Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 2.22
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2.22.1
न स्मरामि कदा वैरं कृतं युष्माभिरित्युत ।
चिन्तयंश्च न पश्यामि भवतां प्रति वैकृतम् ॥ २.२२.१ ॥
I do not remember that you ever did any enmity toward me, and reflecting on it, I see no wrong done by you toward me.
2.22.2
वैकृते वा सति कथं मन्यध्वं मामनागसम् ।
अरिं वै ब्रूत हे विप्राः सतां समय एष हि ॥ २.२२.२ ॥
If there was some wrong, how do you consider me, who am blameless, an enemy? Tell me who the enemy is, O Brahmins, for this is the rule of the good.
2.22.3
अर्थधर्मोपघाताद्धि मनः समुपतप्यते ।
योऽनागसि प्रसजति क्षत्रियो हि न संशयटः ॥ २.२२.३ ॥
Indeed, the mind is greatly tormented by the injury to wealth and duty. A warrior who falls upon the blameless, without doubt, (falls).
2.22.4
अतोऽन्यथा चरँल्लोके धर्मज्ञः सन्महारथः ।
वृजिनां गतिमाप्नोति श्रेयसोऽप्युपहन्ति च ॥ २.२२.४ ॥
Therefore, one who acts otherwise in the world, though knowing dharma and being a great charioteer, attains an evil course and destroys even what is good.
2.22.5
त्रैलोक्ये क्षत्रधर्मो हि श्रेयान्वै साधुचारिणाम् ।
नान्यं धर्मं प्रशंसन्ति ये च धर्मविदो जनाः ॥ २.२२.५ ॥
In the three worlds, indeed, the warrior's duty is the best for those of good conduct; the people who know dharma praise no other dharma.
2.22.6
तस्य मेऽद्य स्थितस्येह स्वधर्मे नियतात्मनः ।
अनागसं प्रजानां च प्रमादादिव जल्पथ ॥ २.२२.६ ॥
Today, here, standing firm in my own duty with a self-restrained soul, you speak of me and of the blameless subjects as if out of carelessness.
2.22.7
कुलकार्यं महाबाहो कश्चिदेकः कुलोद्वहः ।
वहते यस्तन्नियोगाद्वयमभ्युद्यतास्त्वयि ॥ २.२२.७ ॥
O mighty-armed one, there is a matter of the family, which one man, bearer of the family's burden, carries out; by his command we are ready toward you.
2.22.8
त्वया चोपहृता राजन्क्षत्रिया लोकवासिनः ।
तदागः क्रूरमुत्पाद्य मन्यसे किमनागसम् ॥ २.२२.८ ॥
O king, you have carried off the kshatriyas who dwell in the world; having committed a cruel offence, whom do you deem blameless?
2.22.9
राजा राज्ञः कथं साधून्हिंस्यान्नृपतिसत्तम ।
तद्राज्ञः सन्निगृह्य त्वं रुद्रायोपजिहीर्षसि ॥ २.२२.९ ॥
O best of kings, how could a king harm the good among other kings? Therefore you wish to seize the kings and offer them to Rudra.
2.22.10
अस्मांस्तदेनोपगच्छेत्कृतं बार्हद्रथ त्वया ।
वयं हिं शक्ता धर्मस्य रक्षणे धर्मचारिणः ॥ २.२२.१० ॥
O son of Bṛhadratha, that sin done by you would fall upon us too; for we follow dharma and are able to protect dharma.
2.22.11
तस्मादद्योपगच्छामस्तव बार्हद्रथान्तिकम् ।
मनुष्याणां समालम्भो न च दृष्टः कदाचन।
स कथं मानुषैर्देवं यष्टुमिच्छसि शङ्करम् ॥ २.२२.११ ॥
Therefore today we shall go to the presence of Bṛhadratha's son. The sacrificial killing of men has never been seen; how does he wish to worship the god Śaṅkara with men?
2.22.12
सवर्णो हि सवर्णानां पशुसञ्ज्ञां करिष्यसि ।
कोऽन्यं एवं यथा हि त्वं जरासन्ध वृथामतिः ॥ २.२२.१२ ॥
For you would give the name of sacrificial beast to those of your own class. O Jarāsandha, who else of vain understanding would act as you do?
2.22.13
यस्यां यस्यामवस्थायां यद्यत्कर्म करोति यः ।
तस्यां तस्यामवस्थायां तत्फलं समवाप्नुयात् ॥ २.२२.१३ ॥
Whatever deed a man does in whatever state he is in, in that very state he obtains its fruit.
2.22.14
ते त्वां ज्ञातिक्षयकरं यममार्तानुसारिणः ।
ज्ञातिवृद्धिनिमित्तार्थं विनिहन्तुमिहागताः ॥ २.२२.१४ ॥
They have come here to slay you, the cause of your kinsmen's destruction, like Yama following the afflicted, for the sake of increasing their own kin.
2.22.15
नास्ति लोके पुमानन्यः क्षत्रियोष्विति चैव तत् ।
मन्यसे स च ते राजन्सुमहान्बुद्धिविप्लवः ॥ २.२२.१५ ॥
You think there is no other man among the kshatriyas in the world, O king; that is the great confusion of your intellect.
2.22.16
को हि जानन्नभिजनमात्मवान्क्षत्रियो नृप ।
नाविशेत्स्वर्गमतुलं रणानन्तरमव्ययम् ॥ २.२२.१६ ॥
O king, what self-controlled kshatriya, knowing his lineage, would not enter the incomparable, imperishable heaven after battle?
2.22.17
स्वर्गं ह्येव समास्थाय रणयज्ञेषु दीक्षिताः ।
जयन्ति क्षत्रिया लोकांस्तद्विद्धि मनुजर्षभ ॥ २.२२.१७ ॥
Resorting to heaven itself, kshatriyas consecrated in the sacrifices of battle conquer the worlds; know this, O bull among men.
2.22.18
स्वर्गयोनिर्महद्ब्रह्म स्वर्गयोनिर्महद्यशः ।
स्वर्गं योनिस्तपो युद्धे मृत्युः सोऽव्यभिचारवान् ॥ २.२२.१८ ॥
The source of heaven is the great Brahman; the source of heaven is great glory; the source of heaven is austerity; death in battle is that unerring source.
2.22.19
एष ह्यैन्द्रो वैजयन्तो गुणैर्नित्यं समाहितः ।
येनासुरान्पराजित्य जगत्पाति शतक्रतुः ॥ २.२२.१९ ॥
This is Indra's Vaijayanta, always endowed with its virtues; by it Śatakratu, having defeated the asuras, protects the world.
2.22.20
स्वर्गमार्गाय कस्य स्याद्विग्रहो वै यथा तव ।
मागधैर्विपुलैः सैन्यैर्बाहुल्यबलदर्पितः ॥ २.२२.२० ॥
For the path to heaven, whose war would be like yours, with the vast armies of the Magadhas, made proud by the strength of numbers?
2.22.21
माऽवमंस्थाः परान्राजन्नास्ति वीर्यं नरे नरे ।
समं चेजस्त्वया चैव विशिष्टं वा नरेश्वर ॥ २.२२.२१ ॥
O king, do not despise others; valour is not the same in every man. O lord of men, your splendour and the power of your sacrifice may be equal to theirs, or superior.
2.22.22
यावदेतदसम्बुद्धं तावदेव भवेत्तव ।
विषह्यमेतदस्माकमतो राजन्ब्रवीमि ते ॥ २.२२.२२ ॥
As long as this is not understood, so it may remain for you. This is bearable for us; therefore, O king, I speak to you.
2.22.23
जहि त्वं सदृशेष्वेव मानं दर्पं च मागध ।
मा गमः ससुतामात्यः सबलश्च यमक्षयम् ॥ २.२२.२३ ॥
O Māgadha, abandon your pride and arrogance toward your equals. Do not go to the abode of Yama with your sons, ministers, and army.
2.22.24
दम्भोद्भवः कार्तवीर्य उत्तरश्च बृहद्रथः ।
श्रेयसो ह्यवमत्येह विनेशुः सबला नृपाः ॥ २.२२.२४ ॥
Kārtavīrya, born of arrogance, and Uttara and Bṛhadratha — having despised the superior, the kings perished here with their armies.
2.22.25
युयुक्षमाणास्त्वत्तो हि न वयं ब्राह्मणा ध्रुवम् ।
शौरिरस्मि हृषीकेशो नृवीरौ पाण्डवाविमौ।
अनयोर्मातुलेयं च कृष्णं मां विद्धि ते रिपुम् ॥ २.२२.२५ ॥
We are not Brahmins; we have come to fight you. I am Hṛṣīkeśa, the son of Śūra, and these two Pāṇḍavas are heroes among men. Know Kṛṣṇa, their maternal cousin, as your enemy.
2.22.26
त्वामाह्वयामहे राजन्स्थिरो युध्वस्व मागध ।
मुच्छ वा नृपतीन्सर्वान् गच्छ वा त्वं यमक्षयम् ॥ २.२२.२६ ॥
O king, we challenge you. O Māgadha, stand firm and fight. Either release all the kings, or go yourself to the abode of Yama.
2.22.27
एतच्छ्रुत्वा जरासन्धः क्रुद्धो वचनमब्रवीत् ॥ २.२२.२७ ॥
Hearing this, Jarāsandha, enraged, spoke these words.
2.22.28
नाहं कंसः प्रलम्बो वा न बाणो न च मुष्टिकः ।
नरको नेन्द्रतपनो न केशी न च पूतना ॥ २.२२.२८ ॥
I am not Kaṃsa, nor Pralamba, nor Bāṇa, nor Muṣṭika, nor Naraka, nor Indratapana, nor Keśī, nor Pūtanā.
2.22.29
न कालयवनो वाऽपि ये त्वया निहता युधि ।
त्वं तु गोपकुलोत्पन्नो जातिं वै पौर्विकीं स्मर ॥ २.२२.२९ ॥
Nor am I Kālayavana, whom you slew in battle. You were born in a cowherd family; remember your ancestral lineage.
2.22.30
योऽस्मद्भयादतिक्रम्य सागरानूपमाश्रितः ।
जन्मभूमिं परित्यज्य मधुरां प्राकृतो यथा ॥ २.२२.३० ॥
He who, out of fear of us, crossed the seas and took refuge on the shore, abandoning his birthplace Mathurā and living like a common man.
2.22.31
सोऽधुना कत्थसे शौरे शरदीव यथा घनः ।
अद्यानृण्यं करिष्यामि भोजराजस्य धीमतः ॥ २.२२.३१ ॥
Now you boast, descendant of Śūra, like a cloud in autumn. Today I will free myself of the debt owed to the wise king of the Bhojas.
2.22.32
जामातुरौग्रसेनस्य त्वां निहत्याद्य माधव ।
चिरकाङ्क्षितो मे सङ्ग्रामस्त्वां हन्तुं समुहृद्गुणम् ॥ २.२२.३२ ॥
Son-in-law of Ugrasena, Mādhava, having slain you today along with your well-wishing allies, my long-desired battle will be fulfilled.
2.22.33
दिष्ट्या मे सफलो यत्नः कृतो देवैः सवासवैः ।
क्लीबाविमौ च गोविन्द भीमसेनार्जुनावुभौ ॥ २.२२.३३ ॥
By fortune, the gods together with Vāsava have made my effort fruitful. O Govinda, these two, Bhīmasena and Arjuna, are eunuchs.
2.22.34
हिंस्यासि युधि विक्रम्य सिंहः क्षुद्रमृगाविव ।
तस्य रोषाभिभूतस्य जरासन्धस्य गर्जतः ॥ २.२२.३४ ॥
In battle, valiantly, you will be slain as a lion slays small beasts, by Jarāsandha, overcome with rage, roaring.
2.22.35
सर्वभूतानि वित्रेमुषे तत्रासन्समागताः ।
किं गर्जसि जरासन्ध कर्मणा तत्समाचर ॥ २.२२.३५ ॥
All the creatures gathered there stood astonished. Jarāsandha, why do you roar? Do it by deed.
2.22.36
मम निर्देशकर्तृभ्यां पाण्डवाभ्यां नृपाधम ।
मात्यं ससुतं चाद्य घातयिष्याम्यहं रणे।
न कथञ्चन जीवन्वै प्रवेक्ष्यसि पुरोत्तमम् ॥ २.२२.३६ ॥
Through the two Pāṇḍavas who carry out my instructions, O lowest of kings, I shall have you slain today in battle, with your minister and your son. Alive in no way will you enter the best of cities.
2.22.37
नाजितान्वै नरपतीनहमादद्मि काश्चन ।
अजितः पर्यवस्थाता कोऽत्र यो न मया जितः ॥ २.२२.३७ ॥
I never seize kings who are unconquered. Who here is unconquered that has not been conquered by me?
2.22.38
क्षत्रियस्यैतदेवाहुर्धर्म्यं कृष्णोपजीवनम् ।
विक्रम्य वशमानीय कामतो यत्समाचरेत् ॥ २.२२.३८ ॥
O Kṛṣṇa, they call this the lawful livelihood of a warrior: having conquered by valour, brought under control, to act as one wishes.
2.22.39
देवातार्थमुपाहृत्य राज्ञः कृष्ण कथं भयात् ।
अहमद्य विमुच्येयं क्षात्रं व्रतमनुस्मरन् ॥ २.२२.३९ ॥
O Kṛṣṇa, having offered kings for the sacrifice to the gods, how could I be released today out of fear, remembering the vow of the warrior?
2.22.40
सैन्यं सैन्येन व्यूढेन एक एकेन वा पुनः ।
द्वाभ्यां त्रिभिर्वा योत्स्येऽहं युगत्पृथगेव वा ॥ २.२२.४० ॥
With my army arrayed against your army, one against one, or two, or three, I shall fight — together or separately.
2.22.41
एवमुक्त्वा जरासन्धः सहदेवाभिषेचनम् ।
अज्ञापयत्तदा राजा ययुत्सुर्भीमकर्मभिः ॥ २.२२.४१ ॥
Having spoken thus, Jarāsandha then ordered the consecration of Sahadeva; the king, of fearsome deeds, desired to fight.
2.22.42
स तु सेनापतिं राजा सस्मार भरतर्षभ ।
कौशिकं चित्रसेनं च तस्मिन्युद्ध उपस्थिते ॥ २.२२.४२ ॥
O bull of the Bharatas, then the king remembered his commander — Kauśika and Citrasena — when that battle had arisen.
2.22.43
ययोस्ते नामनी राजन्हंसेति डिबिकेति च ।
पूर्वं सङ्कथिते पुम्भिर्नृलोके लोकसत्कृते ॥ २.२२.४३ ॥
O king, whose names Haṃsa and Ḍimbhaka were once spoken of by men in the world of men, honored by the world.
2.22.44
तं तु राजन्विभुः शौरी राजानं बलिनां वरम् ।
स्मृत्वा पुरुषशार्दूलः शार्दूलसमविक्रमम् ॥ २.२२.४४ ॥
O king, the mighty Śauri remembered that king, the best of the strong, that tiger among men whose valor was like a tiger's.
2.22.45
सत्यसन्धो जरासन्धं भुवि भीमपराक्रमम् ।
भागमन्यस्य निर्दिष्टमवध्यं मधुर्भिर्मृधेः ॥ २.२२.४५ ॥
The truth-vowed one, Jarāsandha on earth of terrible valor, who was invincible in battle to the Madhus and was assigned as another's share,
2.22.46
नात्मनाऽऽत्मवतां मुख्य इयेष मधुसूदनः ।
ब्राह्मीमाज्ञां पुरस्कृत्य हन्तुं हलधरानुजः ॥ २.२२.४६ ॥
Not by his own will, the foremost of the self-controlled, Madhusūdana, but placing the Brahmin's command before him, the younger brother of the plough-bearer desired to slay him.