Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 17.1
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17.1.1
नारायणं नमस्कृत्यि नरं चैव नरोत्तमम् ।
देवीं सरस्वतीं व्यासं ततो जयमुदीरयेत्
एवं वृष्ण्यन्धककुले श्रुत्वा मौसलमाहवम् ।
पाण्डवाः किमकुर्वन्त तथा कृष्णे दिवं गते ॥ १७.१.१ ॥
Having bowed to Nārāyaṇa and to Nara, the best of men, to the goddess Sarasvatī and to Vyāsa, one should then recite the Jaya. Having heard thus of the great battle of the Mausala among the families of the Vṛṣṇis and Andhakas, what did the Pāṇḍavas do when Kṛṣṇa had gone to heaven?
17.1.2
श्रुत्वैवं कौरवो राजा वृष्णीनां कदनं महत् ।
प्रस्थाने मतिमाधाय वाक्यमर्जुनमब्रवीत् ॥ १७.१.२ ॥
Having heard this great destruction of the Vṛṣṇis, the Kaurava king, having fixed his resolve upon departure, spoke these words to Arjuna.
17.1.3
कालः पचति भतानि सर्वाण्येव महामते ।
कालपाशमहं मन्ये त्वमपि द्रष्टुमर्हसि ॥ १७.१.३ ॥
O great-minded one, time indeed ripens all beings. I consider the noose of time (supreme), and you too ought to see it.
17.1.4
इत्युक्तः स तु कौन्तेयः कालः काल इति ब्रुवन् ।
अन्वपद्यत तद्वाक्यं भ्रातुर्ज्येष्ठस्य धीमतः ॥ १७.१.४ ॥
Thus addressed, the son of Kuntī, saying "Time, time," agreed to those words of his wise eldest brother.
17.1.5
अर्जुनस्य मतं ज्ञात्वा भीमसेनो यमौ तथा ।
अन्वपद्यन्त तद्वाक्यं यदुक्तं सव्यसाचिना ॥ १७.१.५ ॥
Knowing Arjuna's opinion, Bhīmasena and the twins likewise agreed to the words that had been spoken by Savyasācin (Arjuna).
17.1.6
ततो युयुत्सुमानाय्य प्रव्रजन्धर्मकाम्यया ।
राज्यं परिददौ सर्वं वैश्यापुत्रे युधिष्ठिरः ॥ १७.१.६ ॥
Then Yudhiṣṭhira, summoning Yuyutsu and going forth into renunciation out of desire for dharma, entrusted the entire kingdom to the son of a vaiśya woman.
17.1.7
अभिंषिच्य स्वराज्ये च राजानं च परिक्षितम् ।
दुःखार्तश्चाब्रवीद्राजा सुभद्रां पाण्डवाग्रजः ॥ १७.१.७ ॥
Having anointed Parikṣit as king in his own realm, the king, the eldest of the Pāṇḍavas, afflicted with grief, spoke to Subhadrā.
17.1.8
एष पुत्रस्य पुत्रस्ते कुरुराजो भविष्यति ।
यदूनां परिशेषश्च वज्रो राजा कृतश्च ह ॥ १७.१.८ ॥
This one, the son of your son, will become king of the Kurus; and Vajra, the remnant of the Yadus, has also been made king.
17.1.9
परिक्षिद्धास्तिनपुरे शक्रप्रस्थे च यादवः ।
वज्रो राजा त्वया रक्ष्यो मा चाधर्मे मनः कृथाः ॥ १७.१.९ ॥
Parikṣit shall dwell in Hāstinapura and Vajra, the Yādava, in Indraprastha. King Vajra is to be protected by you; do not direct your mind to unrighteousness.
17.1.10
इत्युक्त्वा धर्मराजाः स वासुदेवस्य धीमतः ।
मातुलस्य च वृद्धस्य रामदीनां तथैव च ॥ १७.१.१० ॥
Having said this, the king of dharma did likewise for the wise Vāsudeva, for his aged maternal uncle, and for Rāma and the others.
17.1.11
भ्रातृभिः सह धर्मात्मा कृत्वोदकमतन्द्रितः ।
श्राद्धान्यद्दिश्य सर्वेषां चकार विदिवत्तदा ॥ १७.१.११ ॥
Together with his brothers, the righteous one, unwearied, performed the water offering and then, dedicating the rites to all, duly performed the śrāddha ceremonies.
17.1.12
द्वैपायनं नारदं च मार्कण्डेयं तपोधनम् ।
भारद्वाजं याज्ञवल्क्यं हरिमुद्दिश्य यत्नवान्।
अभोजयत्स्वादु भोज्यं कीर्तयित्वा च शार्ङ्गिणं ॥ १७.१.१२ ॥
Dedicating the rites to Dvaipāyana, Nārada, the austerity-rich Mārkaṇḍeya, Bhāradvāja, Yājñavalkya and Hari, he diligently fed them with sweet food, and he praised Śārṅgin.
17.1.13
ददौ रत्नानि वासांसि ग्रामानश्वान्रथांस्तथा ।
स्त्रियश्च द्विजमुख्येभ्यस्तदा शतसहस्रशः ॥ १७.१.१३ ॥
Then he gave, by hundreds of thousands, jewels, garments, villages, horses, chariots, and women to the foremost of the twice-born.
17.1.14
कृपमभ्यर्च्य च गुरुमथ पौरपुरस्कृतम् ।
आहूय भरतश्रेष्ठ संनिवेश्यासने तदा।
शिष्यं परिक्षितं तस्मै तदौ भरतसत्तमः ॥ १७.१.१४ ॥
Having honored Kṛpa, whom the citizens had placed in front, and having summoned his teacher, O best of the Bharatas, and seated him on a seat, the best of the Bharatas then entrusted his disciple Parikṣit to him.
17.1.15
ततस्तु प्रकृतीः सर्वाः समानाय्य युधिष्ठिरः ।
सर्वमाचष्ट राजर्षिकीर्षितमथात्मनः ॥ १७.१.१५ ॥
Then Yudhiṣṭhira, having gathered all the subjects, declared everything: the intention of the royal sage concerning himself.
17.1.16
ते श्रुत्वैव वचस्तस्य पौरजानपदा जनाः ।
भृशमुद्विग्रमनसो नाभ्यनन्दन्त तद्वचः ॥ १७.१.१६ ॥
Hearing his words, the city and country people, their minds greatly disturbed, did not approve of that speech.
17.1.17
नैवं कर्तव्यमिति ते तदोचुस्तं जनाधिपम् ।
न च राजा तथाऽकार्षीत्कालपर्यायधर्मिवित् ॥ १७.१.१७ ॥
"It must not be done thus," they then said to that lord of the people; but the king did not act so, for he knew the duties of the turning of time.
17.1.18
ततोऽनुमान्य धर्मात्मा पौरजानपदं जनम् ।
गमनाय मतिं चक्रे कृष्णस्य गमनादपि ॥ १७.१.१८ ॥
Then the righteous one, having persuaded the city and country people, resolved to depart, even along with Kṛṣṇa's departure.
17.1.19
वर्तमाने विवादे तु वास्तुविक्रयिणं प्रति ।
धनेच्छा युगपत्प्राप्ता क्षेत्रतस्वामिभूभृताम् ॥ १७.१.१९ ॥
While the dispute over the seller of the property was still going on, the desire for wealth arose all at once in the owners of land and in the kings.
17.1.20
प्राप्तं कलियुगं ज्ञात्वा सहदेवो हसन्निव ।
राज्ञस्तु कथयामास धर्मो नष्टस्तु सङ्करः ॥ १७.१.२० ॥
Knowing that the Kali age had come, Sahadeva, as if smiling, told the king that dharma had perished and that confusion of the classes had arisen.
17.1.21
श्रुत्वा तु दुर्मना राजा पर्याप्तं जीवनं मम ।
इति स्म राजा कौरव्यो धर्मपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः।
उत्सृज्याभरणान्यङ्गाज्जगृहे वल्कलान्युत ॥ १७.१.२१ ॥
Hearing this, the king, downcast in mind, said: "My life is enough for me." Thus the Kaurava king, Yudhiṣṭhira, son of Dharma, cast off the ornaments from his body and took up bark garments.
17.1.22
भीमार्जुनयमाश्चैव द्रौपदी च यशस्विनी ।
तथैव जगृहुः सर्वे वल्कलानि नराधिप ॥ १७.१.२२ ॥
Bhīma, Arjuna, the twins, and the glorious Draupadī likewise all took up bark garments, O lord of men.
17.1.23
विधिवत्कारयित्वेष्टिं नैष्ठिकीं भरतर्षभ ।
समुत्सृज्याप्सु सर्वेऽग्नीन्प्रतस्थुर्नरपुङ्गवाः ॥ १७.१.२३ ॥
O bull of the Bharatas, having duly had the final sacrifice performed, all those bulls among men cast the sacred fires into the waters and set out.
17.1.24
ततः प्ररुरुदुः सर्वाः स्त्रिंयो दृष्ट्वा नरोत्तमान् ।
प्रस्थितान्द्रौपदीषष्ठान्पुरा द्यूतजितान्यथा ॥ १७.१.२४ ॥
Then all the women, seeing the best of men set out with Draupadī as the sixth, wept aloud, just as they had when they departed long before, defeated at dice.
17.1.25
हर्षोऽभवच्च सर्वेषां भ्रातॄणां गमनं प्रति ।
युधिष्ठिरमतं ज्ञात्वा वृष्णिक्षयमवेक्ष्य च। ॥ १७.१.२५ ॥
Joy arose in all the brothers at the departure, for they knew Yudhiṣṭhira's resolve and had seen the destruction of the Vṛṣṇis.
17.1.26
भ्रातरः पञ्च कृष्णा च षष्ठी श्वा चैव सप्तमः ।
आत्मना सप्तमो राजा निर्ययौ गजसाह्वयात्।
पौरैरनुगतो दूरं सर्वैरन्तःपुरैस्तथा ॥ १७.१.२६ ॥
The five brothers, Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī) as the sixth, and a dog as the seventh; the king himself, the seventh, set out from Gajasāhvaya. The citizens and all the women of the inner palace followed them a long way.
17.1.27
न चैनमशकत्कश्चिन्निवर्तस्वेति भाषितुम् ।
न्यवर्तन्त ततः सर्वे नरा नगरवासिनः ॥ १७.१.२७ ॥
No one could bring himself to tell him, 'Turn back.' Then all the men of the city turned back.
17.1.28
कृपप्रभृतयश्चैव युयुत्सुं पर्यवारयन् ।
विवेश गङ्गां कौरव्य उलूपी भुजगात्मजा ॥ १७.१.२८ ॥
Kṛpa and the others surrounded Yuyutsu. O Kaurava, Ulūpī, the serpent's daughter, entered the Ganges.
17.1.29
चित्राङ्गदा ययौ चापि मणलूरपुरं प्रति ।
शिष्टाः परिक्षितं त्वन्या मातरः पर्यवारयन् ॥ १७.१.२९ ॥
Citrāṅgadā also went toward the city of Maṇalūra; the remaining mothers and the other women surrounded Parikṣit.
17.1.30
पाण्डवाश्च महात्मानो द्रौपदी च यशस्विनी ।
कृतोपवासाः कौरव्य प्रययुः प्राङ्मुखास्ततः ॥ १७.१.३० ॥
Then the great-souled Pāṇḍavas and the renowned Draupadī, having fasted, set out facing east, O Kaurava.
17.1.31
योगयुक्ता महात्मानस्त्यागधर्ममुपेयुषः ।
अभिजग्मुर्बहून्देसान्सरितः सागरांस्तथा ॥ १७.१.३१ ॥
Disciplined in yoga, the great-souled ones, having taken up the dharma of renunciation, went through many lands, rivers, and oceans.
17.1.32
युधिष्ठिरो ययावग्रे भीमस्तु तदनन्तरम् ।
अर्जुनस्तस्य चान्वेव यमौ चापि यथाक्रमम ॥ १७.१.३२ ॥
Yudhiṣṭhira went first, then Bhīma after him; Arjuna followed behind him, and the twins too, in order.
17.1.33
पृष्ठतस्तु वरारोहा श्यामा पद्मदलेक्षणा ।
द्रौपदी योषितांश्रेष्ठा ययौ भरतसत्तम। ॥ १७.१.३३ ॥
Behind them went Draupadī, slender-waisted, dark-complexioned, lotus-petal-eyed, the best of women, O best of the Bharatas.
17.1.34
श्वा चैवानुयायावेकः प्रस्थितान्पाण्डवान्वनम् ।
क्रमेणि ते ययुर्वीरा लौहित्यं सलिलार्णवम् ॥ १७.१.३४ ॥
A dog also followed the Pāṇḍavas who had set out for the forest; in due order those heroes reached the Lauhitya and the ocean of waters.
17.1.35
गाण्डीवं तु धनुर्दिव्यं न मुमोच धनंजयः ।
रत्नलोभान्महाराज ते चाक्षय्ये महेषुधी ॥ १७.१.३५ ॥
But Dhanamjaya did not give up the divine Gāṇḍīva bow. O great king, out of greed for jewels he did not give up those two inexhaustible great quivers either.
17.1.36
अग्निं ते ददृशुस्तत्र स्थितं शैलमिवाग्रतः ।
मार्गमावृत्य तिष्ठन्तं साक्षात्पुरुषविग्रहम् ॥ १७.१.३६ ॥
There they saw Agni standing before them like a mountain, blocking the path, present in visible human form.
17.1.37
ततो देवः स सप्तार्चिः पाण्डवानिदमब्रवीत् ।
भोभो पाण्डुसुता वीराः पावकं मां निबोधत ॥ १७.१.३७ ॥
Then the god Saptārci spoke to the Pāṇḍavas: O sons of Pāṇḍu, heroes, hear me, who am the fire.
17.1.38
युधिष्ठिर महाबाहो भीमसेन परंतप ।
अर्जुनाश्विसुतौ वीरौ निबोधत वचो मम ॥ १७.१.३८ ॥
O Yudhiṣṭhira, mighty-armed one, Bhīmasena, scorcher of foes, Arjuna, heroic sons of the Aśvins, hear my words.
17.1.39
अहमग्निः कुरुश्रेष्ठा मया दग्धं च खाण्डवम् ।
अर्जुनस्य प्रभावेन तथा नारायणस्य च ॥ १७.१.३९ ॥
I am Agni, best of the Kurus. By the power of Arjuna, and likewise of Nārāyaṇa, I burned the Khāṇḍava forest.
17.1.40
अयं वः फल्गुनो भ्राता गाण्डीवं परमायुधम् ।
परित्यज्य वने यातु नानेनार्थोस्ति कश्चन ॥ १७.१.४० ॥
This is your brother Phalguna (Arjuna), and the Gāṇḍīva is the supreme weapon. Let him abandon it and go to the forest; you have no further need of it.
17.1.41
चक्ररत्नं तु यत्कृष्णे स्थितमासीन्महात्मनि ।
गतं तच्च पुनर्हस्ते कालेनैष्यति तस्य ह ॥ १७.१.४१ ॥
The jewel-discus that had rested in the great-souled Kṛṣṇa has departed; in time it will return to his hand.
17.1.42
वरुणादाहृतं पूर्वं मयैतत्पार्थकारणात् ।
गाण्डीवं धनुषां श्रेष्ठं वरुणायैव दीयताम् ॥ १७.१.४२ ॥
Formerly, for Pārtha's sake, I took this from Varuṇa. Let the Gāṇḍīva, best of bows, be given back to Varuṇa himself.
17.1.43
ततस्ते भ्रातरः सर्वे धनंजयमचोदयन् ।
स जले प्राक्षिपच्चैतत्तथाऽक्षय्ये महेषुधी ॥ १७.१.४३ ॥
Then all the brothers urged Dhanaṃjaya. He threw this and the two inexhaustible great quivers into the water.
17.1.44
ततोऽग्निर्भरतश्रेष्ठ तत्रैवान्तरधीयत ।
ययुस्च पाण्डवा वीरास्ततस्ते दक्षिणामुखाः ॥ १७.१.४४ ॥
Then, best of the Bharatas, Agni vanished right there. And the heroic Pāṇḍavas set out, facing south.
17.1.45
ततस्ते तूत्तरेणैव तीरेण लवणांभसः ।
जग्मुर्भरतशार्दूल दिशं दक्षिणपश्चिमाम् ॥ १७.१.४५ ॥
Then they went along the northern shore of the salt sea, tiger among the Bharatas, toward the south-western quarter.
17.1.46
ततः पुनः समावृत्ताः पश्चिमां दिशमेव ते ।
ददृशुर्द्वारकां चापि सागरेण परिप्लुताम् ॥ १७.१.४६ ॥
Then, turning back again toward the western quarter, they also saw Dvārakā flooded by the ocean.
17.1.47
उदीचीं पुनरावृत्त्य ययुर्भरतसत्तमाः ।
प्रादक्षिण्यं चिकीर्षन्तः पृथिव्या योगधर्मिणः ॥ १७.१.४७ ॥
Turning again northward, the best of the Bharatas went on, wishing to circle the earth, practicing the yoga-dharma.