Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 16.9
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16.9.1
प्रविश्य त्वर्जुनो राजन्नाश्रमं सत्यवादिनः ।
ददर्शासीनमेकान्तो मुनिं सत्यवतीसुतम् ॥ १६.९.१ ॥
O king, Arjuna entered the hermitage of the truth-speaker and saw the sage, the son of Satyavatī, sitting alone.
16.9.2
स तमासाद्य धर्मज्ञमुपतस्थे महाव्रतम् ।
अर्जुनोस्मीति नामास्तै निवेद्याभ्यवदत्ततः ॥ १६.९.२ ॥
He approached the knower of dharma, the great vow-holder, stood before him, announced his name, saying, "I am Arjuna," and then spoke.
16.9.3
स्वागतं तेऽस्त्विति प्राह मुनिः सत्यवतीसुतः ।
आस्यतामिति होवाच प्रसन्नात्मा महामुनिः ॥ १६.९.३ ॥
"Welcome to you," said the sage, son of Satyavatī; and the great sage, of serene heart, said, "Be seated."
16.9.4
तमप्रतीतमनसं निःश्वसन्तं पुनःपुनः ।
निर्विष्णमनसं दृष्ट्वा पार्थं व्यासोऽब्रवीदिदम् ॥ १६.९.४ ॥
Seeing Pārtha, his mind troubled, sighing again and again, his heart dejected, Vyāsa spoke these words.
16.9.5
नखकेशदशाकुंभवारिणा किं समुक्षितः ।
आवीरजानुगमनं ब्राह्मणो वा हतस्त्वया ॥ १६.९.५ ॥
Have you been sprinkled with the water of the pot of nails and hair? Have you gone to the knees of a hero, or have you struck down a Brahmin?
16.9.6
युद्धे पराजितो वाऽसि दतश्रीरिव लक्ष्यसे ।
न त्वां प्रभिन्नं जानामि किमिदं भरतर्षभ।
श्रोतव्यं चेन्मया पार्थ क्षश्रिप्रमाख्यातुमर्हसि ॥ १६.९.६ ॥
Have you been defeated in battle? You appear as one who has lost his splendour. I do not know you to be broken. O best of the Bharatas, what is this? O Pārtha, if it is fit for me to hear, tell me quickly.
16.9.7
यः स मेघवपुः श्रीमान्बृहत्पङ्कजलोचनः ।
स कृष्णः सह रामेण त्यक्त्वा देहं दिवं गतः ॥ १६.९.७ ॥
That Kṛṣṇa, cloud-bodied, glorious, with great lotus eyes, together with Rāma, gave up his body and went to heaven.
16.9.8
तदनुस्मृत्य संमोहं तदा शोकं महामते ।
प्रयामि सर्वदा मह्यं मुमूर्षा चोपजायते ॥ १६.९.८ ॥
Recalling that, O greatly wise one, then bewilderment and grief arise in me, and always a desire to die comes upon me.
16.9.9
तद्वाक्यस्पर्शनालोकसुखं चामृतसन्निभम् ।
संस्मृत्य देवदेवस्य प्रमुह्यित्यमृतात्मनः
भवितव्यं तथा तच्च दिष्टमेतन्महात्मनाम् ।
उपेक्षितं च कृष्णेन शक्तेनापि व्यपोहितुम् ॥ १६.९.९ ॥
The joy of his words, touch and sight was like nectar; recalling the god of gods, the immortal self, I am bewildered. What had to be, happened; such is the fate of great souls, and Kṛṣṇa, though able, let it go unprevented.
16.9.10
मौसले वृष्णिवीराणां विनाशो ब्रह्मशापजः ।
बभूव वीरान्तकरः प्रभासे रोमहर्षणः ॥ १६.९.१० ॥
In the Mausala, the destruction of the Vṛṣṇi heroes, born of a brahmin's curse, came to be; that hair-raising ending of heroes took place at Prabhāsa.
16.9.11
एते शूरा महात्मानः सिंहदर्पा महाबलाः ।
भोजवृष्ण्यन्धका ब्रह्मन्नन्योन्यं तैर्हतं युधि ॥ १६.९.११ ॥
These heroes, great-souled, proud as lions, mighty — Bhojas, Vṛṣṇis and Andhakas — O brahmin, slew one another in battle.
16.9.12
गदापरिघशक्तीनां सहाः परिघबाहवः ।
त एरकाभिर्निहताः पश्य कालस्य पर्ययम् ॥ १६.९.१२ ॥
Those able to wield clubs, iron bars and spears, iron-bar-armed, were slain by reed-stalks. Behold the turn of time!
16.9.13
हतं पञ्चशतं तेषां सहस्रं बाहुशालिनाम् ।
निधनं समनुप्राप्तं समासाद्येतरेतरम् ॥ १६.९.१३ ॥
Five hundred and a thousand of those mighty-armed men were slain; meeting one another, they met death.
16.9.14
पुनःपुनर्न मृष्यामि विनाशममितौजसाम् ।
चिन्तयानो यदूनां च कृष्णस्य च यशस्विनः ॥ १६.९.१४ ॥
Thinking of the Yadus and of the glorious Kṛṣṇa, I cannot bear the destruction of those of boundless power, again and again.
16.9.15
शोषणं सागरस्येव मन्दरस्येव चालनम् ।
नभसः पतनं चैव शैत्यमग्नेस्तथैव च ॥ १६.९.१५ ॥
The drying up of the ocean, the shaking of Mandara, the falling of the sky, and the coldness of fire—it is as though these are happening.
16.9.16
अश्रद्धेयमहं मन्ये विनाशं शार्ङ्गधन्वनः ।
न चेह स्थातुमिच्छामि लोके कृष्णविनाकृतः ॥ १६.९.१६ ॥
I hold the destruction of the bow Śārṅga-bearer (Kṛṣṇa) to be incredible; I do not wish to remain in this world, bereft of Kṛṣṇa.
16.9.17
इतः कष्टतरं चान्यच्छृणु तद्वै तपोधन ।
मनो मे दीर्यते येन चिन्तयानस्य वै मुहुः ॥ १६.९.१७ ॥
O treasure of austerity, hear now another thing, more painful than this, by which my mind is torn again and again as I dwell on it.
16.9.18
पश्यतो वृष्णिदाराश्च मम ब्रह्मन्सहस्रशः ।
आभीरैरभिभूयाजौ हृताः पञ्चनदालयैः ॥ १६.९.१८ ॥
O Brahmin, while I watched, thousands of the wives of the Vṛṣṇis were carried off in battle by the Ābhīras, dwellers of the Five Rivers, after they had overpowered me.
16.9.19
धनुरादाय तत्राहं नाशकं तस्य पूरणे ।
यथापुरा च मे वीर्यं भुजयोर्न तथाऽभवत् ॥ १६.९.१९ ॥
Though I took up the bow, I was not able to string it there. My strength in my arms was not as it was before.
16.9.20
अस्त्राणि मे प्रनष्टानि विविधानि महामुने ।
शराश्च क्षयमापन्नाः क्षणेनैव समन्ततः ॥ १६.९.२० ॥
O great sage, my various weapons have been destroyed, and my arrows have been exhausted on every side in a moment.
16.9.21
पुरुषस्चाप्रमेयात्मा शङ्खचक्रगदाधरः ।
चतुर्भुजः पीतवासाः श्यामः पद्मदलेक्षणः ॥ १६.९.२१ ॥
That person of immeasurable self, bearing conch, discus and mace, four-armed, yellow-robed, dark-hued, with eyes like lotus petals.
16.9.22
यश्च याति पुरस्तान्मे रथस्य सुमहाद्युतिः ।
प्रदहन्रिपुसैन्यानि न पश्याम्यहमद्य तम् ॥ १६.९.२२ ॥
The one of very great brilliance who went before my chariot, burning the enemy armies, I do not see him today.
16.9.23
येन पूर्वं प्रदग्धानि शत्रुसैन्यानि तेजसा ।
शरैर्गाण्डीवनिर्मुक्तैरहं पश्चादशातयम् ॥ १६.९.२३ ॥
By whose radiance the enemy armies were burnt before, I afterwards felled them with arrows released from the Gāṇḍīva.
16.9.24
तमपश्यन्विषीदामि घूर्णामीव च सत्तम ।
परिनिर्विण्णचेताश्च शान्तिं नोपलभेऽपि च ॥ १६.९.२४ ॥
O best of the good, not seeing him I sink down and reel as if whirling; my mind is utterly dejected, and I do not even find peace.
16.9.25
देवकीनन्दनं देवं वासुदेवमजं प्रभुम् ।
विना जनार्दनं वीरं नाहं जीवितुमुत्सहे ॥ १६.९.२५ ॥
Without Janārdana, the hero, the god Vāsudeva, son of Devakī, the unborn lord, I have no desire to live.
16.9.26
श्रुत्वैव हि गतं विष्णुं ममापि मुमुहुर्दिशः ।
प्रनष्टज्ञातिवीर्यस्य शून्यस्य परिधावतः ॥ १६.९.२६ ॥
Upon hearing that Viṣṇu had departed, the directions also grew bewildered for me, who have lost my kinsmen and my might, and who wander about empty.
16.9.27
उपदेष्टुं मम श्रेयो भवानर्हति सत्तम ॥ १६.९.२७ ॥
O best of the good, it is you who are worthy to instruct me on what is good.
16.9.28
देवांशा देवभूतेन सम्भूतास्ते गतास्सह ।
धर्मव्यवस्थारक्षार्थं देवेन समुपेक्षिताः ॥ १६.९.२८ ॥
The parts of the gods, born through the god who had taken divine form to protect the order of dharma, departed together with him; the god let them go.
16.9.29
ब्रह्मशापविनिर्दग्धा वृष्ण्यन्धकसमहारथाः ।
विनष्टाः कुरुशार्दूल न ताञ्शोचितुमर्हसि ॥ १६.९.२९ ॥
Burned up by a brahmin's curse, the great charioteers of the Vṛṣṇis and Andhakas have perished. O tiger among the Kurus, you should not grieve for them.
16.9.31
त्रैलोक्यमपि गोविन्दः कृत्स्नं स्थावरजङ्गमम् ।
प्रसहेदन्यथा कर्तुं कुतः शापं महात्मनाम् ॥ १६.९.३१ ॥
Govinda could alter even all three worlds, moving and unmoving; how then could he not alter the curse of the great-souled ones?
16.9.32
स्त्रियश्च ताः पुरा शप्ताः प्रभासे कुपितेन वै ।
अष्टावक्रेण मुनिना तदर्थं त्वद्बलक्षयम् ॥ १६.९.३२ ॥
Long ago at Prabhāsa, the sage Aṣṭāvakra, angered, cursed those women; for that reason your strength was destroyed.
16.9.33
रथस्य पुरतो याति यः स चक्रगदाधरः ।
तव स्नेहात्पुराणर्षिर्वासुदेवश्चतुर्भुजः ॥ १६.९.३३ ॥
He who goes before the chariot, bearer of discus and club, is the ancient sage Vāsudeva, four-armed; out of affection for you he did so.
16.9.34
कृत्वा भारावतरणं पृथिव्याः पृथुलोचनः ।
मोक्षयित्वा तनुं प्राप्तः कृष्णः स्वस्थानमुत्तमम् ॥ १६.९.३४ ॥
Having lightened the burden of the earth, broad-eyed Kṛṣṇa, releasing his body, attained his own supreme abode.
16.9.35
त्वयाऽपीह महत्कर्म देवानां पुरुषर्षभ ।
कृतं भीमसहायेन यमाभ्यां च महाभुज ॥ १६.९.३५ ॥
Bull among men, mighty-armed one! You too have accomplished here a great deed of the gods, with Bhīma as your helper and along with the two Yamas.
16.9.36
कृतकृत्यांश्च वो मन्ये संसिद्धान्कुरुपुङ्गव ।
गमनं प्राप्तकालं व इदं श्रेयस्करं विभो ॥ १६.९.३६ ॥
Bull of the Kurus, I consider you to have fulfilled your duty and attained perfection; the time for your departure has come, O mighty one, and this is for your good.
16.9.37
बलं बुद्धिश्च तेजश्च प्रतिपत्तिश्च भारत ।
भवन्ति भवकालेषु विपद्यन्ते विपर्यये ॥ १६.९.३७ ॥
Strength, intellect, vigor and resolve, O Bhārata, arise in times of prosperity and perish when fortune turns.
16.9.38
कालमूलमिदं सर्वं जगद्बीजं धनंजय ।
काल एव समादत्ते पुनरेव यदृच्छया ॥ १६.९.३८ ॥
Dhanañjaya, this whole world is rooted in time, and time is the seed of the world. Time itself takes everything back again, at its own will.
16.9.39
स एव बलवान्भूत्वा पुनर्भवति दुर्बलः ।
स एवेशश्च भूत्वेह परैराज्ञाप्यते पुनः ॥ १६.९.३९ ॥
The same man, having become strong, becomes weak again; the same man, having become lord here, is again commanded by others.
16.9.40
कृतकृत्यानि चास्त्राणि गतान्यद्य यथागतम् ।
पुनरेष्यन्ति ते हस्तं यदा कालो भविष्यति ॥ १६.९.४० ॥
Weapons whose task is done have today gone back whence they came; when time comes they will return to your hand again.
16.9.41
कालो गन्तुं गतिं मुख्यां भवतामपि भारत ।
एतच्छ्रेयो हि वो मन्ये परमं भरतर्षभ ॥ १६.९.४१ ॥
O Bhārata, the time has come for you too to go to the supreme course. O bull of the Bharatas, I think this is the highest good for you.
16.9.42
एतद्वचनमाज्ञाय व्यासस्यामिततेजसः ।
अनुज्ञातो ययौ पार्थो नगरं नागसाह्वयम् ॥ १६.९.४२ ॥
Having understood these words of Vyāsa of boundless splendor, and having been given leave, Pārtha went to the city named Nāgasāhvaya.
16.9.43
प्रविश्य च पुरीं वीरः समासाद्य युधिष्ठिरम् ।
आचष्ट तद्यथावृत्तं वृष्ण्यन्धककुलं प्रति ॥ १६.९.४३ ॥
Entering the city, the hero approached Yudhiṣṭhira and related all that had happened concerning the clan of the Vṛṣṇis and Andhakas, exactly as it had come to pass.