Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 11.9
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11.9.1
गते व्यासे तु धर्मात्मा धृतराष्ट्रो महीपतिः ।
किमचेष्टत विप्रर्षे तन्मे व्याख्यातुमर्हसि
विदुरस्य तु तद्वाक्यं श्रुत्वा तु पुरुषर्षभः ।
युज्यतां यानमित्युक्त्वा पुनर्वचनमव्रवीत् ॥ ११.९.१ ॥
When Vyāsa had gone, what did the righteous king Dhṛtarāṣṭra do? O sage among brahmins, you should explain that to me. Having heard Vidura's words, that best of men said, 'Let the chariot be yoked,' and then spoke again these words.
11.9.2
एतच्छ्रुत्वा नरश्रेष्ठश्चिरं ध्यात्वा त्वचेतनः ।
सञ्जयं योजयेत्युक्त्वा विदुरं प्रत्यभाषत
शीघ्रमानय गान्धारीं सर्वाश्च भरतस्त्रियः ।
वधूं कुन्तीमुपादाय याश्चान्यास्तत्र योषितः ॥ ११.९.२ ॥
Having heard this, that best of men reflected for a long time, stunned as if out of his senses. Then he said, 'Sañjaya, yoke the chariot,' and spoke to Vidura: 'Quickly bring Gāndhārī, all the women of the Bharatas, and your daughter-in-law Kuntī, together with the other women there.'
11.9.3
क्षिप्रमानय गान्धारीं सर्वाश्च भरतस्त्रियः ।
कुन्तीं चैव तथा क्षत्तः समानय ममाऽन्तिकम् ॥ ११.९.३ ॥
O Vidura, quickly bring Gāndhārī, all the women of the Bharatas, and Kuntī too, into my presence.
11.9.4
एवमुक्त्वा स धर्मात्मा विदुरं धर्मवित्तमम् ।
शोकविप्रहतज्ञानो यानमेवान्वरोहत ॥ ११.९.४ ॥
Having said this, the righteous king, with his understanding struck down by grief, mounted the chariot together with Vidura, the most learned in dharma.
11.9.5
गान्धारी पुत्रशोकार्ता भर्तुर्वचननोदिता ।
सह कुन्त्या यतो राजा सह स्त्रीभिरुपाद्रवत् ॥ ११.९.५ ॥
Gāndhārī, afflicted by grief for her sons and urged on by her husband's word, hurried with Kuntī and the other women to where the king was.
11.9.6
ताः समासाद्य राजानं भृशं शोकसमन्विताः ।
आमन्त्र्यान्योन्यमायस्ता भृशमुच्चुक्रुशुस्ततः ॥ ११.९.६ ॥
Those women, filled with great sorrow, came near the king, called to one another, exhausted, and then wailed loudly.
11.9.7
ताः समाश्वासयत्क्षत्ता ताभ्यश्चार्ततरः स्वयम् ।
अश्रुकण्ठीः समारोप्य ततोऽसौ निर्ययौ पुरात् ॥ ११.९.७ ॥
The steward (Vidura) consoled them, though he himself was more distressed than they were; having placed the women, their throats choked with tears, upon the chariot, he then departed from the city.
11.9.8
ततः प्रणादः सञ्जज्ञे सर्वेषु कुरुवेश्मसु ।
आकुमारं पुरं सर्वमभवच्छोककर्शितम् ॥ ११.९.८ ॥
Then a loud wailing arose in all the houses of the Kurus, and the whole city, even to its children, was worn down by grief.
11.9.9
अदृष्टपूर्वा या नार्यः पुरा देवगणैरपि ।
पृथग्जनेन दृश्यन्ते तास्तदा निहतेश्वराः ॥ ११.९.९ ॥
Women who were never before seen even by the hosts of gods are now seen by ordinary men, for their lords have then been slain.
11.9.10
प्रकीर्य केशान्सुशुभान्भूषणान्यवमुच्य च ।
एकवस्त्रधरा नार्यः परिपेतुरनाथवत् ॥ ११.९.१० ॥
With their beautiful hair loosened and their ornaments cast off, the women, wearing a single garment, wandered about like the forsaken.
11.9.11
श्वतेपर्वतरूपेभ्यो गृहेभ्यस्ता निराक्रमन् ।
गुहाभ्य इव शैलानां पृषत्यो हतयूथपाः ॥ ११.९.११ ॥
From their houses, like white mountains, the women went forth, like spotted deer from the caves of the mountains, their herd-leaders slain.
11.9.12
तान्युदीर्णानि नारीणां तदा वृन्दान्यनेकशः ।
शोकार्तान्यद्रवन्राजन्किशोरीणामिवाङ्गणे ॥ ११.९.१२ ॥
Then, O king, those many crowds of women, loud with grief, ran about like young girls in a courtyard.
11.9.13
प्रगृह्य बाहून्क्रोशन्त्यः पुत्रान्भ्रातॄन्पितॄनपि ।
दर्शयन्ति हता हि स्म युगान्ते लोकसङ्क्षयम् ॥ ११.९.१३ ॥
Raising their arms and crying out to sons, brothers and fathers, they showed that these were slain as at the world's destruction at the end of an age.
11.9.14
विलपन्त्यो रुदन्त्यश्च धावमानास्ततस्ततः ।
शोकेनोपहतज्ञाताः कर्तव्यं न प्रजज्ञिरे ॥ ११.९.१४ ॥
Wailing and weeping, running here and there, their senses struck down by grief, they did not know what was to be done.
11.9.15
व्रीडां जग्मुः पुरा याः स्म सखीनामपि योषितः ।
ता एकवस्त्रा निर्लज्जाः श्वश्रूणां पुरतोऽभवन् ॥ ११.९.१५ ॥
Women who once felt shame even before their companions now stood before their mothers-in-law in a single garment, shameless.
11.9.16
परस्परं सुसूक्ष्मेषु शोकेष्वाश्वासयन्ति याः ।
ताः शोकविह्वला राजन्नवैक्षन्त परस्परम् ॥ ११.९.१६ ॥
O king, those who once consoled one another in lesser griefs, now overwhelmed by sorrow, looked at one another.
11.9.17
ताभिः परिवृतो राजा रुदतीभिः सहस्रशः ।
निर्ययौ नगराद्दीनस्तूर्णमायोधनं प्रति ॥ ११.९.१७ ॥
Surrounded by thousands of weeping women, the wretched king quickly went forth from the city toward the battlefield.
11.9.18
शिल्पिनो वणिजो वैश्याः सर्वे कर्मोपजीविनः ।
ते पार्थिवं पुरस्कृत्य निर्ययुर्नगराद्बहिः ॥ ११.९.१८ ॥
Artisans, merchants, and vaiśyas, all who live by their work, went out of the city with the king at their head.
11.9.19
तेषां विक्रोशमानानामार्तानां कुरुसङ्क्षये ।
प्रादुरासीन्महाञ्शब्दो व्यथयन्भुवनान्युत ॥ ११.९.१९ ॥
From those afflicted ones wailing at the destruction of the Kurus there arose a great cry that distressed even the worlds.
11.9.20
युगान्तकाले सम्प्राप्ते भूतानां दह्यतामिव ।
अभावस्योदयः प्राप्त इति भूतानि मेनिरे ॥ ११.९.२० ॥
When the time of the world's end had come, the creatures, as if burning, thought that the rising of non-being had arrived.
11.9.21
भृशमुद्विग्नमनसस्ते पौराः कुरुसङ्क्षये ।
प्राक्रोशन्त महाराज स्वनुरक्तास्तदा भृशम् ॥ ११.९.२१ ॥
At the destruction of the Kurus, those citizens, their minds greatly disturbed, O great king, then cried out aloud, very much attached.