Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 4.30
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4.30.1
ततो दुर्योधनो राजा श्रुत्वा तेषां वचस्तदा ।
चिरमन्तर्मना भूत्वा इदमाह सभासदः ॥ ४.३०.१ ॥
Then King Duryodhana, having heard their words, reflected inwardly for a long time, and spoke these words to the assembly.
4.30.2
अशक्यं खलु कार्यस्य गतिं ज्ञातुं हि तत्वतः ।
तस्मात्सर्वे परीक्षध्वं क्वनु स्युः पाण्डवा गताः ॥ ४.३०.२ ॥
Indeed, it is impossible to truly know the course of the matter. Therefore, all of you investigate where the Pāṇḍavas may have gone.
4.30.3
अल्पावशिष्टः कालस्तु गतो भूयिष्ठ एव च ।
तेषामज्ञातचर्यायामस्मिन्वर्षे त्रयोदशे ॥ ४.३०.३ ॥
Only a little time remains, and most of it has already passed, for them in this thirteenth year of living unrecognized.
4.30.4
अपि वर्षस्य शेषं ते ह्यतीयुरिह पाण्डवाः ।
निवृत्तसमयास्ते हि सत्यव्रतपरायणाः ॥ ४.३०.४ ॥
The Pāṇḍavas may well have passed even the rest of the year; their term is completed, for they are devoted to the vow of truth.
4.30.5
क्षरन्त इव नागेन्द्राः सर्वे ह्याशीविषोपमाः ।
दुःखाद्भवेयुः संरब्धाः कौरवान्प्रति ते ध्रुवम् ॥ ४.३०.५ ॥
All of them are like great elephants dripping with rut and like venomous snakes; out of grief they will surely become enraged against the Kauravas.
4.30.6
विज्ञातव्या मनुष्येन्द्रास्तर्कया सुप्रणीतया ।
निपुणैश्चारपुरुषैः प्राज्ञैर्दक्षैः सुसंवृतैः ॥ ४.३०.६ ॥
The lords of men are to be discovered by well-directed reasoning, through skilled, wise, capable, and carefully concealed spies.
4.30.7
अज्ञातसमये ज्ञाताः कृच्छ्ररूपसमाश्रिताः ।
प्रविशेयुर्जितक्रोधास्तावदेव पुनर्वनम् ॥ ४.३०.७ ॥
Known at a time not known, taking on the form of hardship, having conquered anger, they should enter the forest again for just that long.
4.30.8
तस्मात्क्षिप्रं विचिन्वध्वं यथा चात्यन्तमव्ययम् ।
राज्यं निर्द्वन्द्वमव्यग्रं निःसपत्नं चिरं भवेत् ॥ ४.३०.८ ॥
Therefore search quickly, so that the kingdom may endure long, utterly imperishable, free from opposites, undisturbed, and without rivals.
4.30.9
दुर्योधनेनैवमुक्ते वचनेऽतीव दुःखिना ।
ततः कर्णोऽब्रवीद्वाक्यं सत्यधर्मार्थसंयुतम् ॥ ४.३०.९ ॥
When Duryodhana had spoken these words, deeply grieved, Karṇa then spoke a speech joined with truth, dharma and profit.
4.30.10
एते पुनर्न गच्छन्तु अन्ये गच्छन्तु भारत ।
शीघ्रवृत्ता नरा योग्या निपुणाश्छन्नचारिणः ॥ ४.३०.१० ॥
O Bhārata, let these not go again; let others go—swift-acting, fit, skilled men who move in secret.
4.30.11
चरन्तु देशान्विविधान्स्फीताञ्जनपदाकुलान् ।
तत्र गोष्ठीषु रम्यासु सिद्धा ब्राह्मणरूपिणः ॥ ४.३०.११ ॥
Let them roam through the various prosperous countries full of populated regions; there, in pleasant assemblies, accomplished men in the form of brahmins.
4.30.12
परिवाहेषु तीर्थेषु विविधेष्वाकरेषु च ।
अन्वेष्टव्या मनुष्येन्द्र पाण्डवाश्छन्नचारिणः ॥ ४.३०.१२ ॥
O lord of men, the Pāṇḍavas, moving in secret, must be sought in river courses, at sacred fords, and in the various mines.
4.30.13
नदीकुञ्जेषु तीर्थेषु ग्रामेषु नगरेषु च ।
आश्रमेषु च रम्येषु पर्वतेषु गुहासु च ॥ ४.३०.१३ ॥
In river groves, at holy fords, in villages and in towns, in pleasant hermitages, on mountains and in caves as well.
4.30.14
विज्ञातव्या मनुष्येन्द्र तर्कया सुविनूतया ।
विविधैस्तत्परैः सम्यङ्विपुणैस्तज्ज्ञसंमतैः ॥ ४.३०.१४ ॥
O lord of men, they should be known by carefully refined reasoning, by various men intent upon it, fully skilled and approved by those who know it.
4.30.15
अथाग्रजानन्तरजो भ्रातुः प्रियहिते रतः ।
ज्येष्ठं दुःशासनस्तत्र भ्राता भ्रातरमब्रवीत् ॥ ४.३०.१५ ॥
Then Duḥśāsana, born next after the elder, devoted to the dear and beneficial things of his brother, spoke there to his elder brother.
4.30.16
येषु नः प्रत्ययो राजंश्चारेषु मनुजाधिप ।
ते यान्तु दत्तदेया वै भूयस्तान्परिमार्गितुम् ॥ ४.३०.१६ ॥
O king, lord of men, let those spies in whom we have trust go, those who have been given and are worthy to be given, to search for them thoroughly once more.
4.30.17
यदाह कर्णो राजेन्द्र सर्वमेतदवेक्ष्यताम् ।
यथोद्दिष्टं चराः सर्वे मृगयन्तु यतस्ततः ॥ ४.३०.१७ ॥
O best of kings, let all that Karṇa has said be considered; as indicated, let all the spies search here and there.
4.30.18
घ्राणैः पश्यन्ति पशवो वेदैरेव द्विजोत्तमाः ।
चारैः पश्यन्ति राजानश्चक्षुर्भ्यामितरे जनाः ॥ ४.३०.१८ ॥
Animals perceive by smell; the best of the twice-born perceive by the Vedas alone. Kings perceive by their spies, and other men by their eyes.
4.30.19
यथोक्ताश्चारपुरुषा मृगयन्तु पुनःपुनः ।
एते चान्ये च बहवो देशांश्च नगराणि च ॥ ४.३०.१९ ॥
As previously described, let those secret agents search again and again, these and many others, through the lands and the cities.
4.30.20
न हि तेषां गतिर्वासः प्रवृत्तिर्वोपलभ्यते ।
अत्यन्तं वा निगूढास्ते पारं वोर्मिमतो गताः ॥ ४.३०.२० ॥
Neither their movements nor their dwelling nor any news of them can be found. Either they are utterly hidden, or they have gone to the far side of the wave-tossed sea.
4.30.21
व्यालैर्वाऽपि महारण्ये भक्षिताः शूरमानिनः ।
द्वीपं वा परमं प्राप्ता गिरिदुर्गवनेष्वपि ॥ ४.३०.२१ ॥
Or those who thought themselves brave may have been devoured by beasts of prey in the great forest, or have reached a distant island, or hidden even in the mountain-fortress forests.
4.30.22
हीनदर्पा निराशास्ते भक्षिता वाऽपि राक्षसैः ।
अथवा विषमं प्राप्य विनष्टाः शाश्वतीः समाः ॥ ४.३०.२२ ॥
Stripped of their pride and hopeless, they may have been devoured by demons, or having reached some perilous place, they may have perished for countless years.
4.30.23
तस्मान्मानसमव्यग्रं कृत्वाऽऽत्मानं नियम्य च ।
कुरु कार्यं महोत्साहं मन्यसे यन्नराधिप ॥ ४.३०.२३ ॥
Therefore, keeping your mind undisturbed and restraining yourself, O lord of men, carry out with great energy whatever task you think fit.