṃ duṣkṛtaṃ puṇyakarmaṇām||
What are those sinful deeds which were committed by those grcat beings, viz., Karna and the sons of Draupadi and the slenderwaisted princess of Panchala, so that they have been compelled to live in this region of fetid smell and great distress. I am not aware of any sin that can be attributed to these persons of auspicious deeds.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 312.39
किं कृत्वा धृतराष्ट्रस्य पुत्रो राजा सुयोधनः। तथा श्रिया युतः पापैः सह सर्वैः पदानुगैः॥
kiṃ kṛtvā dhṛtarāṣṭrasya putro rājā suyodhanaḥ| tathā śriyā yutaḥ pāpaiḥ saha sarvaiḥ padānugaiḥ||
What is that deed by doing which Dhritarashtra's son king Suyodhana with all his sinful followers, has acquired such prosperity?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 312.40
महेन्द्र इव लक्ष्मीवानास्ते परमपूजितः। कस्येदानी विकारोऽयं य इमे नरकं गताः॥
mahendra iva lakṣmīvānāste paramapūjitaḥ| kasyedānī vikāro'yaṃ ya ime narakaṃ gatāḥ||
Gifted with prosperity like that of the great Indra himself, he is reverently worshipped. What is that deed for which these (high-souled ones) have fallen into Hell?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 312.41
सर्वधर्मविदः शूराः सत्यागमपरायणाः। क्षत्रधर्मरताः सन्तो यज्वानो भूरिदक्षिणाः॥
sarvadharmavidaḥ śūrāḥ satyāgamaparāyaṇāḥ| kṣatradharmaratāḥ santo yajvāno bhūridakṣiṇāḥ||
All of them knew duty, were heroes, were devoted to truth and the Vedas; were observant of Kshatriya practices, were righteous in their decds; were performers of sacrifices; and givers of large presents to Brahmanas.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 312.42
किं नु सुप्तोऽस्मि जागर्मि चेतयामि न चेतये। अहोचित्तविकारोऽयं स्याद् वा मे चित्तविभ्रमः॥
kiṃ nu supto'smi jāgarmi cetayāmi na cetaye| ahocittavikāro'yaṃ syād vā me cittavibhramaḥ||
Am I asleep or awake? Am I conscious or unconscious? Or, is all this an aberration of the intellect?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 312.43
एवं बहुविधं राजा विममर्श युधिष्ठिरः। दुःखशोकसमाविष्टश्चिन्ताव्याकुलितेन्द्रियः॥
evaṃ bahuvidhaṃ rājā vimamarśa yudhiṣṭhiraḥ| duḥkhaśokasamāviṣṭaścintāvyākulitendriyaḥ||
Overwhelmed by sorrow and grief, and with his senses ruffled by anxiety, king Yudhishthira indulged in such thoughts for a long time.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 312.44
क्रोधमाहारयच्चैव तीव्र धर्मसुतो नृपः। देवांश्च गर्हयामास धर्मं चैव युधिष्ठिरः॥
krodhamāhārayaccaiva tīvra dharmasuto nṛpaḥ| devāṃśca garhayāmāsa dharmaṃ caiva yudhiṣṭhiraḥ||
The royal son of Dharma was them filled with righteous indigatio. Indeed, Yudhishthira then censured the celestials as also Dharma himself.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 312.45
स तीव्रगन्धसंतप्तो देवदूतमुवाच ह। गम्यतां तत्र येषां त्वं दूतस्तेषामुपान्तिकम्॥
sa tīvragandhasaṃtapto devadūtamuvāca ha| gamyatāṃ tatra yeṣāṃ tvaṃ dūtasteṣāmupāntikam||
Afflicted by the very foul smell, he addressed the celestial messenger, saying, Return to the presence of those whose messenger you are.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 312.46
न ह्यहं तत्र यास्यामि स्थितोऽस्मीति निवेद्यताम्। मत्संश्रयादिमे दूताः सुखिनो भ्रातरो हि मे॥
na hyahaṃ tatra yāsyāmi sthito'smīti nivedyatām| matsaṃśrayādime dūtāḥ sukhino bhrātaro hi me||
Tell them that I shall not return to where they are, but shall stay even here, since, on account of my companionship, these afflicted brothers of mine have become comforted.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 312.47
इत्युक्तः स तदा दूतः पाण्डुपुत्रेण धीमता। जगाम तत्र यत्रास्ते देवराजः शतक्रतुः॥
ityuktaḥ sa tadā dūtaḥ pāṇḍuputreṇa dhīmatā| jagāma tatra yatrāste devarājaḥ śatakratuḥ||
Thus addressed by the intelligent son of Pandu, the celestial messenger returned to the place where the king of the celestials was, viz., he of a hundred sacrifices.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 312.48
निवेदयामास च तद् धर्मराजचिकीर्षितम्। यथोक्तं धर्मपुत्रेण सर्वमेव जनाधिप॥
nivedayāmāsa ca tad dharmarājacikīrṣitam| yathoktaṃ dharmaputreṇa sarvameva janādhipa||
He represented to hiin the of Yudhishthira. Indeed, O king, he informed Indra of all that Dharma's son had said. acts
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)