Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 11.27
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11.27.1
ते समासाद्य गङ्गां तु शिवां पुण्यजलान्विताम् ।
ह्लादिनीं च प्रसन्नां च महारूपां महावनाम्
अतः परंशान्तिपर्व भविष्यति तस्यायमाद्यः श्लोकः ।
कृत्वोदकं ते सुहृदां सर्वेषां पाण्डुनन्दनाः।
विदुरे धृतराष्ट्रश्च सर्वाश्च भरतस्त्रियः ॥ ११.२७.१ ॥
They reached the Ganges, auspicious and filled with pure waters, delightful, clear, of great beauty and with great forests. Hereafter will come the Śānti Parva; this is its first verse: The sons of Pāṇḍu made water offerings for all their friends, for Vidura and Dhṛtarāṣṭra, and for all the women of the Bharatas.
11.27.2
भूषणान्युत्तरीयाणि वेष्टनान्यवमुच्य च ।
कवचानि विचित्राणि गङ्गामवजगाहिरे ॥ ११.२७.२ ॥
Having taken off their ornaments, upper garments and head-wrappings, and their variegated armour, they plunged into the Ganges.
11.27.3
ततः पितॄणां भ्रातॄणां पौत्राणां स्वजनस्य च ।
पुत्राणामार्यकाणां च पतीनां च कुरुस्त्रियः ॥ ११.२७.३ ॥
Then the women of the Kurus, for their fathers, brothers, grandsons, kinsmen, sons, grandfathers and husbands.
11.27.4
उदकं चक्रिरे सर्वा रुदन्त्यो भृशदुःखिताः ।
सुहृदां चापि धर्मज्ञाः प्रचक्रुः सलिलक्रियाम् ॥ ११.२७.४ ॥
All the women, weeping and greatly grieved, made the water offerings; and the knowers of dharma also performed the rite with water for their friends.
11.27.5
उदके क्रियमाणे तु वीराणां विरपत्निभिः ।
सूपतीर्थाऽभवद्गङ्गा भूयो विप्रससार च ॥ ११.२७.५ ॥
While the wives of the heroes were performing the water offering, the Ganges became a sacred ford with many bathing-places, and then flowed on again.
11.27.6
तन्महोदधिसङ्काशं निरानन्दमनुत्सवम् ।
वीरपत्नीभिराकीर्णं गङ्गातीरमशोभत ॥ ११.२७.६ ॥
That bank of the Gaṅgā, like a great ocean, joyless and without festivity, crowded with the wives of heroes, shone forth.
11.27.7
ततः कुन्ती महाराज रुदन्ती शोककर्शिता ।
व्रीडया मन्दया वाचा पुत्रान्वचनमब्रवीत् ॥ ११.२७.७ ॥
Then, O great king, Kuntī, wasted by sorrow and weeping, spoke these words to her sons in a faint voice, abashed.
11.27.8
यः स वीरो महेष्वासो रथयूथपयूथपः ।
अर्जुनेन हतः सङ्ख्ये वीरलक्षणलक्षितः ॥ ११.२७.८ ॥
That hero, the great archer, lord of the lords of the chariot-troops, marked by the signs of a hero, was slain in battle by Arjuna.
11.27.9
यं सूतपुत्रं मन्यध्वं राधेयमिति पाण्डवाः ।
यो व्यराजच्चमूमध्ये दिवाकर इव प्रभुः ॥ ११.२७.९ ॥
Whom you, O Pāṇḍavas, think of as the charioteer's son, the son of Rādhā — he who shone in the midst of the army like the sun, a mighty lord.
11.27.10
प्रत्ययुध्यत वः सर्वान्पुरा यः सपदानुगान् ।
दुर्योधनबलं सर्वं यः प्रकर्षन्व्यरोचत ॥ ११.२७.१० ॥
He who formerly fought against you all, together with foot-soldiers and followers, and who, leading the whole army of Duryodhana, shone forth.
11.27.11
यस्य नास्ति समो वीर्ये पृथिव्यामपि कश्चन ।
यो वृणीत यशः शूरः प्राणैरपि सदा भुवि ॥ ११.२७.११ ॥
There was none on earth equal to him in valour; that hero always sought fame on earth, even at the cost of his life.
11.27.12
कर्णस्य सत्यसन्धस्य सङ्ग्रामेष्वपलायिनः ।
कुरुध्वमुदकं तस्य भ्रातुरक्लिष्टकर्मणः ॥ ११.२७.१२ ॥
For Karṇa, true to his vows, who never fled in battle, for that brother of tireless deeds, offer water.
11.27.13
स हि वः पूर्वजो भ्राता भास्करान्मय्यजायत ।
कुण्डली कवची शूरो दिवाकरसमप्रभः ॥ ११.२७.१३ ॥
He is your elder brother, born in me from the sun; wearing earrings and armour, a hero radiant as the sun.
11.27.14
श्रुत्वा तु पाण्डवाः सर्वे मातुर्वचनमप्रियम् ।
कर्णमेवानुशोचन्तो भूयश्चात्यातुरा भवन् ॥ ११.२७.१४ ॥
Having heard their mother's unwelcome words, all the Pāṇḍavas, grieving for Karṇa, became even more deeply distressed.
11.27.15
ततः स पुरुषव्याघ्रः रुन्तीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः ।
उवाच मातरं वीरो निःश्वसन्निव पन्नगः ॥ ११.२७.१५ ॥
Then Yudhiṣṭhira, tiger among men, son of Kuntī, the hero, sighing like a serpent, said to his mother:
11.27.16
यः शरोर्मिर्ध्वजावर्तो महाभुजमहाग्रहः ।
तलशब्दप्रणुदितो महारथमहाग्रहः ॥ ११.२७.१६ ॥
Whose waves were arrows, whose eddies were banners, whose great crocodiles were the mighty arms, stirred by the sound of palm-slaps, whose great planets were the great chariot-warriors.
11.27.17
यस्येषुपातमासाद्य कोऽन्यस्तिष्ठेद्धनञ्जयात् ।
कथं पुत्रो भवत्याः स देवगर्भः पुराऽभवत्।
कुण्डली कवची शूरो दिवाकरसमप्रभः ॥ ११.२७.१७ ॥
Who else could stand against Dhanañjaya once he came within the range of his arrows? How was he your son, once born of the divine womb, wearing earrings and armour, a hero radiant as the sun?
11.27.18
यस्य बाहुप्रतापेन तापिताः सर्वतो वयम् ।
तमग्निमिव वस्त्रेण कथं छादितवत्यसि ॥ ११.२७.१८ ॥
By whose arm's might we were tormented on every side, how have you hidden him, as one covers fire with a cloth?
11.27.19
यस्य बाहुप्रभावेन वैरमस्मास्वरोचयत् ।
सुयोधनस्तु तं ज्येष्ठं कथं नोदितवत्यसि ॥ ११.२७.१९ ॥
By whose arm's might Suyodhana came to favor enmity toward us, how did you not urge that eldest one forward?
11.27.20
तथा कर्णं महेष्वासं धार्तराष्ट्रैरुपासितम् ।
उपासितं यथाऽस्माभिर्बलं गाण्डीवधन्वनः ॥ ११.२७.२० ॥
Likewise Karṇa, the great archer served by the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, just as we served the army of the wielder of Gāṇḍīva.
11.27.21
भूमिपानां च सर्वेषां बलं बलवतां वरः ।
नान्यः कुन्तीसुतात्कर्णादगृह्णाद्रथिनो रथी ॥ ११.२७.२१ ॥
Karṇa, the strength of all kings and best of the strong: no other charioteer was taken above Karṇa, son of Kuntī, the chariot-warrior of chariot-warriors.
11.27.22
स नः प्रथमजो भ्राता सर्वशस्त्रभृतां वरः ।
असूत तं भवत्यग्रे कथमद्भुतविक्रमम् ॥ ११.२७.२२ ॥
He is our firstborn brother, the best of all weapon-bearers; how did you first give birth to him, of wondrous valor?
11.27.23
अहो भवत्या मन्त्रस्य गूहनेन वयं हताः ।
निधनेन हि कर्णस्य पीडितास्तु सबान्धवाः ॥ ११.२७.२३ ॥
Alas! By your concealing of the secret we were slain; and by the death of Karṇa we, together with our kinsmen, are afflicted.
11.27.24
अभिमन्योर्विनाशेन द्रौपदेयवधेन च ।
पाञ्चालानां विनाशेन कुरूणां घातनादपि ॥ ११.२७.२४ ॥
By the death of Abhimanyu, by the slaying of Draupadī's sons, by the destruction of the Pāñcālas, and also by the killing of the Kurus.
11.27.25
ततः शतगुणं दुःखमिदमापतितं महत् ।
कर्णमेवानुशोचापि दह्याम्यग्नाविवाहितः ॥ ११.२७.२५ ॥
Then this great grief, a hundredfold, has fallen upon me. I lament for Karṇa alone; I burn as if placed in fire.
11.27.26
नेह स्म किञ्चिदप्राप्य भवेदपि दिवि स्थितम् ।
न चेदं वैशसं घोरकं कौरवान्तकरं भवेत् ॥ ११.२७.२६ ॥
Without having gained anything here, even if one were situated in heaven, this would not have happened; nor would this terrible disaster, causing the end of the Kurus, have come to pass.
11.27.27
एवं विलप्य बहुलं धर्मराजो युधिष्ठिरः ।
व्यरुदच्छनकैः राजंश्चकारास्योदकं प्रभुः ॥ ११.२७.२७ ॥
O king, having lamented thus greatly, Yudhiṣṭhira, the king of dharma, wept softly; the lord then performed the water offering for him.
11.27.28
ततो विनेदुः सहसा स्त्रियस्ताः खलु सर्वशः ।
अभितो याः स्थितास्तत्र तस्मिन्नुदककर्मणि ॥ ११.२७.२८ ॥
Then those women standing all around there at that water-offering rite suddenly wailed out from every side.
11.27.29
तत आनाययामास कर्णस्य सपरिच्छदाः ।
स्त्रियः कुरुपतिर्धीमान्भ्रातुः प्रेम्णा युधिष्ठिरः ॥ ११.२७.२९ ॥
Then Yudhiṣṭhira, the wise lord of the Kurus, out of love for his brother, had Karṇa's women brought there with their attendants.
11.27.30
स ताभिः सह धर्मात्मा प्रेतकृत्यमनन्तरम् ।
सर्वं चकार कर्णस्य विधिवद्भूरिदक्षिणम् ॥ ११.२७.३० ॥
Then, together with those women, the righteous Yudhiṣṭhira performed all of Karṇa's funeral rites in due order, with abundant gifts.
11.27.31
स राजा धृतराष्ट्रश्च कृत्वा जलमतन्द्रितः ।
समुत्ततार गङ्गाया भार्यया सह भारत ॥ ११.२७.३१ ॥
And King Dhṛtarāṣṭra, too, having made the water-offering without weariness, O Bhārata, came up out of the Ganges together with his wife.
11.27.32
पापेनासौ मया श्रेष्ठो भ्राता ज्ञातिर्निपातितः ।
अतो मनसि यद्गुह्यं स्त्रीणां तन्न भविष्यति ॥ ११.२७.३२ ॥
Through my sin that excellent brother, a kinsman, was slain; therefore what is secret in the minds of women will not remain secret.
11.27.33
इत्युक्त्वा स तु गङ्गाया उत्तताराकुलेन्द्रियः ।
भ्रातृभिः सहितः सर्वैर्गङ्गातीरमुपेयिवान् ॥ ११.२७.३३ ॥
Having said this, with agitated senses he came up out of the Ganges and reached the bank of the Ganges together with all his brothers.