Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 3.259
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3.259.1
दुर्योधनं मोक्षयित्वा पाण्डुपुत्रा महाबलाः ।
किमकार्षुर्वने तस्मिंस्तन्ममाख्यातुमर्हसि ॥ ३.२५९.१ ॥
After freeing Duryodhana, what did the mighty sons of Pāṇḍu do in that forest? You ought to tell me that.
3.259.2
ततः शयानं कौन्तेयं रात्रौ द्वैतवन मृगाः ।
स्वप्नान्ते दर्शयामासुर्बाष्पकण्ठा युधिष्ठिरम् ॥ ३.२५९.२ ॥
Then, at night in the Dvaita forest, as Kaunteya Yudhiṣṭhira lay sleeping, the deer, their throats choked with tears, appeared to him at the end of a dream.
3.259.3
तानब्रवीत्स राजेन्द्रो वेपमानान्कृताञ्जलीन् ।
ब्रूत यद्वक्तुकामाः स्थ के भवन्तः किमिष्यते ॥ ३.२५९.३ ॥
The lord of kings said to them, trembling, standing with palms joined: 'Speak what you wish to say. Who are you, and what is it that you desire?'
3.259.4
एवमुक्ताः पाण्डवेन कौन्तेयेन यशस्विना ।
प्रत्यब्रुवन्मृगास्तत्रहतशेषा युधिष्ठिरम् ॥ ३.२५९.४ ॥
Thus addressed by the famous Pāṇḍava, Kaunteya, the deer that had survived the slaughter there answered Yudhiṣṭhira.
3.259.5
वयं मृगा द्वैतवने हतशिष्टास्तु भारत ।
नोत्सीदेम महाराज क्रियतां वासपर्ययः ॥ ३.२५९.५ ॥
We are the deer of the Dvaita forest, the survivors of the slaughter, O descendant of Bharata. Great king, we do not wish to perish; let our dwelling be changed.
3.259.6
भवन्तो भ्रातरः शूराः सर्व एवास्त्रकोविदाः ।
कुलान्यल्पावशिष्टानि कृतवन्तो वनौकसाम् ॥ ३.२५९.६ ॥
You are all valiant brothers, all skilled in the use of weapons; yet you have left the families of us forest-dwellers very few.
3.259.7
बीजभूता वयं केचिदवशिष्टा महामते ।
विवर्धेमहि राजेन्द्र प्रसादात्ते युधिष्ठिर ॥ ३.२५९.७ ॥
O great-minded one, some of us remain like seed. O lord of kings Yudhiṣṭhira, by your grace we may grow again.
3.259.8
तान्वेपमानान्वित्रस्तान्बीजमात्रावशेषितान् ।
मृगान्दृष्ट्वा सुदुःखार्तो धर्मराजो युधिष्ठिरः ॥ ३.२५९.८ ॥
Seeing those trembling, terrified deer, left only as seed, Yudhiṣṭhira, the king of dharma, was deeply distressed with grief.
3.259.9
तांस्तथेत्यब्रवीद्राजा सर्वभूतहिते रतः ।
यथा भवन्तो ब्रुवते करिष्यामि च तत्तथा ॥ ३.२५९.९ ॥
The king, delighting in the welfare of all beings, said to them: "As you say, so I will do."
3.259.10
इत्येवं प्रतिबुद्धः स रात्र्यन्ते राजसत्तमः ।
अब्रवीत्सहितान्भ्रातॄन्दयापन्नो मृगान्प्रति ॥ ३.२५९.१० ॥
Thus awakened at the end of the night, that best of kings, moved by compassion, spoke to his brothers, gathered together, concerning the deer.
3.259.11
उक्तो रात्रौ मृगैरस्मि स्वप्नान्ते हतशेषितैः ।
तनुभूताः स्म भद्रं ते दया नः क्रियतामिति ॥ ३.२५९.११ ॥
"In the night, at the end of a dream, I was addressed by the deer, the remnant of the slain: 'We are reduced to a remnant. May good come to you; let compassion be shown to us.'"
3.259.12
ते सत्यमाहुः कर्तव्या दयाऽस्माभिर्वनौकसाम् ।
साष्टमासं हि नो वर्षं यदेनानुपयुंक्ष्महे ॥ ३.२५९.१२ ॥
They spoke truly: "Compassion must be shown by us toward the forest-dwellers, for our year is only eight months, and in it we make use of them."
3.259.13
पुनर्वहुमृगं रम्यं काम्यकं काननोत्तमम् ।
तत्रेमां वसतिं शिष्टां विहरन्तो रमेमहि ॥ ३.२५९.१३ ॥
Again to Kāmyaka, delightful and abounding in deer, the best of forests. There, roaming in this remaining dwelling, let us take our delight.
3.259.14
ततस्ते पाण्डवाः शीघ्रं प्रययुर्धर्मकोविदाः ॥ ३.२५९.१४ ॥
Then those Pāṇḍavas, well versed in dharma, quickly set out.
3.259.15
ब्राह्मणैः सहिता राजन्ये च तत्रसहोषिताः ।
इन्द्रसेनादिभिश्चैव प्रेष्यैरनुगतास्तदा ॥ ३.२५९.१५ ॥
Accompanied by brahmins, by the kshatriyas who had dwelt together with them there, by Indrasena and the others, and followed by their servants, they then set out.
3.259.16
ते यात्वा सुसुखैर्मार्गैः स्वन्नैः शुचिजलान्वितैः ।
ददृशुः काम्यकं पुण्यमाश्रमं तापसान्वितम् ॥ ३.२५९.१६ ॥
Having traveled by very pleasant paths, abundant in food and endowed with pure water, they saw the sacred hermitage of Kāmyaka, filled with ascetics.
3.259.17
विविशुस्ते स्म कौरव्या वृता विप्रर्षभैस्तदा ।
तद्वनं भरतश्रेष्ठाः स्वर्गं सुकृतिनो यथा ॥ ३.२५९.१७ ॥
Then the descendants of Kuru, best of the Bharatas, surrounded by excellent brahmins, entered that forest, as the righteous enter heaven.