Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 12.26
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12.26.1
अभिमन्यौ हते बाले द्रौपद्यास्तनयेषु च ।
धृष्टद्युम्ने विराटे च द्रुपदे च महीपतौ ॥ १२.२६.१ ॥
When the youth Abhimanyu was slain, and among the sons of Draupadī, and in Dhṛṣṭadyumna, Virāṭa, and King Drupada.
12.26.2
वृषसेने च धर्मज्ञे धृष्टकेतौ तु पार्थिवे ।
तथाऽन्येषु नरेन्द्रेषु नानादेश्येषु संयुगे ॥ १२.२६.२ ॥
In Vṛṣasena, in Dhṛṣṭaketu the knower of dharma, in the king, and in other kings from various lands, in battle.
12.26.3
न च मुञ्चति मां शोको ज्ञातिघातिनमातुरम् ।
राज्यकामुकमत्युग्रं स्ववंशोच्छेदकारिणम् ॥ १२.२६.३ ॥
Grief does not release me, the slayer of kinsmen, afflicted, desirous of kingship, exceedingly cruel, the destroyer of my own lineage.
12.26.4
यस्याङ्के क्रीडमानेन मया विपरिवर्तितम् ।
स मया राज्यलुब्धेन गाङ्गेयो युधि पातितः ॥ १२.२६.४ ॥
In whose lap I rolled about while playing, that son of Gaṅgā was felled in battle by me, greedy for the kingdom.
12.26.5
यदा ह्येनं विघूर्णन्तं मदर्थं पार्थसायकैः ।
तक्ष्यमाणं यथा वज्रैः प्रेक्षमाणं शिखण्डिनम् ॥ १२.२६.५ ॥
When I saw him, reeling for my sake under Pārtha's arrows, cut as if by thunderbolts, looking toward Śikhaṇḍin.
12.26.6
जीर्णसिंहमिव प्राज्ञं नरसिंहं पितामहम् ।
कीर्यमाणं शरैर्दीप्तैर्दृष्ट्वा मे व्यथितं मनः ॥ १२.२६.६ ॥
Seeing the wise grandsire, a lion among men like an old lion, pierced by blazing arrows, my mind was distressed.
12.26.7
प्राड्भुखं सीदमानं च रथात्पररथारुजम् ।
घूर्णमानं यथा शैलं तदा मे कश्मलोऽभवत् ॥ १२.२६.७ ॥
Seeing him, face turned eastward, sinking and falling from his chariot, the breaker of enemy chariots, reeling like a mountain, then a swoon came upon me.
12.26.8
यः सवाणधनुष्पाणिर्योधयामास भार्गवम् ।
बहून्यहानि कौरव्यः कुरुक्षेत्रे महामृधे ॥ १२.२६.८ ॥
The Kaurava who, bow and arrow in hand, fought Bhārgava at Kurukṣetra in the great battle for many days.
12.26.9
समेतं पार्थिवं क्षत्रं वाराणस्यां नदीसुतः ।
कन्यार्थमाह्वयद्वीरो रथेनैकेन संयुगे ॥ १२.२६.९ ॥
The hero, son of the river, challenged the assembled warrior kings at Vārāṇasī to battle, alone in one chariot, for the sake of the maiden.
12.26.10
येन चोग्रायुधो राजा चक्रवर्ती दुरासदः ।
दग्धश्चास्त्रप्रतापेन स मया युधि पातितः ॥ १२.२६.१० ॥
And the king with fierce weapons, the universal ruler, hard to approach, whom he burned with the power of his weapon, was felled in battle by me.
12.26.11
स्वयं मृत्युं रक्षमाणः पाञ्चाल्यं यः शिखण्डिनम् ।
न बाणैः पातयामास सोऽर्जुनेन निपातितः ॥ १२.२६.११ ॥
He who, guarding himself against death, did not fell the Pāñcāla warrior Śikhaṇḍin with arrows, was struck down by Arjuna.
12.26.12
यदैनं पतितं भूमावपश्यं रुधिरोक्षितम् ।
तदैवाविशदन्युग्रो ज्वरो मां मुनिसत्तम ॥ १२.२६.१२ ॥
When I saw him fallen on the ground, drenched in blood, then indeed a fierce fever entered me, O best of sages.
12.26.13
येन संवर्धिता बाला येन स्म परिरक्षिताः ।
स मया राज्यलुब्धेन पापेन गुरुधातिना।
अल्पकालस्य राज्यस्य कृते मूढेन पातितः ॥ १२.२६.१३ ॥
He by whom the children were nurtured, by whom they were protected, him I, greedy for the kingdom, sinful and a slayer of my teacher, in folly brought down for the sake of a kingdom of short duration.
12.26.14
आचार्यश्च महेष्वासः सर्वपार्थिवपूजितः ।
अभिगम्य रणे मिथ्या पापेनोक्तः सुतं प्रति ॥ १२.२६.१४ ॥
The teacher, a great archer honored by all kings, approaching in battle, was falsely told by the sinful one concerning his son.
12.26.15
तन्मे दहति गात्राणि यन्मां गुरुरभाषत ।
सत्यमाख्याहि राजंस्त्वं यदि जीवति मे सुतः ॥ १२.२६.१५ ॥
What the teacher said to me burns my limbs. O king, tell me the truth: if my son is alive.
12.26.16
सत्यमामर्शयन्विप्रो मयि तत्परिपृष्टवान् ।
कुञ्जरं चान्तरं कृत्वा मिथ्योपचरितो मया ॥ १२.२६.१६ ॥
That brahmin, weighing the truth, asked me about it; and I, distinguishing the elephant, addressed him with falsehood.
12.26.17
सुभृशं राज्यलुब्धेन पापेन गुरुघातिना ।
सत्यकञ्चुकमुन्मुच्य मया स गुरुराहवे ॥ १२.२६.१७ ॥
I, exceedingly greedy for the kingdom, a sinful slayer of my teacher, having cast off the armor of truth, in battle brought down that teacher.
12.26.18
अश्वत्थामा हत इति निरुक्तः कुञ्जरे हते ।
काँल्लोकांस्तु गमिष्यामि कृत्वा कर्म सुदुष्करम् ॥ १२.२६.१८ ॥
'Aśvatthāman is slain': this was declared when the elephant was killed. Having done such a difficult deed, to what worlds shall I go?
12.26.19
अघातयं च यत्कर्णं समरेष्वपलायिनम् ।
ज्येष्ठभ्रातरमत्युग्रः को मत्तः पापकृत्तमः ॥ १२.२६.१९ ॥
I had Karṇa, who never fled in battle, my elder brother, slain. Who is a greater sinner than I, so cruel?
12.26.20
अभिमन्युं च यद्वालं जातं सिंहमिवाद्रिषु ।
प्रावेशयमहं लुब्धो वाहिनीं द्रोणपालिताम् ॥ १२.२६.२० ॥
And Abhimanyu, a youth like a lion born among the mountains, I greedily sent into the army guarded by Droṇa.
12.26.21
तदाप्रभृति वीभत्सुं न शक्नोमि निरीक्षितुम् ।
कृष्णं च पुण्डरीकाक्षं किल्विषी भ्रूणहा यथा ॥ १२.२६.२१ ॥
From that time I cannot look upon Vībhatsu (Arjuna), nor on lotus-eyed Kṛṣṇa, like a sinner who has slain an embryo.
12.26.22
द्रौपदीं चाप्यदुःखार्हां पञ्चपुत्रैर्विनाकृताम् ।
शोचामि पृथिवीं हीनां पञ्चभिः पर्वतैरिव ॥ १२.२६.२२ ॥
I grieve for Draupadī, though she deserves no sorrow, deprived of her five sons, and for the earth bereft, as if of five mountains.
12.26.23
सोऽहमागस्करः पापः पृथिवीनाशकारकः ।
आसीन एवमेवेदं शोषयिष्ये कलेवरम् ॥ १२.२६.२३ ॥
I, that sinful offender, the cause of the earth's ruin, will dry up this body by sitting just so.
12.26.24
प्रायोपविष्टं जानीध्वमथ मां गुरुघातिनम् ।
जातिष्वन्यास्वपि यथा न भवेयं कुलान्तकृत् ॥ १२.२६.२४ ॥
Know now that I, the slayer of my teacher, have sat down to fast unto death, so that in other births too I may not become a destroyer of a family.
12.26.25
न भोक्ष्ये न च पानीयमुपयोक्ष्ये कथंचन ।
शोषयिष्ये प्रियान्प्राणानिहस्थोऽहं तपोधनाः ॥ १२.२६.२५ ॥
I will neither eat nor drink water, nor partake of anything in any way. Standing right here, I will dry up my dear life-breaths, O wealth-of-austerity ones.
12.26.26
यथेष्टं गम्यतां काममनुजाने प्रसाद्य वः ।
सर्वे मामनुजानीत त्यक्ष्यामीदं कलेवरम् ॥ १२.२६.२६ ॥
Go as you wish; I give you leave, having won your favour. All of you, give me leave: I shall abandon this body.
12.26.27
तमेवंवादिनं पार्थं बन्धुशोकेन विह्वलम् ।
मैवमित्यब्रवीद्व्यासो निगृह्य मुनिसत्तमः ॥ १२.२६.२७ ॥
To Pārtha, who spoke thus, overwhelmed by grief for his kinsmen, the best of sages Vyāsa said, restraining him: "Do not do so."
12.26.28
अतिवेलं महाराज न शोकं कर्तुमर्हसि ।
पुनरुक्तं तु वक्ष्यामि दिष्टमेतदिति प्रभो ॥ १२.२६.२८ ॥
O great king, you ought not to grieve beyond measure. I will say it again: this is what fate has ordained, O lord.
12.26.29
संयोगा विप्रयोगाश्च जातानां प्राणिनां ध्रुवम् ।
बुद्धुदा इव तोयेषु भवन्ति न भवन्ति च ॥ १२.२६.२९ ॥
For beings that are born, unions and separations are certain. They arise like bubbles in water, and they also do not arise.
12.26.30
सर्वे क्षयान्ता निचयाः पतनान्ताः समुच्छ्रयाः ।
संयोगा विप्रयोगान्ता मरणान्तं हि जीवितम् ॥ १२.२६.३० ॥
All accumulations end in decay, all elevations end in falling; unions end in separation, and life indeed ends in death.
12.26.31
सुखं दुःखान्तमालस्यं दाक्ष्यं दुःखं सुखोदयम् ।
भूतिः श्रीर्ह्रीर्धृतिः कीर्तिर्दक्षे वसति नालसे ॥ १२.२६.३१ ॥
Happiness ends in sorrow, and idleness (is there); through skill comes sorrow and the rise of happiness. Prosperity, fortune, modesty, steadfastness and fame dwell in the skilful man, not in the idle one.
12.26.32
नालं सुखाय सुहृदो नाले दुःखाय शत्रवः ।
न च प्रज्ञालमर्थेभ्यो न सुखेभ्योऽप्यलं धनम् ॥ १२.२६.३२ ॥
Friends are not enough for happiness, and enemies are not enough for sorrow. Wisdom is not enough for wealth, nor is wealth enough even for pleasures.
12.26.33
यथा सृष्टोऽसि कौन्तेय धात्रा कर्मसु तत्क्ररु ।
अत एव हि सिद्धिस्ते नेशस्त्वं ह्यात्मनो नृप ॥ १२.२६.३३ ॥
Son of Kuntī, as the Creator has made you, so do that in your actions; therefore success will be yours. O king, you are not the lord of yourself.