Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 16.1
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16.1.1
नारायणं नमस्कृत्य नरं चैव नरोत्तमम् ।
देवीं सरस्वतीं व्यासं ततो जयमुदीरयेत्
षट्त्रिंशे त्वथ् संप्राप्ते वर्षे कौरवन्दनः ।
ददर्श विपरीतानि निमित्तानि युधिष्टिरः ॥ १६.१.१ ॥
Having bowed to Nārāyaṇa and to Nara, best of men, and to the goddess Sarasvatī and Vyāsa, one should then recite the Jaya. When the thirty-sixth year had come, Yudhiṣṭhira, joy of the Kauravas, saw adverse omens.
16.1.2
ववुर्वाताश्च निर्घाता रूक्षाः शर्करवर्षिणः ।
अपसव्यानि शकुना मण्डलानि प्रचक्रिरे ॥ १६.१.२ ॥
Harsh winds blew, thunderbolts struck, raining gravel; inauspicious birds began to wheel in circles.
16.1.3
प्रत्यगूहुर्महानद्यो दिशो नीहारसंवृताः ।
उल्काश्चाङ्गारवर्षिण्यः प्रापतन्गगनाद्भुवि ॥ १६.१.३ ॥
The great rivers flowed backward, the quarters were shrouded in mist, and meteors raining embers fell from the sky to the earth.
16.1.4
आदित्यो रजसा राजन्समवच्छन्नगनाद्भुवि ।
विरश्मिरुदये नित्यं कबन्धैः समलङ्कृतः ॥ १६.१.४ ॥
O king, the sun, wholly covered with dust, seemed to fall from the sky to the earth; at sunrise it was without rays and adorned with headless trunks.
16.1.5
परिवेषाश्च दृश्यन्ते दारुणाश्च द्रसूर्ययोः ।
त्रिवर्णाः श्यामरुक्षान्तास्तथा भस्मारुणप्रभाः ॥ १६.१.५ ॥
Dreadful halos are seen around the sun and the moon; they are three-coloured, dark and harsh at the edges, and have the lustre of ash and red.
16.1.6
एते चान्ये च बहव उत्पाता भयसंसिनः ।
दृश्यन्ते जगतो नाथ दिवमारोढुमिच्छति ॥ १६.१.६ ॥
O lord of the world, these and many other fearful portents are seen; the world seems to wish to ascend to heaven.
16.1.7
यस्य प्रसादाद्धर्मोऽयं कृते यद्वत्कलावपि ।
पाण्डवाश्च महाभाग युक्तास्तु यशसाऽनघ ॥ १६.१.७ ॥
By whose grace this dharma endures in the Kali age as it did in the Kṛta age, and the Pāṇḍavas too are joined with fame, O greatly fortunate one, O sinless one.
16.1.8
कस्य चित्त्वथ कालस्य कुरुराजो विशङ्कितः ।
शुश्राव वृष्णिचक्रस्य मुसलोत्सादनं कृतम् ॥ १६.१.८ ॥
After some time, the king of the Kurus, alarmed, heard that the host of the Vṛṣṇis had been destroyed by the pestle.
16.1.9
विमुक्तं वासुदेवं च श्रुत्वा रामं च पाण्डवः ।
समानीयाब्रवीद्भ्रातृन्कि करिष्याम इत्युत ॥ १६.१.९ ॥
Having heard that Vāsudeva and Rāma had been released, the Pāṇḍava gathered his brothers and said, 'What shall we do now?'
16.1.10
परस्परं समासाद्य ब्रह्मदण्डबलात्कृतान् ।
वृष्णिन्विनष्टास्ते श्रुत्वा व्यथिताः पाण्डवा भृशम् ॥ १६.१.१० ॥
Having mutually clashed, the Vṛṣṇis were destroyed by the power of the brahmin's curse; hearing this, the Pāṇḍavas were greatly distressed.
16.1.11
निधनं वासुदेवस्य समुद्रस्येव शोषणम् ।
वीरा न श्रद्दधुस्तस्य विनाशं शार्ङ्गधन्वनः ॥ १६.१.११ ॥
The death of Vāsudeva was like the drying up of the ocean; the heroes did not believe in the destruction of the bearer of the Śārṅga bow.
16.1.12
मौसलं ते समाश्रित्य दुःखशोकसमन्विताः ।
विष्ण्णा हतसंकल्पाःकि पाण्डवाः समुपाविशन् ॥ १६.१.१२ ॥
Having resorted to the pestle, filled with sorrow and grief, dejected and with their purposes thwarted, why did the Pāṇḍavas sit down?