Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 15.9
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15.9.1
एवमेतत्करिष्यामि यथाऽऽत्थ पृथिवीपते ।
भूयश्चैवानुशास्योऽहं भवता पार्थिवर्षभ ॥ १५.९.१ ॥
I will do exactly as you have said, O lord of the earth. O bull among kings, instruct me further.
15.9.2
भीष्मे स्वर्गमनुप्राप्तो गते च मधुसूदने ।
विदुरे संजये चैव कोऽन्यो मां वक्तुमर्हति ॥ १५.९.२ ॥
Bhīṣma has attained heaven, Madhusūdana has departed, and Vidura and Sañjaya have gone too; who else is fit to advise me now?
15.9.3
यत्तु मामनुशास्तीह भवानद्य हिते स्थितः ।
कर्तास्मि तन्महीपाल निर्वृतो भव पार्थिव ॥ १५.९.३ ॥
Whatever you, established today in what is beneficial, instruct me to do, O protector of the earth, that I will do. O king, be at peace and content.
15.9.4
एवमुक्तः स राजर्षिर्धर्मराजेन धीमता ।
कौन्तेयं समनुज्ञातुमियेष भरतर्षभ ॥ १५.९.४ ॥
Thus addressed by the wise king of dharma, that royal sage wished to grant leave to the son of Kuntī, O bull of the Bharatas.
15.9.5
पुत्र विश्राम्यतां तावन्ममापि बलवाञ्श्रमः ।
इत्युक्त्वा प्राविशद्राजा गान्धार्या भवनं तदा ॥ १५.९.५ ॥
"Son, rest now; I too am greatly weary," saying this, the king then entered the dwelling of Gāndhārī.
15.9.6
तमासनगतं देवी गान्धारी धर्मचारिणी ।
उवाच काले कालज्ञा प्रजापतिसमं पतिम् ॥ १५.९.६ ॥
To him seated there, the goddess Gāndhārī, practicer of dharma, knowing the right time, spoke at the proper moment to her husband, who was equal to Prajāpati.
15.9.7
अनुज्ञातः स्वयं तेन व्यासेनि त्वं महर्षिणा ।
युधिष्ठिरस्यानुमते कदाऽरण्यं गमिष्यसि ॥ १५.९.७ ॥
Vyāsa, the great seer, himself gave you leave. With Yudhiṣṭhira's consent, when will you go to the forest?
15.9.8
गान्धार्यहमनुज्ञातः स्वयं पित्रा महात्मना ।
युधिष्ठिरस्यानुमते गन्तास्मि नचिराद्वनम् ॥ १५.९.८ ॥
Gāndhārī said: My great-souled father himself gave me leave. With Yudhiṣṭhira's consent, I shall go to the forest before long.
15.9.9
अहं हि तावत्सर्वेषां तेषां दुर्द्यूतदेविनाम् ।
पुत्राणां दातुमिच्छामि प्रेत्यभावानुगं वसु।
सर्वप्रकृतितिसान्निध्यं कारयित्वा स्ववेश्मनि ॥ १५.९.९ ॥
Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: I wish first to give wealth that follows into the next life to all those sons who were devoted to the ill-fated dice game. I shall have it done in my own palace, in the presence of all the subjects.
15.9.10
इत्युक्त्वा धर्मराजाय प्रेषयामास वै तदा ।
स च तद्वचनात्सर्वं समानिन्ये महीपतिः ॥ १५.९.१० ॥
Having said this, Dhṛtarāṣṭra then sent a messenger to King Yudhiṣṭhira. And the lord of the earth gathered everything according to his words.
15.9.11
ततः प्रतीतमनसो ब्राह्मणाः कुरुजाङ्गलाः ।
क्षत्रियाश्चैव वैश्याश्च शूद्राश्चैव समाययुः ॥ १५.९.११ ॥
Then the brahmins with gladdened minds, the people of Kuru and Jāṅgala, the kṣatriyas, the vaiśyas and the śūdras also came together.
15.9.12
ततो निष्क्रम्य नृपतिस्तस्मादन्तःकपुरात्तदा ।
दद्दशे तं जनं सर्वं सर्वाश्च प्रकृतीस्तथा ॥ १५.९.१२ ॥
Then the king, coming out from those inner apartments, saw all those people and all the subjects.
15.9.13
समवेतांश्च तान्सर्वान्पौराञ्जानपदांस्तथा ।
तानागतानभिप्रेक्ष्य समस्तं च सुहृञ्जनम् ॥ १५.९.१३ ॥
Seeing all the assembled citizens and country people, and the whole body of well-wishers who had come,
15.9.14
ब्राह्मणांश्च महीपाल नानादेशसमागतान् ।
उवाच मतिमान्राजा धृतराष्ट्रोऽम्बिकासुतः ॥ १५.९.१४ ॥
O protector of the earth, to the brahmins who had come from many lands, the wise king Dhṛtarāṣṭra, son of Ambikā, spoke:
15.9.15
भवन्तः कुरुवश्चैव चिरकालं सहोषिताः ।
परस्परस्य सुहृदः परस्परहिते रताः ॥ १५.९.१५ ॥
You, the Kurus, have lived together for a long time, each a friend of the other, devoted to one another's welfare.
15.9.16
यदिदानीमहं ब्रूयामस्मिन्काल उपस्थिते ।
तथा भवद्भिः कर्तव्यमविचार्य वचो मम ॥ १५.९.१६ ॥
Now that this time has come, what I am about to say you should do according to my word, without deliberating.
15.9.17
अरण्यगमने बुद्धिर्गान्धारीसहितस्य मे ।
व्यासस्यानुमते राज्ञस्तथा कुन्तीसुतस्य मे ॥ १५.९.१७ ॥
My resolve is to go to the forest together with Gāndhārī, with the consent of Vyāsa, and also with the consent of Kuntī's son.
15.9.18
भवन्तोप्यनुजानन्तु मान्या वोऽभूद्विचारणा ॥ १५.९.१८ ॥
May you too give your consent; this deliberation was made by your honoured counsel.
15.9.19
अस्माकं भवतां चैव येयं प्रीतिर्हि शाश्वती ।
न च साऽन्येषु देशेषु राज्ञामिति मतिर्मम ॥ १५.९.१९ ॥
This affection of ours and of yours is eternal, and such affection between kings is not found in other lands—this is my opinion.
15.9.20
शान्तोस्मि वयसाऽनेन तथा पुत्रविनाकृतः ।
उपवासकृशश्चास्मि गान्धारीसहितोऽनघाः ॥ १५.९.२० ॥
O blameless ones, I am calmed by this age, bereft of sons, emaciated by fasting, and I am here with Gāndhārī.
15.9.21
युधिष्ठिरगते राज्ये प्राप्तश्चास्मि सुखं महत् ।
मन्ये दुर्योधनैश्वर्याद्विशिष्टं बहुभिर्गुणैः ॥ १५.९.२१ ॥
With Yudhiṣṭhira holding the kingdom, I have attained great happiness; I think it is superior to Duryodhana's sovereignty in many qualities.
15.9.22
मम चान्धस्य वृद्धस्य हतपुत्रस्य का गतिः ।
ऋते वनं महाभागास्तन्माऽनुज्ञातुमर्हथ ॥ १५.९.२२ ॥
For me, blind, old, and bereft of my sons, what course is there but the forest? Therefore, O greatly fortunate ones, you should grant me permission.
15.9.23
तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा सर्वे ते कुरुजाङ्गलाः ।
बाप्पसंदिग्धया वाचा रुरुदुर्भरतर्षभ ॥ १५.९.२३ ॥
Hearing his words, all the people of Kuru and Jāṅgala wept, their voices choked with tears, O bull of the Bharatas.
15.9.24
तानविब्रुवतः किञ्चित्सर्वाञ्शोकपरायणान् ।
पुनरेव महातेजा धृतराष्ट्रोऽब्रवीदिदम् ॥ १५.९.२४ ॥
To all of them, who were sunk in grief and said nothing, the greatly radiant Dhṛtarāṣṭra again spoke these words.