Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 11.25
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11.25.1
काम्भोजं पश्य दुर्धर्षं काम्भोजास्तरणोचितम् ।
शयानमृषभस्कन्धं हतं पांसुषु माधव ॥ ११.२५.१ ॥
Mādhava, look at the Kāmboja king, the unassailable one, fit for Kāmboja carpets, lying slain in the dust, with shoulders like a bull's.
11.25.2
अस्य क्षतजसन्दिग्धौ बाहू चन्दनरूषितौ ।
अवेक्ष्य कृपणं भार्या विलपत्यतिदुःखिता ॥ ११.२५.२ ॥
Seeing his two arms, smeared with blood and stained with sandal paste, his grieving wife laments pitifully.
11.25.3
इमौ तौ परिघप्रख्यौ बाहू चन्दनरूषितौ ।
ययोर्विवरमापन्नां न रतिर्मां पुराऽजहात् ॥ ११.२५.३ ॥
These are those two arms, like iron bars, stained with sandal paste; in whose embrace I once was, and which did not forsake me in love before.
11.25.4
कां गतिं तु गमिष्यामि त्वया हीना जनेश्वर ।
दूरबन्धुरनाथा च वेपन्ती मधुरस्वरा ॥ ११.२५.४ ॥
Lord of men, without you, what fate shall I meet, far from kin, unprotected, trembling, sweet-voiced as I am?
11.25.5
आतपे क्लाम्यमानानां विविधानामिव स्रुजाम् ।
क्लान्तानामपि नारीणां जहाति श्रीर्न वै तनूः ॥ ११.२५.५ ॥
As garlands of various kinds wither in the sun, yet fortune does not forsake the body even of weary women.
11.25.6
शयानमभितः शूरं कालिङ्गं मधुसूदन ।
पश्य दीप्ताङ्गदयुतं प्रतिमानं धनुष्मताम् ॥ ११.२५.६ ॥
Madhusūdana, look at the heroic king of Kāliṅga lying all around, adorned with gleaming armlets, the equal of archers.
11.25.7
मागधानामधिपतिं जयत्सेनं जनार्दन ।
परिवार्य प्ररुदिता मागध्यः पश्य योषितः ॥ ११.२५.७ ॥
O Janārdana, behold Jayatsena, lord of the Māgadhas, surrounded by the Māgadha women weeping aloud.
11.25.8
हरिणायतनेत्राणां सुस्वराणां जनार्दन ।
मनः श्रुतिहरो नादो मनो मोहयतीव मे ॥ ११.२५.८ ॥
O Janārdana, the wail of these women with deer-like wide eyes and sweet voices captivates my mind and ear; it bewilders my mind as if it were enchanting it.
11.25.9
प्रकीर्णवस्त्राभरणा रुदत्यः शोककर्शिताः ।
स्वास्तीर्णशयनोपेता मागध्यः शेरते भुवि ॥ ११.२५.९ ॥
Their garments and ornaments are scattered; the Māgadha women, worn down by grief and weeping, who once slept on fine spread beds, now lie on the ground.
11.25.10
कोसलानामधिपतिं राजपुत्रं बृहद्बलम् ।
भर्तारं परिवार्यैताः पृथक्प्ररुदिताः स्त्रियः ॥ ११.२५.१० ॥
Behold these women weeping aloud, each apart, surrounding their husband, Bṛhadbala, prince and lord of the Kosalas.
11.25.11
अस्य गात्रगतान्बाणान्कार्ष्णिबाहुबलेरितान् ।
उद्धरन्त्यसुखाविष्टा मूर्च्छमानाः पुनः पुनः ॥ ११.२५.११ ॥
Pulling out the arrows lodged in his body, shot by the might of Arjuna's arms, these women, distressed in sorrow, faint again and again.
11.25.12
आसां सर्वानवद्यानामातपेन परिश्रमात् ।
प्रम्लाननलिनाभानि भान्ति वक्त्राणि माधव ॥ ११.२५.१२ ॥
O Mādhava, the faces of all these faultless women, faded by the sun and by exhaustion, shine like wilted lotuses.
11.25.13
द्रोणेन निहताः शूरा शेरते रुचिराङ्गदाः ।
धृष्टद्युम्नसुताः सर्वे शिशवो हेममालिनः ॥ ११.२५.१३ ॥
Slain by Droṇa, the heroes lie with their lovely armlets; all the sons of Dhṛṣṭadyumna, the young boys wearing golden garlands.
11.25.14
रथाग्न्यगारं चापार्चिं शरशक्तिगदेन्धनम् ।
द्रोणमासाद्य निर्दग्धाः शलभा इव पावकम् ॥ ११.२५.१४ ॥
Having approached Droṇa, the house of the chariot-fire, whose flame is the bow, whose fuel is arrows, spears and maces, they were burnt up like moths in a fire.
11.25.15
तथैव निहताः शूराः शेरते रुचिराङ्गदाः ।
द्रोणेनाभिमुखाः सङ्ख्ये भ्रातरः पञ्च केकयाः ॥ ११.२५.१५ ॥
Likewise lie the slain heroes with their lovely armlets: the five brothers of the Kekaya line, who faced Droṇa in battle.
11.25.16
तप्तकाञ्चनवर्माणस्तालध्वजस्थव्रजाः ।
भासयन्ति महीं भासा ज्वलिता इव पावकाः ॥ ११.२५.१६ ॥
Wearing armour of heated gold, standing in the array under the palm-tree banner, they light up the earth with their radiance, like blazing fires.
11.25.17
द्रोणेन द्रुपदं सङ्ख्ये पश्य माधव पातितम् ।
महाद्विपमिवारण्ये सिंहेन महता हतम् ॥ ११.२५.१७ ॥
See, O Mādhava, Drupada felled in battle by Droṇa, like a great elephant killed in the forest by a mighty lion.
11.25.18
पाञ्चालराज्ञो विमलं पुण्डरीकाक्ष पाण्डुरम् ।
आतपत्रं समाभाति शरदीव निशाकरः ॥ ११.२५.१८ ॥
O lotus-eyed one, the spotless white parasol of the king of the Pāñcālas shines like the autumn moon.
11.25.19
एतास्तु द्रुपदं वृद्धं स्नुषा भार्याश्च दुःखिताः ।
दग्ध्वा गच्छन्ति पाञ्चालराजानमपसव्यतः ॥ ११.२५.१९ ॥
The grieving daughters-in-law and wives, having burned the aged Drupada, go away keeping the king of the Pāñcālas on their left.
11.25.20
धृष्टकेतुं महात्मानं चेदिपुङ्गवमङ्गनाः ।
द्रोणेन निहतं शूरं हरन्ति हृतचेतसः ॥ ११.२५.२० ॥
The women, bewildered in mind, carry away the heroic and great-souled Dhṛṣṭaketu, foremost of the Cedis, slain by Droṇa.
11.25.21
द्रोणास्त्रमभिहत्यैष विमर्दे मधुसूदन ।
महेष्वासो हतः शेते वज्राहत इव द्रुमः ॥ ११.२५.२१ ॥
O Madhusūdana, struck by Droṇa's weapon, this great archer lies slain in the crush of battle, like a tree struck by a thunderbolt.
11.25.22
एष चेदिपतिः शूरो धृष्टकेतुर्महारथः ।
शेते विनिहतः सङ्ख्ये हत्वा शत्रून्सहस्रशः ॥ ११.२५.२२ ॥
This lord of the Cedis, the heroic great charioteer Dhṛṣṭaketu, lies utterly slain in battle, having slain his enemies by the thousand.
11.25.23
वितुद्यमानं विहगैस्तं भार्याः पर्युपाश्रिताः ।
चेदिराजं हृषीकेश हतं सबलबान्धवम् ॥ ११.२५.२३ ॥
O Hṛṣīkeśa, the wives cling around the king of the Cedis, who is being torn by birds, slain together with his army and kinsmen.
11.25.24
दाशार्हपुत्रजं वीरं शयानं सत्यविक्रमम् ।
आरोप्याङ्के रुदन्त्येताश्चेदिराज वराङ्गनाः ॥ ११.२५.२४ ॥
O king of the Cedis, these excellent women lay the hero, born of a son of Dāśārha, of true valor, lying slain, upon their laps and weep.
11.25.25
अस्य पुत्रं हृषीकेश सुवक्त्रं चारुकुण्डलम् ।
द्रोणेन समरे पश्य निकृत्तं बहुधा शरैः ॥ ११.२५.२५ ॥
O Hṛṣīkeśa, look at his son, fair-faced and with beautiful earrings, cut to pieces in many ways by arrows from Droṇa in battle.
11.25.26
पितरं नूनमाजिस्थं युध्यमानं परैः सह ।
नाजहात्पितरं वीरमद्यापि मधुसूदन ॥ ११.२५.२६ ॥
Surely the father stood fighting with his enemies in battle; the hero did not abandon his father, not even now, O Madhusūdana.
11.25.27
एवं ममापि पुत्रस्य पुत्रः पितरमन्वगात् ।
दुर्योधनं महाबाहो लक्ष्मणः परवीरहा ॥ ११.२५.२७ ॥
Thus too the son of my son, Lakṣmaṇa, followed his father Duryodhana, O mighty-armed one; he was the slayer of enemy heroes.
11.25.28
विन्दानुविन्दावावन्त्यौ पतितौ पश्य माधव ।
हिमान्ते पुष्पितौ शालौ मरुता गलिताविव ॥ ११.२५.२८ ॥
Vinda and Anuvinda, the two princes of Avanti, lie fallen — look, O Mādhava, like two sāl trees in bloom at the end of winter felled by the wind.
11.25.29
काञ्चनाङ्गदवर्माणौ बाणखङ्गधनुर्धरौ ।
ऋषभप्रतिरूपाक्षौ शयानौ विमलस्रजौ ॥ ११.२५.२९ ॥
Wearing golden armlets and armour, bearing arrows, sword and bow, with eyes like a bull's, adorned with spotless garlands, the two of them lie there.
11.25.30
अवध्याः पाण्डवाः कृष्ण सर्व एव त्वया सह ।
ये मुक्ता द्रोणभीष्माभ्यां कर्णाद्वैकर्तनात्कृपात् ॥ ११.२५.३० ॥
O Kṛṣṇa, all the Pāṇḍavas were unslayable because they were with you; those who were released from Droṇa and Bhīṣma, from Karṇa, from the son of Vikartana, and from Kṛpa.
11.25.31
दुर्योधनाद्द्रोणसुतात्सैन्धवाच्च जयद्रथात् ।
सोमदत्ताद्विकर्णाच्च शूराच्च कृतवर्मणः ॥ ११.२५.३१ ॥
From Duryodhana, from Droṇa's son, from the Sindhu king Jayadratha, from Somadatta, from Vikarṇa, and from the hero Kṛtavarman.
11.25.32
ये हन्युः शस्त्रवेगेन देवानपि नरर्षभाः ।
त इमे निहताः सङ्ख्ये पश्य कालस्य पर्ययम् ॥ ११.२५.३२ ॥
These bulls among men, who could slay even the gods with the force of their weapons, lie slain in battle. Behold the reversal of time.
11.25.33
नातिभारोऽस्ति दैवस्य ध्रुवं माधव कश्चन ।
यदिमे निहताः शूराः क्षत्रियैः क्षत्रियर्षभाः।
शूराश्च कृतविद्याश्च मम पुत्रा मनस्विनः ॥ ११.२५.३३ ॥
Mādhava, nothing is too heavy a burden for fate, surely, that these heroes, bulls among kshatriyas, were slain by kshatriyas, and that my heroic, learned, high-minded sons were slain too.
11.25.34
तदैव निहताः कृष्ण मम पुत्रास्तरस्विनः ।
यदैवाकृतकामस्त्वमुपप्लाव्यं गतः पुनः ॥ ११.२५.३४ ॥
Then, Kṛṣṇa, my swift and strong sons were slain, at the very moment you went back again to Upaplavya with your desire unfulfilled.
11.25.35
शन्तनोश्चैव पुत्रेण प्राज्ञेन विदुरेण च ।
तदैवोक्तास्मि मा स्नेहं कुरुष्वात्मसुतेष्विति ॥ ११.२५.३५ ॥
Then the son of Śantanu and the wise Vidura also told me, 'Do not show affection toward your own sons.'
11.25.36
तयोर्हि दर्शनं नैतन्मिथ्या भवितुमर्हति ।
अचिरेणैव मे पुत्रा भस्मीभूता जनार्दन ॥ ११.२५.३६ ॥
That vision of those two cannot be false. Janārdana, very soon my sons will be reduced to ashes.
11.25.37
इत्युक्त्वा न्यपतद्भूमौ गान्धारी शोकमूर्च्छिता ।
दुःखोपहतविज्ञाना धैर्यमुत्सृज्य भारत ॥ ११.२५.३७ ॥
Having said this, Gāndhārī, faint with grief, fell upon the ground; her understanding struck down by sorrow, O Bhārata, she abandoned her firmness.
11.25.38
ततः कोपपरीताङ्गी पुत्रशोकपरिप्लुता ।
जगाद शौरिं दोषेण गान्धारी व्यथितेन्द्रिया ॥ ११.२५.३८ ॥
Then Gāndhārī, her body seized by anger and overwhelmed by grief for her sons, her senses agitated, spoke to Śauri (Kṛṣṇa), laying blame upon him.
11.25.39
पाण्डवाः धार्तराष्ट्राश्च क्रुद्धाः कृष्ण परस्परम् ।
उपेक्षिता विनश्यन्तस्त्वया कस्माज्जनार्दन ॥ ११.२५.३९ ॥
The Pāṇḍavas and the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, angry with one another, O Kṛṣṇa — why, O Janārdana, did you neglect them while they were perishing?
11.25.40
शक्तेन बहुभृत्येन विपुले तिष्ठता बले ।
उभयत्र समर्थेन श्रुतवाक्येन चैव ह ॥ ११.२५.४० ॥
You, mighty, with many servants, standing in a vast army, capable on both sides, whose word was heeded — indeed you...
11.25.41
इच्छतोपेक्षितो नाशः कुरूणां मधुसूदन ।
यस्मात्त्वया महाबाहो फलं तस्मादवाप्नुहि ॥ ११.२५.४१ ॥
O Madhusūdana, you neglected the ruin of the Kurus by your own will; therefore, O mighty-armed one, obtain now the fruit that you have earned.
11.25.42
पतिशुश्रूषया यन्मे तपः किञ्चिदुपार्जितम् ।
तेन त्वां दुरवापेन शपे चक्रगदाधरम् ॥ ११.२५.४२ ॥
By whatever austerity I have acquired through service to my husband, I curse you — you who are hard to attain, bearer of the discus and mace.
11.25.43
यस्मात्परस्परं घ्नन्तो ज्ञातयः कुरुपाण्डवाः ।
उपेक्षितास्ते गोविन्द तस्माज्ज्ञातीन्वधिष्यसि ॥ ११.२५.४३ ॥
Since the Kurus and Pāṇḍavas were slaying one another, and you, O Govinda, neglected them, therefore you will slay your own kinsmen.
11.25.44
त्वमप्युपस्थिते वर्षे षट्त्रिंशे मधुसूदन ।
हतज्ञातिर्हतामात्यो हतपुत्रो वनेचरः ॥ ११.२५.४४ ॥
And you too, O Madhusūdana, when the thirty-sixth year comes, with kinsmen slain, ministers slain, sons slain, shall become a wanderer in the forest.
11.25.45
अनाथवदविज्ञातो लोकेष्वनभिलक्षितः ।
कुत्सितेनाभ्युपायेन निधनं समवाप्स्यसि ॥ ११.२५.४५ ॥
Like one without protector, unknown and unnoticed among the worlds, by some base means you shall meet your death.
11.25.46
तवाप्येवं हतसुता निहतज्ञातिबान्धवाः ।
स्त्रियः परिपतिष्यन्ति यथैता भरतस्त्रियः ॥ ११.२५.४६ ॥
Your women too, their sons and kinsmen slain, shall fall lamenting, just as these women of the Bharatas are falling.
11.25.47
तच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं घोरं वासुदेवो महामनाः ।
उवाच देवीं गान्धारीमीषदभ्युत्स्मयन्निव ॥ ११.२५.४७ ॥
Having heard that terrible speech, Vāsudeva, the great-minded one, smiling slightly, spoke to the queen Gāndhārī.
11.25.48
जानेऽहमेतदप्येवं चीर्णं चरसि क्षत्रिये ।
दैवादेव विनश्यन्ति वृष्णयो नात्र संशयः ॥ ११.२५.४८ ॥
O kshatriya woman, I know you have also performed this as a penance in this way; the Vṛṣṇis will surely perish by fate, there is no doubt of it.
11.25.49
संहर्ता वृष्णिचक्रस्य नान्यो मद्विद्यते शुभे ।
अवध्यास्ते नरैरन्यैरपि वा देवदानवैः ॥ ११.२५.४९ ॥
O auspicious one, there is no other destroyer of the Vṛṣṇi wheel than me. They cannot be slain by other men, or even by gods and demons.
11.25.50
परस्परकृतं नाशं यतः प्राप्स्यन्ति यादवाः ।
इत्युक्तवति दाशार्हे पाण्डवास्त्रस्तचेतसः।
बभूवुर्भृशसंविग्ना निराशाश्चापि जीविते ॥ ११.२५.५० ॥
Since the Yādavas would meet destruction at one another's hands, when the Dāśārha had spoken thus, the Pāṇḍavas became fearful at heart, deeply shaken, and despaired even of life.