Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 10.9
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10.9.1
ते हत्वा सर्वपाञ्चालान्द्रौपदेयांश्च सर्वशः ।
आगच्छन्सहितास्तत्र यत्र दुर्योधनो हतः ॥ १०.९.१ ॥
Having slain all the Pāñcālas and the sons of Draupadī utterly, they came together to the place where Duryodhana had been struck down.
10.9.2
गत्वा चैनमपश्यन्त किञ्चित्प्राणं जनाधिपम् ।
ततो रथेभ्यः प्रस्कन्द्य परिवव्रुस्तवात्मजम् ॥ १०.९.२ ॥
Going there, they saw some breath still in that lord of men; then, leaping down from their chariots, they surrounded your son.
10.9.3
तं भग्रसक्थं राजेन्द्र कृच्छ्रप्राणमचेतसम् ।
वमन्तं रुधिरं वक्त्रादपश्यन्वसुधातले ॥ १०.९.३ ॥
O lord of kings, they saw him on the earth, his thighs broken, his life in pain, senseless, vomiting blood from his mouth.
10.9.4
वृतं समन्ताद्बहुभिः श्वापदैर्घोरदर्शनैः ।
सालावृकगणैश्चैव भक्षयिष्यद्भिरन्तिकात् ॥ १०.९.४ ॥
He was surrounded on every side by many beasts of prey, terrible to behold, and by herds of jackals and wolves, about to devour him as they drew near.
10.9.5
निरायन्तं कृच्छ्रात्ताञ्श्वापदांश्च चिखादिषून् ।
विवेष्टमानमुरुभ्यां सुभृशं गाढवेदनम् ॥ १०.९.५ ॥
Struggling with difficulty to free himself from those beasts of prey eager to devour him, writhing upon his thighs, he was in exceeding deep pain.
10.9.6
तं शयानं तथा दृष्ट्वा भूमौ सुरुधिरोक्षितम् ।
हतशिष्टास्त्रयो वीराः शोकार्ताः पर्यदेवयन्।
अश्वत्थामा कृपश्चैव कृतवर्मा च सात्वतः ॥ १०.९.६ ॥
Seeing him lying thus on the ground, drenched in blood, the three heroes who remained unslain, afflicted with grief, lamented: Aśvatthāman, Kṛpa, and Kṛtavarman the Sātvata.
10.9.7
तैस्त्रिभिः शोणितादिग्धौर्निः श्वसद्भिर्महारथैः ।
शुशुभे स वृतो राजा वेदी त्रिभिरिवाग्निभिः ॥ १०.९.७ ॥
Surrounded by those three great chariot-warriors, smeared with blood and breathing heavily, the king shone like an altar ringed by three fires.
10.9.8
ते तं शयानं सम्प्रेक्ष्य राजानमतथोचितम् ।
अविषह्येन दुःखेन ततस्ते रुरुदुस्त्रयः ॥ १०.९.८ ॥
Seeing the king lying there in a state unfit for him, the three then wept with unbearable grief.
10.9.9
ततस्तु रुधिरं हस्तैर्मुखान्निर्मृज्य तस्य हि ।
रणे राज्ञः शयानस्य कृपः सम्पर्यदेवयत् ॥ १०.९.९ ॥
Then Kṛpa, wiping the blood from the king's face with his own hands, lamented over the king lying on the battlefield.
10.9.10
न दैवस्यातिभारोऽस्ति यदयं रुधिरोक्षितः ।
एकादशचमूभर्ता शेते दुर्योधनो हतः ॥ १०.९.१० ॥
It is no excessive burden of fate that this man, drenched in blood, lord of eleven armies, Duryodhana, lies slain.
10.9.11
पश्य चामीकराभस्य चामीकरविभूषिताम् ।
गदां गदाप्रियस्येमां समीपे पतितां भुवि ॥ १०.९.११ ॥
Behold this mace, bright as gold and adorned with gold, of the one who loved the mace, lying fallen on the ground nearby.
10.9.12
इयमेनं गदा शूरं न जहाति रणेरणे ।
स्वर्गायापि व्रजन्तं हि न जहाति यशस्विनम् ॥ १०.९.१२ ॥
This mace never abandoned this hero in any battle, and even as he goes toward heaven it does not abandon this glorious one.
10.9.13
पश्येमां सह वीरेण जाम्बूनदविभूषिताम् ।
शयानां शयने हर्म्ये भार्यां प्रीतिमतीमिव ॥ १०.९.१३ ॥
Look at her, adorned with gold of the Jāmbūnada, lying on the couch in the palace with the hero, like a wife full of love.
10.9.14
योऽयं मूर्धाभिषिक्तानामग्रे याति परन्तपः ।
स हतो ग्रसते पांसून्पश्य कालसय पर्ययम् ॥ १०.९.१४ ॥
He who walked before the anointed kings, the scorcher of foes, now slain, swallows the dust. Look at the turning of time.
10.9.15
येनाजौ निहता भूमौ शेरते क्षत्रियर्षभाः ।
स भूमौ निहतः शेते कुरुराजः परैरयम् ॥ १०.९.१५ ॥
He by whom the bulls among warriors were laid low on the battlefield, this king of the Kurus, slain by enemies, now lies upon the ground.
10.9.16
भयान्नमन्ति राजानो यस्य स्म शतसङ्घशः ।
स वीरशयने शेते क्रव्याद्भिः परिवारितः ॥ १०.९.१६ ॥
He, out of fear of whom hundreds of kings would bow down, now lies upon the bed of heroes, surrounded by flesh-eating creatures.
10.9.17
यमुपासन्नृपाः पूर्वमर्थहेतोर्महीपतिम् ।
उपात्पते च तं ह्यद्य क्रव्यादा मांसगृद्धिनः ॥ १०.९.१७ ॥
The lord of the earth, whom kings once served for the sake of wealth, now the flesh-eaters greedy for meat rush upon him today.
10.9.18
तं शयानं कुरुश्रेष्ठं ततो भरतसत्तमम् ।
अश्वत्थामा समालिङ्ग्य करुणं पर्यदेवयत् ॥ १०.९.१८ ॥
Then Aśvatthāman, embracing that best of the Kurus, that best of the Bharatas lying there, lamented piteously.
10.9.19
आहुस्त्वां राजशार्दूल मुख्यं सर्वधनुष्मताम् ।
धनाध्यक्षोपमं युद्धे शिष्यं सङ्कर्षणस्य च ॥ १०.९.१९ ॥
They called you, tiger among kings, foremost of all archers, like Kubera the lord of wealth in battle, and disciple of Saṅkarṣaṇa.
10.9.20
कथं विवरमद्राक्षीद्भीमसेनस्तवानघ ।
बलिनं कृतिनो नित्यं सूदः पापात्मवान्नृप ॥ १०.९.२० ॥
Sinless one, how did Bhīmasena see an opening in you, who were always strong and skilled? O king, he is merely an evil-minded cook!
10.9.21
कालो नूनं महाराज लोकेऽस्मिन्बलवत्तरः ।
पश्यामो निहतं त्वां च भीमसेनेन संयुगे ॥ १०.९.२१ ॥
Great king, surely time is the mightiest in this world, for we see you slain in battle by Bhīmasena.
10.9.22
कथं त्वां सर्वधर्मज्ञं क्षुद्रः पापो वृकोदरः ।
निकृत्या हतवान्मन्दो नून कालो दुरत्ययः ॥ १०.९.२२ ॥
How did Vṛkodara, base, sinful and foolish, slay you by treachery, you who knew all dharma? Surely time is insurmountable.
10.9.23
द्वन्द्वयुद्धे ह्यधर्मेण समाहूयौजसा मृधे ।
गदया भीमसेनेन निर्भग्ने सक्थिनी तव ॥ १०.९.२३ ॥
In single combat, having unrighteously challenged you with force, Bhīmasena shattered both your thighs with his mace.
10.9.24
अधर्मेण हतस्याजौ मृद्यमानं पदा शिरः ।
य उपेक्षितवान्क्षुद्रं धिक्तमस्तु…युधिष्ठिरम् ॥ १०.९.२४ ॥
Shame upon that base Yudhiṣṭhira, who looked on with indifference as your head, unrighteously slain in battle, was trampled underfoot…
10.9.25
युद्धेष्वपवदिष्यन्ति योधा नूनं वृकोदरम् ।
यावत्स्थास्यन्ति भूतानि निकृत्या ह्यसि पातितः ॥ १०.९.२५ ॥
In battles, warriors will surely reproach Vṛkodara (Bhīma) as long as beings endure, for by treachery he was struck down with the sword.
10.9.26
ननु रामोऽब्रवीद्राजंस्त्वां सदा यदुनन्दनः ।
दुर्योधनसमो नास्ति गदायामिति वीर्यवान् ॥ १०.९.२६ ॥
Surely Rāma (Balarāma) and the joy of the Yadus (Kṛṣṇa) always spoke of you, O king, saying that none is equal to Duryodhana in mace-fighting.
10.9.27
श्लाघते त्वां हि वार्ष्णेयो राजन्संसत्सु भारत ।
स शिष्यो मम कौरव्यो गदायुद्ध इति प्रभो ॥ १०.९.२७ ॥
Indeed the descendant of Vṛṣṇi praises you in assemblies, O king, O descendant of Bharata. He, my disciple, the Kaurava, in mace-combat, O lord.
10.9.28
यां गतिं क्षत्रियस्याहुः प्रशस्तां परमर्षयः ।
हतस्याभिमुखस्याजौ प्राप्तस्त्वमसि तां गतिम् ॥ १०.९.२८ ॥
The praised destination which the great sages speak of for a warrior slain in battle, face to face — that destination you have attained.
10.9.29
दुर्योधन न शोचामि त्वामहं पुरुषर्षभ ।
हतपुत्रौ तु शोचामि गान्धारीं पिरं च ते ॥ १०.९.२९ ॥
O Duryodhana, O bull among men, I do not grieve for you; but for Gāndhārī and your father, whose sons are slain, I grieve.
10.9.30
द्वावनाथौ कृतौ वीर त्वया नाथेन वर्धितौ ।
भिक्षुकौ विचरिष्येते शोचन्तौ पृथिवीमिमाम् ॥ १०.९.३० ॥
O hero, you have made the two of them orphans, though you had nurtured them with you as their protector; both will wander as beggars, grieving, over this earth.
10.9.31
घिगस्तु कृष्णं वार्ष्णेयमर्जुनं चापि दुर्मतिम् ।
धर्मज्ञमानिमौ यौ त्वां वध्यमानमुपेक्षताम् ॥ १०.९.३१ ॥
Shame on Kṛṣṇa, the Vārṣṇeya, and shame on Arjuna, the ill-minded one, who think themselves knowers of dharma yet neglected you as you were being slain.
10.9.32
पाण्डवाश्चापि ते सर्वे किं वक्ष्यन्ति नराधिप ।
कथं दुर्योधनोऽस्माभिर्हत इत्यनपत्रपाः ॥ १०.९.३२ ॥
O lord of men, what will all the Pāṇḍavas say? 'How was Duryodhana slain by us?' — thus will these shameless ones speak.
10.9.33
धन्यस्त्वमसि गान्धारे यस्वमायोधने हतः ।
प्रयातोऽभिमुखः शत्रून्धर्मेण पुरुषर्षभ ॥ १०.९.३३ ॥
Blessed are you, son of Gāndhārī, who in battle, facing the enemies, were slain righteously, best of men.
10.9.34
हतपुत्रा हि गान्धारी निहतज्ञातिबान्धवा ।
प्रज्ञाचक्षुश्च दुर्धर्षः कां दशां प्रतिपत्स्यते ॥ १०.९.३४ ॥
Gāndhārī's sons are slain, and her kinsmen and relatives are slain. What condition will the blind one, the unassailable, come to?
10.9.35
धिगस्तु कृतवर्माणं मां कृपं च महारथम् ।
ये वयं न गताः स्वर्गं त्वां पुरस्कृत्य पार्थिवम् ॥ १०.९.३५ ॥
Shame on Kṛtavarman, shame on me, and shame on Kṛpa, the great charioteer, for we who put you, the king, in front did not go to heaven.
10.9.36
दातारं सर्वकामानां रक्षितारं प्रजाहितम् ।
यद्वयं नानुगच्छाम त्वां धिगस्मान्नराधमान् ॥ १०.९.३६ ॥
Because we did not follow you, the giver of all desires and protector of the people's welfare, shame on us, the lowest of men.
10.9.37
कृपस्य तव वीर्येण मम चैव पितुश्च मे ।
सभृत्यानां नरव्याघ्र रत्नवन्ति गृहाणि च ॥ १०.९.३७ ॥
O tiger among men, by the valour of Kṛpa, of you, of me and of my father, our houses together with our servants are full of jewels.
10.9.38
तव प्रसादादस्माभिः समित्रैः सह बान्धवैः ।
अवाप्ताः क्रतवो मुख्या बहवो भूरिदक्षिणाः ॥ १०.९.३८ ॥
By your grace, together with our allies and kinsmen, we obtained many chief sacrifices with abundant fees.
10.9.39
कुतश्चापीदृशं पापाः प्रवर्तिष्यामहे वयम् ।
यादृशेन पुरस्कृत्य त्वं गतः सर्वपार्थिवान् ॥ १०.९.३९ ॥
From where, O sinful ones, would we act in such a way as you went forth having honoured all the kings?
10.9.40
वयमेव त्रयो राजन्गच्छन्तं परमां गतिम् ।
यद्वै त्वां नानुगच्छाभस्तेन तप्स्यामहे वयम्। ॥ १०.९.४० ॥
O king, we three alone remain, because we did not follow you as you went to the supreme path; therefore we shall suffer.
10.9.41
तत्स्वर्गहीना हीनार्थाः स्मरन्तः सुकृतस्य ते ।
किं नाम तद्भवेत्कर्म येन त्वां न व्रजाम वै ॥ १०.९.४१ ॥
Therefore, bereft of heaven and of purpose, remembering your good deeds, what deed could it have been by which we did not go with you?
10.9.42
दुःखं नून कुरुश्रेष्ठ चरिष्याम महीमिमाम् ।
हीनानां नस्त्वया राजन्कुतः शान्तिः कुतः सुखं ॥ १०.९.४२ ॥
O best of the Kurus, we shall surely wander this earth in sorrow. O king, without you, bereft as we are, where is peace, where is happiness?
10.9.43
गत्वैव तु महाराज समेत्य च महारथान् ।
यथाज्येष्ठं यथाश्रेष्ठं पूजयेर्वचनान्मम ॥ १०.९.४३ ॥
Great king, having gone and met the great charioteers, honor them according to seniority and excellence, at my word.
10.9.44
आचार्यं पूजयित्वा च केतुं सर्वधनुष्मताम् ।
हतं मयाऽद्य शंशेथा दृष्टद्युम्नं नराधिप ॥ १०.९.४४ ॥
Having honored the teacher, tell him who is the banner of all archers, lord of men, that today Dhṛṣṭadyumna was slain by me.
10.9.45
परिष्वजेथा राजानं बाह्लिकं सुमहारथम् ।
सैन्धवं सोमदत्तं च भूरिश्रवसमेव च ॥ १०.९.४५ ॥
Embrace the king Bāhlika, the great charioteer Saindhava, Somadatta, and Bhūriśravas as well.
10.9.46
तथा पूर्वगतानन्यान्स्वर्गे पार्थिवसत्मान् ।
अस्मद्वाक्यात्परिष्वज्य सम्पृच्छेस्वमनामयम् ॥ १०.९.४६ ॥
Likewise, embrace the other excellent kings who have gone before us to heaven, and at our word ask after their welfare.
10.9.47
इत्येवमुक्वा राजानं भग्नसक्थमचेतसम् ।
अश्वत्थामा लघुप्राणं पुनर्वचनमब्रवीत् ॥ १०.९.४७ ॥
Having spoken thus to the king, whose thigh was broken and who was unconscious with faint breath, Aśvatthāman spoke again these words.
10.9.48
दुर्योधन जीवसि चेद्वाक्यं श्रोत्रमुखं शृणु ।
सप् पाण्डवतः शिष्टा धार्तराष्ट्रास्त्रयो वयम् ॥ १०.९.४८ ॥
O Duryodhana, if you are alive, hear these words that please the ear: of the Pāṇḍavas only seven remain, and of us, the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, only three remain.
10.9.49
ते चैव भ्रातरः पञ्च वासुदेवोऽथ सात्यकिः ।
अहं च कृतवर्मा च कृपः शारद्वतस्तथा ॥ १०.९.४९ ॥
Those five brothers, Vāsudeva, Sātyaki, I, Kṛtavarman, and Kṛpa, son of Śāradvat, likewise.
10.9.50
द्रौपदेया हताः सर्वे धृष्टद्युम्नस्य चात्मजाः ।
पञ्चाला निहताः सर्वे मत्स्यशेषं च भारत ॥ १०.९.५० ॥
All the sons of Draupadī were slain, and the sons of Dhṛṣṭadyumna; all the Pañcālas were killed, and the remnant of the Matsyas too, O Bhārata.
10.9.51
कृते प्रतिकृतं पश्य हतपुत्रा हि पाण्डवाः ।
सौप्तिके शिबिरं तेषां हतं सनरवाहनम् ॥ १०.९.५१ ॥
Behold the requital for the deed: the Pāṇḍavas have lost their sons. In the night attack on the sleeping camp, their camp was struck down together with its men and mounts.
10.9.52
मया च पापकर्माऽसौ धृष्टद्युम्नो महीपते ।
प्रविश्य शिबिरं रात्रौ पशुमारेण मारितः ॥ १०.९.५२ ॥
And by me, O lord of the earth, that evil-doer Dhṛṣṭadyumna was slain: entering the camp by night, he was killed like cattle.
10.9.53
दुर्योधनस्तु तां वाचं निशम्य मनसः प्रियाम् ।
प्रतिलभ्य पुनश्चेत इदं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥ १०.९.५३ ॥
But Duryodhana, having heard that speech, pleasing to his mind, and having recovered his composure, spoke these words.
10.9.54
न मेऽकरोत्द्गाङ्गेयो न कर्णो न च ते पिता ।
यत्त्वया कृपभोजाभ्यां सहितेनाद्य मे कृतम् ॥ १०.९.५४ ॥
The son of Gaṅgā did not do for me, nor did Karṇa, nor your father; what you, together with Kṛpa and Kṛtavarman, have done for me today.
10.9.55
स च सेनापतिः क्षुद्रो हतः सार्धं शिखण्डिना ।
तेन मन्ये मघवता सममात्मानमद्य वै ॥ १०.९.५५ ॥
And that commander, the base one, was slain together with Śikhaṇḍin. By that, I today consider myself equal to Maghavan, Indra.
10.9.56
स्वस्ति प्राप्नुत भद्रं वः स्वर्गे नः सङ्गमः पुनः ।
इत्येवमुक्त्वा पुत्रस्ते कुरुराजो महामनाः ॥ १०.९.५६ ॥
"May you attain well-being and good fortune; in heaven we shall meet again." Having spoken thus, your son, the great-minded king of the Kurus,
10.9.57
प्राणानुपासृजद्वीरः सुहृदां दुःखमादधत् ।
अपाक्रामद्दिवं पुण्यां शरीरं क्षितिमाविशत् ॥ १०.९.५७ ॥
The hero gave up his breaths, causing grief to his friends. He departed to the holy heaven, and his body entered the earth.
10.9.58
एवं ते निधनं यातः पुत्रो दुर्योधनो नृप ।
अग्रे यात्वा रणे शूरः पश्राद्विनिहतः परैः ॥ १०.९.५८ ॥
Thus, O king, your son Duryodhana met his death. The hero, having advanced in battle, was struck down from behind by the enemies.
10.9.59
तथैव ते परिष्वक्ताः परिष्वज्य च ते नृपम् ।
पुनः पुनः प्रेक्षमाणाः स्वकानारुरुहू रथान् ॥ १०.९.५९ ॥
Likewise, having embraced one another and embraced the king, they, looking again and again, mounted their own chariots.
10.9.60
इत्येवं द्रोणपुत्रस्य निशम्य करुणां गिरम् ।
प्रत्यूषकाले शोकार्ताः प्राद्रवन्नगरं प्रति ॥ १०.९.६० ॥
Having heard this piteous speech of Droṇa's son, afflicted with grief at dawn, they fled toward the city.
10.9.61
एवमेष क्षयो वृत्तः कुरुपाण्डवसेनयोः ।
घोरो विशसनो रौद्रो राजन्दुर्मन्त्रिते तव ॥ १०.९.६१ ॥
Thus came about this terrible, slaughtering, dreadful destruction of the armies of the Kurus and Pāṇḍavas, O king, through your evil counsel.
10.9.62
तव पुत्रे गते स्वर्गं शोकार्स्य ममानघ ।
ऋषिदत्तं प्रनष्टं तद्दिव्यदर्शित्वमद्य वै ॥ १०.९.६२ ॥
O sinless one, since your son has gone to heaven, the divine power of sight given to me by the sage, which I had as one afflicted with grief, is indeed lost today.
10.9.63
इति श्रुत्वा स नृपतिर्ज्ञातिपुत्रवधं तदा ।
निःश्वस्य दीर्घमुष्णं च ततश्चिन्तापरोऽभवत् ॥ १०.९.६३ ॥
Having heard this, the king then, hearing of the slaughter of his kinsmen and sons, heaved a long and hot sigh, and then became absorbed in anxious thought.