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Pancharatra and Core: Krishna goes to sister Subhadra and consoles her grief over Abhimanyu's death.
सञ्जय उवाच॥
sañjaya uvāca॥
[सञ्जय (sañjaya) - Sanjaya; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Sanjaya said:)
Sanjaya said:
तां निशां दुःखशोकार्तौ श्वसन्ताविव चोरगौ। निद्रां नैवोपलेभाते वासुदेवधनञ्जयौ ॥७-५४-१॥
tāṃ niśāṃ duḥkhaśokārtau śvasantāviva coragau। nidrāṃ naivopalebhāte vāsudevadhanañjayau ॥7-54-1॥
[ताम् (tām) - that; निशाम् (niśām) - night; दुःख (duḥkha) - sorrow; शोक (śoka) - grief; आर्तौ (ārtau) - afflicted; श्वसन्तौ (śvasantau) - breathing heavily; इव (iva) - like; चोरगौ (coragau) - two thieves; निद्राम् (nidrām) - sleep; न (na) - not; एव (eva) - indeed; उपलेभाते (upalebhāte) - obtained; वासुदेव (vāsudeva) - Vasudeva; धनञ्जयौ (dhanañjayau) - Dhananjaya;]
(That night, afflicted by sorrow and grief, breathing heavily like two thieves, Vasudeva and Dhananjaya did not obtain sleep.)
That night, Vasudeva and Dhananjaya, overwhelmed by sorrow and grief, lay awake, breathing heavily like two thieves, unable to find sleep.
नरनारायणौ क्रुद्धौ ज्ञात्वा देवाः सवासवाः। व्यथिताश्चिन्तयामासुः किं स्विदेतद्भविष्यति ॥७-५४-२॥
naranārāyaṇau kruddhau jñātvā devāḥ savāsavāḥ। vyathitāś cintayāmāsuḥ kiṃ sv id etad bhaviṣyati ॥7-54-2॥
[नरनारायणौ (naranārāyaṇau) - Nara and Narayana; क्रुद्धौ (kruddhau) - angry; ज्ञात्वा (jñātvā) - knowing; देवाः (devāḥ) - the gods; सवासवाः (savāsavāḥ) - with Indra; व्यथिताः (vyathitāḥ) - distressed; चिन्तयामासुः (cintayāmāsuḥ) - began to think; किं (kiṃ) - what; स्वित् (svit) - indeed; एतत् (etat) - this; भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - will happen;]
(Knowing Nara and Narayana were angry, the gods with Indra, distressed, began to think, "What indeed will happen to this?")
Upon realizing that Nara and Narayana were angry, the gods, along with Indra, became distressed and began to ponder, "What indeed will happen now?"
ववुश्च दारुणा वाता रूक्षा गोराभिशंसिनः। सकबन्धस्तथादित्ये परिघः समदृश्यत ॥७-५४-३॥
vavuśca dāruṇā vātā rūkṣā gorābhiśaṃsinaḥ। sakabandhastathāditye parighaḥ samadṛśyata ॥7-54-3॥
[ववुः (vavuḥ) - blew; च (ca) - and; दारुणाः (dāruṇāḥ) - fierce; वाताः (vātāḥ) - winds; रूक्षाः (rūkṣāḥ) - harsh; गोराः (gorāḥ) - terrible; अभिशंसिनः (abhiśaṃsinaḥ) - threatening; सकबन्धः (sakabandhaḥ) - with a trunk; तथा (tathā) - thus; आदित्ये (āditye) - in the sun; परिघः (parighaḥ) - a halo; समदृश्यत (samadṛśyata) - was seen;]
(Fierce, harsh winds blew, terrible and threatening. A halo with a trunk was thus seen in the sun.)
Fierce and harsh winds blew, threatening and terrible. A halo with a trunk appeared around the sun.
शुष्काशन्यश्च निष्पेतुः सनिर्घाताः सविद्युतः। चचाल चापि पृथिवी सशैलवनकानना ॥७-५४-४॥
śuṣkāśanyaśca niṣpetuḥ sanirghātāḥ savidyutaḥ। cacāla cāpi pṛthivī saśailavanakānanā ॥7-54-4॥
[शुष्काशन्यः (śuṣkāśanyaḥ) - dry lightning; च (ca) - and; निष्पेतुः (niṣpetuḥ) - emerged; सनिर्घाताः (sanirghātāḥ) - with thunder; सविद्युतः (savidyutaḥ) - with lightning; चचाल (cacāla) - shook; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; पृथिवी (pṛthivī) - earth; सशैलवनकानना (saśailavanakānanā) - with mountains, forests, and groves;]
(Dry lightning emerged with thunder and lightning. The earth, with mountains, forests, and groves, also shook.)
Dry lightning, accompanied by thunder and lightning, emerged. The earth, along with its mountains, forests, and groves, trembled as well.
चुक्षुभुश्च महाराज सागरा मकरालयाः। प्रतिस्रोतः प्रवृत्ताश्च तथा गन्तुं समुद्रगाः ॥७-५४-५॥
cukṣubhuśca mahārāja sāgarā makarālayāḥ। pratisrotaḥ pravṛttāśca tathā gantuṃ samudragāḥ ॥7-54-5॥
[चुक्षुभुः (cukṣubhuḥ) - agitated; च (ca) - and; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; सागराः (sāgarāḥ) - oceans; मकरालयाः (makarālayāḥ) - abode of crocodiles; प्रतिस्रोतः (pratisrotaḥ) - against the current; प्रवृत्ताः (pravṛttāḥ) - set out; च (ca) - and; तथा (tathā) - thus; गन्तुम् (gantum) - to go; समुद्रगाः (samudragāḥ) - sea creatures;]
(The oceans, O great king, abode of crocodiles, were agitated and set out against the current, and thus the sea creatures went.)
O great king, the oceans, home to crocodiles, were stirred and began moving against the current, and thus the sea creatures proceeded.
रथाश्वनरनागानां प्रवृत्तमधरोत्तरम्। क्रव्यादानां प्रमोदार्थं यमराष्ट्रविवृद्धये ॥७-५४-६॥
rathāśvanaranāgānāṃ pravṛttamadharottaram। kravyādānāṃ promodārthaṃ yamarāṣṭravivṛddhaye ॥7-54-6॥
[रथ (ratha) - chariot; अश्व (aśva) - horse; नर (nara) - man; नाग (nāga) - elephant; आनां (ānāṃ) - of the; प्रवृत्तम् (pravṛttam) - engaged; अधरोत्तरम् (adharottaram) - mutual; क्रव्यादानां (kravyādānāṃ) - of the flesh-eaters; प्रमोद (pramoda) - joy; अर्थम् (artham) - for the sake of; यम (yama) - Yama; राष्ट्र (rāṣṭra) - kingdom; विवृद्धये (vivṛddhaye) - for the growth;]
(The chariots, horses, men, and elephants engaged in mutual conflict for the joy of the flesh-eaters and for the growth of Yama's kingdom.)
The chariots, horses, men, and elephants were engaged in a mutual conflict, serving the joy of the flesh-eaters and contributing to the expansion of Yama's kingdom.
वाहनानि शकृन्मूत्रे मुमुचू रुरुदुश्च ह। तान्दृष्ट्वा दारुणान्सर्वानुत्पाताँल्लोमहर्षणान् ॥७-५४-७॥
vāhanāni śakṛnmūtre mumucū ruruduśca ha। tāndṛṣṭvā dāruṇānsarvānutpātām̐llomaharṣaṇān ॥7-54-7॥
[वाहनानि (vāhanāni) - vehicles; शकृत् (śakṛt) - excrement; मूत्रे (mūtre) - urine; मुमुचुः (mumucuḥ) - released; रुरुदुः (ruruduḥ) - cried; च (ca) - and; ह (ha) - indeed; तान् (tān) - them; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - seeing; दारुणान् (dāruṇān) - terrible; सर्वान् (sarvān) - all; उत्पातान् (utpātān) - omens; लोमहर्षणान् (lomaharṣaṇān) - hair-raising;]
(The vehicles released excrement and urine, and cried indeed. Seeing all those terrible, hair-raising omens.)
The vehicles emitted excrement and urine, and indeed cried out. Witnessing all those dreadful and hair-raising omens.
सर्वे ते व्यथिताः सैन्यास्त्वदीया भरतर्षभ। श्रुत्वा महाबलस्योग्रां प्रतिज्ञां सव्यसाचिनः ॥७-५४-८॥
sarve te vyathitāḥ sainyāstvadīyā bharatarṣabha। śrutvā mahābalasyogrāṃ pratijñāṃ savyasācinaḥ ॥7-54-8॥
[सर्वे (sarve) - all; ते (te) - those; व्यथिताः (vyathitāḥ) - distressed; सैन्याः (sainyāḥ) - soldiers; त्वदीयाः (tvadīyāḥ) - your; भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O best of the Bharatas; श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard; महाबलस्य (mahābalasya) - of the mighty; उग्रां (ugrāṃ) - terrible; प्रतिज्ञां (pratijñāṃ) - vow; सव्यसाचिनः (savyasācinaḥ) - of Arjuna;]
(All those soldiers of yours, O best of the Bharatas, were distressed after hearing the terrible vow of the mighty Arjuna.)
All your soldiers, O best of the Bharatas, were troubled upon hearing the fierce vow of the mighty Arjuna.
अथ कृष्णं महाबाहुरब्रवीत्पाकशासनिः। आश्वासय सुभद्रां त्वं भगिनीं स्नुषया सह ॥७-५४-९॥
atha kṛṣṇaṃ mahābāhurabravītpākaśāsaniḥ। āśvāsaya subhadrāṃ tvaṃ bhaginīṃ snuṣayā saha ॥7-54-9॥
[अथ (atha) - then; कृष्णम् (kṛṣṇam) - Krishna; महाबाहुः (mahābāhuḥ) - mighty-armed; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said; पाकशासनिः (pākaśāsaniḥ) - Indra; आश्वासय (āśvāsaya) - console; सुभद्रां (subhadrāṃ) - Subhadra; त्वम् (tvam) - you; भगिनीम् (bhaginīm) - sister; स्नुषया (snuṣayā) - with daughter-in-law; सह (saha) - together;]
(Then Indra, the mighty-armed, said to Krishna: "Console Subhadra, your sister, together with your daughter-in-law.")
Then Indra, the mighty-armed, spoke to Krishna, asking him to console his sister Subhadra along with his daughter-in-law.
स्नुषा श्वश्व्रानघायस्ते विशोके कुरु माधव। साम्ना सत्येन युक्तेन वचसाश्वासय प्रभो ॥७-५४-१०॥
snuṣā śvaśvrānaghāyaste viśoke kuru mādhava। sāmnā satyena yuktena vacasāśvāsaya prabho ॥7-54-10॥
[स्नुषा (snuṣā) - daughter-in-law; श्वश्व्रान् (śvaśvrān) - parents-in-law; अघाय (aghāya) - sinless; अस्ते (aste) - are; विशोके (viśoke) - free from sorrow; कुरु (kuru) - make; माधव (mādhava) - O Mādhava; साम्ना (sāmnā) - with peace; सत्येन (satyena) - with truth; युक्तेन (yuktena) - with union; वचसा (vacasā) - with words; अश्वासय (aśvāsaya) - console; प्रभो (prabho) - O Lord;]
(O Mādhava, make the sinless parents-in-law free from sorrow with the daughter-in-law; console them with peaceful, truthful, and united words, O Lord.)
O Mādhava, console the sinless parents-in-law with the daughter-in-law, making them free from sorrow with peaceful, truthful, and united words, O Lord.
ततोऽर्जुनगृहं गत्वा वासुदेवः सुदुर्मनाः। भगिनीं पुत्रशोकार्तामाश्वासयत दुःखिताम् ॥७-५४-११॥
tato'rjunagṛhaṃ gatvā vāsudevaḥ sudurmanāḥ। bhaginīṃ putraśokārtāmāśvāsayat duḥkhitām ॥7-54-11॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; अर्जुनगृहम् (arjunagṛham) - Arjuna's house; गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone; वासुदेवः (vāsudevaḥ) - Vasudeva; सुदुर्मनाः (sudurmanāḥ) - deeply distressed; भगिनीम् (bhaginīm) - sister; पुत्रशोक-आर्ताम् (putraśoka-ārtām) - afflicted by son's grief; आश्वासयत (āśvāsayat) - consoled; दुःखिताम् (duḥkhitām) - sorrowful;]
(Then, having gone to Arjuna's house, Vasudeva, deeply distressed, consoled his sister, who was afflicted by the grief of her son and was sorrowful.)
Vasudeva, deeply troubled, went to Arjuna's house and comforted his sister, who was grieving over her son's death.
मा शोकं कुरु वार्ष्णेयि कुमारं प्रति सस्नुषा। सर्वेषां प्राणिनां भीरु निष्ठैषा कालनिर्मिता ॥७-५४-१२॥
mā śokaṃ kuru vārṣṇeyi kumāraṃ prati sasnuṣā। sarveṣāṃ prāṇināṃ bhīru niṣṭhaiṣā kālanirmitā ॥7-54-12॥
[मा (mā) - do not; शोकं (śokaṃ) - grieve; कुरु (kuru) - do; वार्ष्णेयि (vārṣṇeyi) - O descendant of Vṛṣṇi; कुमारं (kumāraṃ) - boy; प्रति (prati) - towards; सस्नुषा (sasnuṣā) - with daughter-in-law; सर्वेषां (sarveṣāṃ) - of all; प्राणिनां (prāṇināṃ) - living beings; भीरु (bhīru) - timid one; निष्ठा (niṣṭhā) - end; एषा (eṣā) - this; कालनिर्मिता (kālanirmitā) - created by time;]
(Do not grieve, O descendant of Vṛṣṇi, towards the boy with the daughter-in-law. This is the end created by time for all living beings, O timid one.)
"Do not grieve, O descendant of Vṛṣṇi, for the boy with the daughter-in-law. This is the inevitable end created by time for all living beings, O timid one."
कुले जतस्य वीरस्य क्षत्रियस्य विशेषतः। सदृशं मरणं ह्येतत्तव पुत्रस्य मा शुचः ॥७-५४-१३॥
kule jatasya vīrasya kṣatriyasya viśeṣataḥ। sadṛśaṃ maraṇaṃ hyetattava putrasya mā śucaḥ ॥7-54-13॥
[कुले (kule) - in the family; जतस्य (jatasya) - born; वीरस्य (vīrasya) - of the hero; क्षत्रियस्य (kṣatriyasya) - of the kshatriya; विशेषतः (viśeṣataḥ) - especially; सदृशं (sadṛśaṃ) - befitting; मरणं (maraṇaṃ) - death; हि (hi) - indeed; एतत् (etat) - this; तव (tava) - your; पुत्रस्य (putrasya) - of son; मा (mā) - do not; शुचः (śucaḥ) - grieve;]
(In the family, born of the hero, of the kshatriya, especially; befitting death indeed this your of son do not grieve.)
Do not grieve for your son, who was born in a noble family, as a hero and a kshatriya; his death was befitting.
दिष्ट्या महारथो वीरः पितुस्तुल्यपराक्रमः। क्षात्रेण विधिना प्राप्तो वीराभिलषितां गतिम् ॥७-५४-१४॥
diṣṭyā mahāratho vīraḥ pitustulyaparākramaḥ। kṣātreṇa vidhinā prāpto vīrābhilaṣitāṃ gatim ॥7-54-14॥
[दिष्ट्या (diṣṭyā) - fortunately; महारथः (mahārathaḥ) - great chariot-warrior; वीरः (vīraḥ) - hero; पितुः (pituḥ) - of the father; तुल्य (tulya) - equal; पराक्रमः (parākramaḥ) - valor; क्षात्रेण (kṣātreṇa) - by the warrior; विधिना (vidhinā) - by the method; प्राप्तः (prāptaḥ) - obtained; वीर (vīra) - hero; अभिलषितां (abhilaṣitāṃ) - desired; गतिम् (gatim) - state;]
(Fortunately, the great chariot-warrior hero, equal in valor to his father, has obtained the state desired by heroes by the warrior method.)
Fortunately, the great warrior, who is as valiant as his father, has achieved the state that heroes desire through the warrior's method.
जित्वा सुबहुशः शत्रून्प्रेषयित्वा च मृत्यवे। गतः पुण्यकृतां लोकान्सर्वकामदुहोऽक्षयान् ॥७-५४-१५॥
jitvā subahuśaḥ śatrūn preṣayitvā ca mṛtyave। gataḥ puṇyakṛtāṃ lokān sarvakāmaduho'kṣayān ॥7-54-15॥
[जित्वा (jitvā) - having conquered; सुबहुशः (subahuśaḥ) - many times; शत्रून् (śatrūn) - enemies; प्रेषयित्वा (preṣayitvā) - having sent; च (ca) - and; मृत्यवे (mṛtyave) - to death; गतः (gataḥ) - went; पुण्यकृतां (puṇyakṛtāṃ) - of the virtuous; लोकान् (lokān) - worlds; सर्वकामदुहः (sarvakāmaduhaḥ) - fulfilling all desires; अक्षयान् (akṣayān) - imperishable;]
(Having conquered the enemies many times and having sent them to death, he went to the imperishable worlds of the virtuous, fulfilling all desires.)
After repeatedly defeating his enemies and sending them to their deaths, he attained the eternal worlds of the virtuous, where all desires are fulfilled.
तपसा ब्रह्मचर्येण श्रुतेन प्रज्ञयापि च। सन्तो यां गतिमिच्छन्ति प्राप्तस्तां तव पुत्रकः ॥७-५४-१६॥
tapasā brahmacaryeṇa śrutena prajñayāpi ca। santo yāṃ gatimicchanti prāptastāṃ tava putrakaḥ ॥7-54-16॥
[तपसा (tapasā) - by austerity; ब्रह्मचर्येण (brahmacaryeṇa) - by celibacy; श्रुतेन (śrutena) - by learning; प्रज्ञया (prajñayā) - by wisdom; अपि (api) - also; च (ca) - and; सन्तः (santaḥ) - the wise ones; याम् (yām) - which; गतिम् (gatim) - state; इच्छन्ति (icchanti) - desire; प्राप्तः (prāptaḥ) - attained; ताम् (tām) - that; तव (tava) - your; पुत्रकः (putrakaḥ) - son;]
(By austerity, celibacy, learning, and wisdom, the wise ones desire the state which your son has attained.)
Your son has attained the state desired by the wise through austerity, celibacy, learning, and wisdom.
वीरसूर्वीरपत्नी त्वं वीरश्वशुरबान्धवा। मा शुचस्तनयं भद्रे गतः स परमां गतिम् ॥७-५४-१७॥
vīrasūrvīrapatnī tvaṃ vīraśvaśurabāndhavā। mā śucastanayaṃ bhadre gataḥ sa paramāṃ gatim ॥7-54-17॥
[वीरसूः (vīrasūḥ) - mother of heroes; वीरपत्नी (vīrapatnī) - wife of a hero; त्वं (tvaṃ) - you; वीरश्वशुर (vīraśvaśura) - heroic father-in-law; बान्धवा (bāndhavā) - relatives; मा (mā) - do not; शुचः (śucaḥ) - grieve; तनयं (tanayaṃ) - son; भद्रे (bhadre) - O gentle lady; गतः (gataḥ) - has gone; स (sa) - he; परमां (paramāṃ) - supreme; गतिम् (gatim) - state;]
(Mother of heroes, wife of a hero, you, with heroic father-in-law and relatives, do not grieve, O gentle lady, your son has gone to the supreme state.)
O noble lady, you are the mother of heroes, the wife of a hero, and have heroic relatives. Do not grieve for your son, for he has attained the supreme state.
प्राप्स्यते चाप्यसौ क्षुद्रः सैन्धवो बालघातकः। अस्यावलेपस्य फलं ससुहृद्गणबान्धवः ॥७-५४-१८॥
prāpsyate cāpyasau kṣudraḥ saindhavo bālaghātakaḥ। asyāvalepasya phalaṃ sasuhṛdgaṇabāndhavaḥ ॥7-54-18॥
[प्राप्स्यते (prāpsyate) - will obtain; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; असौ (asau) - this; क्षुद्रः (kṣudraḥ) - mean; सैन्धवः (saindhavaḥ) - Sindhu; बालघातकः (bālaghātakaḥ) - child-killer; अस्य (asya) - his; अवलेपस्य (avalepasya) - arrogance; फलं (phalaṃ) - fruit; ससुहृद्गणबान्धवः (sasuhṛdgaṇabāndhavaḥ) - with friends and relatives;]
(This mean Sindhu, the child-killer, will also obtain the fruit of his arrogance with friends and relatives.)
This mean Sindhu, the child-killer, will face the consequences of his arrogance along with his friends and relatives.
व्युष्टायां तु वरारोहे रजन्यां पापकर्मकृत्। न हि मोक्ष्यति पार्थात्स प्रविष्टोऽप्यमरावतीम् ॥७-५४-१९॥
vyuṣṭāyāṃ tu varārohe rajanyāṃ pāpakarmakṛt। na hi mokṣyati pārthāts praviṣṭo'pyamarāvatīm ॥7-54-19॥
[व्युष्टायाम् (vyuṣṭāyām) - when dawned; तु (tu) - but; वरारोहे (varārohe) - O beautiful lady; रजन्याम् (rajanyām) - night; पापकर्मकृत् (pāpakarmakṛt) - evil-doer; न (na) - not; हि (hi) - indeed; मोक्ष्यति (mokṣyati) - will release; पार्थात् (pārthāt) - from Arjuna; सः (saḥ) - he; प्रविष्टः (praviṣṭaḥ) - entered; अपि (api) - even; अमरावतीम् (amarāvatīm) - Amaravati;]
(When dawned, O beautiful lady, the evil-doer will not indeed release from Arjuna, even if he has entered Amaravati.)
O beautiful lady, when the night has dawned, the evil-doer will not be released from Arjuna, even if he has entered Amaravati.
श्वः शिरः श्रोष्यसे तस्य सैन्धवस्य रणे हृतम्। समन्तपञ्चकाद्बाह्यं विशोका भव मा रुदः ॥७-५४-२०॥
śvaḥ śiraḥ śroṣyase tasya saindhavasya raṇe hṛtam। samantapañcakādbāhyaṃ viśokā bhava mā rudaḥ ॥7-54-20॥
[श्वः (śvaḥ) - tomorrow; शिरः (śiraḥ) - head; श्रोष्यसे (śroṣyase) - you will hear; तस्य (tasya) - of him; सैन्धवस्य (saindhavasya) - of the Sindhu prince; रणे (raṇe) - in battle; हृतम् (hṛtam) - taken away; समन्तपञ्चकात् (samantapañcakāt) - from Samantapanchaka; बाह्यम् (bāhyam) - outside; विशोका (viśokā) - free from sorrow; भव (bhava) - be; मा (mā) - do not; रुदः (rudaḥ) - weep;]
(Tomorrow, you will hear that the head of the Sindhu prince has been taken away in battle. Be free from sorrow outside Samantapanchaka; do not weep.)
Tomorrow, you will hear that the head of the Sindhu prince has been taken away in battle. Outside Samantapanchaka, be free from sorrow and do not weep.
क्षत्रधर्मं पुरस्कृत्य गतः शूरः सतां गतिम्। यां वयं प्राप्नुयामेह ये चान्ये शस्त्रजीविनः ॥७-५४-२१॥
kṣatradharmaṃ puraskṛtya gataḥ śūraḥ satāṃ gatim। yāṃ vayaṃ prāpnuyāmeha ye cānye śastrajīvinaḥ ॥7-54-21॥
[क्षत्रधर्मम् (kṣatradharmam) - duty of a warrior; पुरस्कृत्य (puraskṛtya) - having placed in front; गतः (gataḥ) - gone; शूरः (śūraḥ) - hero; सताम् (satām) - of the virtuous; गतिम् (gatim) - path; याम् (yām) - which; वयम् (vayam) - we; प्राप्नुयाम (prāpnuyāma) - may attain; इह (iha) - here; ये (ye) - who; च (ca) - and; अन्ये (anye) - others; शस्त्रजीविनः (śastrajīvinaḥ) - living by the sword;]
(Having placed the duty of a warrior in front, the hero has gone to the path of the virtuous, which we and other warriors living by the sword may attain here.)
The hero, upholding the duty of a warrior, has embarked on the noble path that we and other warriors who live by the sword aspire to reach.
व्यूढोरस्को महाबाहुरनिवर्ती वरप्रणुत्। गतस्तव वरारोहे पुत्रः स्वर्गं ज्वरं जहि ॥७-५४-२२॥
vyūḍhorasko mahābāhuranivartī varapraṇut। gatastava varārohe putraḥ svargaṃ jvaraṃ jahi ॥7-54-22॥
[व्यूढ-उरस्कः (vyūḍha-uraskaḥ) - broad-chested; महाबाहुः (mahābāhuḥ) - mighty-armed; अनिवर्ती (anivartī) - non-retreating; वर-प्रणुत् (vara-praṇut) - praised by the best; गतः (gataḥ) - gone; तव (tava) - your; वर-आरोहे (vara-ārohe) - O beautiful lady; पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son; स्वर्गम् (svargam) - to heaven; ज्वरम् (jvaram) - grief; जहि (jahi) - abandon;]
(Broad-chested, mighty-armed, non-retreating, praised by the best, your son has gone to heaven, O beautiful lady, abandon grief.)
O beautiful lady, your son, who was broad-chested, mighty-armed, and praised by the best, has gone to heaven. Abandon your grief.
अनु जातश्च पितरं मातृपक्षं च वीर्यवान्। सहस्रशो रिपून्हत्वा हतः शूरो महारथः ॥७-५४-२३॥
anu jātaśca pitaraṃ mātṛpakṣaṃ ca vīryavān। sahasraśo ripūn hatvā hataḥ śūro mahārathaḥ ॥7-54-23॥
[अनु (anu) - after; जातः (jātaḥ) - born; च (ca) - and; पितरं (pitaraṃ) - father; मातृपक्षं (mātṛpakṣaṃ) - mother's side; च (ca) - and; वीर्यवान् (vīryavān) - powerful; सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands; रिपून् (ripūn) - enemies; हत्वा (hatvā) - having killed; हतः (hataḥ) - killed; शूरः (śūraḥ) - hero; महारथः (mahārathaḥ) - great chariot-warrior;]
(After being born, powerful on the father's and mother's side, having killed thousands of enemies, the hero and great chariot-warrior was killed.)
After his birth, he was powerful from both his father's and mother's lineage. He killed thousands of enemies but was ultimately slain, a hero and a great chariot-warrior.
आश्वासय स्नुषां राज्ञि मा शुचः क्षत्रिये भृषम्। श्वः प्रियं सुमहच्छ्रुत्वा विशोका भव नन्दिनि ॥७-५४-२४॥
āśvāsaya snuṣāṃ rājñi mā śucaḥ kṣatriye bhṛṣam। śvaḥ priyaṃ sumahacchrutvā viśokā bhava nandini ॥7-54-24॥
[आश्वासय (āśvāsaya) - console; स्नुषाम् (snuṣām) - daughter-in-law; राज्ञि (rājñi) - O queen; मा (mā) - do not; शुचः (śucaḥ) - grieve; क्षत्रिये (kṣatriye) - for the Kshatriya; भृषम् (bhṛṣam) - greatly; श्वः (śvaḥ) - tomorrow; प्रियं (priyam) - pleasant; सुमहत् (sumahat) - very great; श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard; विशोका (viśokā) - free from sorrow; भव (bhava) - be; नन्दिनि (nandini) - O Nandini;]
(Console your daughter-in-law, O queen, do not grieve greatly for the Kshatriya. Tomorrow, having heard the very great pleasant news, be free from sorrow, O Nandini.)
Console your daughter-in-law, O queen, and do not grieve too much for the Kshatriya. Tomorrow, after hearing the very good news, you will be free from sorrow, O Nandini.
यत्पार्थेन प्रतिज्ञातं तत्तथा न तदन्यथा। चिकीर्षितं हि ते भर्तुर्न भवेज्जातु निष्फलम् ॥७-५४-२५॥
yat pārthena pratijñātaṃ tattathā na tadanyathā। cikīrṣitaṃ hi te bhartur na bhavej jātu niṣphalam ॥7-54-25॥
[यत् (yat) - that; पार्थेन (pārthena) - by Partha; प्रतिज्ञातं (pratijñātaṃ) - promised; तत् (tat) - that; तथा (tathā) - thus; न (na) - not; तत् (tat) - that; अन्यथा (anyathā) - otherwise; चिकीर्षितं (cikīrṣitaṃ) - intended; हि (hi) - indeed; ते (te) - your; भर्तुः (bhartuḥ) - of the master; न (na) - not; भवेत् (bhavet) - becomes; जातु (jātu) - ever; निष्फलम् (niṣphalam) - fruitless;]
(What was promised by Partha, that is thus and not otherwise. Indeed, what is intended by your master never becomes fruitless.)
What Partha has promised will be fulfilled as stated and not otherwise. Indeed, what your master intends will never be in vain.
यदि च मनुजपन्नगाः पिशाचा; रजनिचराः पतगाः सुरासुराश्च। रणगतमभियान्ति सिन्धुराजं; न स भविता सह तैरपि प्रभाते ॥७-५४-२६॥
yadi ca manujapannagāḥ piśācā; rajanicarāḥ patagāḥ surāsurāśca। raṇagatamabhiyānti sindhurājaṃ; na sa bhavitā saha tairapi prabhāte ॥7-54-26॥
[यदि (yadi) - if; च (ca) - and; मनुजपन्नगाः (manujapannagāḥ) - humans and serpents; पिशाचा (piśācā) - demons; रजनिचराः (rajanicarāḥ) - night-wanderers; पतगाः (patagāḥ) - birds; सुरासुराश्च (surāsurāśca) - gods and demons; रणगतम् (raṇagatam) - gone to battle; अभियान्ति (abhiyānti) - approach; सिन्धुराजं (sindhurājaṃ) - king of elephants; न (na) - not; स (sa) - he; भविता (bhavitā) - will be; सह (saha) - with; तैरपि (tairapi) - them also; प्रभाते (prabhāte) - at dawn;]
(If humans and serpents, demons, night-wanderers, birds, gods and demons approach the king of elephants who has gone to battle, he will not be with them at dawn.)
If humans, serpents, demons, night creatures, birds, gods, and demons approach the king of elephants in battle, he will not be with them by dawn.
