Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 18.1
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18.1.1
नारायणं नस्कृत्य नरं चैव नरोत्तमम् ।
देवीं सरस्वतीं व्यासं ततो जयमुदीरयेत्
स्वर्गं त्रिविष्टपं प्राप्य मम पूर्वपितामहाः ।
पाण्डवा धार्तराष्ट्राश्च कानि स्थानानि भेजिरे ॥ १८.१.१ ॥
Having bowed to Nārāyaṇa and to Nara, the best of men, to the goddess Sarasvatī and to Vyāsa, one should then recite 'Jaya'.
18.1.2
एतदिच्छाम्यहं श्रोतुं सर्वविच्चासि मे मतः ।
महर्षिणाऽभ्यनुज्ञातो व्यासेनाद्भुतकर्मणा ॥ १८.१.२ ॥
I wish to hear this. In my view you know everything, and you were permitted by the great sage Vyāsa, whose deeds are wondrous.
18.1.3
स्वर्गं त्रिविष्टपं प्राप्य तव पूर्वपितामहाः ।
युधिष्ठिरप्रभृतयो यदकुर्वत तच्छृणु ॥ १८.१.३ ॥
Having reached heaven, the triple-world Triviṣṭapa, listen to what Yudhiṣṭhira and your other forefathers did.
18.1.4
स्वर्गं त्रिविष्टपं प्राप्य धर्मराजो युधिष्ठिरः ।
दुर्योधनं श्रिया जुष्टं ददर्शासीनमासने ॥ १८.१.४ ॥
Having reached heaven, the triple-world Triviṣṭapa, King Yudhiṣṭhira, the King of Dharma, saw Duryodhana seated on a throne, endowed with splendour.
18.1.5
भ्राजमानमिवादित्यं वीरलक्ष्म्याऽभिसंवृतम् ।
देवैर्भ्राजिष्णुभिः साध्यैः सहितं पुण्यकर्मभिः ॥ १८.१.५ ॥
Shining like the sun, surrounded by the splendour of a hero, accompanied by the radiant gods and the Sādhyas, who were of meritorious deeds.
18.1.6
ततो युधिष्ठिरो राजा दुर्योधनममर्षितः ।
सहसा सन्निवृत्तोऽभूच्छ्रियं दृष्ट्वा सुयोधने ॥ १८.१.६ ॥
Then King Yudhiṣṭhira, indignant at Duryodhana, suddenly turned away on seeing that splendour in Suyodhana.
18.1.7
ब्रुवन्नुच्चैर्वचस्तान्वै नाहं दुर्योधनेन वै ।
सहितः कामये लोकाँल्लब्धेनादीर्घदर्शिना ॥ १८.१.७ ॥
Speaking those words loudly, Yudhiṣṭhira said: I do not desire the worlds to be won together with Duryodhana, the one of short sight.
18.1.8
यत्कृते पृथिवी सर्वा सुहृदो बान्धवास्तथा ।
हतास्माभिः प्रसह्याजौ किल्ष्टैः पूर्वं महावने ॥ १८.१.८ ॥
For whose sake the whole earth, and friends and kinsmen as well, were forcibly slain in battle by us, who once suffered affliction in the great forest.
18.1.9
द्रौपदी च सभामध्ये पाञ्चाली धर्मचारिणी ।
पर्याकृष्टाऽनवद्याङ्गी पत्नी नो गुरुसन्निधौ ॥ १८.१.९ ॥
And in the midst of the assembly, Draupadī, the Pāñcāla princess who follows dharma, of faultless limbs, our wife, was dragged about in the presence of the elders.
18.1.10
अस्ति देवा न मे कामः सुयोधनमुदीक्षितुम् ।
तत्राहं गन्तुमिच्छामि यत्र ते भ्रातरो मम ॥ १८.१.१० ॥
O gods, I have no desire to look upon Suyodhana. I wish to go to the place where my brothers are.
18.1.11
नैवमित्यब्रवीत्तं तु नारदः प्रहसन्निव ।
स्वर्गे निवासे राजेन्द्र विरुद्धं चापि नश्यति ॥ १८.१.११ ॥
Nārada, as if smiling, said to him, 'It is not so.' O lord of kings, even enmity perishes in the abode of heaven.
18.1.12
युधिष्ठिर महाबाहो मैवं वोचः कथञ्चन ।
दुर्योधनं प्रति नृपं शृणु चेदं वचो मम ॥ १८.१.१२ ॥
O mighty-armed Yudhiṣṭhira, do not speak thus of Duryodhana in any way. Listen, O king, to this word of mine.
18.1.13
एष दुर्योधनो राजा पूज्यते त्रिदशैः सह ।
सद्भिश्च राजप्रवरैते इमे स्वर्गवासिनः। ॥ १८.१.१३ ॥
This king Duryodhana is honoured together with the gods, the good, and the foremost of kings; these are all dwellers in heaven.
18.1.14
वीरलोकगतिं प्राप्ता युद्धे हुत्वाऽऽत्मनस्तनुम् ।
यूयं सर्वे सुरसमा येन युद्धेन बाधिताः ॥ १८.१.१४ ॥
You all, who have attained the path of the world of heroes by offering your bodies in battle, are equal to the gods; in the very battle by which you were afflicted.
18.1.15
स एष क्षत्रधर्मेण स्थानमेतदवाप्तवान् ।
भये महति योऽभीतो बभूव पृथिवीपतिः ॥ १८.१.१५ ॥
It is he who has attained this place by the duty of the warrior; he who, in great fear, remained fearless, that lord of the earth.
18.1.16
न तन्मनसि कर्तव्यं पुत्र यद्द्यूतकारितम् ।
द्रौपद्याश्च परिक्लेशं न चिन्तयितुमर्हसि ॥ १८.१.१६ ॥
Son, what was brought about by gambling should not be held in the mind; nor should you dwell upon the affliction of Draupadī.
18.1.17
ये चान्येऽपि परिक्लेशा युष्माकं ज्ञातिकारिताः ।
संग्रामेष्वथवाऽन्यत्र न तान्संस्मर्तुमर्हसि ॥ १८.१.१७ ॥
And the other afflictions caused to you by your kinsmen, whether in battles or elsewhere, you ought not to recall them either.
18.1.18
समागच्छ यथान्यायं राज्ञा दुर्योधनेन वै ।
स्वर्गोऽयं नेह वैराणि भन्ति मनुजाधिप ॥ १८.१.१८ ॥
Come together with King Duryodhana according to what is right; lord of men, this is heaven, where enmities are not kept.
18.1.19
नारदेनैवमुक्तस्तु कुरुराजो युधिष्ठिरः ।
भ्रातॄन्पप्रच्छ मेधावी वाक्यमेतदुवाच ह ॥ १८.१.१९ ॥
Thus addressed by Nārada, the Kuru king Yudhiṣṭhira, the wise one, asked his brothers and spoke these words.
18.1.20
यदि दुर्योधनस्यैते वीरलोकाः सनातनाः ।
अधर्मज्ञस्य पापस्य पृथिवीसुहृदद्रुहः ॥ १८.१.२० ॥
If these eternal worlds of heroes belong to Duryodhana, the ignorant of dharma, the sinner, the betrayer of the friends of the earth—
18.1.21
यत्कृते पृथिवी नष्टा सहसा सनरद्विपा ।
वयं च मन्युना दग्धा वैरं प्रतिचिकीर्षवः ॥ १८.१.२१ ॥
Because of whom the earth, with its men and elephants, was suddenly destroyed, and we, desiring to repay the enmity, were burned by anger.
18.1.22
ये ते वीरी महात्मानो भ्रातरो मे महाव्रताः ।
सत्यप्रतिज्ञा लोकस्य शूरा वै सत्यवादिनः।
तेषामिदानीं के लोका द्रष्टुमिच्छामि तानहम् ॥ १८.१.२२ ॥
Those heroic brothers of mine, great souls of great vows, true to their pledges, the valiant of the world, truthful—what worlds are theirs now? I wish to see them.
18.1.23
कर्णं चैव महात्मानं कौन्तेयं सत्यसङ्गरम् ।
धृष्टद्युम्नं सात्यकिं च धृष्टद्युम्नस्य चात्मजान् ॥ १८.१.२३ ॥
And I wish to see the great soul Karṇa, the son of Kuntī, true in battle, Dhṛṣṭadyumna and Sātyaki, and the sons of Dhṛṣṭadyumna.
18.1.24
ये च शस्त्रैर्वधं प्राप्ताः क्षत्रधर्मेण पार्थिवाः ।
क्वनु ते पार्थिवान्ब्रह्मन्नैतान्पश्यामि नारद ॥ १८.१.२४ ॥
And the kings who met death by weapons in accordance with the duty of the warrior—where are they, O Brahmin? O Nārada, I do not see them here.
18.1.25
विराटद्रुपदौ चैव धृष्टकेतुमुखांश्च तान् ।
शिखण्डिनं च पाञ्चाल्यं द्रौपदेयांश्च सर्वशः।
अभिमन्युं च दुर्धर्षं द्रष्टुमिच्छामि नारद ॥ १८.१.२५ ॥
Virāṭa and Drupada, Dhṛṣṭaketu and the others headed by him, Śikhaṇḍin and the Pāñcāla prince, all the sons of Draupadī, and the unassailable Abhimanyu — Nārada, I wish to see them.