Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 12.7
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12.7.1
युधिष्ठिरस्तु धर्मात्मा शोकव्याकुलचेतनः ।
शुशोच दुःखसंतप्तः स्मृत्वा कर्णं महारथम् ॥ १२.७.१ ॥
Yudhiṣṭhira, the righteous one, his mind disturbed by grief, tormented by sorrow, lamented, remembering Karṇa the great charioteer.
12.7.2
आविष्टो दुःखशोकाभ्यां निःश्वसंश्च पुनः पुनः ।
दृष्ट्वार्जुनमुवाचेदं वचनं शोककर्शितः ॥ १२.७.२ ॥
Overcome by sorrow and grief, sighing again and again, worn down by lament, he looked at Arjuna and spoke these words.
12.7.3
यद्भैक्ष्यमाचरिष्याम वृष्ण्यन्धकपुरे वयम् ।
ज्ञातीन्निष्पुरुषान्कृत्वा नेमां प्राप्स्याम दुर्गतिम् ॥ १२.७.३ ॥
If we were to live by begging in the city of the Vṛṣṇis and Andhakas, would we not thereby, having left our kinsmen without men, obtain this misfortune?
12.7.4
अमित्रा नः समृद्धार्था वृत्तार्थाः कुरवः किल ।
आत्मानमात्मना हत्वा किं धर्मफलमाप्नुमः ॥ १२.७.४ ॥
Our enemies, the Kurus, have prosperous aims and have accomplished their purpose. Having slain ourselves by our own hand, what fruit of dharma shall we obtain?
12.7.5
धिगस्तु क्षात्रमाचारं धिगस्तु बलमौरसम् ।
धिगस्तु चार्थं येनेमामापदं गमिता वयम् ॥ १२.७.५ ॥
Shame upon the conduct of a warrior! Shame upon the strength born in us! Shame upon wealth too, by which we have been brought to this calamity.
12.7.6
साधु क्षमा दमः शौचमविरोधो विमत्सरः ।
अहिंसा सत्यवचनं नित्यानि वनचारिणाम् ॥ १२.७.६ ॥
Forbearance, self-restraint, purity, non-opposition, freedom from envy, non-violence, and truthful speech: these are the constant duties of forest-dwellers, and they are good.
12.7.7
वयं तु लोभान्मोहाच्च दम्भं मानं च संश्रिताः ।
इमामवस्थां संप्राप्ता राज्यक्लेशबुभुक्षया ॥ १२.७.७ ॥
We, from greed and delusion, having taken refuge in hypocrisy and pride, have come to this condition, out of desire to endure the suffering of kingship.
12.7.8
त्रैलोक्यस्यापि राज्येन नास्मान्कश्चित्प्रहर्षयेत् ।
बान्धवान्निहतान्दृष्ट्वा पृथिव्यामामिषैषिणः ॥ १२.७.८ ॥
Not even the sovereignty of the three worlds could gladden us, having seen our kinsmen slain on the earth by us who were seekers of prey.
12.7.9
ते वयं पृथिवीहेतोरवध्यान्पृथिवीतले ।
संपरित्यज्य जीवामो हीनार्था हतबान्धवाः ॥ १२.७.९ ॥
For the sake of the earth we slew upon the earth those who should not have been slain; having utterly abandoned them, we live on, bereft of purpose, our kinsmen slain.
12.7.10
आमिषे गृध्यमानानामशुभं वै शुनामिव ।
आमिषं चैव नो नष्टमामिषस्य च भोजिनाम् ॥ १२.७.१० ॥
Like inauspicious dogs greedy for flesh, we became; our own flesh was lost, and we became eaters of flesh.
12.7.11
न पृथिव्या सकलया न सुवर्णस्य राशिभिः ।
न गजाश्वेन सर्वेण ते त्याज्या य इमे हताः ॥ १२.७.११ ॥
Not with the whole earth, nor with heaps of gold, nor with all the elephants and horses, can those be given up who have been slain here.
12.7.12
काममन्युपरीतास्ते क्रोधामर्षसमन्विताः ।
मृत्युयानं समारुह्य गता वैवस्वतक्षयम् ॥ १२.७.१२ ॥
Overcome by desire and wrath, endowed with anger and resentment, they mounted the vehicle of death and went to the abode of Vaivasvata (Yama).
12.7.13
बहुकल्याणमिच्छन्त ईहन्ते पितरः सुतान् ।
तपसा ब्रह्मचर्येण वन्दनेन तितिक्षया ॥ १२.७.१३ ॥
Desiring great welfare for their sons, fathers strive by austerity, celibate discipline, reverence and endurance.
12.7.14
उपवासैस्तथेज्याभिर्व्रतकौतुकमङ्गलैः ।
लभन्ते मातरो गर्भांस्तान्मासान्दश बिभ्रति ॥ १२.७.१४ ॥
By fasts, sacrifices, vows, and auspicious rites, mothers obtain conception and carry the embryo for ten months.
12.7.15
यदि स्वस्ति प्रजायन्ते जाता जीवन्ति वा यदि ।
संभाघिता जातबला विदध्युर्यदि नः सुखम्।
इह चामुत्र चैवेति कृपणाः फलहेतवः ॥ १२.७.१५ ॥
If they are born safely, live, are cherished and grow strong, and if they bring us happiness both in this world and the next—so think the wretched who seek a fruit.
12.7.16
तासामयं समुद्योगो निर्वृत्तः केवलोऽफलः ।
यदासां निहताः पुत्रा युवानो मृष्टकुण्डलाः ॥ १२.७.१६ ॥
All this effort of theirs came to nothing, fruitless, when their young sons with polished earrings were slain.
12.7.17
अभुक्त्वा पार्थिवान्भोगानृणान्यनपहाय च ।
पितृभ्यो देवताभ्यश्च गता वैयस्वतक्षयम् ॥ १२.७.१७ ॥
Without enjoying royal pleasures and without discharging their debts to the fathers and the gods, they went to the realm of Vaivasvata (Yama).
12.7.18
यदैषामम्ब पितरौ जातकर्मकराविह ।
संजातबालरूपेषु तदैव निहता नृषाः ॥ १२.७.१८ ॥
O mother, at the very time when their parents performed the birth rites here, and they were growing up in the form of children, those princes were slain.
12.7.19
संयुक्ताः काममन्युभ्यां क्रोधामर्षसमन्विताः ।
न ते जयफलं किंचिद्भोक्तारो जातु कर्हिचित् ॥ १२.७.१९ ॥
Bound by desire and anger, filled with wrath and resentment, they never enjoyed any fruit of victory at all.
12.7.20
पाञ्चालानां कुरूणां च हता एव हि ये हताः ।
न सकामा वयं ते च न चास्माभिर्न तैर्जितम् ॥ १२.७.२० ॥
Those slain among the Pāñcālas and the Kurus were indeed slain. Neither we nor they had our desires fulfilled; victory was won neither by us nor by them.
12.7.21
न तैर्भुक्तेयमवनिर्न नार्यो गीतवादितम् ।
नामात्यसुहृदां वाक्यं न च श्रुतवतां श्रुतम्।
न रत्नानि परार्ध्यानि न भूर्न द्रविणागमः ॥ १२.७.२१ ॥
This earth was not enjoyed by them, nor women, nor song and music; the words of ministers and friends were not heeded, nor the teaching of the learned heard. No most precious jewels, no land, no coming of wealth.
12.7.22
न च धर्म्यानिमाँल्लोकान्प्रपद्याम स्वकर्मभिः ।
वयमेवास्य लोकस्य विनाशे कारणं स्मृताः।
धृतराष्ट्रस्य पुत्रेण निकृतिप्रीतिसंयुताः ॥ १२.७.२२ ॥
And by our own deeds we have not attained these righteous worlds. We are remembered as the very cause of this world's destruction, joined in deceit and fondness with the son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra.
12.7.23
सदैव निकृतिप्रज्ञो द्वेष्टा विद्वेषजीवनः ।
मिथ्यावृत्तश्च सततमस्मास्वनपराधिषु ॥ १२.७.२३ ॥
Always of deceitful wisdom, a hater living by enmity, of false conduct, he was constantly thus toward us, who were blameless.
12.7.24
ऋद्धिमस्मासु तां दृष्ट्वा विवर्णो हरिणः कृशः ।
धृतराष्ट्रश्च नृपतिः सौबलेन निवेदितः ॥ १२.७.२४ ॥
Seeing that prosperity in us, Hari grew pale and thin; and King Dhṛtarāṣṭra was informed of it by Saubala (Śakuni).
12.7.25
तं पिता पुत्रगृध्नुत्वादनुमेनेऽनये स्थितम् ।
अनपेक्ष्यैव पितरं गाङ्गेयं विदुरं तथा ॥ १२.७.२५ ॥
Because of his greed for sons, the father approved of him standing in wrongdoing, disregarding the father, Gāṅgeya (Bhīṣma), and Vidura as well.
12.7.26
असंशयं त्वयं राजा यथैवाहं तथा गतः ।
अनियम्याशुचिं लुब्धं पुत्रं कामवशानुगम् ॥ १२.७.२६ ॥
Without doubt this king has come to the same state as I, for he did not restrain his impure, greedy son who followed the power of desire.
12.7.27
यशसः पतितो दीप्ताद्धातयित्वा सहोदरान् ।
इमौ हि वृद्धौ शोकाग्नौ प्रक्षिप्य स सुयोधनः।
अस्मत्प्रद्वेषसंतप्तः पापबुद्धिः सदैव ह ॥ १२.७.२७ ॥
Fallen from fame and from splendour, having caused his brothers to be slain, that evil-minded Suyodhana has thrown these two old men into the fire of grief, always tormented by hatred of us.
12.7.28
को हि बन्धुः कुलीनः संस्तथा ब्रूयात्सुहृज्जने ।
यथाऽसाववदद्वाक्यं युयुत्सुः कृष्णसन्निधौ ॥ १२.७.२८ ॥
What well-born kinsman would speak thus to his friends, as Yuyutsu spoke those words in the presence of Kṛṣṇa?
12.7.29
आत्मनो हि वयं दोषाद्विनष्टाः शाश्वतीः समाः ।
प्रदहन्तो दिशः सर्वा भास्वरा इव तेजसा ॥ १२.७.२९ ॥
Through our own fault we have been destroyed for countless years, like blazing beings burning all the quarters with our splendour.
12.7.30
सोऽस्माकं वैरपुरुषो दुर्मतिः प्रग्रहं गतः ।
दुर्योधनकृते ह्येतत्कुलं नो विनिपातितम् ॥ १२.७.३० ॥
That enemy of ours, ill-minded, has gone beyond all restraint; because of Duryodhana this our family has been brought to ruin.
12.7.31
अवध्यानां वधं कृत्वा लोके प्राप्ताः स्म वाच्यतां ॥ १२.७.३१ ॥
Having slain those who should not be slain, we have become objects of blame in the world.
12.7.32
कुलस्यास्यान्तकरणं दुर्मतिं पापपूरुषम् ।
राजा राष्ट्रेश्वरं कृत्वा धृतराष्ट्रोऽद्य शोचति ॥ १२.७.३२ ॥
Having made the ill-minded sinful man, the destroyer of this family, king and lord of the realm, Dhṛtarāṣṭra now grieves.
12.7.33
हताः शूराः कृतं पापं विषयोऽसौ विनाशितः ।
हत्वा नो विगतो मन्युः शोको मां दारयत्ययम् ॥ १२.७.३३ ॥
The heroes have been slain, sin has been committed, and that realm has been destroyed. Having slain them, our anger has departed, yet this grief tears me apart.
12.7.34
धनञ्जय कृतं पापं कल्याणेनोपहन्यते ।
ख्यापनेनानुतापेन दानेन तपसाऽपि वा।
निवृत्त्या तीर्थगमनाच्छुतिस्मृतिजपेन वा ॥ १२.७.३४ ॥
O Dhanañjaya, sin that has been committed is destroyed by good deeds: by confession, by repentance, by giving, by austerity, by renunciation, by pilgrimage to holy places, or by reciting the revealed and remembered texts.
12.7.35
त्यागवांश्च पुनः पापं नालं कर्तुमिति श्रुतिः ।
त्यागवाञ्जन्ममरणे नाप्नोतीति श्रुतिर्यतः।
प्राप्तवर्त्मा कृतमतिर्ब्रह्म संपद्यते तदा ॥ १२.७.३५ ॥
The renunciant is not able to commit sin again, so the scripture says; the renunciant does not attain birth and death, so the scripture says. Then, having attained the path and with a resolved mind, one attains Brahman.
12.7.36
स धनञ्जय निर्द्वन्द्वो मुनिर्ज्ञानसमन्वितः ।
वनमामन्त्र्य वः सर्वान्गमिष्यामि परंतप ॥ १२.७.३६ ॥
O Dhanañjaya, becoming that sage free from pairs of opposites and endowed with knowledge, O scorcher of foes, having taken leave of you all, I shall go to the forest.
12.7.37
न हि कृत्स्नतमो धर्मः शक्यः प्राप्तुमिति श्रुतिः ।
परिग्रहवता तन्मे प्रत्यक्षमरिसूदन ॥ १२.७.३७ ॥
The scripture says that complete dharma cannot be attained by one who holds possessions. This is evident to me, O destroyer of foes.
12.7.38
मया निसृष्टं पापं हि परिग्रहमभीप्सता ।
जन्मक्षयनिमित्तं च प्राप्तुं शक्यमिति श्रुतिः ॥ १२.७.३८ ॥
Having desired possessions, I have abandoned the sin, which is the cause of birth and death. The scripture says that it can be attained.
12.7.39
स परिग्रहमुत्सृज्य कृत्स्नं राज्यं सुखानि च ।
गमिष्यामि विनिर्मुक्तो विशोको निर्ममः क्वचित्।
प्रशासध्वमिमामुर्वी क्षेमां निहतकण्टकाम् ।
न ममार्थोऽस्ति राज्येन भोगैर्वा कुरुनन्दन ॥ १२.७.३९ ॥
Having abandoned possessions, the entire kingdom and pleasures, I shall go somewhere, freed, without grief and without attachment. You govern this earth, secure and with its thorns destroyed. O joy of the Kurus, I have no purpose in kingdom or in enjoyments.
12.7.40
एतावदुक्त्वा वचनं कुरुराजो युधिष्ठिरः ।
उपारमत्ततः पार्थः कनीयान्प्रत्यभाषत ॥ १२.७.४० ॥
Having spoken these words, the king of the Kurus, Yudhiṣṭhira, fell silent; then Pārtha, the younger, replied.