Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 5.159
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5.159.1
तथा व्यूढेष्वनीकेषु कुरुक्षेत्रे द्विजर्षभ ।
किमर्कुर्वंश्च कुरवः कालेनाभिप्रचोदिताः ॥ ५.१५९.१ ॥
Thus, when the armies were arrayed at Kurukṣetra, O best of the twice-born, what did the Kurus do, impelled by time?
5.159.2
तथा व्यूढेष्वनीकेषु यत्तेषु भरतर्षभ ।
धृतराष्ट्रो महाराज सञ्जयं वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥ ५.१५९.२ ॥
Thus, O bull of the Bharatas, when the armies stood arrayed and ready, the great king Dhṛtarāṣṭra spoke these words to Sañjaya.
5.159.3
एहि सञ्जय सर्व मे आचक्ष्वानवशेषतः ।
सेनानिवेशे यद्वृत्तं कुरुपाण्डवसेनयोः ॥ ५.१५९.३ ॥
Come, Sañjaya, and tell me everything without omission: what happened in the encampment of the Kuru and Pāṇḍava armies.
5.159.4
दिष्टमेव परं मन्ये पौरुषं चाप्यनर्थकम् ।
यदहं बुद्ध्यमानोऽपि युद्धदोषान्क्षयोदयान् ॥ ५.१५९.४ ॥
I believe that fate alone is supreme and that human effort is useless, for even though I know the faults of war, its destruction and its rise,
5.159.5
तथापि निकृतिप्रज्ञं पुत्रं दुर्द्यूतदेविनम् ।
न शक्नोमि नियन्तुं वा कर्तुं वा हितमात्मनः ॥ ५.१५९.५ ॥
Yet I cannot restrain my son, whose mind is crafty and who is addicted to the evil dice game, nor can I do anything for his own good.
5.159.6
भवत्येव हि मे सूत बुद्धिर्दोषानुदर्शिनी ।
दुर्योधनं समासाद्य पुनः सा परिवर्तते ॥ ५.१५९.६ ॥
Indeed my mind does see the faults, O charioteer; yet once I approach Duryodhana, it turns about again.
5.159.7
एवं गते वै यद्भावि तद्भविष्यति सञ्जय ।
क्षत्रधर्मः किल रणे तनुत्यागे हि पूजितः ॥ ५.१५९.७ ॥
Thus it has come to pass; what is to be will be, O Sañjaya. Indeed, in battle the giving up of the body is honoured as the duty of a warrior.
5.159.8
त्वद्युक्तोऽयमनुप्रश्नो महाराज यथेच्छसि ।
न तु दुर्योधने दोषमिममाधातुमर्हसि ॥ ५.१५९.८ ॥
This question of yours, O great king, befits you; ask as you wish. But you should not lay this fault upon Duryodhana.
5.159.9
शृणुष्वानवशेषेण वदतो मम पार्थिव ।
य आत्मनो दुश्चरितादशुभं प्राप्नुयान्नरः ।
न स कालं न वा देवानेनसा गन्तुमर्हति ॥ ५.१५९.९ ॥
Listen to me completely, O king. The man who obtains evil through his own wrong conduct should not blame time nor the gods for his fault.
5.159.10
महाराज मनुष्येषु निन्द्यं यः सर्वमाचरेत् ।
स वध्यः सर्वलोकस्य निन्दितानि समाचरन् ॥ ५.१५९.१० ॥
O great king, he who practises everything blameworthy among men, committing blameworthy deeds, is deserving of death by the whole world.
5.159.11
निकारा मनुजश्रेष्ठ पाण्डवैस्त्वत्प्रतीक्षया ।
अनुभूताः सहामात्यैर्निकृतैरधिदेवने ॥ ५.१५९.११ ॥
O best of men, awaiting you, the Pāṇḍavas together with their ministers endured injuries, deceived at the dice-game.
5.159.12
हयानां च गजानां च राज्ञां चामिततेजसाम् ।
वैशसं समरे वृत्तं यत्तन्मे शृणु सर्वशः ॥ ५.१५९.१२ ॥
Hear from me in full the slaughter in battle of horses, elephants, and kings of immeasurable splendour, all of what occurred.
5.159.13
स्थिरो भूत्वा महाप्राज्ञ सर्वलोकक्षयोदयम् ।
यथाभूतं महायुद्धे श्रुत्वा मा विमना भव ॥ ५.१५९.१३ ॥
O greatly wise one, stand firm and hear how the rise and ruin of all worlds came to pass in the great war; do not become downcast on hearing it.
5.159.14
न ह्येव कर्ता पुरुषः कर्मणोः शुभपापयोः ।
अस्वतन्त्रो हि पुरुषः कार्यते दारुयन्त्रवत् ॥ ५.१५९.१४ ॥
Indeed, a man is not the true doer of good and evil deeds; a man is not independent, he is made to act like a wooden puppet.
5.159.15
केचिदीश्वरनिर्दिष्टाः केचिदेव यदृच्छया ।
पूर्वकर्मभिरप्यन्ये त्रैधमेतत्प्रदृश्यते।
तस्मादनर्थमापन्नः स्थिरो भूत्वा निशामय ॥ ५.१५९.१५ ॥
Some things are directed by the Lord, some come purely by chance, and others by past deeds; this is seen to be threefold. Therefore, you who have fallen into calamity, stand firm and listen.