Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 9.1
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9.1.1
नारायणं नमस्कृत्य नरं चैव नरोत्तमम् ।
देवीं सरस्वतीं चैव ततो जयमुदीरयेत् ॥ ९.१.१ ॥
Having bowed to Nārāyaṇa, and to Nara, the best of men, and likewise to the goddess Sarasvatī, one should then proclaim the victory (of the poem).
9.1.2
एवं निपातिते कर्णे समरे सव्यसाचिना ।
अल्पावशिष्टाः कुरवः किमकुर्वत वै द्विज ॥ ९.१.२ ॥
When Karṇa had thus been felled in battle by Savyasācin (Arjuna), what did the few remaining Kurus do, O twice-born?
9.1.3
विदीर्यमाणं च बलं दृष्ट्वा राजा सुयोधनः ।
पाण्डवैः प्राप्तकालं च किं प्रापद्यत कौरवः ॥ ९.१.३ ॥
Seeing his army being torn apart by the Pāṇḍavas, what did King Suyodhana (Duryodhana), when his time had come, undergo, O Kaurava?
9.1.4
एतदिच्छाम्यहं श्रोतुं तदाचक्ष्व द्विजोत्तम ।
न हि तृप्यामि पूर्वेषां शृण्वानश्चरितं महत् ॥ ९.१.४ ॥
I wish to hear this; tell it to me, best of the twice-born. For I am not satisfied while hearing the great deeds of my forefathers.
9.1.5
ततः कर्णे हते राजन्धार्तराष्ट्रः सुयोधनः ।
भृशं शोकार्णवे मग्नो निराशः सर्वतोऽभवत् ॥ ९.१.५ ॥
Then, O king, when Karṇa had been slain, Suyodhana, son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, sank deep into an ocean of grief and became utterly hopeless.
9.1.6
हाकर्ण हाकर्ण इति शोचमानो मुहुर्मुहुः ।
कृच्छ्रात्स्वशिबिरं प्रायाद्वतशिष्टैर्नृपैः सह ॥ ९.१.६ ॥
Lamenting again and again, 'Alas Karṇa! Alas Karṇa!', he went with difficulty to his own camp, together with the kings who remained.
9.1.7
स समाश्वास्यमानोऽपि हेतुभिः शास्त्रनिश्चितैः ।
राजन्विभूतिमिच्छद्भिः सूतपुत्रमनुस्मरन् ॥ ९.१.७ ॥
Though consoled with reasons fixed by the scriptures, O king, he, desiring glory, kept remembering the son of the charioteer (Karṇa).
9.1.8
स दैवं बलवन्मत्वा प्रभाते विमले सति ।
सङ्ग्रामे निश्चयं कृत्वा पुनर्युद्वाय निर्ययौ ॥ ९.१.८ ॥
Deeming fate powerful, and resolved for battle when the clear dawn came, he set out again for the fight.
9.1.9
शल्यं सेनापतिं कृत्वा विधिवद्राजसत्तमम् ।
रणाय निर्ययौ राजा हतशिष्टैर्नृपैः सह ॥ ९.१.९ ॥
Having duly made Śalya the commander of the army, the best of kings set out for battle with the surviving kings.
9.1.10
ततः सुतुमुलं युद्धं कुरुपाण्डवसेनयोः ।
बभूव भरतश्रेष्ठ देवासुररणोपमम् ॥ ९.१.१० ॥
Then, O best of the Bharatas, a most fierce battle arose between the armies of the Kurus and the Pāṇḍavas, like the battle of gods and demons.
9.1.11
ततः शल्यो महाराज कृत्वा कदनमाहवे ।
पाण्डुसैन्येऽथ मध्याह्ने धर्मराजेन पातितः ॥ ९.१.११ ॥
Then, O great king, Śalya, having wrought slaughter in battle, was struck down at midday in the Pāṇḍava army by the king of dharma (Yudhiṣṭhira).
9.1.12
ततो दुर्योधनो राजा हतबन्धू रणाजिरात् ।
अपसृत्य हदं घोरं विवेश रिपुजाद्भुयात् ॥ ९.१.१२ ॥
Then King Duryodhana, having withdrawn from the battlefield with his slain kinsmen, entered that dreadful lake out of fear of his enemies.
9.1.13
अथापराह्णे तस्याह्नः परिवार्य महारथैः ।
हदादाहूय युद्वाय भीमसेनेन पातितः ॥ ९.१.१३ ॥
Then in the afternoon of that day, the great charioteers surrounded him; called forth from the lake for battle, he was felled by Bhīmasena.
9.1.14
तस्मिंस्तु निहते वीरे महेष्वासास्त्रयो रणे ।
कृतवर्मा कृपो द्रौणिर्जघ्नुः पाण्डवसैनिकान् ॥ ९.१.१४ ॥
When that hero was slain, the three great archers — Kṛtavarman, Kṛpa and Drauṇi, Droṇa's son — struck down the soldiers of the Pāṇḍavas in battle.
9.1.15
ततः पूर्वाह्णसमये शिबिरादेत्य सञ्जयः ।
प्रविवेश पुरीं दीनो दुःखशोकसमन्वितः ॥ ९.१.१५ ॥
Then at forenoon Sañjaya came from the camp and entered the city, wretched and filled with grief and sorrow.
9.1.16
स प्रविश्य पुरीं सूतो भूजावुच्छ्रित्य दुःखितः ।
वेपमानस्ततो राज्ञः प्रविप्रेश निवेशनम् ॥ ९.१.१६ ॥
Having entered the city, the charioteer Sañjaya, grieving, raised both arms, and trembling entered the king's dwelling.
9.1.17
धावतश्चाप्यपश्य… तत्रत्यान्पुरुषर्षभान् ।
नष्टचित्तानिवोन्मत्ताञ्शोकेन भृशदुःखितान् ॥ ९.१.१७ ॥
Running there, he saw those bulls among men, bewildered in mind, as if mad, greatly distressed with grief.
9.1.18
दृष्ट्वैव च नराञ्शीघ्रं व्याजहारातिदुःखितः ।
अहो बत विपन्नोऽस्मि निधनेन महात्मनः ॥ ९.१.१८ ॥
Seeing those men, greatly grieved, he quickly spoke: "Alas! I am ruined by the death of the great-souled one!"
9.1.19
अहो सुबलवान्कालो गतिश्च परमा तथा ।
शुक्रतुल्यबलाः सर्वे यत्राहन्यन्त पार्थिवाः ॥ ९.१.१९ ॥
Alas, time is very powerful and its course is supreme, since all the kings, equal in strength to Śukra, were slain there.
9.1.20
तं दृष्ट्वैव पुरे राजञ्जनः सर्वः स्म सञ्जयम् ।
प्ररुरोद भयोद्विग्नो हा राजन्निति सुस्वरम् ॥ ९.१.२० ॥
O king, seeing Sañjaya, all the people of the city, agitated with fear, wept aloud crying, "Alas, O king!"
9.1.21
आकुमारं नरव्याघ्र तत्पुरं वै समन्ततः ।
आर्तनादं महच्चक्रे श्रुत्वा विनिहतं नृपम् ॥ ९.१.२१ ॥
O tiger among men, hearing that the king had been slain, a great cry of anguish arose on all sides throughout that city, even from the children.
9.1.22
तथा स विह्वलः सूतः प्रविश्य नृपतिक्षयम् ।
ददर्श नृपतिश्रेष्ठं प्रज्ञाचक्षुषमीश्वरम् ॥ ९.१.२२ ॥
Thus the agitated charioteer entered the royal residence and saw the best of kings, the blind lord endowed with the eye of wisdom.
9.1.23
दृष्ट्वा चासीनमनघं समन्तात्परिवारितम् ।
स्नुषामिर्भरतश्रेष्ठ गान्धार्या विदुरेण च।
तथाऽन्यैश्च सुहृद्भिश्च ज्ञातिमिश्च हितैषिभिः ॥ ९.१.२३ ॥
O best of the Bharatas, he saw the sinless king seated, surrounded on all sides by his daughters-in-law, by Gāndhārī, by Vidura, and likewise by others, well-wishers and kinsmen who sought his welfare.
9.1.24
तमेव चार्थं ध्यायन्तं कर्णस्य निधनं प्रति ।
रुदन्नेवाब्रवीद्वाक्यं राजानं जनमेजय ॥ ९.१.२४ ॥
Meditating on that very matter of Karṇa's death, weeping, he spoke these words to the king, O Janamejaya.
9.1.25
नातिहृष्टमनाः सूतो बाष्पसन्दिग्धया गिरा ।
सञ्जयोऽहं नरव्याघ्र नमस्ते भरतर्षभ ॥ ९.१.२५ ॥
With a mind not greatly cheerful, the charioteer, his voice choked with tears, spoke: "I am Sañjaya, tiger among men, bull of the Bharatas; homage to you."
9.1.26
मद्राधिपो हतः शल्यः शकुनिः सौबलस्तथा ।
उलूकः पुरुषव्याघ्र कैतव्यो दृढविक्रमः ॥ ९.१.२६ ॥
Śalya, lord of the Madras, has been slain, and Śakuni, son of Subala; and Ulūka, son of Kaitavya, firm in valor, tiger among men.
9.1.27
संशप्तका हताः सर्वे काम्भोजाश्च शकैः सह ।
म्लेच्छाश्च पार्वतीयाश्च यवनाश्च निपातिताः ॥ ९.१.२७ ॥
All the Saṃśaptakas have been slain; the Kāmbojas, together with the Śakas, and the barbarians, the mountain peoples, and the Yavanas have been felled.
9.1.28
प्राच्या हता महाराज दाक्षिणात्याश्च सर्वशः ।
उदीच्याश्च हताः सर्वे प्रतीच्याश्च नरोत्तमाः।
राजानो राजपुत्राश्च सर्वे विनिहता नृप ॥ ९.१.२८ ॥
Great king, the men of the east have been slain, and the southerners utterly; all the northerners have been slain, and the westerners too, O best of men. Kings and princes, all utterly slain, O king.
9.1.29
कर्णपुत्रो हतः शूरः सत्यसेनो महाबलः ॥ ९.१.२९ ॥
The son of Karṇa, the hero Satyasena of great might, has been slain.
9.1.30
दुर्योधनो हतो राजा ययोक्तं पाण्डवेन ह ।
… महाराज शेते पांसुषु रूषितः ॥ ९.१.३० ॥
King Duryodhana has been slain, just as the Pāṇḍava declared. … Great king, he lies smeared in the dust.
9.1.31
… हतो … जञ्शिखण्डी चापराजितः ।
उत्तमौज युधामन्युस्तथा सर्वे प्रभद्रकाः ॥ ९.१.३१ ॥
…slain… Śikhaṇḍin and the unconquered one; Uttamaujas, Yudhāmanyu, and likewise all the Prabhadrakas.
9.1.32
पाञ्चालश्च नरव्याघ्र चेदयश्च निषूदिताः ।
तव पुत्रा हताः सर्वे द्रौपदेयाश्च भारत ॥ ९.१.३२ ॥
Pāñcālas too and the Cedis were destroyed, O tiger among men; all your sons and the sons of Draupadī were slain, O Bhārata.
9.1.33
नरा विनिहताः सर्वे गजाश्च विनिपातिताः ।
रथिनत्र नरव्याघ्र हयाश्च निहता युधि ॥ ९.१.३३ ॥
All the men were utterly slain and the elephants felled; the charioteers too, O tiger among men, and the horses were slain in battle.
9.1.34
नि… शिबिरं रावंजावकानां कृतं प्रभो ।
पाण्डवानां च शूराणां समासाद्य परस्परम् ॥ ९.१.३४ ॥
…the camp of the Rāvaṃjāvakas was made [ruined], O lord, when the Pāṇḍavas and the heroes met one another.
9.1.35
… स्रीशेषमभवज्जगत्कालेन मोहितम् ।
सप्त पाण्डवतः शिष्टा धार्तराष्ट्रास्त्रयोरथाः ॥ ९.१.३५ ॥
…only women remained; the world was bewildered by time. Of the Pāṇḍavas seven remained, and of the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra three chariot-warriors.
9.1.36
ते चैव भ्रातरः पञ्च वासुदेवोऽथ सात्यकिः ।
कृपश्च कृतवर्मा च द्रौणिश्च जयतां वरः ॥ ९.१.३६ ॥
Those five brothers, Vāsudeva, Sātyaki, Kṛpa, Kṛtavarman, and Drauṇi, the best of victors.
9.1.37
एते शेषा महाराज रथिनो नृपसत्तम ।
अक्षौहिणीनामष्टानां दशानां च न संशयः ॥ ९.१.३७ ॥
These, O great king, best of kings, are the remaining chariot warriors; of the eight and ten akṣauhiṇī armies, there is no doubt.
9.1.38
एते शेषा महाराज सर्वेऽन्ये निधनं गताः ।
कालेन निहतं सर्वं जगद्वै भरतर्षभ।
दुर्योधनं वै पुरतः कृत्वा सर्वे नरा हताः ॥ ९.१.३८ ॥
These remaining ones, O great king, and all the others have gone to death. O bull of the Bharatas, the whole world has been struck down by time; with Duryodhana at their head, all the men were slain.
9.1.39
एतच्छ्रुत्वा वचः क्रूरं धृतराष्ट्रो जनेश्वरः ।
निपपात स राजेन्द्रो गतसत्वो महीतले ॥ ९.१.३९ ॥
Hearing this cruel word, Dhṛtarāṣṭra, lord of men, king of kings, fell to the ground, lifeless.
9.1.40
तस्मिन्निपतिते वीरे विदुरोऽपि महायशाः ।
निपपात महाराज शोकव्यसनकर्शितः ॥ ९.१.४० ॥
When that hero had fallen, Vidura too, of great fame, O great king, fell down, worn out by grief and calamity.
9.1.41
गान्धारी च महाभागा सर्वाश्च कुरुयोषितः ।
पतिताः सहसा भूमौ श्रुत्वा घोरतरं वचः ॥ ९.१.४१ ॥
Gāndhārī, greatly fortunate, and all the women of the Kurus, hearing this most dreadful word, suddenly fell to the ground.
9.1.42
निःसंज्ञं पतितं भूमौ तदाऽऽसीद्राजमण्डलम् ।
विलापमुक्तोपहतं चित्रं न्यस्तं पटे यथा ॥ ९.१.४२ ॥
Then the assembly of kings lay senseless on the ground, struck down, lamenting, like a painted picture set down upon cloth.
9.1.43
कृच्छ्रेण तु ततो राजा धृतराष्ट्रो महीपतिः ।
शनैरलभत प्राणान्पुत्रव्यसनकर्शितः ॥ ९.१.४३ ॥
Then King Dhṛtarāṣṭra, lord of the earth, with difficulty and slowly regained his breath, worn down by the calamity of his sons.
9.1.44
लब्ध्वा तु स नृपः प्राणान्वेपमानः सुदुःखितः ।
निरीक्ष्य च दिशः सर्वाः क्षत्तारं वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥ ९.१.४४ ॥
Having regained his breath, the king, trembling and deeply grieved, looked in all directions and spoke these words to Kṣattṛ.
9.1.45
विद्धि क्षत्तर्महाप्राज्ञ त्वं गतिर्भरतर्षभ ।
ममानाथस्य सुभृशं पुत्रैर्हीनस्य सर्वशः।
एवमुक्त्वा ततो भूयो विसंज्ञो निपपात ह ॥ ९.१.४५ ॥
O Kṣattṛ, great in wisdom, best of the Bharatas, know that you are my refuge, who am utterly bereft of sons and wholly without protector. Having spoken thus, he fell again, senseless.
9.1.46
तं तथा पतितं दृष्ट्वा बान्धवा येऽस्य केचन ।
शीतैस्ते सिषिचुस्तोयैर्विव्यजुर्व्यजनैरपि ॥ ९.१.४६ ॥
Seeing him fallen thus, some of his kinsmen sprinkled cool water on him and fanned him with fans.
9.1.47
स तु दीर्घेण कालेन प्रत्याश्वस्तो नराधिपः ।
तूष्णीमासीन्महीपालः पुत्रव्यसनकर्शितः ॥ ९.१.४७ ॥
But after a long time the lord of men recovered; the protector of the earth, worn down by the calamity of his sons, remained silent.
9.1.48
निःश्वसञ्जिह्मग इव कुम्भक्षिप्तोऽभवन्नृपः ॥ ९.१.४८ ॥
Sighing like a serpent, the king became as one thrown into a pot.
9.1.49
सञ्जयोऽप्यरुदत्तत्र दृष्ट्वा राजानमातुरम् ।
तथा सर्वाः स्त्रियश्चैव गान्धारी च यशस्विनी ॥ ९.१.४९ ॥
Sañjaya too wept there, seeing the king afflicted; so too all the women, and the glorious Gāndhārī.
9.1.50
ततो दीर्घेण कालेन विदुरं वाक्यमब्रवीत् ।
धृतराष्ट्रो नरश्रेष्ठ मुह्यमानो मुहुर्मुहुः ॥ ९.१.५० ॥
Then, after a long time, Dhṛtarāṣṭra spoke these words to Vidura, best of men, bewildered again and again:
9.1.51
गच्छन्तु योषितः सर्वा गान्धारी च यशस्विनी ।
तथेमे सुहृदः सर्वे मुह्यते मे मनो भृशम् ॥ ९.१.५१ ॥
Let all the women go, and the glorious Gāndhārī; and likewise let all these friends go. My mind is greatly bewildered.
9.1.52
एवमुक्तस्ततः क्षत्ता ताः स्त्रियो भरतर्षभ ।
विसर्जयामास शनैर्मुह्यमानः पुनःपुनः ॥ ९.१.५२ ॥
Thus addressed, Vidura, bull of the Bharatas, gently sent those women away, himself bewildered again and again.
9.1.53
निश्चक्रमुस्ततः सर्वाः स्त्रियो भरतसत्तम ।
सुहृदश्च तथा सर्वे दृष्ट्वा राजानमातुरम् ॥ ९.१.५३ ॥
Then, best of the Bharatas, all the women and all the friends went out, having seen the king afflicted.
9.1.54
ततो नरपतिस्तत्र लब्ध्वा संज्ञां परन्तपः ।
गतिर्मे को भवेदद्य इति चिन्तासमाकुलः।
अपृच्छत्सञ्जयं तत्र रोदमानं भृशातुरम् ॥ ९.१.५४ ॥
Then the lord of men, scorcher of foes, regaining his senses there, agitated with anxious thought, 'What refuge will there be for me now?', asked Sañjaya, who was weeping there, greatly distressed.
9.1.55
प्राञ्जलिं सञ्जयं दृष्ट्वा रोदमानं मुहुर्मुहुः ।
ज्ञातीन्स्त्रियोऽथ निर्याप्य प्रविश्य विदुरःपुनः ॥ ९.१.५५ ॥
Seeing Sañjaya with folded hands, weeping again and again, Vidura sent the kinsmen and the women out and then went back in.
9.1.56
राजानं शोचमानस्तु तं शोचन्तं मुहुर्मुहुः ।
समाश्वासयत क्षत्ता वचसा मधुरेण च ॥ ९.१.५६ ॥
The steward Vidura consoled the grieving king, who was grieving again and again, with sweet words.