Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 3.34
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3.34.1
स एवमुक्तस्तु महानुभावः ।
सत्यव्रतो भीमसेनेन राजा।
अजातशत्रुस्तदनन्तरं वै ।
धैर्यान्वितो वाक्यमिदं बभाषे ॥ ३.३४.१ ॥
When Bhīmasena had spoken thus, the king Ajātaśatru (Yudhiṣṭhira), magnanimous and firm in his vow of truth, then spoke these words with steadiness.
3.34.2
असंशयं भारत सत्यमेत-
द्यन्मां तुदन्वाक्यशल्यैः क्षिणोषि।
न त्वां विगर्हे प्रतिकूलमेत-
न्ममानयाद्धि व्यसनं व आगात् ॥ ३.३४.२ ॥
O Bhārata, it is undoubtedly true that you pierce and wear me down with your arrow-like words. I do not blame you; this unwelcome misfortune has come upon you through my own wrongdoing.
3.34.3
अहं ह्यक्षानन्वपद्यं जिहीर्षन् ।
राज्यंसराष्ट्रं धृतराष्ट्रस्य पुत्रात्।
तन्मां शठः कितव प्रत्यदेवी-
त्सुयोधनार्थं सुबलस्य पुत्रः ॥ ३.३४.३ ॥
Desiring to win back the kingdom and realm from the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, I took up the dice. Then Śakuni, the son of Subala, that cheat and gambler, outplayed me for Duryodhana's sake.
3.34.4
महामायः शकुनिः पार्वतीयः ।
सभामध्ये प्रवपन्नक्षपूगान्।
अमायिनं मायया प्रत्यजैषी-
त्ततोऽपश्यं वृजिनं भीमसेन ॥ ३.३४.४ ॥
In the midst of the assembly, Śakuni the mountain-born, of great deceit, casting heaps of dice, defeated me, the guileless one, by trickery. Then I beheld misfortune, O Bhīmasena.
3.34.5
अक्षांश्च दृष्ट्वा शकुनेर्यथावत् ।
कामानुकूलानयुजो युजश्च।
शक्यो नियन्तुमभविष्यदात्मा ।
मन्युस्तु हन्यात्पुरुषस्य धैर्यम् ॥ ३.३४.५ ॥
Had I seen Śakuni's dice as they truly were, some favouring desire, some uneven and some even, my self could have been restrained. But anger destroys a man's steadiness.
3.34.6
यन्तुं नात्मा शक्यते पौरुषेण ।
मानेन वीर्येण च तात नद्धः।
न ते वाचो भीमसेनाभ्यसूये ।
मन्ये तथा तद्भवितव्यमासीत् ॥ ३.३४.६ ॥
The self, bound by pride and valour, cannot be restrained by manly effort, dear son. Bhīmasena, I do not find fault with your words; I think it was bound to be so.
3.34.7
स नो राजा धृतराष्ट्रस्य पुत्रो ।
न्यपातयद्व्यसने राज्यमिच्छन्।
दास्यं च नोऽगमयद्भीमसेन ।
यत्राभवच्छरणं द्रौपदी नः ॥ ३.३४.७ ॥
That son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, our king, desiring the kingdom, cast us down into misfortune; Bhīmasena, he also led us into servitude, where Draupadī became our refuge.
3.34.8
त्वं चापि तद्वेत्थ धनंजयश्च ।
पुनर्द्यूतायागतास्तां सभां नः।
यन्माऽब्हवीद्धृतराष्ट्रस्य पुत्र ।
एकग्लहार्थं भरतानां समक्षम् ॥ ३.३४.८ ॥
You know this, and Dhanaṃjaya knows it too: we came back to that assembly for the dice-game, where the son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, before the Bharatas, spoke to me for the sake of a single throw.
3.34.9
वने समा द्वादश राजपुत्र ।
यथाकामं विदितमजातशत्रो।
अथापरं चाविदितश्चरेथाः ।
सर्वैः सह भ्रातृभिश्छद्मरूपः ॥ ३.३४.९ ॥
Prince, twelve years in the forest, as you wish — that is known. Then, Ajātaśatru, wander for one more year unrecognised, with all your brothers, in disguised form.
3.34.10
त्वां चेच्छ्रुत्वा तात तथा चरन्त-
मवभोत्स्यन्ते भारतानां चराश्च।
अन्यांश्चरेथास्तावतोऽब्दांस्तथात्वं ।
निश्चित्य तत्प्रतिजानीहि पार्थ ॥ ३.३४.१० ॥
If the spies of the Bharatas hear of you wandering thus and come to know it, dear son, then for that many years you should wander in another form. Having resolved it, pledge this, O son of Pṛthā.
3.34.11
चरैश्चेन्नो विदितः कालमेतं ।
युक्तो राजन्मोहयित्वा मदीयान्।
ब्रवीमि सत्यं कुरुसंसदीह ।
तवैव ता भारत पञ्च नद्यः ॥ ३.३४.११ ॥
If our spies learn this time, O king, they will engage, deluding my people. I speak the truth here in the assembly of the Kurus: those five rivers are yours, O Bhārata.
3.34.12
वयं चैतद्भारत सर्व एव ।
त्वया जिताः कालमपास्य भोगान्।
चरेम इत्याह पुरा स राजा ।
मध्ये कुरूणां स मयोक्तस्तथेति ॥ ३.३४.१२ ॥
We all, O Bhārata, defeated by you, will set aside pleasures and pass the time — so the king once said in the midst of the Kurus. I replied, 'So be it.'
3.34.13
तत्र द्यूतमभवन्नो जघन्यं ।
यस्मिञ्जिताः प्रव्रजिताश् सर्वे।
इत्थं तु देशाननुसंचरामो ।
वनानि कृच्छ्राणि च कृच्छ्ररूपाः ॥ ३.३४.१३ ॥
There our gambling was base, by which we were all defeated and exiled. Thus we wander through the lands, through difficult forests, in hard forms.
3.34.14
सुयोधनश्चापि न शान्तिमिच्छत् ।
भूयः स मन्योर्वशमन्वगच्छत्।
उद्योजयामास कुरूंश्च सर्वान् ।
येचास्य केचिद्वशमन्वगच्छन् ॥ ३.३४.१४ ॥
Suyodhana too did not desire peace; he again submitted to anger. He stirred up all the Kurus, and some of those who were his also submitted to his control.
3.34.15
तां सिद्धिमास्थाय सतां सकाशे ।
को नाम जह्यादिह राज्यहेतोः।
आर्यस्य मन्ये मरणाद्गरीयो ।
यद्धर्ममुत्क्रम्य महीं प्रशासेत् ॥ ३.३४.१५ ॥
Having resorted to that success in the presence of the good, who indeed would abandon it here for the sake of a kingdom? I think that for the noble one it is weightier than death, to rule the earth having transgressed dharma.
3.34.16
तदैव चेद्वीरकर्माकरिष्यो ।
यदा द्यूते परिघं पर्यमृक्षः।
बाहू दिधक्षन्वारितः फल्गुनेन ।
किं दुष्कृतंभीम तदाऽभविष्यत् ॥ ३.३४.१६ ॥
Had you then performed a heroic deed, when in the dice game you grasped the door-bar, and were restrained by Phalguna while wishing to burn your arms, what wrong would have come about then, O Bhīma?
3.34.17
प्रागेव चैवं समयक्रियायाः ।
किं नाब्रवीः पौरुषमाविदानः।
प्राप्तं तु कालं त्वभिपद्यपश्चात् ।
किं मामिदानीमतिवेलमात्थ ॥ ३.३४.१७ ॥
Why did you not speak earlier, at the time of this agreed proceeding, displaying your manliness? When the time had come, why now do you speak to me beyond the proper time?
3.34.18
भूयोपि दुःखं मम भीमसेन ।
दूये विषस्येव रसं हि पीत्वा।
यद्याज्ञसेनीं परिक्लिश्यमानां ।
संदृश्य तत्क्षान्तमिति स्म भीम ॥ ३.३४.१८ ॥
O Bhīmasena, again great grief burns in me, as if I had drunk the taste of poison, because, seeing Yājñasenī being tormented, you endured it, O Bhīma.
3.34.19
न त्वद्य शक्यं भरतप्रवीर ।
कृत्वा यदुक्तं कुरुवीरमध्ये।
कालं प्रतीक्षस्व सुखोदयाय ।
पाकं फलानामिव बीजवापः ॥ ३.३४.१९ ॥
O best of the Bharatas, what was said in the midst of the Kuru heroes cannot be done today; wait for the time for the rising of happiness, as a sower of seed waits for the fruits to ripen.
3.34.20
यदा हि पूर्वं निकृतोनिकृन्ते-
द्वैरं सपुष्पं सफलं विदित्वा।
महागुणं हरति हि पौरुषेण ।
तदा वीरो जीवति जीवलोके ॥ ३.३४.२० ॥
When one who was formerly wronged, having understood enmity together with its flowers and fruits, seizes great merit by manly effort, then the hero lives in this world of the living.
3.34.21
श्रियं च लोके लभते समग्रां ।
मन्ये चास्मै शत्रवः सन्नमन्ते।
मित्राणि चैनमतिरागाद्भजन्ते ।
देवा इवेनद्रमुपजीवन्ति चैनम् ॥ ३.३४.२१ ॥
He obtains complete prosperity in the world. I think his enemies bow down before him, and his friends attend upon him out of great affection, as the gods depend upon Indra.
3.34.22
मम प्रतिज्ञां च निबोध सत्यां ।
वृणे सत्यममृतीज्जीविताच्च।
राज्यं च पुत्राश्च यशो धनं च ।
सर्वं न सत्यस्य कलामुपैति ॥ ३.३४.२२ ॥
Understand my true vow: I choose truth over immortality and over life itself. Kingdom, sons, fame and wealth, all together, do not amount to a fraction of truth.