Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 10.10
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10.10.1
तस्यां रात्र्यां व्यतीतायां धृष्टद्युम्नस्य सारथिः ।
गत्वा शशंस पाण्डुभ्यः सौप्तिके कदनं कृतम् ॥ १०.१०.१ ॥
When that night had passed, the charioteer of Dhṛṣṭadyumna went and told the Pāṇḍavas of the slaughter done in the sleeping camp.
10.10.2
द्रौपदेया हता राजन्द्रुपदस्वात्मजैः सह ।
प्रमत्ता निशि विश्वस्ताः स्वपन्तः शिबिरे स्वके ॥ १०.१०.२ ॥
O king, the sons of Draupadī were slain together with the sons of Drupada, their own kin, as they slept heedless and unsuspecting at night in their own camp.
10.10.3
गौतमेन नृशंसेन भोजेन कृतवर्मणा ।
अश्वत्थान्ना च पापेन हतं वः शिबिरं निशि ॥ १०.१०.३ ॥
By the cruel Gautama (Kṛpa), by Bhoja (Kṛtavarman), and by the wicked Aśvatthāman, your camp was struck down at night.
10.10.4
एतैर्नरगजाश्वानां प्रासशक्तिपरश्वयैः ।
सहस्रामि विकृन्द्भिर्निः शेषं शिबिरं कृतम् ॥ १०.१०.४ ॥
With these, with spears, lances and battle-axes, they cut down thousands of men, elephants and horses, and the whole camp was made utterly desolate.
10.10.5
…विहगफलभारनतस्य ह ।
…महतो वनस्येव परश्वथैः।
… सुमहाञ्शब्दो बलस्य तव भारत ॥ १०.१०.५ ॥
…like a tree bent under the weight of birds and fruit…like a great forest under axes…O Bhārata, a very great cry rose from your army.
10.10.6
महमेकोऽबशिष्टस्तु तस्मात्सैन्यामहीपते ।
मुक्तः कथञ्चिद्धर्मात्मन्व्यग्राच्च कृतवर्मणः ॥ १०.१०.६ ॥
O lord of the earth, of that army I alone was left. O righteous one, somehow I was released from the confusion of Kṛtavarman.
10.10.7
तच्छ्रुत्वा वाक्यमशिवं कुन्तीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः ।
पपात मह्यां धर्मात्मा पुत्रशोकसमन्वितः ॥ १०.१०.७ ॥
Having heard that inauspicious speech, Yudhiṣṭhira, son of Kuntī, overcome with grief for his sons, the righteous one fell to the ground.
10.10.8
पतन्तं तमतिक्रम्य परिजग्राह सात्यकिः ।
भीमसेनोऽर्जुनश्चैव माद्रीपुत्रौ च पाण्डवौ ॥ १०.१०.८ ॥
Sātyaki rushed forward and caught him as he fell; Bhīmasena, Arjuna, and the two Pāṇḍava sons of Mādrī did likewise.
10.10.9
लब्धचेतास्तु कौन्तेयः शोकविह्वलया गिरा ।
जित्वा शत्रूञ्जितः पश्चात्पर्यदेवयदार्तवत् ॥ १०.१०.९ ॥
Regaining his senses, the son of Kuntī lamented with a voice overwhelmed by grief, like one afflicted, though he had conquered his enemies, yet afterwards seemed defeated.
10.10.10
अगम्या गतिरर्थानां कर्मणामीश्वरस्य च ।
दुर्विदा गतिरर्थानामपि ये दिव्यचक्षुषः।
जीयमाना जयन्त्यन्ये जयमाना वयं जिताः ॥ १०.१०.१० ॥
Unfathomable is the course of events, of deeds, and of the Lord; hard to know is the course of events even for those with divine sight. Those who are being defeated conquer others, while we, conquering, have been defeated.
10.10.11
हत्वा भ्रातॄन्वयस्यांश्च पितॄन्पुत्रान्सुहृद्गणान् ।
बन्धूनमात्यान्पौत्रांश्च जित्वा सर्वाञ्जिता वयम् ॥ १०.१०.११ ॥
Having slain brothers, companions, fathers, sons, multitudes of friends, kinsmen, ministers, and grandsons, having conquered all, we are defeated.
10.10.12
अनर्थो ह्यर्थसङ्काशस्तथाऽनर्थोऽर्थदर्शनः ।
जयोऽयमजयाकारो जयस्तस्मात्पराजयः ॥ १०.१०.१२ ॥
Calamity indeed appears like gain, and gain appears like calamity. This victory has the form of defeat; therefore victory is defeat.
10.10.13
यज्जित्वा तप्यते पश्चादापन्न इव दुर्मतिः ।
कथं मन्येत विजयं ततो जिततरः परैः ॥ १०.१०.१३ ॥
He who, having won, afterwards grieves like a foolish man fallen into calamity, how could he consider that victory? Then he is more defeated than his enemies.
10.10.14
येषामर्थाय पापं स्याद्विजयस्य सुहृद्वधैः ।
निर्जितैरप्रमत्तैर्हि विजिता जितकाशिनः ॥ १०.१०.१४ ॥
For those for whom sin arises from killing friends for the sake of victory, even though they were unheedful, are conquered by the defeated; those who think themselves victors are indeed conquered.
10.10.15
कर्णिनालीकदंष्ट्रस्य स्वङ्गजिह्वस्य संयुगे ।
चापव्यात्तास्यरौद्रस्य ज्यातलस्वननादिनः ॥ १०.१०.१५ ॥
In battle, whose fangs are arrows with barbed heads and whose tongue is a sharp sword, terrible with mouth gaped by the bow, roaring with the sound of the bowstring.
10.10.16
क्रुद्धस्य नरसिंहस्य सङ्ग्रामेष्वपलायिनः ।
ये व्यमुञ्चन्त कर्णस्य प्रमादात्त इमे हताः ॥ १०.१०.१६ ॥
Those who, not fleeing in battles, were let go by the enraged lion among men, Karṇa, through carelessness — these are slain.
10.10.17
रथहदं शरवर्षोर्मिमन्तं ।
रत्नाचितं वाहनयोधबृन्दम्।
शक्त्यृष्टिमीनध्वजनागनक्रं ।
शरासनावर्तमहेषुफेनम् ॥ १०.१०.१७ ॥
A lake of chariots, with waves of showering arrows, filled with jewels, a host of mounts and warriors; with spears and lances as fish, banners as crocodiles and elephants, with whirlpools of bows and great arrows as foam.
10.10.18
सङ्ग्रामचन्द्रोदयवेगवेलं ।
द्रोणार्णवं ज्यातलनेमिघोषम्।
ये तेरुरुच्चावचशस्त्रनौभि… ।
स्ते राजपुत्रा निहताः प्रमादात् ॥ १०.१०.१८ ॥
Those princes who, crossing the ocean of Droṇa, whose shore is the surging moonrise of battle, with the roar of bowstring and wheel-rim, with boats of high and low weapons, were slain through carelessness.
10.10.19
न हि प्रमादात्परमस्ति कश्च… ।
द्वधो नराणामिह जीवलोके।
प्रमत्तमर्था हि नरं समन्ता… ।
त्त्यजन्त्यनर्थाश्च समाविशन्ति ॥ १०.१०.१९ ॥
There is no greater destruction for men in this world of the living than negligence. Wealth abandons the negligent man on every side, and misfortunes enter into him.
10.10.20
ध्वजोत्तमाग्रोच्छ्रितधूमकेतुं ।
शरार्चिषं दीप्तमहापताकम्।
महाधनुर्ज्यातलनेमिघोषं ।
तनुत्रनानाविधशस्त्रहोमम् ॥ १०.१०.२० ॥
Having a smoke-banner rising from the tops of the high, chief banners, arrows as its flames, great blazing pennants, the roar of the rims of great bowstrings, and armour and many kinds of weapons as its oblation.
10.10.21
महाचमूकक्षदवाभिपन्नं ।
महाहवे भीष्ममहादवाग्निम्।
ये तेरुरुच्चावचशस्त्रवेगै… ।
स्ते राजपुत्रा निहताः प्रमादात् ॥ १०.१०.२१ ॥
Overtaken by the forest-fire of the great army's thicket, those princes who tried to cross in that great battle the great forest-fire that was Bhīṣma, by the force of high and low weapons, were slain through negligence.
10.10.22
न हि प्रमत्तेन नरेण शक्य… ।
माप्तुं वसु श्रीर्विपुलं यशो वा।
पश्याप्रमादेन निहत्य शत्रू… ।
न्सर्वान्महेन्द्रं सुखमेधमानम् ॥ १०.१०.२२ ॥
A negligent man cannot obtain wealth, splendour, or abundant fame. Behold those who, through diligence, having slain all their enemies, thrive in happiness like Indra.
10.10.23
इन्द्रोपमान्पार्थिवपुत्रपौत्रा… ।
न्पश्याविशेषेण हतान्प्रमादात्।
तीर्त्वा समुद्रं जणिजः समृद्वा ।
मग्नाः कुनद्यामिव सीदमानाः ॥ १०.१०.२३ ॥
Behold the sons and grandsons of kings, equal to Indra, slain without distinction through negligence. Men who, having crossed the ocean and grown prosperous, are sinking as if drowning in a foul river.
10.10.24
अमर्षितैर्ये निहता नरेन्द्रा ।
निःसंशयं ते त्रिदिवं प्रपन्नाः।
कृष्णां तु शोचामि कथं नु साध्वी ।
शोकार्णवं सा विषहिष्यतीति ॥ १०.१०.२४ ॥
Those kings who were slain by the enraged have undoubtedly gone to heaven. But I grieve for Kṛṣṇā — how will that virtuous woman endure this ocean of sorrow?
10.10.25
भातृंश्च पुत्रांश्च हतान्निशम्य ।
पाञ्चालसराजं पितरं च वृद्वम्।
ध्रुवं विसञ्ज्ञा पतिता पृथिव्यां ।
सा शोष्यते शोककृशाङ्गयष्टिः ॥ १०.१०.२५ ॥
Having heard that her brothers and sons were slain, and that the Pāñcāla king and her aged father too were slain, she will surely fall senseless to the ground; with her body wasted by grief, she will waste away.
10.10.26
तच्छोकजं दुःखमपारयन्ती ।
कथं भविष्यत्युचिता सुखानाम्।
रोरूयते ज्ञातिवधाभितप्ता ।
प्रदह्वमानेव हुताशनेन ॥ १०.१०.२६ ॥
Unable to bear the sorrow born of that grief, how will she ever be fit for happiness? Tormented by the slaughter of her kinsmen, she weeps, as if burning in the sacrificial fire.
10.10.27
इत्येवमार्तः परिदेवयन्स ।
राजाज कुरूणां नकुलं बभाषे।
गच्छान्यैनामिह मन्दभाग्यां ।
समातृपक्षामिति राजपुत्रीम् ॥ १०.१०.२७ ॥
Thus afflicted, lamenting, that king of the Kurus spoke to Nakula: 'Go from here with the others to that unfortunate princess, who is with her maternal kin.'
10.10.28
माद्रीसुतस्तत्परिगृह्य वाक्यं ।
धर्मेण धर्मप्रथमस्य राज्ञः।
ययौ रथेनालयमाशुदेव्याः ।
पाञ्चालराजस्य च यत्र दाराः ॥ १०.१०.२८ ॥
Nakula, son of Mādrī, took up that word, and by the command of the king foremost in dharma, went in his chariot to the abode of that goddess — where the wives of the Pāñcāla king were.
10.10.29
प्रस्थाप्य माद्रीसुतमाजमीढः ।
शोकार्दितस्तैः सहितः सुहृद्भिः।
रोरूयमाणः प्रययौ सुताना… ।
मायोधनं भूतगणानुकीर्णम् ॥ १०.१०.२९ ॥
Having sent forward the son of Mādrī, Yudhiṣṭhira, descendant of Ajamīḍha, tormented by grief, went with his companions and well-wishers, wailing, toward the battlefield of his sons … strewn with hosts of spirits.
10.10.30
स तत्प्रविश्याशिवमुग्ररूपं ।
ददर्श पुत्रान्सुहृदः सखींश्च।
भूमौ शयानान्रुधिरार्द्रगात्रा… ।
न्विभिन्नदेहान्प्रहृतोत्तमाङ्गान् ॥ १०.१०.३० ॥
Entering that inauspicious and terrible battlefield, he saw his sons, friends and companions lying on the ground, their bodies drenched in blood, their frames torn apart, their heads struck.
10.10.31
स तांस्तु दृष्ट्वा भृशमार्तरूपो ।
युधिष्ठिरो धर्मभृतां वरिष्ठः।
उच्चैः प्रचुक्रोश च कौरवाग्र्यः ।
पपात चोर्व्यां सगणो विसंज्ञः ॥ १०.१०.३१ ॥
Seeing them all, Yudhiṣṭhira, foremost of those who uphold dharma, struck with anguish, cried out loudly, the foremost of the Kurus, and fell to the earth with his retinue, senseless.