Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 3.249
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3.249.1
अजानतस्ते राधेय नाभ्यसूयाम्यहं वचः ।
जानासि त्वं जिताञ्शत्रून्गन्धर्वां स्तेजसा मया ॥ ३.२४९.१ ॥
Son of Rādhā, I do not take offence at your words, spoken in ignorance. You know that I conquered the Gandharvas, those enemies, by my own valour.
3.249.2
आयोधितास्तु गन्धर्वाः सुचिरं सोदरैर्मम ।
मया सह महाबाहो कृतश्चोभयतः क्षयः ॥ ३.२४९.२ ॥
The Gandharvas fought my brothers for a long time. O mighty-armed one, with me joined in, there was destruction on both sides.
3.249.3
मायाधिकास्त्वयुध्यन्त यदा शूरा वियद्गताः ।
तदा नो न समं युद्धमभवत्खेचरैः सह ॥ ३.२४९.३ ॥
But when those heroes, superior in illusion, rose into the sky, our battle was no longer equal with those sky-wanderers.
3.249.4
पराजयं च प्राप्ताः स्मो रणे बन्धनमेव च ।
सभृत्यामात्यपुत्राश्च सदारबलवाहनाः।
उच्चैराकाशमार्गेण ह्रियमाणाः सुदुःखिताः ॥ ३.२४९.४ ॥
We were defeated in battle and bound, and with our servants, ministers, sons, wives, troops and vehicles, we were carried loudly through the path of the sky, deeply distressed.
3.249.5
अथ नः सैनिकाः केचिदमात्याश्च महारथाः ।
उपगम्याब्रुवन्दीनाः पाण्डवाञ्शरणप्रदान् ॥ ३.२४९.५ ॥
Then some of our soldiers, ministers and great chariot-warriors, in their wretchedness, approached the Pandavas, the givers of refuge, and spoke to them.
3.249.6
एष दुर्योधनो राजा धार्तराष्ट्रः सहानुजः ।
सामात्यदारो ह्रियते गन्धर्वैर्दिवमाश्रितैः ॥ ३.२४९.६ ॥
Here is King Duryodhana, son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, being carried off with his younger brothers, ministers and wife by the Gandharvas who have taken refuge in the sky.
3.249.7
तं मोक्षयत भद्रं वः सहदारं नराधिपम् ।
परामर्शो मा भविष्यत्कुरुदारेषु सर्वशः।
इत्यब्रुवन्रणआन्मुक्ता धर्मराजमुपागताः ॥ ३.२४९.७ ॥
"Release that king together with his wife; may good befall you. Let there be no dishonour whatsoever upon the wives of the Kurus." Having said this, freed from the battle, they came to Dharmarāja.
3.249.8
एवमुक्ते तु धर्मात्मा ज्येष्ठः पाण्डुसुतस्तदा ।
प्रसाद्य सोदरान्सर्वानाज्ञापयत मोक्षणे ॥ ३.२४९.८ ॥
When this had been said, the righteous-souled eldest son of Pāṇḍu, having appeased all his brothers, then commanded their release.
3.249.9
अथागम्य तमुद्देशं पाण्डवाः पुरुषर्षभाः ।
सान्त्वपूर्वमयाचन्त शक्ताः सन्तो महारथाः ॥ ३.२४९.९ ॥
Then the Pāṇḍavas, bulls among men, great charioteers, having gone to that place, first with conciliation begged of them, though they were able.
3.249.10
यदा चास्मान्न मुमुचुर्गन्धर्वाः सान्त्विता अपि ।
आकाशचारिणो वीरा नदन्तो जलदा इव ॥ ३.२४९.१० ॥
When the Gandharvas, though conciliated, would not release us — heroes moving in the sky, roaring like clouds —
3.249.11
ततोऽर्जुनश्च भीमश्च यमजौ च बलोत्कटौ ।
मुमुचुः शरवर्षाणि गन्धर्वान्प्रत्यनेकशः ॥ ३.२४९.११ ॥
Then Arjuna and Bhīma, and the twins, exceedingly strong, released showers of arrows against the Gandharvas, many times over.
3.249.12
अथ सर्वे रणं मुक्त्वा प्रयाताः खेचरा दिवम् ।
अस्मानेवाभिकर्षन्तो दीनान्मुदितमानसाः ॥ ३.२४९.१२ ॥
Then all the sky-wanderers, abandoning the battle, departed for heaven, drawing us wretched ones toward themselves with glad hearts.
3.249.13
ततः समन्तात्पश्यामः शरजालेन वेष्टितम् ।
अमानुषाणि चास्त्राणि प्रयुञ्जानं घनंजयम् ॥ ३.२४९.१३ ॥
Then on all sides we saw him enveloped in a net of arrows, Dhanaṃjaya employing superhuman weapons.
3.249.14
समावृता दिशो दृष्ट्वा पाण्डवेन शितैः शरैः ।
धनंजयसखाऽऽत्मानं दर्शयामास वै तदा ॥ ३.२४९.१४ ॥
Seeing all the directions covered by the Pāṇḍava's sharp arrows, the friend of Dhanaṃjaya then revealed himself.
3.249.15
चित्रसेनः पाण्डवेन समाश्लिष्य परस्परम् ।
कुशलं परिपप्रच्छ तैः पृष्टश्चाप्यनामयम् ॥ ३.२४९.१५ ॥
Citrasena embraced the Pāṇḍava and asked after his welfare, and they too asked after his health.
3.249.16
ते समेत्य तथाऽन्योन्यं सन्नाहान्विप्रमुच्य च ।
एकीभूतास्ततो वीरा गन्धर्वाः सह पाण्डवैः ॥ ३.२४९.१६ ॥
Having thus met one another and cast off their armour, the heroic Gandharvas became one with the Pāṇḍavas.
3.249.17
परस्परं समागम्य प्रीत्या परमया युतौ ।
अपूजयेतामन्योन्यं चित्रसेनधनंजयौ ॥ ३.२४९.१७ ॥
Having met one another and joined in supreme affection, Citrasena and Dhanaṃjaya honoured each other.