Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 3.313
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3.313.1
नापदामस्ति मर्यादा न निमित्तं न कारणम् ।
धर्मस्तु विभजत्यर्थमुभयोः पुण्यपापयोः ॥ ३.३१३.१ ॥
There is no limit to calamities, no occasion and no cause. It is dharma that apportions the fruit of both merit and sin.
3.313.2
प्रातिकाम्यनयत्कृष्णां सभायां प्रेष्यवत्तदा ।
न मया निहतस्तत्रतेन प्राप्ताः स्म संशयम् ॥ ३.३१३.२ ॥
Prātikāmya then dragged Kṛṣṇā into the assembly like a servant. I did not kill him there, and so we have fallen into doubt.
3.313.3
वाचस्तीक्ष्णास्थिभेदिन्यः सूतपुत्रेण भाषिताः ।
अतितीव्रा मया क्षान्तास्तेन प्राप्ताः स्म संशयं ॥ ३.३१३.३ ॥
The sharp words spoken by the son of a charioteer, piercing to the bone and very fierce, I endured; and so we have fallen into doubt.
3.313.4
शकुनिस्त्वां यदाऽजैषीदक्षद्यूतेन भारत ।
स मया न हतस्तत्रतेन प्राप्ताः स्म संशयम् ॥ ३.३१३.४ ॥
O Bhārata, when Śakuni defeated you in the game of dice, I did not kill him there; and so we have fallen into doubt.
3.313.5
ततो युधिष्ठिरो राजा नकुलं वाक्यमब्रवीत् ।
आरुह्य वृक्षं माद्रेय निरीक्षस्व दिशो दश ॥ ३.३१३.५ ॥
Then King Yudhiṣṭhira said these words to Nakula: O son of Mādrī, climb the tree and look out over the ten directions.
3.313.6
पानीयमन्तिके पश्य वृक्षान्वाप्युदकाश्रयान् ।
एते हि भ्रातरः श्रान्तास्तव तात पिपासिताः ॥ ३.३१३.६ ॥
Look for water nearby, or for trees that stand by water. Dear child, these brothers of yours are weary and thirsty.
3.313.7
नकुलस्तु तथेत्युक्त्वा भ्रातुर्ज्येऽष्ठस्य शासनात् ।
तत उत्थाय मतिमाञ्शीघ्रमारुह्य पादपम्।
अब्रवीद्धांतरं ज्येष्मभिवीक्ष्य समन्ततः ॥ ३.३१३.७ ॥
Nakula, saying 'So be it', at the command of his eldest brother, rose, and the wise one quickly climbed a tree, looked all around, and spoke to his eldest brother.
3.313.8
पश्यामि बहुलान्राजन्वृक्षानुदकसंश्रयान् ।
सारसानां च निर्ह्रादस्तत्रोदकमसंशयम् ॥ ३.३१३.८ ॥
O king, I see many trees that rest upon water, and the cry of the cranes is heard; there is water there, without doubt.
3.313.9
ततोऽब्रवीत्सत्यधृतिः कुन्तीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः ।
गच्छ सौम्य ततः शीघ्रं तूणैः रपानीयमानय ॥ ३.३१३.९ ॥
Then Yudhiṣṭhira, son of Kuntī, steadfast in truth, said: 'Go, gentle one, and quickly bring water in the quiver.'
3.313.10
नकुलस्तु तथेत्युक्त्वा भ्रातुर्ज्येष्ठस्य शासनात् ।
प्राद्रवद्यत्र पानीयं शीघ्रं चैवान्वपद्यत ॥ ३.३१३.१० ॥
Nakula, saying 'So be it', at the command of his eldest brother, ran swiftly to where the water was and quickly reached it.
3.313.11
स दृष्ट्वा विमलं तोयं सारसैः परिवारितम् ।
पातुकामस्ततो वाचमन्तरिक्षात्स शुश्रुवे ॥ ३.३१३.११ ॥
Seeing the clear water surrounded by cranes, and desiring to drink, he heard a voice from the sky.
3.313.12
मा तात साहसं कार्षीर्मम पूर्वपरिग्रहः ।
प्रश्नानुक्त्वा तु माद्रेय ततः पिब हरस्व च ॥ ३.३१३.१२ ॥
'Dear one, do not commit this rash deed; this water is under my prior claim. Son of Mādrī, first answer my questions, and then drink and take it.'
3.313.13
अनादृत्य तु तद्वाक्यं नकुलः सुपिपासितः ।
अपिबच्छीतलं तोयं पीत्वा च निपपात ह ॥ ३.३१३.१३ ॥
But disregarding those words, Nakula, greatly thirsty, drank the cool water; having drunk it, he fell down.
3.313.14
चिरायमाणे नकुले कुन्तीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः ।
अब्रवीद्ध्रातरं वीरं सहदेवमरिंदमम् ॥ ३.३१३.१४ ॥
When Nakula was delayed, Yudhiṣṭhira, son of Kuntī, spoke to his heroic brother Sahadeva, the subduer of enemies.
3.313.15
भ्राता चिरायते तात सहदेव तवाग्रजः ।
तं चैवानय सोदर्यं पानीयं च त्वमानय ॥ ३.३१३.१५ ॥
Dear Sahadeva, your elder brother is delayed. Bring that brother of ours too, and you bring the water.
3.313.16
सहदेवस्तथेत्युक्त्वा तां दिशं प्रत्यपद्यत ।
ददर्श च हतं भूमौ भ्रातरं नकुलं तदा ॥ ३.३१३.१६ ॥
Sahadeva, saying 'So be it', went toward that direction, and then he saw his brother Nakula lying struck down on the ground.
3.313.17
भ्रातृशोकाभिसंतप्तस्तृषया च प्रपीडितः ।
अभिदुद्राव रपानीयं ततो वागभ्यभाषत ॥ ३.३१३.१७ ॥
Tormented by grief for his brother and afflicted by thirst, he rushed toward the water; then a voice spoke to him.
3.313.18
मा तात साहसं कार्षीर्मम पूर्वपरिग्रहः ।
प्रश्नानुक्त्वा यथाकामं पिबस्व च हरस्व च ॥ ३.३१३.१८ ॥
Dear one, do not act rashly; this water is already under my claim. Answer my questions, then drink as much as you wish and take some away.
3.313.19
अनादृत्य तु तद्वाक्यं सहदेवः पिपासितः ।
अपिबच्छीतलं तोयं पीत्वा च निपपात ह ॥ ३.३१३.१९ ॥
But disregarding those words, the thirsty Sahadeva drank the cool water, and having drunk it, he fell.
3.313.20
अथाब्रवीत्स विजयं कुन्तीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः ।
भ्रातरौ ते चिरगतौ बीभत्सो शत्रुकर्शन ॥ ३.३१३.२० ॥
Then Yudhiṣṭhira, son of Kuntī, spoke to Vijaya: 'O Bībhatsu, crusher of foes, your two brothers have gone a long time.'
3.313.21
तौ चैवानय भद्रं ते पानीयं च त्वमानय ।
त्वं हि नस्तात सर्वेषां दुःखितानामपाश्रयः ॥ ३.३१३.२१ ॥
'Bring back those two, and may good befall you; bring water too. Dear son, you are the refuge of all of us who are afflicted.'
3.313.22
एवमुक्तो गुडाकेशः प्रगृह्य सशरं धनुः ।
आमुक्तखङ्गो मेधावी तत्सरः प्रत्यपद्यत ॥ ३.३१३.२२ ॥
Thus addressed, Guḍākeśa took up his bow with its arrow, girded on his sword, and the wise one went toward that lake.
3.313.23
यतः पुरुषशार्दूलौ पानीयहरणे गतौ ।
तौ ददर्श हतौ तत्रभ्रातरौ श्वेतवाहनः ॥ ३.३१३.२३ ॥
Where the two tiger-among-men brothers had gone to fetch water, there Śvetavāhana saw the two brothers lying slain.
3.313.24
विगतासू नरव्याघ्रौ शयानौ वसुधातले ।
प्रसुप्ताविव तौ दृष्ट्वा नरसिंहः सुदुःखितः।
धनुरुद्यम्य कौन्तेयो व्यलोकयत तद्वनम् ॥ ३.३१३.२४ ॥
Seeing those two tigers among men lifeless and lying on the ground as if asleep, the man-lion, Kaunteya, was deeply grieved; raising his bow, he looked about that forest.
3.313.25
नापश्यत्तत्रकिंचित्स भूतमस्मिन्महावने ।
सव्यसाची पिपासार्तः पानीयं सोभ्यधावत ॥ ३.३१३.२५ ॥
In that great forest he saw no living creature there. Savyasācin, tormented by thirst, ran toward the water.
3.313.26
अभिधावंस्ततो वाचमन्तरिक्षात्स शुश्रुवे ।
यत्त्वमिच्छसि पानीयं नैतच्छक्यं बलात्त्वया ॥ ३.३१३.२६ ॥
As he ran toward it, he heard a voice from the sky: 'The water you desire cannot be taken by you by force.'
3.313.27
कौन्तेय यदि वै प्रश्नान्मयोक्तान्प्रतिवक्ष्यसि ।
ततः पास्यसि पानीयं हरिष्यसि च भारत ॥ ३.३१३.२७ ॥
Son of Kuntī, if you answer the questions I put to you, then you will drink the water, and you will also carry it away, descendant of Bharata.
3.313.28
वारितस्त्वब्रवीत्पार्थो दृश्यमानो निवारय ।
यावद्बाणैर्विनिर्भिन्नः पुनर्नैवं वदिष्यसि ॥ ३.३१३.२८ ॥
Though forbidden, Pārtha replied: 'You who are visible, hold me back. Until you are pierced through with arrows, you will not speak like this again.'
3.313.29
एवमुक्त्वा ततः पार्थः शरैरस्त्रानुमन्त्रितैः ।
प्रववर्ष रदिशः कृत्स्नाः शब्दवेधं च दर्शयन्।
कर्णिनालीकनाराचानुत्सृजन्भरतर्षभः। ॥ ३.३१३.२९ ॥
Having said this, Pārtha rained arrows charged with weapon-mantras upon all directions, and displayed his skill at sound-piercing. Bull of the Bharatas, he released barbed arrows, iron arrows, and arrows of the nārāca kind.
3.313.30
स त्वमोघानिषून्मुक्त्वा तृष्णयाऽभिप्रपीडितः ।
अनेकैरिषुसंघातैरन्तरिक्षे ववर्ष ह ॥ ३.३१३.३० ॥
But, sorely afflicted by thirst, he released unerring arrows and rained down masses of arrows upon the sky.
3.313.31
किं विधानेन ते पार्थ प्रश्नानुक्त्वा पयः पिब ।
अनुक्त्वा च पिबन्प्रश्नान्पीत्वैव नभविष्यसि ॥ ३.३१३.३१ ॥
Pārtha, what will you gain by this method? Drink the water. If you drink without answering the questions, you will not survive.
3.313.32
स च मोघानिषून्दृष्ट्वातृष्णया च प्रपीडितः ।
अवज्ञायैव तां वाचं पीत्वैव निपपात् ह ॥ ३.३१३.३२ ॥
Seeing his arrows in vain and tormented by thirst, he disregarded that speech, drank the water, and fell down.
3.313.33
अथाब्रवीद्भीमसेनं कुनतीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः ।
नकुलः सहदेवश्च बीभत्सुश्च परंतप ॥ ३.३१३.३३ ॥
Then Yudhiṣṭhira, the son of Kuntī, spoke to Bhīmasena, and to Nakula, Sahadeva and Bībhatsu (Arjuna), O scorcher of foes.
3.313.34
चिरंगतास्तोयहेतोर्न चागच्छन्ति भारत ।
तांश्चैवानय भद्रं ते पानीयं च त्वमानय ॥ ३.३१३.३४ ॥
Bhārata, those who went for water have been gone a long time and have not returned. May good befall you: bring them back, and bring the water yourself.
3.313.35
भीमसेनस्तथेत्युक्त्वा तं देशं प्रत्यपद्यत ।
रयत्रते पुरुषव्याघ्रा भ्रातरोस्य निपातिताः ॥ ३.३१३.३५ ॥
Bhīmasena, saying 'So be it,' hastened toward that place, where his brothers, tigers among men, had been felled.
3.313.36
तान्दृष्ट्वा दुःखितो भीमस्तृषया च प्रपीडितः ।
अमन्यत महाबाहुः कर्म तद्यक्षरक्षसाम् ॥ ३.३१३.३६ ॥
Seeing them, Bhīma, the mighty-armed, grieved and tormented by thirst, thought that this was the deed of yakṣas and rākṣasas.
3.313.37
सचिन्तयामास तदा योद्धव्यं ध्रुवमद्य मे ।
पास्यामि तावत्पानीयमिति पार्थो वृकोदरः ॥ ३.३१३.३७ ॥
Then he reflected, "Today I surely must fight. First I will drink the water" — thus Pārtha Vṛkodara (Bhīma) thought.
3.313.38
ततोऽभ्यधावत्पानीयं पिपासुः पुरुषर्षभः ॥ ३.३१३.३८ ॥
Then the thirsty bull among men rushed toward the water.
3.313.39
मा तात साहसंकार्षीर्मम पूर्वपरिग्रहः ।
प्रश्नानुक्त्वा तु कौन्तेय ततः पिब हरस्व च ॥ ३.३१३.३९ ॥
"Dear son, do not act rashly against my prior claim. Son of Kuntī, first answer my questions, and then drink and take."
3.313.40
एवमुक्तस्तदा भीमो यक्षेणामिततेजसा ।
अनुक्त्वैव तु तान्प्रश्नान्पीत्वैव निपपात ह ॥ ३.३१३.४० ॥
Though thus addressed by the yaksha of boundless splendor, Bhīma drank the water without answering those questions, and at once fell down.
3.313.41
ततः कुन्तीसुतो राजा प्रचिन्त्य पुरुषर्षभः ।
आत्मनाऽऽत्मानमन्विष्य विचारमकरोत्प्रभुः ॥ ३.३१३.४१ ॥
Then King Yudhiṣṭhira, son of Kuntī, that bull among men and mighty lord, reflected deeply, searched himself within, and deliberated.
3.313.42
ततश्चिरगतान्भ्रातृनथाऽऽज्ञाय युधिष्ठिरः ।
चिरायमाणान्बहुशः पुनः पुनरुवाचह ॥ ३.३१३.४२ ॥
Then Yudhiṣṭhira, perceiving that his brothers had been gone a long time and were tarrying, spoke to them again and again.
3.313.43
किंस्विद्वनमिदं दग्धं किंखिद्दृष्टो मृतो भवेत् ।
प्रहरन्तो महाभूतं शप्तास्तेनाथ तेऽपतन् ॥ ३.३१३.४३ ॥
Why has this forest been burnt? Has someone been seen and died? Striking the great being, cursed by him, have they fallen?
3.313.44
न पश्यन्त्यथवा वीराः पानीयं यत्रते गताः ।
अन्विच्छद्भिर्वने तोयं कालोऽयमतिपातितः ॥ ३.३१३.४४ ॥
Do the heroes not see, or where have they gone for water? For those searching for water in the forest, this time has passed.
3.313.45
किंनु तत्कारणं येन नायान्ति पुरुषर्षभाः ।
गच्छाम्येषां पदं द्रष्टुमिति कृत्वा युधिष्ठिरः ॥ ३.३१३.४५ ॥
What indeed is the cause by which the bulls among men do not come? Resolving, 'I go to see their track,' Yudhishthira.
3.313.46
समुत्थाय महाबुद्धिर्दह्यमानेन चेतसा ।
व्यपेतजननिर्घोषं प्रविवेश महावनम् ॥ ३.३१३.४६ ॥
Rising up, the great-minded Yudhiṣṭhira, with a burning heart, entered the great forest, free of the sound of people.
3.313.47
रुरुभिश्च वराहैश्च पक्षिभिश्च निषेवितम् ।
नीलभास्वरवर्णैश्च पादपैरुशोभितम् ॥ ३.३१३.४७ ॥
Frequented by ruru deer, boars and birds, adorned with trees of dark and shining hues.
3.313.48
भ्रमरैरुपगीतं च पक्षिभिश् समन्ततः ।
मृदुशाड्वलसंकीर्णभूमिभागं मनोहरम् ॥ ३.३१३.४८ ॥
Sung on all sides by bees and birds, its ground covered with soft green grass, charming.
3.313.49
स गच्छन्कानने तस्मिन्हेमजालपरिष्कृतम् ।
ददर्श तत्सरः श्रीमान्विश्वकर्मकृतं यथा ॥ ३.३१३.४९ ॥
Walking through that forest, the glorious one saw that lake, adorned with a golden net, as if made by Viśvakarman.
3.313.50
उपेतं नलिनीजालैः सिन्धुवारैः सचेतसैः ।
केतकैः करवीरैश्च पिप्पलैश्चैव संवृतम् ॥ ३.३१३.५० ॥
That lake was filled with clusters of lotuses and surrounded by sindhuvāra shrubs, ketaka flowers, oleanders, and pippala trees.
3.313.51
ततो धर्मसुतः श्रीमान्भ्रातृदर्शनलालसः ।
श्रमार्तस्तदुपागम्य सरो दृष्ट्वाऽथ विस्मितः ॥ ३.३१३.५१ ॥
Then the glorious son of Dharma, eager to see his brothers and afflicted with weariness, came to that lake, and seeing it, was astonished.