Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 7.86
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7.86.1
हन्त ते सम्प्रवक्ष्यामि सर्वं प्रत्यक्षदर्शिवान् ।
शुश्रूषस्व स्थिरो भूत्वा तव ह्यपनयो महान् ॥ ७.८६.१ ॥
Now I will tell you everything, for I saw it with my own eyes. Listen steadily; this is the fruit of your great wrong.
7.86.2
गतोदके सेतुबन्धो यादृक्तादृगयं तव ।
विलापो निष्फलो राजन्मा शुचो भरतर्षभ ॥ ७.८६.२ ॥
As useless as building a dam after the water has gone, so is this lamentation of yours. Do not grieve, O king, bull of the Bharatas.
7.86.3
अनतिक्रमणीयोऽयं कृतान्तस्याद्भुतो विधिः ।
मा शुचो भरतश्रेष्ठ दिष्टमेतत्पुरातनम् ॥ ७.८६.३ ॥
This is the wondrous decree of Death, which cannot be transgressed. Do not grieve, best of the Bharatas; this is an ancient destiny.
7.86.4
यदि त्वं हि पुरा द्यूतात्कुन्तीपुत्रं युधिष्ठिरम् ।
निवर्तयेथाः पुत्रांश्च न त्वां व्यसनमाव्रजेत् ॥ ७.८६.४ ॥
If you had earlier turned back Yudhiṣṭhira, son of Kuntī, from the dice game, and turned back your sons as well, this calamity would not have come upon you.
7.86.5
युद्धकाले पुनः प्राप्ते तदैव भवता यदि ।
निवर्तिताः स्युः संरब्धा न त्वां व्यसनमाव्रजेत् ॥ ७.८६.५ ॥
If, when the time of battle came again, you had turned back those enraged warriors at that very moment, this calamity would not have come upon you.
7.86.6
दुर्योधनं चाविधेयं बध्नीयास्त्वं पुरा यदि ।
अवेक्ष्य कौरवान्राजन्प्राप्स्यसे त्वं महद्यशः ॥ ७.८६.६ ॥
If you had earlier restrained the disobedient Duryodhana, and considered the Kauravas, you would have obtained great glory, O king.
7.86.7
तत्ते बुद्धिव्यतीचारमुपलप्स्यन्ति तज्जनाः ।
पाञ्चाला वृष्णयः सर्वे ये चान्येऽपि नराधिपाः ॥ ७.८६.७ ॥
Therefore those people will perceive the fault of your judgment: the Pāñcālas, the Vṛṣṇis, all, and the other kings as well.
7.86.8
स कृत्वा पितृकर्म त्वं पुत्रं संस्थाप्य सत्पथे ।
वर्तेथा यदि धर्मेण न त्वां व्यसनमाव्रजेत् ॥ ७.८६.८ ॥
If you perform the duty of a father, establish your son on the righteous path, and conduct yourself by dharma, then calamity will not come upon you.
7.86.9
त्वं तु प्राज्ञतमो लोके हित्वा धर्मं सनातनम् ।
दुर्योधनस्य कर्णस्य शकुनेश्चान्वगा मतम् ॥ ७.८६.९ ॥
You were the wisest man in the world, yet, abandoning the eternal dharma, you followed the opinion of Duryodhana, Karṇa and Śakuni.
7.86.10
तत्ते विलपितं सर्वं मया राजन्निशामितम् ।
अर्थे निविशमानस्य विषमिश्रं यथा मधु ॥ ७.८६.१० ॥
O king, I have heard all that lamentation of yours, like one who, engaged in the matter, drinks honey mixed with poison.
7.86.11
न तथा मन्यते कृष्णो न च राजा युधिष्ठिरः ।
न भीष्मो नैव च द्रोणो यथा त्वं मन्यसे नृप ॥ ७.८६.११ ॥
Kṛṣṇa does not think as you think, nor does King Yudhiṣṭhira, nor Bhīṣma, nor indeed Droṇa, O king.
7.86.12
व्यजानीत यदा तु त्वां लुब्धं धर्मप्रवादिनम् ।
तदाप्रभृति कृष्मस्त्वां न तथा बहुमन्यते ॥ ७.८६.१२ ॥
From the time Kṛṣṇa understood you to be greedy and one who only professes dharma, he has not held you in such high regard.
7.86.13
परुषाण्युच्यमानांश्च यथा पार्थानुपेक्षसे ।
तस्यानुबन्धः प्राप्तस्त्वां पुत्रामां राज्यकामुक ॥ ७.८६.१३ ॥
As you disregarded the harsh words spoken about the sons of Pṛthā, so now their consequence has come upon you, desirous of kingship for your sons.
7.86.14
पितृपैतामहं राज्यमपावृत्तं त्वयाऽनघ ।
अथ पार्थैर्जितां कृत्स्नां पृथिवीं प्रत्यपद्यथाः ॥ ७.८६.१४ ॥
O sinless one, you lost the kingdom of your father and grandfather; and now you have regained the entire earth that was conquered by the sons of Pṛthā.
7.86.15
पाण्डुना निर्जितं राज्यं कौरवाणां यशस्तथा ।
एतच्चाप्यधिकं भूयः पाण्डवैर्धर्मचाखिभिः ॥ ७.८६.१५ ॥
The kingdom won by Pāṇḍu, and the glory of the Kurus, were of that kind; and even more than this is what the Pāṇḍavas, who follow dharma, have again won.
7.86.16
तेषां तत्तादृशं कर्म त्वामासाद्य सुनिष्फलम् ।
यत्पित्र्याद्धंशिता राज्यात्त्वयेहामिषगृद्धिना ॥ ७.८६.१६ ॥
That deed of theirs, coming to you, became utterly fruitless; for you, greedy for prey, deprived them of their ancestral kingdom.
7.86.17
यत्पुनर्युद्धकाले त्वं पुत्रान्गर्हयसे नृप ।
बहुधा व्याहरन्दोषान्न तदद्योपपद्यते ॥ ७.८६.१७ ॥
O king, what you used to do in the time of battle, censuring your sons and speaking of their faults in many ways, does not fit today.
7.86.18
न हि रक्षन्ति राजानो युध्यन्तो जीवितं रणे ।
चमूं विगाह्य पार्थानां युध्यन्ते क्षत्रियर्षभाः ॥ ७.८६.१८ ॥
Kings who fight in battle do not protect their own lives in the field; plunging into the army of the sons of Pṛthā, the bulls among kṣatriyas fight.
7.86.19
यां तु कृष्णार्जुनौ सेनां यां सात्यकिवृकोदरौ ।
रक्षेरन्को नु तां युध्येच्चमूमन्यत्र कौरवात् ॥ ७.८६.१९ ॥
Who, other than the Kauravas, could fight that army which Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna, Sātyaki and Vṛkodara protect?
7.86.20
येषां योद्धा गुडाकेशो येषां मन्त्री जनार्दनः ।
येषां च सात्यकिर्योद्धा येषां योद्धा वृकोदरः ॥ ७.८६.२० ॥
Whose warrior is Guḍākeśa, whose counselor is Janārdana, whose warrior is Sātyaki, whose warrior is Vṛkodara,
7.86.21
को हि तान्विषहेद्योद्धुं मर्त्यधर्मा धनुर्धरः ।
अन्यत्र कौरवेयेभ्यो ये वा तेषां पदानुगाः ॥ ७.८६.२१ ॥
What mortal archer could withstand them in battle, except the sons of Kuru and their followers?
7.86.22
यावत्तु शक्यते कर्तुमन्तरज्ञैर्जनाधिपैः ।
क्षत्रधर्मरतैः शूरैस्तावत्कुर्वन्ति कौरवाः ॥ ७.८६.२२ ॥
As much as kings who know the means, and heroes devoted to the duty of warriors, are able to do, so much do the Kauravas do.
7.86.23
यथा तु पुरुषव्याघ्रैर्युद्धं परमसङ्कटम् ।
कुरूणां पाण्डवैः सार्धं तत्सर्वं शृणु तत्त्वतः ॥ ७.८६.२३ ॥
Hear truly all about how that most perilous battle of the Kurus with the Pāṇḍavas, tigers among men, came to pass.