Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 11.15
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11.15.1
तमेवमुक्त्वा गान्धारी युधिष्ठिरमपृच्छत ।
क्व स राजेति सक्रोधा पुत्रपौत्रवधार्दिता ॥ ११.१५.१ ॥
Having said this to him, Gāndhārī, tormented by the slaughter of her sons and grandsons, angrily asked Yudhiṣṭhira: "Where is that king?"
11.15.2
तामभ्यगच्छत्कौन्तेयो वेपमानः कृताञ्जलिः ।
युधिष्ठिरस्तु गान्धारीं मधुरं वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥ ११.१५.२ ॥
The son of Kuntī, trembling, with folded hands, approached her; and Yudhiṣṭhira spoke sweet words to Gāndhārī.
11.15.3
पुत्रहन्ता नृशंसोऽहं तव देवि युधिष्ठिरः ।
शापार्हः पृथिवीनाशे हेतुभूतः शपस्व माम् ॥ ११.१५.३ ॥
O goddess, I, Yudhiṣṭhira, am the cruel slayer of your sons, the cause of the destruction of the earth; I deserve a curse. Curse me.
11.15.4
नहि मे जीवितेनार्थो न राज्येन सुखेन वा ।
तादृशान्सुहृदो हत्वा प्रमूढस्य सुहृद्द्रुहः ॥ ११.१५.४ ॥
I have no use for life, nor for kingdom or happiness, I who, deluded, slew such friends and betrayed my friends.
11.15.5
तमेवंवादिनं भीतं सन्निकर्षागतं तदा ।
नोवाच किञ्चिद्गान्धारी निःश्वासपरमा नृप ॥ ११.१५.५ ॥
Seeing him speaking thus, fearful, come near, Gāndhārī then said nothing at all, O king, absorbed in deep sighs.
11.15.6
तस्मावनतदेहस्य पादयोर्निपतिष्यतः ।
युधिष्ठिरस्य नृपतेर्धर्मज्ञा दीर्घदर्शिनी ॥ ११.१५.६ ॥
Therefore Gāndhārī, knower of dharma, far-seeing, saw King Yudhiṣṭhira, his body bowed, about to fall at her feet.
11.15.7
अङ्गुल्यग्राणि ददृशे देवी पट्टान्तरेण सा ।
ततः स कुनखीभूतो दर्शनीयनखो नृपः ॥ ११.१५.७ ॥
Through the gap in the cloth, the queen saw the tips of their fingers. Then the king, whose nails had become ugly, had nails that had once been fair to see.
11.15.8
तं दृष्ट्वा चार्जुनोऽगच्छद्वासुदेवस्य पृष्ठतः ॥ ११.१५.८ ॥
Seeing him, Arjuna went behind Vāsudeva.
11.15.9
एवं सञ्चेष्टमानांस्तानितश्चेतश्च भारत ।
गान्धारी विगतक्रोधा सांत्वयामास मातृवत् ॥ ११.१५.९ ॥
O Bhārata, Gāndhārī, free from anger, consoled them as they moved about here and there, like a mother.
11.15.10
ते पाण्डवा अनुज्ञाता मातरं वीतमत्सराः ।
अभ्यगच्छन्त सहिताः पृथां पृथुवलक्षसः ॥ ११.१५.१० ॥
Having been permitted, the Pāṇḍavas, free from envy and broad-chested, went together to their mother Pṛthā.
11.15.11
चिरस्य दृष्ट्वा पुत्रान्सा पुत्राधिभिरभिप्लुता ।
बाष्पमाहारयद्देवी वस्त्रेणावृत्य वै मुखम् ॥ ११.१५.११ ॥
Having seen her sons after a long time, the queen, overwhelmed by grief for her sons, covered her face with a cloth and held back her tears.
11.15.12
ततो बाष्पं समुत्सृज्य सह पुत्रैस्तदा पृथा ।
अपश्यदेनाञ्शस्त्रौघैर्बहुधा परिविक्षतान् ॥ ११.१५.१२ ॥
Then, letting her tears fall, Pṛthā saw them, together with her sons, grievously wounded in many ways by floods of weapons.
11.15.13
सा तानेकैकशः पुत्रान्संस्पृशन्ती पुनःपुनः ।
अन्वशोचत दुःखार्ता द्रौपदीं निहतात्मजाम्।
रुदन्तीमथ पाञ्चालीं ददर्श पतितां भुवि ॥ ११.१५.१३ ॥
She, touching each of them again and again, lamented, afflicted with grief. Then she saw Draupadī, whose sons were slain, lying fallen on the ground and weeping.
11.15.14
आर्ये पौत्रास्तु ते सर्वे सौभद्रसहिता गताः ।
न त्वां तेऽद्याभिगच्छन्ति चिरं दृष्ट्वा अनिन्दिते।
किन्नु राज्येन मे कार्यं विहीनायाः सुतैर्वरैः ॥ ११.१५.१४ ॥
Ārye, all your grandsons have gone together with Saubhadra. O blameless one, though they have seen you so long, they do not approach you today. What use is kingdom to me, bereft of excellent sons?
11.15.15
तां समाश्वासयामास पृथा पृथललोचना ।
उत्थाप्याङ्केन सुदतीं रुदतीं शोककर्शिताम् ॥ ११.१५.१५ ॥
Pṛthā of broad eyes raised her up, took her into her lap, and consoled the fair-toothed Draupadī, weeping and worn by grief.
11.15.16
तयैव सहिता चापि पुत्रैरनुगता पृथा ।
अभ्यगच्छत गान्धारीमार्तामार्ततरा स्वयम् ॥ ११.१५.१६ ॥
Pṛthā, accompanied by her and followed by her sons, herself even more afflicted, went toward the afflicted Gāndhārī.
11.15.17
तामुवाचाथ गान्धारी सह कुन्त्या यशस्विनीम् ।
मैवं पुत्रीति शोकार्ता पश्य मामपि दुःखितां ॥ ११.१५.१७ ॥
Then Gāndhārī, afflicted with grief, said to the glorious Kuntī: "Do not do so, daughter; look at me too, who am sorrowful."
11.15.18
मन्ये लोकविनाशोऽयं कालपर्यायनोदितः ।
अवश्यभावी सम्प्राप्तः स्वभावाद्रोमहर्षणः ॥ ११.१५.१८ ॥
I think this destruction of the world has come, impelled by the cycle of time, inevitable, and by its very nature hair-raising.
11.15.19
इदं तत्समनुप्राप्तं विदुरस्य वचो महत् ।
असिद्धानुनये कृष्णे यदुवाच महामतिः ॥ ११.१५.१९ ॥
This great word of Vidura, which the wise one spoke when reconciliation with Kṛṣṇa failed, has now fully come upon us.
11.15.20
तस्मिन्नपरिहार्येऽर्थे व्यतीते च विशेषतः ।
मा शुचो न हि शोच्यास्ते सङ्ग्रामे निधनं गताः ॥ ११.१५.२० ॥
Since that unavoidable matter has passed, do not grieve, especially; those who met death in battle are not to be mourned.
11.15.21
यथैवाहं तथैव त्वं को वामाश्वासयिष्यति ।
ममैव ह्यपराधेन कुलमग्र्यं विनाशितम् ॥ ११.१५.२१ ॥
As I am, so are you; who will console you two? Through my fault alone the foremost family has been destroyed.