Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 2.76
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2.76.1
अनुभूय तु राज्ञस्तं राजसूयं सुदुर्मतिः ।
युधिष्ठिरस्य शकुनिर्दुर्योधसुसंयुतः ॥ २.७६.१ ॥
Having witnessed that Rājasūya sacrifice of King Yudhiṣṭhira, the very wicked-minded Śakuni joined with Duryodhana.
2.76.2
विवेश हास्तिनपुरं दुर्योधनमतेन सः ।
वाढमित्येव शकुनिर्दृढं हृदि चकार ह ॥ २.७६.२ ॥
By Duryodhana's counsel he entered Hāstinapura; and Śakuni, saying 'very well, so be it,' firmly resolved in his heart.
2.76.3
अस्वस्थतां चतां दृष्ट्वा धार्तराष्ट्रस्य पापकृत् ।
भारतानां च दुष्टात्मा क्षयाय हि नृपक्षयः ॥ २.७६.३ ॥
Seeing the unease and anxiety of Dhṛtarāṣṭra's son, the evil-doing, wicked-souled one planned the destruction of kings, for the ruin of the Bhāratas.
2.76.4
प्रियकृन्मतमाज्ञाय पूर्वं दुर्योधनस्य तत् ।
प्रज्ञाचक्षुषमासीनं शकुनिः सौबलस्तदा ॥ २.७६.४ ॥
Having first understood that plan of Duryodhana, the pleasing Śakuni, son of Subala, was then seated before the king with knowing eyes (the blind Dhṛtarāṣṭra).
2.76.5
दुर्योधनवचः श्रुत्वा धृतराष्ट्रं जनाधिपम् ।
उपगम्य महाप्राज्ञं शकुनिर्वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥ २.७६.५ ॥
Having heard the words of Duryodhana, Śakuni approached Dhṛtarāṣṭra, the great-wise lord of the people, and spoke these words.
2.76.6
दुर्योधनो महाराज विवर्णो हरिणः कृशः ।
दीनश्चिन्तापरश्चैव तं विद्धि मनुजाधिप ॥ २.७६.६ ॥
Duryodhana, great king, is pale, faded and emaciated, dejected and absorbed in worry — know this, lord of men.
2.76.7
न वै परीक्षसे सम्यगसह्यं शत्रुसंभवम् ।
ज्येष्ठपुत्रस्य हृच्छोकं किमर्थं नावबुध्यसे ॥ २.७६.७ ॥
You do not carefully examine the unbearable sorrow born of enemies in the heart of your eldest son; why do you not perceive it?
2.76.8
एवमुक्तः शकुनिना धृतराष्ट्रो जनेश्वरः ।
दुर्योधनं समाहूयं इदं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥ २.७६.८ ॥
Thus addressed by Śakuni, Dhṛtarāṣṭra, lord of men, summoned Duryodhana and spoke these words.
2.76.9
दुर्योधन कृतोमूलं भृशमार्तोऽसि पुत्रक ।
श्रोतव्यश्चेन्मया सोऽर्थो ब्रूहि मे कुरुनन्दन ॥ २.७६.९ ॥
Duryodhana, my son, you are greatly afflicted, and there is a cause for it. If it is fit for me to hear, tell me that matter, joy of the Kurus.
2.76.10
अयं त्वां शकुनिः प्राह विवर्णं हरिमं कृशम् ।
चिन्तयंश्च न पश्यामि शोकस्य तव सम्भवम् ॥ २.७६.१० ॥
This Śakuni tells you that you have turned pale and wasted. Though I ponder it, I do not see the source of your grief.
2.76.11
ऐश्वर्यं हि महत्पुत्र त्वयि सर्वं प्रतिष्ठितम् ।
भ्रातरः सुहृदश्चैव नाचरन्ति तवाप्रियम् ॥ २.७६.११ ॥
Son, all great sovereignty is established in you. Your brothers and friends also do nothing displeasing to you.
2.76.12
आच्छादयसि प्रावारानश्नासि पिशितौदनम् ।
आजानेया वहन्त्यश्वाः केनासि हरिणः कृशः ॥ २.७६.१२ ॥
You wrap yourself in fine cloaks, you eat rice with meat, and thoroughbred horses carry you; why, then, are you pale and thin?
2.76.13
शयनानि महार्हाणि योषितश्च मनोरमाः ।
गुणवन्ति च वेश्मानि विहाराश्च यथासुखम् ॥ २.७६.१३ ॥
There are beds of great worth, lovely women, excellent dwellings, and pleasure-grounds where you may enjoy as you wish.
2.76.14
देवनामिव ते सर्वं वाचि बद्धं न संशयः ।
स दीन इव दुर्धर्ष कस्माच्छोचसि पुत्रक ॥ २.७६.१४ ॥
As with the gods, all things are bound in your word; there is no doubt. Why do you grieve like a wretch, O unassailable son?
2.76.15
मात्रा पित्रा च पुत्रस्य यद्वै कार्यं परं स्मृतम् ।
प्राप्तस्त्वमसि तत्तात निखिलां नः कुलश्रियम् ॥ २.७६.१५ ॥
The supreme duty that mother and father declare for a son, that you have attained, dear son; you are the whole glory of our family.
2.76.16
उपस्थितः सर्वकामैस्त्रिदिवे वासवो यथा ।
विविधैरन्नपानैश्च प्रवरैः किं नु शोचसि ॥ २.७६.१६ ॥
As Indra in heaven is attended with every desire, so you are attended with diverse excellent food and drink. Why then do you grieve?
2.76.17
निरुक्तं निगमं छन्दः षडङ्गान्यस्त्रशास्त्रवान् ।
अधीती कृतविद्यस्त्वं दशव्याकरणैः कृपात् ॥ २.७६.१७ ॥
You have studied the nirukta, the Veda, metre, and the six limbs of the Veda, and you are versed in the science of weapons; you have become accomplished in learning, with the ten grammars, from Kṛpa.
2.76.18
हलायुधात्कृपाद्द्रोणादस्त्रविद्यामधीतवान् ।
भ्राताज्येष्ठः स्थितो राज्ये किमु शोचसि पुत्रक ॥ २.७६.१८ ॥
From Balarāma the plough-wielder, from Kṛpa and from Droṇa you have studied the science of weapons; your elder brother stands established in the kingdom. Why then do you grieve, my son?
2.76.19
पृथग्जनैरलभ्यं यदशनाच्छादनं बहु ।
प्रभुः सन्भुञ्जसे पुत्र संस्तुतः सूतमागधैः ॥ २.७६.१९ ॥
Food and clothing, abundant and beyond the reach of common people, you enjoy as lord, my son, while bards and panegyrists praise you.
2.76.20
तस्य ते विदितप्रज्ञ शोकमूलमिदं कथम् ।
लोकेस्मिञ्ज्येष्ठभागन्यस्तन्ममाचक्ष्व पृच्छतः ॥ २.७६.२० ॥
O wise one, what is the root of this grief of yours? In this world the share of the eldest was entrusted to me; tell me, who asks.
2.76.21
तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा मन्दः क्रोधवशानुगः ।
पितरं प्रत्युवाचेदं स्वमतिं सम्प्रकाशयन् ॥ २.७६.२१ ॥
Hearing his words, the foolish one, swayed by anger, spoke to his father, revealing his own mind.
2.76.22
अश्नाम्याच्छादये चाहं यथा कुपुरुषस्तथा ।
अमर्षं धारये चोग्रं निनीषुः कालपर्ययम् ॥ २.७६.२२ ॥
I eat and I clothe myself, as a base man does, and I bear fierce resentment, wishing to pass the course of time.
2.76.23
अमर्षणः स्वाः प्रकृतीरभिभूय परं स्थितः ।
क्लेशान्मुमुक्षुः परजान्स वै पुरुष उच्यते ॥ २.७६.२३ ॥
He who, resentful, stands supreme after subduing his own subjects, and wishes to be freed from the afflictions born of others, is indeed called a man.
2.76.24
सन्तोषो वै श्रियं हन्ति ह्यभिमानं च भारत ।
अनुक्रोशभये चोभे यैर्वृतो नाश्नुते महत् ॥ २.७६.२४ ॥
Contentment indeed destroys prosperity and pride, O Bhārata; the man enveloped by both compassion and fear does not attain greatness.
2.76.25
न मां प्रीणाति मद्भुक्तं श्रियं दृष्ट्वा युधिष्ठेरे ।
अतिज्वलन्तीं कौन्तेये विवर्णकरणीं मम ॥ २.७६.२५ ॥
Seeing that splendor blazing so intensely in Yudhiṣṭhira, the food I eat does not gladden me; it makes my face pale.
2.76.26
नृद्व्यतोत्मानं हीयमानं निशाम्य च ।
अदृश्यामपि कौन्तेय श्रियं पश्यन्निवोद्यताम् ॥ २.७६.२६ ॥
Seeing myself diminished, and seeing the splendor of Kaunteya rising as though it were unseen…
2.76.27
तस्मादहं विवर्णश्च दीनश्च हरिमः कृशः ।
अष्टाशीतिसहस्राणि स्नातका गृहमेधिनः ॥ २.७६.२७ ॥
Therefore I grow pale, wretched, and thin. Eighty-eight thousand graduates, householders…
2.76.28
त्रिंशद्दासीक एकैको यान्बिभर्ति युधिष्ठिरः ।
दशान्यानि सहस्राणि यतीनामूर्ध्वरेतसाम्।
भुञ्जते रुक्मपात्रीभिर्युधिष्ठिरनिवेशने ॥ २.७६.२८ ॥
Yudhiṣṭhira supports each one of them with thirty maidservants; and ten thousand other ascetics of upward-directed seed eat from golden vessels in Yudhiṣṭhira's dwelling.
2.76.29
कदलीमृगमोकानि कृष्णश्यामारुणानि च ।
काम्भोजः प्राहिणोत्तस्मै परार्ध्यानपि कम्बलान्।
गजयोषिद्गवाश्वस्य शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः ॥ २.७६.२९ ॥
Deerskins of the kadalī and mṛga kinds, black, dark, and red; and the king of Kāmboja sent him most precious woolen blankets, elephants, women, cattle and horses by the hundreds and thousands.
2.76.30
शतं चोष्ट्रवामीनां शतानि विचरन्त्युत ।
राजन्या बलिमादाय समेता हि नृपक्षये ॥ २.७६.३० ॥
A hundred she-camels, and hundreds more roam about; the kings came together bringing tribute, indeed at the great sacrifice of kings.
2.76.31
पृथग्विधानि रत्नान पार्थिवाः पृथिवीपते ।
आहरन्क्रतुमुख्येऽस्मिन्कुन्तीपुत्राय भूरिशः ॥ २.७६.३१ ॥
O lord of the earth, at this foremost sacrifice the kings brought jewels of many kinds in abundance for the son of Kuntī.
2.76.32
न क्वचिद्धि मया तादृग्दृष्टपूर्वो न च श्रुतः ।
यादृग्धनागमो यज्ञे पाण्डुपुत्रस्य धीमतः ॥ २.७६.३२ ॥
Never before have I seen or heard of such an inflow of wealth as came to the sacrifice of the wise son of Pāṇḍu.
2.76.33
असत्यं चेदिदं सर्वं सञ्जयं प्रष्टुमर्हसि ।
अपर्यन्तं धनौघं तं दृष्ट्वा शत्रोरहं नृप।
शर्म नैवाभिगच्छामि चिन्तयानो विशाम्पते ॥ २.७६.३३ ॥
If all this is untrue, you should ask Sañjaya. O king, having seen that boundless flood of wealth belonging to my enemy, I find no peace, brooding on it, O lord of the people.
2.76.34
ब्रह्मणा वाटधानाश्च गोमन्तः शतसङ्घशः ।
त्रिखर्वं बलिमादाय द्वारि तिष्ठन्ति वारिताः ॥ २.७६.३४ ॥
The Vāṭadhānas and the Gomantas, given by Brahmā, stand at the gate in hundreds of troops, held back, having brought a tribute of three kharvas.
2.76.35
कमण्डलूनुपादाय जातरूपमयाञ्शुभान् ।
त्रैखर्वाः प्रतिवेद्यास्मै लेभिरेऽथ प्रवेशनम् ॥ २.७६.३५ ॥
Taking up fine water-pots made of gold, the three-kharva men announced themselves to him and then obtained entry.
2.76.36
यथैव मधु शक्राय धारयन्त्यमरस्त्रियटः ।
तदस्मै कांस्यमाहार्षीद्वारुणं कलशोदधिः ॥ २.७६.३६ ॥
Just as the celestial women hold mead for Indra, so the ocean of pots brought for him Varuṇa's bronze vessel.
2.76.37
शङ्खप्रवरमादाय वासुदेवोऽभिषिक्तवान् ।
शक्यं रुक्मसहस्रस्य बहुरत्नविभूषितम् ॥ २.७६.३७ ॥
Taking the excellent conch, Vāsudeva anointed it and presented it, worth a thousand gold pieces and adorned with many jewels.
2.76.38
दृष्ट्वा च मम तत्सर्वं ज्वररूपमिवाभवत् ।
गृहीत्वा तत्तु गच्छन्ति समुद्रौ पूर्वदक्षिणौ ॥ २.७६.३८ ॥
Seeing all that, it became for me as if a fever had come upon me. Taking that wealth, they go toward the two oceans, the eastern and the southern.
2.76.39
तथैव पश्चिमं यान्ति गृहीत्वा भरतर्षभ ।
त्तरं तु न गच्छन्ति विना तात पतत्रिणः।
तत्र गत्वाऽर्जुनो दण्डमाजहारामितं धनम् ॥ २.७६.३९ ॥
In the same way they carry it to the western ocean too, O bull of the Bharatas. But, dear father, without birds they do not go to the north. Having gone there, Arjuna brought back immeasurable wealth as tribute.
2.76.40
कृतां बैन्दुसरै रत्नैर्मयेन स्फाटिकच्छदाम् ।
अपश्यं नलिनीं पूर्णामुदकस्येव भारत ॥ २.७६.४० ॥
I saw a lotus-pond made by Maya with bindu-gems and jewels, roofed with crystal, filled with water, O Bharata.
2.76.41
उत्कर्षन्तं च वासश्च प्राहसन्मां वृकोदरः ।
किङ्कराश्च सभापाला जहसुर्भरतर्षभ ॥ २.७६.४१ ॥
As I lifted my garment, Vṛkodara laughed at me, and the servants and the hall-attendants also laughed, O bull of the Bharatas.
2.76.42
पित्रोरर्थे विशेषेण प्रावृण्वं तत्र जीवितम् ।
तत्र त्म यदि शक्तः स्यां घातयेयं वृकोदरम् ॥ २.७६.४२ ॥
For the sake of my parents especially, there I covered over my life. If I had the power, I would have killed Vṛkodara.
2.76.43
सपत्नेनापहासो हि स मां दहति भारत ॥ २.७६.४३ ॥
O Bhārata, that mockery by a rival indeed burns me.
2.76.44
तत्र स्फाटिकतोयां हि स्फाटिकाम्बुजशोभिताम् ।
सभां पुष्करिणीं मत्वा पतितोऽस्मि नराधिप ॥ २.७६.४४ ॥
There, taking that assembly hall, adorned with crystal water and crystal lotuses, to be a lotus pool, I fell, O lord of men.
2.76.45
तत्र मामहसद्भीमः सह पार्थेन सस्वरम् ।
द्रौपदी चसह स्त्रीभिः पातयन्ती मनो मम ॥ २.७६.४५ ॥
There Bhīma, together with Arjuna, laughed loudly at me, and Draupadī, together with the women, made my mind fall.
2.76.46
क्लिन्नवस्त्रस्य च जले किङ्करा राजचोदिताः ।
ददुर्वासांसि मेऽन्यानि तच्च दुःखतरं मम ॥ २.७६.४६ ॥
While my garments were soaked in the water, the servants, urged by the king, gave me other garments, and that was even more painful for me.
2.76.47
अस्तम्भा इव तिष्ठन्ति स्तम्भा इव सहस्रशः ।
सोहं तत्राहतो राजन्स्फटिकाभ्यन्तरे विभो ॥ २.७६.४७ ॥
They stand as if pillarless, like thousands of pillars; there, O king, O mighty one, I was struck within that crystal chamber.
2.76.48
अद्वारेण विनिर्गच्छन्द्वारसंस्थानरूपिणा ।
अभिहत्य शिलां भूयो ललाटेनास्मि विक्षतः ॥ २.७६.४८ ॥
Going out through a non-door in the form of a door, I struck a stone again, and was wounded on the forehead.
2.76.49
आमृशन्निव तां दृष्ट्वा मार्गान्तरमुपाविशम् ।
इदं द्वारमिदं राजन्नद्वारमिति मां प्रति।
अद्भुतं प्रहसन्वाक्यं बभाषे स वृकोदरः ॥ २.७६.४९ ॥
As if touching it, I saw it and sat down on another path. "O king, this is a door, this is not a door" — saying this to me, laughing, Vṛkodara spoke wondrous words.
2.76.50
स्त्रियश्च तत्र मां दृष्ट्वा जहसुस्तादृशं नृप ।
सर्वं हासकरं तेषां सदस्यानां नरर्षभ ॥ २.७६.५० ॥
There, women too, seeing me, laughed in just that way. O best of men, everything those members of the assembly did caused laughter.
2.76.51
न श्रुतानि न दृष्टानि यानि रत्नान मे क्वचित् ।
तानि मे तत्र दृष्टानि तेन तप्तोस्मि दुःखितः ॥ २.७६.५१ ॥
Jewels that I had never heard of nor seen anywhere, I saw there. By this I am tormented and grieved.
2.76.52
हुताशनं प्रवेक्ष्यामि प्रवेक्ष्यामि महोदधिम् ।
सम्भावितस्य चाकीर्तिर्मरणादतिरिच्यते ॥ २.७६.५२ ॥
I will enter the fire, I will enter the great ocean. For one held in honor, disgrace is worse than death.
2.76.53
इदं चाद्भुतमत्रासीत्तन्मे निगदतः शृणु ॥ २.७६.५३ ॥
And this wondrous thing also happened there. Listen to me as I tell it.
2.76.54
पूर्णे शतसहस्रे तु विप्राणां भुञ्जतां सदा ।
स्थापितस्तत्र सञ्ज्ञार्थं शङ्खो ध्मायति नित्यसः ॥ २.७६.५४ ॥
When a hundred thousand brahmins were always eating, a conch was placed there as a signal, and it was blown constantly.
2.76.55
मुहुर्मुहुः प्रणदतस्तस्य शङ्खस्य भारत ।
अनिशं शब्दमश्रौषं ततो रोमाणि मेऽहृषन् ॥ २.७६.५५ ॥
O Bhārata, I heard the sound of that conch blown again and again without cease, and my hairs stood on end.
2.76.56
पार्थिवैर्बहुभिः कीर्णमुपस्थानं दिदृक्षुभिः ।
अशोभत महाराज नक्षत्रैर्द्यैरिवामला ॥ २.७६.५६ ॥
O great king, that assembly, crowded with many kings who had come to see it, shone like the spotless sky with its stars.
2.76.57
सर्वरत्नान्युपादाय पार्थिवा वै जनेश्वर ।
ज्ञे तस्य महाराज पाण्डुपुत्रस्य धीमतः ॥ २.७६.५७ ॥
O lord of men, the kings, bringing all kinds of jewels, went to that wise son of Pāṇḍu.
2.76.58
वैश्या इव महीपाला द्विजातिपरिवेषकाः ।
न सा श्रीर्देवराजस्य यमस्य वरुणस्य च।
गुह्यकाधिपतेर्वापि या श्री राजन्युधिष्ठिरे ॥ २.७६.५८ ॥
The kings were like merchants serving the twice-born. That splendour which is not even in Indra, king of the gods, nor in Yama, Varuṇa, or the lord of the Guhyakas, O king, is in Yudhiṣṭhira.
2.76.59
तां दृष्ट्वा पाण्डुपुत्रस्य श्रियं परमिक्रामहम् ।
शान्तिं न परिगच्छामि दह्यमानेन चेतसा ॥ २.७६.५९ ॥
Seeing that supreme splendour of the son of Pāṇḍu, I find no peace, my mind burning.
2.76.60
अप्राप्य पाण्डवैश्वर्यं शमो मम न विद्यते ।
अरीन्बाणैः शाययिष्ये शयिष्ये वा हतः परैः ॥ २.७६.६० ॥
Without obtaining the sovereignty of the Pāṇḍavas there is no peace for me. I will lay my enemies low with arrows, or I will lie down slain by my enemies.
2.76.61
एतादृशस्य मे किं तु जीवितेन परन्तप ।
वर्धन्ते पाण्डवा राजन्वयं हि स्थितवृद्धयः ॥ २.७६.६१ ॥
O tormentor of foes, what is the use of my life in such a state? O king, the Pāṇḍavas are growing, while we remain in stagnant prosperity.
2.76.62
यामेतामतुलां लक्ष्मीं दृष्टवानसि पाण्डवे ।
तस्याटः प्राप्तावुपायं मे शृणु सत्यपराक्रम ॥ २.७६.६२ ॥
Listen from me to the means of obtaining that incomparable splendour you have seen in the Pāṇḍava, O you of true valour.
2.76.63
अहमक्षेष्वभिज्ञोऽस्मि पृथिव्यामपि भारत ।
हृदयज्ञः पणज्ञश्च विशेषज्ञश्च देवने ॥ २.७६.६३ ॥
O Bhārata, I am skilled at dice even on earth; I know the heart, I know the stakes, and I am expert in the particulars of gambling.
2.76.64
द्यूतप्रियश्च कौन्तेयो न च जानाति देवितुम् ।
आहूतश्चैष्यति व्यक्तं नित्यमेवाह्वयत्स्वयम् ॥ २.७६.६४ ॥
The son of Kuntī, fond of dice, does not know how to play them; when invited he will surely come, for he himself is always issuing invitations.
2.76.65
नियतं तं विजेष्यामि कृत्वा तु कपटं विभो ।
आनयामि समृद्धिं तां दिव्यां चोपाह्वयस्व तम् ॥ २.७६.६५ ॥
O lord, by employing deceit I will surely defeat him and bring you that divine prosperity; now you must invite him in turn.
2.76.66
एवमुक्तः शकुनिना राजा दुर्योधनस्ततः ।
धृतराष्ट्रमिदं वाक्यमपदान्तरमब्रवीत् ॥ २.७६.६६ ॥
Thus addressed by Śakuni, King Duryodhana then spoke these words to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, speaking on another point.
2.76.67
अयमुत्सहते राजञ्श्रियमाहर्तुमक्षवित् ।
द्यूतेन पाण्डुपुत्रस्य तदनुज्ञातुमर्हसि ॥ २.७६.६७ ॥
O king, this one, skilled in dice, is eager to take away the royal fortune of Pāṇḍu's son by gambling; you ought to permit it.
2.76.68
क्षत्ता मन्त्री महाप्राज्ञः स्थितो यस्यास्मि शासने ।
तेन सङ्गम्य वेत्स्यामि कार्यस्यास्य विनिश्चयम् ॥ २.७६.६८ ॥
The steward, the wise counselor under whose command I stand, is Vidura; meeting with him I will learn the decision on this matter.
2.76.69
स हि धर्मं पुरस्कृत्य दीर्घदर्शी परं हितम् ।
उभयोटः पक्षयोर्युक्तं वक्ष्यत्यर्थविनिश्चयम् ॥ २.७६.६९ ॥
Placing dharma before him, far-seeing and intent on the highest welfare, he will declare a decision on the matter fitting for both sides.
2.76.70
निवर्तयिष्यति त्वाऽसौ यदि क्षत्ता समेष्यति ।
निवृत्ते त्वयि राजेन्द्र मरिष्येऽहमसंशयम् ॥ २.७६.७० ॥
If the steward comes to meet you, he will turn you back; and if you turn back, O lord of kings, I shall surely die.
2.76.71
स त्वं मयि मृते राजन्विदुरेण सुखी भव ।
भोक्ष्यसे पृथिवीं कृत्स्नां किं मया त्वं करिष्यसि ॥ २.७६.७१ ॥
O king, when I am dead, you be happy with Vidura; you will enjoy the whole earth. What will you do with me?
2.76.72
शम्पायन उवाच ।
आर्तवाक्यं तु तत्तस्य प्रणयोक्तं निशम्य सः।
धृतराष्ट्रोऽब्रवीत्प्रेष्यन्दुर्योधनमते स्थितः ॥ २.७६.७२ ॥
Hearing his words of distress spoken in affection, Dhṛtarāṣṭra, abiding by Duryodhana's counsel, spoke, intending to send (Vidura).
2.76.73
स्थूणासहस्रैर्बृहतीं शतद्वारां सभां मम ।
मनोरमां दर्शनीयामाशु कुर्वन्तुं शिल्पिनः ॥ २.७६.७३ ॥
Let the craftsmen quickly build for me a vast assembly hall with a thousand pillars and a hundred doors, delightful to the mind and pleasing to behold.
2.76.74
ततः संस्तीर्य रत्नैस्तां तक्ष्ण आनाय्य सर्वशः ।
सुकृतां सुप्रवेशां च निवेदयत मेऽशनैः ॥ २.७६.७४ ॥
Then, having spread it with jewels and brought carpenters, have it made well in every respect and easy to enter, and report to me soon.
2.76.75
दूर्योधनस्य शान्त्यर्थमिति निश्चित्य भूमिपः ।
धृतराष्ट्रो महाराज प्राहिणोद्विदुराय वै ॥ २.७६.७५ ॥
Having resolved thus for the peace of Duryodhana, O great king, the lord of the earth Dhṛtarāṣṭra indeed sent (word) to Vidura.
2.76.76
अपृष्ट्वा विदुरं स्वस्यन नासीत्कश्चिद्विनिश्चयः ।
द्यूते दोषांश्च जानन्स पुत्रस्नेहादकृष्यत ॥ २.७६.७६ ॥
Without asking Vidura, he had no firm decision of his own; knowing the faults of the dice game, he was yet drawn toward it out of affection for his sons.
2.76.77
तच्छ्रुत्वा विदुरो धीमान्कलिद्वारमुपस्थितम् ।
विनाशमुखमुत्पन्नं धृतराष्ट्रमुपाद्रवत् ॥ २.७६.७७ ॥
Hearing that, the wise Vidura, seeing the situation that had arisen as the gate of strife and the face of ruin, hastened to Dhṛtarāṣṭra.
2.76.78
सोऽभिगम्य महात्मानं भ्राता भ्रातरमग्रजम् ।
मूर्ध्ना प्रणम्य चरणाविदं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥ २.७६.७८ ॥
He went up to his elder brother, the great-souled one, bowed with his head, and at his feet spoke these words.
2.76.79
नाभिनन्दामि ते राजन्व्यवसायमिमं प्रभो ।
पुत्रैर्भेदो यथा न स्थाद्द्यूतहेतोस्तथा कुरु ॥ २.७६.७९ ॥
O king, O lord, I do not approve of this resolve of yours. Act so that no division arises among your sons because of the dice game.
2.76.80
क्षत्तः पुत्रेषु पुत्रैर्मे कलहो न भविष्यति ।
यदि देवाः प्रसादं नः करिष्यन्ति न संशयः ॥ २.७६.८० ॥
O Kṣattṛ, if the gods show their favor to us, there will be no quarrel among my sons with one another; of this there is no doubt.
2.76.81
अशुभं वा शुभं वापि हितं वा यदि वाऽहितम्। ॥ २.७६.८१ ॥
Whether it is inauspicious or auspicious, beneficial or harmful—
2.76.82
मयि सन्निहिते द्रोणे भीष्मे त्वयि च भारत ।
अनयो दैवविहितो न कथञ्चिद्भविष्यति ॥ २.७६.८२ ॥
O Bhārata, while I, Droṇa, Bhīṣma and you are present, no misfortune ordained by fate will come about in any way.
2.76.83
गच्छ त्वं रथमास्थाय हयैर्वातसमैर्जवे ।
खाण्डवप्रस्थमद्यैव समानय युधिष्ठिरम् ॥ २.७६.८३ ॥
Mount your chariot, go today with horses as swift as the wind to Khāṇḍavaprastha, and bring Yudhiṣṭhira back here.
2.76.84
न वाच्यो व्यवसायो मे विदुरैतद्ब्रवीमि ते ।
दैवमेव परं मन्ये येनैतदुपपद्यते ॥ २.७६.८४ ॥
O Vidura, do not speak of this resolve of mine to anyone—I tell you this. I hold that fate itself, by which this comes about, is supreme.
2.76.85
इत्युक्तो विदुरो धीमान्नेदमस्तीति चिन्तयन् ।
आपगेयं महाप्राज्ञमभ्यगच्छत्सुदुः खितः ॥ २.७६.८५ ॥
Thus addressed, the wise Vidura, thinking "This must not be," went, deeply distressed, to the very wise son of Gaṅgā, Bhīṣma.