Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 3.252
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3.252.1
प्रायोपविष्टं राजानं दुर्योधनममर्षणम् ।
उवाच सान्त्वयन्राजञ्शकुनिः सौबलस्तदा ॥ ३.२५२.१ ॥
Śakuni, son of Subala, then spoke, consoling King Duryodhana, who sat down to fast unto death, unforgiving and resentful: "O king..."
3.252.2
सम्यगुक्तं हि कर्णेन तच्छ्रुतं कौरव त्वया ।
मया हृतां श्रियं स्फीतां तां मोहादपहासि किम् ॥ ३.२५२.२ ॥
Karṇa spoke rightly, and you heard it, O Kaurava. Why, out of delusion, do you laugh at that vast prosperity I have seized?
3.252.3
त्वमबुद्ध्या नृपवर प्राणानुत्स्रष्टुमिच्छसि ।
अद्य वाऽप्यवगन्छामि न वृद्धाः सेवितास्त्वया ॥ ३.२५२.३ ॥
O best of kings, through folly you wish to give up your life. Today I perceive that you have not attended upon the elders.
3.252.4
यः समुत्पतितं हर्षं दैन्यं वा न नियच्छति ।
स नश्यति श्रियं प्राप्य पात्रमाममिवाम्भसि ॥ ३.२५२.४ ॥
He who does not restrain rising joy or dejection perishes even after obtaining fortune, like an unbaked vessel in water.
3.252.5
अतिभीरुं मृदुं क्लीबं दीर्घसूत्रं प्रमादिनम् ।
व्यसनाद्विषयाक्रान्तं न भजन्ति नृपं श्रिताः ॥ ३.२५२.५ ॥
Those who depend upon a king who is extremely timid, soft, unmanly, procrastinating, negligent, and overcome by calamity and sense-objects do not serve him.
3.252.6
सत्कृतस्य हि ते शोको विपरीते कथं भवेत् ।
मा कृतं शोभनं पार्थैः शोकमालम्ब्य नाशय ॥ ३.२५२.६ ॥
You have been honoured; how then could grief come to you in the reverse of fortune? Do not, by clinging to grief, destroy the good done by the sons of Pṛthā.
3.252.7
यत्र हर्षस्त्वया कार्यः सत्कर्तव्याश्च पाण्डवाः ।
तत्र शोचसि राजेन्द्रविपरीतमिदं तव ॥ ३.२५२.७ ॥
Where you should rejoice and honour the Pāṇḍavas, there, O lord of kings, you grieve; this is reversed for you.
3.252.8
प्रसीदमा त्यजात्मानं तुष्टश्च सुकृतं स्मर ।
कप्रयच्छ राज्यं पार्थानां यशो धर्ममवाप्नुहि।
क्रियामेतां समाज्ञाय कृतघ्नो न भविष्यसि ॥ ३.२५२.८ ॥
Be gracious, do not abandon yourself; be content and remember your good deeds. Give the kingdom to the sons of Pṛthā, obtain fame and dharma. Understanding this act, you will not be ungrateful.
3.252.9
सौभ्रात्रं पाण्डवैः कृत्वा समवस्ताप्य चैव तान् ।
पित्र्यं राज्यं प्रयच्छैषां ततः सुखमवाप्स्यसि ॥ ३.२५२.९ ॥
Having made brotherly harmony with the Pāṇḍavas and allayed their grief, give them their paternal kingdom; then you will obtain happiness.
3.252.10
शकुनेस्तु वचः श्रुत्वा दुःशासनमवेक्ष्य च ।
पादयोः पतितं वीरं विकृतं भ्रातृसौहृदात् ॥ ३.२५२.१० ॥
Having heard Śakuni's words and seen Duḥśāsana, the hero fallen at his feet, distorted by brotherly affection.
3.252.11
बाहुभ्यां साधुजाताभ्यां दुःशासनमरिंदमम् ।
उत्थाप्य संपरिष्वज्य प्रीत्याऽजिघ्रत मूर्धनि ॥ ३.२५२.११ ॥
Lifting Duḥśāsana, the subduer of foes, with his well-formed arms, embracing him, he affectionately kissed him on the head.
3.252.12
कर्णसौबलयोश्चापि संश्रुत्य वचनान्यसौ ।
निर्वेदं परमं गत्वा राजा दुर्योधनस्तदा।
व्रीडयाऽभिपरीतात्मा नैराश्यमगमत्परम् ॥ ३.२५२.१२ ॥
Having heard the words of Karṇa and Saubala, King Duryodhana then fell into utmost despondency; his mind overwhelmed with shame, he sank into the deepest despair.
3.252.13
सुहृदां चैव तच्छ्रुत्वा समन्युरिदमब्रवीत् ।
न धर्मधनसौख्येन नैश्वर्येण न चाज्ञया ॥ ३.२५२.१३ ॥
Hearing this from his friends, he spoke in anger: "Not by dharma, nor by wealth, nor by pleasure, nor by sovereignty, nor by command."
3.252.14
नैव भोगैश्च मे कार्यं मा विहन्यत गच्छत ।
निश्चितेयं मम मतिः स्थिता प्रायोपवेशने ॥ ३.२५२.१४ ॥
I have no need of enjoyments. Do not be ruined; go. My resolve is firm: I remain in the fast unto death.
3.252.15
गच्छध्वं नगरं सर्वे पूज्याश्च गुरवो मम ।
त एवमुक्ताः प्रत्यूच् राजानमरिमर्दनम् ॥ ३.२५२.१५ ॥
"Go, all of you, to the city; my venerable elders are there." Thus addressed, they replied to the king, the crusher of foes.
3.252.16
या गतिस्तव राजेन्द्र साऽस्माकमपि भारत ।
कथं वा संप्रवेक्ष्यामस्त्वद्विहीनाः पुरं वयम् ॥ ३.२५२.१६ ॥
"Whatever your course is, that too is ours, O lord of kings, O Bhārata. How could we, bereft of you, enter the city?"
3.252.17
स सुहृद्भिरमात्यैश्च भातृभिः स्वजनेन च ।
बहुप्रकारमप्युक्तो निश्चयान्न व्यचाल्यत ॥ ३.२५२.१७ ॥
Though urged in many ways by friends, ministers, brothers and kinsmen, he did not waver from his resolve.
3.252.18
दर्भास्तरणमास्तीर्य निश्चयाद्धृतराष्ट्रजः ।
संस्पृश्यापः शुचिर्भूत्वा भूतले समुपस्थितः ॥ ३.२५२.१८ ॥
Resolved, the son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra spread a bed of kuśa grass, touched water, purified himself, and sat down upon the ground.
3.252.19
कुशचीराम्बरधरः परं नियममास्थितः ।
वाग्यतो राजशार्दूलः स स्वर्गगतिकाम्यया ॥ ३.२५२.१९ ॥
Clad in garments of kuśa grass and bark, holding to the supreme vow, speech restrained, that tiger among kings, desiring the path to heaven.
3.252.20
मनसोपचितिं कृत्वा निरस् च बहिःक्रियाः ।
तस्थौप्रायोपवेशेऽथमतिं कृत्वा सुनिश्चयाम् ॥ ३.२५२.२० ॥
Having gathered merit in his mind and cast off external rites, he stood in the resolve to fast unto death, his resolve firmly made.
3.252.21
अथ तं निश्चयं तस्य बुद्ध्वा दैतेयदानवाः ।
पातालवासिनो रौद्राः पूर्वं देवैर्विनिर्जिताः ॥ ३.२५२.२१ ॥
Then, knowing his resolve, the Daityas and Dānavas dwelling in the netherworld, fierce ones once defeated by the gods.
3.252.22
ते स्वपक्षक्षयं तं तु ज्ञात्वा दुर्योधनस्य वै ।
आह्वानाय तदा चक्रुः कर्म वैतानसंभवम् ॥ ३.२५२.२२ ॥
Knowing that Duryodhana's side was doomed to destruction, they then performed the rite born of the sacred fire to summon him.
3.252.23
बृहस्पत्युशनोक्तैश्च मन्त्रैर्मन्त्रविशारदाः ।
अथर्ववेदप्रोक्तैश्च याश्चौपनिषदाः क्रियाः।
मन्त्रजप्यसमायुक्तास्तास्तदा समवर्तयन् ॥ ३.२५२.२३ ॥
With the mantras taught by Bṛhaspati and Uśanas, the masters of mantra, and with the rites taught in the Atharva Veda and the Upaniṣads, joined with the recitation of mantras, they then performed them.
3.252.24
जुह्वत्यग्नौ हविः क्षीरं मन्त्रवत्सुसमाहिताः ।
ब्राह्मणा वेदवेदाङ्गपारगाः सुदृढव्रताः ॥ ३.२५२.२४ ॥
Brahmins versed in the Vedas and Vedāṅgas, firm in their vows, well-composed, offering oblations of ghee and milk into the fire according to the mantras.
3.252.25
अध्वर्यवो दानवानां कर्म प्रावर्तयंस्ततः ॥ ३.२५२.२५ ॥
Then the adhvaryu priests set in motion the rite of the Dānavas.
3.252.26
कर्मसिद्धौ तदा तत्र जृम्भमाणा महाद्भुता ।
कृत्या समुत्थिता राजन्किं करोमीति चाब्रवीत् ॥ ३.२५२.२६ ॥
When the rite was accomplished, a very marvelous female creature, the kṛtyā, arose there, yawning, O king, and said: "What shall I do?"
3.252.27
आहुर्दैत्याश्च तां तत्र सुप्रीतेनान्तरात्मना ।
प्रायोपविष्टं राजानं धार्तराष्ट्रमिहानय ॥ ३.२५२.२७ ॥
Then the Daityas, greatly pleased in their inner selves, said to her: "Bring here the king, son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, who sits there in fasting unto death."
3.252.28
तथेति च प्रतिश्रुत्य सा कृत्या प्रययौ तदा ।
निमेषादगमच्चापि यत्र राजा सुयोधनः ॥ ३.२५२.२८ ॥
Saying "So be it," and having given her word, the kṛtyā then set out, and in a moment she arrived where King Suyodhana was.
3.252.29
समादाय च राजानं प्रविवेश रसातलम् ।
दानवानां मुहूर्ताच्च पुरतस्तं न्यवेदयत् ॥ ३.२५२.२९ ॥
Taking up the king, she entered Rasātala, the netherworld, and within a moment presented him before the Dānavas.
3.252.30
तमानीतं नृपं दृष्ट्वा रात्रौ संगत्य दानवाः ।
प्रहृष्टमनसः सर्वे किंचिदुत्फुल्ललोचनाः ॥ ३.२५२.३० ॥
Assembling at night, all the Dānavas, seeing the king brought there, were with gladdened minds and somewhat wide-opened eyes.
3.252.31
दृढमेनं परिष्यज्य दृष्ट्वा च कुशलं तदा ।
साभिमानमिदं वाक्यं दुर्योधनमथाब्रुवन् ॥ ३.२५२.३१ ॥
Having embraced him firmly and seen that he was well, they then spoke these words to Duryodhana with pride.