Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 3.47
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3.47.1
यदिदं शोचितं राज्ञा धृतराष्ट्रेण वै मुने ।
प्रव्राज्यपाण्डवान्वीरान्सर्वमेतन्निर्रथकम् ॥ ३.४७.१ ॥
O sage, all this that King Dhṛtarāṣṭra lamented after exiling the heroic Pāṇḍavas was pointless.
3.47.2
कथं च राजपुत्रं तमुपेक्षेताल्पचेतसम् ।
दुर्योधनं पाण्डुपुत्रान्कोपयानं महारथान् ॥ ३.४७.२ ॥
And how was that small-minded prince Duryodhana, who kept provoking the great charioteer sons of Pāṇḍu, allowed to be overlooked?
3.47.3
किमासीत्पाण्डुपुत्राणां वने भोजनमुच्यताम् ।
वन्यं वाऽप्यवा कृष्टमेतदाख्यातु नो भवान् ॥ ३.४७.३ ॥
What was the food of the sons of Pāṇḍu in the forest? Let it be told: was it forest-grown, or cultivated? Please tell us this.
3.47.4
वानेयं च मृगांश्चैव शुद्धैर्बाणैर्निपातितान् ।
ब्राह्मणानां निवेद्याग्रमभुञ्जता महारथाः ॥ ३.४७.४ ॥
Forest-born food, and deer felled by pure arrows — the great charioteers ate them after offering the first portion to the brahmins.
3.47.5
तांस्तु शूरान्महेष्वासांस्तदा निवसतो वने ।
अन्वयुर्ब्राह्मणा राजन्साग्नयोऽनग्नयस्तथा ॥ ३.४७.५ ॥
O king, the brahmins followed those heroic great archers as they dwelt in the forest — some with their sacred fires, and some without fires.
3.47.6
ब्राह्मणानां सहस्राणि स्नातकानां महात्मनाम् ।
दश मोक्षविदां तद्वद्यान्बिभर्ति युधिष्ठिरः ॥ ३.४७.६ ॥
Thousands of great-souled snātaka brahmins, and ten thousand knowers of liberation — all of these Yudhiṣṭhira supported.
3.47.7
रुरून्कृष्णमृगांश्चैव मेध्यांश्चान्यान्मनोरमान् ।
बाणैरुन्मथ्य विविधैर्ब्राह्मणेभ्यो न्यवेदयत् ॥ ३.४७.७ ॥
He struck down rurus and black antelopes, and other delightful animals fit for sacrifice, with various arrows, and offered them to the brahmins.
3.47.8
न तत्र कश्चिद्दुर्वर्णो व्याधितो वाऽपि दृश्यते ।
कृशो वा दुर्बलो वाऽपि दीनो भीतोपि वा पुनाः ॥ ३.४७.८ ॥
There no one was seen with a bad complexion, or diseased, or emaciated, or weak, or wretched, or even frightened.
3.47.9
पुत्रानिव प्रियान्भ्रातॄन्ज्ञातीनिव सहोदरान् ।
पुरोष कौरवश्रेष्ठो धर्मेराजो युधिष्ठिरः। ॥ ३.४७.९ ॥
Yudhiṣṭhira, the Dharma King, best of the Kauravas, cherished them as dear sons, brothers and kinsmen born of the same mother.
3.47.10
पतीश्च द्रौपदी सर्वाञ्द्विजातीश्च यशस्विनी ।
मातेव भोजयित्वाऽग्रे शिष्टमाहारयत्तदा ॥ ३.४७.१० ॥
The famous Draupadī, like a mother, first fed her husbands and all the brahmins, and then ate what remained.
3.47.11
प्राचीं राजा दक्षिणां भीमसेनो ।
यमौ प्रतीचीमथवाऽप्युदीचीम्।
धनुर्धरा मांसहेतोर्मृगाणां ।
क्षयं चक्रुर्नित्यमेवोपगम्य ॥ ३.४७.११ ॥
The king to the east, Bhīmasena to the south, and the twins to the west or even to the north, bow in hand, went to the deer each day and slew them for their flesh.
3.47.12
तथा तेषां कवसतां काम्यके वै ।
विहीनानामर्जुनेनोत्सुकानाम्।
पञ्चैव वर्षाणि तथा व्यतीयु-
रथीयतां जपतां जुह्वतां च ॥ ३.४७.१२ ॥
Thus, dwelling in the Kāmyaka forest, deprived of Arjuna and longing for him, they passed five years, devoted to study, recitation and offering oblations.