Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 16.6
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16.6.1
दारुकोपि कुरून्गत्वा दृष्ट्वा पार्थान्महारथान् ।
आचष्ट मौसले वृष्णीनन्योन्येनोपसंहृतान् ॥ १६.६.१ ॥
Dāruka too went to the Kurus, and seeing the great charioteer Pārthas, he told of the Vṛṣṇis destroyed by one another in the Mausala strife.
16.6.2
श्रुत्वा विनष्टान्वार्ष्णेयान्सभोजान्धककौकुरान् ।
पाण्डवाः शोकसंतप्ता वित्रस्तमनसोऽभवन् ॥ १६.६.२ ॥
Having heard that the descendants of Vṛṣṇi, together with the Bhojas, Andhakas and Kukuras, had been destroyed, the Pāṇḍavas, tormented by grief, became frightened at heart.
16.6.3
ततोऽर्जुनस्तानामन्त्र्य केशवस्य प्रियः सखा ।
प्रययौ मातुलं द्रष्टुं नेदमस्तीति चाब्रवीत् ॥ १६.६.३ ॥
Then Arjuna, the dear friend of Keśava, took leave of them and set out to see his maternal uncle, saying, "This cannot be so."
16.6.4
स वृष्णिनिलयं गत्वा दारुकेण सह प्रभो ।
ददर्श द्वारकां वीरो मृतनाथामिव स्त्रियम् ॥ १६.६.४ ॥
O lord, the hero went with Dāruka to the abode of the Vṛṣṇis and beheld Dvārakā like a woman whose protector has died.
16.6.5
याः स्म ता लोकनाथेन नाथवत्यः पुराऽभवन् ।
तास्त्वनाथास्तदा नाथं पार्थं दृष्ट्वा विचुक्रुशुः ॥ १६.६.५ ॥
The women who had formerly had the lord of the worlds as their protector, now unprotected, seeing Pārtha as their protector, wailed aloud.
16.6.6
षोडश स्त्रीसहस्राणि वासुदेवपरिग्रहाः ।
तासामासीन्महान्नादो दृष्ट्वैवार्जुनमागतम् ॥ १६.६.६ ॥
Vāsudeva had sixteen thousand wives; at the mere sight of Arjuna arriving, a great wailing arose among them.
16.6.7
तास्तु दृष्ट्वैव कौरव्यो बाष्पेणापिहितेक्षणः ।
हीनाः कृष्णेन पुत्रैश्च नाशकत्सोभिवीक्षितुम् ॥ १६.६.७ ॥
Seeing them, the Kaurava (Arjuna), his eyes covered with tears, could not look upon those women, bereft of Kṛṣṇa and of the sons.
16.6.8
स तां वृष्ण्यन्धकजलां हयमीनां रथोडुपाम् ।
वादित्ररथघोषौघां वेश्मतीर्थमहाग्रहाम् ॥ १६.६.८ ॥
He beheld that Dvārakā—with the Vṛṣṇis and Andhakas as its waters, horses as its fish, chariots as its boats, a flood of music and chariot-din, its houses as sacred fords and great crocodiles.
16.6.9
रत्नशैवलसंघातां वज्रप्राकारमालिनीम् ।
रथ्यास्रोतोजलावर्तां चत्वरस्तिमितह्रदाम् ॥ १६.६.९ ॥
With heaps of gems as its moss, garlanded with walls of diamond, its streets as currents and eddies, its squares as still pools.
16.6.10
रामकृष्णमहाग्राहां द्वारकां सरितं तदा ।
कालपाशग्रहां भीमां नदीं वैतरणीमिव ॥ १६.६.१० ॥
Then he beheld that Dvārakā river, with Rāma and Kṛṣṇa as its great crocodiles, its grip the noose of Time, terrible, like the Vaitaraṇī river.
16.6.11
ददर्श वासविर्धीमान्विहीनां वृष्णिपुङ्गवैः ।
गतश्रियं विरानन्दां पद्मिनीं शिशिरे यथा। ॥ १६.६.११ ॥
The wise son of Vāsava (Arjuna) beheld it, bereft of the best of the Vṛṣṇis, stripped of splendour and joy, like a lotus pond in winter.
16.6.12
तां दृष्ट्वा द्वारकां पार्थस्ताश्च कृष्णस्य योषितः ।
सस्वनं बाष्पमुत्सृज्य निपात महीतले ॥ १६.६.१२ ॥
Having seen that Dvārakā and those women of Kṛṣṇa, Pārtha (Arjuna) let out a cry, shed tears, and fell to the ground.
16.6.13
सात्राजिती ततः सत्या रुक्मिणी च विशांपते ।
अभिपत्य प्ररुरुदुः परिवार्य धनंजयम् ॥ १६.६.१३ ॥
Then Satrājitī, Satyā and Rukmiṇī, O lord of the people, rushed up, surrounded Dhanañjaya and wept aloud.
16.6.14
ततस्तं काञ्चने पीठे समुत्ताप्योपवेश्य च ।
अभिनन्द्य महात्मानं परिवार्योपतस्थिरे ॥ १६.६.१४ ॥
Then, raising him from the golden seat and seating him, greeting that great-souled one, they stood around him.
16.6.15
ततः संस्तूय गोविन्दं कथयित्वा च पाण्डवः ।
आश्वास्य ताः स्त्रियश्चापि मातुलं द्रष्टुमभ्यगात् ॥ १६.६.१५ ॥
Then the Pāṇḍava, having praised Govinda and spoken, having also comforted those women, went to see his maternal uncle.