Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 11.16
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11.16.1
एवमुक्त्वा तु गान्धारी कुरूणामवकर्तनम् ।
अपश्यत्तत्र तिष्ठन्ती सर्वं तत्र यथास्थितम् ॥ ११.१६.१ ॥
Having spoken thus, Gāndhārī, standing there, saw the destruction of the Kurus, all of it lying just as it was.
11.16.2
पतिव्रता महाभागा समानव्रतचारिणी ।
उग्रेण तपसा युक्ता सततं सत्यवादिनी ॥ ११.१६.२ ॥
Devoted to her husband, greatly fortunate, following the same vow, endowed with fierce austerity, ever truthful in speech.
11.16.3
वरदानेन कृष्णस्य महर्षेः पुण्यकर्मणः ।
दिव्यज्ञानबलोपेता विविधं पर्यदेवयत् ॥ ११.१६.३ ॥
Endowed with divine knowledge and power through the boon of the great sage Kṛṣṇa (Vyāsa), whose deeds are meritorious, she lamented in many ways.
11.16.4
ददर्श सा बुद्धिमती दूरादपि यथाऽन्तिके ।
रणाजिरं तद्वीराणामद्भुतं रोमहर्षणम् ॥ ११.१६.४ ॥
That wise woman saw, even from afar as if from near, that battlefield of heroes, wondrous and hair-raising.
11.16.5
अस्थिकेशवसाकीर्णं शोणितौघपरिप्लुतम् ।
शरीरैर्बहुसाहस्रैर्विनिकीर्णं समन्ततः ॥ ११.१६.५ ॥
Strewn with bones, hair and marrow, drenched in a flood of blood, scattered on all sides with many thousands of bodies.
11.16.6
गजाश्वरथयोधानामावृतं रुधिराविलैः ।
शरीरैरशिरस्कैश्च विदेहैश्च शिरोगणैः ॥ ११.१६.६ ॥
Covered with the bodies of elephant, horse and chariot warriors, muddied with blood, filled with headless bodies and heaps of bodiless heads.
11.16.7
गजाश्वनरवीराणां निःसत्वैरभिसंवृतम् ।
सृगालवलगोमायुकङ्ककाकनिषेवितम् ॥ ११.१६.७ ॥
Covered with the lifeless bodies of elephants, horses and heroic men, and frequented by jackals, hyenas, vultures, herons and crows.
11.16.8
रक्षसां पुरुषादाना मोदनं कुरराकुलम् ।
अशिवाभिः शिवाभिश्च नादितं गृध्रसेवितम् ॥ ११.१६.८ ॥
The delight of rakṣasas and man-eaters, crowded with ospreys, resounding with the howls of inauspicious and auspicious jackals, and frequented by vultures.
11.16.9
ततो व्यासाभ्यनुज्ञातो धृतराष्ट्रो महीपतिः ।
पाण्डुपुत्राश्च ते सर्वे युधिष्ठिरपुरोगमाः ॥ ११.१६.९ ॥
Then King Dhṛtarāṣṭra, given leave by Vyāsa, and all the sons of Pāṇḍu, with Yudhiṣṭhira at their head.
11.16.10
वासुदेवं पुरस्कृत्य हतबन्धुं च पार्थिवम् ।
कुरुस्त्रियः समादाय जग्मुरायोधनं प्रति ॥ ११.१६.१० ॥
With Vāsudeva placed in front, taking along the king whose kinsmen had been slain, the women of the Kurus set out toward the battlefield.
11.16.11
समासाद्य कुरुक्षेत्रं ताः स्त्रियो निहतेश्वराः ।
अपश्यन्त हतांस्तत्र पुत्रान्भ्रातॄन्पितॄन्पतीन् ॥ ११.१६.११ ॥
Reaching Kurukṣetra, those women whose lords were slain saw there the slain sons, brothers, fathers and husbands.
11.16.12
क्रव्यादैर्भक्ष्यमाणांश्च गोमायुवलवायसैः ।
भूतैः पिशाचै रक्षोभिर्विविधैश्च निशाचरैः ॥ ११.१६.१२ ॥
Being devoured by flesh-eating jackals, hyenas and crows, and surrounded by spirits, goblins, rakṣasas and various night-wanderers.
11.16.13
रुद्राक्रीडनिभं दृष्ट्वा तदा विशसनं स्त्रियः ।
कुरर्य इव शोकार्ता विक्रोशन्त्यो निपेतिरे ॥ ११.१६.१३ ॥
Seeing that slaughter, like the sport of Rudra, the women, stricken with grief, cried out like ospreys and fell to the ground.
11.16.14
अदृष्टपूर्वं पशन्त्यो दुःखार्ता भरतस्त्रियः ।
शरीरेषु स्खलन्त्यश्च न्यपतंश्च परासुवत् ॥ ११.१६.१४ ॥
Seeing a sight never before beheld, the women of the Bharatas, afflicted with sorrow, stumbling over the bodies, fell down as if dead.
11.16.15
श्रान्तानां चाप्यनाथानां क्रन्दन्तीनां भृशं तदा ।
पाञ्चालकुरुयोषाणां कृपणं तदभून्महत् ॥ ११.१६.१५ ॥
Then the lamentation of the exhausted, masterless women of the Pāñcālas and Kurus, wailing greatly, became a great and piteous sound.
11.16.16
दुःखोपहतचित्ताभिः समन्तादनुनादितम् ।
दृष्ट्वाऽऽयोधनमत्युग्रं धर्मज्ञा सुबलात्मजा ॥ ११.१६.१६ ॥
Seeing that most dreadful battlefield, echoing on all sides with the lamentations of women whose hearts were stricken with sorrow, the daughter of Subala, who knew dharma...
11.16.17
ततः सा पुण्डरीकाक्षमामन्त्र्य पुरुषोत्तमम् ।
कुरूणां वैशमं दृष्ट्वा इदं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥ ११.१६.१७ ॥
Then she, addressing the lotus-eyed Puruṣottama, seeing the ruin of the Kurus, spoke these words.
11.16.18
पश्यैताः पुण्डरीकाक्ष स्नुषा मे निहतेश्वराः ।
प्रकीर्णकेशाः क्रोशन्तीः कुररीरिव माधव ॥ ११.१६.१८ ॥
Behold these my daughters-in-law, whose lords are slain, with dishevelled hair, crying out like ospreys. O lotus-eyed Mādhava!
11.16.19
अमूस्त्वभिसमागम्य स्मरन्त्यो भरतर्षभान् ।
पृथगेवानुपद्यन्ते पुत्रान्भ्रातॄन्पितॄन्पतीन् ॥ ११.१६.१९ ॥
Gathering together and remembering the bulls of the Bharatas, they began to lament separately for their sons, brothers, fathers and husbands.
11.16.20
वीरसूभिर्महाबाहो हतपुत्राभिरावृतम् ।
क्वचिच्च वीरपत्नीभिर्हतवीराभिरावृतम् ॥ ११.१६.२० ॥
O mighty-armed one, it was surrounded by mothers of heroes whose sons were slain, and here and there by wives of heroes whose heroes were slain.
11.16.21
शोभितं पुरुषव्याघ्रैः कर्णभीष्माभिमन्युभिः ।
द्रोणद्रुपदशल्यैश्च ज्वलद्भिरिव पावकैः ॥ ११.१६.२१ ॥
It was adorned by tigers among men, Karṇa, Bhīṣma and Abhimanyu, and Droṇa, Drupada and Śalya, blazing like fires.
11.16.22
काञ्चनैः कवचैर्निष्कैर्मणिभिश्च महाधनैः ।
अद्भुतैर्हस्तकेयूरैः स्रग्भिश्च समलंकृतम् ॥ ११.१६.२२ ॥
It was well adorned with golden armors, gold coins, jewels of great wealth, wondrous arm-bands and garlands.
11.16.23
वीरबाहुविसृष्टाभिः शक्तिभिः परिघैरपि ।
खङ्गैश्च विविधैस्तीक्ष्णैः सशरैश्च शरासनैः ॥ ११.१६.२३ ॥
It was strewn with spears hurled by the arms of heroes, iron clubs, various sharp swords, arrows and bows.
11.16.24
क्रव्यादसङ्घैर्मुदितैस्तिष्ठद्भिः सहितैः क्वचित् ।
क्वचिदाक्रीडमानैश्च शयानैश्चापरैः क्वचित् ॥ ११.१६.२४ ॥
It was filled with flocks of flesh-eaters, some standing in delight, some gathered together, some playing here and there, and others lying down.
11.16.25
एतदेवंविधं वीर सम्पश्यायोधनं विभो ।
त्वया तु श्रावितं कर्म पुष्कराक्ष महाद्युते।
पश्यमाना हि दह्यामि शोकेनाहं जनार्दन ॥ ११.१६.२५ ॥
O hero, O mighty one, behold this battlefield of such a kind. O lotus-eyed one, O greatly radiant one, it is you who caused this deed. O Janārdana, seeing it I burn with grief.
11.16.26
पाञ्चालानां कुरूणां च विनाशं मधुसूदन ।
पञ्चानामपि भूतानामहं वधमचिन्तयम् ॥ ११.१६.२६ ॥
O slayer of Madhu, I thought of the destruction of the Pāñcālas and the Kurus, and of the slaughter of those five beings as well.
11.16.27
तान्सुपर्णाश्च गृध्राश्च कर्षयन्त्यसृगुक्षितान् ।
विगृह्य चरणैर्गृध्रा भक्षयन्ति सहस्रशः ॥ ११.१६.२७ ॥
Eagles and vultures drag them, smeared with blood; vultures, gripping them with their talons, devour them by the thousands.
11.16.28
जयद्रथस्य कर्णस्य तथैव द्रोमभीष्मयोः ।
अभिमन्योर्विनाशं च कश्चिन्तयितुमर्हति ॥ ११.१६.२८ ॥
Who is fit to think of the destruction of Jayadratha and Karṇa, likewise of Droṇa and Bhīṣma, and of Abhimanyu?
11.16.29
अवध्यकल्पान्निहतान्गतसत्वानचेतसः ।
गृध्रकङ्कवलश्येनश्वसृगालसमावृतान् ॥ ११.१६.२९ ॥
Slain as though they were invulnerable, bereft of life and senseless, surrounded by vultures, herons, hawks, falcons, dogs and jackals.
11.16.30
अमर्षवशमापन्नान्दुर्योधनवशे स्थितान् ।
पश्येमान्पुरुषव्याघ्रान्संशान्तान्पावकानिव ॥ ११.१६.३० ॥
Behold these tigers among men, fallen under the power of wrath and standing under the control of Duryodhana, calmed like extinguished fires.
11.16.31
शयनान्युचिताः सर्वे मृदूनि विमलानि च ।
विपन्नास्तेऽद्य वसुधां विवृतामधिशेरते ॥ ११.१६.३१ ॥
All of them, fit for soft and spotless beds, have fallen and today lie upon the bare earth.
11.16.32
बन्दिभिः सततं काले स्तुवद्भिरभिनन्दिताः ।
शिवानामशिवा घोराः शृण्वन्ति विविधा गिरः ॥ ११.१६.३२ ॥
Those who were always greeted at the proper time with the praise of bards now hear the terrible, inauspicious and varied cries of jackals.
11.16.33
ये पुरा शेरते वीराः शयनेषु यशस्विनः ।
चन्दनागुरुदिग्धाङ्गास्तेऽद्य पांसुषु शेरते ॥ ११.१६.३३ ॥
The famed heroes who once slept on couches, their limbs smeared with sandal and aloe, today lie in the dust.
11.16.34
तेषामाभरणान्येते गृघ्रगोमायुवायसाः ।
आक्षिपन्ति शिवा घोरा विनदन्त्यः पुनः पुनः ॥ ११.१६.३४ ॥
Vultures, jackals and crows are tearing away their ornaments, and the terrible she-jackals, crying out again and again, drag them off.
11.16.35
बाणान्वनिनिशितान्पीतान्निस्त्रिंशान्विमला गदाः ।
युद्धाभिमानिनः सर्वे जीवन्त इव बिभ्रति ॥ ११.१६.३५ ॥
Arrows whetted on stone, golden-hued swords, and spotless clubs — all those proud of battle still hold them, as though they were alive.
11.16.36
सुरूपवर्णा बहवः क्रव्यादैरवघट्टिताः ।
ऋषभप्रतिरूपाक्षाः शेरते च सहस्रशः ॥ ११.१६.३६ ॥
Many of fine form and complexion, with eyes like a bull's, lie by the thousands, torn at by flesh-eating creatures.
11.16.37
अपरे पुनरालिङ्ग्य गदाः परिघबाहवः ।
शेरतेऽभिमुखाः शूरा दयिता इव योषितः ॥ ११.१६.३७ ॥
Others, embracing their maces again, with arms like iron bars, lie face-forward, those heroes lying like beloved women.
11.16.38
बिभ्रतः कवचान्यन्ये विमलान्यायुधानि च ।
न धर्षयन्ति क्रव्यादा जीवन्तीति जनार्दन ॥ ११.१६.३८ ॥
Others, bearing bright armour and weapons, are not assailed by the flesh-eaters, as if they were still alive, O Janārdana.
11.16.39
क्रव्यादैः कृष्यमाणानामपरेषां महात्मनाम् ।
शातकौम्भ्यः स्रजश्चित्रा विप्रकीर्णाः समन्ततः ॥ ११.१६.३९ ॥
Golden and variegated garlands of other great-souled men, dragged by flesh-eaters, lie scattered all around.
11.16.40
एते गोमायवो भीमा निहतानां यशस्विनाम् ।
कण्ठान्तरगतान्हारानाक्षिपन्ति सहस्रशः ॥ ११.१६.४० ॥
These terrible jackals tear away, by the thousand, the necklaces that reach the throats of the slain renowned ones.
11.16.41
सर्वेष्वपररात्रेषु यानवन्दन्त बन्दिनः ।
स्तुतिभिश्च परार्ध्याभिरुपचारैश्च शिक्षिताः ॥ ११.१६.४१ ॥
Those whom the bards used to hail in the late watches of every night, trained in supreme praises and courtesies.
11.16.42
तानद्य परिदेवन्ति दुःखार्ता परमाङ्गनाः ।
कृपणा वृष्णिशार्दूल दुःखशोकार्दिता भृशम् ॥ ११.१६.४२ ॥
Today those supreme women, afflicted with sorrow, lament for them piteously, O tiger of the Vṛṣṇis, greatly tormented by grief and sorrow.
11.16.43
रक्तोत्पलवनानीव विभान्ति रुचिराणि च ।
मुखानि परमस्त्रीणां परिशुष्काणि केशव ॥ ११.१६.४३ ॥
Like groves of red lotuses the lovely faces shine, yet the faces of the best of women have withered, O Keśava.
11.16.44
रुदित्वा विरता ह्येता ध्यायन्त्यः सपरिक्लमाः ।
कुरुस्त्रियोऽभिगच्छन्ति तेन तेनैव दुःखिताः ॥ ११.१६.४४ ॥
Having wept and ceased, these women of the Kurus, brooding and weary, afflicted with sorrow, go to one and another.
11.16.45
एतान्यादित्यवर्णानि तपमीयनिभानि च ।
पश्य रोदनताम्राणि वक्त्राणि कुरुयोषिताम् ॥ ११.१६.४५ ॥
Behold these faces of the Kuru women, sun-coloured and like heated gold, reddened by weeping.
11.16.46
श्यामानां वरवर्णानां गौरीणामेकवाससाम् ।
दुर्योधनवरस्त्रीणां पश्य वृन्दानि केशव ॥ ११.१६.४६ ॥
Behold the throngs of Duryodhana's excellent wives, dark and fair of fine complexion, wearing a single garment, O Keśava.
11.16.47
आसामपरिपूर्णार्थं निशम्य परिदेवितम् ।
इतरेरसङ्क्रन्दान्न विजानन्ति योषितः ॥ ११.१६.४७ ॥
Having heard their incomplete lamentation, and amid the cries of the others, the women do not perceive (their own grief).
11.16.48
एता दीर्घमिवोच्छ्वस्य विक्रुश्य च विलप्य च ।
विस्पन्दमाना दुःखेन वीरा जहति जीवितम् ॥ ११.१६.४८ ॥
These women, as if sighing long, crying out and lamenting, trembling with sorrow, the wives of heroes give up their lives.
11.16.49
बह्व्यो दृष्ट्व शरीराणि क्रोशन्ति विलपन्ति च ।
पाणिभिश्चापरा घ्नन्ति शिरांसि मृदुपाणयः ॥ ११.१६.४९ ॥
Seeing the bodies, many women cry out and lament; others, soft-handed, strike their heads with their hands.
11.16.50
शिरोभिः पतितैर्हस्तैः सर्वाङ्गैः खण्डशः कृतैः ।
इतरेतसम्पृक्तैराकीर्णा भाति मेदिनी ॥ ११.१६.५० ॥
The earth appears strewn with fallen heads, hands, and limbs of every kind cut into pieces, mingled one with another.
11.16.51
विशिरस्कानथो कायान्दृष्ट्वा ह्येताननिन्दितान् ।
मुह्यन्त्यनुचिता नार्यो विदेहानि शिरांसि च ॥ ११.१६.५१ ॥
Seeing the headless bodies and the bodiless heads, those blameless women, unfit for such a sight, faint away.
11.16.52
शिरः कायेन सन्धाय प्रेक्षमाणा विचेतसः ।
अपश्यन्त्योऽपरं तत्र नेदमस्येऽति दुःखिताः ॥ ११.१६.५२ ॥
Joining the head to the body and gazing at it, the distraught and grieving women, finding no other body there, say, "This is not his."
11.16.53
बाहूरुचरणानन्यान्विशिखोन्मथितान्पृथक् ।
सन्दधत्योऽसुखाविष्टा मूर्छन्त्येताः पुनःपुनः ॥ ११.१६.५३ ॥
Trying to join together the arms, thighs, feet, and other limbs cut apart by arrows, these women, overcome with anguish, swoon again and again.
11.16.54
उत्कृत्तशिरसश्चान्यान्विजग्धान्मृगपक्षिभिः ।
दृष्ट्वा काश्चिन्न जानन्ति भर्तॄन्भरतयोषितः ॥ ११.१६.५४ ॥
Seeing others with their heads cut off, and others devoured by beasts and birds, some women of the Bharata line do not recognize their husbands.
11.16.55
पाणिभिश्चापरा घ्नन्ति शिरांसि मधुसूदन ।
प्रेक्ष्य भ्रातॄन्पितॄन्पुत्रान्पतींश्च निहतान्परैः ॥ ११.१६.५५ ॥
O Madhusūdana, others strike their heads with their hands, seeing their brothers, fathers, sons and husbands slain by enemies.
11.16.56
बाहुभिश्च सखङ्गैश्च शिरोभिश्च सकुण्डलैः ।
अगम्यकल्पा पृथिवी मांसशोणितकर्दमा।
बभूव भरतश्रेष्ठ प्राणिभिर्गतजीवितैः ॥ ११.१६.५६ ॥
O best of the Bharatas, the earth became impassable, a mire of flesh and blood, with arms, swords, heads with their earrings, and creatures whose lives had departed.
11.16.57
न दुःखेषूचिताः पूर्वं दुःखं गाहन्त्यनिन्दिताः ।
भ्रातृभिः पतिभिः पुत्रैरुपाकीर्णां वसुन्धराम् ॥ ११.१६.५७ ॥
The blameless women, not formerly accustomed to sorrows, now sink into grief, while the earth is strewn with brothers, husbands and sons.
11.16.58
यूथानीव किशोरीणां सुकेशीनां जनार्दन ।
स्नुषाणां धृतराष्ट्रस्य पश्य वृन्दान्यनेकशः ॥ ११.१६.५८ ॥
O Janārdana, behold the many groups of Dhṛtarāṣṭra's daughters-in-law, like herds of young fair-haired does.
11.16.59
इतो दुःखतरं किन्नु केशव प्रतिभाति मे ।
यदिमाः कुर्वते सर्वा रवमुच्चावचं स्त्रियः ॥ ११.१६.५९ ॥
O Keśava, what could seem more sorrowful than this, that all these women are wailing in high and low voices?
11.16.60
नूनमाचरितं पापं मया पूर्वेषु जन्मसु ।
या पश्यामि हतान्पुत्रान्पौत्रान्भ्रातृंश्च माधव ॥ ११.१६.६० ॥
O Mādhava, surely I committed evil in former births, that I now see my slain sons, grandsons and brothers.
11.16.61
एवमार्ता विलपती समाभाष्य जनार्दनम् ।
गान्धारी पुत्रशोकार्ता द्वदर्श निहतं सुतम् ॥ ११.१६.६१ ॥
Thus afflicted and lamenting, Gāndhārī addressed Janārdana, and, tormented by grief for her son, she saw her slain son.