Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 18.2
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18.2.1
नेह पश्यामि विबुधा राधेयममितौजसम् ।
भ्रातरौ च महात्मानौ युधामन्यूत्तमौजसौ ॥ १८.२.१ ॥
O gods, I do not see here Rādheya, of immeasurable might, nor the two great-souled brothers Yudhāmanyu and Uttamaujas.
18.2.2
जुहुवुर्ये शरीराणि रणवह्नौ महारथाः ।
राजानो राजपुत्राश्च ये मदर्थे हता रणे ॥ १८.२.२ ॥
The great chariot-warriors who offered their bodies into the fire of battle, the kings and princes who were slain in battle for my sake.
18.2.3
क्व ते महारथाः सर्वे शार्दूलसमविक्रमाः ।
तैरप्ययं जितो लोकः कच्चित्पुरुषसत्तमैः ॥ १८.२.३ ॥
Where are all those great chariot-warriors, whose valour was like that of tigers? Perhaps by those best of men this world has been won?
18.2.4
यदि लोकानिमान्प्राप्तास्ते च सर्वे महारथाः ।
स्थितं वित्त हि मां देवाः सहितं तैर्महात्मभिः ॥ १८.२.४ ॥
If all those great chariot-warriors have indeed attained these worlds, then know, O gods, that I too abide together with those great-souled ones.
18.2.5
कच्चिन्न तैरवाप्तोऽयं नृपैर्लोकोऽक्षयः शुभः ।
न तैरहं विना वत्स्ये भ्रातृभिर्ज्ञातिभिस्तथा ॥ १८.२.५ ॥
Have those kings not attained this imperishable and auspicious world? Without them, without my brothers and kinsmen, how shall I dwell?
18.2.6
मातुर्हि वचनं श्रुत्वा तदा सलिलकर्मणि ।
कर्णस्य क्रियतां तोयमिति तप्यामि तेन वै ॥ १८.२.६ ॥
Having heard my mother's word, then, in the rite of water-offering, it was said, 'Let water be given to Karṇa' — by that I am indeed tormented.
18.2.7
इदं च परितप्यामि पुनःपुनरहं सुराः ।
यन्मातुः सदृशौ पादौ तस्याहममितात्मनः ॥ १८.२.७ ॥
O gods, again and again I am tormented by this: that the feet of that boundless-souled one were like my mother's feet.
18.2.8
दृष्ट्वैव तं नानुगतः कर्णं परबलार्दनम् ।
न ह्यस्मान्कर्णसहिताञ्जयेच्छक्रोऽपि संयुगे ॥ १८.२.८ ॥
Though I saw him, Karṇa, crusher of enemy forces, I did not follow him; for Indra himself could not conquer us in battle while we were with Karṇa.
18.2.9
तमहं यत्रतत्रस्थं द्रष्टुमिच्छामि सूर्यजम् ।
अविज्ञातो मया योसौ घातितः सव्यसाचिना ॥ १८.२.९ ॥
I wish to see that son of the Sun wherever he may be, him whom I failed to recognize and who was slain by Savyasācin.
18.2.10
भीमं च भीमविक्रान्तं प्राणेभ्योऽपि प्रियं मम ।
अर्जुनं चेन्द्रसंकाशं यमौ चैव यमोपमौ ॥ १८.२.१० ॥
I wish to see Bhīma of terrible valour, dearer to me than life itself, Arjuna like Indra, and the twins, who are like Yama.
18.2.11
द्रष्टुमिच्छामि तां चाहं पाञ्चालीं धर्मचारिणीम् ।
न चेह स्थातुमिच्छामि सत्यमेवं ब्रवीमि वः ॥ १८.२.११ ॥
I also wish to see Pāñcālī, who follows dharma; and I do not wish to remain here. I speak this truly to you.
18.2.12
किं मे भ्रातृविहीनस्य स्वर्गेण सुरसत्तमाः ।
यत्र ते मम स स्वर्गो नायं स्वर्गो मतो मम ॥ १८.२.१२ ॥
O best of gods, what is heaven to me, bereft of my brothers? Wherever they are, that is my heaven; this is not what I consider heaven.
18.2.13
यदि वै तत्र ते श्रद्धा गम्यतां तत्र माचिरम् ।
प्रिये हि तव वर्तामो देवराजस्य शासनात् ॥ १८.२.१३ ॥
If your desire is there, go there without delay. By the command of the king of the gods, we remain here with your dear ones.
18.2.14
इत्युक्त्वा तं ततो देवा देवदूतमुपादिशन् ।
युधिष्ठिरस्य सुहृदो दर्शयेतदि परंतप ॥ १८.२.१४ ॥
Having said this, the gods then instructed that divine messenger: O scorcher of foes, show this to the friends of Yudhiṣṭhira.
18.2.15
ततः कुन्तीसुतो राजा देवदूतश्च जग्मतुः ।
सहितौ राजशार्दूल यत्र ते पुरुषर्षभाः ॥ १८.२.१५ ॥
Then the king, the son of Kuntī, and the divine messenger went together, O tiger among kings, to where those best of men were.
18.2.16
अग्रतो देवदूतश्च ययौ राजा च पृष्ठतः ।
पन्थानमशुभं दुर्गं सेवितं पापकर्मभिः ॥ १८.२.१६ ॥
The divine messenger went in front and the king behind. The path was inauspicious, difficult, and frequented by sinners.
18.2.17
तमसा संवृतं घोरं केशशैवलशाद्वलम् ।
युक्तं पापकृतां गन्धैर्मासशोणितकर्दमम् ॥ १८.२.१७ ॥
It was covered with terrible darkness, full of hair, moss and grass, joined with the stench of sinners, a mire of flesh and blood.
18.2.18
दंशोत्पातकभल्लूकमक्षिकामशकावृतम् ।
इतश्चेतश्च कुणपैः समन्तात्परिवारितम् ॥ १८.२.१८ ॥
It was covered with gnats, flies, mosquitoes and bears, and everywhere, here and there, surrounded on all sides by corpses.
18.2.19
अस्थिकेशसमाकीर्णं कृमिकीटसमाकुलम् ।
ज्वलनेन प्रदीप्तेन समन्तात्परिवेष्टितम् ॥ १८.२.१९ ॥
Strewn with bones and hair, teeming with worms and insects, it was surrounded on all sides by blazing fire.
18.2.20
अयोमुखैश्च काकाद्यैर्गृध्रैश्च समभिद्रुतम् ।
सूचीमुखैस्तथा प्रेतैर्विन्ध्यशैलोपमैर्वृतम् ॥ १८.२.२० ॥
Assailed by crows and the like with iron beaks, and by vultures, it was surrounded by needle-faced ghosts as vast as the Vindhya mountains.
18.2.21
मेदोरुधिरयुक्तैश्च च्छिन्नबाहूरुपाणिभिः ।
निकृत्तोदरपदैश्च तत्रतत्र प्रवेशितैः ॥ १८.२.२१ ॥
Smeared with fat and blood, with arms, thighs and hands severed, bellies and feet cut open, and thrust in here and there.
18.2.22
स तत्कुणपदुर्गन्धमशिवं रोमहर्षणम् ।
जगाम राजा धर्मान्मा मध्ये बहु विचिन्तयन् ॥ १८.२.२२ ॥
That righteous-souled king went through the midst of that place, foul with the stench of corpses, inauspicious and hair-raising, pondering much.
18.2.23
ददर्शोष्णोदकैः पूर्णां नदीं चापि सुदुर्गमाम् ।
असिपत्रवनं चैव निशितं क्षुरसंवृतम् ॥ १८.२.२३ ॥
He saw a river filled with hot water, very difficult to cross, and a forest of sword-leaves, sharp and surrounded by razors.
18.2.24
करम्भवालुकास्तप्ता आयसीश्चि शिलाः पृथक् ।
लोहकुंभीश्च तैलस्य क्वाथ्यमानाः समन्ततः ॥ १८.२.२४ ॥
Sand scorched like parched grain, separate heated iron rocks, and iron cauldrons on all sides boiling with oil.
18.2.25
कूटशाल्मलिकं तापि दुःस्पर्शं तीक्ष्णकण्टकम् ।
ददर्शान्याश्च कौन्तेयो यातनाः पापकर्मिणाम् ॥ १८.२.२५ ॥
There was also the false śālmalī tree, heated, hard to touch, with sharp thorns; and the son of Kuntī saw other torments of those who do sinful deeds.
18.2.26
स तं दुर्गन्धमालक्ष्य देवदूतमुवाच ह ।
कियदध्वानमस्माभिर्गन्तव्यमिममीदृशम् ॥ १८.२.२६ ॥
Noticing that foul smell, he said to the divine messenger: "How far must we still go along such a road as this?"
18.2.27
क्व च ते भ्रातरो मह्यं तन्ममाख्यातुमर्हसि ।
देशोऽयं कश्च देवानामेतदिच्छामि वेदितुम् ॥ १८.२.२७ ॥
Where are your brothers? You should tell me that. And what place of the gods is this? I wish to know it.
18.2.28
स संनिववृते श्रुत्वा धर्मराजस्य भाषितम् ।
देवदूतोऽब्रवीचैनमेतावद्गमनं तव ॥ १८.२.२८ ॥
Hearing the words of the king of dharma, he turned back; then the divine messenger said to him: "Your going extends only this far."
18.2.29
निवर्तितव्यो हि मया तताऽस्म्युक्तो दिवौकसैः ।
यदि श्रान्तोसि राजेन्द्रि त्वमथागन्तुमर्हसि ॥ १८.२.२९ ॥
I am told by the dwellers of heaven that you must be turned back; O lord of kings, if you are weary, then you should come again.
18.2.30
युधिष्ठिरस्तु निर्विण्णस्तेनि गन्धेन मूर्छितः ।
निवर्तने धृतमनाः पर्यावर्तत भारत ॥ १८.२.३० ॥
But Yudhiṣṭhira, dejected by that smell, swooned; O Bhārata, with his mind resolved on turning back, he turned around.
18.2.31
सं संनिवृत्तो धर्मात्मा दुःखशोकसमाहतः ।
शुश्राव तत्र वदतां दीना वाचः समन्ततः ॥ १८.२.३१ ॥
Struck by grief and sorrow, the righteous-souled one turned back and heard, from all around, the pitiful voices of those who were speaking.
18.2.32
भोभो धर्मज राजर्षे पुण्याभिजन पाण्वन ।
अनुग्रहार्थमस्माकं तिष्ठ तावन्मुहूर्तकम् ॥ १८.२.३२ ॥
O son of Dharma, royal sage, Pāṇḍava born of a pure lineage, stay here a little while, for the favor of us.
18.2.33
आयाति त्वयि दुर्धर्षे वाति पुण्यः समीरणः ।
तव गन्धानुगस्तात येनास्मान्सुखमागमत् ॥ १८.२.३३ ॥
O unassailable one, a pure breeze blows with you; dear one, following your fragrance, it has come to us in happiness.
18.2.34
ते वयं पार्थ दीर्घस्य कालस्य पुरुषर्षभ ।
सुखमासादयिष्यामस्त्वां दृष्ट्वा राजसत्तम ॥ १८.२.३४ ॥
O son of Pṛthā, bull among men, after a long time, O best of kings, having seen you we shall obtain happiness.
18.2.35
संतिष्ठस्व महाबाहो मुहूर्तमिह भारत ।
त्वयि तिष्ठति कौरव्य यातनाऽस्मान्न बाधते ॥ १८.२.३५ ॥
Remain here a moment, O mighty-armed one, O descendant of Bharata. O Kaurava, while you stay, torment does not trouble us.
18.2.36
एवं बहुविधा वाचः कृपणा वेदनावताम् ।
तस्मिन्देशे स शुश्राव समन्ताद्वदतां नृप ॥ १८.२.३६ ॥
Thus, O king, in that place, he heard from all around the many kinds of pitiful voices of those who were in pain.
18.2.37
तेषां तु वचनं श्रुत्वा दयावान्दीनभाषिणाम् ।
अहो कृच्छ्रमिति प्राह तस्थौ स च युधिष्ठिरः ॥ १८.२.३७ ॥
Hearing those words of the wretched speakers, compassionate Yudhiṣṭhira said, "Alas, what hardship!" and stood there.
18.2.38
स ता गिरः पुरस्ताद्वै श्रुतपूर्वाः पुनःपुनः ।
ग्लानानां दुःखितानां च नाभ्यजानत पाण्डवः ॥ १८.२.३८ ॥
Though he had heard those voices before, again and again, the Pāṇḍava did not recognize the weary and afflicted ones.
18.2.39
अबुध्यमानस्ता वाचो धर्मपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः ।
उवाच के भवन्तो वै किमर्थमिह तिष्ठथ ॥ १८.२.३९ ॥
Not understanding those voices, Yudhiṣṭhira, son of Dharma, said, "Who are you, and why do you stand here?"
18.2.40
इत्युक्तास्ते ततः सर्वे समन्तादवभाषिरे ।
कर्णोऽहं भीमसेनोऽहमर्जुनोऽहमिति प्रभो ॥ १८.२.४० ॥
Thus addressed, they all cried out from every side, "Lord! I am Karṇa, I am Bhīmasena, I am Arjuna!"
18.2.41
नकुलः सहदेवोऽहं धृष्टद्युम्नोऽहमित्युत ।
द्रौप्दी द्रौपदेयाश्चि इत्येवं ते विचुक्रुशुः ॥ १८.२.४१ ॥
"I am Nakula, I am Sahadeva, I am Dhṛṣṭadyumna," and "I am Draupadī, we are Draupadī's sons" — thus they cried out.
18.2.42
ता वाचः स तदा श्रुत्वा तद्देशसदृशीर्नृप ।
ततो विममृशे राजा किंत्विदं दैवकारितम् ॥ १८.२.४२ ॥
Hearing those words suited to that place, O king, King Yudhiṣṭhira pondered: "Is this the work of fate?"
18.2.43
किन्तु तत्कलुषं कर्म कृतमेभिर्महात्मभिः ।
कर्णेन द्रौपदेयैर्वा पाञ्चाल्या वा सुमध्यया ॥ १८.२.४३ ॥
But this sinful deed was done by those great-souled ones, by Karṇa, by the sons of Draupadī, or by the Pāñcāla woman, the slender-waisted one.
18.2.44
य इमे पापगन्धेऽस्मिन्देशे सन्ति सुदारुणे ।
नाहं जानामि सर्वेषां दुष्कृतं पुण्यकर्मणाम् ॥ १८.२.४४ ॥
In this very dreadful land, full of the stench of sin, I do not know the evil deeds or the meritorious acts of all of these people.
18.2.45
किं कृत्वा धृतराष्ट्रस्य पुत्रो राजा सुयोधनः ।
तथा श्रिया युतः पापैः सहसर्वैः पदानुगैः ॥ १८.२.४५ ॥
What deed did King Suyodhana, the son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, perform that he is endowed with such prosperity, together with all his sinful followers?
18.2.46
महेन्द्रि इव लक्ष्मीवानास्ते परमपूजितः ।
कस्येदानीं विकारोऽयं य इमे नरकं गताः ॥ १८.२.४६ ॥
He dwells like great Indra, endowed with fortune and greatly honoured; then whose perversion is this, that these men have gone to hell?
18.2.47
सर्वे धर्मविदः शूराः सत्यागमपरायणाः ।
क्षत्रधर्मरताः सन्तो यज्वानो भूरिदक्षिणाः ॥ १८.२.४७ ॥
They were all knowers of dharma, heroes, devoted to truth and the scriptures, delighting in the dharma of the warrior, good men, sacrificers, and givers of abundant gifts.
18.2.48
किंनु सुप्तोस्मि जागर्मि चेतयामि न चेतये ।
अहो चित्तविकारोऽयं स्याद्वा मे चित्तविभ्रमः ॥ १८.२.४८ ॥
Am I asleep or awake? I seem to perceive, yet I do not perceive. Oh! Is this a disturbance of my mind, or a confusion of my thoughts?
18.2.49
एवं बहुविधं राजा विममर्श युधिष्ठिरः ।
दुःखशोकसमाविष्टश्चिन्ताव्याकुलितेन्द्रियः ॥ १८.२.४९ ॥
Thus the king Yudhiṣṭhira pondered in many ways, overcome by sorrow and grief, his senses disturbed by anxiety.
18.2.50
क्रोधमाहारयच्चैव तीव्रं धर्मसुतो नृपः ।
देवांश्च गर्हयामास धर्मं चैव युधिष्ठिरः ॥ १८.२.५० ॥
The king Yudhiṣṭhira, son of Dharma, kindled fierce anger, and he reproached the gods and dharma itself.
18.2.51
स तीव्रशोकसंतप्तो देवदूतमुवाच ह ।
गम्यतां तत्र येषां त्वं दूतस्तेषामुपान्तिकम् ॥ १८.२.५१ ॥
Tormented by intense grief, he spoke to the messenger of the gods: "Go there, to those whose messenger you are."
18.2.52
न ह्यहं तत्र यास्यामि स्थितोस्मीति निवेद्यताम् ।
मत्संश्रयादिमे दूनाः सुखिनो भ्रातरो हि मे ॥ १८.२.५२ ॥
I will not go there; let it be reported that I remain here. Because of my protection, these brothers of mine, who are now distressed, shall be happy.
18.2.53
इत्युक्तः स तदा दूतः पाण्डुपुत्रेण धीमता ।
जगामि तत्र यत्रास्ते देवराजः शतक्रतुःठ ॥ १८.२.५३ ॥
When thus addressed by the wise son of Pāṇḍu, the messenger then went to the place where the king of the gods, Śatakratu (Indra), dwells.
18.2.54
निवेदयामास च तद्धर्मराजचिकीर्षितम् ।
यथोक्तं धर्मपुत्रेण सर्वमेव जनाधिप ॥ १८.२.५४ ॥
And he reported to them all that the king of dharma intended, just as the son of Dharma had said, O lord of men.