Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 14.80
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14.80.1
ततो बहुतरं भीरर्विलप्य कमलेक्षणा ।
मुमोह दुःखसंतप्ता पपात च महीतले ॥ १४.८०.१ ॥
Then, having lamented greatly, the lotus-eyed woman, tormented by sorrow, fainted and fell to the ground.
14.80.2
प्रतिलभ्य च सा संज्ञां देवी दिव्यवपुर्धरा ।
उलूपीं पन्नगसुतां दृष्ट्वेदं वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥ १४.८०.२ ॥
Regaining her senses, the goddess of divine form, seeing Ulūpī, daughter of the serpent, spoke these words.
14.80.3
उलूपि पश्य भर्तारं शयानं नितं रणे ।
त्वत्कृते मम पुत्रेण बाणेन समितिंजयम् ॥ १४.८०.३ ॥
Ulūpī, look upon your husband lying slain in battle; on your account, by my son's arrow, the victor in battle has fallen.
14.80.4
ननु त्वमार्यधर्मज्ञा ननु चासि पतिव्रता ।
यत्त्वत्कृतेऽयं पतितः पतिस्ते निहतो रणे ॥ १४.८०.४ ॥
Surely you know the dharma of the noble, and surely you are devoted to your husband. On your account this one has fallen; your husband has been slain in battle.
14.80.5
किंनु मन्देऽपकराद्धोऽयं यदि तेऽद्य धनंजयः ।
क्षमस्व याच्यमाना वै जीवयस्व धनंजयम् ॥ १४.८०.५ ॥
O foolish one, if Dhanaṃjaya has today wronged you in any way, forgive him; being implored, bring Dhanaṃjaya back to life.
14.80.6
ननु त्वमार्ये धर्मज्ञे त्रैलोक्यविदिता शुभे ।
यद्धातयित्वा पुत्रेण भर्तारं नानुशोचसि ॥ १४.८०.६ ॥
Surely you, O noble woman, knower of dharma, known throughout the three worlds, O auspicious one, do not grieve, though you have caused your husband to be slain by your son?
14.80.7
नाहं शोचामि तनयं हतं पन्नगनन्दिनि ।
पतिमेव तु शोचामि यस्यातिथ्यमिदं कृतम् ॥ १४.८०.७ ॥
Daughter of the serpent-king, I do not grieve for my slain son; it is for my husband, who accepted this hospitality, that I grieve.
14.80.8
इत्युक्त्वा सा तदा देवीमुलूपीं पन्नगात्मजाम् ।
भर्तारमभिगम्येदमित्युवाच यशस्विनी ॥ १४.८०.८ ॥
Having spoken thus to the goddess Ulūpī, daughter of the serpents, the glorious lady approached her husband and said this.
14.80.9
उत्तिष्ठ कुरुमुख्यस्य प्रियमुख्य मम प्रिय ।
अयमश्वो महाबाहो मयो ते परिमोक्षितः ॥ १४.८०.९ ॥
Rise, O beloved of the foremost of the Kurus, my dear! O mighty-armed one, this horse has been released by you.
14.80.10
ननु त्वया नाम विभो धर्मराजस्य यज्ञियः ।
अयमश्वोऽनुसर्तव्यः स शेषे किं महीतले ॥ १४.८०.१० ॥
O mighty one, is this not the sacrificial horse of King Dharma, which you were to follow? Why does it lie upon the ground?
14.80.11
त्वयि प्राणा ममायत्ताः कुरूणां कुरुनन्दन ।
स कस्मात्प्राणदोऽन्येषां प्राणान्संत्यक्तवानसि ॥ १४.८०.११ ॥
O delight of the Kurus, my life and the lives of the Kurus depend upon you. You who give life to others, why have you abandoned lives?
14.80.12
उलूपि साधु पश्येमं पतिं निपतितं भुवि ।
पुत्रं चेमं समुत्साद्य घातयित्वा न शोचसि ॥ १४.८०.१२ ॥
O Ulūpī, look well at your husband lying fallen upon the earth. And having had this son slain, you do not grieve.
14.80.13
कामं स्वपितु बालोऽयं भूमौ मृत्युवशं गतः ।
लोहिताक्षो गुडाकेशो विजयः साधु जीवतु ॥ १४.८०.१३ ॥
Let this boy lie upon the ground, gone under the power of death. But let Vijaya, red-eyed and curly-haired, live well.
14.80.14
नापराधोऽस्ति सुभगे नराणां बहुभार्यता ।
प्रमदानां भवत्येष मा ते भूद्बुद्धिरीदृशी ॥ १४.८०.१४ ॥
There is no fault, fortunate one, in men having many wives; such is the lot of women. Let your mind not be of such a kind.
14.80.15
सख्यं चैतत्कृतं धात्रा शश्वदव्ययमेव तु ।
सख्यं समभिजानीहि सत्यं सङ्गतमस्तु ते ॥ १४.८०.१५ ॥
This friendship was made by the Creator, eternal and imperishable indeed. Recognise this friendship fully; may your union be true.
14.80.16
पुत्रेम घातयित्वैनं पतिं यदि न मेऽद्य वै ।
जीवन्तं दर्शयस्यद्य परित्यक्ष्यामि जीवितम् ॥ १४.८०.१६ ॥
If you do not, today, have my husband killed by your son and show him to me alive today, I shall give up my life today.
14.80.17
साऽहं दुःखान्विता देवि पतिपुत्रविनाकृता ।
इहैव प्रायमाशिष्ये प्रेक्षन्त्यास्ते न संशयः ॥ १४.८०.१७ ॥
I, afflicted with grief, O goddess, deprived of husband and son, shall lie down here in a fast unto death, while you look on; there is no doubt of it.
14.80.18
इत्युक्त्वा पन्नगसुतां सपत्नी चैत्रवाहनी ।
ततः प्रायमुपासीना तूष्णीमासीज्जनाधिप ॥ १४.८०.१८ ॥
Having said this, the co-wife, Citrāṅgadā, daughter of Citravāhana, spoke to the serpent-maiden; then, O lord of men, she sat in a fast unto death, and remained silent.
14.80.19
ततो विलप्य विरता भर्तुः पादौ प्रगृह्य सा ।
उपविष्टा भवद्दीना सोच्छ्वासं पुत्रमीक्षती ॥ १४.८०.१९ ॥
Then, having lamented and ceased, she took hold of her husband's feet. Sorrowful, she sat and, sighing heavily, gazed upon her son.
14.80.20
ततः संज्ञां पुनर्लब्ध्वा स राजा बभ्रुवाहनः ।
मातरं तामथालोक्य रणभूमावथाब्रवीत् ॥ १४.८०.२० ॥
Then, regaining consciousness again, King Babhruvāhana looked upon his mother on the battlefield and spoke.
14.80.21
इतो दुःखतरं किंनु यन्मे माता सुखैधिता ।
भूमौ निपतितं वीरमनुशेते मृतं पतिम् ॥ १४.८०.२१ ॥
What is more painful than this? My mother, raised in comfort, lies beside her husband, the hero, fallen and dead upon the ground.
14.80.22
निहन्तारं रणेऽरीणां सर्वशस्त्रभृतां वरम् ।
मया विनिहतं सङ्ख्ये प्रेक्षते दुर्मरं बत ॥ १४.८०.२२ ॥
She gazes upon him — the slayer of enemies in battle, the best of all who bear weapons, whom I struck down in combat — he who died so hard. Alas!
14.80.23
अहोऽस्या हृदयं देव्या दृढं यन्न विदीर्यते ।
व्यूढोरस्कं महाबाहुं प्रेक्षन्त्या निहतं पतिम् ॥ १४.८०.२३ ॥
Oh! How firm is this queen's heart, that it does not break while she gazes upon her husband, broad-chested and mighty-armed, slain!
14.80.24
दुर्मरं पुरुषेणेह मन्ये काले ह्यनागते ।
यत्र नाहं न मे माता न वियुक्तौ स्वजीवितात् ॥ १४.८०.२४ ॥
I think that here a man meets a hard death before his time has come, since neither I nor my mother have been parted from our own lives.
14.80.25
हाहा धिक्कुरुवीरस्य किरीटं काञ्चनं भुवि ।
अपविद्धं हतस्येह मया पुत्रेम पश्यत ॥ १४.८०.२५ ॥
Alas, shame! The golden crown of the Kuru hero lies cast away on the ground. Look upon him slain here, struck down by me, his son.
14.80.26
भोभो पश्यत मे वीरं पितरं ब्राह्मणा भुवि ।
शयानं वीरशयने मया पुत्रेण पातितम् ॥ १४.८०.२६ ॥
O, O, Brahmins, behold my hero father lying on the hero's bed on the ground, felled by me, his son.
14.80.27
ब्राह्मणाः कुरुमुख्यस्य ये मुक्ता हयसारिणः ।
कुर्वन्ति शान्तिं कामस्य रणे योऽयं मया हतः ॥ १४.८०.२७ ॥
O Brahmins, let those released horse-drivers of the chief of the Kurus perform the rite of peace for this embodiment of desire, whom I have slain in battle.
14.80.28
व्यादिशन्तु च किं विप्राः प्रायश्चित्तमिहाद्य मे ।
आनृशंसस्य पापस्य पितृहन्तू रणाजिरे ॥ १४.८०.२८ ॥
O Brahmins, what expiation will you prescribe for me today, the sinful, not cruel, parricide here on the battlefield?
14.80.29
दुश्चरा द्वादश समा हत्वा पितरमद्य वै ।
ममेह सुनृशंसस्य संवीतस्यास्य चर्मणा ॥ १४.८०.२९ ॥
For me, the parricide, a hard vow of twelve years should be made. Here I, most cruel, wrapped in his hide.
14.80.30
शिरःकपाले चास्यैव भुञ्जतः पितुरद्य मे ।
प्रायश्चित्तं हि नास्त्यन्यद्धत्वाऽद्य पितरं मम ॥ १४.८०.३० ॥
In his skull-bowl, eating from my father's skull, today there is no other expiation for me, having slain my father.
14.80.31
पश्य नागोत्तमसुते भर्तारं निहतं मया ।
कृतं प्रियं मया तेऽद्य निहत्य समरेऽर्जुनम् ॥ १४.८०.३१ ॥
Look, daughter of the best of serpents, I have slain your husband. Today, having slain Arjuna in battle, I have done what is dear to you.
14.80.32
सोऽहमद्य गमिष्यामि गतिं पितृनिषेविताम् ।
न शक्नोम्यात्मनाऽऽत्मानमहं दारयितुं शुभे ॥ १४.८०.३२ ॥
Therefore I shall today go to that path frequented by the ancestors. O auspicious one, I am not able to split myself open by my own hand.
14.80.33
सा त्वं मयि मृते मातस्तथा गाण्डीवधन्वनि ।
भव प्रीतिमती देवि सत्येनात्मानमालभे ॥ १४.८०.३३ ॥
O mother, when I am dead, and when Arjuna, the wielder of the Gāṇḍīva bow, is dead, may you remain full of joy. O goddess, by the truth I pledge myself.
14.80.34
इत्युक्त्वा स ततो राजा दुःखशोकसमाहतः ।
उपस्पृश्य महाराज दुःखाद्वचनमब्रवीत् ॥ १४.८०.३४ ॥
Having spoken thus, the king, struck by sorrow and grief, touched water for purification, and, O great king, in sorrow he spoke these words.
14.80.35
शृण्वन्तु सर्वभूतानि स्थावराणि चराणि च ।
त्वं च मातर्यथा सत्यं ब्रवीमि भुजगोत्तमे ॥ १४.८०.३५ ॥
Let all beings hear, both the immovable and the movable, and you too, O mother, O best of serpents, as I speak the truth.
14.80.36
यदि नोत्तिष्ठति जयः पिता मे नरसत्तमः ।
अस्मिन्नेव रणोद्देशे शोषयिष्ये कलेवरम् ॥ १४.८०.३६ ॥
If my father, the best of men, Jaya, does not rise up, then on this very field of battle I shall dry up my body.
14.80.37
नहि मे पितरं हत्वा निष्कृतिर्विद्यते क्वचित् ।
नरकं प्रतिपत्स्यामि ध्रुवं गुरुवधार्दितः ॥ १४.८०.३७ ॥
Having slain my father, there is no atonement for me anywhere; tormented by the slaying of an elder, I shall surely go to hell.
14.80.38
वीरं हि क्षत्रियं हत्वा गोशतेन प्रमुच्यते ।
पितरं तु निहत्यैवं दुर्लभा निष्कृतिर्मम ॥ १४.८०.३८ ॥
A man who slays a heroic kṣatriya is freed by the gift of a hundred cows; but having slain my father, expiation for me is thus hard to obtain.
14.80.39
एत एको महातेजाः पाण्डुपुत्रो धनंजयः ।
पिता च मम धर्मात्मा तस्य मे निष्कृतिः कुतः ॥ १४.८०.३९ ॥
This one alone, the mighty-splendoured son of Pāṇḍu, Dhanaṃjaya — and my righteous father is he too; for him, whence is my expiation?
14.80.40
इत्येवमुक्त्वा नृपते धनंजयसुतो नृपः ।
उपस्पृश्याभवत्तूष्णीं प्रायोपेतो महामतिः ॥ १४.८०.४० ॥
Having spoken thus, O king, the king, son of Dhanaṃjaya, sipped water for purification and fell silent; the great-minded one sat down resolved upon fasting unto death.