Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 7.24
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7.24.1
व्यथयेयुरिमे सेनां देवानामपि सञ्जय ।
आहवे ये न्यवर्तन्त वृकोदरमुखा नृपाः ॥ ७.२४.१ ॥
O Sañjaya, those kings who turned back in battle, led by Vṛkodara, could have distressed even the army of the gods.
7.24.2
सम्प्रयुक्तः किलैवायं दिष्टैर्भवति पूरुषः ।
तस्मिन्नेव च सर्वार्थाः प्रदृश्यन्ते पृथग्विधाः ॥ ७.२४.२ ॥
A man is indeed yoked by fate, and in that very thing all manner of aims are seen, each different.
7.24.3
दीर्घं विप्रोषितः कालमरण्ये जटिलोऽजिनी ।
अज्ञातश्चैव लोकस्य विजहार युधिष्ठिरः ॥ ७.२४.३ ॥
Yudhiṣṭhira, long exiled in the forest, matted-haired and clad in deerskin, roamed unknown to the world.
7.24.4
स एव महतीं सेनां समावर्तयदाहवे ।
किमन्यद्दैवसंयोगान्मम पुत्राभवाय च ॥ ७.२४.४ ॥
It was he who turned back the great army in battle. What else but the conjunction of fate, which came about for the ruin of my sons?
7.24.5
युक्त एव हि भाग्येन ध्रुवमुत्पद्यते नरः ।
स तथाऽऽकृष्यते तेन न यथा स्वयमिच्छति ॥ ७.२४.५ ॥
Yoked indeed by fortune, a man is surely born; and by that he is drawn along as he does not wish of himself.
7.24.6
द्यूतव्यसनमासाद्य क्लेशितो हि युधिष्ठिरः ।
स पुनर्भागधेयेन सहायानुपलब्धवान् ॥ ७.२४.६ ॥
Having fallen into the vice of dice, Yudhiṣṭhira was indeed afflicted; yet by fortune he again obtained allies.
7.24.7
अर्थे मे केकया लब्धाः काशिका कोसलाश्चये ।
चेदीनां चार्धमपरे मामे व समुपाश्रिताः ॥ ७.२४.७ ॥
For my sake the Kekayas, the Kāśis and the Kosalas were obtained, and half the Cedis and others came to take refuge in me alone.
7.24.8
पृथिवी भूयसी तात मम पार्थस्य नो तथा ।
इति मामब्रवीत्सूत मन्दो दुर्योधनः पुरा ॥ ७.२४.८ ॥
Dear one, the earth is greater for me, not for Pārtha, nor for us in that way, so the foolish Duryodhana once said to me, O charioteer.
7.24.9
तस्य सेनासमूहस्य मध्ये द्रोणः सुरक्षितः ।
निहतः पार्षतेनाजौ किमन्यद्भागधेयतः ॥ ७.२४.९ ॥
Droṇa, well guarded in the midst of that host of troops, was slain in battle by the son of Pṛṣata; what else but fate?
7.24.10
मध्ये राज्ञां महाबाहुं सदा युद्धाभिनन्दिनम् ।
सर्वास्त्रपारगं द्रोणं कथं मृत्युरुपेयिवान् ॥ ७.२४.१० ॥
How did death come upon Droṇa, the great-armed one in the midst of the kings, ever delighting in battle, master of all weapons?
7.24.11
समनुप्राप्तकृच्छ्रोऽहं मोहं परममागतः ।
भीष्मद्रोणौ हतौ श्रुत्वा नाहं जीवितुमुत्सहे ॥ ७.२४.११ ॥
Overtaken by hardship, I have fallen into supreme bewilderment; having heard that Bhīṣma and Droṇa are slain, I have no will to live.
7.24.12
यन्मां क्षत्ताऽब्रवीत्तात प्रपश्यन्पुत्रगृद्धिनम् ।
दुर्योधनेन तत्सर्वं प्राप्तं सूत मया सह ॥ ७.२४.१२ ॥
Dear one, all that Kṣattṛ (Vidura) said to me, seeing me clearly greedy for my sons, has come upon me through Duryodhana, O charioteer.
7.24.13
नृशंसं तु परं तात त्यक्त्वा दुर्योधनं यदि ।
पुत्रशेषं चिकीर्षेयं कृत्स्नं न मरणं व्रजेत् ॥ ७.२४.१३ ॥
Dear son, if I were to abandon the utterly cruel Duryodhana and wish to preserve some remnant of my sons, the whole line might not meet death.
7.24.14
यो हि धर्मं परित्यज्य भवत्यर्थपरो नरः ।
सोऽस्माच्च हीयते लोकात्क्षुद्रभावं च गच्छति ॥ ७.२४.१४ ॥
The man who abandons dharma and becomes intent only on wealth is diminished from this world and comes to a base nature.
7.24.15
अद्य चाप्यस्य राष्ट्रस्य कृतोच्छेदस्य सञ्जय ।
अवशेषं न पश्यामि ककुदे मृदिते सति ॥ ७.२४.१५ ॥
Sañjaya, in this kingdom whose destruction has been wrought, I do not see any remnant even today, for its foremost (the hump) has been crushed.
7.24.16
कथं स्यादवशेषो हि धुर्ययोरभ्यतीतयोः ।
यौ नित्यमुपजीवामः क्षमिणौ पुरुषर्षभौ ॥ ७.२४.१६ ॥
When those two chief pillars, the patient bulls among men on whom we always depended, have passed away, how could any remnant remain?
7.24.17
व्यक्तमेव च मे शंस यथा युद्धमवर्तत ।
केऽयुध्यन्के व्यपाकुर्वन्के क्षुद्राः प्राद्रवन्भयात् ॥ ७.२४.१७ ॥
Tell me clearly how the battle unfolded: who fought, who turned away, and which base men fled out of fear.
7.24.18
धनुञ्जयं च मे शंस यद्यच्चक्रे रथर्षभः ।
तस्माद्भयं नो भूयिष्ठं भ्रातृव्याच्च वृकोदरात् ॥ ७.२४.१८ ॥
Tell me also of Dhanañjaya, and what that bull among charioteers did; for we have exceeding fear from the enemy (our paternal cousin) and from Vṛkodara.
7.24.19
यथाऽसीच्च निवृत्तेषु पाण्डवेयेषु सञ्जय ।
मम सैन्यावशेषस्य सन्निपातः सुदारुणः ॥ ७.२४.१९ ॥
O Sañjaya, when the sons of Pāṇḍu had withdrawn, how was the terrible clash of my surviving army?
7.24.20
कथं च वो मनस्तात निवृत्तेष्वभवत्तदा ।
मामकानां च ये शूराः के कांस्तत्र न्यवारयन् ॥ ७.२४.२० ॥
Dear one, how did your mind fare when they had withdrawn? Which of my heroes were held back there?