Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 5.5
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5.5.1
द्रुपदेनैवमुक्ते तु वाक्ये वाक्यविदां वरः ।
वसुदेवसुतस्तत्र पृष्णिसिंहोऽब्रवीदिदम् ॥ ५.५.१ ॥
When Drupada had spoken thus, the best of those who know speech, the son of Vasudeva, the lion of the Pṛṣṇis, said this there.
5.5.2
उपपन्नमिदं वाक्यं सोमकानां धुरंधरे ।
अर्थसिद्धिकरं राज्ञः पाण्डवस्यामितौजसः ॥ ५.५.२ ॥
O chief of the Somakas, this speech is fitting; it brings about the success of the aims of the king of the Pāṇḍavas, of boundless might.
5.5.3
एतच्च पूर्वं कार्यं नः सुनीतिमभिकाङ्क्षताम् ।
अन्यथा ह्याचरन्कर्म पुरुषः स्यात्सुबालिशः ॥ ५.५.३ ॥
For us who desire good policy, this is the first duty; otherwise a man acting in another way would be very foolish.
5.5.4
किं तु संबन्धकं तुल्यमस्माकं कुरुपाण्डुषु ।
यथेष्टं वर्तमानेषु पाण्डवेषु च तेषु च ॥ ५.५.४ ॥
But our relationship with the Kurus and the Pāṇḍus is equal, while the Pāṇḍavas and they remain as they wish.
5.5.5
ते विवाहार्थमानीता वयं सर्वे तथा भवान् ।
कृते विवाहे मुदिता गमिष्यामो गृहान्प्रति ॥ ५.५.५ ॥
They, all of us, and you too have been brought for the marriage; when the marriage is done, we shall go joyfully toward our homes.
5.5.6
भवान्वृद्धतमो राज्ञां वयसा च श्रुतेन च ।
शिष्यवत्ते वयं सर्वे भवामेह न संशयः ॥ ५.५.६ ॥
You are the most aged of kings in years and in learning; here all of us are, without doubt, like your disciples.
5.5.7
भवन्तं धृतराष्ट्रश्च सततं बहु मन्यते ।
आचार्ययोः सखा चासि द्रोणस्य च कृपस्व च ॥ ५.५.७ ॥
Dhṛtarāṣṭra constantly holds you in high regard. You are a friend of both teachers, Droṇa and Kṛpa.
5.5.8
स भवान्प्रेषयत्वद्य पाण्डवार्थकरं वचः ।
सर्वेषां निश्चितं तन्नः प्रेषयिष्यति यद्भवान् ॥ ५.५.८ ॥
Therefore, send now a message that serves the Pāṇḍavas' cause. Whatever you send will be settled for all of us.
5.5.9
यदि तावच्छमं कुर्यन्न्यायेन कुरुपुङ्गवः ।
न भवेत्कुरुपाण्डूनां सौभ्रात्रेण महान्क्षयः ॥ ५.५.९ ॥
If the best of the Kurus makes peace justly, there will be no great destruction of Kurus and Pāṇḍus through brotherly bond.
5.5.10
अथ दर्पान्वितो मोहान्न कुर्याद्धृतराष्ट्रजः ।
अन्येषां प्रेषयित्वा च पश्चादस्मान्सभाह्वये ॥ ५.५.१० ॥
But if Dhṛtarāṣṭra's son, filled with pride and delusion, does not do this, and after sending others, summons us to the assembly,
5.5.11
ततो दुर्योधनो मन्दः सहामात्यः सबान्धवः ।
निष्ठामापत्स्यते मूढः क्रुद्धे गाण्डीवधन्वनि ॥ ५.५.११ ॥
Then foolish Duryodhana, with his ministers and kinsmen, will meet ruin when the bearer of the Gāṇḍīva bow is enraged.
5.5.12
ततः सत्कृत्य वार्ष्णेयं विराटः पृथिवीपतिः ।
गृहान्प्रस्थापयामास सगणं सहबान्धवम् ॥ ५.५.१२ ॥
Then Virāṭa, lord of the earth, having honoured the descendant of Vṛṣṇi (Kṛṣṇa), sent him home with his retinue and kinsmen.
5.5.13
द्वारकं तु गते कृष्णे युधिष्ठिरपुरोगमाः ।
चक्रुः साङ्घ्रामिकं सर्वं विराटश्च महीपतिः ॥ ५.५.१३ ॥
When Kṛṣṇa had gone to Dvārakā, Yudhiṣṭhira and those led by him, and Virāṭa, lord of the earth, made all the preparations for war.
5.5.14
ततः संप्रेषयामास विराटः सह बान्धवैः ।
सर्वेषां भूमिपालानां द्रुपदश्च महीपतिः ॥ ५.५.१४ ॥
Then Virāṭa, together with his kinsmen, sent messengers to all the protectors of the earth, and Drupada, lord of the earth, did likewise.
5.5.15
वचनात्कुरुसिंहानां मत्स्यपाञ्चालयोश्च ते ।
समाजग्मुर्महीपालाः संप्रहृष्टा महाबलाः ॥ ५.५.१५ ॥
At the word of the lions of the Kurus and of the Matsyas and Pāñcālas, those mighty kings assembled, greatly delighted.
5.5.16
तच्छ्रुत्वा पाण्डुपुत्राणां समागच्छन्महद्बलम् ।
धृतराष्ट्रसुताश्चापि समानिन्युर्महीपतीन् ॥ ५.५.१६ ॥
Hearing that, a great army gathered on the side of the sons of Pāṇḍu, and the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra too brought the lords of the earth together.
5.5.17
समाकुला मही राजन्कुरुपाण्डवकारणात् ।
तदा समभवत्कृत्स्ना संप्रयाणे महीक्षिताम् ॥ ५.५.१७ ॥
O king, because of the Kurus and the Pāṇḍavas the whole earth was thrown into turmoil; at that time, with the kings setting out, the entire world was in upheaval.
5.5.18
संकुला च तदा भूमिश्चतुरङ्गवलान्विता ।
बलानि तेषां वीराणामागच्छन्ति ततस्ततः ॥ ५.५.१८ ॥
Then the earth was crowded, filled with fourfold armies; the armies of those heroes came pouring in from here and there.
5.5.19
चालयन्तीव गां देवीं सपर्वतवनामिमाम् ।
ततः प्रज्ञावयोवृद्धं पाञ्चाल्यः स्वपुरोहितम्।
कुरुभ्यः प्रेषयामास युधिष्ठिरमते स्थितः ॥ ५.५.१९ ॥
As if shaking the earth, this goddess with her mountains and forests, the lord of the Pañcālas, steadfast in Yudhiṣṭhira's counsel, then sent his priest, elder in wisdom and years, to the Kurus.