Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 5.72
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5.72.1
सञ्जयस्य श्रुतं वाक्यं भवतश्च श्रुतं मया ।
सर्वं जानाम्यभिप्रायं तेषां च भवतश्च यः ॥ ५.७२.१ ॥
I have heard the words of Sañjaya and I have heard your words too. I know all the intention of them and of you.
5.72.2
तव धर्माश्रिता बुद्धिस्तेषां वैराश्रया मतिः ।
यदयुद्धेन लभ्येत तत्ते बहुमतं भवेत् ॥ ५.७२.२ ॥
Your intellect rests on dharma, but their judgment rests on enmity. Whatever could be obtained without war should be most acceptable to you.
5.72.3
न चैवं नैष्ठिकं कर्म क्षत्रियस्य विशांपते ।
आहुराश्रमिणः सर्वे न भैक्षं क्षत्रियश्चरेत् ॥ ५.७२.३ ॥
Nor is this the fixed duty of a kṣatriya, O lord of men. All those in the stages of life say that a kṣatriya should not go begging.
5.72.4
जयो वधो वा सङ्ग्रामे धात्राऽऽदिष्टः सनातनः ।
स्वधर्मः क्षत्रियस्यैष कार्पण्यं न प्रशत्यते ॥ ५.७२.४ ॥
Victory or death in battle is the eternal ordinance laid down by the Creator. This is the own-duty of a kṣatriya; cowardly pity is not praised.
5.72.5
न हि कार्पण्यमास्थाय शक्या वृत्तिर्युधिष्ठिर ।
विक्रमस्व महाबाहो जहि शत्रून्परन्तप ॥ ५.७२.५ ॥
Indeed, O Yudhiṣṭhira, one cannot make a livelihood by taking up cowardly pity. Show your valour, O mighty-armed one, and slay the enemies, O scorcher of foes.
5.72.6
अतिगृद्धाः कृतस्नेहा दीर्घकालं सहोषिताः ।
कृतमित्राः कृतबला धार्तराष्ट्राः परन्तप ॥ ५.७२.६ ॥
The sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra are extremely greedy; they have shown affection and lived together a long time; they have made allies and gathered strength, O scorcher of foes.
5.72.7
न पर्यायोऽस्ति यत्साम्यं त्वयि कुर्युर्विशांपते ।
बलवत्तां हि मन्यन्ते भीष्मद्रोणकृपादिभिः ॥ ५.७२.७ ॥
Lord of the people, there is no way for them to match you, for Bhīṣma, Droṇa, Kṛpa and the others regard them as strong.
5.72.8
यावच्च मार्दवेनैतान्राजन्नुपचरिष्यसि ।
तावदेते हरिष्यन्ति तव राज्यमरिन्दम ॥ ५.७२.८ ॥
O king, as long as you treat these men with gentleness, they will seize your kingdom, O subduer of foes.
5.72.9
नानुक्रोशान्न कार्पण्यान्न च धर्मार्थकारणात् ।
अलं कर्तुं धार्तराष्ट्रस्तव काममरिन्दम ॥ ५.७२.९ ॥
Neither from compassion, nor from weakness, nor for the sake of dharma and wealth, can the son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra fulfil your desire, O subduer of foes.
5.72.10
एतदेव निमित्तं ते धार्तराष्ट्रो यथा त्वयि ।
नान्वतप्यत कोपेन तव कृत्वाऽपि दुष्करम् ॥ ५.७२.१० ॥
This very thing is the cause: though he had done a grievous deed against you, the son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra did not repent in anger.
5.72.11
पितामहस्य द्रोणस्य विदुरस्य च धीमतः ।
ब्राह्मणानां च साधूनां राज्ञश्च नगरस्य च ॥ ५.७२.११ ॥
of the grandfather Bhīṣma, of Droṇa, of the wise Vidura, of the Brahmins, of the virtuous, of the king, and of the city.
5.72.12
पश्यतां कुरुमुख्यानां सर्वेषामेव तत्त्वतः ।
दानशीलं मृदुं दान्तं धर्मशीलमनुव्रतम् ॥ ५.७२.१२ ॥
Before the eyes of all the chief Kurus, in truth, to one who was generous, gentle, self-controlled, devoted to dharma and obedient.
5.72.13
यत्त्वामुपधिना राजन्द्यूते वञ्चितवांस्तदा ।
न चापत्रपते तेन नृशंसः स्वेन कर्मणा ॥ ५.७२.१३ ॥
O king, he who then cheated you with deceit at dice feels no shame for that cruel deed of his own.
5.72.14
तथाशीलसमाचरे राजन्मा प्रणयं कृथाः ।
वध्यास्ते सर्वलोकस्य किं पुनस्तव भारत ॥ ५.७२.१४ ॥
O king, do not show affection to those of such conduct. They deserve death from all the world; how much more so for you, O descendant of Bharata.
5.72.15
वाग्भिस्त्वप्रतिरूपाभिरतुदत्त्वां सहानुजम् ।
श्लाघमानः प्रहृष्टः सन्भ्रातृभिः सह भाषते ॥ ५.७२.१५ ॥
With unseemly words he pained you and your younger brother; delighted and boasting, he speaks together with his brothers.
5.72.16
एतावत्पाण्डवानां हि नास्ति किंचिदिह स्वकम् ।
नामधेयं च गोत्रं च तदप्येषां न शिष्यते ॥ ५.७२.१६ ॥
The Pāṇḍavas have not even this much of their own here; not even their name and lineage remains to them.
5.72.17
कालेन महता चैषां भविष्यति पराभवः ।
प्रकृतिं ते भजिष्यन्ति नष्टप्रकृतयो मयि ॥ ५.७२.१७ ॥
After a long time their defeat will come; having lost their nature, they will take on their nature in me.
5.72.18
दुःशासनेन पापेन तदा द्यूते प्रवर्तिते ।
अनाथवत्तदा देवी द्रौपदी सुदुरात्मना ॥ ५.७२.१८ ॥
When the sinful Duḥśāsana started the game of dice then, that most wicked one treated Queen Draupadī as though she had no protector.
5.72.19
आकृष्य केशे रुदती सभायां राजसंसदि ।
भीष्मद्रोणप्रमुखतो गौरिति व्याहृता मुहुः ॥ ५.७२.१९ ॥
Dragged by the hair in the assembly, weeping, in the council of kings, she was repeatedly addressed as 'cow' in the presence of Bhīṣma and Droṇa foremost.
5.72.20
भवता वारिताः सर्वे भ्रातरो भीमविक्रमाः ।
धर्मपाशनिबद्धाश्च न किंचित्प्रतिपेदिरे ॥ ५.७२.२० ॥
You restrained all the brothers of terrible prowess, and bound by the noose of dharma, they did not respond at all.
5.72.21
एताश्चान्याश्च परुषा वाचः स समुदीरयन् ।
श्लाघते ज्ञातिमध्ये स्म त्वयि प्रव्रजिते वनम् ॥ ५.७२.२१ ॥
Uttering these and other harsh words, he boasted among kinsmen after you had gone forth to the forest.
5.72.22
ये तत्रासन्समानीतास्ते दृष्ट्वा त्वामनागसम् ।
अश्रुकण्ठा रुदन्तश्च सभायामासते सदा ॥ ५.७२.२२ ॥
Those who had been brought there, seeing you blameless, with throats choked with tears, would sit weeping in the assembly always.
5.72.23
न चैनमभ्यनन्दंस्ते राजानो ब्राह्मणैः सह ।
सर्वे दुर्योधनं तत्र निन्दन्ति स्म सभासदः ॥ ५.७२.२३ ॥
Neither those kings nor the brahmins together applauded him; all the members of the assembly there blamed Duryodhana.
5.72.24
कुलीनस्य च या निन्दा वधो वाऽमित्रकर्शन ।
महागुणो वधो राजन्नु तु निन्दा कुजीविका ॥ ५.७२.२४ ॥
For a man of noble birth, blame or death, O subduer of foes! O king, death is indeed a great virtue; but blame is a base livelihood.
5.72.25
तदैव निहतो राजन्यदैव निरपत्रपः ।
निन्दितश्च महाराज पृथिव्यां सर्वराजभिः ॥ ५.७२.२५ ॥
O king, the shameless man is slain at the very moment he becomes shameless; O great king, he is reproached by all the kings on earth.
5.72.26
ईषत्करो वधस्तस्य यस्य चारित्रमीदृशम् ।
प्रस्कुन्देन प्रतिस्तब्धश्छिन्नमूल इव द्रुमः ॥ ५.७२.२६ ॥
For one whose conduct is such, killing has little effect; he grows stiff with obstinacy, like a tree whose root is cut.
5.72.27
वध्यः सर्प इवानार्यः सर्वलोकस्य दुर्मतिः ।
जह्येन त्वममित्रघ्न मा राजन्विचिकित्सिथाः ॥ ५.७२.२७ ॥
He is ignoble and ill-minded, to be slain like a serpent by the whole world. Strike him down, O destroyer of enemies; do not hesitate, O king.
5.72.28
सर्वथा त्वत्क्षमं चैतद्रोचते च ममानघ ।
यत्त्वं पितरि भीष्मे च प्रणिपातं समाचरेः ॥ ५.७२.२८ ॥
O sinless one, this is in every way fitting for you, and it pleases me too: that you should pay reverence to your father and to Bhīṣma.
5.72.29
अहं तु सर्वलोकस्य गत्वा छेत्स्यामि संशयम् ।
येषामस्ति द्विधाभावो राजन्दुर्योधनं प्रति ॥ ५.७२.२९ ॥
But I will go before the whole world and cut away the doubt, O king, of those whose minds are divided concerning Duryodhana.
5.72.30
मध्ये राज्ञामहं तत्र प्रातिपौरुषिकान्गुणान् ।
तव सङ्कीर्तयिष्यामि ये च तस्य व्यतिक्रमाः ॥ ५.७२.३० ॥
There, in the midst of the kings, I will proclaim your personal manly virtues and the transgressions of Duryodhana.
5.72.31
ब्रुवतस्तत्र मे वाक्यं धर्मार्थसहितं हितम् ।
निशम्य पार्थिवाः सर्वे नानाजनपदेश्वराः ॥ ५.७२.३१ ॥
As I spoke there words of welfare joined with dharma and wealth, all the kings, lords of various realms, listened.
5.72.32
त्वयि संप्रतिपत्स्यन्ते धर्मात्मा सत्यवागिति ।
तस्मिंश्चाधिगमिष्यन्ति यथा लोभादवर्तत ॥ ५.७२.३२ ॥
They will accept you as righteous-souled and truthful, and they will learn how he acted out of greed.
5.72.33
गर्हयिष्यामि चैवैनं पौरजानपदेष्वपि ।
वृद्धबालानुपादाय चातुर्वर्ण्ये समागते ॥ ५.७२.३३ ॥
I will reproach him before the city- and country-folk too, taking in the old and the young, when the four classes are assembled.
5.72.34
शमं वै याचमानस्त्वं नाधर्मं तत्र लप्स्यसे ।
कुरून्विगर्हयिष्यन्ति धृतराष्ट्रं च पार्थिवाः ॥ ५.७२.३४ ॥
Seeking peace, you will obtain no unrighteousness there; the kings will censure the Kurus and Dhṛtarāṣṭra.
5.72.35
तस्मिंल्लोकपरित्यक्ते किं कार्यमवशिष्यते ।
हते दुर्योधने राजन्यदन्यत्क्रियतामिति ॥ ५.७२.३५ ॥
When he is abandoned by the world and Duryodhana is slain, O king, what task remains? Let something else be done.
5.72.36
यात्वा चाहं कुरून्सर्वान्युष्मदर्थमहापयन् ।
यतिष्ये प्रशमं कर्तुं लक्षयिष्ये च चेष्टितम् ॥ ५.७२.३६ ॥
Going to all the Kurus, not letting them perish for your sake, I will strive to bring about peace, and I will observe their conduct.
5.72.37
कौरवाणां प्रवृत्तिं च गत्वा युद्धाधिकारिकाम् ।
निशम्य विनिवर्तिष्ये जयाय तव भारत ॥ ५.७२.३७ ॥
Having gone and heard the state of the Kauravas and the matters concerning war, I shall return, O Bhārata, for your victory.
5.72.38
सर्वथा युद्धमेवाहमाशंसापि परैः सह ।
निमित्तानि हि सर्वाणि तथा प्रादुर्भवन्ति मे ॥ ५.७२.३८ ॥
In every way I see only war; I do not even hope for peace with the enemy, for all the omens appear to me in just this way.
5.72.39
मृगाः शकुन्ताश्च वदन्ति घोरं ।
हस्त्यश्वमुख्येषु निशामुखेषु ।
घोराणि रूपाणि तथैव चाग्नि-
र्वर्णान्बहून्पुष्यति घोररूपान् ॥ ५.७२.३९ ॥
Deer and birds speak dreadful things; at the chief places of elephants and horses, at nightfall, dreadful forms appear, and likewise the fire shows many colours of dreadful shape.
5.72.40
मनुष्यलोकक्षयकृत्सुघोरो ।
नो चेदनुप्राप्त इहान्तकः स्यात्।
शस्त्राणि यन्त्रं कवचान्रथांश्च ।
नागान्हयांश्च प्रतिपादयित्वा ॥ ५.७२.४० ॥
This is a most dreadful destroyer of the human world; otherwise Death would have already arrived here. Having had weapons, engines, armours, chariots, elephants and horses made ready…
5.72.41
योधाश्च सर्वे कृतनिश्चयास्ते ।
भवन्तु हस्त्यश्वरथेषु यत्ताः।
साङ्ग्रामिकं ते यदुपार्जनीयं ।
सर्वं समग्रं कुरु तन्नरेन्द्र ॥ ५.७२.४१ ॥
Let all the warriors, resolved in purpose, stand ready on elephants, horses and chariots; and whatever martial equipment is to be gathered, gather it all completely, O lord of men.
5.72.42
दुर्योधनो न ह्यलमद्य दातुं ।
जीवंस्तवैतन्नृपते कथंचित्।
यत्ते पुरस्तादभवत्समृद्धं ।
द्यूते हृतं पाण्डवमुख्य राज्यम् ॥ ५.७२.४२ ॥
O king, Duryodhana cannot give it back today, however he may still be living. The prosperous kingdom that was once yours was taken at dice from the foremost of the Pāṇḍavas.