Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 9.29
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9.29.1
निहते मामके सैन्ये निःशेषे शिबिरे कृते ।
पाण्डवानां बले सूत किन्नु शेषमभूत्तदा ॥ ९.२९.१ ॥
O charioteer, when my army was slain and the camp utterly destroyed, what remained of the Pāṇḍavas' force at that time?
9.29.2
एतन्मे पृच्छतो ब्रूहि कुशलो ह्यसि सञ्जय ।
यच्च दुर्योधनो मानी कृतवांस्तनयो मम।
वलक्षयं तथा दृष्ट्वा स एकः पृथिवीपतिः ॥ ९.२९.२ ॥
Sañjaya, you are skilled; tell me what my proud son Duryodhana did when he saw the loss, that lone lord of the earth.
9.29.3
रथानां द्वे सहस्रे तु सप्त नागशतानि च ।
पञ्च चाश्वसहस्राणि पत्तीनामयुतानि च ॥ ९.२९.३ ॥
Two thousand chariots, seven hundred elephants, five thousand horses and tens of thousands of foot soldiers remained.
9.29.4
एतच्छेषमभूद्राजन्पाण्डवानां मह्रद्बलम् ।
परिगृह्य हि यद्युद्धे धृष्टद्युम्नो व्यवस्थितः ॥ ९.२९.४ ॥
O king, this great force of the Pāṇḍavas remained, and with it Dhṛṣṭadyumna stood ready in battle.
9.29.5
एकाकी भरतश्रेष्ठ ततो दुर्योधनो नृपः ।
नापश्यत्समरे कञ्चित्सहायं रथिनां वरः ॥ ९.२९.५ ॥
Then, O best of the Bharatas, King Duryodhana was left alone, and the foremost of charioteers saw no helper at all in the battle.
9.29.6
नर्दमानान्परान्दृष्ट्वा स्वबलस्य च सङ्क्षयम् ।
दृष्ट्वा भरतशार्दूलः कश्मलेनाभिसंवृतः।
हतं स्वहयमुत्सृज्य प्राङ्मुखः प्राद्रावद्भयात् ॥ ९.२९.६ ॥
Seeing the enemies roaring and the destruction of his own force, the tiger among the Bharatas, overcome with bewilderment, abandoned his slain horse and fled in terror, facing east.
9.29.7
एकादशचमूभर्ता पुत्रो दुर्योधनस्तव ।
गदामादाय तेजस्वी पदातिः प्रस्थितो ह्रदम् ॥ ९.२९.७ ॥
Duryodhana, your son, lord of the eleven divisions, took up his mace, radiant, and set out on foot toward the lake.
9.29.8
नातिदूरं ततो गत्वा पद्भ्यामेव नराधिपः ।
सस्मार वचनं क्षत्रुर्धर्मशीलस्य धीमतः ॥ ९.२९.८ ॥
Not having gone very far, on foot, the king then remembered the words of Vidura, the righteous and wise one.
9.29.9
इदं नूनं महाप्राज्ञो विदुरो दृष्ट्वान्पुरा ।
मह्रद्व्सनमस्माकं क्षत्रियाणां च सर्वशः ॥ ९.२९.९ ॥
Surely the very wise Vidura long ago foresaw this great ruin of ours and of all the warriors.
9.29.10
एवं विचिन्तयानस्तु प्रविविक्षुर्ह्रदं नृपः ।
दुःखसन्तप्तहृदयो दृष्ट्वा राजन्बलक्षयम् ॥ ९.२९.१० ॥
Thus reflecting, the king, his heart tormented by grief, wished to enter the lake, O king, having seen the destruction of his army.
9.29.11
दशैकाक्षौहिणीभर्ता तदा दुर्योधनोऽपि सन् ।
प्राप्तवान्व्यसनं तीव्रं दैवं हि बलवत्तरम् ॥ ९.२९.११ ॥
Though lord of eleven akṣauhiṇīs, Duryodhana then met with a severe calamity; indeed fate is far stronger.
9.29.12
पाण्डवास्तु महाराज धृष्टद्युम्नपुरोगमाः ।
अभ्यद्रवन्त सङ्क्रुद्धास्तव राजन्बलं प्रति ॥ ९.२९.१२ ॥
But the Pāṇḍavas, led by Dhṛṣṭadyumna, enraged, O great king, rushed forward against your army, O king.
9.29.13
शक्त्यृष्टिप्रासहस्तानां बलानामभिगर्जताम् ।
सङ्कल्पमकरोन्मोघं गाण्डीवेन धनञ्जयः ॥ ९.२९.१३ ॥
Arjuna, conqueror of wealth, made the vow of the armies roaring with spears, lances and javelins in their hands futile with the Gāṇḍīva.
9.29.14
तान्हत्वा निशितैर्वाणैः सामात्यान्सह बन्धुभिः ।
रथे श्वेतहये तिष्ठन्नर्जुनो बह्वशोभत ॥ ९.२९.१४ ॥
Having slain them, together with their ministers and kinsmen, with sharp arrows, Arjuna, standing on the chariot with white horses, shone greatly.
9.29.15
सुबलस्य हते पुत्रे सवाजिरथकुञ्जरे ।
महावनमिव च्छिन्नमभवत्तावकं बलम् ॥ ९.२९.१५ ॥
When Subala's son was slain, your army, with its horses, chariots and elephants, became like a great forest that had been felled.
9.29.16
अनेकशतसाहस्रे बले दुर्योधनस्य ह ।
नान्यो महारथो राजञ्जीवमानो व्यदृश्यत ॥ ९.२९.१६ ॥
O king, in Duryodhana's army of many hundreds of thousands, no other great warrior was seen alive.
9.29.17
द्रोणपुत्रादृते वीरात्तथैव कृतवर्मणः ।
कृपाच्च गौतमाद्राजन्पार्थिवाच्च तवात्मजात् ॥ ९.२९.१७ ॥
O king, except for that hero, Droṇa's son, and likewise Kṛtavarman, Kṛpa of the Gotama line, and the king, your son.
9.29.18
धृष्टद्युम्नस्तु मां दृष्ट्वा हसन्सात्यकिमब्रवीत् ।
किमनेन गृहीतेन नानेनार्थोऽस्ति जीवता ॥ ९.२९.१८ ॥
But Dhṛṣṭadyumna, seeing me, laughed and said to Sātyaki: 'What is gained by capturing this one? We have no use for him while he lives.'
9.29.19
धृष्टद्युम्नवचः श्रुत्वा शिनेर्नप्ता महारथः ।
उद्यम्य निशितं खङ्गं हन्तुं मामुद्यतस्तदा ॥ ९.२९.१९ ॥
Hearing Dhṛṣṭadyumna's words, the great charioteer, grandson of Śini, raised a sharp sword and readied himself to strike me down.
9.29.20
तमागम्य महाप्राज्ञः कृष्णद्वैपायनोऽब्रवीत् ।
मुच्यतां सञ्जयो जीवन्न हन्तव्यः कथञ्चन ॥ ९.२९.२० ॥
Approaching him, the supremely wise Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana said: "Release Sañjaya. Living, Sañjaya must not be killed by any means."
9.29.21
द्वैपायनवचः श्रुत्वा शिनेर्नप्ता कृताञ्जलिः ।
ततो मामब्रवीन्मुक्त्वा स्वस्ति सञ्जय साधय ॥ ९.२९.२१ ॥
Hearing Dvaipāyana's words, the grandson of Śini, with folded palms, released me and said: "Farewell, Sañjaya; go and accomplish your task."
9.29.22
अनुज्ञातस्त्वहं तेन न्यस्तवर्मा निरायुधः ।
प्रातिष्ठं येन नगरं सायाह्ने रुधिरोक्षितः ॥ ९.२९.२२ ॥
Granted leave by him, I laid aside my armour and set out weaponless for the city, reaching it in the evening smeared with blood.
9.29.23
क्रोशमात्रमपक्रान्तं गदापाणिमवस्थितम् ।
एकं दुर्योधनं राजन्नपश्यं भृशविक्षतम् ॥ ९.२९.२३ ॥
O king, a krośa away, I saw Duryodhana alone, standing with a mace in hand and grievously wounded.
9.29.24
स तु मामश्रुपूर्णाक्षो नाशक्नोदभिवीक्षितुम् ।
उपप्रैक्षत मां दृष्ट्वा तथा दीनमवस्थितम् ॥ ९.२९.२४ ॥
With eyes full of tears he could not look at me directly; seeing me standing thus, downcast, he looked at me.
9.29.25
तं चाहमपि शोचन्तं दृष्ट्वैकाकिनमाहवे ।
मुहूर्तं नाशकं वक्तुमतिदुःखपरिप्लुतः ॥ ९.२९.२५ ॥
Seeing him grieving alone in battle, I too, overwhelmed by great sorrow, could not speak for a moment.
9.29.26
यस्य मूर्धाभिषिक्तानां सहस्रमणिमौलिनाम् ।
आहृत्य च करं सर्वं स्वस्य वेश्म समागतम् ॥ ९.२९.२६ ॥
For whom the crowned kings, wearing thousands of jeweled diadems, brought tribute and gathered everything in their own houses.
9.29.27
चतुःसागरपर्यन्ता पृथिवी रत्नभूषिता ।
कर्णेनैकेन यस्यार्थे करमाहारिता पुरा ॥ ९.२९.२७ ॥
The earth, bounded by the four oceans and adorned with jewels, whose tribute was once brought by Karṇa alone.
9.29.28
यस्याज्ञा परराष्ट्रेषु कर्णेनैव प्रसारिता ।
नाभवद्यस्य शस्त्रेषु खेदो राज्ञः प्रशासतः ॥ ९.२९.२८ ॥
Whose command was spread among foreign kingdoms by Karṇa alone, and the king who ruled never suffered weariness in weapons.
9.29.29
आसीनो हास्तिनपुरे क्षेमं राज्यमकण्टकम् ।
अन्वपालयदैश्वर्यात्कुबेरमपि नास्मरत् ॥ ९.२९.२९ ॥
Seated in Hāstinapura, he ruled a secure, thornless kingdom, and through his power he did not even remember Kubera.
9.29.30
भवनाद्भवनं राजन्प्रयातुं पृथिवीपते ।
देवालयप्रदेशे च पन्था यस्य हिरण्मयः ॥ ९.२९.३० ॥
O king, O lord of the earth, whose path from one palace to another, and in the region of the temples, was golden.
9.29.31
पताकावृतसूर्यांशुतोरणोच्छ्रितशोभिताः ।
प्रयाणे पृथिवीभर्तुर्धन्यानामभवन्गृहाः ॥ ९.२९.३१ ॥
At the king's departure, the houses of the fortunate were adorned, covered with banners, shining with sunbeams, and graced with tall arches.
9.29.32
आरुह्यैरावतप्रख्यं नागमिन्द्रसमो बली ।
विभूत्या सुमहत्या यः प्रयाति पृथिवीपते ॥ ९.२९.३२ ॥
Mighty as Indra, he would mount an elephant like Airāvata and set out in great splendor, O lord of the earth.
9.29.33
तं भृशक्षतसर्वाङ्गं पद्ध्यामेव धरातले ।
तिष्ठन्तमेकं दृष्ट्वा तु ममाभूत्क्लेश उत्तमः ॥ ९.२९.३३ ॥
Seeing him standing alone on the ground on foot, his whole body badly wounded, I was overcome with the greatest distress.
9.29.34
तस्य चैवंविधस्याद्य जगन्नाथस्य भूपते ।
आपदप्रतिमैवाभूद्बलीयान्विधिरेव हि ॥ ९.२९.३४ ॥
For that lord of the world, reduced to such a state today, O lord of the earth, this calamity was without equal, for fate indeed is the most powerful.
9.29.35
ततोऽस्मै तदहं सर्वमुक्तवान्ग्रहणं तदा ।
द्वैपायनप्रसादाच्च जीवतो मोक्षमाहवे ॥ ९.२९.३५ ॥
Then I told him all of it: the seizing that had happened at that time, and his release while still alive in battle by the grace of Dvaipāyana.
9.29.36
स मुहूर्तमिव ध्यात्वा प्रतिलभ्य च चेतनाम् ।
भ्रातॄंश्च सर्वसैन्यानि पर्यपृच्छत मां ततः ॥ ९.२९.३६ ॥
He remained for a moment as if lost in thought; then, regaining his senses, he asked me about his brothers and all the armies.
9.29.37
तस्मै तदहमाचक्षे सर्वं प्रत्यक्षदर्शिवान् ।
भ्रातॄश्च निहतान्सर्वान्सैन्यं च विनिपातितम् ॥ ९.२९.३७ ॥
I told him everything I had seen with my own eyes: his brothers slain, and the army cut down.
9.29.38
त्रयः किल रथाः शिष्टास्तावकानां नराधिप ।
इति प्रस्थानकाले मां कृष्णद्वैपायनोऽब्रवीत् ॥ ९.२९.३८ ॥
Only three chariots remain on your side, O lord of men — so Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana told me at the time of my departure.
9.29.39
स दीर्घमिव निःश्वस्य प्रत्यवेक्ष्य पुनः पुनः ।
असौ मां पाणिना स्पृष्ट्वा पुत्रस्ते पर्यभाषत ॥ ९.२९.३९ ॥
Heaving a long sigh and looking at me again and again, he touched me with his hand, and your son spoke.
9.29.40
त्वदन्यो नेह सङ्ग्रामे कश्चिज्जीवति सञ्जय ।
द्वितीयं नेह पश्यामि ससहायाश्च पाण्डवाः ॥ ९.२९.४० ॥
O Sañjaya, apart from you, no one here is alive from the battle; nor do I see another of the Pāṇḍavas, with their allies, still here.
9.29.41
ब्रूयाः सञ्जय राजानं प्रज्ञाचक्षुषमीश्वरम् ।
दुर्योधनस्तव सुतः प्रविष्टो ह्रदमित्युत ॥ ९.२९.४१ ॥
Tell the king, O Sañjaya — the one who sees with wisdom, the lord — that your son Duryodhana has entered the lake.
9.29.42
सुहृद्भिस्तादृशैर्हीनः पुत्रैर्भ्रातृभिरेव च ।
पाण्डवैश्च हृते राज्ये को नु जीवेत मादृशः ॥ ९.२९.४२ ॥
Bereft of such friends, sons and brothers, and with the kingdom seized by the Pāṇḍavas — who indeed, like me, would wish to live?
9.29.43
आचक्षीथाः सर्वमिदं मां च मुक्तं महाहवात् ।
आस्मिंस्तोयह्रदे गुप्तं जीवन्तं भृशविक्षतम् ॥ ९.२९.४३ ॥
Tell them all of this, and that I have escaped the great battle, lie hidden in this water-pool, am alive but grievously wounded.
9.29.44
एवमुक्त्वा महाराज प्राविशत्तं महाह्रदम् ।
अस्तम्भयत तोयं च मायया मनुजाधिपः ॥ ९.२९.४४ ॥
Having said this, great king, the lord of men entered that great lake and by illusion stilled the water.
9.29.45
तस्मिन्ह्रदं प्रविष्टे तु त्रीन्रथाञ्श्रान्तवाहनान् ।
अपश्यं सहितानेकस्तं देशं समुपेयुषः ॥ ९.२९.४५ ॥
When he had entered that lake, I saw three chariots with weary horses, all gathered together at one place.
9.29.46
कृपं शारद्वतं वीरं द्रौणिं च रथिनां वरम् ।
भोजं च कृतवर्माणं सहिताञ्शरविक्षतान् ॥ ९.२९.४६ ॥
Kṛpa, the hero son of Śāradvat, Droṇa's son, the best of chariot-warriors, and Bhoja Kṛtavarman — all of them, wounded by arrows, were together.
9.29.47
ते सर्वं मामभिप्रेक्ष्य तूर्णमश्वाननोदयन् ।
उपयाय तु मामूचुर्दिष्ट्या जीवसि सञ्जय ॥ ९.२९.४७ ॥
Seeing me, they quickly urged on their horses, came up to me and said: 'Sañjaya, by fortune you are alive!'
9.29.48
अपृच्छंश्चैव मां सर्वे पुत्रं तव जनाधिपम् ।
कच्चिद्दुर्योधनो राजा स नो जीवति सञ्जय ॥ ९.२९.४८ ॥
And they all asked me about your son, the lord of people: 'Sañjaya, is King Duryodhana still alive among us?'
9.29.49
आख्यातवानहं तेभ्यस्तदा कुशलिनं नृपम् ।
तच्चैव सर्वमाचक्षं यन्मां दुर्योधनोऽब्रवीत् ॥ ९.२९.४९ ॥
Then I told them of the king's well-being, and I related all that Duryodhana had said to me.
9.29.50
ह्रदं चैवाहमाचक्षं यं प्रविष्टो नराधिपः ।
अश्वत्थामा तु तद्राजन्निशम्य वचनं मम ॥ ९.२९.५० ॥
I also pointed out the lake into which the king had entered. O king, when Aśvatthāman heard my words,
9.29.51
तं ह्रदं विपुलं प्रेक्ष्य करुणं पर्यदेवयत् ।
अहो धिक्स न जानाति जीवतोऽस्मान्नराधिप।
पर्याप्ता हि वयं तेन सह योधयितुं परान् ॥ ९.२९.५१ ॥
Seeing that vast lake, he lamented piteously: "Alas, shame! That king does not know us who are alive. With him, we were enough to fight the enemies."
9.29.52
ते तु तत्र चिरं कालं विलप्य च महारथाः ।
प्राद्रवन्रथिनां श्रेष्ठा दृष्ट्वा पाण्डुसुतान्रणे ॥ ९.२९.५२ ॥
Those great charioteers lamented there for a long time, and then, seeing the sons of Pāṇḍu in the battle, the best of charioteers fled.
9.29.53
ते तु मां रथमारोप्य कृपस्य सुपरिष्कृतम् ।
सेनानिवेशमाजग्मुर्हतशेषास्त्रयो रथाः ॥ ९.२९.५३ ॥
Those three surviving chariots, having mounted me on Kṛpa's well-adorned chariot, went to the army's encampment.
9.29.54
तत्र गुल्माः परिक्षिप्ताः सूर्ये चास्तमिते सति ।
सर्वे विचुक्रुशुः श्रुत्वा पुत्राणां तव संक्षयम् ॥ ९.२९.५४ ॥
There guard posts were stationed all around. When the sun had set, all of them lamented, hearing of the destruction of your sons.
9.29.55
ततो वृद्धा महाराज योषितां रक्षिणो नराः ।
राजदारानुपादाय पययुर्नगरं प्रति ॥ ९.२९.५५ ॥
Then, great king, the old men who guarded the women took the royal wives and set out toward the city.
9.29.56
तत्र विक्रोशमानानां रुदतीनां च सर्वशः ।
प्रादुरासीन्महाञ्शब्दः श्रुत्वा तद्बलसङ्क्षयम् ॥ ९.२९.५६ ॥
There, on every side, arose a great sound of the wailing and weeping women, hearing of the destruction of that army.
9.29.57
ततस्ता योषितो राजन्रुदन्त्यो वै मुहुर्मुहुः ।
कुरर्य इव शब्देन नादयन्त्यो महीतलम् ॥ ९.२९.५७ ॥
Then, O king, those women, weeping again and again, filled the earth with their cries like female ospreys.
9.29.58
आजघ्नुः करजैश्चापि पाणिभिश्च शिरांस्युत ।
लुलुचुश्च तदा केशान्क्रोशन्त्यस्तत्रतत्र ह ॥ ९.२९.५८ ॥
With their nails and with their hands they struck their heads, and crying out here and there, they tore their hair.
9.29.59
हाहाकारविनादिन्यो विनिघ्नन्त्य उरांसि च ।
शोचन्त्यस्तत्र रुरुदुः क्रन्दमाना विशाम्पते ॥ ९.२९.५९ ॥
Crying out "alas, alas," beating their breasts and grieving, they wept there, O lord of the people, wailing aloud.
9.29.60
ततो दुर्योधनामात्याः साश्रुकण्ठा भृशातुराः ।
राजदारानुपामन्त्र्य प्रययुर्नगरं प्रति ॥ ९.२९.६० ॥
Then Duryodhana's ministers, their throats choked with tears and deeply distressed, took leave of the royal wives and set out toward the city.
9.29.61
वेत्रव्यासक्तहस्ताश्च द्वाराध्यक्षा विशाम्पते ।
शयनीयानि शुभ्राणि स्पर्ध्यास्तरणवन्ति च।
समादाय ययुस्तूर्णं नगरं दाररक्षिणः ॥ ९.२९.६१ ॥
O lord of the people, the gatekeepers with staffs in their hands, and the guards of the women, taking white couches and rich coverings, quickly set out for the city.
9.29.62
आस्थायाश्वतरीयुक्तान्स्यन्दनानपरे पुनः ।
स्वान्स्वान्दारानुपादाय प्रययुर्नगरं प्रति ॥ ९.२९.६२ ॥
Others, mounting chariots yoked to mules, and again taking along their own wives, set out for the city.
9.29.63
अदृष्टपूर्वा या नार्यो भास्करेणापि वेश्मसु ।
ददृशुस्ता महाराज जना याताः पुरं प्रति ॥ ९.२९.६३ ॥
O great king, those women whom not even the sun had seen before in their houses, the people saw, as they went toward the city.
9.29.64
ताः स्त्रियो भरतश्रेष्ठ सौकुमार्यसमन्विताः ।
प्रययुर्नगरं तूर्णं हतस्वपतिबान्धवाः ॥ ९.२९.६४ ॥
O best of the Bharatas, those women, tender and delicate, whose husbands and kinsmen had been slain, quickly set out for the city.
9.29.65
आगोपालाविपालेभ्यो द्रवन्तो नगरं प्रति ।
ययुर्मनुष्याः सम्भ्रान्ता भीमसेनभयार्दिताः ॥ ९.२९.६५ ॥
From cowherds to shepherds, people tormented by fear of Bhīmasena, bewildered and running, went toward the city.
9.29.66
अपिचैषां भयं तीव्रं पार्थेभ्योऽभूत्सुदारुणम् ।
प्रेक्षमाणास्तदाऽन्योन्यमाधावन्नगरं प्रति ॥ ९.२९.६६ ॥
Moreover, a fierce and very terrible fear arose in them from the Pāṇḍavas; then, looking at one another, they ran toward the city.
9.29.67
तस्मिंस्तथा वर्तमाने विद्रवे भृशदारुणे ।
युयुत्सुः शोकसम्मूढः प्राप्तकालमचिन्तयत् ॥ ९.२९.६७ ॥
While that terrible rout was going on, Yuyutsu, bewildered by grief, considered that the proper time had come.
9.29.68
जितो दुर्योधनः सङ्ख्ये पाण्डवैर्भीमविक्रमैः ।
एकादशचमूभर्ता भ्रातरश्चास्य सूदिताः ॥ ९.२९.६८ ॥
In battle Duryodhana, lord of eleven divisions, was defeated by the Pāṇḍavas, whose valour was like Bhīma's, and his brothers were slain.
9.29.69
हताश्च कुरवः सर्वे भीष्मद्रोणपुरः सराः ।
अहमेको विमुक्तस्तु भाग्ययोगाद्यदृच्छया ॥ ९.२९.६९ ॥
All the Kurus, led by Bhīṣma and Droṇa, have been slain; I alone have been released by the working of fortune, by chance.
9.29.70
विद्रुतानि च सर्वाणि शिबिराद्वै समन्ततः ।
इतस्ततः पलायन्ते हतनाथा हतौजसः ॥ ९.२९.७० ॥
From the camp, all of them have fled in every direction; having lost their lords and deprived of their vigour, they run here and there.
9.29.71
अदृष्टपूर्वा दुःखार्ता भयव्याकुललोचनाः ।
हरिणा इव वित्रस्ता वीक्षमाणा दिशो दश ॥ ९.२९.७१ ॥
Never seen before, tormented by sorrow, with eyes confused by fear, they look in all ten directions like terrified deer.
9.29.72
दुर्योधनस्य सचिवा ये केचिदवशेषिताः ।
राजदारानुपादाय प्रययुर्नगरं प्रति।
प्राप्तकालमहं मन्ये प्रवेशं तैः सह प्रभो ॥ ९.२९.७२ ॥
Such of Duryodhana's counsellors as remained took the royal wives and set out toward the city. O lord, I think the proper time has come for me to enter the city with them.
9.29.73
युधिष्ठिरमनुज्ञाय वासूदेवं तथैव च ।
एतमर्थं महाबाहुरुभयोः सन्न्यवेदयत् ॥ ९.२९.७३ ॥
Having taken leave of Yudhiṣṭhira and likewise of Vāsudeva, the mighty-armed one fully reported this matter to both of them.
9.29.74
तस्य प्रीतोऽभवद्राजा नित्यं करुणवेदिता ।
परिष्वज्य महाबाहुर्वैश्यापुत्रं व्यसर्जयत् ॥ ९.२९.७४ ॥
The king was always pleased with him, for he knew compassion. The mighty-armed one embraced the son of a Vaiśya and sent him away.
9.29.75
ततः स रथमास्थाय द्रुतमश्वानचोदयत् ।
संवाहयितवांश्चापि राजदारान्पुरं प्रति ॥ ९.२९.७५ ॥
Then he mounted the chariot and quickly urged on the horses, and also drove the king's wives toward the city.
9.29.76
तैश्चैव सहितः क्षिप्रमस्तं गच्छति भास्करे ।
प्रविष्टो हास्तिनपुरं बाष्पकण्ठोऽश्रुलोचनः ॥ ९.२९.७६ ॥
Accompanied by them, he swiftly reached the city as the sun was setting; with a choked throat and tear-filled eyes he entered Hāstinapura.
9.29.77
अपश्यत महाप्राज्ञं विदुरं साश्रुलोचनम् ।
राज्ञः समीपान्निष्क्रान्तं शोकोपहतचेतसम् ॥ ९.२९.७७ ॥
He saw the greatly wise Vidura, his eyes full of tears, come out from the king's presence, his mind wounded by grief.
9.29.78
तमब्रवीत्सत्यधृतिः प्रणतं त्वग्रतः स्थितम् ॥ ९.२९.७८ ॥
Satyadhṛti spoke to him, who stood bowed low before him.
9.29.79
दिष्ट्या कुरुक्षये वृत्ते अस्मिंस्त्वं पुत्र जीवसि ।
विना राज्ञः पर्वेशार्द्वै किमसि त्वमिहागतः।
एतद्वै कारणं सर्वं विस्तरेण निवेदय ॥ ९.२९.७९ ॥
Fortunately, son, you are still alive after this destruction of the Kurus. Why have you come here without the king? Explain the whole reason in detail.
9.29.80
युयुत्सुरुवाच ।
निहते शकुनौ तत्र सज्ञातिसुतबान्धवे।
हतशेषपरीवारो राजा दुर्योधनस्ततः ।
स्वकं स हयमुत्सृज्य प्राङ्मुखः प्राद्रवद्भयात् ॥ ९.२९.८० ॥
Yuyutsu said: When Śakuni had been slain there, with his kinsmen, sons and relatives, and the surviving retinue was also slain, King Duryodhana abandoned his own horse and fled in fear, facing east.
9.29.81
अपक्रान्ते तु नृपतौ स्कन्धावारनिवेशनात् ।
भयव्याकुलितं सर्वं प्राद्रावन्नगरं प्रति ॥ ९.२९.८१ ॥
When the king had departed from the army's encampment, everyone, confused with fear, fled toward the city.
9.29.82
ततो राज्ञः कलत्राणि भ्रातॄणां चास्य सर्वतः ।
वाहनेषु समारोप्य अध्यक्षाः प्राद्रावन्भयात् ॥ ९.२९.८२ ॥
Then the overseers, having placed the king's wives and his brothers' wives in vehicles on all sides, fled out of fear.
9.29.83
ततोऽहं समनुज्ञाप्य राजानं सहकेशवम् ।
प्रविष्टो हास्तिनपुरं रक्षन्लोकस्य वाच्यताम् ॥ ९.२९.८३ ॥
Then, having taken leave of the king together with Keśava, I entered Hāstinapura, protecting myself from the people's reproach.
9.29.84
एतच्छ्रुत्वा तु वचनं वैश्यापुत्रेण भाषितम् ।
प्राप्तकालमिति ज्ञात्वा विदुरः सर्वधर्मवित्।
अपूजयदमेयात्मा युयुत्सुं वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥ ९.२९.८४ ॥
Having heard these words spoken by the son of a vaiśya, and knowing them to be timely, Vidura, knower of all dharma and of boundless self, honored Yuyutsu and spoke these words.
9.29.85
प्राप्तकालमिदं सर्वं ब्रुवता भरतक्षये ।
रक्षितः कुलधर्मश्च सानुक्रोशतया त्वया ॥ ९.२९.८५ ॥
At the destruction of the Bharatas you spoke all this in a timely way, and out of compassion you protected the family's dharma.
9.29.86
दिष्ठ्या त्वामिह सङ्ग्राम दस्माद्वीरक्षयात्पुरम् ।
समागतमपश्याम ह्यंशुमन्तमिव प्रजाः ॥ ९.२९.८६ ॥
By good fortune we see you returned here to the city from this battle that destroyed the heroes, as the people see the sun.
9.29.87
अन्धस्यं नृपतेर्यष्टिर्लुब्धस्यादीर्घदर्शिनः ।
बहुशो याच्यमानस्य दैवोपहतचेतसः।
त्वमेको व्यसनार्तस्य ध्रियसे पुत्र सर्वथा ॥ ९.२९.८७ ॥
Son, you alone are the staff of the blind, greedy, short-sighted king, whose mind is struck by fate; you alone, in every way, uphold him who is afflicted by calamity.
9.29.88
अद्य त्वमिह विश्रान्तः श्वोऽभिगन्ता युधिष्ठिरम् ।
एतावदुक्त्वा वचनं विदुरः साश्रुलोचनः।
युयुत्सुं समनुज्ञाप्य प्रविवेश नृपक्षयम् ॥ ९.२९.८८ ॥
Rest here today; tomorrow you will go to Yudhiṣṭhira. Having said this much, Vidura, with tear-filled eyes, took leave of Yuyutsu and entered the city of the kings' ruin.
9.29.89
पौरजानपदैर्दुःखाद्धाहेति भृशनादितम् ।
निरानन्दं गतश्रीकं हृताराममिवाशयम्।
शून्यरूपमपध्वस्तं दुःखाद्दुःखतरोऽभवत् ॥ ९.२९.८९ ॥
The city folk and the country folk cried out loudly in grief, crying "Alas!" The city, joyless and bereft of splendor, like a garden stripped bare, empty in appearance and ruined, became yet more grieved by sorrow.
9.29.90
विदुरः सर्वधर्मज्ञो विक्लवेनान्तरात्मना ।
विवेश नगरे राजन्निशश्वास शनैः शनैः ॥ ९.२९.९० ॥
Vidura, the knower of all dharma, entered the city with a distressed inner self. O king, he sighed slowly, slowly.
9.29.91
युयुत्सुरपि तां रात्रिं स्वगृहे न्यवसत्तदा ।
वन्द्यमानः स्वकैश्चापि नाभ्यनन्दत्सुदुःखितः।
चिन्तयानः क्षयं तीव्रं भरतानां परस्परम् ॥ ९.२९.९१ ॥
Yuyutsu too dwelt that night in his own house. Though honored by his own people, he was deeply grieved and did not rejoice, brooding on the fierce destruction of the Bharatas among themselves.