Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 8.1
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8.1.1
नारायणं नमस्कृत्य नरं चैव नरोत्तमम् ।
देवीं सरस्वतीं व्यासं ततो जयमुदीरयेत्
शिबिराद्धास्तिनपुरं प्राप्य भारत सञ्जयः ।
प्रविवेश महाबाहुर्धृतराष्ट्रनिवेशनम्
नारायणं नमस्कृत्य नरं चैव नरोत्तमम् ।
देवीं सरस्वतीं चैव ततो जयमुदीरयेत्
हते कर्णे महाराज निशि गावल्गणिस्तदा ।
दीनो ययौ नागपुरमश्वैर्वातसमैर्जवे
हते द्रोणे महेष्वासे तव पुत्रा महारथाः ।
बभूवुरस्वस्थमुखा विषण्णा गतचेतसः ॥ ८.१.१ ॥
Having bowed to Nārāyaṇa, and to Nara, the best of men, and to the goddess Sarasvatī and to Vyāsa, one should then recite the Jaya. O descendant of Bharata, having reached Hāstinapura from the camp, the mighty-armed Sañjaya entered the palace of Dhṛtarāṣṭra. Having bowed to Nārāyaṇa, and to Nara, the best of men, and to the goddess Sarasvatī too, one should then recite the Jaya. O great king, when Karṇa was slain, at night Gāvalgaṇi (Sañjaya), sorrowful, went to Nāgapura with horses swift as the wind. When the great archer Droṇa was slain, your great chariot-warrior sons became dismayed, their faces downcast, their minds gone.
8.1.2
शोकेनापहतः सूतो विलपन्भृशदुःखितः ।
चिन्तयन्निधनं घोरं सूतपुत्रस्य पाण्डवैः
ततो द्रोणे हते राजन्दुर्योधनमुखा नृपाः ।
भृशमुद्विग्नमनसो द्रोणपुत्रमुपागमन्
स हास्तिनपुरं गत्वा भृशमुद्विग्नचेतनः ।
जगाम धृतराष्ट्रस्य क्षयं प्रक्षीणबान्धवम्
अवाङ्मुखाः शस्त्रभृतः सर्व एव विशाम्पते ।
अवेक्षमाणाः शोकार्ता नाभ्यभाषन्परस्परम् ॥ ८.१.२ ॥
Overwhelmed by grief, the charioteer lamented greatly and, deeply distressed, kept brooding on the terrible death of Karṇa, the charioteer's son, at the hands of the Pāṇḍavas. Then, O king, after Droṇa was slain, the kings led by Duryodhana, their minds greatly troubled, went to Droṇa's son. He went to Hāstinapura and, with a deeply disturbed mind, entered the house of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, whose kinsmen had dwindled. O lord of men, all the weapon-bearers, faces downcast and afflicted with sorrow, looked at one another but spoke no word to each other.
8.1.3
अन्तःपुरं प्रविश्यैव सञ्जयो राजसत्तमम् ।
अश्रुपूर्णो भृशं त्रस्तो राजानमुपजग्मिवान्
ते द्रोणमनुशोचन्तः कश्मलाभिहतौजसः ।
पर्युपासन्त शोकार्तास्ततः शारद्वतीसुतम्
स तमुद्वीक्ष्य राजानं कश्मलाभिहतौजसम् ।
ववन्दे प्राञ्जलिर्भूत्वा मूर्ध्ना पादौ नृपस्य ह
तान्दृष्ट्वा व्यथिताकारान्सैन्यानि तव भारत ।
ऊर्ध्वमेव निरैक्षन्त दुःखत्रस्तान्यनेकशः ॥ ८.१.३ ॥
Entering the inner palace, Sañjaya came to the king, the best of kings, filled with tears and greatly terrified. Lamenting for Droṇa, their vigor struck down by bewilderment, the grief-stricken men then sat around the son of Śāradvatī. Seeing the king, whose vigor was struck down by bewilderment, he bowed with folded hands, placing his head at the king's feet. O Bhārata, seeing your armies with troubled appearance, terrified by sorrow, they looked upward again and again.
8.1.4
उपस्थाय च राजानं विनिश्वस्य च सूतजः ।
नातिहृष्टमना राजन्निदं वचनमब्रवीत्
ते मुहूर्तं समाश्वस्य हेतुभिः शास्त्रसम्मितैः ।
रात्र्यागमे महीपालाः स्वानि वेश्मानि भेजिरे
सम्पूज्य च यथान्यायं धृतराष्ट्रं महीपतिम् ।
हा कष्टमिति चोक्त्वा स ततो वचनमाददे
शस्त्राण्येषां तु राजेन्द्र शोणिताक्तानि सर्वशः ।
प्राभ्रश्यन्त कराग्रेभ्यो दृष्ट्वा द्रोणं हतं युधि ॥ ८.१.४ ॥
Sañjaya, the charioteer's son, approached the king, sighed deeply, and with a mind not gladdened, O king, spoke these words. Having been comforted for a moment by reasons agreeable to the scriptures, when night came those kings went to their own dwellings. Then, having duly honoured Dhṛtarāṣṭra, the lord of the earth, and saying, 'Alas, how painful!', he began his speech. O lord of kings, seeing Droṇa slain in battle, their weapons, smeared all over with blood, slipped from the tips of their fingers.
8.1.5
सञ्चयोऽहं महाराज नमस्ते भरतर्षभ ।
हतो वैकर्तनः कर्णः कृत्वा कर्म सुदुष्करम्
ते वेश्मस्वपि कौरव्य पृथ्वीशा नाप्नुवन्सुखम् ।
चिन्तयन्तः क्षयं तीव्रं दुःखशोकसमन्विताः
सञ्जयोऽहं क्षितिपते कच्चिदास्ते सुखं भवान् ।
स्वदोषैरापदं प्राप्य कच्चिन्नाद्य विमुह्यति
तानि बद्वान्यरिष्टानि लम्बमानानि भारत ।
अदृश्यन्त महाराज नक्षत्राणि यथा दिवि ॥ ८.१.५ ॥
Sañjaya said: Homage to you, great king, bull of the Bharatas. Karṇa, the son of Vikartana, has been slain after performing a most difficult deed. Even in their houses, O descendant of Kuru, the kings found no happiness; thinking of the fierce destruction, they were filled with sorrow and grief. I am Sañjaya, O lord of the earth. Are you well? Having fallen into calamity through your own faults, are you not now bewildered, O Bhārata? O great king, those bound, hanging, inauspicious omens appeared like stars in the sky.
8.1.6
चेदिकाशिकरूशानां मत्स्यानां सोमकैः सह ।
कृत्वाऽसौ कदनं शेते वातनुन्न इव द्रुमः
विशेषतः सूतपुत्रो राजा चैव सुयोधनः ।
दुःशासनश्च शकुनिः सौबलश्च महाबलः
हितान्युक्तानि विदुरद्रोणगाङ्गेयकेशवैः ।
अगृहीतान्यनुस्मृत्य कच्चिन्न कुरुषे व्यथाम्
तथा तु स्तिमितं दृष्ट्वा गतसत्वमवस्थितम् ।
बलं तव महाराज राजा दुर्योधनोऽब्रवीत् ॥ ८.१.६ ॥
Having wrought carnage together with the Cedis, Kāśis, Rūśas, the Matsyas and the Somakas, he lies like a tree felled by the wind. Especially the charioteer's son, King Duryodhana, Duḥśāsana, Śakuni and the mighty Saubala did not accept the beneficial words spoken by Vidura, Droṇa, Gāṅgeya and Keśava. Recalling them, do you not feel distress? Seeing your army standing motionless and lifeless, great king, King Duryodhana then spoke.
8.1.7
गोष्ठमध्येव ऋषभो गोव्रजैः परिवारितः ।
व्यालेन निहतो यद्वत्तथाऽसौ निहतः परैः
उषितास्ते निशां तां तु दुर्योधननिवेशने ।
चिन्तयन्तः परिक्लेशान्पाण्डवानां महात्मनाम्
रामनारदकण्वाद्यैर्हितमुक्तं सभातले ।
न गृहीतमनुस्मृत्य कच्चिन्न कुरुषे व्यथाम्
भवतां बाहुवीर्यं हि समाश्रित्य मया युधि ।
पाण्डवेयाः समाहूता युद्वं चेदं प्रवर्तितम् ॥ ८.१.७ ॥
As a bull surrounded by herds of cows in the middle of the cattle-pen is struck down by a wild beast, so was he struck down by the enemy. Those who had spent that night in Duryodhana's camp kept brooding over the afflictions of the high-souled Pāṇḍavas. Do you not grieve, recalling the beneficial words spoken in the assembly hall by Rāma, Nārada, Kaṇva and others, which were not accepted? Relying on the strength of your arms, I challenged the sons of Pāṇḍu in battle, and this war was set in motion.
8.1.8
निराशान्पाण्डवान्कृत्वा दृढं राजन्ससात्यकान् ।
पाञ्चालानां रथांश्चैव विनिहत्य सहस्रशः
यत्तद्द्यूते परिक्लिष्टा कृष्णा चानायिता सभाम् ।
तत्स्मरन्तोऽनुशोचन्तो भृशमुद्विग्नचतेतसः
सुहृदस्त्वद्विते युक्तान्भीष्मद्रोणमुखान्परैः ।
निहतान्युधि संस्मृत्य कच्चिन्न कुरुषे व्यथाम्
तदिदं निहते द्रोणे विषण्णमिव लक्ष्यते ।
युध्यमानाश्च समरे योधा वध्यन्ति सर्वशः ॥ ८.१.८ ॥
O king, having thrown the Pāṇḍavas into despair together with Sātyaki, and having destroyed the Pāñcāla chariots by the thousands, and recalling how Kṛṣṇā, tormented at the dice game, was dragged into the assembly hall — grieving again and again, with agitated minds — do you not feel distress when you recall your well-wishers, Bhīṣma and Droṇa, devoted to your welfare, slain in battle by the enemy? With Droṇa slain, this army appears dejected, and warriors fighting in battle are being killed on every side.
8.1.9
जित्वा शूरान्महेष्वासान्विद्राव्य च दिशोदश ।
हतो वैकर्तनः कर्णः पाण्डवेन किरीटिना
तथा तु सञ्चिन्तयतां तान्क्लेशान्द्यूतकारितान् ।
दुःखेन क्षणदा राजञ्जगामाब्दशतोपमा
तमेवंवादिनं राजा सूतपुत्रं कृताजलिम् ।
सुदीर्घमथ निःश्वस्य दुःखार्त इदमब्रवीत्
जयो वाऽपि वधो वाऽपि युध्यमानस्य संयुगे ।
भवेत्किमत्र चित्रं वै युध्यध्वं सर्वतोमुखाः ॥ ८.१.९ ॥
Having conquered heroes and great archers, and routed the ten directions, Arjuna, the crowned Pāṇḍava, slew Karṇa, son of Vikartana. O king, for those brooding over the afflictions caused by the dice game, that night passed in grief like a hundred years. To the charioteer's son, who spoke thus and stood with folded hands, the king, racked with sorrow, heaved a very long sigh and said: For one who fights in battle, whether victory or death comes, what is strange in that? Fight, O warriors facing every side.
8.1.10
वैरस्य गत आनृण्यं दुर्गमस्य दुरात्मभिः ।
हत्वा कर्णं महाराज विशल्यः पाण्डवोऽभवत्
ततः प्रभाते विमले स्थिता दिष्टस्य शासने ।
चक्रुरावश्यकं सर्वे विधिदृष्टेन कर्मणा
आपगेये हते शूरे दिव्यास्त्रवति सञ्जय ।
द्रोणे च परमेष्वासे भृशं मे व्यथितं मनः
पश्यध्वं च महात्मानं कर्णं वैकर्तनं युधि ।
प्रचरन्तं महेष्वासं दिव्यैरस्त्रैर्महाबलम् ॥ ८.१.१० ॥
Having paid the debt of enmity, and with the unassailable hero slain by the wicked, O great king, the son of Pāṇḍu became free of thorns by killing Karṇa. Then, on the clear dawn, standing under fate's command, they all performed the necessary acts by the deeds seen by destiny. O Sañjaya, with the heroic son of Āpgeya (Bhīṣma) and Droṇa, the supreme archer and knower of divine weapons, slain, my mind is greatly pained. Behold in battle the great-souled son of Vikartana, Karṇa, moving about as a mighty archer with divine weapons.
8.1.11
शोषणं सागराणां वा पतनं वा विवस्वतः ।
विशीर्णत्वं यथा मेरोस्तथा कर्णस्य पातनम्
ते कृत्वाऽवश्यकार्याणि समाश्वस्य च भारत ।
योगमाज्ञापयामासुर्युद्वाय च विनिर्ययुः
यो रथानां सहस्राणि दंशितानां दशैव तु ।
अहन्यहनि तेजस्वी निजघ्ने वसुसम्भवः
यस्य वै युधि सन्त्रासात्कुन्तीपुत्रो धनञ्जयः ।
निवर्तते सदा मन्दः सिंहात्क्षुद्रमृगो यथा ॥ ८.१.११ ॥
As the drying up of the oceans, the fall of the sun, or the shattering of Meru would be impossible, so was the fall of Karṇa. Having done their necessary duties and taken comfort, O Bhārata, they ordered the battle array and set out for war. The radiant son of Vasu, who every day struck down ten thousand armored chariots, before whom Dhanañjaya, son of Kuntī, always turned back in battle, as a small deer turns from a lion.
8.1.12
योधाश्च बहवो राजन्हतास्तत्र जयैषिणः ।
राजानो राजपुत्राश्च शूराः परिघबाहवः
कर्णं सेनापतिं कृत्वा कृतकौतुकमङ्गलाः ।
पूजयित्वा द्विजश्रेष्ठान्दधिपात्रघृताक्षतैः
तं हतं यज्ञसेनस्य पुत्रेणेह शिखण्डिना ।
पाण्डवेयाभिगुप्तेन श्रुत्वा मे व्यथितं मनः
येन नागायुतप्राणो भीमसेनो महाबलः ।
मानुषेणैव युद्धेन तामवस्थां प्रवेशितः ॥ ८.१.१२ ॥
O king, many warriors who sought victory, kings and princes, heroes with arms like iron bars, were slain there. Having made Karṇa commander, having performed the auspicious rites and tokens, and having honored the best of the twice-born with curds, ghee and unbroken grains, they had gone to battle. Hearing that he was slain by Śikhaṇḍin, son of Yajñasena, protected by the Pāṇḍavas, my mind is troubled. The mighty Bhīmasena, whose strength was that of ten thousand elephants, brought him to that state by mere human combat.
8.1.13
रथौघाश्च नरौघाश्च हता राजन्सहस्रशः ।
वारणा निहतास्तत्र वाजिनश्च महाहवे
गोभिरश्वैश्च निष्कैश्च वासोभिश्च महाधनैः ।
वन्द्यमाना जयाशीर्भिः सूतमागधबन्दिभिः
भार्गवः प्रददौ यस्मै परमास्त्रं महाहवे ।
साक्षाद्रामणे यो बाल्ये धनुर्वेद उपाकृतः
येन दिव्यास्त्रविच्छूरो मायावी स घटोत्कचः ।
अमोघया रणे शक्त्या निहतो भैरवं नदन् ॥ ८.१.१३ ॥
O king, there thousands of chariot-warriors and foot-soldiers were slain in the great battle; elephants and horses were slain too. Karṇa, who was praised with blessings of victory by charioteers, panegyrists and bards, and offered cows, horses, gold coins and precious garments, and to whom Bhārgava (Paraśurāma) gave the supreme weapon in the great battle, whom Rāma himself taught archery in boyhood — that Ghaṭotkaca, the hero, knower of divine weapons and illusionist, was struck down in battle by an unfailing spear, roaring terribly.
8.1.14
क्षत्रियाश्च महाराज सेनयोरुभयोर्हताः ।
परस्परं वै वीक्ष्यात्र परस्परकृतागसः
तथैव पाण्डवा राजन्कृतपूर्वाह्णिकक्रियाः ।
शिबिरान्निर्ययुस्तूर्णं युद्वाय कृतनिश्चयाः
यस्य प्रसादात्कौन्तेया राजपुत्रा महारथाः ।
महारथत्वं सम्प्राप्तास्तथाऽन्ये वसुधाधिपाः
तस्य दुर्वारवीर्यस्य सत्यसन्धस्य धीमतः ।
बाह्वोर्द्रविणमक्षय्यमद्य द्रक्ष्यथ संयुगे ॥ ८.१.१४ ॥
O great king, kṣatriyas of both armies have been slain. Seeing one another as wrongdoers there, the Pāṇḍavas too, O king, having performed their morning rites and resolved upon battle, quickly set out from the camp. By whose grace the sons of Kuntī and the princes became great chariot-warriors, and other lords of the earth too attained the rank of great chariot-warrior — today you will see the inexhaustible wealth of that irresistibly valiant, true-vowed, wise one in their arms in battle.
8.1.15
किञ्चिच्छेषान्परान्कृत्वा तीर्त्वा पाण्डववाहिनीम् ।
पार्थवेलां समासाद्य हतो वैकर्तनो वृषा
ततः प्रववृते युद्वं तुमुलं रोमहर्षणम् ।
कुरूणां पाण्डवानां च परस्परजयैषिणाम्
तं द्रोणं निहतं श्रुत्वा धृष्टद्युम्नेन संयुगे ।
सत्यसन्धं महेष्वासं भृशं मे व्यथितं मनः
द्रोणपुत्रस्य विक्रान्तं राधेयस्यैव चोभयोः ।
पश्यन्तु पाण्डुपुत्रास्ते विष्णुवासवयोरिव ॥ ८.१.१५ ॥
Having left some of the enemy alive, having crossed the Pāṇḍava host and reached the shore of Pārtha, the bull, son of Vikartana, was slain. Then a tumultuous and hair-raising battle began between the Kurus and the Pāṇḍavas, each seeking victory over the other. Hearing that Droṇa, true to his vow and a great archer, was slain in battle by Dhṛṣṭadyumna, my mind is deeply distressed. Let the sons of Pāṇḍu behold the prowess of both the son of Droṇa and the son of Rādhā, as Viṣṇu and Vāsava behold it.
8.1.16
जयाशा धार्तराष्ट्राणां वैरस्य च मुखं नृप ।
तीर्णं तत्पाण्डवै राजन्यत्पुरा नावबुध्यसे
तयोर्द्वौ दिवसौ युद्वं कुरुपाण्डवसेनयोः ।
कर्णे सेनापतौ राजन्बभूवाद्भुतदर्शनम्
ययोर्लोके पुमानस्त्रे न समोऽस्ति चतुर्विधे ।
तौ द्रोणभीष्मौ श्रुत्वा तु हतौ मे व्यथितं मनः
सर्व एव भवन्तश्च शक्ताः प्रत्येकशोऽपि वा ।
पाण्डुपुत्रान्रणे हन्तुं ससैन्यान्किसु संहताः।
वीर्यवन्तः कृतास्त्राश्च द्रक्ष्यथाद्य परस्परम् ॥ ८.१.१६ ॥
O king, the hope of victory of Dhṛtarāṣṭra's sons and the face of enmity, which you did not perceive before, has been crossed by the Pāṇḍavas. O king, the battle between the Kuru and Pāṇḍava armies lasted those two days, and O king, it became a wondrous sight with Karṇa as commander. I am troubled in mind to hear that Droṇa and Bhīṣma, whose equal no man in the world possessed in the fourfold science of weapons, have been slain. All of you, alone or together, are able to slay the sons of Pāṇḍu in battle with their armies. Mighty and skilled in weapons, you will see one another today.
8.1.17
प्रोच्यमानं महाराज बन्धुभिर्हितबुद्धिभिः ।
तदिदं समनुप्राप्तं व्यसनं त्वां महाभयम्
ततः शत्रुक्षयं कृत्वा सुमहान्तं रणे वृषः ।
पश्यतां धार्तराष्ट्राणां फल्गुनेन निपातितः
त्रैलोक्ये यस्य चास्त्रेषु न पुमान्विद्यते समः ।
तं द्रोणं निहतं श्रुत्वा किमकुर्वत मामकाः
एवमुक्त्वा ततः कर्णं चक्रे सेनापतिं तदा ।
तव पुत्रो महावीर्यो भ्रातृभिः सहितोऽनघ ॥ ८.१.१७ ॥
Great king, this great calamity that is being spoken of by your well-wishing kinsmen has come upon you. Then, having brought about the destruction of enemies in battle, that very great bull (Karṇa) was struck down by Phalguna (Arjuna) before the eyes of the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra. When Droṇa, whose equal in weapons no man in the three worlds is found, was slain, what did my people do? Having spoken thus, your mighty son, together with his brothers, then made Karṇa commander of the army, O sinless one.
8.1.18
पुत्राणां राज्यकामेन त्वया राजन्हितैषिणा ।
चरितान्यहितान्येव तेषां ते फलमागतम्
ततस्तु सञ्जयः सर्वं गत्वा नागपुरं द्रुतम् ।
आचष्ट धृतराष्ट्राय यद्वृत्तं कुरुजाङ्गले
संशप्तकानां च बले पाण्डवेन महात्मना ।
धनञ्जयेन विक्रम्य गमिते यमसादनम्
सैनापत्यमथावाप्य कर्णो राजन्महारथः ।
सिंहनादं विनद्योच्चैः प्रायुध्यत रणोत्कटः ॥ ८.१.१८ ॥
O king, the deeds you did, out of desire for the kingdom for your sons and pretending to seek their welfare, were in truth harmful; now their fruit has come to you. Then Sañjaya quickly went to Nāgapura and told Dhṛtarāṣṭra all that had happened in the Kurujāṅgala country: how, in the army of the Saṃśaptakas, the great-souled Pāṇḍava Dhanañjaya, by his valour, sent them to the abode of Yama; and how, O king, the great charioteer Karṇa, having obtained the command of the army, roared a lion's roar aloud and fought, fierce for battle.
8.1.19
हतो दुःशासनो राजन्यथोक्तं पाण्डवेन तु ।
प्रतिज्ञा भीमसेनेन निस्तीर्णा सा चमूमुखे
आपगेयं हतं श्रुत्वा द्रोणं चापि महारथम् ।
आजगाम परामार्तिं वृद्वो राजाऽम्बिकासुतः
नारायणास्त्रे च हते द्रोणपुत्रस्य धीमतः ।
विप्रद्रुतानहं मन्येनिमग्नाञ्शोकसागरे।
ससृञ्जयानां सर्वेषां पाञ्चालानां च मारिष ।
केकयानां विदेहानां चकार कदनं महत् ॥ ८.१.१९ ॥
O king, Duḥśāsana was slain just as the Pāṇḍava Bhīmasena had declared; at the front of the army he fulfilled his vow. Hearing that Bhīṣma and the great chariot-warrior Droṇa had been killed, the aged king, son of Ambikā, was overcome with supreme anguish. When the Nārāyaṇa weapon of the wise son of Droṇa failed, I think the fleeing troops were sunk in an ocean of sorrow. O sir, he wrought a great slaughter of all the Sṛñjayas, Pāñcālas, Kekayas and Videhas.
8.1.20
पीतं च क्षतजं तस्य धार्तराष्ट्रस्य संयुगे ।
पाण्डवेन महाराज कर्म कृत्वा सुदुष्करम्
स श्रुत्वा निहतं कर्णं दुर्योधनहितैषिणम् ।
कथं द्विजवर प्राणानधारयत दुःखितः
प्लवमानान्हते द्रोणे सन्ननौकानिवार्णवे ।
दुर्योधनस्य कर्णस्य भोजस्य कृतवर्मणः।
तस्येषुधाराः शतशः प्रादुरासञ्छरासनात् ।
अग्रे पुङ्खेषु संसक्ता यथा भ्रमरपङ्क्तयः ॥ ८.१.२० ॥
O great king, the blood of the son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra was drunk by the Pāṇḍava, who performed a very difficult deed in battle. Having heard that Karṇa, the well-wisher of Duryodhana, was slain, how did he, afflicted with grief, sustain his life, O best of the twice-born? When Droṇa was slain, and Duryodhana, Karṇa, Bhoja and Kṛtavarman were floundering like men sunk in the ocean without a boat, from his bow there arose hundreds of streams of arrows, whose feathered tips clung like rows of bees.
8.1.21
एतच्छ्रुत्वा महाराज धृतराष्ट्रोऽम्बिकासुतः ।
शोकस्यान्तमपश्यन्वै हतं मत्वा सुयोधनम्।
विह्वलः पतितो भूमौ नष्टचेता इव द्विपः ।
यस्मिञ्जयाशां पुत्राणां सममन्यत पार्थिवः।
तस्मिन्हते स कौरव्यः कथं प्राणानधारयत् ।
मद्रराजस्य शल्यस्य द्रौणेश्चैव कृपस्य च
मत्पुत्रस्य च शेषस्य तथाऽन्येषां च सञ्जय ।
स पीडयित्वा पाञ्चालान्पाण्डवांश्च तरस्विनः।
हत्वा सहस्रशो योधानर्जुनेन निपातितः ॥ ८.१.२१ ॥
O great king, hearing this, Dhṛtarāṣṭra, son of Ambikā, saw no end to his grief. Thinking Suyodhana slain, distraught and with his wits lost, he fell to the ground like an elephant. How could that Kaurava, in whom the king had placed equal hope of victory for his sons, keep his life once he was slain?
8.1.22
तस्मिन्निपतिते भूमौ विह्वले राजसत्तमे ।
आर्तनादो महानासीत्स्त्रीणां भरतसत्तम
दुर्मरं तदहं मन्ये नृणां कृच्छ्रेऽपि वर्तताम् ।
यत्र कर्णं हतं श्रुत्वा नात्यजज्जीवितं नृपः
विप्रद्रुतेष्वनीकेषु मुखवर्णोऽभवत्कथम् ।
एतत्सर्वं यथावृत्तं तथा गावल्गणे मम। ॥ ८.१.२२ ॥
When that best of kings had fallen to the ground, overcome, O best of the Bharatas, a great cry of anguish arose from the women. That the king did not give up his life on hearing that Karṇa was slain — this I consider hard to bear, even for men in distress. When the armies had been routed, how did his complexion change? O son of Gavalgaṇa, tell me all this just as it happened.
8.1.23
श शब्दः पृथिवीं कृत्स्नां पूरयामास सर्वशः ।
तथा शान्तनवं वृद्वं ब्रह्मन्बाह्लीकमेव च।
द्रोणं च सोमदत्तं च भूरिश्रवसमेव च ।
आचक्ष्व पाण्डवेयानां मामकानां च विक्रमम् ॥ ८.१.२३ ॥
That sound filled the entire earth on every side. O learned one, describe to me the prowess of the aged son of Śantanu, of Bāhlīka, of Droṇa, of Somadatta and of Bhūriśravas, and the prowess of the Pāṇḍavas and of my own people.
8.1.24
शोकार्णवे महाघोरे निमग्ना भरतस्त्रियः ।
रुरुदुर्दुःखशोकार्ता भृशमुद्विग्नचेतसः
तथैव चान्यान्सुहृदः पुत्रान्पौत्रांश्च पातितान् ।
श्रुत्वा यन्नाजहात्प्राणांस्तन्मन्ये दुष्करं द्विज
तवापराधाद्यद्वृत्तं कौरवेयेषु मारिष ।
तच्छ्रुत्वा मा व्यथां कार्षीर्दिष्टे न व्यथते बुधः ॥ ८.१.२४ ॥
Plunged into a terrible ocean of sorrow, the women of the Bharatas wept, afflicted by pain and grief, their minds greatly troubled. Likewise, having heard that other friends, sons and grandsons had been struck down, I think it difficult, O twice-born, that they did not give up their life-breaths. O worthy one, do not be distressed at what happened among the Kauravas through your fault; a wise man is not distressed before fate.
8.1.25
राजानं च समासाद्य गान्धारी भरतर्षभ ।
निःसंज्ञा पतिता भूमौ सर्वाण्यन्तः पुराणि च
एतन्मे सर्वमाचक्ष्व विस्तरेण महामुने ।
न हि तृप्यामि पूर्वेषां शृण्वानश्चरितं महत्
यस्मादभावी भावी वा भवेदर्थो नरं प्रति ।
अप्राप्तौ तस्य वा प्राप्तौ न कश्चिद्यथते बुधः ॥ ८.१.२५ ॥
Having approached the king, Gāndhārī and all the women of the inner apartments fell senseless to the ground. O bull of the Bharatas, O great sage, tell me all this in detail; I am not satisfied hearing the great deeds of our ancestors. For whatever is to happen or not to happen to a man, a wise man is not distressed whether it is obtained or not obtained.
8.1.26
ततस्ताः स़ञ्जयो राजन्समाश्वासयदातुराः ।
मुह्यामानाः सुबहुशो मुञ्चन्तीर्वारि नेत्रजम्
न व्यथाऽभ्यधिका काचिद्विद्यते मम सञ्जय ।
दिष्टमेतत्पुरा मन्ये कथयस्य यथेच्छकम् ॥ ८.१.२६ ॥
Then Sañjaya, O king, comforted those distressed women, who swooned again and again, shedding tears from their eyes. "Sañjaya, I know of no greater anguish than this. I think this was fated long ago; tell it as you wish."
8.1.27
समाश्वस्ताः स्त्रियस्तास्तु वेपमाना मुहुर्मुहुः ।
कदल्य इव वातेन धूयमानाः समन्ततः ॥ ८.१.२७ ॥
Though comforted, those women trembled again and again, like plantain trees shaken on every side by the wind.
8.1.28
राजानं विदुरश्चापि प्रज्ञाचक्षुषमीश्वरम् ।
आश्वासयामास तदा सिञ्चंस्तोयेन कौरवम् ॥ ८.१.२८ ॥
Then Vidura too, sprinkling water upon the king, the blind lord of the Kauravas, comforted him.
8.1.29
स लब्ध्वा सनकैः संज्ञां ताश्च दृष्ट्वा स्त्रियो नृपः ।
उन्मत्त इव राजेन्द्र स्थितस्तूष्णीं विशाम्पते ॥ ८.१.२९ ॥
He slowly regained his senses, and seeing those women, O lord of kings, O lord of the people, he stood silent like one maddened.
8.1.30
ततो ध्यात्वा चिरं कालं निःश्वस्य च पुनःपुनः ।
स्वान्पुत्रान्गर्हयामास बहुमेने च पाण्डवान् ॥ ८.१.३० ॥
Then, after reflecting for a long time and sighing again and again, he reproached his own sons and greatly honoured the Pāṇḍavas.
8.1.31
गर्हयंश्चात्मनो बुद्धिं शकुनेः सौबलस्य च ।
ध्यात्वा तु सुचिरं कालं वेपमानो मुहुर्मुहुः ॥ ८.१.३१ ॥
Reproaching his own judgment and that of Śakuni, son of Subala, he reflected for a very long time, trembling again and again.
8.1.32
संस्तभ्य च मनो भूयो राजा धैर्यसमन्वितः ।
पुनर्गावल्गणिं सूतं पर्यपृच्छत सञ्जयम् ॥ ८.१.३२ ॥
Having steadied his mind again, the king, endowed with firmness, once more asked Sañjaya, the charioteer, son of Gavalgaṇa.
8.1.33
न त्वया कथितं वाक्यं श्रुतं सञ्जय तन्मया ॥ ८.१.३३ ॥
The words you spoke, Sañjaya, I did not hear.
8.1.34
कच्चिद्दुर्योधनः सूत न गतो वै यमक्षयम् ।
जये निराशः पुत्रो मे सततं जयकामुकः।
ब्रूहि सञ्जय तत्त्वेन पुनरुक्तां कथामिमाम् ॥ ८.१.३४ ॥
Sūta, has Duryodhana not gone to the abode of Yama? Has my son, who always desired victory, despaired of victory? Sañjaya, tell this account truthfully once more.
8.1.35
एवमुक्तोऽब्रवीत्सूतो राजानं जनमेजय ।
हतो वैकर्तनो राजन्सहपुत्रैर्महारथः।
भ्रातृभिश्च महेष्वासैः सूतपुत्रैस्तनुत्यजैः ॥ ८.१.३५ ॥
Thus addressed, the charioteer said to the king, O Janamejaya: Vaikartana, the great charioteer, was slain, O king, together with his sons; and his brothers and the great archers, the sons of charioteers, gave up their bodies.
8.1.36
दुःशासनश्च निहतः पाण्डवेन यशस्विना ।
पीतं च रुधिरं कोपाद्भीमसेनेन संयुगे ॥ ८.१.३६ ॥
And Duḥśāsana was slain by the famous Pāṇḍava, and in battle Bhīmasena drank his blood in anger.
8.1.37
एतच्छ्रुत्वा महाराज धृतराष्ट्रोऽम्बिकासुतः ।
दह्यमानोऽब्रवीत्सूतं मुहूर्तं तिष्ठ सञ्जय।
व्याकुलं मे मनस्तात मा तावत्किंचिदुच्यताम् ॥ ८.१.३७ ॥
Hearing this, O great king, Dhṛtarāṣṭra, son of Ambikā, burning with grief, said to the charioteer: Sañjaya, wait a moment. My mind is distressed, dear one; say nothing more for now.
8.1.38
राजापि नाब्रवीत्किञ्चित्सञ्जयो विदुरस्तथा ।
तूष्णीम्भूतस्तदा सोऽथ बभूव जगतीपतिः ॥ ८.१.३८ ॥
The king said nothing, and Sañjaya and Vidura likewise; then that lord of the earth fell silent.