03.229

वैशम्पायन उवाच॥

vaiśampāyana uvāca॥

[वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) - Vaiśampāyana (proper name); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]

(Vaiśampāyana said.)

Vaiśampāyana said.

अथ दुर्योधनो राजा तत्र तत्र वने वसन्। जगाम घोषानभितस्तत्र चक्रे निवेशनम् ॥०३-२२९-१॥

atha duryodhanō rājā tatra tatra vanē vasan। jagāma ghōṣān abhitas tatra cakrē nivēśanam॥03-229-1॥

[अथ (atha) - then; दुर्योधनः (duryodhanaḥ) - Duryodhana; राजा (rājā) - king; तत्र तत्र (tatra tatra) - here and there; वने (vanē) - in the forest; वसन् (vasan) - dwelling; जगाम (jagāma) - went; घोषान् (ghōṣān) - herdsmen's settlements; अभितः (abhitaḥ) - all around; तत्र (tatra) - there; चक्रे (cakrē) - made; निवेशनम् (nivēśanam) - dwelling;]

(Then Duryodhana king, here and there in the forest dwelling, went to the herdsmen's settlements all around; there he made a dwelling.)

Then King Duryodhana, while dwelling in various places in the forest, went all around to the herdsmen's settlements and there established his camp. (03-229-1)

रमणीये समाज्ञाते सोदके समहीरुहे। देशे सर्वगुणोपेते चक्रुरावसथं नराः ॥०३-२२९-२॥

ramaṇīye samājñāte sodake samahīruhe। deśe sarvaguṇopete cakrurāvasathaṃ narāḥ॥03-229-2॥

[रमणीये (ramaṇīye) - in the delightful; समाज्ञाते (samājñāte) - well-known; सोदके (sodake) - with water; समहीरुहे (samahīruhe) - with trees; देशे (deśe) - in the region; सर्वगुणोपेते (sarvaguṇopete) - endowed with all virtues; चक्रुः (cakruḥ) - they made; आवसथं (āvasathaṃ) - residence; नराः (narāḥ) - men;]

(In the delightful, well-known, with water, with trees, in the region endowed with all virtues, men made a residence.)

In that delightful and famed region, furnished with water and trees and endowed with all virtues, the men made their dwelling. (03-229-2)

तथैव तत्समीपस्थान्पृथगावसथान्बहून्। कर्णस्य शकुनेश्चैव भ्रातॄणां चैव सर्वशः ॥०३-२२९-३॥

tathaiva tatsamīpasthān pṛthagāvasathān bahūn। karṇasya śakuneś caiva bhrātṝṇāṃ caiva sarvaśaḥ ॥03-229-3॥

[तथैव (tathaiva) - in the same way; तत्समीपस्थान् (tatsamīpasthān) - those who are nearby that (place/person); पृथगावसथान् (pṛthagāvasathān) - those having separate dwellings; बहून् (bahūn) - many; कर्णस्य (karṇasya) - of Karṇa; शकुनेः (śakuneḥ) - of Śakuni; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; भ्रातॄणां (bhrātṝṇāṃ) - of the brothers; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; सर्वशः (sarvaśaḥ) - all;]

(In the same way, those nearby, those having separate dwellings, many, of Karṇa, of Śakuni, and indeed, of the brothers, and indeed, all.)

Likewise, all those who were near, those in separate dwellings, many belonging to Karṇa, to Śakuni, and all the brothers (were present). (03-229-3)

ददर्श स तदा गावः शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः। अङ्कैर्लक्षैश्च ताः सर्वा लक्षयामास पार्थिवः ॥०३-२२९-४॥

dadarśa sa tadā gāvaḥ śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ. aṅkairlakṣaiśca tāḥ sarvā lakṣayāmāsa pārthivaḥ ॥03-229-4॥

[ददर्श (dadarśa) - saw; स (sa) - he; तदा (tadā) - then; गावः (gāvaḥ) - cows; शतशः (śataśaḥ) - by the hundreds; अथ (atha) - and then; सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by the thousands; अङ्कैः (aṅkaiḥ) - by marks; लक्षैः (lakṣaiḥ) - by lakhs (hundred-thousands); च (ca) - and; ताः (tāḥ) - those; सर्वा (sarvā) - all; लक्षयामास (lakṣayāmāsa) - counted; observed; पार्थिवः (pārthivaḥ) - the king;]

(He saw then cows by the hundreds and then by the thousands, by marks and by lakhs; all those the king observed.)

Then he saw cows by the hundreds, and thousands, and by identifying marks and by lakhs; the king observed all of them. (03-229-4)

अङ्कयामास वत्सांश्च जज्ञे चोपसृतास्त्वपि। बालवत्साश्च या गावः कालयामास ता अपि ॥०३-२२९-५॥

aṅkayāmāsa vatsāṁś ca jajñe copasṛtās tv api। bālavat sāṁś ca yā gāvaḥ kālayāmāsa tā api ॥03-229-5॥

[अङ्कयामास (aṅkayāmāsa) - placed in the lap; वत्सान् (vatsān) - calves; च (ca) - and; जज्ञे (jajñe) - (she) was born; च (ca) - and; उपसृतान् (upasṛtān) - those who had approached; त्व् (tv) - you; अपि (api) - also; बालवत्सान् (bālavat sāṁś) - young calves; च (ca) - and; या (yā) - which; who (f. pl.); गावः (gāvaḥ) - cows; कालयामास (kālayāmāsa) - made them wait; delayed; ता (tā) - those (f. pl.); अपि (api) - also;]

(She placed the calves in her lap, and she was also born to those who had approached you. And she delayed also those cows who had young calves.)

She placed the calves in her lap and was born among those who had come near you; she also detained those cows who had young calves. (03-229-5)

अथ स स्मारणं कृत्वा लक्षयित्वा त्रिहायनान्। वृतो गोपालकैः प्रीतो व्यहरत्कुरुनन्दनः ॥०३-२२९-६॥

atha sa smāraṇaṃ kṛtvā lakṣayitvā trihāyanān | vṛto gopālakaiḥ prīto vyaharat kurunandanaḥ ॥03-229-6॥

[अथ (atha) - then; स (sa) - he; स्मारणम् (smāraṇam) - recollection; कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having done; लक्षयित्वा (lakṣayitvā) - having observed; त्रिहायनान् (trihāyanān) - three years; वृतः (vṛtaḥ) - surrounded; गोपालकैः (gopālakaiḥ) - by cowherds; प्रीतः (prītaḥ) - being pleased; व्यहरत् (vyaharat) - he behaved; कुरुनन्दनः (kurunandanaḥ) - Kuru's descendant (Arjuna, Yudhishthira, etc.);]

(Then he, having done recollection, having observed three years, surrounded by cowherds, being pleased, behaved, O descendant of Kuru.)

Then, after recalling and observing three years, he, surrounded by cowherds and pleased, conducted himself, O descendant of Kuru. (03-229-6)

स च पौरजनः सर्वः सैनिकाश्च सहस्रशः। यथोपजोषं चिक्रीडुर्वने तस्मिन्यथामराः ॥०३-२२९-७॥

sa ca paurajanaḥ sarvaḥ sainikāś ca sahasraśaḥ। yathopajoṣaṃ cikrīḍur vane tasmin yathāmarāḥ॥03-229-7॥

[स (sa) - he; च (ca) - and; पौरजनः (paurajanaḥ) - citizens; सर्वः (sarvaḥ) - all; सैनिकाः (sainikāḥ) - soldiers; च (ca) - and; सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands; यथोपजोषम् (yathopajoṣam) - according to their pleasure; चिक्रीडुः (cikrīḍuḥ) - they sported; वने (vane) - in the forest; तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that; यथा (yathā) - as; अमराः (amarāḥ) - the immortals (gods);]

(He and the citizens, all the soldiers by thousands, according to their pleasure, sported in that forest, as the immortals.)

He and all the citizens, together with thousands of soldiers, sported in that forest as delightedly as the gods. (03-229-7)

ततो गोपाः प्रगातारः कुशला नृत्तवादिते। धार्तराष्ट्रमुपातिष्ठन्कन्याश्चैव स्वलङ्कृताः ॥०३-२२९-८॥

tato gopāḥ pragātāraḥ kuśalā nṛttavādite. dhārtarāṣṭram upātiṣṭhan kanyāś caiva swalaṅkṛtāḥ ॥03-229-8॥

[ततः (tataḥ) - thereafter; गोपाः (gopāḥ) - cowherds; प्रगातारः (pragātāraḥ) - skilled singers; कुशला (kuśalā) - adept; नृत्तवादिते (nṛttavādite) - in dance and music; धार्तराष्ट्रम् (dhārtarāṣṭram) - Dhritarashtra (the Kaurava prince); उपातिष्ठन् (upātiṣṭhan) - approached; कन्याः (kanyāḥ) - maidens; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; स्वलङ्कृताः (swalaṅkṛtāḥ) - well-adorned;]

(Thereafter cowherds, skilled singers adept in dance and music, approached Dhritarashtra; and maidens also indeed well-adorned.)

Thereafter, the cowherds and skilled singers adept in dance and music approached Dhritarashtra, and the well-adorned maidens too. (03-229-8)

स स्त्रीगणवृतो राजा प्रहृष्टः प्रददौ वसु। तेभ्यो यथार्हमन्नानि पानानि विविधानि च ॥०३-२२९-९॥

sa strīgaṇavṛto rājā prahṛṣṭaḥ pradadau vasu। tebhyo yathārham annāni pānāni vividhāni ca ॥03-229-9॥

[स (sa) - he; स्त्रीगणवृतः (strīgaṇavṛtaḥ) - surrounded by groups of women; राजा (rājā) - king; प्रहृष्टः (prahṛṣṭaḥ) - delighted; प्रददौ (pradadau) - gave; वसु (vasu) - wealth; तेभ्यः (tebhyaḥ) - to them; यथार्हम् (yathārham) - according to worth; अन्नानि (annāni) - foods; पानानि (pānāni) - drinks; विविधानि (vividhāni) - various; च (ca) - and;]

(He, surrounded by groups of women, the king, delighted, gave wealth; to them according to worth foods, drinks, various, and.)

The king, delighted and surrounded by women, gave wealth and offered them foods and various kinds of drinks according to their worth. (03-229-9)

ततस्ते सहिताः सर्वे तरक्षून्महिषान्मृगान्। गवयर्क्षवराहांश्च समन्तात्पर्यकालयन् ॥०३-२२९-१०॥

tatas te sahitāḥ sarve tarakṣūn mahiṣān mṛgān। gavaya-ṛkṣa-varāhāṁś ca samantāt paryakalayan ॥03-229-10॥

[ततः (tataḥ) - then; ते (te) - they; सहिताः (sahitāḥ) - together; सर्वे (sarve) - all; तरक्षून् (tarakṣūn) - jackals; महिषान् (mahiṣān) - buffaloes; मृगान् (mṛgān) - deer; गवयर्क्षवराहान् (gavaya-ṛkṣa-varāhān) - wild oxen, bears, boars; च (ca) - and; समन्तात् (samantāt) - on all sides; पर्यकालयन् (paryakalayan) - they drove away;]

(Then they all together drove away jackals, buffaloes, deer, wild oxen, bears, and boars on all sides.)

Then all of them together drove away the jackals, buffaloes, deer, wild oxen, bears, and boars from all sides. (03-229-10)

स ताञ्शरैर्विनिर्भिन्दन्गजान्बध्नन्महावने। रमणीयेषु देशेषु ग्राहयामास वै मृगान् ॥०३-२२९-११॥

sa tāñ śaraiḥ vinirbhindan gajān badhnan mahāvane। ramaṇīyeṣu deśeṣu grāhayām āsa vai mṛgān ॥03-229-11॥

[स (sa) - he; ताञ् (tāñ) - those; शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows; विनिर्भिन्दन् (vinirbhindan) - piercing thoroughly; गजान् (gajān) - elephants; बध्नन् (badhnan) - binding; महावने (mahāvane) - in the great forest; रमणीयेषु (ramaṇīyeṣu) - in the beautiful; देशेषु (deśeṣu) - places; ग्राहयाम् आास (grāhayām āsa) - caused to be seized; वै (vai) - indeed; मृगान् (mṛgān) - deer;]

(He, piercing those elephants thoroughly with arrows, binding (them) in the great forest, indeed caused the deer to be seized in the beautiful places.)

He pierced those elephants with arrows and bound them in the great forest, and indeed had the deer caught in beautiful places. (03-229-11)

गोरसानुपयुञ्जान उपभोगांश्च भारत। पश्यन्सुरमणीयानि पुष्पितानि वनानि च ॥०३-२२९-१२॥

gorasānupayuñjāna upabhogāṃś ca bhārata. paśyansuramaṇīyāni puṣpitāni vanāni ca ॥03-229-12॥

[गोरसानुपयुञ्जान (gorasānupayuñjān) - consuming fresh cow's milk; उपभोगांश्च (upabhogāṃś ca) - and enjoyments; भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata; पश्यन् (paśyan) - seeing; सुरमणीयानि (suramaṇīyāni) - exceedingly beautiful; पुष्पितानि (puṣpitāni) - blooming; वनानि (vanāni) - forests; च (ca) - and;]

(Consuming fresh cow's milk and enjoyments, O Bhārata, seeing exceedingly beautiful blooming forests and;)

O Bhārata, consuming fresh cow's milk and various enjoyments, he beheld the exceedingly beautiful blooming forests. (03-229-12)

मत्तभ्रमरजुष्टानि बर्हिणाभिरुतानि च। अगच्छदानुपूर्व्येण पुण्यं द्वैतवनं सरः ॥ ऋद्ध्या परमया युक्तो महेन्द्र इव वज्रभृत् ॥०३-२२९-१३॥

mattabhramarajuṣṭāni barhiṇābhirutāni ca। agacchadānupūrvyeṇa puṇyaṃ dvaitavanaṃ saraḥ॥ ṛddhyā paramayā yukto mahendra iva vajrabhṛt॥03-229-13॥

[मत्तभ्रमरजुष्टानि (mattabhramarajuṣṭāni) - possessed by intoxicated bees; बर्हिणाभिरुतानि (barhiṇābhirutāni) - filled with the cries of peacocks; च (ca) - and; अगच्छत् (agacchat) - he went; अनुपूर्व्येण (anupūrvyeṇa) - in succession; पुण्यम् (puṇyam) - holy; द्वैतवनम् (dvaitavanam) - Dwaita forest; सरः (saraḥ) - lake; ऋद्ध्या (ṛddhyā) - with prosperity; परमया (paramayā) - with supreme; युक्तः (yuktaḥ) - endowed; महेन्द्र (mahendra) - Mahendra; इव (iva) - like; वज्रभृत् (vajrabhṛt) - the wielder of the thunderbolt;]

(Filled with intoxicated bees, filled with the cries of peacocks and in succession he went to the holy Dwaita forest lake, endowed with supreme prosperity like Mahendra, the wielder of the thunderbolt.)

He, like Mahendra the wielder of the thunderbolt, endowed with supreme prosperity, went in succession to the holy lake in Dwaita forest, filled with intoxicated bees and the cries of peacocks. (03-229-13)

यदृच्छया च तदहो धर्मपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः। ईजे राजर्षियज्ञेन सद्यस्केन विशां पते ॥ दिव्येन विधिना राजा वन्येन कुरुसत्तमः ॥०३-२२९-१४॥

yadṛcchayā ca tadaho dharmaputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ। īje rājarṣiyajñena sadyaskena viśāṃ pate॥ divyena vidhinā rājā vanyena kurusattamaḥ॥03-229-14॥

[यदृच्छया (yadṛcchayā) - by chance; by one's own wish; च (ca) - and; तदहो (tadaho) - then, indeed; धर्मपुत्रः (dharmaputraḥ) - the son of Dharma; युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira; ईजे (īje) - performed a sacrifice; राजर्षियज्ञेन (rājarṣiyajñena) - with the royal sage's sacrifice; सद्यस्केन (sadyaskena) - immediately undertaken; विशां पते (viśāṃ pate) - O lord of men; दिव्येन (divyena) - with divine; विधिना (vidhinā) - ritual method; राजा (rājā) - the king; वন্যेन (vanyena) - with forest produce; कुरुसत्तमः (kurusattamaḥ) - O best of Kurus;]

(By chance and then indeed, the son of Dharma, Yudhiṣṭhira, performed a royal sage's sacrifice, immediately undertaken, O lord of men. With the divine ritual method, the king, with forest produce, O best of Kurus.)

By his own will, O best of Kurus, the son of Dharma, Yudhiṣṭhira, then indeed performed the royal sage's sacrifice at once, O lord of men, with the divine ritual method and forest produce. (03-229-14)

कृत्वा निवेशमभितः सरसस्तस्य कौरवः। द्रौपद्या सहितो धीमान्धर्मपत्न्या नराधिपः ॥०३-२२९-१५॥

kṛtvā niveśam abhitaḥ sarasas tasya kauravaḥ। draupadyā sahito dhīmān dharma-patnyā narādhipaḥ॥03-229-15॥

[कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having made; निवेशम् (niveśam) - dwelling; अभितः (abhitaḥ) - around; सरसः (sarasaḥ) - lake; तस्य (tasya) - of that; कौरवः (kauravaḥ) - the descendant of Kuru; द्रौपद्या (draupadyā) - with Draupadī; सहितः (sahitaḥ) - together; धीमान् (dhīmān) - wise; धर्मपत्न्या (dharma-patnyā) - with the lawful wife; नराधिपः (narādhipaḥ) - king;]

(Having made a dwelling around that lake, the Kaurava king, wise, together with Draupadī, his lawful wife.)

The wise king, descendant of Kuru, established a dwelling around that lake together with his lawful wife Draupadī. (03-229-15)

ततो दुर्योधनः प्रेष्यानादिदेश सहानुजः। आक्रीडावसथाः क्षिप्रं क्रियन्तामिति भारत ॥०३-२२९-१६॥

tato duryodhanaḥ preṣyān ādideśa sahānujaḥ. ākrīḍāvasathāḥ kṣipraṁ kriyantām iti bhārata ॥03-229-16॥

[ततः (tataḥ) - then; दुर्योधनः (duryodhanaḥ) - Duryodhana; प्रेष्यान् (preṣyān) - messengers; आदिदेश (ādideśa) - commanded; सहानुजः (sahānujaḥ) - together with younger brothers; आक्रीडावसथाः (ākrīḍāvasathāḥ) - sporting halls; क्षिप्रम् (kṣipram) - quickly; क्रियन्ताम् (kriyantām) - let them be made; इति (iti) - thus; भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata;]

(Then Duryodhana, together with his younger brothers, commanded the messengers: "Let the sporting halls be made quickly," thus, O Bhārata.)

Then Duryodhana, joined by his brothers, ordered the messengers, saying, "Quickly have the sporting halls prepared," O Bhārata. (03-229-16)

ते तथेत्येव कौरव्यमुक्त्वा वचनकारिणः। चिकीर्षन्तस्तदाक्रीडाञ्जग्मुर्द्वैतवनं सरः ॥०३-२२९-१७॥

te tathetyeva kauravyam uktvā vacana-kāriṇaḥ| cikīrṣantaḥ tadā krīḍām jagmur dvaitavanaṃ saraḥ ॥03-229-17॥

[ते (te) - they; तथेत्येव (tathetyeva) - 'so be it' only; कौरव्यम् (kauravyam) - Kauravya (to the son of Kuru); उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said; वचनकारिणः (vacana-kāriṇaḥ) - performers of the command; चिकीर्षन्तः (cikīrṣantaḥ) - wishing to do; तदा (tadā) - then; क्रीडाम् (krīḍām) - the play; जग्मुः (jagmuḥ) - they went; द्वैतवनम् (dvaitavanam) - Dvaitavana (the Dvaita forest); सरः (saraḥ) - lake;]

(They, having said 'so be it' only to Kauravya, performers of the command, wishing to do then the play, they went to the Dvaita forest lake.)

They, having replied to Kauravya with 'so be it' and being obedient to his command, wishing then to engage in play, went to the lake in the Dvaita forest. (03-229-17)

सेनाग्रं धार्तराष्ट्रस्य प्राप्तं द्वैतवनं सरः। प्रविशन्तं वनद्वारि गन्धर्वाः समवारयन् ॥०३-२२९-१८॥

senāgraṁ dhārtarāṣṭrasya prāptaṁ dvaitavanaṁ saraḥ। praviśantaṁ vanadvāri gandharvāḥ samavārayan ॥03-229-18॥

[सेनाग्रं (senāgram) - the vanguard of the army; धार्तराष्ट्रस्य (dhārtarāṣṭrasya) - of Dhritarashtra's son; प्राप्तं (prāptam) - having reached; द्वैतवनं (dvaitavanam) - Dwaita forest; सरः (saraḥ) - lake; प्रविशन्तं (praviśantam) - entering; वनद्वारि (vanadvāri) - at the forest gate; गन्धर्वाः (gandharvāḥ) - the Gandharvas; समवारयन् (samavārayan) - they prevented;]

(The vanguard of Dhritarashtra's son having reached the lake of Dwaita forest, when entering at the gate of the forest, the Gandharvas prevented (them).)

The vanguard of Dhritarashtra's army, having arrived at the lake in Dwaita forest and entering at the forest gate, was prevented by the Gandharvas. (03-229-18)

तत्र गन्धर्वराजो वै पूर्वमेव विशां पते। कुबेरभवनाद्राजन्नाजगाम गणावृतः ॥०३-२२९-१९॥

tatra gandharvarājo vai pūrvameva viśāṃ pate। kuberabhavanād rājann ājagāma gaṇāvṛtaḥ॥03-229-19॥

[तत्र (tatra) - there; गन्धर्वराजः (gandharvarājaḥ) - king of the Gandharvas; वै (vai) - indeed; पूर्वम् एव (pūrvam eva) - before indeed; विशां पते (viśāṃ pate) - O lord of the people; कुबेरभवनात् (kuberabhavanāt) - from Kubera's abode; राजन् (rājan) - O king; आजगाम (ājagāma) - he came; गणावृतः (gaṇāvṛtaḥ) - surrounded by attendants;]

(There, the king of the Gandharvas indeed, earlier itself, O lord of the people, from Kubera's abode, O king, came, surrounded by attendants.)

There, O king, the king of the Gandharvas, having come earlier from Kubera's abode, arrived surrounded by attendants. (03-229-19)

गणैरप्सरसां चैव त्रिदशानां तथात्मजैः। विहारशीलः क्रीडार्थं तेन तत्संवृतं सरः ॥०३-२२९-२०॥

gaṇair apsarasāṃ caiva tridaśānāṃ tathātmajaiḥ। vihāraśīlaḥ krīḍārthaṃ tena tatsaṃvṛtaṃ saraḥ॥03-229-20॥

[गणैः (gaṇaiḥ) - by the groups; अप्सरसाम् (apsarasām) - of apsarases; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; त्रिदशानाम् (tridaśānām) - of the gods; तथा (tathā) - also; आत्मजैः (ātmajaiḥ) - by the sons; विहारशीलः (vihāraśīlaḥ) - fond of sport; क्रीडार्थं (krīḍārthaṃ) - for the sake of play; तेन (tena) - by him; तत् (tat) - that; संवृतम् (saṃvṛtam) - covered; सरः (saraḥ) - lake;]

(By groups of apsarases and also by the sons of the gods, indeed, fond of sport, for the sake of play, by him, that lake was covered.)

That lake was filled for sport by groups of apsarases as well as the sons of the gods who enjoyed amusement. (03-229-20)

तेन तत्संवृतं दृष्ट्वा ते राजपरिचारकाः। प्रतिजग्मुस्ततो राजन्यत्र दुर्योधनो नृपः ॥०३-२२९-२१॥

tena tatsaṁvṛtaṁ dṛṣṭvā te rājaparicārakāḥ। pratijagmusta to rājan yatra duryodhano nṛpaḥ॥03-229-21॥

[तेन (tena) - by that; तत्संवृतं (tatsaṁvṛtam) - that which was covered; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; ते (te) - they; राजपरिचारकाः (rājaparicārakāḥ) - royal attendants; प्रतिजग्मुः (pratijagmuh) - went towards; ततः (tataḥ) - from there; राजन् (rājan) - O king; यत्र (yatra) - where; दुर्योधनः (duryodhanaḥ) - Duryodhana; नृपः (nṛpaḥ) - the king;]

(By that, having seen that (which was) covered, those royal attendants, went from there, O king, where Duryodhana, the king (was).)

O king, having seen that place covered by him, those royal attendants went from there to where Duryodhana, the king, was. (03-229-21)

स तु तेषां वचः श्रुत्वा सैनिकान्युद्धदुर्मदान्। प्रेषयामास कौरव्य उत्सारयत तानिति ॥०३-२२९-२२॥

sa tu teṣāṃ vacaḥ śrutvā sainikān yuddha-durmadān। preṣayāmāsa kauravya utsārayata tān iti ॥03-229-22॥

[स (sa) - he; तु (tu) - but; तेषां (teṣām) - their; वचः (vacaḥ) - words; श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard; सैनिकान् (sainikān) - the soldiers; युद्धदुर्मदान् (yuddha-durmadān) - intoxicated (with pride) in battle; प्रेषयामास (preṣayāmāsa) - sent forth; कौरव्य (kauravya) - O Kauravya; उत्सारयत (utsārayata) - drive away; तान् (tān) - them; इति (iti) - thus;]

(He but, having heard their words, the soldiers intoxicated in battle, sent forth, O Kauravya, (saying) "Drive them away thus".)

But he, O Kauravya, having heard their words, sent forth the soldiers who were mad with the pride of battle, saying, "Drive them away." (03-229-22)

तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा राज्ञः सेनाग्रयायिनः। सरो द्वैतवनं गत्वा гन्धर्वानिदमब्रुवन् ॥०३-२२९-२३॥

tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā rājñaḥ senāgrayāyinaḥ। saraḥ dvaitavanaṃ gatvā gandharvān idam abruvan ॥03-229-23॥

[तस्य (tasya) - his; तद्वचनं (tad-vacanam) - that speech; श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard; राज्ञः (rājñaḥ) - of the king; सेनाग्रयायिनः (senāgra-yāyinaḥ) - those leading the army; सरो (saraḥ) - lake; द्वैतवनं (dvaita-vanam) - Dwaita forest; गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone; गन्धर्वान् (gandharvān) - the Gandharvas; इदम् (idam) - this; अब्रुवन् (abruvan) - (they) said;]

(His that speech having heard, of the king the leaders of the army, the lake Dwaita-forest having gone, to the Gandharvas this they said.)

Having heard his speech, the king's army leaders went to the Dwaita forest lake and said this to the Gandharvas. (03-229-23)

राजा दुर्योधनो नाम धृतराष्ट्रसुतो बली। विजिहीर्षुरिहायाति तदर्थमपसर्पत ॥०३-२२९-२४॥

rājā duryodhanaḥ nāma dhṛtarāṣṭra-suto balī। vijihiṛṣuḥ iha āyāti tadartham apasarpata ॥03-229-24॥

[राजा (rājā) (rājā) - king; दुर्योधनः (duryodhanaḥ) (duryodhanaḥ) - Duryodhana; नाम (nāma) (nāma) - named; धृतराष्ट्रसुतः (dhṛtarāṣṭrasutaḥ) (dhṛtarāṣṭrasutaḥ) - son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra; बली (balī) (balī) - strong; विजिहीर्षुः (vijihiṛṣuḥ) (vijihiṛṣuḥ) - desiring to conquer; इह (iha) (iha) - here; आयाति (āyāti) (āyāti) - approaches; तदर्थम् (tadartham) (tadartham) - for that purpose; अपसर्पत (apasarpata) (apasarpata) - move away;]

(King Duryodhana named, son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, strong, desiring to conquer, here approaches; for that purpose, move away.)

King Duryodhana, son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, strong and desiring conquest, is approaching here; move away for that purpose. (03-229-24)

एवमुक्तास्तु गन्धर्वाः प्रहसन्तो विशां पते। प्रत्यब्रुवंस्तान्पुरुषानिदं सुपरुषं वचः ॥०३-२२९-२५॥

evam-uktās tu gandharvāḥ prahasanto viśāṃ pate। pratyabruvaṃs tān puruṣān idaṃ suparuṣaṃ vacaḥ ॥03-229-25॥

[एवम् (evam) - thus; उक्ता: (uktāḥ) - having been addressed; तु (tu) - but; गन्धर्वाः (gandharvāḥ) - the gandharvas; प्रहसन्तः (prahasantaḥ) - laughing; विशां (viśām) - of men; पते (pate) - O lord; प्रत्यब्रुवन् (pratyabruvan) - replied; तान् (tān) - to them; पुरुषान् (puruṣān) - the men; इदं (idaṃ) - this; सुपरुषं (suparuṣam) - very harsh; वचः (vacaḥ) - words;]

(Thus, having been addressed, but the gandharvas, laughing, O lord of men, replied to those men this very harsh speech.)

Thus, O lord of men, when addressed, the gandharvas laughed and replied to those men with these very harsh words. (03-229-25)

न चेतयति वो राजा मन्दबुद्धिः सुयोधनः। योऽस्मानाज्ञापयत्येवं वश्यानिव दिवौकसः ॥०३-२२९-२६॥

na cetayati vo rājā mandabuddhiḥ suyodhanaḥ। yo'smānājñāpayatyevaṃ vaśyāniva divaukasaḥ॥03-229-26॥

[न (na) - not; चेतयति (cetayati) - perceives; वः (vaḥ) - you (plural), for you; राजा (rājā) - king; मन्दबुद्धिः (mandabuddhiḥ) - dull-minded; slow-witted; सुयोधनः (suyodhanaḥ) - Suyodhana (proper noun, another name for Duryodhana); यः (yaḥ) - who; अस्मान् (asmān) - us; आज्ञापयति (ājñāpayati) - commands; एवं (evaṃ) - thus; in this way; वश्यान् (vaśyān) - control; those subject (to authority); इव (iva) - as if; like; दिवौकसः (divaukasaḥ) - celestials; gods;]

(Not perceives you the king, dull-minded Suyodhana, who commands us thus like those under control the celestials.)

The king, dull-minded Suyodhana, does not understand you, who commands us in this way as if we were controllable like the gods. (03-229-26)

यूयं मुमूर्षवश्चापि मन्दप्रज्ञा न संशयः। ये तस्य वचनादेवमस्मान्ब्रूत विचेतसः ॥०३-२२९-२७॥

yūyaṃ mumūrṣavaś cāpi mandaprajñā na saṃśayaḥ। ye tasya vacanād evam asmān brūta vicetasaḥ ॥03-229-27॥

[यूयम् (yūyam) - you (all); मुमूर्षवः (mumūrṣavaḥ) - desiring to die; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; मन्दप्रज्ञाः (mandaprajñāḥ) - of dull intellect; न (na) - not; संशयः (saṃśayaḥ) - doubt; ये (ye) - those who; तस्य (tasya) - of him; वचनात् (vacanāt) - from the words; एवम् (evam) - thus; अस्मान् (asmān) - to us; ब्रूत (brūta) - say; विचेतसः (vicetasaḥ) - without understanding;]

(You, desiring to die, and also of dull intellect, (on this) there is no doubt; those who, from (his) words, thus say to us (are) without understanding.)

You, who wish for death and are of dull intellect, there is no doubt; those who, from his words, thus address us are indeed lacking in understanding. (03-229-27)

गच्छत त्वरिताः सर्वे यत्र राजा स कौरवः। द्वेष्यं माद्यैव गच्छध्वं धर्मराजनिवेशनम् ॥०३-२२९-२८॥

gacchata tvaritāḥ sarve yatra rājā sa kauravaḥ। dveṣyaṃ mādyai 'va gacchadhvaṃ dharmarājaniveśanam॥03-229-28॥

[गच्छत (gacchata) - go; त्वरिताः (tvaritāḥ) - quickly; सर्वे (sarve) - all; यत्र (yatra) - where; राजा (rājā) - king; स (sa) - he; कौरवः (kauravaḥ) - Kaurava; द्वेष्यं (dveṣyam) - hateful; मा (mā) - not; अद्यैव (adya eva) - today itself; गच्छध्वं (gacchadhvaṃ) - go (you all); धर्मराजनिवेशनम् (dharmarājaniveśanam) - residence of Dharmarāja;]

(Go quickly, all, where the king, he, the Kaurava, (is); (the) hateful thing, not today itself go (you all) to the residence of Dharmarāja.)

All of you go quickly to the place where the king, the Kaurava, is; do not go today to the residence of Dharmaraja, which is hateful. (03-229-28)

एवमुक्तास्तु गन्धर्वै राज्ञः सेनाग्रयायिनः। सम्प्राद्रवन्यतो राजा धृतराष्ट्रसुतोऽभवत् ॥०३-२२९-२९॥

evam-uktās tu gandharvaiḥ rājñaḥ senāgrāyāyinaḥ। samprādravan yataḥ rājā dhṛtarāṣṭra-suto 'bhavat॥03-229-29॥

[एवम् (evam) - thus; उक्ताः (uktāḥ) - having been addressed; तु (tu) - but; गन्धर्वैः (gandharvaiḥ) - by the Gandharvas; राज्ञः (rājñaḥ) - of the king; सेना-अग्र-आयिनः (senā-agra-āyinaḥ) - those marching at the head of the army; सम्-प्रा-द्रवन् (sam-prā-dravan) - completely fled; यतः (yataḥ) - from where; राजा (rājā) - the king; धृतराष्ट्र-सुतः (dhṛtarāṣṭra-sutaḥ) - the son of Dhritarashtra; अभवत् (abhavat) - became;]

(Thus addressed by the Gandharvas, those leading the army of the king fled completely; from where the king, the son of Dhritarashtra, became.)

Thus, having been addressed by the Gandharvas, the king's vanguard fled, so the king, son of Dhritarashtra, was left behind. (03-229-29)