Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 1.171
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1.171.1
एकचक्रां गतास्ते तु कुन्तीपुत्रा महारथाः ।
अत ऊर्ध्वं द्विजश्रेष्ठ किमकुर्वत पाण्डवाः ॥ १.१७१.१ ॥
Those great charioteers, the sons of Kuntī, having gone to Ekacakrā, O best of brahmins, what did the Pāṇḍavas do after this?
1.171.2
एकचक्रां गतास्ते तु कन्तीपुत्रा महारथाः ।
ऊषुर्नातिचिरं कालं ब्राह्मणस्य निवेशने ॥ १.१७१.२ ॥
The great charioteers, the sons of Kuntī, having gone to Ekacakrā, did not dwell long in the house of the brahmin.
1.171.3
रमणीयानि पश्यन्तो वनानि विविधानि च ।
पार्थिवानपि चोद्देशान्सरितश्च सरांसि च ॥ १.१७१.३ ॥
Seeing delightful and varied forests, places upon the earth, rivers and lakes, they went onward.
1.171.4
चेरुर्भैश्रं तदा ते तु सर्व एव विशांपते ।
युधिष्ठिरं च कुन्तीं च चिन्तयन्त उपासते ॥ १.१७१.४ ॥
Then all of them went about begging for alms, O lord of the people, and while thinking of Yudhiṣṭhira and Kuntī they attended upon them.
1.171.5
भैक्षं चरन्तस्तु तदा जटिला ब्रह्मचारिणः ।
बभूवुर्नागराणां च गुणैः संप्रियदर्शनाः ॥ १.१७१.५ ॥
Then the matted-haired celibate students, going about begging for alms, became very pleasant to behold to the townsmen by their qualities.
1.171.6
दर्शनीया द्विजाः शुभ्रा देवगर्भोपमाः शुभाः ।
भैक्षानर्हाश्च राज्यार्हाः सुकुमारास्तपस्विनः ॥ १.१७१.६ ॥
These twice-born are worth seeing, radiant, auspicious like offspring of the gods; they are not fit for alms but fit for kingship, tender and ascetic.
1.171.7
नैते यथार्थतो विप्राः सुकुमारास्तपस्विनः ।
चरन्ति भूमौ प्रच्छन्नाः कस्माच्चित्कारणादिह ॥ १.१७१.७ ॥
These are not truly brahmins; tender ascetics, concealed, are wandering the earth here for some reason.
1.171.8
सर्वलक्षणसंपन्ना भैक्षं नार्हन्ति नित्यशः ।
कार्यार्थिनश्चरन्तीति तर्कयन्त इति ब्रुवन् ॥ १.१७१.८ ॥
Endowed with all auspicious marks, they do not deserve alms every day; they must be wandering for some purpose, they said, conjecturing thus.
1.171.9
बन्धूनामागमान्नित्यमुपचारैस्तु नागराः ।
भाजनानि च पूर्णानि भक्ष्यभोज्यैरकारयन् ॥ १.१७१.९ ॥
At the coming of their kinsmen the townsmen always attended them with courtesies, and had vessels filled with food and delicacies prepared.
1.171.10
मौनव्रतेन संयुक्ता भैश्रं गृह्णन्ति पाण्डवाः ।
माता चिरगतान्ज्ञात्वा शोचन्ती पाण्डवान्प्रति ॥ १.१७१.१० ॥
The Pāṇḍavas, bound by the vow of silence, accept alms; and the mother, knowing they have been gone a long time, grieves for the Pāṇḍavas.
1.171.11
दुःखाश्रुपूर्णनयना लिखन्त्यास्ते महीतलम् ।
भिक्षित्वा द्विजगेहेषु चिन्तयन्तश्च मातरम् ॥ १.१७१.११ ॥
With eyes full of tears of sorrow, she scratches the ground, begging at the houses of brahmins and thinking of their mother.
1.171.12
त्वरमाणा निवर्तन्ते मातृगौरवयन्त्रिताः ।
मात्रे निवेदयन्ति स्म कुन्त्यै भैक्षं दिवानिशम् ॥ १.१७१.१२ ॥
Bound by reverence for their mother, they hasten back and report the alms to Kuntī day and night.
1.171.13
सर्वं संपूर्णभैक्षान्नं मातृदत्तं पृथक्पृथक् ।
विभज्याभुञ्जतेष्टं ते यथाभागं पृथक्पृथक् ॥ १.१७१.१३ ॥
Having divided all the complete alms-food given by their mother, each ate separately as desired, according to each one's share.
1.171.14
अर्धं स्म भुञ्जते पञ्च सह मात्रा परन्तपाः ।
अर्धं सर्वस्य भैक्षस्य भीमो भुङ्क्ते महाबलः ॥ १.१७१.१४ ॥
The five, scorchers of their foes, ate half together with their mother; Bhīma, the very mighty, ate half of all the alms-food.
1.171.15
स नाशितश्च भवति कल्याणान्नभुजिः पुरा ।
स वैवर्ण्यं च कार्श्यं च जगामातृप्तिकारितम् ॥ १.१७१.१५ ॥
He who formerly ate good food is now weakened; from being unsatisfied he came to pallor and emaciation.
1.171.16
आज्यबिन्दुर्यथा वह्नौ महति ज्वलिते भवेत् ।
तथार्धभागं भीमस्य भिक्षान्नस्य नरोत्तम ॥ १.१७१.१६ ॥
As a drop of ghee in a great blazing fire, so was Bhīma's half-share of the alms-food, O best of men.
1.171.17
तथैव वसतां तत्र तेषां राजन्महात्मनाम् ।
अतिचक्राम सुमहान्कालोऽथ भरतर्षभ ॥ १.१७१.१७ ॥
Thus, while those great-souled ones dwelt there, a very long time passed, O king, O bull of the Bharatas.
1.171.18
भीमोऽपि क्रीडयित्वाथ मिथो ब्राह्मणबन्धुषु ।
कुम्भकारेण संबन्धाल्लेभे पात्रं महत्तरम् ॥ १.१७१.१८ ॥
Bhīma too, having played among the brahmin kinsmen, obtained through a connection with a potter a larger vessel.
1.171.19
कुम्भकारोऽददात्पात्रं महत्कृत्वातिमात्रकम् ।
प्रहसन्भीमसेनाय विस्मितस्तस्य कर्मणा ॥ १.१७१.१९ ॥
The potter, laughing at Bhīmasena and astonished at his deed, gave him a very large vessel he had made.
1.171.20
तस्याद्भुतं कर्म कुर्वन्मृद्भारं महदाददे ।
मृद्भारैः शतसाहस्रैः कुम्भकारमतोषयत् ॥ १.१७१.२० ॥
Performing his marvelous deed, he took up a great load of clay and pleased the potter with hundreds of thousands of loads of clay.
1.171.21
चक्रे चक्रे च मृद्भाण्डान्सततं भैक्षमाचरन् ।
तदादायागतं दृष्ट्वा हसन्ति प्रहसन्ति च ॥ १.१७१.२१ ॥
Constantly begging for clay pots at every potter's wheel, he came back carrying them, and when people saw him they laughed and laughed heartily.
1.171.22
भक्ष्यभोज्यानि विविधान्यादाय प्रक्षिपन्ति च ।
एवमेव सदा भुक्त्वा मात्रे वदति वै रहः।
न चाशितोऽस्मि भवति कल्याणान्नभृतः पुरा ॥ १.१७१.२२ ॥
People brought various foods and dishes and dropped them into it. Eating thus every day, he said privately to his mother: "Not even when formerly someone brought good food was I satisfied."
1.171.23
ततः कदाचिद्भैक्षाय गतास्ते पुरषर्षभाः ।
संगत्य भीमसेनस्तु तत्रास्ते पृथया सह ॥ १.१७१.२३ ॥
Then once those bulls among men went out for alms, and Bhīmasena stayed there with Pṛthā.
1.171.24
अथार्तिजं महाशब्दं ब्राह्मणस्य निवेशने ।
भृशमुत्पतितं घोरं कुन्ती शुश्राव भारत ॥ १.१७१.२४ ॥
Then a great and dreadful cry of anguish arose violently in the brahmin's house, and Kuntī heard it, O Bhārata.
1.171.25
रोरुयमाणांस्तान्दृष्ट्वा परिदेवयतश्च सा ।
कारुण्यात्साधुभावाच्च कुन्ती राजन्न चक्षमे ॥ १.१७१.२५ ॥
Seeing them weeping and lamenting, Kuntī, O king, could not bear it out of compassion and goodness of heart.
1.171.26
मथ्यमानेव दुःखेन हृदयेन पृथा तदा ।
उवाच भीमं कल्याणी कृपान्वितमिदं वचः ॥ १.१७१.२६ ॥
With her heart as if churned by sorrow, the auspicious Pṛthā then spoke these words, full of pity, to Bhīma.
1.171.27
वसामः सुसुखं पुत्र ब्राह्मणस्य निवेशने ।
अज्ञाता धार्तराष्ट्रस्य सत्कृतां वीतमन्यवः ॥ १.१७१.२७ ॥
Son, we dwell very comfortably in the house of the brahmin, unknown to Dhṛtarāṣṭra's son, honoured and free from anger.
1.171.28
सा चिन्तये सदा पुत्र ब्राह्मणस्यास्य किं न्वहम् ।
कदा प्रियं करिष्यामि यत्कुर्युरुषिताः सुखम् ॥ १.१७१.२८ ॥
Son, I am always thinking what I might do for this brahmin, when I might do him a kindness, so that he too might do something for us who dwell here in comfort.
1.171.29
एतावान्पुरुषस्तात कृतं यस्मिन्न नश्यति ।
यावच्च कुर्यादन्योऽस्य कुर्यादभ्यधिकं ततः ॥ १.१७१.२९ ॥
Dear son, a man's duty is only this much: that what was done for him not be lost. As much as another does for him, he should do even more in return.
1.171.30
तदिदं ब्राह्मणस्यास्य दुःखमापतितं ध्रुवम् ।
न तत्र यदि साहाय्यं कुर्याम सुकृतं भवेत् ॥ १.१७१.३० ॥
Therefore this sorrow has surely befallen this brahmin; if we did not help him in it, it would not be a good deed.
1.171.31
ज्ञायतामस्य यद्दुःखं यतश्चैव समुत्थितम् ।
विदित्वा व्यवसिष्यामि यद्यपि स्यात्सुदुष्करम् ॥ १.१७१.३१ ॥
Let his sorrow and its source be known. Having learned it, I shall undertake it, even if it prove exceedingly difficult.
1.171.32
एवं तौ कथयन्तौ च भूयः सुश्रुवतुः स्वनम् ।
आर्तिजं तस्य विप्रस्य सभार्यस्य विशांपते ॥ १.१७१.३२ ॥
As the two spoke thus, they again heard the sound of anguish from that brahmin with his wife, O lord of the people.
1.171.33
अन्तःपुरं ततस्तस्य ब्राह्मणस्य महात्मनः ।
विवेश त्वरिता कुन्ती बद्धवत्सेव सौरभी ॥ १.१७१.३३ ॥
Then Kuntī hastened into the inner apartments of that great-souled brahmin, like a cow whose calf is tied up.
1.171.34
ततस्तं ब्राह्मणं तत्र भार्यया च सुतेन च ।
दुहित्रा चैव सहितं ददर्श विकृताननम् ॥ १.१७१.३४ ॥
Then there she saw that brahmin together with his wife, his son, and his daughter, his face distorted.
1.171.35
धिगिदं जीवितं लोके गतसारमनर्थकम् ।
दुःखमूलं पराधीनं भृशमप्रियभागि च ॥ १.१७१.३५ ॥
Shame upon this life in the world, devoid of essence, useless, the root of suffering, dependent on others, and greatly sharing in what is unpleasant.
1.171.36
जीविते परमं दुःखं जीविते परमो ज्वरः ।
जीविते वर्तमानस्य द्वन्द्वानामागमो ध्रुवः ॥ १.१७१.३६ ॥
In life there is supreme sorrow; in life there is supreme fever. For one who lives in life, the arrival of the pairs of opposites is certain.
1.171.37
आत्मा ह्येको हि धर्मार्थौ कामं चैव निषेवते ।
एतैश्च विप्रयोगोऽपि दुःखं परमनन्तकम् ॥ १.१७१.३७ ॥
The self alone indeed enjoys dharma, wealth and desire; and separation from these is supreme, endless sorrow.
1.171.38
आहुः केचित्परं मोक्षं स च नास्ति कथंचन ।
अर्थप्राप्तौ तु नरकः कृत्स्न एवोपपद्यते ॥ १.१७१.३८ ॥
Some speak of supreme liberation, but it does not exist in any way; on obtaining wealth, indeed, an entire hell arises.
1.171.39
अर्थेप्सुता परं दुःखमर्थप्राप्तौ ततोऽधिकम् ।
जातस्नेहस्य चार्थेषु विप्रयोगे महत्तरम् ॥ १.१७१.३९ ॥
The desire for wealth is supreme sorrow, and on obtaining it, greater still; and for one in whom attachment to wealth has arisen, separation from it is greater sorrow still.
1.171.40
यावन्तो यस्य संयोगा द्रव्यैरिष्टैर्भवन्त्युत ।
तावन्तोऽस्य निख्यन्ते हृदये शोकशङ्कवः ॥ १.१७१.४० ॥
As many connections as a man has with the dear possessions, so many darts of grief are fixed in his heart.
1.171.41
तदिदं जीवितं प्राप्य अल्पकालं महाभयम् ।
त्यागो हि न मया प्राप्तो भार्यया सहितेन च ॥ १.१७१.४१ ॥
Therefore, having obtained this life, which lasts a short time and is great peril, I have not attained renunciation, even together with my wife.
1.171.42
न हि योगं प्रपश्यामि येन मुच्येयमापदः ।
पुत्रदारेण वा सार्धं प्राद्रवेयमनामयम् ॥ १.१७१.४२ ॥
I see no means by which I might be freed from these calamities, nor how I might flee, free from disease, together with son and wife.
1.171.43
यतितं वै मया पूर्वं वेत्थ ब्राह्मणि तत्तथा ।
क्षेमं यतस्ततो गन्तुं त्वया तु मम न श्रुतम् ॥ १.१७१.४३ ॥
Brāhmaṇī, I have tried before, and you know it. But you did not heed my word about going from here to a place of safety.
1.171.44
इह जाता विवृद्धाऽस्मि पिता माता ममेति वै ।
उक्तवत्यसि दुर्मेधे याच्यमाना मयाऽसकृत् ॥ १.१७१.४४ ॥
You kept saying, 'Here I was born and grew up; here are my father and mother.' O foolish one, though I implored you again and again—
1.171.45
स्वर्गतोऽपि पिता वृद्धस्तथा माता चिरं तव ।
बन्धवा भूतपूर्वाश्च तत्र वासे तु का रतिः ॥ १.१७१.४५ ॥
Your aged father and mother have long since gone to heaven, and your kinsmen have gone before. What delight is there in dwelling there?
1.171.46
न भोजनं विरुद्धं स्यान्न स्त्रीदेशो निबन्धनः ।
सुदूरमपि तं देशं व्रजेद्गरुडहंसवत् ॥ १.१७१.४६ ॥
Food is not forbidden, nor is a wife's country a binding tie. One should go even to a very distant land, like Garuḍa or a swan.
1.171.47
सोऽयं ते बन्धुकामाया अशृण्वन्त्या वचो मम ।
बन्धुप्रणाशः संप्राप्तो भृशं दुःखकरो मम ॥ १.१७१.४७ ॥
You who longed for kinsmen did not heed my word, and so this destruction of kin has come upon us, which brings me great sorrow.
1.171.48
अथवा मद्विनाशो यं न हि शक्ष्यामि कंचन ।
परित्यक्तुमहं बन्धुं स्वयं जीवन्नृशंसवत् ॥ १.१७१.४८ ॥
Or else, even if I myself am destroyed, I shall not be able to abandon any kinsman; while I live, I will not cast off a kinsman like a cruel man.
1.171.49
सहधर्मचरीं दान्तां नित्यं मातृसमां मम ।
सखायं विहितां देवैर्नित्यं परमिकां गतिम् ॥ १.१७१.४९ ॥
My companion in dharma, self-controlled, always like a mother to me, my friend, appointed by the gods, my supreme refuge always.
1.171.50
पित्रा मात्रा च विहितां सदा गार्हस्थ्यभागिनीम् ।
वरयित्वा यथान्यायं मन्त्रवत्परिणीय च ॥ १.१७१.५० ॥
Given always by father and mother, a sharer in the householder's life, whom I chose according to rule and wedded with the mantras.
1.171.51
कुलीनां शीलसंपन्नामपत्यजननीमपि ।
त्वामहं जीवितस्यार्थे साध्वीमनपकारिणीम् ॥ १.१७१.५१ ॥
You, of noble birth, endowed with good conduct, mother of children, virtuous and never harmful, I would not give up even for the sake of my own life.
1.171.52
परित्यक्तुं न शक्ष्यामि भार्यां नित्यमनुव्रताम् ।
कुत एव परित्यक्तुं सुतां शक्ष्याम्यहं स्वयम् ॥ १.१७१.५२ ॥
I cannot abandon a wife who is always devoted to me; how then could I myself abandon my daughter?
1.171.53
बालामप्राप्तवयसमजातव्यञ्जनाकृतिम् ।
भर्तुरर्थाय निक्षिप्तां न्यासं धात्रा महात्मना ॥ १.१७१.५३ ॥
A young girl, not yet of age, without the marks of womanhood, a trust placed by the great-souled Creator for the sake of her husband.
1.171.54
यया दौहित्रजाँल्लोकानाशंसे पितृभिः सह ।
स्वयमुत्पाद्य तां बालां कथमुत्स्रष्टुमुत्सहे ॥ १.१७१.५४ ॥
Through her I hope to win, with my ancestors, the worlds won through grandsons; how could I dare to abandon that young girl whom I myself brought forth?
1.171.55
मन्यन्ते केचिदधिकं स्नेहं पुत्रे पितुर्नराः ।
कन्यायां केचिदपरे मम तुल्यावुभौ स्मृतौ ॥ १.१७१.५५ ॥
Some men think a father's affection is greater for a son, and others for a daughter; to me both are held to be equal.
1.171.56
यस्यां लोकाः प्रसूतिश्च स्थिता नित्यमथो सुखम् ।
अपापां तामहं बालां कथमुत्स्रष्टुमुत्सहे ॥ १.१७१.५६ ॥
In whom the worlds, offspring and happiness always abide, how can I bring myself to abandon that sinless girl?
1.171.57
कुत एव परित्यक्तुं सुतं शक्ष्याम्यहं स्वयम् ।
प्रार्थयेयं परां प्रीतिं यस्मिन्स्वर्गफलानि च ॥ १.१७१.५७ ॥
How indeed could I myself abandon a son, on whom I would wish for supreme affection and in whom are also the fruits of heaven?
1.171.58
यस्य जातस्य पितरो मुखं दृष्ट्वा दिवं गताः ।
अहं मुक्तः पितृऋणाद्यस्य जातस्य तेजसा ॥ १.१७१.५८ ॥
At whose birth the ancestors, seeing his face, went to heaven, and by whose radiance I was freed from the debt to the ancestors.
1.171.59
दयितं मे कथं बालमहं त्यक्तुमिहोत्सहे ।
तमहं ज्येष्ठपुत्रं मे कुलनिर्हारकं विभुम् ॥ १.१७१.५९ ॥
How can I, here, abandon my beloved child? That eldest son of mine, the mighty bringer-out of the family, how could I...
1.171.60
मम पिण्डोदकनिधिं कथं त्यक्ष्यामि पुत्रकम् ।
त्यागोऽयं मम संप्राप्तो ममन्वा मे सुतस्य वा ॥ १.१७१.६० ॥
How shall I abandon my little son, the treasure of my offerings of food and water? This abandonment has come upon me, or upon my son.
1.171.61
तव वा तव पुत्र्या वा अत्र वासस्य तत्फलम् ।
न शृणोषि वचो मह्यं तत्फलं भुङ्क्ष्व भामिनि ॥ १.१७१.६१ ॥
The fruit of staying here belongs to you or to your daughter. You do not hear my words; so, O gracious one, enjoy its fruit.
1.171.62
अथवाहं न शक्ष्यामि स्वयं मर्तुं सुतं मम ।
एकं त्यक्तुं न शक्नोति भवतीं च सुतामपि ॥ १.१७१.६२ ॥
Or else, I myself am not able to die, nor my son. I cannot abandon even one of them, neither you nor your daughter.
1.171.63
अथ मद्रक्षणार्थं वा न हि शक्ष्यामि कंचन ।
परित्यक्तुमहं बन्धुं स्वयं जीवन्नृशंसवत् ॥ १.१७१.६३ ॥
Or else, for the sake of protecting myself, I shall not be able to abandon anyone. While living, I cannot abandon a kinsman like a cruel man.
1.171.64
आत्मानमपि चोत्सृज्य गते प्रेतवशं मयि ।
त्यक्ता ह्येते मया व्यक्तं नेह शक्ष्यन्ति जीवितुम् ॥ १.१७१.६४ ॥
If I too give up myself and go under the power of death, then these will clearly have been abandoned by me, and they will not be able to live here.
1.171.65
एषां चान्यतमत्यागो नृशंसो गर्हितो बुधैः ।
आत्मत्यागे कृते चेमे मरिष्यन्ति मया विना ॥ १.१७१.६५ ॥
To abandon any one of these is cruelty, condemned by the wise. And if I sacrifice myself, these will die without me.
1.171.66
स कृच्छ्रामहमापन्नो न शक्तस्तर्तुमापदम् ।
अहो धिक्कां गतिं त्वद्य गमिष्यामि सबान्धवः।
सर्वैः सह मृतं श्रेयो न च मे जीवितुं क्षमम् ॥ १.१७१.६६ ॥
I have fallen into this distress and am not able to cross over this calamity. Alas, shame! Today, with my kinsmen, what path shall I take? It is better to die together with all; living is not fit for me.