Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 3.5
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3.5.1
पाण्डवास्तु वने वासमुद्दिश्य भरतर्पभाः ।
प्रययुर्जाह्नवीकूलात्कुरुक्षेत्रं सहानुगाः ॥ ३.५.१ ॥
The Pāṇḍavas, intending to dwell in the forest, the bulls of the Bharatas, set out from the bank of the Jāhnavī toward Kurukṣetra, together with their followers.
3.5.2
सरस्वतीदृपद्वत्यौ यमुनां च निषेव्य ते ।
ययुर्वननैव वनं सततं पश्चिमां दिशम् ॥ ३.५.२ ॥
Having resorted to the Sarasvatī, the Dṛṣadvatī and the Yamunā, they went on from forest to forest, ever toward the western quarter.
3.5.3
ततः सरस्वतीकूले समेषु मरुधन्वसु ।
काम्यकं नाम ददृशुर्वनं मुनिजनप्रियम् ॥ ३.५.३ ॥
Then, on the bank of the Sarasvatī, across the level desert lands, they beheld a forest called Kāmyaka, dear to the throngs of sages.
3.5.4
तत्र ते न्यवसन्वीरा वने बहुमृगद्विजे ।
अन्वास्यमाना मुनिभिः सान्त्व्यमानाश्च भारत ॥ ३.५.४ ॥
There those heroes dwelt in the forest abounding in deer and birds, attended by sages and consoled by them, O Bhārata.
3.5.5
विदुरस्त्वथ पाण्डूनां सदा दर्शनलालसः ।
जगामैकरथेनैव काम्यकं वनमृद्धिमत् ॥ ३.५.५ ॥
Then Vidura, always eager for the sight of the Pāṇḍavas, went in a single chariot alone to the prosperous Kāmyaka forest.
3.5.6
ततो गत्वा विदुरः काम्यकं त-
च्छीघ्रैरश्वैर्वाहितः स्यन्दनेन।
ददर्शासीनं धर्मात्मानं विविक्ते ।
सार्धं द्रौपद्या भ्रातृभिर्ब्राह्मणैश्च ॥ ३.५.६ ॥
Then Vidura, having gone to Kāmyaka, drawn by swift horses in his chariot, saw the righteous-souled one seated in a secluded place, together with Draupadī, his brothers and the brahmins.
3.5.7
ततोऽपश्यद्विदुरं तूर्णमारा-
दभ्यायान्तं सत्यसन्धः स राजा।
अथाब्रवीद्धातरं भीमसेनं ।
किंनु क्षत्ता वक्ष्यतिनः समेत्य ॥ ३.५.७ ॥
Then the king of true vows saw Vidura coming swiftly from afar. He said to his brother Bhīmasena: "What will the steward Vidura say to us when we meet?"
3.5.8
कच्चिन्नायं वचनात्सौबलस्य ।
समाह्वातुं देवनायोपयाति।
कच्चित्क्षुद्रः कुशली चाऽयुधानि ।
जेष्यत्यस्माकं पुनरेवाक्षवत्याम् ॥ ३.५.८ ॥
"Is he coming, at the word of Śakuni son of Subala, to summon us to the dice game? Will that base but skilful man win back our weapons again at the dice?"
3.5.9
समाहूतः केनचिदाहवाय ।
नाहं शक्तो भीमसेनापयातुम्।
गाण्डीवे च संशयिते कथं नु ।
राज्यप्राप्तिः संशयिता भवेन्नः ॥ ३.५.९ ॥
"If someone summons me to battle, Bhīmasena, I am not able to refuse it. If the Gāṇḍīva bow is in doubt, how can the gaining of our kingdom be certain?"
3.5.10
तत उत्थाय विदुरं पाण्डवेयाः ।
प्रत्यगृह्णन्नृपते सर्व एव।
तैः सत्कृतः स च तानाजमीढो ।
यथोचितं पाण्डुपुत्रान्समेयात् ॥ ३.५.१० ॥
Then all the sons of Pāṇḍu rose and received Vidura, O king. Honoured by them, Vidura of the Ajamīḍha line met the sons of Pāṇḍu as was fitting.
3.5.11
समाश्वस्तं विदुरं ते नरर्षभा-
स्ततोऽपृच्छन्नागमनाय हेतुम्।
स चापि तेभ्यो विस्तरतः शशंस ।
यथावृत्तं धृतराष्ट्रेऽम्बिकेये ॥ ३.५.११ ॥
Comforted, Vidura was asked by those bulls among men the reason for his coming. He told them in detail all that had happened concerning Dhṛtarāṣṭra, the son of Ambikā.
3.5.12
अवोचन्मां धृतराष्ट्रोऽभिगुप्त-
मजातशत्रो परिगृह्याभिपूज्य।
एवं गते समतामभ्युपेत्य ।
पथ्यं तेषां मम चैव ब्रवीहि ॥ ३.५.१२ ॥
Dhṛtarāṣṭra spoke to me, while I was held in protection, embracing and honouring me: 'Since matters have come to this, having come to even-mindedness, tell me what is wholesome for them and for me, O Ajātaśatru.'
3.5.13
मयाप्युक्तं यत्क्षमं कौरवाणां ।
हितं पथ्यं धृतराष्ट्रस्य चैव।
तद्वै पथ्यं तन्मनो नाभ्युपैति ।
ततश्चाहं क्षममन्यन्न मन्ये ॥ ३.५.१३ ॥
I too have spoken what is fitting, beneficial and wholesome for the Kauravas and for Dhṛtarāṣṭra; but his mind does not turn to it, and so I think nothing else is fitting.
3.5.14
परं श्रेयः पाण्डवेया मयोक्तं ।
न मे तच्च शुतवानाम्बिकेयः।
यथाऽऽतुरस्येव हि पथ्यमौपधं ।
न रोचनते स्मास्य तदुच्यमानम् ॥ ३.५.१४ ॥
O son of Pāṇḍu, the supreme welfare I have spoken, the son of Ambikā heard it; yet, as wholesome medicine does not please a sick man, so it did not please him even as it was being spoken.
3.5.15
न श्रेयसे यततेऽजातशत्रो ।
स्त्री श्रोत्रियस्येव गृहे प्रदुष्टा।
ध्रुवं न रोचेद्भरतर्षभस्य ।
पतिः कुमार्या इव षष्टिवर्षः ॥ ३.५.१५ ॥
O Ajātaśatru, he does not strive for welfare, like a corrupt wife in a learned Brahmin's house; surely it will not please the bull of the Bharatas, just as a sixty-year-old husband does not please a maiden.
3.5.16
ध्रुवं विनाशो नृप कौरवाणां ।
न वै श्रेयो धृतराष्ट्रः परैति।
यथा च पर्णे पुष्करस्यावसिक्तं ।
जलं न तिष्ठेत्पथ्यमुक्तं तथाऽस्मिन् ॥ ३.५.१६ ॥
O king, the destruction of the Kauravas is certain; Dhṛtarāṣṭra does not attain welfare. Just as water sprinkled on a lotus leaf does not remain, so the wholesome counsel spoken to him does not remain in him.
3.5.17
ततः क्रुद्धो धृतराष्ट्रोऽब्रवीन्मां ।
यस्मिञ्श्रद्धा तव तत्र प्रयाहि।
नाहं भूयः कामये त्वां सहायं ।
महीमिमां पालयितुं पुरं वा ॥ ३.५.१७ ॥
Then Dhṛtarāṣṭra, angered, said to me: Go where your trust lies. I no longer desire you as a helper in protecting this earth or this city.
3.5.18
सोहं त्यक्तो धृतराष्ट्रेण राज्ञा ।
प्रशासितुं त्वामुपयातो नरेन्द्र।
तद्वै सर्वं यन्मयोक्तं सभायां ।
तद्धार्यतां यत्प्रवक्ष्यामि भूयः ॥ ३.५.१८ ॥
King Dhṛtarāṣṭra has abandoned me, and I have come to you, O lord of men, to help you govern. Remember all that I said in the assembly, and hold fast to what I shall now say again.
3.5.19
क्लेशैस्तीर्व्रर्युज्यमानः सपत्नैः ।
क्षमां कुर्वन्कालमुपासते यः।
संवर्धयन्स्तोकमिवाग्रिमात्मवान् ।
स वै भुङ्क्ते पृथिवीमेक एव ॥ ३.५.१९ ॥
He who, though afflicted by his enemies with hardships, practises forbearance and waits for the right time, nurturing himself as one nurtures a small fire, that self-controlled man alone enjoys the earth.
3.5.20
यस्याविभक्तं वसु राजन्सहायै-
स्तस्य दुःखस्यांशभाजः सहायाः।
सहायानामेष संग्रगणेऽभ्युपायः ।
सहायाप्तौ पृथिवीप्राप्तिमाहुः ॥ ३.५.२० ॥
O king, the helpers of him whose wealth is kept undivided among them become sharers in his sorrow. This is the means of gathering helpers; through obtaining helpers, they say, the earth is attained.
3.5.21
सत्यं श्रेष्टं पाण्डवा निष्प्रलापं ।
तुल्यं चान्नं सह भोज्यं सहायैः।
आत्मा चैषामग्रतो नातिवर्ते ।
देवं वृत्तिर्वर्धते भूमिपाल ॥ ३.५.२१ ॥
Truth is the highest, O Pāṇḍavas, without idle talk. One should share food equally and eat it together with one's allies. One should not place oneself before them. O protector of the earth, it is by fate and conduct that prosperity grows.
3.5.22
एवं करिष्यामि यथा ब्रवीपि ।
परां बुद्धिमुपगम्याप्रमत्तः।
यच्चाप्यन्यद्देशकालोपपन्नं ।
तद्वै वाच्यं तत्करिष्यामि कृत्स्नम् ॥ ३.५.२२ ॥
I will do exactly as you say. Having resorted to supreme wisdom, I will remain heedful. And whatever else is suited to place and time and is spoken, I will do all of it.