Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 2.86
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2.86.1
एवं प्रवर्तिते द्यूते घोरे सर्वापहारिणि ।
सर्वसंशयनिर्मोक्ता विदुरो वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥ २.८६.१ ॥
Thus, when the dreadful dice-game that takes away everything had been set in motion, Vidura, who frees from all doubts, spoke these words.
2.86.2
महाराज विजानीहि यत्त्वां वक्ष्यामि भारत ।
मुमूर्षोरौषधमिव न रोचेतापि ते श्रुतम् ॥ २.८६.२ ॥
Great king, descendant of Bharata, understand what I will tell you; as medicine does not please one about to die, so this may not please you even when heard.
2.86.3
यद्वै पुरा जातमात्रो रुराव ।
गोमायुवद्विस्वरं पापचेताः।
दुर्योधनो भारतानां कुलघ्नः ।
सोऽयं युक्तो भवतां कालहेतुः ॥ २.८६.३ ॥
Duryodhana, who long ago, just born, howled with a harsh voice like a jackal, evil-minded destroyer of the family of the Bharatas, he is the cause of your destruction.
2.86.4
गृहे वसन्तं गोमायुं त्वं वै मोहान्न बुध्यसे ।
दुर्योधनस्य रूपेण शृणु काव्यां गिरं मम ॥ २.८६.४ ॥
You do not perceive, through delusion, the jackal dwelling in your house; it is in the form of Duryodhana. Listen to my wise words.
2.86.5
मधु वै माध्विको लब्ध्वा प्रपातं नैव बुध्यते ।
आरुह्य तं मज्जति वा पतनं चाधिगच्छति ॥ २.८६.५ ॥
A honey-drinker who obtains honey does not perceive the precipice; having climbed upon it, he sinks or meets his fall.
2.86.6
सोऽयं मत्तोऽक्षद्यूतेन मधुवन्न पीरक्षते ।
प्रपातं बुध्यते नैव वैरं कृत्वा महारथैः ॥ २.८६.६ ॥
This intoxicated one, through the dice-game, rejoices like one with honey and does not guard against the precipice; having made enmity with great chariot-warriors, he still does not perceive it.
2.86.7
विदितं मे महाप्राज्ञ भोजेष्वेवासमञ्जसम् ।
पुत्रं संत्यक्तवान्पूर्वं पौराणां हितकाम्यया ॥ २.८६.७ ॥
O very wise one, I know well that among the Bhojas, long ago, a son was abandoned out of desire for the citizens' welfare.
2.86.8
अन्धका यादवा भोजाः समेताः कंसमत्यजन् ।
नियोगात्तु हते तस्मिन्कृष्णेनामित्रघातिना ॥ २.८६.८ ॥
The Andhakas, Yādavas and Bhojas, assembled together, abandoned Kaṃsa; but when he was slain by Kṛṣṇa, the slayer of enemies, at their instigation…
2.86.9
एवं ते ज्ञातयः सर्वे मोदमानाः शतं समाः ।
त्वन्नियुक्तः सव्यसाची निगृह्णातु सुयोधनम् ॥ २.८६.९ ॥
Thus may all your kinsmen rejoice for a hundred years; let Savyasācī, appointed by you, subdue Suyodhana.
2.86.10
निग्रहादस्य पादस्य मोदन्तां कुरवः सुखम् ।
काकेनेमांश्चित्रवर्हाञ्शार्दूलान्क्रोष्टुकेन च।
क्रीणीष्व पाण्डवान्राजन्मा मज्जीः शोकसागरे ॥ २.८६.१० ॥
With the subduing of his foot, may the Kurus rejoice in happiness. As with a crow one might obtain the bright-plumed birds, and as with a jackal the tigers, buy back the Pāṇḍavas, O king; do not sink in the ocean of grief.
2.86.11
त्यजेत्कुलार्थे पुरुषं ग्रामस्यार्थे कुलं त्यजेत् ।
ग्रामं जनपदस्यार्थे आत्मार्थे पृथिवीं त्यजेत् ॥ २.८६.११ ॥
One should give up a person for the sake of the family; one should give up the family for the sake of the village; one should give up the village for the sake of the country; and for the sake of oneself, one should give up the earth.
2.86.12
सर्वज्ञः सर्वभावज्ञः सर्वशत्रुभयङ्करः ।
इति स्म भाषते काव्यो जम्भत्यागे महाऽसुरान् ॥ २.८६.१२ ॥
'All-knowing, knower of all states of being, terror to all enemies' — thus Kāvya (Uśanas) speaks to the great Asuras at the time of Jambha's abandonment.
2.86.13
हिरण्यष्ठीविनः कांश्चित्पक्षिणो वनगोचरान् ।
गृहे किल कृतावासाँल्लोभाद्राजा न्यपीडयत्।
स चोपभोगलोभान्धो हिरण्यार्थी परन्तप ॥ २.८६.१३ ॥
He tormented, out of greed, certain birds that spit gold, which roamed the forest and had made their dwelling in the house. And he, blinded by greed for enjoyment and desiring gold, O scorcher of foes,
2.86.14
आयतिं च तदात्वं च उभे सद्यो व्यनाशयत् ।
तदर्थकामस्तद्वत्त्वं माद्रुहः पाण्डवान्नृप ॥ २.८६.१४ ॥
He at once destroyed both the future and the present. O king, desiring their wealth, you likewise are hostile to the Pāṇḍavas, the sons of Mādrī.
2.86.15
मोहात्मा तप्स्यसे पश्चात्पत्रिहा पुरुषो यथा ।
जातञ्जातं पाण्डवेभ्यः पुष्पमादत्स्व भारत ॥ २.८६.१५ ॥
Deluded in mind, you will afterwards suffer like a man who has killed birds. O Bhārata, from the Pāṇḍavas take only the flower of each thing as it is born.
2.86.16
मालाकार इवारामे स्नेहं कुर्वन्पुनः पुनः ।
वृक्षानङ्गारकारीव मैनाद्याक्षीः समूलकान्।
मा गमः समुतामात्यः सबलश्च यमक्षयम् ॥ २.८६.१६ ॥
As a gardener in a garden tends with care again and again, do not, like a charcoal-maker, destroy the trees root and all. Do not go with your ministers and your army to the abode of Yama.
2.86.17
समवेतान्हि कः पार्थान्प्रतियुध्येत भारत ।
मरुद्भिः सहितो राजन्नपि साक्षान्मरुत्पतिः ॥ २.८६.१७ ॥
O Bhārata, who would fight against the sons of Pṛthā when they are united? O king, even the very lord of the Maruts, Indra, accompanied by the Maruts.
2.86.18
द्यूतं मूलं कलहस्याभ्युपैति ।
मिथो भेदं महते दारुणाय।
तदा स्थितोऽयं धृतराष्ट्रस्य पुत्रो ।
दुर्योधनः सृजते वैरमुग्रम् ॥ २.८६.१८ ॥
Gambling becomes the root of quarrel, and mutual division leads to terrible ruin. Then this son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, Duryodhana, brings forth a fierce enmity.
2.86.19
प्रातिपेयाः शान्तनवा भीमसेनाः सबाह्निकाः ।
दुर्योधनापराधेन कृच्छ्रं प्राप्स्यन्ति सर्वशः ॥ २.८६.१९ ॥
The descendants of Pratīpa and the sons of Śantanu, together with Bhīmasena's army and their cavalry and chariots, will suffer hardship in every way through the fault of Duryodhana.
2.86.20
दुर्योधनो मदेनैव क्षेमं व्यपोहति ।
विषाणं गौरिव मदात्स्वयमारुजतेत्मनः ॥ २.८६.२० ॥
Duryodhana, through pride alone, casts away his own welfare, just as a cow in its frenzy breaks off its own horn.
2.86.21
यश्चित्तमन्वेति परस्य राजन् ।
वीरः कविः स्वामवमत्य दृष्टिम्।
नावं समुद्र इव बालनेत्रा-
मारुह्य घोरे व्यसने निमज्जेत् ॥ २.८६.२१ ॥
O king, the hero and the wise man who follows another's mind and disregards his own judgment sinks into terrible calamity, like a man of foolish eyes who boards a boat on the ocean and sinks.
2.86.22
दुर्योधनो ग्लहते पाण्डवेन ।
प्रीयायसे त्वं जयतीति तच्च।
अतिनर्मा जायते संप्रहारो ।
यतो विनाशः समुपैति पुंसाम् ॥ २.८६.२२ ॥
Duryodhana plays dice against the Pāṇḍava, and you rejoice that he will win. From excessive jesting strife arises, and from it destruction draws near to men.
2.86.23
आकर्षस्तेऽवाक्फलः सुप्रणीतो ।
हृदि प्रौढो मन्त्रपदः समाधिः।
युधिष्ठिरेण कलहस्तवाय-
मचिन्तितोऽभिमतः स्वबन्धुना ॥ २.८६.२३ ॥
This dice game that has drawn you in will bring a bad outcome; this quarrel with Yudhiṣṭhira is a deliberate resolve firmly rooted in your heart, and it is what your own kinsman, unforeseen, desired.
2.86.24
प्रातिपेयाः शान्तनवाः शृणुध्वं ।
काव्यां वाचं संसदि कौरवाणाम्।
वैश्वानरं प्रज्वलितं सुघोरं ।
मा यास्यध्वं मन्दमनुप्रपन्नः ॥ २.८६.२४ ॥
Sons of Pratīpa, sons of Śāntanu, listen: in the assembly of the Kurus these are wise words. Do not fall, in folly, into the blazing and most dreadful fire.
2.86.25
यदा मन्युं पाण्डवोऽजातशत्रु-
र्न संयच्छेदक्षमदाभिभूतः।
वृकोदरः सव्यसाची यमौ च ।
कोऽत्र द्वीपः स्यात्तुमुले वस्तदानीम् ॥ २.८६.२५ ॥
When Ajātaśatru, the Pāṇḍava Yudhiṣṭhira, overcome by impatience, shall not restrain his anger, and Vṛkodara, Savyasācin and the twins are present, what refuge then will you have in that tumult?
2.86.26
महाराज प्रभवस्त्वं धनानां ।
पुरा द्यूतान्मनसा यावदिच्छेः।
बहुवित्तान्पाण्डवांश्चेज्जयस्त्वं ।
किं ते तत्स्याद्वसु विन्देह पार्थान् ॥ २.८६.२६ ॥
Great king, you are the master of wealth. If you win the Pāṇḍavas, rich in wealth, as much as you wished in your mind before the dice game, what would that wealth be to you? From the sons of Pṛthā you would obtain that wealth.
2.86.27
जानीमहे देवितं सौबलस्य ।
वेद द्यूते निकृतिं पार्वतीयः।
यतः प्राप्तः शकुनिस्तत्र यातु ।
मा यूयुधो भारत पाण्डवेयान् ॥ २.८६.२७ ॥
We know the dice-skill of the Saubala, Śakuni; the mountain-born Śakuni knows the trickery in dice. Let Śakuni go back to where he came from; O Bhārata, do not fight with the sons of Pāṇḍu.