Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 5.81
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5.81.1
राज्ञस्तु वचनं श्रुत्वा धर्मार्थसहितं हितम् ।
कृष्णा दाशार्हमासीनमब्रवीच्छोककर्शिता ॥ ५.८१.१ ॥
Having heard the king's beneficial words, joined with dharma and purpose, Kṛṣṇā, wasted with grief, spoke to the Dāśārha seated before her.
5.81.2
सुता द्रुपदराजस्य स्वसितायतमूर्धजा ।
संपूज्य सहदेवं च सात्यकिं च महारथम् ॥ ५.८१.२ ॥
The daughter of King Drupada, with white and long hair, having honored Sahadeva and the great charioteer Sātyaki.
5.81.3
भीमसेनं च संशान्तं दृष्ट्वा परमदुर्मनाः ।
अश्रुपूर्णेक्षणा वाक्यमुवाचेदं मनस्विनी ॥ ५.८१.३ ॥
Seeing Bhīmasena calm, the high-minded woman, deeply distressed, her eyes full of tears, spoke these words.
5.81.4
विदितं ते महाबाहो धर्मज्ञ मधुसूदन ।
यथा निकृतिमास्थाय भ्रंशिताः पाण्डवाः सुखात् ॥ ५.८१.४ ॥
You know, O mighty-armed one, knower of dharma, Madhusūdana, how, resorting to deceit, the Pāṇḍavas were cast down from happiness.
5.81.5
धृतराष्ट्रस्य पुत्रेण सामात्येन जनार्दन ।
यथा च सञ्जयो राज्ञा मन्त्रं रहसि श्रावितः ॥ ५.८१.५ ॥
O Janārdana, how the son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, together with his ministers, and how the king had Sañjaya made to hear a secret counsel in private.
5.81.6
युधिष्ठिरस्य दाशार्ह तच्चापि विदितं तव ।
यथोक्तः सञ्जयश्चैव तच्च सर्वं श्रुतं त्वया ॥ ५.८१.६ ॥
O Dāśārha, that too of Yudhiṣṭhira is known to you; and as was spoken to Sañjaya, all of that you have heard.
5.81.7
पञ्च नस्तात दीयन्तां ग्रामा इति महाद्युते ।
अविस्थलं वृकस्थलं माकन्दीं वारणावतम् ॥ ५.८१.७ ॥
O greatly radiant one, dear friend, let five villages be given to us: Avisthala, Vṛkasthala, Mākandī and Vāraṇāvata.
5.81.8
अवसानं महाबाहो कंचिदेकं च पञ्चमम् ।
इति दुर्योधनो वाच्यः सुहृदश्चास्य केशव ॥ ५.८१.८ ॥
O mighty-armed one, some one and a fifth as settlement; thus should Duryodhana be told, O Keśava, and his well-wishers too.
5.81.9
न चापि ह्यकरोद्वाक्यं श्रुत्वा कृष्ण सुयोधनः ।
युधिष्ठिरस्य दाशार्ह श्रीमतः सन्धिमिच्छतः ॥ ५.८१.९ ॥
O Kṛṣṇa, Suyodhana, having heard, did not heed the word, O descendant of Daśārha, of glorious Yudhiṣṭhira who desired peace.
5.81.10
अप्रदानेन राज्यस्य यदि कृष्ण सुयोधनः ।
सन्धिमिच्छेन्न कर्तव्यं तत्र गत्वा कथंचन ॥ ५.८१.१० ॥
O Kṛṣṇa, if Suyodhana, without giving up the kingdom, should desire peace, then having gone there, one must not make peace in any way.
5.81.11
शक्ष्यन्ति हि महाबाहो पाण्डवाः सृञ्जयैः सह ।
धार्तराष्ट्रबलं घोरं क्रुद्धं प्रतिसमासितुम् ॥ ५.८१.११ ॥
O mighty-armed one, the Pāṇḍavas together with the Sṛñjayas will be able to confront the terrible, enraged army of the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra.
5.81.12
न हि साम्ना न दानेन शक्योऽर्थस्तेषु कश्चन ।
तस्मात्तेषु न कर्तव्या कृपा ते मधुसूदन ॥ ५.८१.१२ ॥
Indeed no aim can be achieved from them by conciliation or by gift; therefore, O Madhusūdana, your compassion should not be shown toward them.
5.81.13
साम्ना दानेन वा कृष्ण ये न शाम्यन्ति शत्रवः ।
योक्तव्यस्तेषु दण्डः स्याज्जीवितं परिरक्षता ॥ ५.८१.१३ ॥
O Kṛṣṇa, those enemies who are not pacified by conciliation or by gifts must be made to face punishment by one who wishes to protect his own life.
5.81.14
तस्मात्तेषु महादण्डः क्षेप्तव्यः क्षिप्रमच्युत ।
त्वया चैव महाबाहो पाण्डवैः सह सृञ्जयैः ॥ ५.८१.१४ ॥
Therefore, O Acyuta, O mighty-armed one, you together with the Pāṇḍavas and the Sṛñjayas must swiftly hurl great punishment upon them.
5.81.15
एतत्समर्थं पार्थानां तव चैव यशस्करम् ।
क्रियमाणं भवेत्कृष्ण क्षत्रस्य च सुखावहम् ॥ ५.८१.१५ ॥
This is fitting for the sons of Pṛthā and brings fame to you as well. O Kṛṣṇa, if it is done, it will also bring happiness to the warrior class.
5.81.16
क्षत्रियेण हि हन्तव्यः क्षत्रियो लोभमास्थितः ।
अक्षत्रियो वा दाशार्ह स्वधर्ममनुतिष्ठता ॥ ५.८१.१६ ॥
A kṣatriya who has taken up greed should be slain by a kṣatriya; or even a non-kṣatriya, O descendant of Daśārha, by one who follows his own duty.
5.81.17
अन्यत्र ब्राह्मणात्तात सर्वपापेष्ववस्थितात् ।
गुरुर्हि सर्ववर्णानां ब्राह्मणः प्रसृताग्रभुक् ॥ ५.८१.१७ ॥
Dear one, except a brāhmaṇa who is engaged in all sins; for the brāhmaṇa is the teacher of all the varṇas, the one who eats first and most.
5.81.18
यथाऽवध्ये वध्यमाने भवेद्दोषो जनार्दन ।
स वध्यस्यावधे दृष्ट इति धर्मविदो विदुः ॥ ५.८१.१८ ॥
O Janārdana, just as there is a fault in slaying one who should not be slain, so too a fault is seen in not slaying the one who should be slain; thus the knowers of dharma understand.
5.81.19
यथा त्वां न स्पृशेदेष दोषः कृष्ण तथा कुरु ।
पाण्डवैः सह दाशर्हैः सृञ्जयैश्च ससैनिकैः ॥ ५.८१.१९ ॥
O Kṛṣṇa, so act that this fault may not touch you — together with the Pāṇḍavas, the Dāśārhas, the Sṛñjayas and their armies.
5.81.20
पुनरुक्तं च वक्ष्यामि विश्रम्भेण जनार्दन ।
का तु सीमन्तिनी मादृकं पृथिव्यामस्ति केशव ॥ ५.८१.२० ॥
O Janārdana, I will repeat it in confidence — O Keśava, who on earth is a woman like me?
5.81.21
सुता द्रुपदराजस्य वेदिमध्यात्समुत्थिता ।
धृष्टद्युम्नस्य भगिनी तव कृष्ण प्रिया सखी ॥ ५.८१.२१ ॥
The daughter of King Drupada, risen from the middle of the sacrificial altar, sister of Dhṛṣṭadyumna — O Kṛṣṇa, your dear friend.
5.81.22
आजमूढकुलं प्राप्त स्नुषा पाण्डोर्महात्मनः ।
महिषी पाण्डुपुत्राणां पञ्चेन्द्रसमवर्चसाम् ॥ ५.८१.२२ ॥
Come into the lineage of Ajamīḍha, the daughter-in-law of the great-souled Pāṇḍu, the chief queen of the sons of Pāṇḍu, equal in splendor to five Indras.
5.81.23
सुता मे पञ्चभिर्वीरैः पञ्च जाता महारथाः ।
अभिमन्युर्यथा कृष्ण तथा ते तव धर्मतः ॥ ५.८१.२३ ॥
By five heroes I have five sons, great chariot-warriors; O Kṛṣṇa, just as Abhimanyu is yours, so by right they too are yours.
5.81.24
साऽहं केशग्रहं प्राप्ता परिक्लिष्टा सभां गता ।
पश्यतां पाण्डुपुत्राणां त्वयि जीवति केशव ॥ ५.८१.२४ ॥
I am the one whose hair was seized, who was dragged into the assembly and greatly tormented, while the sons of Pāṇḍu looked on — O Keśava, while you were alive.
5.81.25
जीवस्तु पाण्डुपुत्रेषु पञ्चालेष्वथ वृष्णिषु ।
दासीभाताऽस्मि पापानां सभामध्ये व्यवस्थिता ॥ ५.८१.२५ ॥
While the sons of Pāṇḍu, the Pañcālas and the Vṛṣṇis are still alive, I have been made a slave, a sister-in-law of the wicked, and set standing in the middle of the assembly.
5.81.26
निरमर्षेष्वचेष्टेषु प्रेक्ष्यमाणेषु पाण्डुषु ।
पाहि मामिति गोविन्द मनसा चिन्तितोसि मे ॥ ५.८१.२६ ॥
While the Pāṇḍavas, without indignation and motionless, looked on, I thought of you in my mind, saying: 'Govinda, protect me!'
5.81.27
यत्र मां भगवान्राजा श्वशुरो वाक्यमब्रवीत् ।
वरं वृणीष्व पाञ्चालि वरार्हाऽसि मता मम ॥ ५.८१.२७ ॥
Then the venerable king, my father-in-law, spoke to me: 'Choose a boon, Pāñcālī; I hold you worthy of a boon.'
5.81.28
अदासाः पाण्डवाः सन्तु सरथाः सायुधा इति ।
मयोक्ते यत्र निर्मुक्ता वनवासाय केशव ॥ ५.८१.२८ ॥
When, at my word, the Pāṇḍavas were released for forest-exile, with the words: 'Let the Pāṇḍavas not be slaves, but keep their chariots and weapons'—O Keśava.
5.81.29
एवंविधानां दुःखानामभिज्ञोऽसि जनार्दन ।
त्रायस्व पुण्डरीकाक्ष सभर्तृज्ञातिबान्धवान् ॥ ५.८१.२९ ॥
You are aware of such sorrows, O Janārdana. O lotus-eyed one, protect us, together with our husbands, kinsmen and relatives.
5.81.30
नन्वहं कृष्ण भीष्मस्य धृतराष्ट्रस्य चोभयोः ।
श्नुषा भवामि धर्मेण साऽहं दासीकृता बलात् ॥ ५.८१.३० ॥
Surely, Kṛṣṇa, am I not by right the daughter-in-law of both Bhīṣma and Dhṛtarāṣṭra? Yet I have been made a slave by force.
5.81.31
धिक्पार्थस्य धनुष्मत्तां भीमसेनस्य धिग्बलम् ।
यत्र दुर्योधनः कृष्ण मुहूर्तमपि जीवति ॥ ५.८१.३१ ॥
Shame on Pārtha's skill with the bow, and shame on Bhīmasena's strength, that Duryodhana still lives even for a moment, O Kṛṣṇa.
5.81.32
यदि तेऽहमनुग्राह्या यदि तेऽस्ति कृपा मयि ।
धार्तराष्ट्रेषु वै कोपः सर्वः कृष्ण विधीयताम् ॥ ५.८१.३२ ॥
If I am worthy of your favor, and if you have compassion for me, then, O Kṛṣṇa, let all your anger be directed against the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra.
5.81.33
इत्युक्त्वा मृदुसंहारं वृजिनाग्रं सुदर्शनम् ।
सुनीलमसितापाङ्गी सर्वगन्धादिवासितम् ॥ ५.८१.३३ ॥
Having said this, she took up the Sudarśana discus, soft to grip, with a keen edge, deep blue and scented with all manner of fragrances.
5.81.34
सर्वलक्षणसंपन्नं महाभुजगवर्चसम् ।
केशपक्षं वरारोहा गृह्व वामेन पाणिना ॥ ५.८१.३४ ॥
That discus, endowed with all auspicious marks and shining like a great serpent, with a wing of hair, the lovely-hipped woman seized with her left hand.
5.81.35
पद्माक्षी पुण्डरीकाक्षमुपेत्य गजगामिनी ।
अश्रुपूर्णेक्षणा कृष्णा कृष्णं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥ ५.८१.३५ ॥
The lotus-eyed Kṛṣṇā, gaited like an elephant, approached the lotus-eyed Kṛṣṇa and, with eyes full of tears, spoke these words to him.
5.81.36
अयं ते पुण्डरीकाक्ष दुःशासनकरोद्धृतः ।
स्मर्तव्यः सर्वकार्येषु परेषां सन्धिमिच्छताम् ॥ ५.८१.३६ ॥
O lotus-eyed one, here is yours, the lock dragged by Duḥśāsana's hand. It must be remembered in all your undertakings, even when enemies seek peace.
5.81.37
यदि भीमार्जुनौ कृष्ण कृपणौ सन्धिकामुकौ ।
पिता मे योत्स्यते वृद्धः सह पुत्रैर्महारथैः ॥ ५.८१.३७ ॥
If Bhīma and Arjuna, O Kṛṣṇa, are pitiful and desire peace, then my aged father will fight together with his sons, the great chariot-warriors.
5.81.38
पञ्च चैव महावीर्याः पुत्रा मे मधुसूदन ।
अभिमन्युं पुरस्कृत्य योत्स्यन्ते कुरुभिः सह ॥ ५.८१.३८ ॥
And my five sons of great valour, placing Abhimanyu in front, will fight with the Kurus, O Madhusūdana.
5.81.39
दुःशासनभुजं श्यामं संछिन्नं पांसुकुण्ठितम् ।
यद्यहं तु न पश्यामि का शान्तिर्हृदयस्य मे ॥ ५.८१.३९ ॥
If I do not see Duḥśāsana's arm, dark, severed and dulled with dust, what peace can there be for my heart?
5.81.40
त्रयोदश हि वर्षाणि प्रतीक्षन्त्या गतानि मे ।
विधाय हृदये मन्युं प्रदीप्तमिव पावकम् ॥ ५.८१.४० ॥
Thirteen years have passed for me while I waited, holding anger in my heart like a blazing fire.
5.81.41
विदीर्यते मे हृदयं भीमवाक्शल्यपीडितम् ।
योऽयमद्य महाबाहुर्धर्ममेवानुपश्यति ॥ ५.८१.४१ ॥
My heart is torn apart, pierced by Bhīma's arrow-like words; for this mighty-armed one looks only to dharma today.
5.81.42
इत्युक्त्वा बाष्परुद्धेन कण्ठेनायतलोचना ।
रुरोद कृष्णा सोत्कम्पं सस्वरं बाष्पगद्गदम् ॥ ५.८१.४२ ॥
Having spoken thus, Kṛṣṇā of the long eyes wept, trembling, her throat choked with tears, her voice faltering and broken with weeping.
5.81.43
स्तनौ पीनायतश्रोणी सहितावभिवर्षती ।
द्रवीभूतमिवात्युष्णं मुञ्चन्ती वारि नेत्रजम् ॥ ५.८१.४३ ॥
Her full, broad breasts and wide hips trembling together, she poured forth from her eyes tears so hot they seemed melted.
5.81.44
तामुवाच महाबाहुः केशवः परिसान्त्वयन् ।
अचिराद्द्रक्ष्यसे कृष्णे रुदतीर्भरतस्त्रियः ॥ ५.८१.४४ ॥
Then Keśava, the mighty-armed one, consoling her, said: "Kṛṣṇā, soon you will see the weeping women of the Bharatas."
5.81.45
एवं ता भीरु रोस्त्यन्ति निहतज्ञातिबान्धवाः ।
हतमित्रा हतबला येषां क्रुद्धाऽसि भामिनी ॥ ५.८१.४५ ॥
Thus, O timid one, weep those women whose kinsmen and friends are slain and whose strength is destroyed, against whom you, O radiant one, are angry.
5.81.46
अहं च तत्करिष्यामि भीमार्जुनयमैः सह ।
युधिष्ठिरनियोगेन दैवाच्च विधिनिर्मितात् ॥ ५.८१.४६ ॥
I too shall do that, together with Bhīma, Arjuna and the twins, at Yudhiṣṭhira's command and by fate ordained by providence.
5.81.47
धार्तराष्ट्राः कालपक्वा न चेच्छृण्वन्ति मे वचः ।
शेष्यन्ते निहता भूमौ श्वसृगालादनीकृताः ॥ ५.८१.४७ ॥
If the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, ripened by time, do not heed my words, they will lie slain upon the ground, made food for dogs and jackals.
5.81.48
चलेद्धि हिमवाञ्शैलो मेदिनी शतधा भवेत् ।
द्यौः पतेच्च सनक्षत्रा न मे मोघं वचो भवेत् ॥ ५.८१.४८ ॥
Even if the Himālaya mountain should tremble, the earth split into a hundred pieces, and the sky fall with its stars, still my word would not be in vain.
5.81.49
शुष्येत्तोयनिधिः कृष्णे न मे मोघं वचो भवेत् ।
सत्यं ते प्रतिजानामि कृष्णे बाष्पो निगृह्यताम् ।
हतामित्राञ्श्रिया युक्तानचिदाद्द्रक्ष्यसे पतीन् ॥ ५.८१.४९ ॥
Though the ocean dry up, O Kṛṣṇā, my word shall not be false. I truly promise you; O Kṛṣṇā, hold back your tears. Soon you shall see your husbands, their enemies slain, endowed with prosperity.