Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 3.237
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3.237.1
एवं वने वर्तमाना नराग्र्याः ।
शीतोष्णवातातपकर्शिताङ्गाः।
सरस्तदासाद्यवनं च पुण्यं ।
ततः परंकिमकुर्वन्त पार्थाः ॥ ३.२३७.१ ॥
Thus dwelling in the forest, the foremost of men, their bodies worn down by cold, heat, wind and sun, having reached that sacred forest and lake, what further did the sons of Pṛthā do?
3.237.2
सरस्तदासाद्य तु पाण्डुपुत्रा ।
जनं समुत्सृज्य विधाय चेष्टम्।
वनानि रम्याण्यथ पर्वतांश्च ।
नदीप्रदेशांश्च तदा विचेरुः ॥ ३.२३७.२ ॥
Having reached that lake, the sons of Pāṇḍu left the people behind, arranged their affairs, and then wandered through delightful forests, mountains and river regions.
3.237.3
तथा वने तान्वसतः प्रवीरान् ।
स्वाध्यायवन्तश्च तपोधनाश्च।
अभ्याययुर्वेदविदः पुराणा-
स्तान्पूजयामासुरथो नराग्र्याः ॥ ३.२३७.३ ॥
So, while those valiant heroes dwelt in the forest, ancient sages devoted to Vedic study, rich in asceticism and learned in the Vedas, came to them, and the foremost of men honoured them.
3.237.4
ततः कदाचित्कुशलः कथासु ।
विप्रोऽभ्यगच्छद्भुवि कौरवेयान्।
स तैः समेत्याथ यदृच्छयैव ।
वैचित्रवीर्यं नृपमभ्यगच्छत् ॥ ३.२३७.४ ॥
Then once, a brahmin skilled in tales came to the Kauravas upon the earth; having met them, he by chance went to the king, the son of Vicitravīrya.
3.237.5
अथोपविष्टः प्रतिसत्कृतश्च ।
वृद्धेन राज्ञा कुरुसत्तमेन।
प्रचोदितः संकथयांबभूव ।
धर्मानिलेन्द्रप्रभवान्यमौ च ॥ ३.२३७.५ ॥
Then, seated and honoured by the aged king, foremost of the Kurus, urged on by him, he began to recount the sons born of Dharma, Vāyu and Indra, and the twins.
3.237.6
कृशांश्च वातातपकर्शिताङ्गान् ।
दुःखस्य चोग्रस् मुखे प्रपन्नान्।
तां चाप्यनाथामिव वीरनाथां ।
कृष्णां परिक्लेशगुणेन युक्ताम् ॥ ३.२३७.६ ॥
He saw them thin, their bodies worn by wind and sun, fallen into the jaws of fierce sorrow, and Kṛṣṇā, as if unprotected though heroes were her protectors, endowed with the quality of extreme affliction.
3.237.7
ततः कथास्तस्य निशम्य राजा ।
वैचित्रवीर्यः कृपयाऽभितप्तः।
वने तथा पार्थिवपुत्रपौत्रा-
ञ्श्रुत्वा तथा दुःखनदींप्रपन्नान् ॥ ३.२३७.७ ॥
Then, having heard his accounts, King Vaicitravīrya (Dhṛtarāṣṭra), deeply pained with pity, having heard likewise of the king's sons and grandsons in the forest fallen into the river of sorrow.
3.237.8
प्रोवाच दैन्याभिहतान्तरात्मा ।
निश्वासवातोपहतस्तदानीम्।
वाचं कथंचित्स्थिरतामुपेत्य ।
तत्सर्वमात्मप्रभवं विचिन्त्य ॥ ३.२३७.८ ॥
He spoke, his inner self struck by despondency, stricken by the wind of sighs at that time; having somehow attained steadiness, and having pondered all that which arose from himself.
3.237.9
कथंनु सत्यः शुचिरार्यवृत्तः ।
श्रेष्ठः सुतानां मम धर्मराजः।
अजातशत्रुः पृथिवीतले स्म ।
शेते पुरा राङ्कवकूटशायी ॥ ३.२३७.९ ॥
How, indeed, does Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira), the truthful, pure one of noble conduct, the best of my sons, free of enemies, who formerly slept on a couch of rāṅkava skins, now lie upon the bare earth?
3.237.10
प्रबोध्यते मागधसूतपुत्रै-
र्नित्यं स्तुवद्भिः स्वयमिन्द्रकल्पः।
पतत्रिसङ्घैः स जघन्यरात्रे ।
प्रबोध्यते नूनमिलातलस्थः ॥ ३.२३७.१० ॥
Awakened daily by the praising bards, the Māgadhas and sons of charioteers, he who was like Indra himself; now, in the last watch of the night, surely he is awakened by flocks of birds, lying upon the earth.
3.237.11
कथंनु वातातपकर्शिताङ्गो ।
वृकोदरः कोपपरिप्लुताङ्गः।
शेते पृथिव्यामतथोचिताङ्गः ।
कृष्णासमक्षं वसुधातलस्थः ॥ ३.२३७.११ ॥
How does Vṛkodara, his limbs worn by wind and sun, his limbs overwhelmed by anger, lie on the earth, his limbs unfit for such a state, lying on the ground before Kṛṣṇā?
3.237.12
तथाऽर्जुनः सुकुमारो मनस्वी ।
वशे स्थितो धर्मसुतस्य राज्ञः।
विदूयमानैरिव सर्वगात्रै-
र्ध्रुवं न शेते वसतीरमर्षात् ॥ ३.२३७.१२ ॥
Likewise Arjuna, tender and high-minded, remains under the control of the king, the son of Dharma; yet as if all his limbs were tormented, surely from indignation he does not sleep in his dwelling.
3.237.13
यमौ च कृष्णां च युधिष्ठिरं च ।
भीमं च दृष्ट्वा सुखविप्रयुक्तान्।
विनिःश्वसन्सर्प इवोग्रतेजा ।
ध्रुवं न शेते वसतीरमर्षात् ॥ ३.२३७.१३ ॥
Seeing the twins, Kṛṣṇā, Yudhiṣṭhira and Bhīma deprived of happiness, he of fierce brilliance, sighing deeply like a serpent, surely from indignation does not sleep in his dwelling.
3.237.14
तथा यमौ चाप्यसुखौ सुखार्हौ ।
समृद्धरीपावमरौ दिवीव।
प्रजागरस्थौ ध्रुवमप्रशान्तौ ।
क्रोधेन सत्येन च वार्यमाणौ ॥ ३.२३७.१४ ॥
Likewise the twins also, unhappy though worthy of happiness; the enemies are enriched and like gods in heaven. Surely those two lie awake, restless, restrained by anger and by truth.
3.237.15
समीरणेनाथ समो बलेन ।
समीरणस्यैवसुतो बलीयान्।
स धर्मपासेन सितोऽग्रजेन ।
ध्रुवं विनिःश्वस्य सहत्यमर्षम् ॥ ३.२३७.१५ ॥
Then he, equal to the wind in strength, the very son of the wind-god, stronger still, bound by the noose of Dharma, bound by his elder brother, surely sighing deeply endures the indignation.
3.237.16
स चापिभूमौ परिवर्तमानो ।
वधं सुतानां मम काङ्क्षमाणः।
सत्येन धर्मेण च वार्यमाणः ।
कालंप्रतीक्षत्यधिको रणेऽन्यैः ॥ ३.२३७.१६ ॥
He, rolling upon the ground, desiring the death of my sons, though restrained by truth and dharma, waits for the time when he may prevail over the others in battle.
3.237.17
अजातशत्रौ तु जिते निकृत्या ।
दुःशासनो यत्परुषाण्यवोचत्।
तानि प्रविष्टानि वृकोदराङ्गं ।
दहन्ति कक्षाग्निरिवेन्धनानि ॥ ३.२३७.१७ ॥
When Ajātaśatru was defeated by deceit, the harsh words that Duḥśāsana spoke entered Bhīma's body and burn him, as a forest fire burns fuel.
3.237.18
न पापकं ध्यास्यति धर्मपुत्रो ।
धनंजयश्चाप्यनुवर्त्स्यते तम्।
अरण्यवासेन विवर्धते तु ।
भीमस्य कोपोऽग्निरिवानिलेन ॥ ३.२३७.१८ ॥
The son of Dharma will not think of evil, and Dhanaṃjaya will also follow him; but through forest exile Bhīma's anger grows, as fire is kindled by the wind.
3.237.19
स तेन कोपेन विदीर्यमाणः ।
करं करेणाभिनिपीड्यवीरः।
विनिःश्वसत्युष्णमतीव घोरं ।
दहन्निवेमां मम पुत्रसेनाम् ॥ ३.२३७.१९ ॥
Torn apart by that anger, the hero presses hand against hand and breathes out fiercely hot, terrible breaths, as if burning up this army of my sons.
3.237.20
गाण्डीवधन्वा च वृकोदरश्च ।
संरम्भिणावन्तककालकल्पौ।
न शेषयेतां युधि शत्रुसेनां ।
शरान्किरन्तावनिप्रकाशान् ॥ ३.२३७.२० ॥
Arjuna, wielder of the Gāṇḍīva bow, and Vṛkodara, both enraged, like Death and Time, will leave no remnant of the enemy army in battle, scattering arrows that seem to cover the earth.
3.237.21
दुर्योधनः शकुनिः सूतपुत्रो ।
दुःशासनश्चापि सुमन्दचेताः।
मधु प्रपश्यन्ति न तु प्रपातं ।
वृकोदरं चैव धनंजयं च ॥ ३.२३७.२१ ॥
Duryodhana, Śakuni, the charioteer's son, and Duḥśāsana too are of very foolish mind. They see the honey, but not the fall; they do not see Vṛkodara and Dhanaṃjaya.
3.237.22
शुभाशुभं कर्म नरोहि कृत्वा ।
प्रतीक्षतेचेत्स फलंविपाके।
सतेन युज्यत्यवशः फलेन ।
मोक्षः कथं स्यात्पुरुषस्य तस्मात् ॥ ३.२३७.२२ ॥
If a man, having performed a good or bad action, waits for its fruit when it ripens, he is bound, powerless, to that fruit. How then could a man attain liberation?
3.237.23
क्षेत्रे सुकृष्टे ह्युपिते च बीजे ।
देवेच वर्षत्यृतुकालयुक्तम्।
न स्यात्फलंतस्य कुतः प्रसिद्धि-
रन्यत्रदैवादिति नास्ति हेतुः ॥ ३.२३७.२३ ॥
A seed sown in a well-ploughed field, with the god (rain) pouring down in due season, yet bearing no fruit: apart from fate, whence could its success come? There is no other cause.
3.237.24
कृतं मताक्षेण यथा न साधु ।
साधुप्रवृत्तेन च पाण्डवेन।
मया च दुष्पुत्रवशानुगेन ।
कृतः कुरूणामयमन्तकालः ॥ ३.२३७.२४ ॥
What was done by the one of the dice-eye was not good; and I, following the will of my wicked sons, and the Pāṇḍava of righteous conduct, have brought this time of death upon the Kurus.
3.237.25
ध्रुवं प्रशाम्यत्यसमीरितोऽग्नि-
र्ध्रुवं प्रजास्यत्युत गर्भिणी या।
ध्रुवं दिनादौ रजनीप्रणाश-
स्तथा क्षपादौ च दिनप्रणाशः ॥ ३.२३७.२५ ॥
A fire not stirred surely goes out; she who is pregnant surely gives birth; at the start of day the destruction of night is certain, and likewise at the start of night the destruction of day.
3.237.26
कृतेच कस्मान्न परेच कुर्यु-
र्दत्ते च दद्युः पुरुषाः कथंस्वित्।
प्राप्यार्थकालं च भवेदनर्थः ।
कथंचन स्यादितितत्कुतः स्यात् ॥ ३.२३७.२६ ॥
Why should others not do what has been done? And once a gift is given, how could men give again? When the time of purpose arrives, how could loss come about? How could that happen, and from where would it come?
3.237.27
कथं न भिद्येत न च स्रवेत ।
न च प्रसिच्येदितिरक्षितव्यम्।
अरक्ष्यमाणं शतधा प्रकीर्ये-
द्भ्रुवं न नाशोऽस्ति कृतस्य लोके ॥ ३.२३७.२७ ॥
How might it not break, nor leak, nor spill? Therefore it must be guarded. Unguarded, it would be scattered in a hundred ways. Surely there is no destruction of what has been done in the world.
3.237.28
गतो ह्यरण्यादपिशक्रलोकं ।
धनंजयः पशय्त वीर्यमस्य।
अस्त्राणि दिव्यानि चतुर्विधानि ।
ज्ञात्वा पुनर्लोकमिमं प्रपन्नः ॥ ३.२३७.२८ ॥
Indeed, Dhanaṃjaya went from the forest even to the world of Indra. Behold his valour. Having learned the divine weapons of four kinds, he returned again to this world.
3.237.29
स्वर्गं हि गत्वा सशरीर एव ।
को मानुषः पुनरागन्तुमिच्छेत्।
अन्यत्रकालोपहताननेका-
न्समीक्षमाणस्तुकुरून्मुमूर्षून् ॥ ३.२३७.२९ ॥
Who, having gone to heaven even in the body, would wish to come back again? Yet, looking upon the many Kurus struck down by time, who desire to die, he returned.
3.237.30
धनुर्ग्राहश्चार्जुनः सव्यसाची ।
धनुश्च तद्गाण्डिवं भीमवेगम्।
अस्त्राणि दिव्यानि च तानि तस्य ।
त्रयस्य तेजः प्रसहेत कोऽत्र ॥ ३.२३७.३० ॥
Arjuna the bowman, the left-handed archer, that bow Gāṇḍīva of terrible speed, and his divine weapons — who here could withstand the power of these three?
3.237.31
निशम्य तद्वचनं पार्थिवस्य ।
दुर्योधनं रहिते सौबलोऽथ।
अबोधयत्कर्णमुपेत्य सर्वं ।
स चाप्यहृष्टोऽभवदल्पचेताः ॥ ३.२३७.३१ ॥
Having heard those words of the king, Saubala then went privately to Duryodhana and explained everything to Karṇa. But he too was not pleased, for his mind was small.