Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 8.74
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8.74.1
एतच्छ्रुत्वा पाण्डवो धर्मराजो ।
भ्रातुर्वाक्यं परुषं फल्गुनस्य।
उत्थाय तस्माच्छयनादुवाच ।
पार्थं ततो दुःखपरीतचेताः ॥ ८.७४.१ ॥
Hearing this, the Pāṇḍava King Dharma, having heard his brother Phalguna's harsh words, rose from his couch and, his mind overcome with grief, spoke to Pārtha.
8.74.2
कृतं मया पार्थं न साधुकर्म ।
येन प्राप्तं व्यसनं वः सुघोरम्।
तस्माच्छिरश्छिन्धि ममैतदद्य ।
कुलान्तकस्याधमपूरुषस्य ॥ ८.७४.२ ॥
O Pārtha, I have done no good deed, and so a most dreadful calamity has come upon you. Therefore cut off my head today, the head of this base man who has brought ruin to the family.
8.74.3
पापस्य पाप्मोहतस्य वीर ।
विमूढबुद्धेरलसस्य भीरोः।
वृद्धावमन्सुः परुषत्य चैव ।
किं ते चिरं मामनुसृज्य रूक्षम् ॥ ८.७४.३ ॥
O hero, what will you gain by pursuing me for so long with harsh words, I who am sinful, struck by sin, of confused intellect, sluggish, timid, and one who disrespects my elders?
8.74.4
गच्छाम्यहं वनमद्यैव पापः ।
सुखं भवान्वर्ततां मद्विहीनः।
योग्यो राजा भीमसेनो महात्मा ।
क्लीबस्य किं वा मम राज्यकृत्यम् ॥ ८.७४.४ ॥
I go to the forest this very day, I the sinful one. Let you live happily without me. The fit king is the great-souled Bhīmasena. What is the royal business of an impotent man?
8.74.5
न चापि शक्तः परुषाणि सोढुं ।
पुनस्तवेमानि रुषान्वितस्य।
भीमोऽस्तु राजा मम जीवितेन ।
न कार्यमद्यावमतस्य वीर ॥ ८.७४.५ ॥
I am not able to bear these harsh words of yours again. While I live, let Bhīma be king. O hero, for me, dishonoured, there is no business today.
8.74.6
इत्येवमुक्त्वा सहसोत्पपात ।
रुषान्वितस्तच्छयनं विहाय।
इयेष निर्गन्तुमथो वनाय ।
तं वासुदेवः प्रणतोऽभ्युवाच ॥ ८.७४.६ ॥
Having said this, he suddenly leapt up. Filled with anger, he left his couch and resolved to go out to the forest. Then Vāsudeva, bowing low, spoke to him.
8.74.7
न राजन्विदितं तत्ते यथा गाण्डीवधन्वनः ।
प्रतिज्ञा सत्यसन्धस्य गाण्डीवं प्रति विश्रुता ॥ ८.७४.७ ॥
O king, is it not known to you how the vow of the wielder of the Gāṇḍīva, the truth-bound one, was proclaimed concerning the Gāṇḍīva?
8.74.8
ब्रूयाद्य एनं गाण्डीवं देह्यन्यस्मै त्वमित्युत ।
वध्योऽस्य स पुमाँल्लोके त्वया चोक्तोयमीदृशम् ॥ ८.७४.८ ॥
Whoever would say to him, "Give the Gāṇḍīva to another," that man is deserving of death in this world; and such a thing you have said.
8.74.9
ततः सत्यां प्रतिज्ञां तां पार्थेन प्रतिरक्षता ।
मच्छन्दादवमानोऽयं कृतस्तव महीपते ॥ ८.७४.९ ॥
Then Pārtha, upholding that true vow, at my wish, O lord of the earth, has done this dishonour to you.
8.74.10
गुरूणामवमानो हि वध इत्यभिधीयते ।
तस्मात्क्षम महाबाहो मम पार्थस्य चोभयोः ॥ ८.७४.१० ॥
For the insult of elders is indeed called killing; therefore, O mighty-armed one, forgive both me and Pārtha.
8.74.11
व्यतिक्रममिमं राजन्सत्यसंरक्षणं प्रति ।
शरणं त्वां महाराज प्रतिपन्नावुभावपि ॥ ८.७४.११ ॥
O king, for this transgression made to protect the truth, O great king, we both have come to seek your refuge.
8.74.12
क्षन्तुमर्हसि मे राजन्प्रणतस्याभियाचतः ।
राधेयस्याद्य पापस्य भूमिः पास्यति शोणितम् ॥ ८.७४.१२ ॥
O king, you should forgive me, who bow low and entreat. Today the earth will drink the blood of this wicked son of Rādhā.
8.74.13
सत्यं ते प्रतिजानामि हतं विद्व्यद्य सूतजम् ।
यस्येच्छसि वधं तस्य गतमेवाद्य जिवीतम् ॥ ८.७४.१३ ॥
I truly promise you: know that the son of the charioteer is already slain today. The life of him whose death you desire has indeed ended today.
8.74.14
इति कृष्णवचः श्रुत्वा धर्मराजो युधिष्ठिरः ।
ससम्भ्रमं हृषीकेशमुत्थाप्य प्रणतं तदा।
कृताञ्जलिमुवाचेदं वाक्यं यत्समनन्तरम् ॥ ८.७४.१४ ॥
Having heard these words of Kṛṣṇa, the king of dharma Yudhiṣṭhira, agitated, raised up Hṛṣīkeśa, who had bowed low, and with folded hands immediately spoke these words.
8.74.15
एवमेव यथात्थ त्वमस्त्येषोऽतिक्रमो मम ।
अनुनीतोऽस्मि गोविन्द तारितश्चास्मि माधव ॥ ८.७४.१५ ॥
Just as you say, this transgression is mine. I have been persuaded, O Govinda, and I have been delivered, O Mādhava.
8.74.16
मोचिता व्यसनाद्धोराद्वयमद्य त्वयाच्युत ।
भवन्तं नावमासाद्य ह्यावां व्यसनसागरात्।
घोरादद्य समुत्तीर्णावुभावज्ञानमोहितौ ॥ ८.७४.१६ ॥
O Acyuta, today you have released us from a dreadful calamity. Having reached you as our boat, we two, deluded by ignorance, have crossed over this dreadful ocean of calamity.
8.74.17
त्वद्बुद्धिप्लवमासाद्य दुःखशोकार्णवाद्वयम् ।
समुत्तीर्णाः सहामात्याः सनाथाः स्म त्वयाच्युत ॥ ८.७४.१७ ॥
O Acyuta, having reached the raft of your intellect, we, along with our ministers, have crossed over the ocean of sorrow and grief; by you we have been given a protector.