Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 15.39
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15.39.1
तेषु चोपनिवृत्तेषु पाण्डवेषु यदृच्छया ।
देवर्षिर्नारदो राजन्नाजगाम युधिष्ठिरम् ॥ १५.३९.१ ॥
When the Pāṇḍavas had returned, O king, the divine sage Nārada came by chance to Yudhiṣṭhira.
15.39.2
तमभ्यर्च्य महाबाहुः कुरुराजो युधिष्ठिरः ।
आसीनं परिविश्वस्तं प्रोवाच वदतांवरः ॥ १५.३९.२ ॥
Having honored him, Yudhiṣṭhira, the king of the Kurus, mighty-armed and best of speakers, spoke to him as he sat at ease.
15.39.3
चिरात्तु नानुपश्यामि भगवन्तमुपस्थितम् ।
कच्चित्ते कुशलं विप्र शुभं वा प्रत्युपस्थितम् ॥ १५.३९.३ ॥
After a long time I see you, venerable one, present here. O brāhmaṇa, is your well-being good, or have you come with auspicious news?
15.39.4
के देशाः परिदृष्टास्ते किं च कार्यं करोमि ते ।
तद्ब्रूहि द्विजमुख्यस्त्वं ह्यस्माकं च प्रियोऽतिथिः। ॥ १५.३९.४ ॥
Which lands have you seen? What task shall I perform for you? O foremost of the twice-born, tell me, for you are a dear guest to us.
15.39.5
चिरदृष्टोसि मेऽत्येवमागतोऽहं तपोवनात् ।
परिदृष्टानि तीर्थानि गङ्गा चैव मया नृप ॥ १५.३९.५ ॥
I see you after a long time, for I have come thus from the penance-grove. O king, I have visited the sacred fords, and I have also seen the Gaṅgā.
15.39.6
वदन्ति पुरुषा मेऽद्य गङ्गातीरनिवासिनः ।
धृतराष्ट्रं महात्मानमास्थितं परमं तपः ॥ १५.३९.६ ॥
Today the men dwelling on the bank of the Gaṅgā tell me that the great-souled Dhṛtarāṣṭra has taken up the supreme austerity.
15.39.7
अपि दृष्टस्त्वया तत्र कुशली स कुरूद्वहः ।
गान्धारी च पृथा चैव सूतपुत्रश्च संजयः ॥ १५.३९.७ ॥
Did you see there that well-being bearer of the Kurus, and Gāndhārī, Pṛthā, and the charioteer's son Sañjaya?
15.39.8
कथं च वर्तते चाद्य पिता मम स पार्थिवः ।
श्रोतुमिच्छामि भगवन्यदि दृष्टस्त्वया नृपः ॥ १५.३९.८ ॥
And how is my father, that king, now? Venerable one, if you have seen the king, I wish to hear.
15.39.9
स्थिरीभूय महाराज शृणु वृत्तं यथातथम् ।
यथाश्रुतं च दृष्टं च मया तस्मिंस्तपोवने ॥ १५.३९.९ ॥
Great king, listen steadily to the account exactly as it is, as I heard it and saw it in that hermitage-forest.
15.39.10
वनवासनिवृत्तेषु भवत्सु कुरुनन्दन ।
कुरुक्षेत्रात्पिता तुभ्य गङ्गाद्वारं ययौ नृप ॥ १५.३९.१० ॥
Joy of the Kurus, when you all had returned from forest exile, your father, O king, went from Kurukṣetra to Gaṅgādvāra.
15.39.11
गान्धार्या सहितो धीमान्वध्वा कुन्त्या समन्वितः ।
संजयेन च सूतेन साग्निहोत्रः सयाजकः ॥ १५.३९.११ ॥
That wise one went with Gāndhārī, accompanied by his daughter-in-law Kuntī and by the charioteer Sañjaya, with the sacred fires and the sacrificing priests.
15.39.12
आतस्थे स तपस्तीव्रं पिता तव तपोधनः ।
अग्निं मुखे समाधाय वायुभक्षोऽभवन्मुनिः ॥ १५.३९.१२ ॥
Your father, rich in austerity, undertook severe penance. With fire placed in his mouth, he became a sage who ate only air.
15.39.13
वने स मुनिभिः सर्वैः पूज्यमानो महातपाः ।
त्वगस्थिमात्रशेषः स षण्मासानभवन्नृपः ॥ १५.३९.१३ ॥
In the forest, the king of great asceticism, honored by all the sages, was reduced to skin and bones alone for six months.
15.39.14
गान्धारी तु जलाहारी कुन्ती मासोपवासिनी ।
संजयः षष्ठभुक्तेन वर्तयामास भारत ॥ १५.३९.१४ ॥
Gāndhārī lived on water alone, Kuntī fasted for a month at a time, and Sañjaya kept himself alive by eating every sixth time, O Bhārata.
15.39.15
अग्नींस्तु याजकास्तत्र जुहुवुर्विधिवत्प्रभो ।
दृश्यतोऽदृश्यतश्चैव वने तस्मिन्नृपस्य वै ॥ १५.३९.१५ ॥
There, O lord, in that forest, the king's officiating priests duly offered oblations into the sacred fires, sometimes visibly and sometimes invisibly.
15.39.16
अनिकेतोथ राजा स बभूव वनगोचरः ।
ते चापि सहिते देव्यौ संजयश्च तमन्वयुः ॥ १५.३९.१६ ॥
Then that king became homeless, a wanderer of the forest; the two queens were with him as well, and Sañjaya followed him.
15.39.17
संजयो नृपतेर्नेता समेषु विषमेषु च ।
गान्धार्याश्च पृथा चैव चक्षुरासीदनिन्दिता ॥ १५.३९.१७ ॥
Sañjaya was the guide of the king on level and rough ground alike, and he was also the eyes of Gāndhārī and of the blameless Pṛthā.
15.39.18
ततः कदाचिद्गङ्गायाः कच्छे स नृपसत्तमः ।
गङ्गायामाप्लुतो धीमानाश्रमाभिमुखो ययौ ॥ १५.३९.१८ ॥
Then once, that best of kings, having bathed in the Ganges on its bank, went wisely toward the hermitage.
15.39.19
अथ वायुः समुद्भुतो दावाग्निरभवन्महान् ।
ददाह तद्वनं सर्वं परिगृह्य समन्ततः ॥ १५.३९.१९ ॥
Then the wind rose, and a great forest fire arose. Encircling it on every side, it burned that entire forest.
15.39.20
दह्यत्सु मृगयूथेषु द्विजिह्वेषु समन्ततः ।
वराहाणां च यूथेषु संश्रयत्सु जलाशयान् ॥ १५.३९.२० ॥
As herds of deer and snakes burned on every side, and herds of boars sought refuge in the waters,
15.39.21
सम्प्रदीप्ते वने तस्मिन्प्राप्ते व्यसन उत्तमे ।
निराहारतया राजा मन्दप्राणविचेष्टितः।
असमर्थोऽपसरणे सुकृशे मातरौ च ते ॥ १५.३९.२१ ॥
When that forest was fully ablaze and the supreme calamity had come, the king, through lack of food, was feeble of breath and sluggish in motion, unable to withdraw; and your two mothers were very emaciated.
15.39.22
ततः स नृपतिर्दृष्ट्वा वह्निमायान्तमन्तिकात् ।
इदमाह ततः सूतं संजयं जयतांवरः ॥ १५.३९.२२ ॥
Then that king, seeing the fire approaching from near at hand, the best of victors, spoke these words to the charioteer Sañjaya.
15.39.23
गच्छ संजय यत्राग्निर्न त्वां दहति कर्हिचित् ।
वयमत्राग्निना युक्ता गमिष्यामः परां गतिम् ॥ १५.३९.२३ ॥
Go, Sañjaya, to where the fire will never burn you. We, joined with the fire here, shall go to the highest destination.
15.39.24
तमुवाच किलोद्विग्नः संजयो वदतांवरः ।
राजन्मृत्युरनिष्टोऽयं भविता ते वृथाऽग्निना ॥ १५.३९.२४ ॥
Then Sañjaya, agitated, the best of speakers, said to him: O king, this unwelcome death will come to you through fire in vain.
15.39.25
न चोपायं प्रपश्यामि मोक्षणे जातवेदसः ।
यदत्रानन्तरं कार्यं तद्भवान्वक्तुमर्हति ॥ १५.३९.२५ ॥
I see no means of being freed from the fire. Tell me, then, what must be done next here.
15.39.26
इत्युक्तः संजयेनेदं पुनराह स पार्थिवः ।
नैष मृत्युरनिष्टो नो निःसृतानां गृहात्स्वयम् ॥ १५.३९.२६ ॥
Thus addressed by Sañjaya, the king spoke again: 'For us who have gone forth from the house of our own accord, this death is not unwished-for.'
15.39.27
जलमग्निस्तथा वायुरथवाऽपि विकर्षणम् ।
तापसानां प्रशस्यं ते गच्च संजय माचिरम् ॥ १५.३९.२७ ॥
Water, fire, wind, or even being dragged away are praiseworthy for ascetics. Go, Sañjaya, do not delay long.
15.39.28
इत्युक्त्वा संजयं राजा समाधाय मनस्तथा ।
प्राङ्मुखः सह गान्धार्या कुन्त्या चोपाविशत्तदा ॥ १५.३९.२८ ॥
Having said this to Sañjaya, the king composed his mind, and facing east, sat down then together with Gāndhārī and Kuntī.
15.39.29
संजयस्तं तथा दृष्ट्वा प्रदक्षिणमथाकरोत् ।
उवाच चैनं मेधावी युङ्क्ष्वात्मानमिति प्रभो ॥ १५.३९.२९ ॥
Seeing him thus, Sañjaya circumambulated him and said: 'O lord, wise one, direct your self inward.'
15.39.30
ऋषिपुत्रो मनीषी स राज चक्रेऽस्य तद्वचः ।
सन्निरुध्येन्द्रियग्राममासीत्काष्ठोपमस्तदा ॥ १५.३९.३० ॥
That sage's son, the wise one, the king obeyed his word. Having fully restrained the host of the senses, he then sat like a log of wood.
15.39.31
गान्धारी च महाभागा जननी च पृथा तव ।
दावाग्निना समायुक्ते स च राजा पिता तव ॥ १५.३९.३१ ॥
Gāndhārī, the greatly fortunate one, and your mother Pṛthā, and your father the king, were overtaken by the forest fire.
15.39.32
संजयस्तु महाप्राज्ञस्तस्माद्दावादमुच्यत ।
गङ्गाकूले मया दृष्टस्तापसैः परिवारितः ॥ १५.३९.३२ ॥
But the greatly wise Sañjaya was released from that forest fire; I saw him on the bank of the Ganges, surrounded by ascetics.
15.39.33
स तानामन्त्र्य तेजस्वी निवेद्यैतच्च सर्वशः ।
प्रययौ संजयो धीमान्हिमवन्तं महीधरम् ॥ १५.३९.३३ ॥
Taking leave of them, and having fully reported all this, the radiant and wise Sañjaya set out for the Himālaya, the mountain.
15.39.34
एवं स निधनं प्राप्तः कुरुराजो महामनाः ।
गान्धारी च पृथा चैव जनन्यौ ते विशाम्पते ॥ १५.३९.३४ ॥
Thus the great-minded king of the Kurus met his death, and so too, O lord of men, your two mothers, Gāndhārī and Pṛthā.
15.39.35
यदृच्छयाऽनुव्रजता मया राज्ञः कलेवरम् ।
तयोश्च देव्योरुभयोर्मया दृष्टानि भारत ॥ १५.३९.३५ ॥
O Bhārata, as I was wandering by chance, I saw the body of the king, and the bodies of those two queens.
15.39.36
ततस्तपोवने तस्मिन्समाजग्मुस्तपोधनाः ।
श्रुत्वा राज्ञस्तदा निष्ठां न त्वशोचन्गतीश्च ते ॥ १५.३९.३६ ॥
Then the ascetics, whose wealth is austerity, gathered in that forest of penance; having heard of the king's end, they did not grieve, nor did they grieve over their destinies.
15.39.37
तत्राश्रौषमहं सर्वमेतत्पुरुषसत्तम ।
यथा च नृपतिर्दग्धो देव्यौ ते चेति पाण्डव ॥ १५.३९.३७ ॥
Best of men, son of Pāṇḍu, there I heard all of this: how the king was burned, and your two queens as well.
15.39.38
न शोचितव्यं राजेन्द्र स्वर्गस्थः पृथिवीपतिः ।
प्राप्तवानग्निसंयोगं गान्धारी जननी च ते ॥ १५.३९.३८ ॥
Lord of kings, you should not grieve. The lord of the earth dwells in heaven, and your mother Gāndhārī has attained union with fire.
15.39.39
एतच्छ्रुत्वा च सर्वेषां पाण्डवानां महात्मनाम् ।
निर्याणं धृतराष्ट्रस्य शोकः समभवन्महान् ॥ १५.३९.३९ ॥
Hearing this, a great grief arose in all the great-souled Pāṇḍavas about the departure of Dhṛtarāṣṭra.
15.39.40
अन्तःपुराणां च तदा महानार्तस्वरोऽभवत् ।
पौराणां च महाराज श्रुत्वा राज्ञस्तदा गतिम् ॥ १५.३९.४० ॥
Great king, then a great cry of anguish arose in the women's quarters and among the citizens, hearing of the king's fate.
15.39.41
अहो धिगिति राजा तु विक्रुश्य भृशदुःखितः ।
ऊर्ध्वबाहुः स्मरन्मातुः प्ररुरोद युधिष्ठिरः ॥ १५.३९.४१ ॥
'Alas, shame!' — crying thus, deeply afflicted, king Yudhiṣṭhira raised his arms and wept aloud, remembering his mother.
15.39.42
भीमसेनपुरोगाश्च भ्रातरः सर्व एव ते ।
रुरुदुर्दुःखसंतप्ता वर्णयन्तः पृथां तदा ॥ १५.३९.४२ ॥
Led by Bhīmasena, all the brothers, tormented by sorrow, wept, extolling Pṛthā (Kuntī).
15.39.43
अन्तःपुरेषु च तदा सुमहान्रुदितस्वनः ।
प्रादुरासीन्महाराज पृथां श्रुत्वा तथागताम् ॥ १५.३९.४३ ॥
Then in the inner apartments a great sound of weeping arose, O great king, when they heard that Pṛthā had thus passed away.
15.39.44
तं च वृद्धं तथा दग्धं हतपुत्रं नराधिपम् ।
अन्वशोचन्त ते सर्वे गान्धारीं च तपस्विनीम् ॥ १५.३९.४४ ॥
They all lamented for that aged king, burnt and bereft of his sons, and for the ascetic Gāndhārī as well.
15.39.45
तस्मिन्नुपरते शब्दे मुहूर्तादिव भारत ।
निगृह्य बाष्पं धैर्येण धर्मराजोऽब्रवीदिदम् ॥ १५.३९.४५ ॥
O Bhārata, when that sound had ceased, as if after a moment, Dharmarāja, restraining his tears with fortitude, spoke these words.