Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 5.54
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5.54.1
एवमेतन्महाराज यथावदसि भारत ।
युद्धे विनाशः क्षत्रस्य गाण्डीवेन प्रदृश्यते ॥ ५.५४.१ ॥
Thus it is, great king, descendant of Bharata, as you have truly said: in battle the destruction of the warriors will be seen through the Gāṇḍīva.
5.54.2
इदं तु नाभिजानामि तव धीरस्य नित्यशः ।
यत्पुत्रवशमागच्छेस्तत्त्वज्ञः सव्यसाचिनः ॥ ५.५४.२ ॥
But this I do not understand of you, ever steadfast and a knower of truth: how you have come under the sway of your sons regarding Savyasācin.
5.54.3
नैष कालो महाराज तव शश्वत्कृतागसः ।
त्वया ह्येवादितः पार्था निकृता भरतर्षभ ॥ ५.५४.३ ॥
This is not the time for you, great king, who have always done wrong. You, bull of the Bharatas, from the very beginning cheated the sons of Pṛthā.
5.54.4
पिता श्रेष्ठः सुहृद्यश्च सम्यक्प्रणिहितात्मवान् ।
आस्थेयं हि हितं तेन न द्रोग्धा गुरुरुच्यते ॥ ५.५४.४ ॥
A father is the best and a well-wisher, one whose self is rightly restrained. His beneficial counsel must be followed, for one who does not betray is called a teacher.
5.54.5
इदं जितमिदं लब्धमिति श्रुत्वा पराजितान् ।
द्यूतकाले महाराज स्मरसे स्म कुमारवत् ॥ ५.५४.५ ॥
Hearing from the defeated 'This is won, this is gained!', you, great king, rejoiced like a child during the dice game — do you remember this?
5.54.6
परुषाण्युच्यमानांश्च पुरा पार्थानुपेक्षसे ।
कृत्स्नं राज्यं जयन्तीति प्रपातं नानुपश्यसि ॥ ५.५४.६ ॥
Formerly, when harsh words were spoken to the sons of Pṛthā, you ignored them. You do not foresee the downfall that they will conquer the entire kingdom.
5.54.7
पित्र्यं राज्यं महाराज कुरवस्ते सजाङ्गलाः ।
अथ वीरैर्जितामुर्वीमखिलां प्रत्यपद्यथाः ॥ ५.५४.७ ॥
O great king, the Kurus had their ancestral kingdom together with the Jāṅgala lands; then you regained the entire earth that heroes had conquered.
5.54.8
बाहुवीर्यार्जिता भूमिस्तव पार्थैर्निवेदिता ।
मयेदं कृतमित्येव मन्यसे राजसत्तम ॥ ५.५४.८ ॥
Your land, won by the might of arms, was surrendered to you by the Pārthas. O best of kings, you think, 'This was done by me.'
5.54.9
ग्रस्तान्गन्धर्वराजेन मज्जतो ह्यप्लवेऽम्भसि ।
आनिनाय पुनः पार्थः पुत्रांस्ते राजसत्तम ॥ ५.५४.९ ॥
Your sons, seized by the king of the Gandharvas and sinking in water without a raft, O best of kings, were brought back again by the Pārtha.
5.54.10
कुमारवच्च स्मयसे द्यूते विनिकृतेषु यत् ।
पाण्डवेषु वने राजन्प्रव्रजत्सु पुनःपुनः ॥ ५.५४.१० ॥
O king, you laugh like a child at the Pāṇḍavas, cheated at dice and sent again and again into the forest.
5.54.11
प्रवर्षतः शरव्रातानर्जुनस्य शितान्बहून् ।
अप्यर्णवा विशुष्येयुः किं पुनर्मासयोनयः ॥ ५.५४.११ ॥
When Arjuna pours down many sharp showers of arrows, even the oceans would dry up; what then of the waters born of clouds?
5.54.12
अस्यतां फाल्गुनः श्रेष्ठो गाण्डीवं धनुषां वरम् ।
केशवः सर्वभूतानामायुधानां सुदर्शनम् ।
वानरो रोचमानश्च केतुः केतुमतां वरः ॥ ५.५४.१२ ॥
Among archers Phalguna is the best, among bows the Gāṇḍīva is the finest; among all beings Keśava, among weapons the Sudarśana, and among bannered warriors the shining monkey-banner is the best.
5.54.13
एवमेतानि स रथो वहते सह यो रणे ।
क्षपयिष्यति नो राजन्कालचक्रमिवोद्यतम् ॥ ५.५४.१३ ॥
O king, the charioteer who bears all these into battle will destroy us like the raised wheel of time.
5.54.14
तस्याद्य वसुधा राजन्निखिला भरतर्षभ ।
यस्य भीमार्जिनौ योधौ स राजा राजसत्तम ॥ ५.५४.१४ ॥
O king, best of the Bharatas, today the whole earth will be his, the king whose warriors are Bhīma and Arjuna, O best of kings.
5.54.15
तथा भीमहतप्रायां मञ्जन्तीं तव वाहिनीम् ।
दुर्योधनमुखा दृष्ट्वा क्षयं यास्यन्ति कौरवाः ॥ ५.५४.१५ ॥
Thus, seeing your army nearly slain by Bhīma and sinking, the Kauravas led by Duryodhana will go to destruction.
5.54.16
न भीमार्जुनयोर्भीता लप्स्यन्ते विजयं विभो ।
तव पुत्रा महाराज राजानश्चानुसारिणः ॥ ५.५४.१६ ॥
O mighty lord, your sons and the kings who follow them, fearing Bhīma and Arjuna, will not win victory, O great king.
5.54.17
मत्स्यास्त्वामद्य नार्चन्ति पञ्चालाश्च सकेकयाः ।
साल्वेयाः शूरसेनाश्च सर्वे त्वामवजानते ॥ ५.५४.१७ ॥
The Matsyas, the Pañcālas together with the Kekayas, the Sālveyas and the Śūrasenas — today none of them honor you; all of them despise you.
5.54.18
पार्थं ह्येते गताः सर्वे वीर्यज्ञास्तस्य धीमतः ।
भक्त्या ह्यस्य विरुध्यन्ते तव पुत्रैः सदैव ते ॥ ५.५४.१८ ॥
All of these have gone over to Pārtha, for they know the prowess of that wise one; out of devotion to him they always stand against your sons.
5.54.19
अनर्हानेव तु वधे धर्मयुक्तान्विकर्मणा ।
योऽक्लेशयत्पाण्डुपुत्रान्यो विद्वेष्ट्यधुनापि वै ॥ ५.५४.१९ ॥
He who afflicted the sons of Pāṇḍu, united with dharma and undeserving of death, by his wrong action, and who even now hates them.
5.54.20
सर्वोपायैर्नियन्तव्यः सानुगः पापपुरुषः ।
तव पुत्रो महाराज नानुशोचितुमर्हसि ॥ ५.५४.२० ॥
O great king, that evil man with his followers must be restrained by every means; you ought not to grieve for your son.
5.54.21
अपरोहं महाराज साक्षाच्चैनं ब्रवीम्यहम् ।
द्यूतकाले मया चोक्तं विदुरेण च धीमता ॥ ५.५४.२१ ॥
O great king, without concealment I speak directly to him: at the time of the dice game I said it, and the wise Vidura said it too.
5.54.22
यदिदं ते विलपितं पाण्डवान्प्रति भारत ।
अनीशेनैव राजेन्द्र सर्वमेतन्निरर्थकम् ॥ ५.५४.२२ ॥
O descendant of Bharata, all this lamentation of yours concerning the Pāṇḍavas is meaningless, O lord of kings — the lamentation of one who has no power.