Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 11.1
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11.1.1
नारायणं नमस्कृत्य नरं चैव नरोत्तमम् ।
देवीं सरस्वतीं व्यासं ततो जयमुदीरयेत्
हते दुर्योधने चैव हते सैन्ये च सर्वशः ।
धृतराष्ट्रो महाराज श्रुत्वा किमकरोन्मुने ॥ ११.१.१ ॥
Having bowed to Nārāyaṇa, to Nara and to the best of men, to the goddess Sarasvatī and to Vyāsa, one should then recite 'Jaya'. When Duryodhana was slain and the whole army was utterly destroyed, what did the great king Dhṛtarāṣṭra do on hearing it, O sage?
11.1.2
तथैव कौरवो राजा धर्मपुत्रो महामनाः ।
कृपप्रभृतयश्चैव किमकुर्वत ते त्रयः ॥ ११.१.२ ॥
Likewise, what did the Kaurava king, Dharma's son, the great-minded one, and Kṛpa and the others, those three, do?
11.1.3
अश्वत्थाम्नः कृतं कर्म शापश्चान्योन्यकारितः ।
वृत्तान्मुत्रं ब्रूहि यदभाषत सञ्जयः ॥ ११.१.३ ॥
Tell me the deed done by Aśvatthāman and the curses mutually inflicted, the account of the events that Sañjaya related.
11.1.4
हते पुत्रशते दीनं छिन्नशाखमिव द्रुमम् ।
पुत्रशोकाभिसन्प्तं धृतराष्ट्रं महीपतिम् ॥ ११.१.४ ॥
When the hundred sons were slain, Dhṛtarāṣṭra, the lord of the earth, wretched like a tree with a broken branch, tormented by grief for his sons.
11.1.5
ध्यानमूकत्वमापन्नं चिन्तया समभिप्लुतम् ।
सञ्जयो जयतां श्रेष्ठ राजानं वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥ ११.१.५ ॥
To the king, overwhelmed by anxiety, fallen silent in meditation, Sañjaya, best of the victorious, spoke these words.
11.1.6
किं शोचसि महाराज नास्ति शोके सहायता ।
अक्षौहिण्यो हताश्चाष्टौ दश चैव विशाम्पते।
निर्जितेयं वसुमती शून्या स्थास्यति केवलम् ॥ ११.१.६ ॥
Why do you grieve, great king? There is no help in grief. Eight and ten akṣauhiṇīs have been slain, O lord of men; this conquered earth will remain empty, all alone.
11.1.7
नानादिग्भ्यः समागम्य नानाजात्या नराधिपाः ।
सहितास्व पुत्रेण सर्वे वै निधनं गताः ॥ ११.१.७ ॥
Kings gathered from many directions, of many clans, all together with their sons, have gone to death.
11.1.8
पितॄणां पुत्रपौत्राणां ज्ञातीनां सुहृदां तथा ।
गुरूणां चानुपूर्व्येण ये चान्येऽनुचरा हताः।
प्रेतकार्याणि सर्वाणि कारयस्व नराधिप ॥ ११.१.८ ॥
Have the funeral rites performed in due order for the fathers, sons, grandsons, kinsmen, friends, elders, and the other attendants who were slain, O lord of men.
11.1.9
तच्छ्रुत्वा करुणं पुत्रपौत्रवधार्दितः ।
पपात भुवि दुर्धर्षो वाताहत इव द्रुमः ॥ ११.१.९ ॥
Hearing that, tormented by the slaughter of sons and grandsons, the unassailable one fell piteously to the ground like a tree struck down by the wind.
11.1.10
हतपुत्रो हतामात्यो हतसर्वसुहृज्जनः ।
दुःखं नूनं गमिष्यामि विचरन्पृथिवीमिमाम् ॥ ११.१.१० ॥
My sons are slain, my ministers are slain, all my friends and kin are slain; surely I shall go about this earth in sorrow.
11.1.11
किन्नु बन्धुविहीनस्य जीवितेन ममाद्य वै ।
लूनपक्षस्य इव मे वैनतेयस्य सञ्जय ॥ ११.१.११ ॥
O Sañjaya, what use is this life to me today, bereft of kinsmen? I am like Garuḍa, the son of Vinatā, with his wings cut off.
11.1.12
हृतराज्यो हतसुहृद्वतपुत्रश्च वै तथा ।
न भ्राजिष्ये महाप्राज्ञ क्षीणरश्मिरिवांशुमान् ॥ ११.१.१२ ॥
Robbed of my kingdom, with friends slain and sons slain too, O greatly wise one, I shall no longer shine, like the sun with diminished rays.
11.1.13
न कृतं सुहृदां वाक्यं जामद्ग्न्यस्य च ।
सभामध्ये तु कृष्णेन यच्छ्रेयोऽभिहितं मम। ॥ ११.१.१३ ॥
I did not heed the words of my well-wishers, nor the words of Jāmadagnya. And what Kṛṣṇa declared to be my welfare in the midst of the assembly, I did not heed either.
11.1.14
अलं वैरेण ते राजन्पुत्रः संगृद्यतामिति ।
तच्च वाक्यमकृत्वाऽहं भृशं तप्यामि दुर्मतिः ॥ ११.१.१४ ॥
"Enough of enmity, O king; take back your son." Not having heeded that word, I, ill-minded, now grieve greatly.
11.1.15
न हि श्रोताऽस्मि भीष्मस्य शर्मयुक्तं प्रभाषितम् ॥ ११.१.१५ ॥
Indeed, I did not listen to Bhīṣma's words, so full of welfare.
11.1.16
दुर्योधनस्य च तथा वृषभस्येव नर्दतः ।
दुःशासनवधं श्रुत्वा कर्णस्य च विपर्ययम्।
द्रोणसूर्योपरागं च हृदयं मे विदीर्यते ॥ ११.१.१६ ॥
Hearing of Duryodhana's bull-like roar, the slaying of Duḥśāsana, Karṇa's reversal, and the eclipse of Droṇa, the sun, my heart is torn asunder.
11.1.17
न स्मराम्यात्मनः किञ्चित्पुरा सञ्जय दुष्कृतम् ।
यस्येदं फलमद्येह मया मूढेन भुज्यते ॥ ११.१.१७ ॥
O Sañjaya, I do not recall any wrong deed of my own in the past, whose fruit I, the deluded one, am now experiencing here.
11.1.18
नूनं व्यपकृतं किञ्चिन्मया पूर्वेषु जन्मसु ।
येन मां दुःखभागेषु धाता कर्मसु युक्तवान् ॥ ११.१.१८ ॥
Surely in previous births I committed some wrong, by which the creator has engaged me in shares of sorrow.
11.1.19
परिणामश्च वयसः सर्वबन्धुक्षयश्च मे ।
सुहृन्मित्रविनाशश्च दैवयोगादुपागतः ॥ ११.१.१९ ॥
Old age has come upon me, all my kinsmen are destroyed, and by the course of fate my well-wishers and friends have perished.
11.1.20
कोन्वस्ति दुःखिततरो मत्तोऽन्यो हि पुमान्भुवि ॥ ११.१.२० ॥
Indeed, what other man on earth is more wretched than I?
11.1.21
तन्मामद्यैव पश्यन्तु पाण्डवाः संशितव्रताः ।
विवृतं ब्रह्मलोकस्य दीर्घमध्वानमास्थितम् ॥ ११.१.२१ ॥
Therefore let the Pāṇḍavas, firm in their vows, see me today, for I have set out upon the long open road to the world of Brahmā.
11.1.22
तस्य लालप्यमानस्य बहु शोकं विचिन्वतः ।
शोकापहं नरेन्द्रस्य सञ्जयो वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥ ११.१.२२ ॥
To that king, who lamented much in grief and brooded, Sañjaya spoke these words that remove sorrow.
11.1.23
शोकं राजन्व्यपनुद श्रुतास्ते वेदनिश्चयाः ।
शास्त्रागमाश्च विविधा वृद्धेभ्यो नृपसत्तम ॥ ११.१.२३ ॥
Drive away your grief, O king; you have heard from the elders the sure conclusions of the Vedas and the various traditions of the scriptures, O best of kings.
11.1.24
सृञ्जये पुत्रशोकार्ते यदूर्चुर्मुनयः पुरा ।
यथा यौवनजं दर्पमास्थिते ते सुते नृप ॥ ११.१.२४ ॥
Hear what the sages of old said concerning Sṛñjaya, afflicted with grief for his son, when, O king, your sons took up the pride born of youth.
11.1.25
न त्वया सुहृदां वाक्यं ब्रुवतामवधारितम् ।
स्वार्थश्च न कृतः कश्चिल्लुब्धेन फलगृद्धिना ॥ ११.१.२५ ॥
You, greedy and eager for gain, did not heed the words of your well-wishers as they spoke, nor did you act for your own good in any way.
11.1.26
असिनैवैकधारेण स्वबुद्ध्या तु विचेष्टितम् ।
प्रायशोऽवृत्तसम्पन्नाः सततं पर्युपासिताः ॥ ११.१.२६ ॥
Your conduct, guided by your own judgment, is like a single-edged sword; and for the most part you constantly attended upon men who lacked good conduct.
11.1.27
यस्य दुःशासनो मन्त्री राधेयश्च दुरात्मवान् ।
शकुनिश्चैव दुष्टात्मा चित्रसेनश्च दुर्मतिः ॥ ११.१.२७ ॥
Whose counsellors were Duḥśāsana, the evil-souled Rādheya (Karṇa), the wicked-natured Śakuni, and the ill-minded Citrasena;
11.1.28
अनल्पं येन वै सर्वं शल्यभूतं कृतं जगत् ।
कुरुवृद्धस्य भीष्मस्य गान्धार्या विदुरस्य च ॥ ११.१.२८ ॥
By whom the whole world was made, as a thorn, a source of great affliction, even for the elder of the Kurus, Bhīṣma, for Gāndhārī and for Vidura;
11.1.29
द्रोणस्य च महाराज कृपस्य च शरद्वतः ।
कृष्णस्य च महाबाहो नारदस्य च धीमतः ॥ ११.१.२९ ॥
And for Droṇa, great king, for Kṛpa son of Śaradvat, for Kṛṣṇa, O mighty-armed one, and for the wise Nārada.
11.1.30
ऋषीणां च तथाऽन्येषां व्यासस्यामिततेजसः ।
न कृतं तेन वचनं तव पुत्रेण भारत।
क्षपिताः क्षत्रियाः सर्वे शत्रूणां वर्धितं यशः ॥ ११.१.३० ॥
Your son did not heed the word of the sages and of others, nor of Vyāsa of boundless splendour. O Bhārata, all the warrior-kings were destroyed, and the fame of the enemies grew.
11.1.31
अधर्मसंयुतं किञ्चिन्नित्यं युद्धमिति ब्रुवन् ।
मध्यस्थो हि त्वमप्यासीर्न क्षमं किञ्चिदुक्तवान् ॥ ११.१.३१ ॥
Saying that war is always joined with some unrighteousness, you too remained a neutral mediator and spoke nothing fitting.
11.1.32
धूर्धरेण त्वया भारस्तुलया न समं धृतः ॥ ११.१.३२ ॥
By you, the bearer of the yoke, the burden was not weighed equally on the balance.
11.1.33
आदावेव मनुष्येण वर्तितव्यं यथाक्रमम् ।
यथा नातीतमर्थं वै पश्चात्तापेन युज्यते ॥ ११.१.३३ ॥
A man should conduct himself in due order from the very beginning, so that he is not afterwards beset with remorse for a matter already past.
11.1.34
पुत्रगृद्ध्या त्वया राजन्प्रियं तस्य चिकीर्षितम् ।
पश्चात्तापमिमं प्राप्तो न त्वं शोचितुमर्हसि ॥ ११.१.३४ ॥
O king, out of greed for your son you desired to do what was pleasing to him; now this remorse has come upon you, and you ought not to grieve.
11.1.35
मधु यः केवलं दृष्ट्वा प्रपातं नानुपश्यति ।
स भ्रष्टोमधुलोभेन शोचत्येव यथा भवान् ॥ ११.१.३५ ॥
He who sees only the honey and does not see the chasm below, fallen through greed for honey, grieves just as you do.
11.1.36
अर्थान्न शोचन्प्राप्नोति न शोचन्विन्दते सुखम् ।
न शोचञ्श्रियमाप्नोति न शोचन्विन्दते जयम् ॥ ११.१.३६ ॥
He who does not grieve obtains wealth; he who does not grieve finds happiness. He who does not grieve obtains prosperity; he who does not grieve finds victory.
11.1.37
स्वयमुत्पादयित्वाऽग्निं परीतस्तेन योऽग्निना ।
दह्यमानः पुनस्तापं भजते न स पण्डितः ॥ ११.१.३७ ॥
He who, having himself kindled a fire and being surrounded by it, burns and again endures pain, is not a wise man.
11.1.38
त्वयैव ससुतेनायं वाक्यवायुसमीरितः ।
लोभाज्येन च संसिक्तो ज्वलितः पार्थपावकः ॥ ११.१.३८ ॥
By you, together with your sons, stirred by the wind of words and sprinkled with the ghee of greed, this fire of the son of Pṛthā has been kindled.
11.1.39
तस्मिन्समिद्धे पतिताः शलभा इव ते सुताः ।
तान्केशवाग्निनिर्दग्धान्न त्वं शोचितुमर्हसि ॥ ११.१.३९ ॥
In that kindled fire your sons fell like moths; those burned by the fire of Keśava, you ought not to grieve for.
11.1.40
यच्चाश्रुपातकलिलं वदनं वहसे नृप ।
अशास्त्रदृष्टमेतद्धि न प्रशंसन्ति पण्डिताः ॥ ११.१.४० ॥
And the face you bear, O king, clouded with falling tears — this is not seen in the scriptures, and the wise do not praise it.
11.1.41
विस्फुलिङ्गा इव ह्येतान्दहन्ति किल मानवान् ।
जहीहि मन्युं बुद्ध्या वै धास्यात्मानमात्मना ॥ ११.१.४१ ॥
Indeed, these burn men like sparks. Abandon anger by understanding, and by yourself, establish yourself in yourself.
11.1.42
एवमाश्वासितं तेन सञ्जयेन महात्मना ।
विदुरो भूय एवाह बुद्धिपूर्वं परन्तप ॥ ११.१.४२ ॥
Thus consoled by the great-souled Sañjaya, Vidura again spoke with understanding, O scorcher of foes.