Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 2.63
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2.63.1
ततः सागरसङ्काशं दृष्ट्वा नृपतिमण्डलम् ।
संवर्तवाताभिहतं भीमं क्षुब्धमिवार्णवम्। ॥ २.६३.१ ॥
Then, seeing the assembly of kings, like the ocean, terrible and stirred like the sea struck by the wind of universal dissolution,
2.63.2
रोषात्प्रचलितं सर्वमिदमाह युधिष्ठिरः ।
भीष्मं मतिमतां मुख्यं वृद्धं कुरुपितामहम्।
बृहस्पतिं बृहत्तेजाः पुरुहूत इवारिहा। ॥ २.६३.२ ॥
Seeing everyone shaken with anger, Yudhiṣṭhira spoke these words to Bhīṣma, the foremost of the wise, the aged grandsire of the Kurus, as the mighty-radiant slayer of enemies, Indra, speaks to Bṛhaspati.
2.63.3
असौ रोषात्प्रचलितो महान्नृपतिसागरः ।
अत्र यत्प्रतिपत्तव्यं तन्मे ब्रूहि पितामह ॥ २.६३.३ ॥
This great ocean of kings, stirred by anger—tell me, grandsire, what should be done here.
2.63.4
यज्ञस्य च न विघ्नः स्यात्प्रजानां च हितं भवेत् ।
यथा सर्वत्र तत्सर्वं ब्रूहि मेऽद्य पितामह ॥ २.६३.४ ॥
So that there is no obstruction to the sacrifice and the welfare of the people is secured, and all remains so everywhere—tell me all of that today, grandsire.
2.63.5
इत्युक्तवति धर्मज्ञे धर्मराजे युधिष्ठिरे ।
उवाचेदं वचो भीष्मस्ततः कुरुपितामहः ॥ २.६३.५ ॥
When Yudhiṣṭhira, the king of dharma who knows dharma, had spoken thus, Bhīṣma, the grandsire of the Kurus, then spoke these words.
2.63.6
मा भैस्त्वं कुरुशार्दूल श्वा सिंहं हन्तुमर्हति ।
शिवः पन्थाः सुनीतोऽत्र मया पूर्वतरं वृतः ॥ २.६३.६ ॥
Do not fear, tiger among the Kurus; a dog cannot slay a lion. Here I have already chosen the auspicious and well-guided path.
2.63.7
प्रसुप्ते हि यथा सिंहे श्वानस्तात समागताः ।
भषेयुः सहिताः सर्वे तथेमे वसुधाधिपाः ॥ २.६३.७ ॥
As dogs gather together and bark when a lion is asleep, dear one, so do all these lords of the earth bark.
2.63.8
वृष्णिसिंहस्य सुप्तस्य तथाऽमी प्रमुके स्थिताः ।
भषन्ते तात सङ्क्रुद्धाः श्वानः सिंहस्य सन्निधौ ॥ २.६३.८ ॥
While the lion of the Vṛṣṇis sleeps, these who stand before him bark just so; dear one, enraged dogs bark in the lion's presence.
2.63.9
न हि सम्बुध्यते यावत्सुप्तः सिंह इवाच्युतः ।
तदिदं ज्ञातपूर्वं हि तव संस्तोतुमिच्छसि।
तेन सिंहीकरोत्येतानसिंहश्चेदिपुङ्गवः ॥ २.६३.९ ॥
As long as the sleeping lion, the unfallen one, does not wake, they do not wake; this you already know, and you wish to praise them. If he is not a lion, then by that he makes these into lions, O best of men.
2.63.10
पार्थिवान्पार्थिवश्रेष्ठ शिशुपालोऽल्पचेतनः ।
सर्वान्सर्वात्मना तात नेतुकामो यमक्षयम् ॥ २.६३.१० ॥
O best of kings, Śiśupāla of little understanding wishes wholeheartedly to lead all these kings, dear one, to the abode of Yama.
2.63.11
नूनमेतत्समादातुं पुनरिच्छत्यधोक्षजः ।
यदस्य शिशुपालस्य तेजस्तिष्ठति भारत ॥ २.६३.११ ॥
Surely the unconquered one desires to take this back again, for, O descendant of Bharata, the lustre of this Śiśupāla still remains.
2.63.12
विप्लुता चास्य भद्रं ते बुद्धिर्बुद्धिमतां वर ।
चेदिराजस्य कौन्तेय सर्वेषां च महीक्षितम् ॥ २.६३.१२ ॥
Good fortune to you, O best of the wise: his understanding too is confounded. O son of Kuntī, so too is the understanding of the king of Cedi and of all the rulers of the earth.
2.63.13
आदातुं च नरव्याघ्रो यं यमिच्छत्ययं तदा ।
तस्य विप्लवते बुद्धिरेवं चेदिपतेर्यथा ॥ २.६३.१३ ॥
And whomever the tiger among men then desires to take, his understanding becomes confused, just as that of the lord of the Cedis.
2.63.14
चतुर्विधानां भूतानां त्रिषु लोकेषु माधवः ।
प्रभवश्चैव सर्वेषां निधनं च युधिष्ठिर ॥ २.६३.१४ ॥
O Yudhiṣṭhira, in the three worlds Mādhava is the origin of all beings of the fourfold kind, and their end as well.
2.63.15
इति तस्य वचः श्रुत्वा ततश्चेदिपतिर्नृपः ।
भीष्मं रूक्षाक्षरा वाचः श्रावयामास भारत ॥ २.६३.१५ ॥
Having heard these words of his, then the king, lord of the Cedis, uttered harsh words to Bhīṣma, O Bhārata.