Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 1.137
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1.137.1
ततः क्षत्ता च भीष्मश्च व्यासो राजा च बन्धुभिः ।
ददुः श्राद्धं तदा पाण्डोः स्वधामृतमयं तदा ॥ १.१३७.१ ॥
Then Kṣattā, Bhīṣma, Vyāsa and the king, together with the kinsmen, performed the śrāddha for Pāṇḍu, rich with svadhā and amṛta.
1.137.2
पुरोहितसहायास्ते यथान्यायमकुर्वत ।
कुरूंश्च विप्रमुख्यांश्च भोजयित्वा सहस्रशः।
रत्नौघान्द्विजमुख्येभ्यो दत्त्वा ग्रामवरांस्तथा ॥ १.१३७.२ ॥
With the household priest as helper they performed the rites according to rule; feeding thousands of Kurus and the chief brahmins, they gave heaps of jewels and excellent villages to the foremost twice-born.
1.137.3
कृतशौचांस्ततस्तांस्तु पाण्डवान्भरतर्षभान् ।
आदाय विविशुः सर्वे पुरं वारणसाह्वयम् ॥ १.१३७.३ ॥
Having purified themselves, all of them took the Pāṇḍavas, bulls of the Bharatas, and entered the city called Vāraṇāvata.
1.137.4
सततं स्मानुशोचन्तस्तमेव भरतर्षभम् ।
पौरजानपदाः सर्वे मृतं स्वमिव बान्धवम् ॥ १.१३७.४ ॥
Constantly grieving for that bull of the Bharatas, all the townsfolk and country folk mourned him as if he were their own dead kinsman.
1.137.5
श्राद्धावसाने तु तदा दृष्ट्वा तं दुःखितं जनम् ।
संमूढां दुःखशोकार्तां व्यासो मातरमब्रवीत् ॥ १.१३७.५ ॥
When the śrāddha was over, Vyāsa saw the people so grieved, and spoke to his mother, bewildered and tormented by sorrow and grief.
1.137.6
अतिक्रान्तसुखाः कालाः पर्युपस्थितदारुणाः ।
श्वःश्वः पापिष्ठदिवसाः पृथिवी गतयौवना ॥ १.१३७.६ ॥
The times of happiness are past, dreadful times are at hand; day after day come the most sinful days, and the earth has lost her youth.
1.137.7
बहुमायासमाकीर्णो नानादोषसमाकुलः ।
लुप्तधर्मक्रियाचारो घोरः कालो भविष्यति ॥ १.१३७.७ ॥
An age dreadful and full of many illusions, beset with many faults, in which the rites of dharma and right conduct will be lost, will come.
1.137.8
कुरूणामनयाच्चापि पृथिवी न भविष्यति ।
गच्छ त्वं योगमास्थाय युक्ता वस तपोवने ॥ १.१३७.८ ॥
Through the wrongdoing of the Kurus, the earth itself will not remain theirs. Go, take up yoga, and dwell disciplined in the forest of austerity.
1.137.9
माद्राक्षीस्त्वं कुलस्यास्य घोरं संक्षयमात्मनः ।
तथेति समनुज्ञाय सा प्रविश्याब्रवीत्स्नुषाम् ॥ १.१३७.९ ॥
You will see the dreadful destruction of this family, of your own kin. Saying 'so be it' and giving her assent, she entered and spoke to her daughter-in-law.
1.137.10
अम्बिक तव पौत्रस्य दुर्नयात्किल भारताः ।
सानुबन्धा विनङ्क्ष्यन्ति पौराश्चैवेति नः श्रुतम् ॥ १.१३७.१० ॥
O Ambikā, through the misconduct of your grandson, we have heard that the Bhāratas, together with their kinsmen, and the townspeople too will perish.
1.137.11
तत्कौसल्यामिमामार्तां पुत्रशोकाभिपीडिताम् ।
वनमादाय भद्रं ते गच्छावो यदि मन्यसे ॥ १.१३७.११ ॥
Therefore, taking this grief-stricken Kausalyā, tormented by sorrow for her son, to the forest, may good fortune be yours; let us go, if you think so.
1.137.12
तथेत्युक्ता त्वम्बिकया भीष्ममामन्त्र्य सुव्रता ।
वनं ययौ सत्यवती स्नुषाभ्यां सह भारत ॥ १.१३७.१२ ॥
Having been told 'so be it' by Ambikā, the steadfast Satyavatī took leave of Bhīṣma and went to the forest, O Bhārata, with her two daughters-in-law.
1.137.13
ताः सुघोरं तपस्तप्त्वा देव्यो भरतसत्तम ।
देहं त्यक्त्वा महाराज गतिमिष्टां ययुस्तदा ॥ १.१३७.१३ ॥
Having performed a terrible austerity, O best of the Bharatas, those goddesses, O great king, then gave up their bodies and went to the desired destination.
1.137.14
अथाप्तवन्तो वेदोक्तान्संस्कारान्पाण्डवास्तदा ।
संव्यवर्धन्त भोगांस्ते भुञ्जानाः पितृवेश्मनि ॥ १.१३७.१४ ॥
Then the Pāṇḍavas obtained the rites prescribed by the Vedas, and they grew up enjoying pleasures in their father's house.
1.137.15
धार्तराष्ट्रैश्च सहिताः क्रीडन्तो मुदिताः सुखम् ।
बालक्रीडासु सर्वासु विशिष्टास्तेजसाऽभवन् ॥ १.१३७.१५ ॥
Playing joyfully and happily together with the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, they became outstanding in brilliance in all their childhood games.
1.137.16
जवे लक्ष्याभिहरणे भोज्ये पांसुविकर्षणे ।
धार्तराष्ट्रान्भीमसेनः सर्वान्स परिमर्दति ॥ १.१३७.१६ ॥
In running, in seizing the target, in eating, and in dragging through dust, Bhīmasena overcomes all the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra.
1.137.17
हर्षात्प्रक्रीडमानांस्तान् गृह्य राजन्निलीयते ।
शिरःसु विनिगृह्यैतान्योजयामास पाण्डवैः ॥ १.१३७.१७ ॥
O king, seizing them as they played joyfully, he hides; pressing their heads down, he set them against the Pāṇḍavas.
1.137.18
शतमेकोत्तरं तेषां कुमाराणां महौजसाम् ।
एक एव निगृह्णाति नातिकृच्छ्राद्वृकोदरः ॥ १.१३७.१८ ॥
Of those mighty princes there were one hundred and one, yet Vṛkodara alone restrains them without great difficulty.
1.137.19
कचेषु च निगृह्यैनान्विनिहत्य बलाद्बली ।
चकर्ष क्रोशतो भूमौ घृष्टजानुशिरोंसकान् ॥ १.१३७.१९ ॥
And the mighty one, seizing them by the hair and striking them down by force, dragged them across the ground as they cried out, their knees, heads and shoulders scraped raw.
1.137.20
दश बालाञ्जले क्रीडन्भुजाभ्यां परिगृह्य सः ।
आस्ते स्म सलिले मग्नो मृतकल्पान्विमुञ्चति ॥ १.१३७.२० ॥
Holding ten boys in his arms, he would play in the water, staying submerged, and would release them only when they were nearly dead.
1.137.21
फलानि वृक्षमारुह्य विचिन्वन्ति च ये तदा ।
तदा पादप्रहारेण भीमः कम्पयते द्रुमान् ॥ १.१३७.२१ ॥
And when those who had climbed the trees to gather fruit were there, Bhīma shook the trees with a kick of his foot.
1.137.22
प्रहारवेगाभिहता द्रुमा व्याघूर्णितास्ततः ।
सफलाः प्रपतन्ति स्म द्रुमात्स्रस्ताः कुमारकाः ॥ १.१३७.२२ ॥
The trees, struck by the force of the blows, were made to reel; then the boys, slipping from the trees along with their fruit, fell down.
1.137.23
केचिद्भग्नशिरोरस्काः केचिद्भग्नकटीमुखाः ।
निपेतुर्भ्रातरः सर्वे भीमसेनभुजार्दिताः ॥ १.१३७.२३ ॥
Some had their heads and chests broken, some their hips and faces broken; all the brothers, tormented by Bhīmasena's arms, fell down.
1.137.24
न ते नियुद्धे न जवे न योग्यासु कदाचन ।
कुमारा उत्तरं चक्रुः स्पर्धमाना वृकोदरम् ॥ १.१३७.२४ ॥
Never in wrestling, nor in speed, nor in any fitting contest; competing as they did, the boys could not answer Vṛkodara.
1.137.25
एवं स धार्तराष्ट्रांश्च स्पर्धमानो वृकोदरः ।
अप्रियेऽतिष्ठदत्यन्तं बाल्यान्न द्रोहचेतसा ॥ १.१३७.२५ ॥
Thus Vṛkodara, competing with the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, persisted excessively in unpleasant deeds; yet, out of childishness, his mind was not bent on treachery.
1.137.26
ततो बलमतिख्यातं धार्तराष्ट्रः प्रतापवान् ।
भीमसेनस्य तज्ज्ञात्वा दुष्टभावमदर्शयत् ॥ १.१३७.२६ ॥
Then the mighty son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, knowing the far-famed strength of Bhīmasena, displayed his evil intention.
1.137.27
तस्य धर्मादपेतस्य पापानि परिपश्यतः ।
मोहादैश्वर्यलोभाच्च पापा मतिरजायत ॥ १.१३७.२७ ॥
In him, fallen from dharma and looking on at evil deeds, a sinful mind arose out of delusion and greed for lordship.
1.137.28
अयं बलवतां श्रेष्ठः कुन्तीपुत्रो वृकोदरः ।
मध्यमः कुन्तिपुत्राणां निकृत्या सन्निगृह्यतां ॥ १.१३७.२८ ॥
This foremost of the strong, Vṛkodara, son of Kuntī, the middle of Kuntī's sons, should be seized by treachery.
1.137.29
प्राणवान्विक्रमी चैव शौर्येण महताऽन्वितः ।
स्पर्धते चापि सहितानस्मानेको वृकोदरः ॥ १.१३७.२९ ॥
Vṛkodara, full of vital force, valorous and endowed with great heroism, competes against us, though we are together.
1.137.30
तं तु सुप्तं पुरोद्याने गङ्गायां प्रक्षिपामहे ।
अथ तस्मादवरजं श्रेष्ठं चैव युधिष्ठिरम् ॥ १.१३७.३० ॥
When he is asleep, let us throw him into the Ganges in front of the garden; then, too, Yudhiṣṭhira, the younger yet the best of them.
1.137.31
प्रसह्य बन्धने बद्ध्वा प्रशासिष्ये वसुन्धराम् ।
एवं स निश्चयं पापः कृत्वा दुर्योधनस्तदा।
नित्यमेवान्तरप्रेक्षी भीमस्यासीन्महात्मनः ॥ १.१३७.३१ ॥
"Having bound him by force in bondage, I shall rule the earth." Thus the wicked Duryodhana formed that resolve, and he was always watching for an opening against the great-souled Bhīma.
1.137.32
ततो जलविहारार्थं कारयामास भारत ।
चैलकम्बलवेश्मानि विचित्राणि महान्ति च ॥ १.१३७.३२ ॥
Then, O Bhārata, he had built for the sport of water great and wondrous tents of cloth and blankets.
1.137.33
सर्वकामैः सुपूर्णानि पताकोच्छ्रायवन्ति च ।
तत्र संजनयामास नानागाराण्यनेकशः ॥ १.१३७.३३ ॥
There he caused to be built many various dwellings, well filled with every desirable thing and with tall banners raised.
1.137.34
उदकक्रीडनं नाम कारयामास भारत ।
प्रमाणकोट्यां तं देशं स्थलं किंचिदुपेत्यह ॥ १.१३७.३४ ॥
O Bhārata, he had built a place named "Water-sport." Having approached some dry ground at the measured boundary of that region, I ...
1.137.35
क्रीडावसाने ते सर्वे शुचिवस्त्राः स्वलङ्कृताः ।
सर्वकामसमृद्धं तदन्नं बुभुजिरे शनैः ॥ १.१३७.३५ ॥
At the end of their play, all of them, in clean garments and well adorned, slowly ate that food, rich in every desire.
1.137.36
दिवसान्ते परिश्रान्ता विहृत्य च कुरूद्वहाः ।
विहारावसथेष्वेव वीरा वासमरोचयन् ॥ १.१३७.३६ ॥
At the end of the day, exhausted after their sport, the heroes, foremost of the Kurus, liked to lodge in the pleasure-houses themselves.
1.137.37
खिन्नस्तु बलवान्भीमो व्यायामाभ्यधिकस्तदा ।
वाहयित्वा कुमारांस्ताञ्जलक्रीडागतान्विभुः ॥ १.१३७.३७ ॥
Bhīma, strong and weary, having exerted himself more than the rest, led those boys who had gone to play in the water, the mighty one.
1.137.38
प्रमाणकोट्यां वासार्थं सुष्वापारुह्य तत्स्थलम् ।
शीतं वासं समासाद्य शान्तो मदविमोहितः ॥ १.१३७.३८ ॥
To rest in Pramāṇakoṭi, he climbed up to that spot and slept; having reached the cool resting place, calm and bewildered by intoxication.
1.137.39
निश्चेष्टः पाण्डवो राजन्सुष्वाप मृतवत्क्षितौ ।
ततो बद्ध्वा लतापाशैर्भीमं दुर्योधनः शनैः ॥ १.१३७.३९ ॥
O king, the Pāṇḍava lay motionless on the ground, sleeping like one dead. Then Duryodhana slowly bound Bhīma with nooses of creepers.
1.137.40
प्रमाणकोट्यां संसुप्तं गङ्गायां प्राक्षिपज्जले ।
ततः प्रबुद्धः कौन्तेयः सर्वान्संछिद्य बन्धनान् ॥ १.१३७.४० ॥
Duryodhana threw him, fast asleep at Pramāṇakoṭi, into the water of the Gaṅgā. Then the awakened son of Kuntī cut through all the bonds.
1.137.41
उदतिष्ठद्बलाद्भूयो भीमः प्रहरतां वरः ।
स विमुक्तो महातेजा नाज्ञासीत्तेन तत्कृतम् ॥ १.१३७.४१ ॥
Bhīma, best of strikers, rose again by force; the mighty one, freed, did not know who had done it.
1.137.42
पुनर्निद्रावशं प्राप्तस्तत्रैव प्रास्वपद्बली ।
अर्धरात्र्यां व्यतीतायामुत्तस्थुः कुरुपाण्जवाः।
दुर्योधनस्तु कौन्तेयं दृष्ट्वा निर्वेदमभ्यगात् ॥ १.१३७.४२ ॥
Mighty Bhīma, again overcome by sleep, lay down right there; when midnight had passed, the Kuru-Pāṇḍavas swiftly rose. But Duryodhana, seeing the son of Kuntī, fell into despair.
1.137.43
सुप्तं चापि पुनः सर्पैस्तीक्ष्णदंष्ट्रैर्महाविषैः ।
कुपितैर्दंशयामास सर्वेष्वेवाङ्गसन्धिषु ॥ १.१३७.४३ ॥
And again, as he slept, the enraged serpents with sharp fangs and great poison bit him at every joint of his limbs.
1.137.44
दंष्ट्राश्च दंष्ट्रिणां मर्मस्वपि तेन निपातिताः ।
त्वचं न चास्य बिभिदुः सारत्वात्पृथुपक्षसः ॥ १.१३७.४४ ॥
The fangs of the fanged serpents, even at his vital spots, were broken off by him; they could not pierce his skin, for he was firm and broad-chested.
1.137.45
प्रबुद्धो भीसेनस्तान्सर्वान्सर्पानपोथयत् ।
सारथिं चास्य दयितमपहस्तेन जघ्निवान् ॥ १.१३७.४५ ॥
Bhīmasena, awakened, crushed all those serpents, and struck his beloved charioteer with the flat of his hand.
1.137.46
तथान्यदिवसे राजन्हन्तुकामोऽत्यमर्षणः ।
वलनेन सहामन्त्र्य सौबलस्य मते स्थितः ॥ १.१३७.४६ ॥
Thus, on another day, O king, the excessively wrathful one, desiring to kill, consulted with Valana and stood firm in the counsel of Saubala (Śakuni).
1.137.47
भोजने भीमसेनस्य ततः प्राक्षेपयद्विषम् ।
कालकूटं विषं तीक्ष्णं संभृतं रोमहर्षणम् ॥ १.१३७.४७ ॥
Then, into Bhīmasena's meal he mixed Kālakūṭa poison — sharp, prepared, hair-raising poison.
1.137.48
तच्चापि भुक्त्वाऽजरदॉयदविकारो वृकोदरः ।
विकारं नाभ्यजनयत्सुतीक्ष्णमपि तद्विषम् ॥ १.१३७.४८ ॥
Having eaten even that, Vṛkodara (Bhīma) suffered no disorder; that very sharp poison produced no ailment in him.
1.137.49
भीमसंहननो भीमस्त्समादजरयद्विषम् ।
ततोऽन्यदिवसे राजन्हन्तुकामो वृकोदरम् ॥ १.१३७.४९ ॥
Bhīma, of terrible and mighty build, digested that poison. Then, O king, on another day, desiring to kill Vṛkodara...
1.137.50
सौबलेन सहायेन धार्तराष्ट्रोऽभ्यचिन्तयत् ।
चिन्तयन्नालभन्निद्रां दिवारात्रमतन्द्रितः ॥ १.१३७.५० ॥
With Saubala (Śakuni) as his ally, the son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra pondered. Pondering, he obtained no sleep by day or night, unwearied.
1.137.51
एवं दुर्योधनः कर्णः शकुनिश्चापि सौबलः ।
अनेकैरप्युपायैस्ताञ्जिघांसन्ति स्म पाण्डवान् ॥ १.१३७.५१ ॥
Thus Duryodhana, Karṇa and Śakuni, the son of Subala, also sought to kill those Pāṇḍavas by many means.
1.137.52
वैश्या पुत्रस्तदाचष्ट पार्थानां हितकाम्यया ।
पाण्डवा ह्यपि तत्सर्वं प्रत्यजानन्नरिन्दमाः।
उद्भावनमकुर्वन्तो विदुरस्य मते स्थिताः ॥ १.१३७.५२ ॥
Then the son of a Vaiśya woman (Vidura), out of desire for the welfare of the sons of Pṛthā, told them all of it. The Pāṇḍavas, subduers of foes, also understood it all, and abiding by Vidura's counsel, they did not reveal it.