04.034

उत्तर उवाच॥

uttara uvāca॥

[उत्तर (uttara) - Uttara; (proper noun); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (third person singular, perfect);]

(Uttara said;)

Uttara said.

अद्याहमनुगच्छेयं दृढधन्वा गवां पदम्। यदि मे सारथिः कश्चिद्भवेदश्वेषु कोविदः ॥०४-३४-१॥

adyā ham anugaccheyaṃ dṛḍha-dhanvā gavāṃ padam। yadi me sā rathiḥ kaścid bhaved aśveṣu kovidaḥ ॥04-34-1॥

[अद्य (adya) - today; अहम् (aham) - I; अनुगच्छेयं (anugaccheyam) - I may follow; दृढधन्वा (dṛḍha-dhanvā) - Dṛḍhadhanvā (proper noun, name of a person); गवाम् (gavām) - of the cows; पदम् (padam) - track; यदि (yadi) - if; मे (me) - to me; सारथिः (sārathiḥ) - charioteer; कश्चित् (kaścit) - someone; भवेत् (bhavet) - were to be; अश्वेषु (aśveṣu) - in horses; कोविदः (kovidaḥ) - skilled;]

(Today I may follow the track of the cows of Dṛḍhadhanvā, if to me some charioteer who were skilled in horses were present.)

Today I could follow the track of Dṛḍhadhanvā’s cows, if only I had a charioteer skilled with horses. (04-34-1)

तमेव नाधिगच्छामि यो मे यन्ता भवेन्नरः। पश्यध्वं सारथिं क्षिप्रं मम युक्तं प्रयास्यतः ॥०४-३४-२॥

tameva nādhigacchāmi yo me yantā bhavennaraḥ। paśyadhvaṃ sārathiṃ kṣipraṃ mama yuktaṃ prayāsyataḥ॥04-34-2॥

[तम् एव (tam eva) - him indeed; न (na) - not; अधिगच्छामि (adhigacchāmi) - I find; यः (yaḥ) - who; मे (me) - for me; यन्ता (yantā) - charioteer; भवेत् (bhavet) - would be; नरः (naraḥ) - man; पश्यध्वम् (paśyadhvam) - all of you see; सारथिम् (sārathim) - the charioteer; क्षिप्रम् (kṣipram) - quickly; मम (mama) - my; युक्तम् (yuktam) - yoked [chariot]; प्रयास्यतः (prayāsyataḥ) - about to depart;]

(Him indeed I do not find, who for me as a charioteer would be the man; see all of you, the charioteer quickly, my yoked [chariot] about to depart.)

I do not find a man who would serve as my charioteer; look, all of you, at my charioteer who has quickly yoked my chariot and is about to depart. (04-34-2)

अष्टाविंशतिरात्रं वा मासं वा नूनमन्ततः। यत्तदासीन्महद्युद्धं तत्र मे सारथिर्हतः ॥०४-३४-३॥

aṣṭāviṃśatirātraṃ vā māsaṃ vā nūnamantataḥ। yattadāsīnmahadyuddhaṃ tatra me sārathirhataḥ॥04-34-3॥

[अष्टाविंशतिरात्रम् (aṣṭāviṃśatirātram) - twenty-eight nights; वा (vā) - or; मासम् (māsam) - a month; वा (vā) - or; नूनम् (nūnam) - certainly; अन्ततः (antataḥ) - in the end; यत् (yat) - which; तद् आसीत् (tad āsīt) - that was; महद् युद्धम् (mahad yuddham) - great battle; तत्र (tatra) - there; मे (me) - my; सारथि: (sārathiḥ) - charioteer; हतः (hataḥ) - killed;]

(Twenty-eight nights or a month or certainly in the end, which that was a great battle, there my charioteer was killed.)

For twenty-eight nights, or for a month, or at least by the end, during that great battle, my charioteer was killed there. (04-34-3)

स लभेयं यदि त्वन्यं हययानविदं नरम्। त्वरावानद्य यात्वाहं समुच्छ्रितमहाध्वजम् ॥०४-३४-४॥

sa labheyaṁ yadi tva anyaṁ hayayānavidaṁ naram। tvarāvān adya yātu āham samucchritamahādhvajam॥04-34-4॥

[स (sa) - he; लभेयं (labheyaṁ) - I would obtain; यदि (yadi) - if; त्वम् (tvam) - you; अन्यं (anyaṁ) - another; हययानविदं (hayayānavidaṁ) - one unfamiliar with the chariot; नरम् (naram) - man; त्वरावान् (tvarāvān) - swift; अद्य (adya) - today; यातु (yātu) - should go; आहम् (āham) - I; समुच्छ्रितमहाध्वजम् (samucchritamahādhvajam) - with a greatly raised banner;]

(He—I would obtain—if—you—another—not-knowing-chariot man—swift—today—should go—I—with greatly raised banner.)

If I should obtain another man not skilled in driving the chariot instead of you, I—being swift—will go today with the greatly raised banner. (04-34-4)

विगाह्य तत्परानीकं गजवाजिरथाकुलम्। शस्त्रप्रतापनिर्वीर्यान्कुरूञ्जित्वानये पशून् ॥०४-३४-५॥

vigāhya tat-parānīkaṃ gaja-vāji-rathākulam। śastra-pratāpa-nirvīryān kurūn jitvā anaye paśūn ॥04-34-5॥

[विगाह्य (vigāhya) - having entered; तत्परानीकम् (tat-parānīkam) - that hostile army; गजवाजिरथाकुलम् (gaja-vāji-ratha-ākulam) - crowded with elephants, horses, and chariots; शस्त्रप्रतापनिर्वीर्यान् (śastra-pratāpa-nirvīryān) - deprived of valor by the power of arms; कुरून् (kurūn) - the Kurus; जित्वा (jitvā) - having conquered; अनये (anaye) - bring; पशून् (paśūn) - the cattle;]

(Having entered that hostile army crowded with elephants, horses, and chariots, having conquered the Kurus deprived of valor by the power of arms, bring the cattle.)

Enter that hostile army crowded with elephants, horses, and chariots; having conquered the Kurus whose valor was broken by the power of arms, bring back the cattle. (04-34-5)

दुर्योधनं शान्तनवं कर्णं वैकर्तनं कृपम्। द्रोणं च सह पुत्रेण महेष्वासान्समागतान् ॥०४-३४-६॥

duryodhanaṃ śāntanavaṃ karṇaṃ vaikartanaṃ kṛpam। droṇaṃ ca saha putreṇa maheṣvāsānsamāgatān ॥04-34-6॥

[दुर्योधनं (duryodhanaṃ) - Duryodhana; शान्तनवं (śāntanavaṃ) - the son of Śantanu (i.e., Bhīṣma); कर्णं (karṇaṃ) - Karṇa; वैकर्तनं (vaikartanaṃ) - the son of Vikartana (i.e., Karṇa); कृपम् (kṛpam) - Kṛpa; द्रोणं (droṇaṃ) - Droṇa; च (ca) - and; सह (saha) - together with; पुत्रेण (putreṇa) - with (his) son; महेष्वासान् (maheṣvāsān) - great bowmen; समागतान् (samāgatān) - assembled;]

(Duryodhana, son of Śantanu, Karṇa, son of Vikartana, Kṛpa, Droṇa, and together with (his) son, great bowmen, assembled.)

Duryodhana, Bhīṣma (the son of Śantanu), Karṇa (the son of Vikartana), Kṛpa, Droṇa along with his son, and the great archers assembled there. (04-34-6)

वित्रासयित्वा सङ्ग्रामे दानवानिव वज्रभृत्। अनेनैव मुहूर्तेन पुनः प्रत्यानये पशून् ॥०४-३४-७॥

vitrāsayitvā saṅgrāme dānavān iva vajrabhṛt| anenaiva muhūrtena punaḥ pratyānaye paśūn ॥04-34-7॥

[वित्रासयित्वा (vitrāsayitvā) - having caused to be terrified; सङ्ग्रामे (saṅgrāme) - in battle; दानवानिव (dānavān iva) - like (he who terrifies) the Dānavas; वज्रभृत् (vajrabhṛt) - Vajrabhṛt; (the bearer of the thunderbolt; i.e., Indra); अनेनैव (anenaiva) - by this very; मुहूर्तेन (muhūrtena) - moment; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; प्रत्यानये (pratyānaye) - I will bring back; पशून् (paśūn) - the cattle;]

(Having terrified (the enemy), in battle, like (Indra) the bearer of the thunderbolt (terrifies) the Dānavas; by this very moment I will again bring back the cattle.)

Just as Indra, the bearer of the thunderbolt, terrifies the Dānavas in battle, so, having caused terror, I will bring back the cattle again within this very moment. (04-34-7)

शून्यमासाद्य कुरवः प्रयान्त्यादाय गोधनम्। किं नु शक्यं मया कर्तुं यदहं तत्र नाभवम् ॥०४-३४-८॥

śūnyam āsādya kuravaḥ prayānti ādāya go-dhanam। kiṃ nu śakyaṃ mayā kartum yad ahaṃ tatra na abhavam॥04-34-8॥

[शून्यम् (śūnyam) - empty; आसाद्य (āsādya) - having reached; कुरवः (kuravaḥ) - the Kurus; प्रयान्ति (prayānti) - go; आदाय (ādāya) - having taken; गोधनम् (go-dhanam) - cattle-wealth; किं (kiṃ) - what; नु (nu) - indeed; शक्यं (śakyaṃ) - possible; मया (mayā) - by me; कर्तुं (kartum) - to do; यत् (yat) - which; अहम् (aham) - I; तत्र (tatra) - there; न (na) - not; अभवम् (abhavam) - was;]

(Empty having reached, the Kurus go, having taken the cattle-wealth. What indeed possible by me to do, which I there not was.)

The Kurus, having found it empty, take away the cattle-wealth and go. What could I possibly do since I was not there? (04-34-8)

पश्येयुरद्य मे वीर्यं कुरवस्ते समागताः। किं नु पार्थोऽर्जुनः साक्षादयमस्मान्प्रबाधते ॥०४-३४-९॥

paśyeyur adya me vīryaṃ kuravas te samāgatāḥ। kiṃ nu pārtho 'rjunaḥ sākṣād ayam asmān prabādhate॥04-34-9॥

[पश्येयुः (paśyeyuḥ) - may they see; अद्य (adya) - today; मे (me) - my; वीर्यं (vīryam) - power; कुरवः (kuravaḥ) - the Kurus; ते (te) - those; समागताः (samāgatāḥ) - assembled; किं (kiṃ) - what? नु (nu) - indeed; पार्थः (pārthaḥ) - the son of Pṛthā; अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna; साक्षात् (sākṣāt) - directly; अयम् (ayam) - this; अस्मान् (asmān) - us; प्रबाधते (prabādhate) - overpowers;]

(May they see today my power, those assembled Kurus. What indeed, Pārtha Arjuna directly this us overpowers.)

Let those assembled Kurus witness my power today. How is it that this Pārtha, Arjuna, is overpowering us directly? (04-34-9)

वैशम्पायन उवाच॥

vaiśampāyana uvāca॥

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

(Vaiśampāyana said.)

Vaiśampāyana said.

तस्य तद्वचनं स्त्रीषु भाषतः स्म पुनः पुनः। नामर्षयत पाञ्चाली बीभत्सोः परिकीर्तनम् ॥०४-३४-१०॥

tasya tadvacanaṃ strīṣu bhāṣataḥ sma punaḥ punaḥ. nāmarṣayata pāñcālī bībhatsoḥ parikīrtanam ॥04-34-10॥

[तस्य (tasya) - of him; तद्वचनम् (tadvacanam) - those words; स्त्रीषु (strīṣu) - among women; भाषतः (bhāṣataḥ) - speaking; स्म (sma) - indeed; पुनः पुनः (punaḥ punaḥ) - again and again; नामर्षयत (nāmarṣayata) - did not tolerate; पाञ्चाली (pāñcālī) - Panchali (Draupadi); बीभत्सोः (bībhatsoḥ) - of Bibhatsu (Arjuna); परिकीर्तनम् (parikīrtanam) - mention, repeated narration;]

(Of him those words among women speaking indeed again and again did not tolerate Panchali of Bibhatsu the mention.)

Panchali did not tolerate the repeated mention of Bibhatsu (Arjuna) by him as he spoke those words among the women. (04-34-10)

अथैनमुपसङ्गम्य स्त्रीमध्यात्सा तपस्विनी। व्रीडमानेव शनकैरिदं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥०४-३४-११॥

athainam upasaṅgamya strī-madhyāt sā tapasvinī। vrīḍamāneva śanakair idaṃ vacanam abravīt॥04-34-11॥

[अथ (atha) - then; एनम् (enam) - him; उपसङ्गम्य (upasaṅgamya) - having approached; स्त्री-मध्यात् (strī-madhyāt) - from among the women; सा (sā) - she; तपस्विनी (tapasvinī) - the austere woman; व्रीडमाना (vrīḍamānā) - being bashful; इव (iva) - as if; शनकैः (śanakaiḥ) - slowly; इदं (idaṃ) - this; वचनम् (vacanam) - speech; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke;]

(Then, having approached him from among the women, she, the austere woman, being bashful as if, slowly spoke this speech.)

Then the ascetic woman, as if bashful, slowly approached him from among the women and spoke these words. (04-34-11)

योऽसौ बृहद्वारणाभो युवा सुप्रियदर्शनः। बृहन्नडेति विख्यातः पार्थस्यासीत्स सारथिः ॥०४-३४-१२॥

yo'sau bṛhadvāraṇābho yuvā supriyadarśanaḥ। bṛhannaḍeti vikhyātaḥ pārthasyāsīts sārathiḥ॥04-34-12॥

[यः (yaḥ) - who; असौ (asau) - that; बृहद्वारणाभः (bṛhadvāraṇābhaḥ) - having the appearance of a great elephant; युवा (yuvā) - young man; सुप्रियदर्शनः (supriyadarśanaḥ) - of pleasing appearance; बृहन्नडः (bṛhannaḍaḥ) - Bṛhannaḍa (proper noun); इति (iti) - thus; विख्यातः (vikhyātaḥ) - famous; पार्थस्य (pārthasya) - of Pārtha (Arjuna); आसीत् (āsīt) - was; सः (saḥ) - he; सारथिः (sārathiḥ) - charioteer;]

(Who that great-elephant-like young man of pleasing appearance, as Bṛhannaḍa is thus famous, of Pārtha was he charioteer.)

That one who is like a great elephant, a young man of pleasing appearance, who is known as Bṛhannaḍa, was the charioteer of Pārtha (Arjuna). (04-34-12)

धनुष्यनवरश्चासीत्तस्य शिष्यो महात्मनः। दृष्टपूर्वो मया वीर चरन्त्या पाण्डवान्प्रति ॥०४-३४-१३॥

dhanuṣyanavaraś cāsīt tasya śiṣyo mahātmanaḥ। dṛṣṭapūrvo mayā vīra carantyā pāṇḍavānprati॥04-34-13॥

[धनुष्यनवरः (dhanuṣya-navaraḥ) - archery-newly skilled; च (ca) - and; आसीत् (āsīt) - was; तस्य (tasya) - his; शिष्यः (śiṣyaḥ) - disciple; महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - of the great-souled; दृष्टपूर्वः (dṛṣṭapūrvaḥ) - seen before; मया (mayā) - by me; वीर (vīra) - O hero; चरन्त्याः (carantyāḥ) - while wandering; पाण्डवान् (pāṇḍavān) - the Pāṇḍavas; प्रत् (prati) - towards;]

(The newly skilled in archery and was his disciple of the great-souled. Seen before by me, O hero, while wandering towards the Pāṇḍavas.)

He was newly skilled in archery, and a disciple of that great-souled one. I have seen him before, O hero, while wandering towards the Pāṇḍavas. (04-34-13)

यदा तत्पावको दावमदहत्खाण्डवं महत्। अर्जुनस्य तदानेन सङ्गृहीता हयोत्तमाः ॥०४-३४-१४॥

yadā tat-pāvako dāvam adahat khāṇḍavaṃ mahat। arjunasya tadā anena saṅgṛhītā hayottamāḥ ॥04-34-14॥

[यदा (yadā) - when; तत् (tat) - that; पावकः (pāvakaḥ) - fire; दावम् (dāvam) - forest fire; अदहत् (adahat) - burned; खाण्डवं (khāṇḍavam) - Khāṇḍava; महत् (mahat) - great; अर्जुनस्य (arjunasya) - of Arjuna; तदा (tadā) - then; अनेन (anena) - by him; सङ्गृहीता (saṅgṛhītā) - collected; gathered; हय-उत्तमाः (haya-uttamāḥ) - excellent horses;]

(When that fire burned the great Khāṇḍava forest, then the excellent horses of Arjuna were gathered by him.)

When that fire burned the great Khāṇḍava forest, at that time the excellent horses of Arjuna were gathered by him. (04-34-14)

तेन सारथिना पार्थः सर्वभूतानि सर्वशः। अजयत्खाण्डवप्रस्थे न हि यन्तास्ति तादृशः ॥०४-३४-१५॥

tena sāraṭhinā pārthaḥ sarvabhūtāni sarvaśaḥ। ajayat khāṇḍavaprasthē na hi yantāsti tādṛśaḥ॥04-34-15॥

[तेन (tena) - by him; (instrumental singular of 'tad') him; सारथिना (sāraṭhinā) - by the charioteer; (instrumental singular of 'sārathi') charioteer; पार्थः (pārthaḥ) - Pārtha; (Arjuna; nom. singular; son of Pritha); सर्वभूतानि (sarvabhūtāni) - all beings; (accusative plural of 'sarvabhūta') all creatures; सर्वशः (sarvaśaḥ) - entirely; in all ways; अजयत् (ajayat) - conquered; (third person singular, aorist/past of 'ji') overcame; खाण्डवप्रस्थे (khāṇḍavaprasthē) - in Khāṇḍavaprastha; (locative singular) at Khāṇḍavaprastha; न (na) - not; हि (hi) - indeed; surely; यन्ता (yantā) - charioteer; (nom. singular of 'yantṛ'); अस्ति (asti) - is; exists; तादृशः (tādṛśaḥ) - such; of that kind;]

(By him, the charioteer, Pārtha entirely conquered all beings at Khāṇḍavaprastha. Indeed, there is not a charioteer such as him.)

With that charioteer, Pārtha overcame all creatures completely at Khāṇḍavaprastha. Truly, there is no charioteer like him. (04-34-15)

येयं कुमारी सुश्रोणी भगिनी ते यवीयसी। अस्याः स वचनं वीर करिष्यति न संशयः ॥०४-३४-१६॥

yeyam kumārī suśroṇī bhaginī te yavīyasī। asyāḥ sa vacanaṃ vīra kariṣyati na saṃśayaḥ॥04-34-16॥

[येयम् (yeyam) - this here; कुमारी (kumārī) - maiden; सुश्रोणी (suśroṇī) - beautiful-hipped; भगिनी (bhaginī) - sister; ते (te) - your; यवीयसी (yavīyasī) - younger; अस्याः (asyāḥ) - of her; स (sa) - he; वचनम् (vacanam) - word; वीर (vīra) - hero; करिष्यति (kariṣyati) - will do; न (na) - not; संशयः (saṃśayaḥ) - doubt;]

(This here maiden, beautiful-hipped, your younger sister. Of her word, he, hero, will do, not doubt.)

This beautiful-hipped maiden, your younger sister—whatever she says, the hero will surely do, there is no doubt. (04-34-16)

यदि वै सारथिः स स्यात्कुरून्सर्वानसंशयम्। जित्वा गाश्च समादाय ध्रुवमागमनं भवेत् ॥०४-३४-१७॥

yadi vai sārathiḥ sa syāt kurūn sarvān asaṃśayam। jitvā gāś ca samādāya dhruvam āgamanaṃ bhavet॥04-34-17॥

[यदि (yadi) - if; वै (vai) - indeed; सारथिः (sārathiḥ) - charioteer; स (sa) - he; स्यात् (syāt) - would be; कुरून् (kurūn) - the Kurus (Kurus, a people/tribe); सर्वान् (sarvān) - all; असंशयम् (asaṃśayam) - without doubt; जित्वा (jitvā) - having conquered; गाः (gāḥ) - cows; च (ca) - and; समादाय (samādāya) - having taken (with him); ध्रुवम् (dhruvam) - certainly; आगमनम् (āgamanam) - return; भवेत् (bhavet) - would be;]

(If indeed that charioteer were (present), the Kurus all, without doubt, having conquered and having taken the cows, certainly return would be.)

If indeed he were the charioteer, without doubt he would defeat all the Kurus, recover the cows, and certainly return. (04-34-17)

एवमुक्तः स सैरन्ध्र्या भगिनीं प्रत्यभाषत। गच्छ त्वमनवद्याङ्गि तामानय बृहन्नडाम् ॥०४-३४-१८॥

evam-uktaḥ sa sairandhryā bhaginīṁ pratyabhāṣata। gaccha tvam-anavadyāṅgi tām-ānaya bṛhannadām ॥04-34-18॥

[एवमुक्तः (evam-uktaḥ) - thus addressed; स (sa) - he; सैरन्ध्र्या (sairandhryā) - by Sairandhrī; भगिनीं (bhaginīm) - sister (accusative case); प्रत्यभाषत (pratyabhāṣata) - replied (to her); गच्छ (gaccha) - go; त्वम् (tvam) - you; अनवद्याङ्गि (anavadyāṅgi) - O faultless-limbed one; ताम् (tām) - her; आनय (ānaya) - bring; बृहन्नडाम् (bṛhannadām) - Bṛhannadā (proper noun, accusative case);]

(Thus addressed, he by Sairandhrī replied to (his) sister: Go, you, O faultless-limbed one, bring her, Bṛhannadā.)

Thus spoken to by Sairandhrī, he replied to his sister: "Go, O faultless-limbed one, bring Bṛhannadā." (04-34-18)

सा भ्रात्रा प्रेषिता शीघ्रमगच्छन्नर्तनागृहम्। यत्रास्ते स महाबाहुश्छन्नः सत्रेण पाण्डवः ॥०४-३४-१९॥

sā bhrātrā preṣitā śīghramagacchan nartanāgṛham। yatrāste sa mahābāhuś channaḥ satreṇa pāṇḍavaḥ॥04-34-19॥

[सा (sā) - she; भ्रात्रा (bhrātrā) - by the brother; प्रेषिता (preṣitā) - sent; शीघ्रम् (śīghram) - quickly; अगच्छत् (agacchat) - went; नर्तनागृहम् (nartanāgṛham) - dancing hall; यत्र (yatra) - where; आस्ते (āste) - dwells; स (sa) - he; महाबाहुः (mahābāhuḥ) - the mighty-armed one; छन्नः (channaḥ) - concealed; सत्रेण (satreṇa) - by the vow; पाण्डवः (pāṇḍavaḥ) - the Pāṇḍava;]

(She, sent by (her) brother, quickly went to the dancing hall where the mighty-armed Pāṇḍava, concealed by the vow, dwells.)

She, having been sent quickly by her brother, went to the dancing hall where the mighty-armed Pāṇḍava, concealed by his vow, was staying. (04-34-19)