Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 3.14
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3.14.1
असान्निध्यं कथं कृष्ण तवासीद्वृष्णिनन्दन ।
क्व चासीद्विप्रवासस्ते किंचाकार्षीः प्रवासतः ॥ ३.१४.१ ॥
Kṛṣṇa, delight of the Vṛṣṇis, how were you absent from us? Where was your sojourn abroad, and what did you do during that journey?
3.14.2
साल्वस्य नगरं सौभं गतोऽहं भरतर्षभ ।
निहन्तुं कौरवश्रेष्ठ तत्र मे शृणु कारणम् ॥ ३.१४.२ ॥
I went to Saubha, the city of Śālva, bull of the Bharatas, to slay him there, best of the Kauravas; hear the reason for it.
3.14.3
महातेजा महांवाहुर्यः स राजा महायशाः ।
दमघोषात्मजो वीरः शिशुपालो मया हतः ॥ ३.१४.३ ॥
Śiśupāla, the heroic son of Damaghoṣa, that king of great splendor, great arms and great fame, was slain by me.
3.14.4
यज्ञे ते भरतश्रेष्ठ राजसूयेऽर्हणां प्रति ।
स रोषवशमापन्नो नामृष्यत दुरात्मवान् ॥ ३.१४.४ ॥
At your Rājasūya sacrifice, best of the Bharatas, when honors were paid to you, that evil-minded man, overcome by anger, could not bear it.
3.14.5
श्रुत्वा तं निहतं साल्वस्तीव्ररोषसमन्वितः ।
उपायाद्द्वारकां शून्यामिहस्थे मयि भारत ॥ ३.१४.५ ॥
Having heard that he was slain, Śālva, filled with fierce anger, marched on the empty Dvārakā, O Bhārata, while I was not there.
3.14.6
स तत्र युद्धमकरोद्बालकैर्वृष्णिपुङ्गवैः ।
निवृत्तः कामगं सौभमारुह्यैव नृशंसवत् ॥ ३.१४.६ ॥
There he fought with the youthful bulls of the Vṛṣṇis; then, turning back like a cruel man, he mounted the Saubha, which goes at will, and departed.
3.14.7
चिरजीवी नृपः सोऽपि प्रसादात्पद्मजन्मनः ।
ततो वृष्णिप्रवीरांस्तान्बालान्हत्वा बहूंस्तदा।
पुरोद्यानानि सर्वाणि भेदयामास दुर्भतिः ॥ ३.१४.७ ॥
That king too is long-lived, by the grace of the lotus-born Brahmā. Then the evil-minded one killed many of the boys, the foremost heroes of the Vṛṣṇis, and destroyed all the city gardens.
3.14.8
उक्तवांश्च महाबाहो क्वासौ वृष्णिकुलाधमः ।
वासुदेवः स मन्दात्मा वसुदेवसुतो गतः ॥ ३.१४.८ ॥
And he said, O mighty-armed one, where has that lowest of the Vṛṣṇi clan gone, the dull-minded son of Vasudeva, Vāsudeva?
3.14.9
तस्य युद्धार्थिनो दर्पं युद्धेनाशयिताऽस्म्यहम् ।
आनर्ताः सत्यमाख्यात तत्र गन्ताऽस्मि यत्र सः ॥ ३.१४.९ ॥
I will crush the pride of that battle-seeking one in battle. O Ānartas, I tell you truly, I will go to wherever he is.
3.14.10
तं हत्वा विनिवर्तिष्ये कंसकेशिनिषूदनम् ।
अहत्वा न निवर्तिष्ये सत्येनायुधमालभे । ॥ ३.१४.१० ॥
Having killed him, the destroyer of Kaṃsa and Keśin, I will return. Without killing him I will not return; by truth I touch my weapon.
3.14.11
क्वासौ क्वासाविति पुनस्तत्रतत्र प्रधावति ।
मया सह रणे योद्धुं काङ्क्षमाणः स सौभराट् ॥ ३.१४.११ ॥
"Where is he? Where is he?" — calling out thus again and again, he rushes here and there. He is the lord of Saubha, who desires to fight with me in battle.
3.14.12
अद्यतं पापकर्माणं क्षुद्रं विश्वासघातिनम् ।
शिशुपालवधामर्षाद्गमयिष्ये यमक्षयम् ॥ ३.१४.१२ ॥
Today, out of anger at Śiśupāla's slaying, I will send that evil-doer, base betrayer of trust, to the abode of Yama.
3.14.13
मम पापस्वभावेन भ्राता येन निपातितः ।
शिशुपालो महीपालस्तं वधिष्ये महीतले ॥ ३.१४.१३ ॥
Because of his evil nature, he struck down my brother; that king Śiśupāla I will slay upon this earth.
3.14.14
भ्राता बालश्च राजा च न च संग्रामकोविदः ।
प्रमत्तश्च हतो वीरस्तं हनिष्ये जनार्दनम्। ॥ ३.१४.१४ ॥
My brother was a youth and a king, not skilled in battle; that heedless hero was slain. I will slay that Janārdana.
3.14.15
एकमादि महाराज विलप्यदिवमास्थितः ।
कामगेन स सौभेन क्षिप्त्वा मां कुरुनन्दन ॥ ३.१४.१५ ॥
Great king, first, lamenting, he mounted into the sky; then from the Saubha, which goes at will, O joy of the Kurus, he hurled himself upon me.
3.14.16
तमश्रौषमहं गत्वा यथा वृत्तः स दुर्मतिः ।
मयि कौरव्य दुष्टात्मा मार्तिकावतको नृपः ॥ ३.१४.१६ ॥
I went and heard how that ill-minded king, the wicked-souled Mārtikāvata, behaved toward me, O Kaurava.
3.14.17
ततोऽहमपि कौरव्य रोषव्याकुललोचनः ।
निश्चित्य मनसा राजन्वधायास्य मनो दधे ॥ ३.१४.१७ ॥
Then I too, O Kaurava, my eyes disturbed with anger, resolved in my mind, O king, and set my mind on slaying him.
3.14.18
आनर्तेषु विमर्दं च क्षेपं चात्मनि कौरव ।
प्रवृद्धमवलेपं च तस्य दुष्कृतकर्मणः ॥ ३.१४.१८ ॥
O Kaurava, the destruction wrought among the Ānartas, the insult to myself, and the swollen arrogance of that evil-doer.
3.14.19
ततः सौभवधायाहं प्रतस्थे पृथिवीपते ।
स मया सागरावर्ते दृष्ट आसीत्परीप्सता ॥ ३.१४.१९ ॥
Then, lord of the earth, I set out to slay Saubha. As I searched for him, I saw him in the whirlpool of the ocean.
3.14.20
ततः प्रध्माप्य जलजं पाञ्चजन्यमहे नृप ।
आहूय साल्वं समरे युद्धाय समवस्थितः ॥ ३.१४.२० ॥
Then, O king, I blew the conch Pāñcajanya, challenged Sālva to battle, and stood ready for combat.
3.14.21
तन्मुहूर्तमभूद्युद्धं तत्र मे दानवैः सह ।
शवीभूताश्च मे सर्वे भूतले च निपातिताः ॥ ३.१४.२१ ॥
There was a battle with the Dānavas that lasted a single moment, and all of them were reduced to corpses and struck down upon the ground.
3.14.22
एतत्कार्यं महाबाहो येनाहं नागमं तदा ।
श्रुत्वैव हास्तिनपुरे द्यूतं चाविनयोत्थितम्।
द्रुतमागतवान्युष्मान्द्रष्टुकामः सुदुःखितान् ॥ ३.१४.२२ ॥
O mighty-armed one, this was the task that kept me from coming then. Hearing in Hāstinapura of the dice game that arose from misconduct, and desiring to see you, so deeply grieved, I came swiftly.