Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 8.71
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8.71.1
वैकर्तनं कुशलिनं निशम्य ।
क्रुद्धः पार्थः फल्गूनस्यामितौजाः।
धनञ्जयं वाक्यमुवाच राजा ।
युधिष्ठिरः कर्णशराभितप्तः ॥ ८.७१.१ ॥
Hearing of Karṇa's well-being, Yudhiṣṭhira, the king of boundless might, scorched by Karṇa's arrows, angrily spoke these words to Dhanañjaya, the son of Pṛthā.
8.71.2
इमां च वसतिं हित्वा भयात्कर्णेन फल्गुन ।
अहं च भीमसेनश्च माद्रीपुत्रौ च पाण्डवौ ॥ ८.७१.२ ॥
O Phalguna, out of fear of Karṇa, having abandoned this dwelling, I, Bhīmasena, and the two sons of Mādrī, the Pāṇḍavas.
8.71.3
वासुदेवेन सहिता वयं कर्णेन निर्जिताः ।
पुनरेव वनं गत्वा तपश्चर्यां च कुर्महे।
अथवा धार्तराष्ट्राणां परिचर्यां चरामहे ॥ ८.७१.३ ॥
Though we were defeated by Karṇa even with Vāsudeva, we shall again go to the forest and practise austerity, or else we shall serve the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra.
8.71.4
इत्येवमुक्त्वा बीभत्सुं रोषात्संरक्तलोचनः ।
अब्रवीत्पुनरेवात्र धर्मराजो युधिष्ठिरः ॥ ८.७१.४ ॥
Having spoken thus to Bībhatsu (Arjuna), Dharmarāja Yudhiṣṭhira, his eyes reddened with anger, spoke again here.
8.71.5
इदं यदि द्वैतवने तु सूक्तं ।
कर्णं नियोद्धुं न सहे नृपेति।
वयं ततः प्राप्तकालं यथाव… ।
त्कृत्वाऽभ्युपेक्षाम तथैव राज्यम् ॥ ८.७१.५ ॥
If it was indeed said in the Dvaita forest, 'O king, I cannot endure fighting Karṇa,' then at the proper time we shall… and in the same way we shall overlook the kingdom.
8.71.6
मयि प्रतिश्रुत्य वधं हि तस्य ।
बलस्य चार्धस्य तथैव युद्धे।
आनीय मां शत्रुमध्ये स कस्मा… ।
त्समुन्नाम्य स्थण्डिले प्रत्यपिंष्ठाः ॥ ८.७१.६ ॥
Having promised me his death, and likewise the death of half the army in battle, having brought me into the midst of the enemy, why… raising me up, you hurled me back down upon the ground.
8.71.7
अन्वास्य सत्येन यदात्थ पार्थ ।
सत्यं शपन्वासुदेवेन सार्धम्।
तन्नः सत्यमफलं ह्यकार्षीः ।
फलस्य काले चाच्छिन्नः पुष्पवृक्षम् ॥ ८.७१.७ ॥
O son of Pṛthā, the vow you swore upon truth, swearing it together with Vāsudeva, made our truth fruitless; at the time of fruit you were cut down like a flowering tree.
8.71.8
प्रच्छादितस्त्वं बालिश दुर्यशोभि… ।
रनर्थवाक्योऽस्यर्जुन नैव साधुः।
त्यक्त्वा भीमं सर्वभीमेषु भीमं ।
संयोजितस्त्वं सूतपुत्रं निहन्तुम् ॥ ८.७१.८ ॥
Arjuna, you are foolish, covered over with shameful infamy, … of words that bring ruin, by no means virtuous; abandoning Bhīma, the most fearsome of all the fearsome, you have been appointed to slay the charioteer's son.
8.71.9
यत्तद्वृथा वागुवाचान्तरिक्षे ।
सप्ताह्नि जाते त्वयि मन्दबुद्धौ।
अपापीयान्वासवात्कुन्तिजातो ।
बहून्सङ्ग्रामानयमेव जेता ॥ ८.७१.९ ॥
That voice, spoken in vain in the sky concerning you, the dull-witted one born on the seventh day: that this son of Kuntī, sinless even beyond Vāsava, will conquer many battles.
8.71.10
अयं जेता पाण्डवो देवसङ्घान् ।
सर्वाणि भूतान्यपि चोत्तमौजाः।
अयं जेता मद्रकलिङ्गजाता… ।
न्दैत्यांश्च रक्षांसि समागतानि ॥ ८.७१.१० ॥
This Pāṇḍava will conquer the hosts of gods, and all beings too; he of supreme strength will conquer. Born among the Madras and Kaliṅgas, he will conquer… the Daityas and the rākṣasas who have gathered.
8.71.11
भूमिं च सर्वां निखिलेन जेता ।
कुरूंश्च जेता स्वगणांश्च जेता।
अस्मात्परो नो भविता धनुर्धरो ।
नैष्यन्न भूतः कश्चिदेनं विजेता ॥ ८.७१.११ ॥
He will conquer the whole earth entirely, will conquer the Kurus and his own companions too. There will be no greater archer than him for us; no one has come or will come to conquer him.
8.71.12
इच्छन्नयं सर्वभूतानि कुर्या… ।
द्वशी वशे सर्वसमाप्तविद्यः।
कान्त्या शशाङ्कस्य जवेन वायोः ।
स्यैर्येण मेरोः क्षमया पृथिव्याः ॥ ८.७१.१२ ॥
Should he desire it, he would bring all beings under his sway… the master of himself, who has completed all knowledge. In the brilliance of the moon, in the speed of the wind, in the steadiness of Meru, in the patience of the earth (he is equal).
8.71.13
अग्नेश्च तापे धनदस्य लक्ष्म्या ।
शौर्येण शक्रस्य जयेन विष्णोः।
तुल्यो महात्मा तव कुन्ति पुत्रो ।
जातोऽदितेर्विष्णुरिवामितौजाः ॥ ८.७१.१३ ॥
In the heat of Agni, in the splendour of Kubera, in the valour of Indra, in the victory of Viṣṇu, he is equal. Your great-souled son of Kuntī has been born like Viṣṇu of immeasurable strength, born of Aditi.
8.71.14
स्वेषां जयाय द्विषतां वधाय ।
जातो महात्मा तव नन्दिकर्ता।
इत्यन्तरिक्षे शतशृङ्गमूर्ध्नि ।
तपस्विनां शृण्वतां वागुवाच ॥ ८.७१.१४ ॥
"For the victory of one's own and the slaying of enemies, the great-souled joy-maker of yours has been born" — thus a voice spoke in the sky, on the peak of the hundred-peaked mountain, while the ascetics listened.
8.71.15
एवंविधस्त्वं न च भूतस्तथाद्य ।
देवाश्च नूनमनृतं वदन्ति ॥ ८.७१.१५ ॥
You were not such a one, nor are you so today; surely even the gods speak falsehood.
8.71.16
तथा परेषामृषिसत्तमानां ।
श्रुत्वा गिरः पूजयतां सदा त्वाम्।
न सन्नतिं यामि सुयोधनस्य ।
न त्वां जानाम्याधिरथेर्भयार्तम् ॥ ८.७१.१६ ॥
Likewise, having heard the words of the other best of sages who always honour you, I do not bow to Suyodhana; nor do I know you as one tormented by fear of the charioteer's son.
8.71.17
त्वष्ट्रा कृतं वाहमकूजनाक्षं ।
शुभं समास्थाय कपिध्वजं तम्।
खङ्गं गृहीत्वा हेमचित्रावनद्वं ।
धनुर्वरं गाण्डिवं तालमात्रम्।
त्वं वासुदेवेनोह्यमानः कथं नु ।
कर्णाद्भीतो व्यपयातोऽसि पार्थ ॥ ८.७१.१७ ॥
Mounted on the auspicious chariot made by Tvaṣṭṛ, with its noiseless axle, bannered with the monkey, holding the sword and the best bow Gāṇḍīva, bound with golden variegated bindings and as long as a palm tree, driven by Vāsudeva — how indeed, son of Pṛthā, did you flee from Karṇa in fear?
8.71.18
पूर्वं यदुक्तं हि सुयोधनेन ।
न फल्गुनः प्रमुखे स्थास्यतीति।
कर्णस्य युद्धे हि महाबलस्य ।
मौर्ख्यात्तु तन्नावबुद्धं मयाऽसीत् ॥ ८.७१.१८ ॥
What Suyodhana said earlier — that Phalguna would not stand before Karṇa in battle — I did not understand, through my folly, in the battle of the mighty Karṇa.
8.71.19
तेनाद्य तप्स्ये भृशमप्रमेयं ।
यन्मित्रवर्गो नरकं प्रविष्टः।
तदैव वाच्योऽस्मि ननु त्वयाऽहं ।
न योत्स्येऽहं सूतपुत्रं कथञ्चित् ॥ ८.७१.१९ ॥
Therefore today I am tormented beyond measure, because the circle of friends has fallen into hell. Then you should have said to me: 'I shall in no way fight with the charioteer's son.'
8.71.20
ततो नाहं सृञ्जयान्केकयांश्च ।
समानयेयं सुहृदो रणाय ॥ ८.७१.२० ॥
Then I would not have gathered the Sṛñjayas and the Kekayas, with their friends, for battle.
8.71.21
एवं गते किं च मयाऽद्य शक्यं ।
कार्यं कर्तुं निग्रहे सूतजस्य।
तथैव राज्ञश्च सुयोधनस्य ।
ये वापि मां योद्धुकामाः समेताः ॥ ८.७१.२१ ॥
Since things have come to this, what can I now do? What can I do in restraining the charioteer's son, and likewise for King Suyodhana, and for those who have assembled wishing to fight me?
8.71.22
धिगस्तु मज्जीवितमद्य कृष्ण ।
योऽहं वशं सूतपुत्रस्य यातः।
मध्ये कुरूणां समुयोधनानां ।
ये चाप्यन्ये योद्धुकामाः समेताः ॥ ८.७१.२२ ॥
Shame upon my life today, O Kṛṣṇa, for I have fallen under the power of the charioteer's son, in the midst of the Kurus with Suyodhana, and among the others who have assembled wishing to fight me.
8.71.23
एकः स मे भीमसेनोऽद्यं नाथो ।
येनाभिपन्नोऽस्मि रणे महाभये।
विमोच्य मां चापि रुपान्वितस्ततः ।
शरेण तीक्ष्णेन बिभेद कर्णम् ॥ ८.७१.२३ ॥
Today my one protector is Bhīmasena, who freed me, beset in battle by great peril, and, radiant, pierced Karṇa with a sharp arrow.
8.71.24
त्यक्त्वा प्राणान्समरे भीमसेन… ।
श्चक्रे युद्धं कुरुमुख्यैः समेतैः।
गदाग्रहस्तो रुधिरोक्षिताङ्ग… ।
श्चरन्रणे काल इवान्तकाले ॥ ८.७१.२४ ॥
Having given up his life in battle, Bhīmasena fought with the chief Kurus. With the tip of his mace in hand, his limbs smeared with blood, he roamed the battlefield like Time itself at the end of the age.
8.71.25
असौ हि भीमस्य महानिनादो ।
मुहुर्महुः श्रूयते धार्तराष्ट्रैः।
यदि स्म जीवेत्समरे निहन्ता ।
महारथानां प्रवरो नरोत्तमः ॥ ८.७१.२५ ॥
That great roar of Bhīma is heard again and again by the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra. If he lives in battle, that best of men, the foremost of great charioteers, will be the slayer.
8.71.26
तवाभिमन्युस्तनयोऽद्य पार्थ ।
न चास्मि गन्ता समरे पराभवम्।
अथापि जीवेत्समरे घटोत्कच… ।
स्तथाऽपि नाहं समरे पराङ्युखः ॥ ८.७१.२६ ॥
O Pārtha, today your son Abhimanyu... I will not go to defeat in battle. Even if Ghaṭotkaca lives in battle... still I will not turn my back in battle.
8.71.27
भीमस्य पुत्रः समराग्रयायी ।
महास्त्रविन्नापि तवानुरूपः।
यं तं …साद्य रिपोर्वलं नो ।
निमीलिताक्षं भयविप्लुतं भवेत् ॥ ८.७१.२७ ॥
The son of Bhīma, foremost in battle, knower of the great weapons, though not equal to you... today the enemy's strength toward us... will be with closed eyes, confused by fear.
8.71.28
…निशि युद्धमेक… ।
स्त्यक्सा रणं यत्व भयाद्रवन्ते ॥ ८.७१.२८ ॥
…in the night, battle… one… having abandoned the battlefield, they flee from fear.
8.71.29
स चेत्समासाद्य महानुभावः ।
कर्णं रणे बाणगणैः प्रमोह्यः।
धैर्ये स्थितेनापि च सूतजेन ।
शक्या हतो वासवदत्तया तया ॥ ८.७१.२९ ॥
If that mighty man, approaching Karṇa in battle, bewilders him with volleys of arrows, then the charioteer's son, though standing firm, might be struck down by that Vāsavadattā.
8.71.30
ममैव भाग्यानि पुरा कृतानि ।
पापानि नूनं फलवन्ति युद्धे।
तृणं च कृत्वा समरे भवन्तं ।
ततोऽहमेवं निकृतो दुरात्मना।
वैकर्तनेनैव तथा कृतोऽहं ।
यथा ह्यशक्तः क्रियते त्वबान्धवः ॥ ८.७१.३० ॥
My own past evil deeds are surely bearing fruit in battle. Regarding you as a blade of grass in the fight, the wicked son of Vikartana has thus humbled me, as one is made powerless and kinless.
8.71.31
आपद्ग्रतं यश्च नरो विमोक्षये… ।
त्स बान्धवः स्नेहयुतः सुहृच्च।
एवं पुराणा ऋषयो वदन्ति ।
धर्मः सदा सद्भिरनुष्ठितश्च ॥ ८.७१.३१ ॥
The man who frees one fallen into misfortune is a true kinsman and a friend full of affection. So say the ancient sages, and the good have always practised this as dharma.
8.71.32
खङ्गं विभ्रज्जातरूपत्सरुं च ।
धनुर्वेदं गाण्डिवं तालमात्रम्।
स केशवेनोह्यमानः कथं नु ।
कर्णात्पार्थस्त्वमपैतुं समैषीः ॥ ८.७१.३२ ॥
Bearing a sword and a golden quiver, holding the Gāṇḍīva bow, the very embodiment of the science of archery, as tall as a palm tree, driven by Keśava, how and why did Pārtha attempt to flee from Karṇa?
8.71.33
स गाण्डीवं केशवाय प्रदाय ।
यन्ता भवेस्त्वं यदि केशवस्य।
ततस्तरेत्केशवः कर्णमुग्रं ।
मरुत्सस्वो वृत्रमिवात्तवज्रः ॥ ८.७१.३३ ॥
He, having given the Gāṇḍīva to Keśava, if you had become Keśava's charioteer, then Keśava would have crossed over the fierce Karṇa, as the Maruts, having seized the thunderbolt, crossed over Vṛtra.
8.71.34
मासेऽपतिष्यो यदि पञ्चमे त्वं ।
न वा गर्भो यद्यभवः पृथायाः।
मत्तः श्रेयान्राजपुत्रोऽभविष्य… ।
न्न ते यशः फल्गुन इत्यपेयात् ॥ ८.७१.३४ ॥
If you had fallen in the fifth month, or had not been the embryo of Pṛthā, there would have been a prince better than me… Phalguna, your fame would thus have departed.