Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 11.12
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11.12.1
तत एनमुपातिष्ठञ्शौचार्थं परिचारकाः ।
कृतशौचं पुनश्चैनं ओवाच मधुसूदनः ॥ ११.१२.१ ॥
Then attendants came up to him for his ablutions, and when he had purified himself, Madhusūdana spoke to him again.
11.12.2
राजन्नधीता वेदास्ते शास्त्राणि विविधानि च ।
श्रुतानि च पुराणानि राजधर्माश्च केवलाः ॥ ११.१२.२ ॥
O king, you have studied the Vedas and various treatises, you have heard the Purāṇas, and you have fully known the duties of kings.
11.12.3
एवं विद्वान्महाप्राज्ञः समर्थः सन्बलाबले ।
आत्मापराधात्कस्मात्त्वं कुरुषे कोपमीदृशम् ॥ ११.१२.३ ॥
Thus learned and of great wisdom, able to judge strength and weakness, why do you harbour such anger through your own fault?
11.12.4
उक्तवांस्त्वां तदैवाहं भीष्मद्रोणौ च भारत ।
विदुरः सञ्जयश्चैव वाक्यं राजन्न तत्कृथाः ॥ ११.१२.४ ॥
O Bhārata, at that very time I, Bhīṣma and Droṇa, and Vidura and Sañjaya too, spoke these words to you; but, O king, you did not act upon them.
11.12.5
स वार्यमाणो नास्माकमकार्षीर्वचनं तदा ।
पाण्डवानधिकाञ्चानन्बले शौर्ये च कौरव ॥ ११.१२.५ ॥
Though we restrained you, you did not heed our word at that time, even though you knew the Pāṇḍavas to be superior in strength and valour, O Kaurava.
11.12.6
राजा हि यः स्थिरप्रज्ञः स्वयं दोषानवेक्षते ।
देशकालविभागं च परं श्रयेः स विन्दति ॥ ११.१२.६ ॥
The king who, of steady wisdom, examines his own faults, understands the division of place and time, and resorts to the best, he indeed attains success.
11.12.7
उच्यमानस्तु यः श्रेयो गृह्णीते नो हिताहिते ।
आपदः समनुप्राप्य सोऽभ्येति विलयं किल ॥ ११.१२.७ ॥
He who, though counseled, does not accept what is good, discerning between the beneficial and the harmful, falls into calamity and surely comes to ruin.
11.12.8
ततोऽन्यवृत्तमात्मानं समवेक्षस्व भारत ।
राजंस्त्वं ह्यविधेयात्मा दुर्योधनवशे स्थितः ॥ ११.१२.८ ॥
Therefore, O descendant of Bharata, look closely at your own conduct. O king, you, whose self is not governed, have fallen under the sway of Duryodhana.
11.12.9
आत्मापराधादापन्नस्तत्किं भीमं जिघांससि ।
तस्मात्संयच्छ कोपं त्वं स्वमनुस्मृत्य दुष्कृतम् ॥ ११.१२.९ ॥
Having fallen into calamity through your own offense, why do you wish to kill Bhīma? Therefore restrain your anger, remembering your own wrongdoing.
11.12.10
यस्तु तां स्पर्धया क्षुद्रः पाञ्चालीमानयत्समाम् ।
स हतो भीमसेनेन वैरं प्रतिजिहीर्षता ॥ ११.१२.१० ॥
That base man who, out of rivalry, brought Pāñcālī into the assembly was slain by Bhīmasena, who wished to avenge the enmity.
11.12.11
आत्मनोऽतिक्रमं पश्य पुंत्रस्य च दुरात्मनः ।
यदनागसि पाण्डूनां परित्यागस्त्वया कृतः ॥ ११.१२.११ ॥
Look at your own transgression and that of your wicked-minded son, in that you abandoned the innocent Pāṇḍavas.
11.12.12
एवमुक्तः स कृष्णेन सर्वं सत्यं जनाधिप ।
उवाच देवकीपुत्रं धृतराष्ट्रो महीपतिः ॥ ११.१२.१२ ॥
Thus addressed by Kṛṣṇa, who spoke all the truth, O lord of men, King Dhṛtarāṣṭra replied to the son of Devakī.
11.12.13
एवमेतन्महाबाहो यथा वदसि माधव ।
पुत्रस्नेहस्तु बलवान्धर्मान्मां समचालयत् ॥ ११.१२.१३ ॥
Thus it is, O mighty-armed Mādhava, as you say. But love for sons is powerful; it drove me away from dharma.
11.12.14
दिष्ट्या तु पुरुषव्याघ्रो बलवान्सत्यक्त्रिमः ।
त्वद्गुप्तो नागमत्कृष्ण भीमो बाह्वन्तरं मम ॥ ११.१२.१४ ॥
By fortune, O Kṛṣṇa, Bhīma—tiger among men, mighty, true in valor—did not come within reach of my arms, for he was guarded by you.
11.12.15
इदानीं त्वहमव्यग्रो गतमन्युर्गतज्वरः ।
मध्यमं पाण्डवं वीरं स्पष्टुमिच्छामि माधव ॥ ११.१२.१५ ॥
Now I am calm, free from anger and from fever of grief, and I wish to touch the middle Pāṇḍava, the hero, O Mādhava.
11.12.16
हतेषु पारथिवेन्द्रेषु पुत्रेषु निहतेषु च ।
पाण्डुपुत्रेषु मे धर्मः प्रीतिश्चाप्यवतिष्ठते ॥ ११.१२.१६ ॥
Though the lords of kings have been slain, and my sons slain too, my sense of duty and my affection toward the sons of Pāṇḍu still remain.
11.12.17
ततः स भीमं च धनञ्जयं च ।
माद्याश्च पुत्रौ पुरुषप्रवीरौ।
पस्पर्श गात्रैः प्ररुदन्सुगात्रा… ।
नाश्वास्य कल्याणमुवाच चैनान् ॥ ११.१२.१७ ॥
Then he touched Bhīma and Dhanañjaya and the two heroic sons of Mādrī with his limbs, weeping, the fair-limbed one… and, having consoled them, he spoke auspicious words to them.