Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 9.55
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9.55.1
कुरुक्षेत्रं ततो दृष्ट्वा दत्त्वा देयांश्च सात्वतः ।
आश्रमं सुमहत्पुण्यमगमज्जनमेजय ॥ ९.५५.१ ॥
Having seen Kurukṣetra and given gifts, O Janamejaya, the Sātvata (Balarāma) went to a very great and sacred hermitage.
9.55.2
मधूकाम्रवणोपेतं प्लुक्षन्यग्रोधसङ्कुलम् ।
चिरबिल्वयुतं पुण्यं पनसार्जुनसङ्कुलम् ॥ ९.५५.२ ॥
Furnished with madhūka and mango groves, thick with plakṣa and banyan trees, joined with ancient bilva trees, sacred, crowded with jackfruit and arjuna trees.
9.55.3
तं दृष्ट्वा यादवश्रेष्ठः प्रवरं पुण्यलक्षणम् ।
पप्रच्छ तानृषीन्सर्वान्कस्याश्रमवरस्त्वयम् ॥ ९.५५.३ ॥
Seeing that excellent hermitage marked with sanctity, the best of the Yadavas asked all those sages: "Whose is this excellent hermitage?"
9.55.4
ते तु सर्वे महात्मानमूचू राजन्हलायुधम् ।
शृणु विस्तरशो राम यस्यायं पूर्वमाश्रमः ॥ ९.५५.४ ॥
They all said to the great-souled plough-armed one: "Listen in detail, O king, O Rāma, to whose hermitage this formerly was."
9.55.5
अत्र विष्णुः पुरा देवस्तप्तवांस्तप उत्तमम् ।
अत्रास्य विधिवद्यज्ञाः सर्वे वृत्ताः सनातनाः ॥ ९.५५.५ ॥
Here, formerly, the god Viṣṇu performed the supreme austerity; here all his eternal sacrifices were duly performed according to rule.
9.55.6
अत्रैव ब्राह्मणी वृद्वा कौमारब्रह्मचारिणी ।
योगयुक्ता दिवं याता तपोयुक्ता विशाम्पते ॥ ९.५५.६ ॥
Here, indeed, lived an aged brahmin woman, a celibate since childhood; united in yoga and devoted to austerity, she went to heaven, O lord of the people.
9.55.7
बभूव श्रीमती राजञ्शाण्डिल्यस्य महात्मनः ।
सुता धृतव्रता साध्वी नियता ब्रह्मचारिणी ॥ ९.५५.७ ॥
O king, the great-souled Śāṇḍilya had a radiant daughter, steadfast in her vows, virtuous, self-controlled, and a celibate, brahmacārinī.
9.55.8
साऽपि प्राप्य परं योगं गता स्वर्गमनुत्तमम् ।
भुक्त्वाऽश्रमेऽश्वमेधस्य फलं फलवतः शुभम् ॥ ९.५५.८ ॥
She too attained supreme yoga and went to the unsurpassed heaven; in that fruitful hermitage she enjoyed the auspicious fruit of the horse sacrifice.
9.55.9
गता स्वर्गं महाराज पूजिता च महात्मभिः ।
अभिगम्याश्रमं पुण्यं स दृष्ट्वा यदुनन्दनः ॥ ९.५५.९ ॥
O great king, honored by the great-souled sages, she went to heaven. Then Yadunandana, having approached the holy hermitage, saw it.
9.55.10
ऋषींस्तानभिवाद्याथ पार्श्वे हिमवतोऽच्युतः ।
सन्ध्याकार्याणि सर्वाणि निर्वर्त्यारुरुहेऽचलम् ॥ ९.५५.१० ॥
Then Acyuta, having greeted those sages, performed all his evening rites at the side of the Himālaya and ascended the mountain.
9.55.11
नातिदूरं ततो गत्वा नगं तालध्वजो बली ।
पुण्ये तीर्थवरे स्नात्वा विस्मयं परमं गतः ॥ ९.५५.११ ॥
Not far from there, the mighty Tāladhvaja (Balarāma) went to the mountain, bathed in the holy and best of sacred pools, and was filled with great wonder.
9.55.12
प्रभवं च सरस्वत्याः प्लक्षप्रस्रवणं बलः ।
सम्प्राप्तः कारपचनं तीर्थप्रवरमुत्तमम् ॥ ९.५५.१२ ॥
Balarāma reached the source of the Sarasvatī, the spring of the plakṣa tree, and then came to Kārapacana, the supreme and best of sacred bathing places.
9.55.13
हलायुधस्तु तत्रापि दत्त्वा दानं महाबलः ।
आप्लुतः सलिले पुण्ये सुशीते विमले शुचौ।
सन्तर्पयामास पितॄन्देवांश्च रणदुर्मदः ॥ ९.५५.१३ ॥
There too, the mighty Balarāma, the plough-armed one, gave gifts and bathed in the sacred, very cool, clear and pure water, and, intoxicated with the pride of battle, satisfied the ancestors and the gods.
9.55.14
तत्रोष्यैकां तु रजनीं यतिभिर्ब्राह्मणैः सह ।
मित्रावरुणयोः पुण्यं जगामाश्रममच्युतः ॥ ९.५५.१४ ॥
Having stayed there one night together with ascetics and Brahmins, the infallible one went to the sacred hermitage of Mitra and Varuṇa.
9.55.15
इन्द्रोऽग्निरर्यमा चैव यत्र प्राक् प्रीतिमाप्नुवम् ।
तं देशं कारपचनात्स तस्मादाजगामह ॥ ९.५५.१५ ॥
Toward the region where formerly Indra, Agni and Aryaman brought me delight, he came from Kārapacana to that place.
9.55.16
स्नात्वा तत्र च धर्मात्मा परां प्रीतिमवाप्य च ।
ऋषिभिश्चैव सिद्धैश्च सहितो वै महाबलः।
उपविष्टः कथाः शुभ्राः शुश्राव यदुपुङ्गवः ॥ ९.५५.१६ ॥
Having bathed there and gained supreme delight, the righteous and mighty best of the Yadus sat together with sages and perfected beings and listened to auspicious tales.
9.55.17
तथा तु तिष्ठतां तेषां नारदो भगवानृषिः ।
आजगामाथ तं देशं यत्र रामो व्यवस्थितः ॥ ९.५५.१७ ॥
As they were thus staying, the venerable sage Nārada came to the region where Rāma was stationed.
9.55.18
जटामण्डलसंवीतः कुशचीरी महातपाः ।
हेमदण्डधरो राजन्कमण्डलुधरस्तथा ॥ ९.५५.१८ ॥
Wrapped in a circle of matted locks, clad in kuśa-grass garments, of great austerity, O king, bearing a golden staff and also a water-pot.
9.55.19
महतीं सुखशब्दां तां गृह्य वीणां मनोरमाम् ।
नृत्ये गीते च कुशलो देवब्राह्मणपूजितः ॥ ९.५५.१९ ॥
Taking up that great, sweet-sounding, delightful vīṇā, skilled in dance and song, honored by gods and brahmins...
9.55.20
प्रभवः कलहानं च नित्यं च कलहप्रियः ।
तं देशमगमद्यत्र श्रीमान्रामो व्यवस्थितः ॥ ९.५५.२० ॥
He, the source of quarrels and ever fond of strife, went to that region where the glorious Rāma was staying.
9.55.21
प्रत्युत्थाय च तं रामः पूजयित्वा यतव्रतम् ।
देवर्षिं पर्यपृच्छत्स यथावृत्तं कुरून्प्रति ॥ ९.५५.२१ ॥
Rising to greet him, Rāma honored the sage of disciplined vow, and asked the divine sage about the Kurus, as things had come to pass.
9.55.22
तदाऽस्याकथयद्राजन्नारदः सर्ववेदवित् ।
सर्वमेतद्यथावृत्तमतीतं कुरुसंक्षयम् ॥ ९.५५.२२ ॥
Then, O king, Nārada, knower of all the Vedas, told him all this of the Kurus' destruction, just as it had passed.
9.55.23
ततोऽब्रवीद्रौहिणेयो नारदं दीनया गिरा ।
किमवस्थं तु तत्क्षत्रं ये तु तत्राभवन्नृपाः ॥ ९.५५.२३ ॥
Then Rauhiṇeya (Balarāma) said to Nārada in a sorrowful voice: 'In what condition is that warrior class, and those kings who were there?'
9.55.24
श्रुतमेतन्मया पूर्वं सर्वमेव तपोधन ।
विस्तरश्रवणे जातं कौतूहलमतीव मे ॥ ९.५५.२४ ॥
'O wealth of austerity, I have heard all this before; yet a great curiosity has arisen in me to hear it in full detail.'
9.55.25
पूर्वमेव हतो भीष्मो द्रोणः सिन्धुपतिस्तथा ।
हतो वैकर्तनः कर्णः पुत्राश्चास्य महारथाः ॥ ९.५५.२५ ॥
Earlier Bhīṣma was slain, and likewise Droṇa and the lord of the Sindhus. Karṇa, son of Vikartana, was slain, and his great-chariot-warrior sons as well.
9.55.26
भूरिश्रवा रौहिणेय मद्रराजश्च वीर्यवान् ।
एते चान्ये च बहवो हतास्तत्र महाबलाः ॥ ९.५५.२६ ॥
O son of Rohiṇī, Bhūriśravas and the mighty king of the Madras, Śalya, as well as these and many other mighty warriors, were slain there.
9.55.27
प्रियान्प्राणान्परित्यज्य प्रियार्थं कौरवस्य वै ।
राजानो राजपुत्राश्च समरेष्वनिवर्तिनः ॥ ९.५५.२७ ॥
Kings and princes, who gave up their dear lives for the sake of what was dear to the Kaurava, and who never turned back in battles.
9.55.28
अहतांस्तु महाबाहो शृणु मे तत्र माधव ॥ ९.५५.२८ ॥
But, O mighty-armed Mādhava, listen to me about those who remained unslain there.
9.55.29
धार्तराष्ट्रबले शेषास्त्रयः समितिमर्दनाः ।
कृपश्च कृतवर्मा च द्रोणपुत्रश्च वीर्यवान्।
तेऽपि वै विद्रुता राम दिशो दश भयात्तदा ॥ ९.५५.२९ ॥
In the army of Dhṛtarāṣṭra's sons, the three remaining crushers of armies—Kṛpa, Kṛtavarman, and the mighty son of Droṇa—O Rāma, they too fled in terror to the ten directions.
9.55.30
दुर्योधनो हते सैन्ये विद्रुतेषु पदातिषु ।
हदं द्वैपायनं नाम विवेश भृशदुःखितः ॥ ९.५५.३० ॥
When the army was slain and the foot soldiers had fled, Duryodhana, deeply grieved, entered the lake named Dvaipāyana.
9.55.31
शयानं धार्तराष्ट्रं तु सलिले स्तम्भिते तदा ।
पाण्डवाः सह कृष्णेन वाग्भिरुग्राभिरार्दयन् ॥ ९.५५.३१ ॥
Then the Pāṇḍavas, together with Kṛṣṇa, tormented the son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, who lay held fast in the water, with fierce words.
9.55.32
स तुद्यमानो बलवान्वाग्भी राम समन्ततः ।
उत्थितः स हदाद्वीरः प्रगृह्य महतीं गदाम् ॥ ९.५५.३२ ॥
O Rāma, tormented with words from every side, that mighty hero rose up from the lake and seized a great mace.
9.55.33
स चाप्युपागतो योद्धुं भीमेन सह साम्प्रतम् ।
भविष्यति तयोरद्य युद्धं राम सुदारुणम् ॥ ९.५५.३३ ॥
And now he has come to fight with Bhīma. O Rāma, today there will be a most dreadful battle between those two.
9.55.34
यदि कौतूहलं तेऽस्ति व्रज माधव मा चिरम् ।
पश्य युद्धं महाघोरं शिष्ययोर्यदि मन्यसे ॥ ९.५५.३४ ॥
If you have curiosity, O Mādhava, do not delay; if you think fit, go and see the most dreadful battle of the two disciples.
9.55.35
नारदस्य वचः श्रुत्वा तानभ्यर्च्य द्विजर्षभान् ।
सर्वान्विसर्जयामास ये तेनाभ्यागताः सह।
गम्यतां द्वारकां चेति सोऽन्वशादनुयायिनः ॥ ९.५५.३५ ॥
Having heard Nārada's words, he honored all those best of brahmins and dismissed everyone who had come with him, instructing his followers: 'Go to Dvārakā.'
9.55.36
सोऽवतीर्याचलश्रेष्ठात्प्लक्षप्रस्रवणाच्छुभात् ।
ततः प्रीतमनाः रामः श्रुता तीर्थफलं महत्।
विप्राणां सन्निधौ श्लोकमगायदिममच्युतः ॥ ९.५५.३६ ॥
He came down from that best of mountains, from the auspicious spring of Plakṣa. Then, pleased at heart, having heard the great fruit of holy places, the unfallen one sang this verse in the presence of the brahmins.
9.55.37
सरस्वतीवाससमा कुतो रतिः ।
सरस्वतीवाससमाः कुतो गुणाः।
सरस्वतीं प्राप्य दिवं गता जनाः ।
सदा स्मरिष्यन्ति नदीं सरस्वतीम् ॥ ९.५५.३७ ॥
Where is delight equal to dwelling on the Sarasvatī, and where are virtues equal to dwelling on the Sarasvatī? Having reached the Sarasvatī, people have gone to heaven; they will always remember the river Sarasvatī.
9.55.38
सरस्वती सर्वनदीषु पुण्या ।
सरस्वती लोकशुभावहा सदा।
सरस्वतीं प्राप्य जनाः सुदुष्कृतं ।
सदा न शोचन्ति परत्र चेह च ॥ ९.५५.३८ ॥
The Sarasvatī is holy among all rivers; the Sarasvatī always brings welfare to the world. Having reached the Sarasvatī, people never grieve over great wrongdoing, neither in this world nor in the next.
9.55.39
ततो मुहुर्मुहुः प्रीत्या प्रेक्षमाणः सरस्वतीम् ।
हयैर्युक्तं रथं शुभ्रमारुरोह परन्तपः ॥ ९.५५.३९ ॥
Then, gazing again and again at the Sarasvatī with affection, the scorcher of foes mounted his bright chariot yoked with horses.
9.55.40
स शीघ्रगामिना तेन रथेन यदुपुङ्गवः ।
दिदृक्षुरभिसम्प्राप्तः शिष्ययुद्वमुपस्थितम् ॥ ९.५५.४० ॥
He, the best of the Yadus, by that swift-going chariot arrived there, desiring to see the combat of the disciples that had arisen.
9.55.41
एवं तदभवद्युद्वं तुमुलं जनमेजयं ।
यत्र दुःखान्वितो राजा धृतराष्ट्रोऽब्रवीदिदम् ॥ ९.५५.४१ ॥
Thus, O Janamejaya, that tumultuous combat took place, in which King Dhṛtarāṣṭra, afflicted with sorrow, spoke these words.
9.55.42
राम सन्निहितं श्रुत्वा गदायुद्ध उपस्थिते ।
मम पुत्रः कथं भीमं प्रत्ययुध्यत सञ्जय ॥ ९.५५.४२ ॥
Having heard that Rāma was nearby when the mace combat had arisen, O Sañjaya, how did my son fight against Bhīma?