Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 15.18
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15.18.1
एवमेतन्महाबाहो यथा वदसि पाण्डवः ।
कृतमुद्धरणं पूर्वं मया वः सीदतां नृपाः ॥ १५.१८.१ ॥
Thus it is, O mighty-armed son of Pāṇḍu, as you say. O kings, I raised you up before, when you were sinking.
15.18.2
द्यूतापहृतराज्यानां पतितानां सुखादपि ।
ज्ञातिभिः परिभूतानां कृतमुद्धरणं मया ॥ १५.१८.२ ॥
For you, whose kingdom was taken by dice, who fell even from happiness, and who were humiliated by your own kinsmen, I have raised you up.
15.18.3
कथं पाण्डोर्न नश्येत संततिः पुरुषर्षभाः ।
यशश्च वो न नश्येत इति चोद्धरणं कृतम् ॥ १५.१८.३ ॥
So that Pāṇḍu's line might not perish, and your fame might not perish, O bulls among men, I have raised you up.
15.18.4
यूयमिन्द्रसमाः सर्वे देवतुल्यपराक्रमाः ।
मा परेषां मुखप्रेक्षाः स्थेत्येवं तत्कृतं मया ॥ १५.१८.४ ॥
You are all equal to Indra, with valour equal to the gods. I did this so that you would not become men who look to the faces of others.
15.18.5
कथं धर्मभृतां श्रेष्ठो राजा त्वं वासवोपमः ।
पुनर्वने न दुःखी स्या इति चोद्धरणं कृतम् ॥ १५.१८.५ ॥
O best of those who uphold dharma, king like Indra, I raised you up so that you would not again be sorrowful in the forest.
15.18.6
नागायुतसमप्राणः ख्यातविक्रमपौरुषः ।
नायं भीमोत्ययं गच्छेदिति चोद्धरणं कृतम् ॥ १५.१८.६ ॥
Lest this Bhīma, whose vitality equals ten thousand elephants and whose valour and manly strength are renowned, should go to destruction, I raised you up.
15.18.7
भीमसेनादवरजस्तथाऽयं वासवोपमः ।
विजयो नावसीदेत इति चोद्धरणं कृतम् ॥ १५.१८.७ ॥
Younger than Bhīmasena, this one like Indra, Vijaya should not despair — thus the reference was made.
15.18.8
नकुलः सहदेवश्च तथेमौ गुरुवर्तिनौ ।
क्षुधा कथं न सीदेतामिति चोद्धरणं कृतम् ॥ १५.१८.८ ॥
Nakula and Sahadeva too, these two obedient to their elder — how should they not suffer from hunger? — thus the reference was made.
15.18.9
इयं च बृहती श्यामा तथाऽत्यायतलोचना ।
वृथा सभातले क्लिष्टा मा भूदिति च तत्कृतं ॥ १५.१८.९ ॥
This dark, full-bodied and large-eyed woman was tormented in vain on the floor of the assembly hall — let it not be so, it was said.
15.18.10
अपेक्षतामेव वो भीम वेपन्तीं कदलीमिव ।
स्त्रीधर्मिणीमरिष्टाङ्गीं तथा द्यूतपराजिताम् ॥ १५.१८.१० ॥
O Bhīma, look upon her, trembling like a plantain tree — a woman of womanly duty, auspicious-limbed, defeated at dice.
15.18.11
दुःशासनो यदा मौर्ख्याद्दासीवत्पर्यकर्षत ।
तदैव विदितं मह्यं पराभूतमिदं कुलम् ॥ १५.१८.११ ॥
When Duḥśāsana, out of folly, dragged her about like a maidservant, then indeed I knew this family had been humbled.
15.18.12
निषण्णाः कुरवश्चैव तदा मे श्वशुरादयः ।
सा दैवं नाथमिच्छन्ती व्यलपत्कुररी यथा ॥ १५.१८.१२ ॥
Then my fathers-in-law and the other Kurus sat there; and she, longing for the divine protector, lamented like a kurarī bird.
15.18.13
केशपक्षे परामृष्टा पापेन् हतबुद्धिना ।
यदा दुःशासनेनैषा तदा मुह्याम्यहं नृपाः ॥ १५.१८.१३ ॥
Kings, when the wicked and ill-minded Duḥśāsana seized me by the hair, then I was bewildered.
15.18.14
युष्मत्तेजोविवृद्ध्यर्तं मया ह्युद्धरणं कृतम् ।
तदानीं विदुलावाक्यैरिति तद्वित्त पुत्रकाः ॥ १५.१८.१४ ॥
Sons, it was for the growth of your splendour that I rescued the line at that time, through the words of Vidulā — you know this.
15.18.15
कथं न राजवंशोऽयं नश्येत्प्राप्य सुतान्मम ।
पाण्डोरिति मया पुत्रस्तस्मादुद्धरणं कृतम् ॥ १५.१८.१५ ॥
How would this royal line not perish, if I had a son by my own? Therefore I rescued it by obtaining a son of Pāṇḍu.
15.18.16
न तस्य पुत्राः पौत्रा वा क्षतवंशस्य पार्थिव ।
लभ्ते सुकृताँल्लोकान्यस्माद्वंशः प्रणश्यति ॥ १५.१८.१६ ॥
O king, for one whose line is ruined, neither sons nor grandsons obtain the meritorious worlds, because the line perishes.
15.18.17
भुक्तं राज्यफलं पुत्रा भर्तुर्मे विपुलं पुरा ।
महादानानि दत्तानि पीतः सोमो यथाविधि ॥ १५.१८.१७ ॥
Sons, my husband long ago enjoyed the great fruit of the kingdom, gave great gifts, and drank the Soma according to rule.
15.18.18
नाहमात्मफलार्थं वै वासुदेवमचूचुदम् ।
विदुलायाः प्रलापैस्तैः पालनार्थं च तत्कृतम् ॥ १५.१८.१८ ॥
I did not urge Vāsudeva for my own gain; through those lamentations of Vidulā, and for the sake of protection, that was done.
15.18.19
नाहं राज्यफलं पुत्राः कामये पुत्रनिर्जितम् ।
पतिलोकानहं पुण्यान्कामये तपसा पिभो ॥ १५.१८.१९ ॥
Sons, I do not desire the fruit of a kingdom won by my sons. By austerity, O lord, I desire the meritorious worlds of my husband.
15.18.20
श्वश्रूश्वशुरयोः कृत्वा शुश्रूषां वनवासिनोः ।
तपसा शोषयिष्यामि युधिष्ठिर कलेवरम् ॥ १५.१८.२० ॥
Having served my mother-in-law and father-in-law, the two forest-dwellers, I shall dry up this body by austerity, O Yudhiṣṭhira.
15.18.21
निवर्तस्व कुरुश्रेष्ठ भीमसेनादिभिः सह ।
धर्मे ते धीयतां बुद्धिर्मनस्तु महदस्तु च ॥ १५.१८.२१ ॥
Turn back, best of the Kurus, together with Bhīmasena and the others. Let your intellect be fixed upon dharma, and let your mind indeed be great.