Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 1.163
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1.163.1
तेन विक्रममाणेन ऊरुवेगसमीरितम् ।
वनं सवृक्षविटपं व्याघूर्णितमिवाभवत् ॥ १.१६३.१ ॥
As he advanced with valour, the forest, stirred by the force of his thighs, with its trees and branches, seemed to whirl about.
1.163.2
जङ्गावातो ववौ चास्य शुचिशुक्रागमे यथा ।
आवर्जितालतावृक्षं मार्गं चक्रे महाबलः ॥ १.१६३.२ ॥
The wind from his legs blew as when the pure, bright season comes; the mighty one made a path, bending down the creepers and trees.
1.163.3
स मृद्गन्पुष्पितांश्चैव फलितांश्च वनस्पतीन् ।
अवरुज्य ययौ गुल्मान्पथस्तस्य समीपजान् ॥ १.१६३.३ ॥
Crushing and breaking the flowering and fruiting trees, he went on, and broke the thickets growing near his path.
1.163.4
स रोषित इव क्रुद्धो वने भञ्जन्महाद्रुमान् ।
त्रिप्रस्रुतमदः शुष्मी षष्टिवर्षो मतङ्गराट् ॥ १.१६३.४ ॥
As if angry and enraged, he broke great trees in the forest—the mighty elephant-king of sixty years, with rut flowing from three places.
1.163.5
गच्छतस्तस्य वेगेन तार्क्ष्यमारुतरंहसः ।
भीमस्य पाण्डुपुत्राणां मूर्च्छेव समजायत ॥ १.१६३.५ ॥
By the speed of Bhīma going swift as Garuḍa and the wind, a faint came over the sons of Pāṇḍu, as it were.
1.163.6
असकृच्चापि सतीर्य दूरपारं भुजप्लवैः ।
पथि प्रच्छन्नमासेदुर्धार्तराष्ट्रभयात्तदा ॥ १.१६३.६ ॥
Again and again, crossing the distant shore with their arms as rafts, they reached the hidden path then, for fear of the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra.
1.163.7
कृच्छ्रेण मातरं चैव सुकुमारीं यशस्विनीम् ।
अवहत्स तु पृष्ठेन रोधःसु विषमेषु च ॥ १.१६३.७ ॥
With difficulty he carried his mother, and the tender and glorious one, upon his back, even over rough and uneven ground.
1.163.8
अगमच्च वनोद्देशमल्पमूलफलोदकम् ।
क्रूरपक्षिमृगं घोरं सायाह्ने भरतर्षभ ॥ १.१६३.८ ॥
And at evening he came to a forest tract with few roots, fruits and little water, full of cruel birds and beasts, terrible, O bull of the Bharatas.
1.163.9
घोरा समभवत्सन्ध्या दारुणा मृगपक्षिणः ।
अप्रकाशा दिशः सर्वा वातैरासन्ननार्तवैः ॥ १.१६३.९ ॥
The twilight became terrible and dreadful for beasts and birds; all the directions grew dim, with winds blowing out of season.
1.163.10
शीर्णपर्णफलै राजन्बहुगुल्मक्षुपद्रुमैः ।
भग्नावभुग्नभूयिष्ठैर्नानाद्रुमसमाकुलैः ॥ १.१६३.१० ॥
O king, strewn with fallen leaves and fruits, crowded with many thickets, shrubs and trees, mostly broken and bent, full of various trees.
1.163.11
ते श्रमेण च कौरव्यास्तृष्णया च प्रपीडिताः ।
नाशक्नुवंस्तदा गन्तुं निद्रया च प्रवृद्धया ॥ १.१६३.११ ॥
Those descendants of the Kurus, afflicted by weariness and by thirst, were then unable to go on, overcome also by deep sleep.
1.163.12
न्यविशन्ति हि ते सर्वे निरास्वादे महावने ।
रात्र्यामेव गतास्तूर्णं चतुर्विंशतियोजनम्।
ततस्तृषा परिक्लन्ता कुन्ती वचनमब्रवीत् ॥ १.१६३.१२ ॥
They all stopped in that tasteless great forest, having traversed twenty-four yojanas quickly in the night alone. Then Kuntī, exhausted with thirst, spoke these words.
1.163.13
माता सती पाण्डवानां पञ्चानां मध्यतः स्थिता ।
तृष्णया हि परीताऽहमनाथेव महावने ॥ १.१६३.१३ ॥
I, the chaste mother, stand in the midst of the five Pāṇḍavas; overcome by thirst, I am as one without a protector in this great forest.
1.163.14
इतः परं तु शक्ताहं गन्तुं च न पदात्पदम् ।
शयिष्ये वृक्षमूलेऽत्र धार्तराष्ट्रा हरन्तु माम् ॥ १.१६३.१४ ॥
From here on I am not able to go even a single step; I shall lie down here at the foot of a tree — let the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra take me.
1.163.15
शृणु भीम वचो मह्यं तव बाहुबलात्पुरः ।
स्थातुं न शक्ताः कौरव्याः किं बिभेषि पृथासुत ॥ १.१६३.१५ ॥
Listen, Bhīma, to my words: before the might of your arms the Kauravas cannot stand. Son of Pṛthā, why do you fear?
1.163.16
अन्यो रथो न मेऽस्तीह भीमसेनादृते भुवि ।
धार्तराष्ट्राद्वृथा भीरुर्न मां स्वप्तुमिहेच्छसि ॥ १.१६३.१६ ॥
Here on earth I have no other chariot but Bhīmasena. Coward, you wish to let me sleep here, fearing the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra in vain.
1.163.17
भीमपृष्ठस्थिता चेत्थं दूयमानेन चेतसा ।
निश्यध्वनि रुदन्ती सा निद्रावश्मुपागता ॥ १.१६३.१७ ॥
Resting on Bhīma's back, grieved in heart, weeping on the road at night, she fell under the power of sleep.
1.163.18
तच्छ्रुत्वा भीमसेनस्य मातृस्नेहात्प्रजल्पितम् ।
कारुण्येन मनस्तप्तं गमनायोपचक्रमे ॥ १.१६३.१८ ॥
Hearing those words Bhīmasena spoke out of love for his mother, his mind pained with compassion, he set out to go.
1.163.19
ततो भीमो वनं घोरं प्रविश्य विजनं महत् ।
न्यग्रोधं विपुलच्छायं रमणीयं ददर्श ह ॥ १.१६३.१९ ॥
Then Bhīma entered the terrible and vast lonely forest and saw a lovely banyan tree with wide shade.
1.163.20
तत्र निक्षिप्य तान्सर्वानुवाच भरतर्षभः ।
पानीयं मृगयामीह तावद्विश्रम्यतामिह ॥ १.१६३.२० ॥
Setting them all down there, the bull of the Bharatas said: "I will seek water here; meanwhile, let all of you rest here."
1.163.21
एते रुवन्ति मधुरं सारसा जलचारिणः ।
ध्रुवमत्र जलस्थानं महच्चेति मतिर्मम ॥ १.१६३.२१ ॥
These water-dwelling cranes are calling sweetly; surely there is a large water-place here, so I think.
1.163.22
अनुज्ञातः स गच्छेति भ्रात्रा ज्येष्ठेन भारत ।
जगाम तत्र यत्र स्म सारसा जलचारिणः ॥ १.१६३.२२ ॥
Permitted by his elder brother with the words "Go," O Bhārata, he went to where those water-dwelling cranes were.
1.163.23
अपश्यत्पद्मिनीखण्डमण्डितं स सरोवरम् ।
स तत्र पीत्वा पानीयं स्नात्वा च भरतर्षभ ॥ १.१६३.२३ ॥
He saw that lake adorned with clusters of lotus-pools; there, O bull of the Bharatas, he drank water and bathed.
1.163.24
तेषामर्थे च जग्राह भ्रातॄणां भ्रातृवत्सलः ।
उत्तरीयेण पानीयमानयामास भारत ॥ १.१६३.२४ ॥
And for their sake, loving toward his brothers, he took water in his upper garment and brought it to them, O Bhārata.
1.163.25
पङ्कजानामनेकैश्च पत्रैर्बध्वा पृथक्पृथक् ।
गव्यूतिमात्रादागत्य त्वरितो मातरं प्रति।
शोकदुःखपरीतात्मा निशश्वासोरगो यथा ॥ १.१६३.२५ ॥
Having tied them separately in many lotus leaves, he came swiftly from a distance of one gavyūti toward his mother; his mind overwhelmed by grief and sorrow, he sighed like a serpent.
1.163.26
स सुप्तां मातरं भ्रातॄन्निद्राविद्रावितौजसः ।
महारौद्रे वने घोरे वृक्षमूले सुशीतले ॥ १.१६३.२६ ॥
He saw his sleeping mother and brothers, their vigor dispelled by sleep, in that exceedingly terrible, dreadful forest, at the foot of a very cool tree.
1.163.27
विक्षिप्तकरपादांश्च दीर्घोच्छ्वासान्महाबलान् ।
ऊर्ध्ववक्त्रान्महाकायान्पञ्चेन्द्रानिव भूपते ॥ १.१६३.२७ ॥
O king, with hands and feet flung out, breathing deeply, faces turned upward, large-bodied and mighty, they lay like five Indras.
1.163.28
अज्ञातवृक्षनित्यस्थप्रेतराक्षससाध्वसान् ।
दृष्ट्वा वै भृशशोकार्तो बिललापानिलात्मजः ॥ १.१६३.२८ ॥
Seeing them frightened by the unknown ghosts and rakshasas that always dwell in the trees, the son of the Wind, tormented by intense grief, lamented.
1.163.29
भृशं शोकपरीत्मा विललाप वृकोदरः ॥ १.१६३.२९ ॥
Vṛkodara, his mind overwhelmed by intense grief, lamented.
1.163.30
अतः कष्टतरं किं नु द्रष्टव्यं हि भविष्यति ।
यत्पश्यामि महीसुप्तान्भ्रातॄनद्य सुमन्दभाक् ॥ १.१६३.३० ॥
What more painful sight will there be to see than this, that today I, most unfortunate, see my brothers sleeping on the ground?
1.163.31
शयनेषु परार्ध्येषु ये पुरा वारणावते ।
नाधिजग्मुस्तदा निद्रां तेऽद्य सुप्ता महीतले ॥ १.१६३.३१ ॥
Those who once in Vāraṇāvata could not obtain sleep even on the finest beds now lie asleep upon the bare ground.
1.163.32
स्वसारं वसुदेवस्य शत्रुसङ्घावमर्दिनः ।
कुन्तिराजसुतां कुन्तीं सर्वलक्षणपूजिताम् ॥ १.१६३.३२ ॥
Kuntī, sister of Vasudeva, crusher of hosts of enemies, daughter of the king of the Kuntis, honored for all good qualities.
1.163.33
स्नुषां विचित्रवीर्यस्य भार्यां पाण्डोर्महात्मनः ।
तथैव चास्मज्जननीं पुण्डरीकोदरप्रभाम् ॥ १.१६३.३३ ॥
The daughter-in-law of Vicitravīrya, the wife of the great-souled Pāṇḍu, our mother, radiant as the inside of a lotus.
1.163.34
सुकुमारतरामेनां महार्हशयनोचिताम् ।
शयानां पश्यताऽद्येह पृथिव्यामतथोचिताम् ॥ १.१६३.३४ ॥
She is most tender and fit for costly beds; see her today lying here on the earth, which is not fitting for her.
1.163.35
धर्मादिन्द्राच्च वाताच्च सुपुवे या सुतानिमान् ।
सेयं भूमौ परिश्रान्ता शेषे प्रासादशायिनी ॥ १.१६३.३५ ॥
She who bore these sons to Dharma, Indra and Vāyu, who used to sleep in palaces, now lies exhausted upon the ground.
1.163.36
किं नु दुःखतरं शक्यं मया द्रष्टुमतः परम् ।
योऽहमद्य नरव्याघ्रान्सुप्तान्पश्यामि भूतले ॥ १.१६३.३६ ॥
What greater sorrow could I ever be able to see than this, that today I see the tigers among men lying asleep on the ground?
1.163.37
त्रिषु लोकेषु यो राज्यं धर्मनित्योऽर्हते नृपः ।
सो।़यं भूमौ परिश्रान्तः शेते प्राकृतवत्कथम् ॥ १.१६३.३७ ॥
How can this king, worthy of rule over the three worlds and ever devoted to dharma, lie exhausted on the ground like an ordinary man?
1.163.38
अयं नीलाम्बुदश्यामो नरेष्वप्रतिमोऽर्जुनः ।
शेते प्राकृतवद्भूमौ ततो दुःखतरं नु किम् ॥ १.१६३.३८ ॥
Arjuna, dark as a blue rain-cloud and without equal among men, lies on the ground like an ordinary man. What could be more grievous than this?
1.163.39
अश्विनाविव देवानां याविमौ रूपसंपदा ।
तौ प्राकृतवदद्येमौ प्रसुप्तौ धरणीतले ॥ १.१६३.३९ ॥
These two, peerless in the wealth of their beauty like the twin Aśvins among the gods, today lie fast asleep on the earth like ordinary men.
1.163.40
ज्ञातयो यस्य नै स्युर्विषमाः कुलपांसनाः ।
स जीवेत सुखं लोके ग्रामद्रुम इवैकजः ॥ १.१६३.४० ॥
He whose kinsmen are not hostile and destroyers of the family lives happily in the world, like the solitary tree in a village.
1.163.41
एको वृक्षो हि यो ग्रामे भवेत्पर्णफलान्वितः ।
चैत्यो भवति निर्ज्ञातिरध्वनीनैश्च पूजितः ॥ १.१६३.४१ ॥
A single tree in a village, full of leaves and fruit, becomes a sacred shrine-tree, honoured by travellers even without kinsmen.
1.163.42
येषां च बहवः शूरा ज्ञातयो धर्ममाश्रिताः ।
ते जीवन्ति सुखं लोके भवन्ति च निरामयाः ॥ १.१६३.४२ ॥
Those whose many heroic kinsmen take refuge in dharma live happily in the world and remain free from illness.
1.163.43
बलवन्तः समृद्धार्था मित्रबान्धवनन्दनाः ।
जीवन्त्यन्योन्यमाश्रित्य द्रुमाः काननजा इव ॥ १.१६३.४३ ॥
The mighty, whose aims are fulfilled, who bring joy to friends and kinsmen, live by relying upon one another, like trees born in the forest.
1.163.44
वयं तु धृतराष्ट्रेण दुष्पुत्रेण दुरात्मना ।
राज्यलुब्धेन मूर्खेण दुर्मन्त्रिसहितेन वै ॥ १.१६३.४४ ॥
But we were wronged by Dhṛtarāṣṭra, father of evil sons, wicked-minded, greedy for the kingdom, foolish, and in league with bad counsellors.
1.163.45
दुष्टेनाधर्मशीलेन स्वार्थनिष्ठैकबुद्धिना ।
विवासिता न दग्धाश्च क्षत्तुर्बुद्धिपराक्रमात् ॥ १.१६३.४५ ॥
We were banished by the wicked one, of unrighteous conduct, single-minded in his own interest; yet we were not burned, owing to the wisdom and valour of Kṣattṛ.
1.163.46
तस्मान्मुक्ता वयं दाहादिमं वृक्षमुपाश्रिताः ।
कां दिशं प्रतिपत्स्यामः प्राप्ताः क्लेशमनुत्तमम् ॥ १.१६३.४६ ॥
Therefore, freed from the burning and the rest, we have taken refuge under this tree. In which direction shall we now go? We have come to the greatest distress.
1.163.47
सकामो भव दुर्बुद्धे धार्तराष्ट्राल्पदर्शन ।
नूनं देवाः प्रसन्नास्ते नानुज्ञां मे युधिष्ठिरः ॥ १.१६३.४७ ॥
Be content, O evil-minded son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, shortsighted one! Surely the gods are pleased with you, for Yudhiṣṭhira has not given me his leave.
1.163.48
प्रयच्छति वधे तुभ्यं तेन जीवसि दुर्मते ।
नन्वद्य ससुतामात्यं सकर्णानुजसौबलम् ॥ १.१६३.४८ ॥
He grants you to death; that is why you still live, O fool. Surely today, with your sons and ministers, with Karṇa, his brothers and Saubala, you should be slain.
1.163.49
गत्वा क्रोधसमाविष्टः प्रेषयिष्ये यमक्षयम् ।
किं नु शक्यं मया कर्तुं यत्तेन क्रुध्यते नृपः ॥ १.१६३.४९ ॥
Enraged, I will go and send him to the abode of Yama. What can be done by me, since the king is angry with him?
1.163.50
धर्मात्मा पाण्डवश्रेष्ठः पापाचार युधिष्ठिरः ।
एवमुक्त्वा महाबाहुः क्रोधसन्दीप्तमानसः ॥ १.१६३.५० ॥
Thus spoken, Yudhiṣṭhira, the righteous one, best of the Pāṇḍavas, mighty-armed Bhīma's mind blazed with anger.
1.163.51
करं करेण निष्पिष्य निःश्वसन्दीनमानसः ।
पुनर्दीनमना भूत्वा शान्तार्चिरिव पावकः ॥ १.१६३.५१ ॥
Pressing one hand with the other, sighing with a downcast mind, he became again sorrowful, like a fire whose flame has gone out.
1.163.52
भ्रातॄन्महीतले सुप्तानवैक्षत वृकोदरः ।
विश्वस्तानिव संविष्टान्पृथग्जनसमानिव ॥ १.१६३.५२ ॥
Vṛkodara looked at his brothers sleeping on the ground, lying down confidently, as if they were ordinary people.
1.163.53
नातिदूरेण नगरं वनादस्माद्धि लक्षये ।
जागर्तव्ये स्वपन्तीमे हन्त जागर्म्यहंस्वयम् ॥ १.१६३.५३ ॥
I see the city is not very far from this forest. These men, who should be keeping watch, are sleeping; alas, I myself will keep watch.
1.163.54
प्राश्यन्तीमे जलं पश्चात्प्रतिबुद्धा जितक्लमाः ।
इति भीमो व्यवस्यैव जजागार स्वयं तदा ॥ १.१६३.५४ ॥
These, having drunk water and shaken off their weariness, will wake up afterward. Having resolved thus, Bhīma himself kept awake then.