Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 6.15
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6.15.1
त्वद्युक्तोऽयमनुप्रश्नो महाराज यथार्हसि ।
न तु दुर्योधने दोषमिममासङ्क्तुमर्हसि ॥ ६.१५.१ ॥
Great king, this question was prompted by you, as is fitting for you. But you should not impute this fault to Duryodhana.
6.15.2
य आत्मनो दुश्चरितादशुभं प्राप्नुयान्नरः ।
एनसा तेन नान्यं स उपाशङ्कितुमर्हति ॥ ६.१५.२ ॥
A man who obtains misfortune from his own misdeed is not entitled, because of that sin, to suspect anyone else.
6.15.3
महाराज मनुष्येषु निन्द्यं यः सर्वमाचरेत् ।
स वध्यः सर्वलोकस्य निन्दितानि समाचरन् ॥ ६.१५.३ ॥
Great king, whoever among men practises everything that is reprehensible, he, committing reprehensible deeds, is to be slain by the whole world.
6.15.4
निकारो निकृतिप्रज्ञैः पाण्डवैस्त्वत्प्रतीक्षया ।
अनुभूतः सहामात्यैः क्षान्तश्च सुचिरं वने ॥ ६.१५.४ ॥
Awaiting your decision, the Pāṇḍavas with their ministers suffered the wrong done by men of deceitful wisdom, and long endured it in the forest.
6.15.5
हयानां च गजानां च राज्ञां चामिततेजसाम् ।
प्रत्यक्षं यन्मया दृष्टं दृष्टं योगबलेन च ॥ ६.१५.५ ॥
Of horses and elephants and of kings of immeasurable splendour, I saw directly what I saw, and I saw it also by the power of yoga.
6.15.6
शृणु तत्पृथिवीपाल मा च शोके मनः कृथाः ।
दिष्टमेतत्पुरा नूनमिदमेव नराधिप ॥ ६.१५.६ ॥
Hear that, protector of the earth, and do not set your mind on grief. This was surely ordained long ago, O lord of men.
6.15.7
नमस्कृत्वा प्रवक्ष्यामि पाराशर्याय धीमते ।
यस्य प्रसादाद्दिव्यं तत्प्राप्तं ज्ञानमनुत्तमम् ॥ ६.१५.७ ॥
Having bowed to the wise son of Parāśara, I shall speak; by whose grace I obtained that divine and supreme knowledge.
6.15.8
दृष्टिश्चातीन्द्रिया राजन्दूराच्छ्रवणमेव च ।
परचित्तस्य विज्ञानमतीतानागतस्य च ॥ ६.१५.८ ॥
O king, I have supersensory sight, the power to hear from afar, knowledge of another's mind, and knowledge of the past and the future.
6.15.9
व्युत्थितोत्पत्तिविज्ञानमाकाशे च गतिः शुभा ।
अस्त्रैरसङ्गो युद्धेषु वरदानान्महात्मनः ॥ ६.१५.९ ॥
Knowledge of how events arise and pass away, auspicious movement through the sky, and freedom from harm by weapons in battles—all this by the boon of the great-souled one.
6.15.10
श्रृणु मे विस्तरेणेदं विचित्रं परमाद्भुतम् ।
भरतानामभूद्युद्धं यथा तद्रोमहर्षणम् ॥ ६.१५.१० ॥
Hear this from me in detail: the battle among the Bharatas was wondrous and most marvelous, such that it makes the hair stand on end.
6.15.11
तेष्वनीकेषु यत्तेषु व्यूढेषु च विधानतः ।
दुर्योधनो महाराज दुःशासनमथाब्रवीत् ॥ ६.१५.११ ॥
O great king, when those armies had been duly arrayed and drawn up in formation, Duryodhana spoke to Duḥśāsana.
6.15.12
दुःशासन रथास्तूर्णं युज्यन्तां भीष्मरक्षिणः ।
अनीकानि च सर्वाणि शीघ्रं त्वमनुचोदय ॥ ६.१५.१२ ॥
Duḥśāsana, let the chariots that guard Bhīṣma be yoked swiftly, and you must quickly urge on all the armies.
6.15.13
अयं स मामभिप्राप्तो वर्षपूगाभिचिन्तितः ।
पाण्डवानां ससैन्यानां कुरूणां च समागमः ॥ ६.१५.१३ ॥
This is the very encounter I have long anticipated for many years: the Pāṇḍavas with their armies and the Kurus meeting in battle.
6.15.14
नातः कार्यतमं मन्ये रणे भीष्मस्य रक्षणात् ।
हन्युद्गुप्तो ह्यसौ पार्थान्सोमकांश्च ससृञ्जयान् ॥ ६.१५.१४ ॥
I think there is nothing more necessary in battle than guarding Bhīṣma, for, protected, he can slay the Pārthas, the Somakas and the Sṛñjayas.
6.15.15
अब्रवीच्च विशुद्धात्मा नाहं हन्यां शिखण्डिनाम् ।
श्रूयते स्त्री ह्यसौ पूर्वं तस्मादूर्त्यो रणे मम ॥ ६.१५.१५ ॥
The pure-souled one said: 'I will not slay Śikhaṇḍin, for it is heard that he was formerly a woman; therefore he is not to be attacked by me in battle.'
6.15.16
तस्माद्भीष्मो रक्षितव्यो विशेषेणेति मे मतिः ।
शिखण्डिनो वधे यत्ताः सर्वे तिष्ठन्तु मामकाः ॥ ६.१५.१६ ॥
Therefore Bhīṣma must be protected above all, in my view. Let all my men stand ready, intent on slaying Śikhaṇḍin.
6.15.17
तथा प्राच्याः प्रतीच्याश्च दाक्षिणात्योत्तरापथाः ।
सर्वथाऽस्त्रेषु कुशलास्ते रक्षन्तु पितामहम् ॥ ६.१५.१७ ॥
Likewise, let the warriors of the eastern, western, southern and northern regions, all skilled in weapons, protect the grandsire.
6.15.18
अरक्ष्यमाणं हि वृको हन्यात्सिंहं महाबलम् ।
मा सिंहं जम्बुकेनेव घातयामः शिखण्डिना ॥ ६.१५.१८ ॥
A wolf may slay even a mighty lion if it is left unguarded. Let us not, like the jackal that brings down the lion, have him slain by Śikhaṇḍin.
6.15.19
वामं चक्रं युधामन्युरुत्तमौजाश्च दक्षिणम् ।
गोप्तारौ फाल्गुनं प्राप्तौ फाल्गुनोपि शिखण्डिनः । ॥ ६.१५.१९ ॥
Yudhāmanyu was the left flank-wheel and Uttamaujas the right; the two protectors came to Arjuna, and Arjuna too went to Śikhaṇḍin.
6.15.20
संरक्ष्यमाणः पार्थेन भीष्मेण च विवर्जितः ।
यथा न हन्याद्गाङ्गेयं दुःशासन तथा कुरु ॥ ६.१५.२० ॥
Though guarded by Pārtha and by Bhīṣma, let him be kept apart from them, so that he cannot kill the son of Gaṅgā — do thus, Duḥśāsana.