Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 5.173
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5.173.1
किमर्थं भरतश्रेष्ठ नैव हन्याः शिखण्डिनम् ।
उद्यतेषुमथो दृष्ट्वा समरेष्वाततायिनम् ॥ ५.१७३.१ ॥
Best of the Bharatas, why did you not kill Śikhaṇḍin, the aggressor, when you saw him in battle with his arrow raised?
5.173.2
पूर्वमुक्त्वा महाबाहो पाञ्चालान्सह सोमकैः ।
हनिष्यामीति गाङ्गेय तन्मे ब्रूहि पितामह ॥ ५.१७३.२ ॥
Mighty-armed son of Gaṅgā, grandsire, tell me what you said before: that you would kill the Pāñcālas together with the Somakas.
5.173.3
श्रृणु दुर्योधन कथां सहैभिर्वसुधाधिपैः ।
यदर्थं युधि संप्रेक्ष्य नाहं हन्यां शिखण्डिनम् ॥ ५.१७३.३ ॥
Listen, Duryodhana, together with these lords of the earth, to the story for which I do not kill Śikhaṇḍin even when I see him in battle.
5.173.4
महाराजो मम पिता शान्तनुर्लोकविश्रुतः ।
दिष्टान्तमाप धर्मात्मा समये भरतर्षभ ॥ ५.१७३.४ ॥
My father, the great king Śāntanu, famed in the world, the righteous-souled one, reached the end of his destiny in due time, bull of the Bharatas.
5.173.5
ततोऽहं भरतश्रेष्ठ प्रतिज्ञां परिपालयन् ।
चित्राङ्गदं भ्रातरं वै महाराज्येऽभ्यपेचयम् ॥ ५.१७३.५ ॥
Then, best of the Bharatas, keeping my vow, I installed my brother Citrāṅgada in the great kingdom.
5.173.6
तस्मिंश्च निधनं प्राप्ते सत्यवत्या मते स्थितः ।
विचित्रवीर्यं राजानमभ्यषिञ्चं यथाविधि ॥ ५.१७३.६ ॥
And when he had met his end, abiding by Satyavatī's opinion, I anointed King Vicitravīrya according to rule.
5.173.7
मयाऽभिषिक्तो राजेन्द्र यवीयानपि धर्मतः ।
विचित्रवीर्यो धर्मात्मा मामेव समुदैक्षत ॥ ५.१७३.७ ॥
O lord of kings, though younger, Vicitravīrya, righteous-souled, anointed by me according to dharma, looked upon me alone with regard.
5.173.8
तस्य दारक्रियां तात चिकीर्षुरहमप्युत ।
अनुरूपादिव कुलादित्येव च मनो दधे ॥ ५.१७३.८ ॥
Dear one, desiring to arrange a wife for him, I too turned my mind toward a suitable family.
5.173.9
तथाऽश्रौषं महाबाहो तिस्रः कन्याः स्वयंवरे ।
रूपेणाप्रतिमाः सर्वाः काशिराजसुतास्तदा ।
अम्बां चैवाम्बिकां चैव तथैवाम्बालिकामपि ॥ ५.१७३.९ ॥
O mighty-armed one, I heard that at the svayaṃvara there were three daughters of the king of Kāśi, all unmatched in beauty: Ambā, Ambikā and Ambālikā.
5.173.10
राजानश्च समाहूताः पृथिव्यां भरतर्षभ ।
अम्बा ज्येष्ठाभवत्तासामम्बिका त्वथ मध्यमा ॥ ५.१७३.१० ॥
O bull of the Bharatas, the kings of the earth had been summoned; among them Ambā was the eldest, and Ambikā the middle one.
5.173.11
अम्बालिका च राजेन्द्र राजकन्या यवीयसी ।
सोऽहमेकरथेनैव गतः काशिपतेः पुरीम् ॥ ५.१७३.११ ॥
O lord of kings, Ambālikā, the king's daughter, was the youngest. I went alone on a single chariot to the city of the lord of Kāśi.
5.173.12
अपश्यं ता महाबाहो तिस्रः कन्याः स्वलङ्कृताः ।
राज्ञश्चैव समाहूतान्पार्थिवान्पृथिवीपते ॥ ५.१७३.१२ ॥
O mighty-armed one, I saw those three maidens richly adorned, and the earthly rulers summoned by the king, O lord of the earth.
5.173.13
ततोऽहं तान्नृपान्सर्वानाहूय समरे स्थितान् ।
रथमारोपयाञ्चक्रे कन्यास्ता भरतर्षभ ॥ ५.१७३.१३ ॥
Then, having summoned all those kings standing in battle, I set those maidens upon the chariot, O bull of the Bharatas.
5.173.14
वीर्यशुल्काश्च ता ज्ञात्वा समारोप्य रथं तदा ।
अवोचं पार्थिवान्सर्वानहं तत्र समागतान्।
भीष्मः शान्तनवः कन्या हरतीति पुनःपुनः ॥ ५.१७३.१४ ॥
Knowing those maidens to have valour as their bride-price, and having set them upon the chariot, I then told all the kings assembled there, again and again: 'Bhīṣma, son of Śantanu, is carrying off the maiden.'
5.173.15
ते यतध्वं परं शक्त्या सर्वे मोक्षाय पार्थिवाः ।
प्रसह्य हि हराम्येष मिषतां वो नरर्षभाः ॥ ५.१७३.१५ ॥
Strive with all your might, all you kings, for their release; while you look on, O bulls among men, I will carry them off by force.
5.173.16
ततस्ते पृथिवीपालाः समुत्पतुरुदायुधाः ।
योगो योग इति क्रुद्धाः सारथीनभ्यचोदयन् ॥ ५.१७३.१६ ॥
Then those protectors of the earth leapt up with weapons raised, and enraged, they urged on their charioteers, crying, 'Yoke! Yoke!'
5.173.17
ते रथैर्गसङ्काशैर्गजैश्च गजयोधिनः ।
पुष्टैश्वाश्वैर्महीपालाः समुत्पेतुरुदायुधाः ॥ ५.१७३.१७ ॥
Those kings, with chariots like clouds, with elephant-warriors and with sturdy horses, leapt forth with weapons raised.
5.173.18
ततस्ते मां महीपालाः सर्व एव विशां पते ।
रथव्रातेन महता सर्वतः पर्यवारयन् ॥ ५.१७३.१८ ॥
Then, O lord of the people, all those protectors of the earth surrounded me on every side with a great host of chariots.
5.173.19
तानहं शरवर्षेण समन्तात्पर्यवारयम् ।
सर्वान्नृपांश्चाप्यजयं देवराडिव दानवान् ॥ ५.१७३.१९ ॥
I surrounded those kings on every side with a rain of arrows, and conquered them all, as the king of the gods conquers the Dānavas.
5.173.20
अपातयं शरैर्दीप्तैः प्रहसन्भरतर्षभ ।
तेषामापततां चित्रान्ध्वजान्हेमपरिष्कृतान् ॥ ५.१७३.२० ॥
Laughing, O bull of the Bharatas, I brought down with blazing arrows their bright banners adorned with gold as they charged at me.
5.173.21
एकैकेन हि बाणेन भूमौ पातितवानहम् ।
हयांस्तेषां गजांश्चैव सारथींश्चाप्यहं रणे ॥ ५.१७३.२१ ॥
In battle, with a single arrow each, I felled to the ground their horses, their elephants, and their charioteers as well.
5.173.22
ते निवृत्ताश्च भग्नाश्च दृष्ट्वा तल्लाघवं मम ।
प्रणिपेतुश्च सर्वे वै प्रशशंसुश्च पार्थिवाः ॥ ५.१७३.२२ ॥
They all turned back and were broken, and seeing my skill and swiftness, the kings bowed down and all of them praised me.
5.173.23
तत आदाय ताः कन्या नृपतींश्च विसृज्य तान् ।
अथाऽहं हास्तिनपुरमायां जित्वा महीक्षितः ॥ ५.१७३.२३ ॥
Then, taking those maidens and releasing those kings, having conquered the rulers of the earth, I went to Hāstinapura.
5.173.24
ततोऽहं ताश्च कन्या वै भ्रातुरर्थाय भारत ।
तच्च कर्म महाबाहो सत्यवत्यै न्यवेदयम् ॥ ५.१७३.२४ ॥
Then, O Bhārata, I brought those maidens for the sake of my brother, and O mighty-armed one, I reported that deed to Satyavatī.