Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 12.125
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12.125.1
शीलं प्रधानं पुरुषे कथितं ते पितामह ।
कथमाशा समुत्पन्ना का च सा तद्वदस्व मे ॥ १२.१२५.१ ॥
Yudhiṣṭhira said: Grandfather, you have declared that good character is chief in a man. How then does hope arise, and what is it? Tell me that.
12.125.2
संशयो मे महानेष समुत्पन्नः पितामह ।
छेत्ता च तस्य नान्योऽस्ति त्वत्तः परपुरंजय ॥ १२.१२५.२ ॥
Yudhiṣṭhira said: Grandfather, a great doubt has arisen in me. O conqueror of enemy cities, there is no one other than you who can resolve it.
12.125.3
पितामहाशा महती ममासीद्धि सुयोधने ।
प्राप्ते युद्धे तु तद्युक्तं तत्कर्ताऽयमिति प्रभो ॥ १२.१२५.३ ॥
Yudhiṣṭhira said: Grandfather, my hope in Suyodhana was great. But when the war came, O lord, it is fitting that he was its author.
12.125.4
सर्वस्याशा सुमहती पुरुषस्योपजायते ।
स्यां विहन्यमानायां दुःखो मृत्युर्न संशयः ॥ १२.१२५.४ ॥
In every man a very great hope arises. When that hope is destroyed, death is painful — of this there is no doubt.
12.125.5
ऽहं हताशो दुर्बुद्धिः कृतस्तेन दुरात्मना ।
र्तराष्ट्रेण राजेन्द्र पश्य मन्दात्मतां मम ॥ १२.१२५.५ ॥
I have been made hopeless and ill-minded by him, that wicked-souled son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra. O king of kings, see the dullness of my mind.
12.125.6
आशां बृहत्तरीं मन्ये पर्वतादपि सद्रुमात् ।
आकाशादपि वा राजन्नप्रमेयाऽथवा पुनः ॥ १२.१२५.६ ॥
I think hope is greater than a mountain with its trees, O king, greater even than the sky — or else immeasurable.
12.125.7
एषा चैव कुरुश्रेष्ठ दुर्विचिन्त्या सुदुर्लभा ।
दुर्लभत्वाच्च पश्यामि किमन्यद्दुर्लभं ततः ॥ १२.१२५.७ ॥
O best of the Kurus, this is hard to conceive and very hard to obtain. Because of its rarity, what else do I see as rarer than that?
12.125.8
अत्र ते वर्तयिष्यामि युधिष्ठिर निबोध मे ।
इतिहासं सुमित्रस्य निर्वृत्तमृषभस्य च ॥ १२.१२५.८ ॥
Here I shall tell you the history of Sumitra and of Ṛṣabha, the completed tale; listen to me, O Yudhiṣṭhira.
12.125.9
सुमित्रो नाम राजर्षिर्हैहयो मृगयां गतः ।
ससार च मृगं विद्ध्वा बाणेनानतपर्वणा ॥ १२.१२५.९ ॥
The royal sage named Sumitra, of the Haihaya line, went out hunting. Having struck a deer with an arrow of bent joints, he pursued it.
12.125.10
स मृगो बाणमादाय ययावतिपराक्रमः ।
स च राजा बली तूर्णं ससार मृगमन्तिकात् ॥ १२.१२५.१० ॥
That deer, carrying the arrow away, fled with exceeding swiftness; and that strong king quickly pursued the deer from close by.
12.125.11
ततो निम्नं स्थलं चैव समृगोऽद्रवदाशुगः ।
मुहूर्तमिव राजेन्द्र समेन स पथाऽगमत् ॥ १२.१२५.११ ॥
Then the swift deer ran over low ground and high ground alike; O lord of kings, it went along the level path as though in a moment.
12.125.12
ततः स राजा तारुण्यादौरसन बलेन च ।
चचार बाणासनभृत्सखङ्गो हंसवत्तदा ॥ १२.१२५.१२ ॥
Then that king, by his youth and his strength, carrying bow and sword, roamed about like a swan.
12.125.13
ततो नदान्नदीश्चैव पल्वलानि वनानि च ।
अतिक्रम्याभ्यतिक्रम्य ससारैको वनेचरः ॥ १२.१२५.१३ ॥
Then, crossing rivers and streams, pools and forests, again and again, the lone forest-wanderer ran on.
12.125.14
स तु तावन्मृगो राजन्नासाद्यासाद्य पार्थिवम् ।
पुनरभ्येति जवनो जवेन महता ततः ॥ १२.१२५.१४ ॥
O king, that swift deer, approaching the king again and again, came back once more to him with great speed.
12.125.15
स तस्य बाणैर्बहुभिः समभ्यस्तो वनेचरः ।
प्रक्रीडन्निव राजेन्द्र पुनरभ्येति चान्तिकम् ॥ १२.१२५.१५ ॥
O best of kings, though assailed by his many arrows, the forest-wanderer came near again as if at play.
12.125.16
पुनश्च जवमास्थाय जवनो मृगयूथपः ।
अतीत्यातीत्य राजेन्द्र पुनरभ्येति चान्तिकम् ॥ १२.१२५.१६ ॥
Again, resorting to speed, that swift leader of the deer herd, O best of kings, passed by again and again and came near once more.
12.125.17
तस्य मर्मच्छिदं घोरं सुमित्रोऽमित्रकर्शनः ।
समादाय शरं श्रेष्ठं कार्मुकान्निरवासयत् ॥ १२.१२५.१७ ॥
Sumitra, tormentor of enemies, took up an excellent arrow, terrible and piercing his vital spot, and loosed it from the bow.
12.125.18
ततो गव्यूतिमात्रेण मृगयूथपयूथपः ।
तस्य बाणपथं मुक्त्वा तस्थिवान्प्रहसन्निव ॥ १२.१२५.१८ ॥
Then, at the distance of a gavyūti, that lord of the lords of the deer herds, leaving the path of his arrow, stood as if laughing.
12.125.19
तस्मिन्निपतिते बाणे भूमौ ज्वलिततेजसि ।
प्रविवेश मृगोऽरण्यं मृगं राजाऽप्यभिद्रवत् ॥ १२.१२५.१९ ॥
When that arrow of blazing brilliance had fallen to the ground, the deer entered the forest, and the king too rushed after the deer.