Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 12.32
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12.32.1
युधिष्ठिरस्य तद्वाक्यं श्रुत्वा द्वैपायनस्तदा ।
परीक्ष्य निपुणं बुद्ध्या ऋषिः प्रोवाच पाण्डवम् ॥ १२.३२.१ ॥
Having heard Yudhiṣṭhira's words, the sage Dvaipāyana then, examining them carefully with his intellect, spoke to the Pāṇḍava.
12.32.2
मा विषादं कृथा राजन्क्षत्रधर्ममनुस्मरन् ।
स्वधर्मेण हता ह्येते क्षत्रियाः क्षत्रियर्षभ ॥ १२.३२.२ ॥
Do not give way to despondency, O king; remember the duty of the warrior. These warriors, O bull among warriors, have been slain by their own duty.
12.32.3
काङ्क्षमाणाः श्रियं कृत्स्नां पृथिव्यां च मबद्यशः ।
कृतान्तविधिसंयुक्ताः कालेन निधनं गताः ॥ १२.३२.३ ॥
Desiring the entire wealth of the earth and great fame, they were bound by the decree of Death and have gone to destruction through time.
12.32.4
नृ त्वं हन्ता न भीमोऽयं नार्जुनो न यमावपि ।
कालः पर्यायधर्मेण प्राणानादत्त देहिनाम् ॥ १२.३२.४ ॥
Neither you, nor this Bhīma, nor Arjuna, nor even the twins are the slayer; Time, by the law of succession, has taken the lives of embodied beings.
12.32.5
न तस्य मातापितरौ नानुग्राह्यो हि कश्चन ।
कर्मसाक्षी प्रजानां यस्तेन कालेन संहृताः ॥ १२.३२.५ ॥
He has neither mother nor father, and no one is to be favoured by him. He is the witness of the deeds of creatures; by that very Time they were destroyed.
12.32.6
हेतुमात्रमिदं तस्य विहितं भरतर्षभ ।
यद्धन्ति भूतैर्भूतानि तदस्मै रूपमैश्वरम् ॥ १२.३२.६ ॥
O bull of the Bharatas, this is merely the cause ordained by him; that beings slay beings is his sovereign form.
12.32.7
कर्म मूर्त्यात्मकं विद्धि साक्षिणं शुभपापयोः ।
सुखदुःखगुणोदर्कं कालं कालफलप्रदम् ॥ १२.३२.७ ॥
Know action, embodied and the witness of good and evil, whose outcome is the quality of pleasure and pain; know time too, which gives the fruits of time.
12.32.8
तेषामपि महाबाहो कर्माणि परिचिन्तय ।
विनाशहेतुकानि त्वं यैस्तै कालवशं गताः ॥ १२.३२.८ ॥
O mighty-armed one, consider also their actions, which were the causes of destruction, by which they went under the power of time.
12.32.9
आत्मनश्च विजानीहि नियतव्रतशीलताम् ।
यदा त्वमीदृशं कर्म विधिनाऽऽक्रम्य कारितः ॥ १२.३२.९ ॥
Understand also the nature of your own firm vows, when fate, overpowering you, made you perform such an action.
12.32.10
त्वष्ट्रेव विहितं यन्त्रं यथा चेष्टयितुर्वशे ।
कर्मणा कालयुक्तेन तथेदं भ्राम्यते जगत् ॥ १२.३२.१० ॥
As a machine fashioned by Tvaṣṭṛ stays under the control of the one who moves it, so this world is made to revolve by action joined with time.
12.32.11
पुरुषस्य हि दृष्ट्वेमामुत्पत्तिमनिमित्ततः ।
यदृच्छया विनाशं च शोकहर्षावनर्थकौ ॥ १२.३२.११ ॥
Seeing this birth of a man as without cause, happening by chance, and seeing his destruction too, grief and joy are both vain.
12.32.12
व्यलीकमपि यत्त्वत्र चित्तवैतंसिकं तव ।
तदर्थमिष्यते राजन्प्रायश्चित्तं तदाचर ॥ १२.३२.१२ ॥
If here there is any wrong, born of a delusion of your mind, O king, then perform the atonement prescribed for it.
12.32.13
इदं तु श्रूयते पार्थ युद्धे देवासुरे पुरा ।
असुरा भ्रातरो ज्येष्ठा देवाश्चापि यवीयसः ॥ १२.३२.१३ ॥
O son of Pṛthā, it is told that in former times, in the battle between gods and asuras, the asuras were the elder brothers and the gods the younger.
12.32.14
तेषामपि श्रीनिमित्तं महानासीत्समुच्छ्रयः ।
युद्धं वर्षसहस्राणि द्वात्रिंशदभवत्किल ॥ १२.३२.१४ ॥
Between them too, for the sake of sovereign fortune, a great rivalry arose, and that battle lasted thirty-two thousand years.
12.32.15
एकार्णवां महीं कृत्वा रुधिरेण परिप्लुताम् ।
जघ्नुर्दैत्यांस्तथा देवास्त्रिदिवं चाभिलेभिरे ॥ १२.३२.१५ ॥
Having made the earth a single ocean flooded with blood, the gods slew the daityas and attained heaven.
12.32.16
तथैव पृथिवीं लब्ध्वा ब्राह्मणा वेदपारगाः ।
संश्रिता दानवानां वै साह्यार्थं दर्पमोहिताः ॥ १२.३२.१६ ॥
Likewise, the brahmins who had mastered the Vedas, having obtained the earth, deluded by pride, resorted to the danavas to help them.
12.32.17
शालावृका इति ख्यातास्त्रिषु लोकेषु भारत ।
अष्टाशीतिसहस्राणि ते चापि विबुर्धैर्हताः ॥ १२.३२.१७ ॥
O descendant of Bharata, those eighty-eight thousand, known in the three worlds as the Śālāvṛkas, were also slain by the gods.
12.32.18
धर्मव्युच्छित्तिमिच्छतो येऽधर्मस्य प्रवर्तकाः ।
हन्तव्यास्ते दुरात्मानो देवैर्दैत्या इवोल्वणाः ॥ १२.३२.१८ ॥
Those evil-minded ones who desire the destruction of dharma and promote adharma are to be slain by the gods, like the fierce daityas.
12.32.19
एकं हत्वा यदि कुले शिष्टानां स्यादनामयम् ।
कुलं हत्वा च राष्ट्रे च न तद्वृत्तोपघातकम् ॥ १२.३२.१९ ॥
If by slaying one the virtuous of a family find well-being, then slaying the family and even the realm does not destroy conduct.
12.32.20
अधर्मरूपो धर्मो हि कश्चिदस्ति नराधिप ।
धर्मरूपो ह्यधर्मश्च तच्च ज्ञेयं विपश्चिता ॥ १२.३२.२० ॥
There is indeed a dharma that has the form of adharma, O lord of men, and adharma that has the form of dharma; the wise must know this.
12.32.21
तस्मात्संस्तम्भयात्मानं श्रुतवानसि पाण्डव ।
देवैः पूर्वगतं मार्गमनुयातोऽसि भारत ॥ १२.३२.२१ ॥
Therefore, son of Pāṇḍu, restrain yourself; you are learned. O Bhārata, you have followed the path that the gods travelled before.
12.32.22
न हीदृशा गमिष्यन्ति नरकं पाण्डवर्षभ ।
भ्रातॄनाश्वासयैतांस्त्वं सुहृदश्च परंतप ॥ १२.३२.२२ ॥
Such men will not go to hell, O bull of the Pāṇḍavas. O scorcher of foes, comfort these brothers and friends of yours.
12.32.23
यो हि पापसमारम्भे कार्ये तद्भावभावितः ।
कुर्वन्नपि तथैव स्यात्कृत्वा च निरपत्रपः ॥ १२.३२.२३ ॥
He who, filled with that intention in beginning a sinful deed, remains the same while doing it and, having done it, remains shameless.
12.32.24
तस्मिंस्तत्कलुषं सर्वं समस्तमिति शब्दितम् ।
प्रायश्चित्तं न तस्यास्ति ह्रासो वा पापकर्मणः ॥ १२.३२.२४ ॥
All that defilement is declared to be wholly in him; for that doer of sin there is no expiation, nor any lessening of his sin.
12.32.25
त्वं तु शुक्लाभिजातीयः परदोषेण कारितः ।
अनिच्छमानः कर्मेदं कृत्वा च परितप्यसे ॥ १२.३२.२५ ॥
But you, born of a pure lineage, were driven by another's fault; unwilling, you did this deed and are tormented.
12.32.26
अश्वमेधो महायज्ञः प्रायश्चित्तमुदाहृतम् ।
तमाहर महाराज विपाप्मैवं भविष्यसि ॥ १२.३२.२६ ॥
The great sacrifice of the horse, the Aśvamedha, is declared as expiation. Perform it, great king; thus you will become free from sin.
12.32.27
मरुद्भिः सह जित्वाऽरीन्भगवान्पाकशासनः ।
एकैकं क्रतुमाहृत्य शतकृत्वः शतक्रतुः ॥ १२.३२.२७ ॥
Having conquered the enemies together with the Maruts, the blessed Indra, the punisher of Paka, performed the sacrifices one by one, a hundred times; thus he became Śatakratu, the hundred-sacrificer.
12.32.28
धूतपाप्मा जितस्वर्गो लोकान्प्राप्य सुखोदयान् ।
मरुद्गणैर्वृतः शक्रः शुशुभे भासयन्दिशः ॥ १२.३२.२८ ॥
Shaken free of sin, having conquered heaven and attained the worlds of happiness and prosperity, Śakra, surrounded by the hosts of the Maruts, shone, lighting up the directions.
12.32.29
स्वर्गे लोके महीयन्तमप्सरोभिः शचीपतिम् ।
ऋषयः पर्युपासन्ते देवाश्च विबुधेश्वरम् ॥ १२.३२.२९ ॥
In the heavenly world, exalted by the apsarases, the lord of Śacī is attended by the sages, and the gods, too, wait upon the lord of the gods.
12.32.30
सेयं त्वामनुसंप्राप्ता विक्रमेण वसुंधरा ।
निर्जिताश्च महीपाला विक्रमेण त्वयाऽनध ॥ १२.३२.३० ॥
This earth has come to you by your valour, and, O sinless one, the rulers of the earth have been conquered by your valour.
12.32.31
तेषां पुराणि राष्ट्राणि गत्वा राजन्सुहृद्वॄतः ।
भ्रातॄन्पुत्रांश्च पौत्रांश्च स्वेस्वे राज्येऽभिषेचय ॥ १२.३२.३१ ॥
O king, going to their cities and realms, surrounded by well-wishers, consecrate your brothers, sons and grandsons, each in his own kingdom.
12.32.32
बालानपि च गर्भस्थान्सांत्वेन समुदाचरन् ।
रञ्जयन्प्रकृतीः सर्वाः परिपाहि वसुंधराम् ॥ १२.३२.३२ ॥
Treating even children and those yet in the womb with kindness, pleasing all your subjects, protect the earth.
12.32.33
कुमारो नास्ति येषां च कन्यास्तत्राभिषेचय ।
कामाशयो हि स्त्रीवर्गः शोकमेवं प्रहास्यसि ॥ १२.३२.३३ ॥
Where there is no young prince, consecrate their daughters there; the company of women is driven by desire, and thus you will abandon grief.
12.32.34
एवमाश्वासनं कृत्वा सर्वराष्ट्रेषु भारत ।
यजस्व वाजिमेधेन यथेन्द्रो विजयी पुरा ॥ १२.३२.३४ ॥
O Bhārata, having given consolation in all the realms in this way, perform a sacrifice with the horse sacrifice, as Indra, the victor, did of old.
12.32.35
अशोच्यास्ते महात्मानः क्षत्रियाः क्षत्रियर्षभ ।
स्वकर्मभिर्गता नाशं कृतान्तबलमोहिताः ॥ १२.३२.३५ ॥
O bull among warriors, those great-souled warriors are not to be mourned; by their own deeds, deluded by the might of Death, they went to destruction.
12.32.36
अवाप्तः क्षत्रधर्मस्ते राज्यं प्राप्तमकण्टकम् ।
रक्ष स्वधर्मं कौन्तेय श्रेयान्यः प्रेत्यभाविकः ॥ १२.३२.३६ ॥
You have obtained the warrior's duty, and the kingdom has been attained without thorns. O son of Kuntī, protect your own duty, which is better for the life hereafter.