Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 3.120
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3.120.1
प्रभासतीर्थमासाद्यपाण्डवा वृष्णयस्तथा ।
किमकुर्वन्कथाश्चैषां कास्तत्रासंस्तपोधन ॥ ३.१२०.१ ॥
Having reached the Prabhāsa holy ford, what did the Pāṇḍavas and the Vṛṣṇis do there, and what were their conversations, O wealth-of-austerity?
3.120.2
ते हि सर्वे महात्मानः सर्वशास्त्रविशारदाः ।
वृष्णयः पाण्डवाश्चैव सुहृदश्चपरस्परम् ॥ ३.१२०.२ ॥
They were all great-souled and expert in all the scriptures: the Vṛṣṇis and the Pāṇḍavas, friends to one another.
3.120.3
प्रभासतीर्थं संप्राप्य पुण्यं तीर्थं महोदधेः ।
वृष्णयः पाण्डवान्वीराः परिवार्योपतस्थिरे ॥ ३.१२०.३ ॥
Having reached the sacred ford of Prabhāsa at the great ocean, the heroic Vṛṣṇis surrounded the Pāṇḍavas and attended upon them.
3.120.4
ततो गोक्षीरकुन्देन्दुमृणआलरजतप्रभः ।
वनमाली हली रामो बभाषे पुष्करेक्षणम् ॥ ३.१२०.४ ॥
Then Rāma the plough-bearer, radiant as cow's milk, jasmine, the moon, lotus-stalk and silver, garlanded with wild flowers, spoke to the lotus-eyed one.
3.120.5
न कृष्ण धर्मश्चरितो भवाय ।
जन्तोरधर्मश्च पराभवाय।
युधिष्ठिरो यत्रजटी महात्मा ।
वनाश्रयः क्लिश्यति चीरवासाः ॥ ३.१२०.५ ॥
Krishna, dharma practised does not bring prosperity to a living being, and adharma brings ruin. There the great-souled Yudhiṣṭhira, matted-haired and dwelling in the forest, clad in bark garments, suffers.
3.120.6
दुर्योधनश्चापि महीं प्रशास्ति ।
न चास्य भूमिर्विवरं ददाति।
धर्मादधर्मश्चरितो वरीया-
नितीव मन्येत नरोऽल्पबुद्धिः ॥ ३.१२०.६ ॥
Duryodhana too rules the earth, and the earth does not open a cleft for him. A man of little understanding might think that practising adharma is better than dharma.
3.120.7
शङ्का मिथः संजनिता नराणाम् ॥ ३.१२०.७ ॥
Doubt arose among men, one toward another.
3.120.8
अयं स धर्मप्रभवो नरेन्द्रो ।
धर्मे धृतः सत्यधृतिः प्रदाता।
चलेद्धि राज्याच्च सुखाच्च पार्थो ।
धर्मादपेतस्तु कथं विवर्धेत् ॥ ३.१२०.८ ॥
This lord of men is born of dharma, established in dharma, firm in truth, and a giver. Pārtha may indeed be moved from kingdom and happiness, but how could one who has turned away from dharma prosper?
3.120.9
कथं नु भीष्मश्च कृपश्च विप्रो ।
द्रोणश्च राजा च कुलस्य वृद्धः।
प्रव्राज्य पार्थान्सुमाप्नुवन्ति ।
धिक्पापबुद्धीन्भरतप्रधानान् ॥ ३.१२०.९ ॥
How indeed could Bhīṣma, the Brahmin Kṛpa, Droṇa, the king, and the elders of the family attain well-being after banishing the sons of Pṛthā? Shame upon you, chief among the Bharatas, evil-minded ones!
3.120.10
किंनाम वक्ष्यत्यवनिप्रधानः ।
पितृडन्समागम्य परत्र पापः।
पुत्रेषु सम्यक्वरितं मयेति ।
पुत्रानपापान्व्यपरोप्य राज्यात् ॥ ३.१२०.१० ॥
What will the chief of the earth say, meeting his forefathers in the next world—'I behaved rightly toward my sons'? Having removed the sinless sons from the kingdom, what will that sinful one say?
3.120.11
नासौ धिया संप्रति पश्यति स्म ।
किंनाम कृत्वाऽहमचक्षुरेवम्।
जातः पृथिव्यामिति पार्थिवेषु ।
प्रव्राज्यकौन्तेयमिति स्म राज्यात् ॥ ३.१२०.११ ॥
He no longer considers with his understanding—'What have I done, that I was born thus blind upon the earth among kings?' Having expelled the son of Kuntī from the kingdom, this is what he thought.
3.120.12
नूनं समृद्धान्पितृलोकभूमौ ।
चामीकराभान्क्षितिजान्प्रफुल्लान्।
विचित्रवीर्यस्य सुतः सपुत्रः ।
कृत्वा नृशंसं वत पश्यति स्म ॥ ३.१२०.१२ ॥
Surely, on the ground of the world of the ancestors, he, the son of Vicitravīrya, together with his sons, having committed a cruel deed, alas, was looking at the prosperous, gold-hued, horizon-risen, blossoming trees.
3.120.13
व्यूढोत्तरांसान्पृथुलोहिताक्षा-
निमाम्स्म पृच्छन्स शृणोति नूनम्।
प्रास्थापयद्यत्स वनं सशङ्को ।
युधिष्ठिरं सानुजमात्तशस्त्रम् ॥ ३.१२०.१३ ॥
Surely he used to ask about and hear of those broad-shouldered, broad red-eyed men; fearful, he had sent Yudhiṣṭhira, with his younger brothers and armed, into the forest.
3.120.14
योऽयं परषां पृतनां समृद्धां ।
निरायुधो दीर्घभुजो निहन्यात्।
श्रुत्वैव शब्दं हि वृकोदरस्य ।
मुञ्चन्ति सैन्यानि शकृत्समूत्रम् ॥ ३.१२०.१४ ॥
This one, long-armed, even unarmed, could slay the mighty army of the enemies; upon hearing merely the sound of Vṛkodara (Bhīma), the armies void their dung and urine.
3.120.15
स क्षुत्पिपासाध्वकृशस्तरस्वी ।
समेत्य नानायुधबाणपाणिः।
वने स्मरन्वासमिमं सुघोरं ।
शेषं न कुर्यादिति निश्चितं मे ॥ ३.१२०.१५ ॥
That swift one, emaciated by hunger, thirst and the road, having come back with weapons and arrows in hand, remembering this most terrible exile in the forest, will surely not leave the remainder of us alive—this is my certain conviction.
3.120.16
न ह्यस् वीर्येण बलेन कश्चि-
त्समः पृथिव्यामपि विद्यतेऽन्यः।
स शीतवातातपकर्शिताङ्गो ।
न शेषमाजावसुहृत्सु कुर्यात् ॥ ३.१२०.१६ ॥
For no other on earth is equal to him in valor and strength; even with a body emaciated by cold, wind and sun, he would leave nothing remaining of the enemies in battle.
3.120.17
प्राच्यां नृपानेकरथेन जित्वा ।
वृकोदरः सानुचरान्रणेषु।
स्वस्त्यागमद्योऽतिरथस्तरस्वी ।
सोयं वने क्लिश्यति चीरवासाः ॥ ३.१२०.१७ ॥
Having conquered many kings in the east with a single chariot, and having returned safely from battles with his followers, that great charioteer, swift and mighty Vṛkodara, now suffers in the forest, clad in bark garments.
3.120.18
यः सिन्धुकूले व्यजयन्नृदेवा-
न्समागतान्दाक्षिणात्यान्महीपान्।
तं पश्यतेमं सहदेवमद्य ।
तरस्विनं तापसवेषरूपम् ॥ ३.१२०.१८ ॥
Behold this mighty Sahadeva today in the guise of an ascetic, he who conquered the southern lords of men, the kings who had gathered on the bank of the Sindhu.
3.120.19
यः पार्थिवानेकरथेन वीरो ।
दिशं प्रतीचीं प्रत्नियुद्धशौण्डः।
जिग्ये रणे तं नकुलं वनेऽस्मि-
न्संपश्यतैनं मलदिग्धगात्रम् ॥ ३.१२०.१९ ॥
Behold in this forest Nakula, that hero who, with a single chariot, conquered the kings of the western quarter in battle, skilled in the ancient arts of war; his body is smeared with dirt.
3.120.20
सत्रे समृद्धेऽतिरथस्य राज्ञो ।
वेदीतलादुत्पतिता सुता या।
सेयं वने वासमिमं सुदुःखं ।
कथं सहत्यद्य सती सुखार्हा ॥ ३.१२०.२० ॥
That daughter who arose from the altar's floor at the prosperous sacrifice of the great charioteer king, that virtuous woman worthy of happiness, how does she bear today this most painful dwelling in the forest?
3.120.21
त्रिवर्गमुख्यस् समीरणस्य ।
देवेश्वरस्याप्यथवाऽश्विनोश्च।
एषां सुराणां तनयाः कथंनु ।
वने चरन्त्यस्तसुखाः सुखार्हाः ॥ ३.१२०.२१ ॥
Sons of Vāyu, chief of the threefold dharma, or of the lord of the gods, or of the Aśvins; these sons of the gods, worthy of happiness, bereft of joy, how do they wander in the forest?
3.120.22
जिते हि धर्मस्य सुते सभार्ये ।
सभ्रातृके सानुचरे निरस्ते।
दुर्योधने चापि विवर्धमाने ।
कथं न सीदत्यवनिः सशैला ॥ ३.१२०.२२ ॥
Since the son of Dharma has been conquered, cast out with his wife, brothers and followers, while Duryodhana flourishes, why does the earth with its mountains not sink down?