Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 15.19
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15.19.1
कुन्त्यास्तु वचनं श्रुत्वा पाण्डवा राजसत्तम ।
व्रीडिताः संन्यवर्तन्त पाञ्चाल्या सह भारत ॥ १५.१९.१ ॥
Hearing Kuntī's words, the Pāṇḍavas, ashamed, O best of kings, O Bhārata, turned back together with the Pāñcāla woman.
15.19.2
ततः शब्दो महानेव सर्वेषामभवत्तदा ।
अन्तःपुराणां रुदतां दृष्ट्वा कुन्तीं तथा गताम् ॥ १५.१९.२ ॥
Then a great sound arose from all the women of the inner apartments, weeping as they saw Kuntī thus departing.
15.19.3
प्रदक्षिणमथावृत्त्य राजानं पाण्डवास्तदा ।
अभिवाद्य न्यवर्तन्त पृथां तामनिवर्त्य वै ॥ १५.१९.३ ॥
Then the Pāṇḍavas, circling the king with the right side toward him, greeted him respectfully and turned back, unable to make Pṛthā turn back.
15.19.4
ततोऽब्रवीन्महातेजा धृतराष्ट्रोंऽबिकासुतः ।
गान्धारीं विदुरं चैव समाभाष्यावगृह्य च ॥ १५.१९.४ ॥
Then Dhṛtarāṣṭra, the mighty-splendored son of Ambikā, spoke, having addressed Gāndhārī and Vidura and embraced them.
15.19.5
युधिष्ठिरस्य जननी देवी साधु निवर्त्यताम् ।
यथा युधिष्ठिरः प्राह तत्सर्वं सत्यमेव हि ॥ १५.१९.५ ॥
Let the noble mother of Yudhiṣṭhira be rightly turned back; all that Yudhiṣṭhira has said is indeed true.
15.19.6
पुत्रैश्वर्यं महदिदमपास्य च महाफलम् ।
काऽनुगच्छेद्वनं दुर्गं पुत्रानुत्सृज्य मूढवत् ॥ १५.१९.६ ॥
Which woman, having abandoned this great sovereignty and great fruit of sons, and leaving her sons behind like a fool, would follow into this dreadful forest?
15.19.7
राज्यस्थया तपस्तप्तुं कर्तुं दानव्रतं महत् ।
अनया शक्यमेवाद्य श्रूयतां च वचो मम ॥ १५.१९.७ ॥
Though you dwell in the kingdom, austerity and a great vow of giving are possible for her today. Hear my words.
15.19.8
गान्धारि परितुष्टोस्मि वध्वाः शुश्रूषणेन वै ।
तस्मात्त्वमेनां धर्मज्ञे समनुज्ञातुमर्हसि ॥ १५.१९.८ ॥
Gāndhārī, I am truly pleased with the service of the daughter-in-law. Therefore, O knower of dharma, you should grant her permission.
15.19.9
इत्युक्ता सौबलेयी तु राज्ञा कुन्तीमुवाच ह ।
तत्सर्वं राजवचनं स्वं च वाक्यं विशेषवत् ॥ १५.१९.९ ॥
Thus addressed by the king, the daughter of Subala spoke to Kuntī; all of the king's words, and her own speech, carried special meaning.
15.19.10
न च सा वनवासाय देवी कृतमतिं तदा ।
शक्नोत्युपावर्तयितुं कुन्तीं धर्मपरां सतीम् ॥ १५.१९.१० ॥
That goddess was then resolved upon forest-dwelling, and so she could not turn back Kuntī, the chaste one intent on dharma.
15.19.11
तस्यास्तां तु स्थितिं ज्ञात्वा व्यवसायं कुरुस्त्रियः ।
निवृत्तांश्च कुरुश्रेष्ठान्दृष्ट्वा प्ररुरुदुस्तदा ॥ १५.१९.११ ॥
Knowing her firm resolve, and seeing the best of the Kurus who had turned back, the Kuru women then wept aloud.
15.19.12
उपावृत्तेषु पार्थेषु सर्वास्वेव वधूषु च ।
ययौ राजा महाप्राज्ञो धृतराष्ट्रो वनं तदा ॥ १५.१९.१२ ॥
When the Pāṇḍavas and all the daughters-in-law had returned, the very wise king Dhṛtarāṣṭra then set out for the forest.
15.19.13
पाण्डवाश्चातिदीनास्ते दुःखशोकपरायणाः ।
यानैः स्त्रीसहिताः सर्वे पुरं प्रविविशुस्तदा ॥ १५.१९.१३ ॥
The Pāṇḍavas, utterly wretched and absorbed in sorrow and grief, all entered the city then in their vehicles together with the women.
15.19.14
तदहृष्टमनानन्दं गतोत्सवमिवाभवत् ।
नगरं हास्तिनपुरं सस्त्रीवृद्धकुमारकम् ॥ १५.१९.१४ ॥
Then the city of Hāstinapura, with its women, elders and children, became as if joyless and bereft of festivity.
15.19.15
सर्वे चासन्निरुत्साहाः पाण्डवा जातमन्यवः ।
कुन्त्या हीनाः सुदुःखार्ता वत्सा इव विनाकृताः ॥ १५.१९.१५ ॥
All the Pāṇḍavas were without spirit, filled with anger and sorrow; bereft of Kuntī, deeply distressed, like calves separated from the mother.
15.19.16
धृतराष्ट्रस्तु तेनाह्ना गत्वा सुमहदन्तरम् ।
ततो भागीरथीतीरे निवासमकरोत्प्रभुः ॥ १५.१९.१६ ॥
But Dhṛtarāṣṭra, having gone a very great distance that day, then made his residence on the bank of the Bhāgīrathī.
15.19.17
प्रादुष्कृता यथान्यायमग्नयो वेदपारगैः ।
व्यराजन्त द्विजश्रेष्ठैस्तत्रतत्र तपोवने।
प्रादुष्कृताग्निरभवत्स च वृद्धो नराधिपः ॥ १५.१९.१७ ॥
The fires, kindled according to rule by the best of the twice-born who had mastered the Vedas, shone here and there in that forest of asceticism; and the aged king too became one who kindled the fire.
15.19.18
स राजाऽग्नीन्पर्युपास्य हुत्वा च विधिवत्तदा ।
सन्ध्यागतं सहस्रांशुमुपातिष्ठत भारत ॥ १५.१९.१८ ॥
That king, having attended to the fires and offered oblations according to rule, then at twilight, O Bhārata, worshipped the thousand-rayed sun.
15.19.19
विदुरः संजयश्चैव राज्ञः शय्यां कुशैस्ततः ।
चक्रतुः कुरुवीरस्य गान्धार्याश्चाविदूरतः ॥ १५.१९.१९ ॥
Vidura and Sañjaya then made the bed of the Kuru hero with kuśa grass, not far from Gāndhārī.
15.19.20
गान्धार्याः सन्निकर्षे तु निषसाद कुशे सुखम् ।
युधिष्ठिरस्य जननी कुन्ती साधुव्रते स्थिता ॥ १५.१९.२० ॥
Near Gāndhārī, Kuntī, mother of Yudhiṣṭhira, steadfast in her pious vow, sat comfortably on the kuśa grass.
15.19.21
तेषां संश्रवणे चापि निषेदुर्विदुरादयः ।
याजकाश्च यथोद्देशं द्विजा ये चानुयायिनः ॥ १५.१९.२१ ॥
Near them sat Vidura and the others; the officiating priests and the brahmin followers also sat, each in his proper place.
15.19.22
प्राधीतद्विजमुख्या सा संप्रज्वलितपावका ।
बभूव तेषां रजनी ब्राह्मीव प्रीतिवर्धिनी ॥ १५.१९.२२ ॥
That night, in which the chief brahmins had recited and the fire blazed brightly, became for them like the night of Brahmā, increasing their joy.
15.19.23
ततो रात्र्यां व्यतीतायां कृतपूर्वाह्णिकक्रियाः ।
हुत्वाऽग्निं विधिवत्सर्वे प्रययुस्ते यथाक्रमम्।
उदङ्मुखा निरीक्षन्त उपवासपरायणाः ॥ १५.१९.२३ ॥
Then, when the night had passed, having performed the forenoon rites and made offerings in the fire according to rule, they all departed in order, facing north, gazing, intent on fasting.
15.19.24
स तेषामतिदुःखोऽभून्निवासः प्रथमेऽहनि ।
शोचतां वदतां चापि पौरजानपदैर्जनैः ॥ १५.१९.२४ ॥
On the first day their stay was most painful, while the townspeople and country folk lamented and spoke.