09.028
Core and Pancharatra: Informing Sanjaya, Duryodhana enters the lake. Only three chariots, that of Kripa, Krtavarma and Ashwatthama are left, who flee after seeing Pandavas. Yuyutsu takes permission from Yudhishthira and Bhima, and returns.
सञ्जय उवाच॥
sañjaya uvāca॥
[सञ्जयः (sañjayaḥ) - Sanjaya; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Sanjaya said:)
Sanjaya said:
ततः क्रुद्धा महाराज सौबलस्य पदानुगाः। त्यक्त्वा जीवितमाक्रन्दे पाण्डवान्पर्यवारयन् ॥९-२८-१॥
tataḥ kruddhā mahārāja saubalasya padānugāḥ। tyaktvā jīvitamākrande pāṇḍavānparyavārayan ॥9-28-1॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; क्रुद्धा (kruddhā) - angry; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; सौबलस्य (saubalasya) - of Saubala; पदानुगाः (padānugāḥ) - followers; त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā) - having abandoned; जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life; आक्रन्दे (ākrande) - in lamentation; पाण्डवान् (pāṇḍavān) - the Pandavas; पर्यवारयन् (paryavārayan) - surrounded;]
(Then, angry, O great king, the followers of Saubala, having abandoned life, surrounded the Pandavas in lamentation.)
Then, in a fit of rage, the followers of Saubala, having given up their lives, surrounded the Pandavas in lamentation, O great king.
तानर्जुनः प्रत्यगृह्णात्सहदेवजये धृतः। भीमसेनश्च तेजस्वी क्रुद्धाशीविषदर्शनः ॥९-२८-२॥
tānarjunaḥ pratyagṛhṇātsahadevajaye dhṛtaḥ। bhīmasenaśca tejasvī kruddhāśīviṣadarśanaḥ ॥9-28-2॥
[तान् (tān) - them; अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna; प्रत्यगृह्णात् (pratyagṛhṇāt) - accepted; सहदेवजये (sahadevajaye) - in the victory of Sahadeva; धृतः (dhṛtaḥ) - held; भीमसेनः (bhīmasenaḥ) - Bhimasena; च (ca) - and; तेजस्वी (tejasvī) - glorious; क्रुद्ध (kruddha) - angry; आशीविष (āśīviṣa) - serpent; दर्शनः (darśanaḥ) - appearance;]
(Arjuna accepted them, held in the victory of Sahadeva. Bhimasena, glorious and angry, appeared like a serpent.)
Arjuna accepted them as part of Sahadeva's victory. Bhimasena, with his radiant and fierce appearance, looked like an angry serpent.
शक्त्यृष्टिप्रासहस्तानां सहदेवं जिघांसताम्। सङ्कल्पमकरोन्मोघं गाण्डीवेन धनञ्जयः ॥९-२८-३॥
śaktyṛṣṭiprāsahastānāṃ sahadevaṃ jighāṃsatām। saṅkalpamakaronmoghaṃ gāṇḍīvena dhanañjayaḥ ॥9-28-3॥
[शक्ति (śakti) - power; ऋष्टि (ṛṣṭi) - spear; प्रास (prāsa) - javelin; हस्तानां (hastānāṃ) - of those who hold; सहदेवं (sahadevaṃ) - Sahadeva; जिघांसताम् (jighāṃsatām) - desiring to kill; सङ्कल्पम् (saṅkalpam) - resolve; अकरोत् (akarot) - made; मोघं (moghaṃ) - futile; गाण्डीवेन (gāṇḍīvena) - with the Gandiva bow; धनञ्जयः (dhanañjayaḥ) - Dhananjaya (Arjuna);]
(Dhananjaya (Arjuna) made the resolve of those desiring to kill Sahadeva with power, spear, and javelin futile with the Gandiva bow.)
Arjuna, wielding the Gandiva bow, thwarted the intentions of those who sought to kill Sahadeva with their weapons of power, spears, and javelins.
प्रगृहीतायुधान्बाहून्योधानामभिधावताम्। भल्लैश्चिच्छेद बीभत्सुः शिरांस्यपि हयानपि ॥९-२८-४॥
pragṛhītāyudhānbāhūnyodhānāmabhidhāvatām। bhallaściccheda bībhatsuḥ śirāṃsyapi hayānapi ॥9-28-4॥
[प्रगृहीत (pragṛhīta) - held; आयुधान् (āyudhān) - weapons; बाहून् (bāhūn) - arms; योधानाम् (yodhānām) - of warriors; अभिधावताम् (abhidhāvatām) - rushing; भल्लैः (bhallaiḥ) - with arrows; चिच्छेद (ciccheda) - cut; बीभत्सुः (bībhatsuḥ) - Bibhatsu (Arjuna); शिरांसि (śirāṃsi) - heads; अपि (api) - also; हयान् (hayān) - horses; अपि (api) - also;]
(Bibhatsu (Arjuna) cut the arms of the warriors rushing with held weapons, and also the heads and horses with arrows.)
Arjuna, known as Bibhatsu, severed the arms of the warriors who were rushing with weapons, and also cut off the heads and horses with his arrows.
ते हताः प्रत्यपद्यन्त वसुधां विगतासवः। त्वरिता लोकवीरेण प्रहताः सव्यसाचिना ॥९-२८-५॥
te hatāḥ pratyapadyanta vasudhāṃ vigatāsavaḥ। tvaritā lokavīreṇa prahatāḥ savyasācinā ॥9-28-5॥
[ते (te) - they; हताः (hatāḥ) - slain; प्रत्यपद्यन्त (pratyapadyanta) - returned; वसुधाम् (vasudhām) - earth; विगतासवः (vigatāsavaḥ) - lifeless; त्वरिताः (tvaritāḥ) - quickly; लोकवीरेण (lokavīreṇa) - by the hero of the world; प्रहताः (prahatāḥ) - struck; सव्यसाचिना (savyasācinā) - by Arjuna;]
(They, slain, returned to the earth lifeless, quickly struck by the hero of the world, Arjuna.)
They were slain and fell lifeless to the earth, swiftly struck down by Arjuna, the hero of the world.
ततो दुर्योधनो राजा दृष्ट्वा स्वबलसङ्क्षयम्। हतशेषान्समानीय क्रुद्धो रथशतान्विभो ॥९-२८-६॥
tato duryodhano rājā dṛṣṭvā svabalasaṅkṣayam। hataśeṣānsamānīya kruddho rathaśatānvibho ॥9-28-6॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; दुर्योधनः (duryodhanaḥ) - Duryodhana; राजा (rājā) - king; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; स्व (sva) - his own; बल (bala) - army; सङ्क्षयम् (saṅkṣayam) - destruction; हत (hata) - slain; शेषान् (śeṣān) - remaining ones; समानीय (samānīya) - having gathered; क्रुद्धः (kruddhaḥ) - angry; रथ (ratha) - chariots; शतान् (śatān) - hundreds; विभो (vibho) - O lord;]
(Then King Duryodhana, having seen the destruction of his own army, gathered the remaining slain ones, angry with hundreds of chariots, O lord.)
Then King Duryodhana, upon witnessing the decimation of his forces, gathered the remaining warriors, filled with rage, and commanded hundreds of chariots, O lord.
कुञ्जरांश्च हयांश्चैव पादातांश्च परन्तप। उवाच सहितान्सर्वान्धार्तराष्ट्र इदं वचः ॥९-२८-७॥
kuñjarāṁśca hayāṁścaiva pādātāṁśca parantapa। uvāca sahitānsarvāndhārtarāṣṭra idaṁ vacaḥ ॥9-28-7॥
[कुञ्जरान् (kuñjarān) - elephants; च (ca) - and; हयान् (hayān) - horses; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - also; पादातान् (pādātān) - foot soldiers; च (ca) - and; परन्तप (parantapa) - O chastiser of the foes; उवाच (uvāca) - said; सहितान् (sahitān) - assembled; सर्वान् (sarvān) - all; धार्तराष्ट्र (dhārtarāṣṭra) - Dhritarashtra's sons; इदं (idaṁ) - this; वचः (vacaḥ) - words;]
(Elephants and horses and also foot soldiers, O chastiser of the foes, Dhritarashtra's sons said these assembled words.)
O chastiser of the foes, Dhritarashtra's sons addressed all the assembled elephants, horses, and foot soldiers with these words.
समासाद्य रणे सर्वान्पाण्डवान्ससुहृद्गणान्। पाञ्चाल्यं चापि सबलं हत्वा शीघ्रं निवर्तत ॥९-२८-८॥
samāsādya raṇe sarvān-pāṇḍavān-sasuhr̥d-gaṇān। pāñcālyaṃ cāpi sabalaṃ hatvā śīghraṃ nivartata ॥9-28-8॥
[समासाद्य (samāsādya) - having approached; रणे (raṇe) - in battle; सर्वान् (sarvān) - all; पाण्डवान् (pāṇḍavān) - the Pandavas; ससुहृद्गणान् (sasuhr̥d-gaṇān) - with their allies; पाञ्चाल्यम् (pāñcālyam) - the son of Panchala; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; सबलम् (sabalam) - with his forces; हत्वा (hatvā) - having killed; शीघ्रम् (śīghram) - quickly; निवर्तत (nivartata) - returned;]
(Having approached in battle all the Pandavas with their allies, and having killed the son of Panchala with his forces, he quickly returned.)
After confronting all the Pandavas and their allies in battle, and slaying the son of Panchala along with his forces, he swiftly returned.
तस्य ते शिरसा गृह्य वचनं युद्धदुर्मदाः। प्रत्युद्ययू रणे पार्थांस्तव पुत्रस्य शासनात् ॥९-२८-९॥
tasya te śirasā gṛhya vacanaṃ yuddhadurmadāḥ। pratyudyayū raṇe pārthāṃstava putrasya śāsanāt ॥9-28-9॥
[तस्य (tasya) - his; ते (te) - your; शिरसा (śirasā) - with the head; गृह्य (gṛhya) - having accepted; वचनं (vacanaṃ) - the words; युद्धदुर्मदाः (yuddhadurmadāḥ) - arrogant in battle; प्रत्युद्ययुः (pratyudyayuḥ) - advanced; रणे (raṇe) - in the battle; पार्थान् (pārthān) - the sons of Pritha; तव (tava) - your; पुत्रस्य (putrasya) - son's; शासनात् (śāsanāt) - by the order;]
(Having accepted your words with the head, arrogant in battle, advanced in the battle against the sons of Pritha by the order of your son.)
Upon accepting your words with respect, those arrogant in battle advanced against the sons of Pritha in the battlefield, following the command of your son.
तानभ्यापततः शीघ्रं हतशेषान्महारणे। शरैराशीविषाकारैः पाण्डवाः समवाकिरन् ॥९-२८-१०॥
tān abhyāpatataḥ śīghraṃ hataśeṣān mahāraṇe। śarair āśīviṣākāraiḥ pāṇḍavāḥ samavākiran ॥9-28-10॥
[तान् (tān) - them; अभ्यापततः (abhyāpatataḥ) - approaching; शीघ्रम् (śīghram) - quickly; हतशेषान् (hataśeṣān) - remaining after being killed; महारणे (mahāraṇe) - in the great battle; शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows; आशीविषाकारैः (āśīviṣākāraiḥ) - like serpents; पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - the Pandavas; समवाकिरन् (samavākiran) - covered;]
(The Pandavas quickly covered them, who were approaching, with arrows like serpents in the great battle, the remaining after being killed.)
The Pandavas swiftly attacked the approaching remnants in the great battle, showering them with serpent-like arrows.
तत्सैन्यं भरतश्रेष्ठ मुहूर्तेन महात्मभिः। अवध्यत रणं प्राप्य त्रातारं नाभ्यविन्दत ॥ प्रतिष्ठमानं तु भयान्नावतिष्ठत दंशितम् ॥९-२८-११॥
tatsainyaṃ bharataśreṣṭha muhūrtena mahātmabhiḥ। avadhyata raṇaṃ prāpya trātāraṃ nābhyavindata ॥ pratiṣṭhamānaṃ tu bhayānnāvatiṣṭhata daṃśitam ॥9-28-11॥
[तत् (tat) - that; सैन्यम् (sainyam) - army; भरतश्रेष्ठ (bharataśreṣṭha) - O best of the Bharatas; मुहूर्तेन (muhūrtena) - in a moment; महात्मभिः (mahātmabhiḥ) - by the great souls; अवध्यत (avadhyata) - was killed; रणम् (raṇam) - battle; प्राप्य (prāpya) - having reached; त्रातारम् (trātāram) - protector; न (na) - not; अभ्यविन्दत (abhyavindata) - found; प्रतिष्ठमानम् (pratiṣṭhamānam) - standing; तु (tu) - but; भयात् (bhayāt) - out of fear; न (na) - not; अवस्थित (avasthita) - remained; दंशितम् (daṃśitam) - bitten;]
(That army, O best of the Bharatas, was killed in a moment by the great souls; having reached the battle, it found no protector. But standing, out of fear, it did not remain bitten.)
O best of the Bharatas, that army was swiftly destroyed by the great souls; upon reaching the battlefield, they found no protector. In fear, they stood but did not remain, as if bitten.
अश्वैर्विपरिधावद्भिः सैन्येन रजसा वृते। न प्राज्ञायन्त समरे दिशश्च प्रदिशस्तथा ॥९-२८-१२॥
aśvairviparidhāvadbhiḥ sainyena rajasā vṛte। na prājñāyanta samare diśaśca pradiśastathā ॥9-28-12॥
[अश्वैः (aśvaiḥ) - by horses; विपरिधावद्भिः (viparidhāvadbhiḥ) - running around; सैन्येन (sainyena) - by the army; रजसा (rajasā) - by dust; वृते (vṛte) - enveloped; न (na) - not; प्राज्ञायन्त (prājñāyanta) - were recognized; समरे (samare) - in the battle; दिशः (diśaḥ) - directions; च (ca) - and; प्रदिशः (pradiśaḥ) - sub-directions; तथा (tathā) - also;]
(Covered by dust raised by the army and horses running around, the directions and sub-directions were not recognized in the battle.)
In the battle, the dust raised by the army and the horses running around enveloped everything, making it impossible to recognize the directions and sub-directions.
ततस्तु पाण्डवानीकान्निःसृत्य बहवो जनाः। अभ्यघ्नंस्तावकान्युद्धे मुहूर्तादिव भारत ॥ ततो निःशेषमभवत्तत्सैन्यं तव भारत ॥९-२८-१३॥
tatastu pāṇḍavānīkānniḥsṛtya bahavo janāḥ। abhyaghnaṃstāvakānyuddhe muhūrtādiva bhārata ॥ tato niḥśeṣamabhavattatsainyaṃ tava bhārata ॥9-28-13॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; तु (tu) - but; पाण्डव (pāṇḍava) - of the Pandavas; अनीकात् (anīkāt) - from the army; निःसृत्य (niḥsṛtya) - having emerged; बहवः (bahavaḥ) - many; जनाः (janāḥ) - people; अभ्यघ्नन् (abhyaghnan) - struck; तावकान् (tāvakān) - your men; युद्धे (yuddhe) - in battle; मुहूर्तात् (muhūrtāt) - in a moment; इव (iva) - like; भारत (bhārata) - O Bharata; ततः (tataḥ) - then; निःशेषम् (niḥśeṣam) - completely; अभवत् (abhavat) - became; तत् (tat) - that; सैन्यम् (sainyam) - army; तव (tava) - your; भारत (bhārata) - O Bharata;]
(Then, having emerged from the Pandava army, many people struck your men in battle, like in a moment, O Bharata. Then, that army of yours became completely destroyed, O Bharata.)
Then, many people emerged from the Pandava army and attacked your men in battle, as if in an instant, O Bharata. Consequently, your entire army was annihilated, O Bharata.
अक्षौहिण्यः समेतास्तु तव पुत्रस्य भारत। एकादश हता युद्धे ताः प्रभो पाण्डुसृञ्जयैः ॥९-२८-१४॥
akṣauhiṇyaḥ sametāstu tava putrasya bhārata। ekādaśa hatā yuddhe tāḥ prabho pāṇḍusṛñjayaiḥ ॥9-28-14॥
[अक्षौहिण्यः (akṣauhiṇyaḥ) - divisions of army; समेताः (sametāḥ) - assembled; तु (tu) - but; तव (tava) - your; पुत्रस्य (putrasya) - son's; भारत (bhārata) - O Bharata; एकादश (ekādaśa) - eleven; हता (hatā) - were killed; युद्धे (yuddhe) - in battle; ताः (tāḥ) - they; प्रभो (prabho) - O lord; पाण्डुसृञ्जयैः (pāṇḍusṛñjayaiḥ) - by the Pandavas and Srinjayas;]
(The divisions of army assembled, but your son's, O Bharata, eleven were killed in battle, they, O lord, by the Pandavas and Srinjayas.)
O Bharata, eleven divisions of your son's army were assembled but were killed in battle by the Pandavas and Srinjayas, O lord.
तेषु राजसहस्रेषु तावकेषु महात्मसु। एको दुर्योधनो राजन्नदृश्यत भृशं क्षतः ॥९-२८-१५॥
teṣu rājasahasreṣu tāvakeṣu mahātmasu। eko duryodhano rājannadṛśyata bhṛśaṃ kṣataḥ ॥9-28-15॥
[तेषु (teṣu) - among those; राजसहस्रेषु (rājasahasreṣu) - among thousands of kings; तावकेषु (tāvakeṣu) - among your; महात्मसु (mahātmasu) - great souls; एकः (ekaḥ) - one; दुर्योधनः (duryodhanaḥ) - Duryodhana; राजन् (rājan) - O king; अदृश्यत (adṛśyata) - was seen; भृशम् (bhṛśam) - greatly; क्षतः (kṣataḥ) - wounded;]
(Among those thousands of kings, among your great souls, one Duryodhana, O king, was seen greatly wounded.)
Among the thousands of kings and your great warriors, only Duryodhana was seen severely wounded, O king.
ततो वीक्ष्य दिशः सर्वा दृष्ट्वा शून्यां च मेदिनीम्। विहीनः सर्वयोधैश्च पाण्डवान्वीक्ष्य संयुगे ॥९-२८-१६॥
tato vīkṣya diśaḥ sarvā dṛṣṭvā śūnyāṃ ca medinīm। vihīnaḥ sarvayodhaiśca pāṇḍavānvīkṣya saṃyuge ॥9-28-16॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; वीक्ष्य (vīkṣya) - having seen; दिशः (diśaḥ) - directions; सर्वा (sarvā) - all; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; शून्याम् (śūnyām) - empty; च (ca) - and; मेदिनीम् (medinīm) - earth; विहीनः (vihīnaḥ) - deprived; सर्वयोधैः (sarvayodhaiḥ) - of all warriors; च (ca) - and; पाण्डवान् (pāṇḍavān) - the Pandavas; वीक्ष्य (vīkṣya) - having seen; संयुगे (saṃyuge) - in the battle;]
(Then, having seen all directions and the earth empty, deprived of all warriors, and having seen the Pandavas in the battle.)
Then, observing all directions and the earth as empty, devoid of all warriors, and seeing the Pandavas in the battlefield.
मुदितान्सर्वसिद्धार्थान्नर्दमानान्समन्ततः। बाणशब्दरवांश्चैव श्रुत्वा तेषां महात्मनाम् ॥९-२८-१७॥
muditānsarvasiddhārthānnardamānānsamantataḥ। bāṇaśabdaravāṃścaiva śrutvā teṣāṃ mahātmanām ॥9-28-17॥
[मुदितान् (muditān) - joyful; सर्वसिद्धार्थान् (sarvasiddhārthān) - all-accomplished; नर्दमानान् (nardamānān) - roaring; समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - all around; बाण (bāṇa) - arrow; शब्द (śabda) - sound; रवाञ् (ravāñ) - noise; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard; तेषाम् (teṣām) - their; महात्मनाम् (mahātmanām) - of the great souls;]
(Joyful, all-accomplished, roaring all around, having heard the noise of the sound of arrows, of those great souls.)
The great souls, joyful and accomplished, roared all around upon hearing the noise of the arrows.
दुर्योधनो महाराज कश्मलेनाभिसंवृतः। अपयाने मनश्चक्रे विहीनबलवाहनः ॥९-२८-१८॥
duryodhano mahārāja kaśmalenābhisaṁvṛtaḥ। apayāne manaścakre vihīnabalahāvahanaḥ ॥9-28-18॥
[दुर्योधनः (duryodhanaḥ) - Duryodhana; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; कश्मलेन (kaśmalena) - by confusion; अभिसंवृतः (abhisaṁvṛtaḥ) - overcome; अपयाने (apayāne) - in retreat; मनः (manaḥ) - mind; चक्रे (cakre) - made; विहीन (vihīna) - deprived of; बल (bala) - strength; वाहनः (vāhanaḥ) - and chariot;]
(Duryodhana, O great king, overcome by confusion, made up his mind to retreat, deprived of strength and chariot.)
Duryodhana, the great king, overwhelmed by confusion, decided to retreat, having lost his strength and chariot.
धृतराष्ट्र उवाच॥
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca॥
[धृतराष्ट्र (dhṛtarāṣṭra) - Dhritarashtra; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Dhritarashtra said:)
Dhritarashtra said:
निहते मामके सैन्ये निःशेषे शिबिरे कृते। पाण्डवानां बलं सूत किं नु शेषमभूत्तदा ॥ एतन्मे पृच्छतो ब्रूहि कुशलो ह्यसि सञ्जय ॥९-२८-१९॥
nihate māmake sainye niḥśeṣe śibire kṛte। pāṇḍavānāṃ balaṃ sūta kiṃ nu śeṣamabhūttadā ॥ etanme pṛcchato brūhi kuśalo hyasi sañjaya ॥9-28-19॥
[निहते (nihate) - killed; मामके (māmake) - my; सैन्ये (sainye) - army; निःशेषे (niḥśeṣe) - completely; शिबिरे (śibire) - in the camp; कृते (kṛte) - done; पाण्डवानां (pāṇḍavānāṃ) - of the Pandavas; बलं (balaṃ) - strength; सूत (sūta) - O charioteer; किं (kiṃ) - what; नु (nu) - indeed; शेषमभूत् (śeṣamabhūt) - was left; तदा (tadā) - then; एतत् (etat) - this; मे (me) - my; पृच्छतः (pṛcchataḥ) - asking; ब्रूहि (brūhi) - tell; कुशलः (kuśalaḥ) - skilled; हि (hi) - indeed; असि (asi) - are; सञ्जय (sañjaya) - Sanjaya;]
(When my army was killed and the camp was completely destroyed, O charioteer, what strength of the Pandavas was left then? Tell me this, as you are skilled, Sanjaya.)
Sanjaya, as you are skilled, tell me what strength of the Pandavas was left when my army was completely destroyed and the camp was annihilated.
यच्च दुर्योधनो मन्दः कृतवांस्तनयो मम। बलक्षयं तथा दृष्ट्वा स एकः पृथिवीपतिः ॥९-२८-२०॥
yacca duryodhano mandaḥ kṛtavāṁstanayo mama। balakṣayaṁ tathā dṛṣṭvā sa ekaḥ pṛthivīpatiḥ ॥9-28-20॥
[यत् (yat) - which; च (ca) - and; दुर्योधनः (duryodhanaḥ) - Duryodhana; मन्दः (mandaḥ) - foolish; कृतवान् (kṛtavān) - did; तनयः (tanayaḥ) - son; मम (mama) - my; बलक्षयम् (balakṣayam) - loss of strength; तथा (tathā) - thus; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - seeing; सः (saḥ) - he; एकः (ekaḥ) - one; पृथिवीपतिः (pṛthivīpatiḥ) - king of the earth;]
(Which foolish Duryodhana, my son, did; seeing thus the loss of strength, he, the one king of the earth.)
Duryodhana, my foolish son, acted in such a way; seeing the loss of strength, he stood as the sole king of the earth.
सञ्जय उवाच॥
sañjaya uvāca॥
[सञ्जयः (sañjayaḥ) - Sanjaya; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Sanjaya said:)
Sanjaya said:
रथानां द्वे सहस्रे तु सप्त नागशतानि च। पञ्च चाश्वसहस्राणि पत्तीनां च शतं शताः ॥९-२८-२१॥
rathānāṃ dve sahasre tu sapta nāgaśatāni ca। pañca cāśvasahasrāṇi pattīnāṃ ca śataṃ śatāḥ ॥9-28-21॥
[रथानां (rathānāṃ) - of chariots; द्वे (dve) - two; सहस्रे (sahasre) - thousands; तु (tu) - but; सप्त (sapta) - seven; नागशतानि (nāgaśatāni) - hundreds of elephants; च (ca) - and; पञ्च (pañca) - five; च (ca) - and; अश्वसहस्राणि (aśvasahasrāṇi) - thousands of horses; पत्तीनां (pattīnāṃ) - of infantry; च (ca) - and; शतं (śataṃ) - hundred; शताः (śatāḥ) - hundreds;]
(Of chariots, two thousand, but seven hundred elephants and five thousand horses, and hundreds of infantry.)
There are two thousand chariots, seven hundred elephants, five thousand horses, and hundreds of infantry.
एतच्छेषमभूद्राजन्पाण्डवानां महद्बलम्। परिगृह्य हि यद्युद्धे धृष्टद्युम्नो व्यवस्थितः ॥९-२८-२२॥
etaccheṣam abhūd rājan pāṇḍavānāṃ mahad balam। parigṛhya hi yad yuddhe dhṛṣṭadyumno vyavasthitaḥ ॥9-28-22॥
[एतत् (etat) - this; शेषम् (śeṣam) - remaining; अभूत् (abhūt) - was; राजन् (rājan) - O king; पाण्डवानाम् (pāṇḍavānām) - of the Pandavas; महत् (mahat) - great; बलम् (balam) - strength; परिगृह्य (parigṛhya) - having gathered; हि (hi) - indeed; यत् (yat) - which; युद्धे (yuddhe) - in battle; धृष्टद्युम्नः (dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ) - Dhrishtadyumna; व्यवस्थितः (vyavasthitaḥ) - was positioned;]
(This remaining was, O king, the great strength of the Pandavas; having gathered indeed, which in battle Dhrishtadyumna was positioned.)
This was the remaining great strength of the Pandavas, O king. Dhrishtadyumna was indeed positioned in battle having gathered it.
एकाकी भरतश्रेष्ठ ततो दुर्योधनो नृपः। नापश्यत्समरे कञ्चित्सहायं रथिनां वरः ॥९-२८-२३॥
ekākī bharataśreṣṭha tato duryodhano nṛpaḥ। nāpaśyatsamare kañcitsahāyaṃ rathināṃ varaḥ ॥9-28-23॥
[एकाकी (ekākī) - alone; भरतश्रेष्ठ (bharataśreṣṭha) - O best of the Bharatas; ततः (tataḥ) - then; दुर्योधनः (duryodhanaḥ) - Duryodhana; नृपः (nṛpaḥ) - the king; न (na) - not; अपश्यत् (apaśyat) - saw; समरे (samare) - in the battle; कञ्चित् (kañcit) - any; सहायम् (sahāyam) - helper; रथिनाम् (rathinām) - of the charioteers; वरः (varaḥ) - the best;]
(Alone, O best of the Bharatas, then King Duryodhana did not see any helper in the battle, the best of the charioteers.)
Alone, O best of the Bharatas, King Duryodhana then found himself without any allies in the battle, despite being the best among the charioteers.
नर्दमानान्परांश्चैव स्वबलस्य च सङ्क्षयम्। हतं स्वहयमुत्सृज्य प्राङ्मुखः प्राद्रवद्भयात् ॥९-२८-२४॥
nardamānān parāṁś caiva svabalasya ca saṅkṣayam। hataṁ svahayam utsṛjya prāṅmukhaḥ prādravadbhayāt ॥9-28-24॥
[नर्दमानान् (nardamānān) - roaring; परान् (parān) - enemies; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; स्वबलस्य (svabalasya) - of his own army; च (ca) - and; सङ्क्षयम् (saṅkṣayam) - destruction; हतम् (hatam) - killed; स्वहयम् (svahayam) - his own horse; उत्सृज्य (utsṛjya) - abandoning; प्राङ्मुखः (prāṅmukhaḥ) - facing east; प्राद्रवत् (prādravat) - fled; भयात् (bhayāt) - out of fear;]
(Roaring and seeing the destruction of his own army, abandoning his killed horse, he fled facing east out of fear.)
Roaring and witnessing the destruction of his own forces, he abandoned his slain horse and fled eastward in fear.
एकादशचमूभर्ता पुत्रो दुर्योधनस्तव। गदामादाय तेजस्वी पदातिः प्रस्थितो ह्रदम् ॥९-२८-२५॥
ekādaśacamūbhartā putro duryodhanastava। gadāmādāya tejasvī padātiḥ prasthito hradam ॥9-28-25॥
[एकादश (ekādaśa) - eleven; चमू (camū) - army; भर्ता (bhartā) - bearer; पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son; दुर्योधनः (duryodhanaḥ) - Duryodhana; तव (tava) - your; गदाम् (gadām) - mace; आदाय (ādāya) - taking; तेजस्वी (tejasvī) - brilliant; पदातिः (padātiḥ) - foot-soldier; प्रस्थितः (prasthitaḥ) - set out; ह्रदम् (hradam) - lake;]
(The son of Duryodhana, the bearer of the eleven armies, taking the mace, the brilliant foot-soldier set out to the lake.)
Duryodhana's son, the commander of the eleven divisions, armed with a mace, courageously advanced towards the lake.
नातिदूरं ततो गत्वा पद्भ्यामेव नराधिपः। सस्मार वचनं क्षत्तुर्धर्मशीलस्य धीमतः ॥९-२८-२६॥
nātidūraṃ tato gatvā padbhyāmeva narādhipaḥ। sasmāra vacanaṃ kṣatturdharmasīlasya dhīmataḥ ॥9-28-26॥
[न (na) - not; अति (ati) - excessively; दूरं (dūraṃ) - far; ततः (tataḥ) - then; गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone; पद्भ्याम् (padbhyām) - by foot; एव (eva) - only; नराधिपः (narādhipaḥ) - the king; सस्मार (sasmāra) - remembered; वचनं (vacanaṃ) - the words; क्षत्तुः (kṣattuḥ) - of the minister; धर्मशीलस्य (dharmasīlasya) - of the virtuous; धीमतः (dhīmataḥ) - wise;]
(Not excessively far, then having gone by foot only, the king remembered the words of the minister, of the virtuous and wise.)
The king, not having gone too far on foot, remembered the wise and virtuous words of the minister.
इदं नूनं महाप्राज्ञो विदुरो दृष्टवान्पुरा। महद्वैशसमस्माकं क्षत्रियाणां च संयुगे ॥९-२८-२७॥
idaṁ nūnaṁ mahāprājño viduro dṛṣṭavānpurā। mahadvaiśasamasmākaṁ kṣatriyāṇāṁ ca saṁyuge ॥9-28-27॥
[इदं (idaṁ) - this; नूनं (nūnaṁ) - indeed; महाप्राज्ञः (mahāprājñaḥ) - the wise one; विदुरः (viduraḥ) - Vidura; दृष्टवान् (dṛṣṭavān) - saw; पुरा (purā) - before; महत् (mahat) - great; वैशसम् (vaiśasam) - calamity; अस्माकम् (asmākam) - our; क्षत्रियाणाम् (kṣatriyāṇām) - of the Kshatriyas; च (ca) - and; संयुगे (saṁyuge) - in battle;]
(This indeed the wise Vidura saw before, a great calamity of ours and of the Kshatriyas in battle.)
Vidura, the wise one, foresaw a great calamity for us and the Kshatriyas in battle.
एवं विचिन्तयानस्तु प्रविविक्षुर्ह्रदं नृपः। दुःखसन्तप्तहृदयो दृष्ट्वा राजन्बलक्षयम् ॥९-२८-२८॥
evaṃ vicintayānastu pravivikṣurhradaṃ nṛpaḥ। duḥkhasantaptahṛdayo dṛṣṭvā rājanbalakṣayam ॥9-28-28॥
[एवम् (evam) - thus; विचिन्तयानः (vicintayānaḥ) - pondering; तु (tu) - but; प्रविविक्षुः (pravivikṣuḥ) - desiring to enter; ह्रदम् (hradam) - lake; नृपः (nṛpaḥ) - king; दुःखसन्तप्तहृदयः (duḥkhasantaptahṛdayaḥ) - with a heart afflicted by sorrow; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; राजन् (rājan) - O king; बलक्षयम् (balakṣayam) - loss of strength;]
(Thus pondering, but desiring to enter the lake, the king, with a heart afflicted by sorrow, having seen, O king, the loss of strength.)
The king, deeply pondering and desiring to enter the lake, was afflicted by sorrow upon witnessing the loss of strength, O king.
पाण्डवाश्च महाराज धृष्टद्युम्नपुरोगमाः। अभ्यधावन्त सङ्क्रुद्धास्तव राजन्बलं प्रति ॥९-२८-२९॥
pāṇḍavāśca mahārāja dhṛṣṭadyumnapurogamāḥ। abhyadhāvanta saṅkruddhāstava rājanbalaṃ prati ॥9-28-29॥
[पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - Pandavas; च (ca) - and; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; धृष्टद्युम्न (dhṛṣṭadyumna) - Dhrishtadyumna; पुरोगमाः (purogamāḥ) - led by; अभ्यधावन्त (abhyadhāvanta) - rushed; सङ्क्रुद्धाः (saṅkruddhāḥ) - angrily; तव (tava) - your; राजन् (rājan) - O king; बलम् (balam) - army; प्रति (prati) - towards;]
(The Pandavas, O great king, led by Dhrishtadyumna, rushed angrily towards your army, O king.)
The Pandavas, led by Dhrishtadyumna, charged angrily towards your army, O great king.
शक्त्यृष्टिप्रासहस्तानां बलानामभिगर्जताम्। सङ्कल्पमकरोन्मोघं गाण्डीवेन धनञ्जयः ॥९-२८-३०॥
śaktyṛṣṭiprāsahastānāṃ balānāmabhigarjatām। saṅkalpamakaronmoghaṃ gāṇḍīvena dhanañjayaḥ ॥9-28-30॥
[शक्ति (śakti) - power; ऋष्टि (ṛṣṭi) - spear; प्रास (prāsa) - javelin; हस्तानाम् (hastānām) - of the hands; बलानाम् (balānām) - of the forces; अभिगर्जताम् (abhigarjatām) - roaring; सङ्कल्पम् (saṅkalpam) - resolve; अकरोत् (akarot) - made; मोघम् (mogham) - vain; गाण्डीवेन (gāṇḍīvena) - with the Gandiva bow; धनञ्जयः (dhanañjayaḥ) - Arjuna;]
(Arjuna made the resolve of the roaring forces with spears, javelins, and powers in their hands vain with the Gandiva bow.)
Arjuna, wielding the Gandiva bow, thwarted the intentions of the roaring forces armed with spears and javelins, rendering their efforts futile.
तान्हत्वा निशितैर्बाणैः सामात्यान्सह बन्धुभिः। रथे श्वेतहये तिष्ठन्नर्जुनो बह्वशोभत ॥९-२८-३१॥
tānhatvā niśitairbāṇaiḥ sāmātyānsaha bandhubhiḥ। rathe śvetahaye tiṣṭhannarjuno bahvaśobhata ॥9-28-31॥
[तान् (tān) - them; हत्वा (hatvā) - having killed; निशितैः (niśitaiḥ) - sharp; बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - with arrows; सामात्यान् (sāmātyān) - with ministers; सह (saha) - with; बन्धुभिः (bandhubhiḥ) - relatives; रथे (rathe) - on the chariot; श्वेतहये (śvetahaye) - with white horses; तिष्ठन् (tiṣṭhan) - standing; अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna; बहु (bahu) - greatly; अशोभत (aśobhata) - shone;]
(Having killed them with sharp arrows, along with their ministers and relatives, Arjuna, standing on the chariot with white horses, shone greatly.)
Arjuna, having slain them with his sharp arrows, along with their ministers and relatives, stood on his chariot drawn by white horses, shining brilliantly.
सुबलस्य हते पुत्रे सवाजिरथकुञ्जरे। महावनमिव छिन्नमभवत्तावकं बलम् ॥९-२८-३२॥
subalasya hate putre savājirathakuñjare। mahāvanamiva chinnamabhavattāvakaṃ balam ॥9-28-32॥
[सुबलस्य (subalasya) - of Subala; हते (hate) - slain; पुत्रे (putre) - son; सवाजिरथकुञ्जरे (savājirathakuñjare) - with horses, chariots, and elephants; महावनमिव (mahāvanamiva) - like a great forest; छिन्नम् (chinnam) - cut down; अभवत् (abhavat) - became; तावकं (tāvakaṃ) - your; बलम् (balam) - army;]
(With Subala's son slain, along with horses, chariots, and elephants, your army became like a great forest cut down.)
When Subala's son was killed, along with horses, chariots, and elephants, your army was devastated like a great forest that has been cut down.
अनेकशतसाहस्रे बले दुर्योधनस्य ह। नान्यो महारथो राजञ्जीवमानो व्यदृश्यत ॥९-२८-३३॥
anekaśatasāhasre bale duryodhanasya ha। nānyo mahāratho rājañjīvamāno vyadṛśyata ॥9-28-33॥
[अनेक (aneka) - many; शत (śata) - hundred; साहस्रे (sāhasre) - thousands; बले (bale) - in the army; दुर्योधनस्य (duryodhanasya) - of Duryodhana; ह (ha) - indeed; न (na) - not; अन्यः (anyaḥ) - another; महारथः (mahārathaḥ) - great warrior; राजन् (rājan) - O king; जीवमानः (jīvamānaḥ) - living; व्यदृश्यत (vyadṛśyata) - was seen;]
(In the army of Duryodhana, consisting of many hundreds and thousands, indeed, no other great warrior, O king, was seen living.)
In Duryodhana's army, which numbered in the many hundreds of thousands, no other great warrior was seen alive, O king.
द्रोणपुत्रादृते वीरात्तथैव कृतवर्मणः। कृपाच्च गौतमाद्राजन्पार्थिवाच्च तवात्मजात् ॥९-२८-३४॥
droṇaputrādṛte vīrāttathaiva kṛtavarmaṇaḥ। kṛpācca gautamādrājanpārthivācca tavātmajāt ॥9-28-34॥
[द्रोणपुत्रात् (droṇaputrāt) - from Drona's son; ऋते (ṛte) - except; वीरात् (vīrāt) - from the hero; तथैव (tathaiva) - also; कृतवर्मणः (kṛtavarmaṇaḥ) - from Kritavarma; कृपात् (kṛpāt) - from Kripa; च (ca) - and; गौतमात् (gautamāt) - from Gautama; राजन् (rājan) - O King; पार्थिवात् (pārthivāt) - from the prince; च (ca) - and; तव (tava) - your; आत्मजात् (ātmajāt) - from the sons;]
(Except from Drona's son, from the hero, also from Kritavarma, from Kripa, and from Gautama, O King, and from the prince, your sons.)
O King, except for Drona's son, the hero, Kritavarma, Kripa, Gautama, the prince, and your sons were all involved.
धृष्टद्युम्नस्तु मां दृष्ट्वा हसन्सात्यकिमब्रवीत्। किमनेन गृहीतेन नानेनार्थोऽस्ति जीवता ॥९-२८-३५॥
dhṛṣṭadyumnastu māṃ dṛṣṭvā hasansātyakimabravīt। kimanena gṛhītena nānenārtho'sti jīvatā ॥9-28-35॥
[धृष्टद्युम्नः (dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ) - Dhṛṣṭadyumna; तु (tu) - but; माम् (mām) - me; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; हसन् (hasan) - smiling; सात्यकिम् (sātyakim) - Sātyaki; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said; किम् (kim) - what; अनेन (anena) - with this; गृहीतेन (gṛhītena) - captured; न (na) - not; अनेन (anena) - with this; अर्थः (arthaḥ) - purpose; अस्ति (asti) - is; जीवता (jīvatā) - alive;]
(Dhṛṣṭadyumna, having seen me, smiling, said to Sātyaki: "What is the purpose of capturing this one alive?")
Dhṛṣṭadyumna, upon seeing me, smiled and said to Sātyaki: "What is the point of keeping this one alive?"
धृष्टद्युम्नवचः श्रुत्वा शिनेर्नप्ता महारथः। उद्यम्य निशितं खड्गं हन्तुं मामुद्यतस्तदा ॥९-२८-३६॥
dhṛṣṭadyumnavacaḥ śrutvā śinernaptā mahārathaḥ। udyamya niśitaṃ khaḍgaṃ hantuṃ māmudyatastadā ॥9-28-36॥
[धृष्टद्युम्न (dhṛṣṭadyumna) - Dhṛṣṭadyumna; वचः (vacaḥ) - words; श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard; शिनेः (śineḥ) - of Śini; नप्ता (naptā) - grandson; महारथः (mahārathaḥ) - great charioteer; उद्यम्य (udyamya) - having raised; निशितं (niśitaṃ) - sharp; खड्गं (khaḍgaṃ) - sword; हन्तुं (hantuṃ) - to kill; माम् (mām) - me; उद्यतः (udyataḥ) - prepared; तदा (tadā) - then;]
(Having heard the words of Dhṛṣṭadyumna, the great charioteer, grandson of Śini, then raised a sharp sword, prepared to kill me.)
Upon hearing Dhṛṣṭadyumna's words, the great warrior, grandson of Śini, lifted his sharp sword, ready to strike me.
तमागम्य महाप्राज्ञः कृष्णद्वैपायनोऽब्रवीत्। मुच्यतां सञ्जयो जीवन्न हन्तव्यः कथञ्चन ॥९-२८-३७॥
tamāgamya mahāprājñaḥ kṛṣṇadvaipāyano'bravīt। mucyatāṃ sañjayo jīvanna hantavyaḥ kathañcana ॥9-28-37॥
[तम् (tam) - that; आगम्य (āgamya) - having arrived; महाप्राज्ञः (mahāprājñaḥ) - great wise one; कृष्णद्वैपायनः (kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaḥ) - Krishna Dvaipayana; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said; मुच्यताम् (mucyatām) - let be released; सञ्जयः (sañjayaḥ) - Sanjaya; जीवन् (jīvan) - alive; न (na) - not; हन्तव्यः (hantavyaḥ) - to be killed; कथञ्चन (kathañcana) - in any way;]
(Having arrived, the great wise Krishna Dvaipayana said, "Let Sanjaya be released alive; he should not be killed in any way.")
Upon arriving, the wise sage Krishna Dvaipayana instructed that Sanjaya should be released unharmed and must not be killed under any circumstances.
द्वैपायनवचः श्रुत्वा शिनेर्नप्ता कृताञ्जलिः। ततो मामब्रवीन्मुक्त्वा स्वस्ति सञ्जय साधय ॥९-२८-३८॥
dvaipāyanavacaḥ śrutvā śinernaptā kṛtāñjaliḥ। tato māmabravīnmuktvā svasti sañjaya sādhaya ॥9-28-38॥
[द्वैपायन (dvaipāyana) - Vyasa; वचः (vacaḥ) - words; श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard; शिनेः (śineḥ) - of Shini; नप्ता (naptā) - grandson; कृताञ्जलिः (kṛtāñjaliḥ) - with folded hands; ततः (tataḥ) - then; माम् (mām) - me; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said; मुक्त्वा (muktvā) - having released; स्वस्ति (svasti) - farewell; सञ्जय (sañjaya) - Sanjaya; साधय (sādhaya) - accomplish;]
(Having heard the words of Vyasa, the grandson of Shini, with folded hands, then said to me, having released, 'Farewell, Sanjaya, accomplish.')
Upon hearing Vyasa's words, Shini's grandson, with folded hands, then addressed me, saying, 'Farewell, Sanjaya, accomplish your task.'
अनुज्ञातस्त्वहं तेन न्यस्तवर्मा निरायुधः। प्रातिष्ठं येन नगरं सायाह्ने रुधिरोक्षितः ॥९-२८-३९॥
anujñātastvahaṃ tena nyastavarmā nirāyudhaḥ। prātiṣṭhaṃ yena nagaraṃ sāyāhne rudhirokṣitaḥ ॥9-28-39॥
[अनुज्ञातः (anujñātaḥ) - permitted; त्व (tva) - you; अहम् (aham) - I; तेन (tena) - by him; न्यस्तवर्मा (nyastavarmā) - having laid down arms; निरायुधः (nirāyudhaḥ) - unarmed; प्रातिष्ठम् (prātiṣṭham) - set out; येन (yena) - by which; नगरम् (nagaram) - city; सायाह्ने (sāyāhne) - in the evening; रुधिरोक्षितः (rudhirokṣitaḥ) - blood-stained;]
(Permitted by him, I, having laid down arms and unarmed, set out for the city in the evening, blood-stained.)
I was permitted by him to leave, having laid down my arms and unarmed, I set out for the city in the evening, stained with blood.
क्रोशमात्रमपक्रान्तं गदापाणिमवस्थितम्। एकं दुर्योधनं राजन्नपश्यं भृशविक्षतम् ॥९-२८-४०॥
krośamātramapakrāntaṃ gadāpāṇimavasthitam। ekaṃ duryodhanaṃ rājannapaśyaṃ bhṛśavikṣatam ॥9-28-40॥
[क्रोशमात्रम् (krośamātram) - a short distance; अपक्रान्तम् (apakrāntam) - departed; गदापाणिम् (gadāpāṇim) - with mace in hand; अवस्थितम् (avasthitam) - standing; एकम् (ekam) - one; दुर्योधनम् (duryodhanam) - Duryodhana; राजन् (rājan) - O king; अपश्यम् (apaśyam) - I saw; भृशविक्षतम् (bhṛśavikṣatam) - severely wounded;]
(A short distance away, standing with mace in hand, I saw one Duryodhana, O king, severely wounded.)
I saw Duryodhana, standing a short distance away with a mace in his hand, severely wounded, O king.
स तु मामश्रुपूर्णाक्षो नाशक्नोदभिवीक्षितुम्। उपप्रैक्षत मां दृष्ट्वा तदा दीनमवस्थितम् ॥९-२८-४१॥
sa tu māmaśrapūrṇākṣo nāśaknodabhivīkṣitum। upapraikṣata māṃ dṛṣṭvā tadā dīnamavasthitam ॥9-28-41॥
[स (sa) - he; तु (tu) - but; माम् (mām) - me; अश्रुपूर्णाक्षः (aśrapūrṇākṣaḥ) - with eyes full of tears; न (na) - not; अशक्नोत् (aśaknot) - was able; अभिवीक्षितुम् (abhivīkṣitum) - to look upon; उपप्रैक्षत (upapraikṣata) - glanced; माम् (mām) - at me; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; तदा (tadā) - then; दीनम् (dīnam) - miserable; अवस्थितम् (avasthitam) - situated;]
(But he, with eyes full of tears, was not able to look upon me. Having seen me then situated miserably, he glanced.)
But he, with eyes full of tears, could not bear to look at me. Seeing me in such a miserable state, he glanced away.
तं चाहमपि शोचन्तं दृष्ट्वैकाकिनमाहवे। मुहूर्तं नाशकं वक्तुं किञ्चिद्दुःखपरिप्लुतः ॥९-२८-४२॥
taṁ cāhamapi śocantaṁ dṛṣṭvaikākinamāhave। muhūrtaṁ nāśakaṁ vaktuṁ kiñcidduḥkhapariplutaḥ ॥9-28-42॥
[तं (taṁ) - him; च (ca) - and; अहम् (aham) - I; अपि (api) - also; शोचन्तम् (śocantam) - lamenting; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - seeing; एकाकिनम् (ekākinam) - alone; आहवे (āhave) - in the battle; मुहूर्तम् (muhūrtam) - for a moment; न (na) - not; अशकम् (aśakam) - was able; वक्तुम् (vaktum) - to speak; किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - anything; दुःखपरिप्लुतः (duḥkhapariplutaḥ) - overwhelmed with sorrow;]
(And I, seeing him lamenting alone in the battle, was not able to speak anything for a moment, overwhelmed with sorrow.)
Seeing him lamenting alone in the battle, I too was overwhelmed with sorrow and could not speak for a moment.
ततोऽस्मै तदहं सर्वमुक्तवान्ग्रहणं तदा। द्वैपायनप्रसादाच्च जीवतो मोक्षमाहवे ॥९-२८-४३॥
tato'smai tadahaṁ sarvamuktavāngrahaṇaṁ tadā। dvaipāyanaprasādācca jīvato mokṣamāhave ॥9-28-43॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; अस्मै (asmai) - to him; तत् (tat) - that; अहम् (aham) - I; सर्वम् (sarvam) - all; उक्तवान् (uktavān) - said; ग्रहणम् (grahaṇam) - acceptance; तदा (tadā) - then; द्वैपायन (dvaipāyana) - Dvaipayana; प्रसादात् (prasādāt) - by the grace; च (ca) - and; जीवत: (jīvataḥ) - alive; मोक्षम् (mokṣam) - liberation; आहवे (āhave) - in battle;]
(Then I told him all that acceptance then. By the grace of Dvaipayana, liberation in battle while alive.)
Then I told him everything about the acceptance at that time. By the grace of Dvaipayana, he attained liberation in battle while still alive.
मुहूर्तमिव च ध्यात्वा प्रतिलभ्य च चेतनाम्। भ्रातॄंश्च सर्वसैन्यानि पर्यपृच्छत मां ततः ॥९-२८-४४॥
muhūrtamiva ca dhyātvā pratilabhya ca cetanām। bhrātṝṃśca sarvasainyāni paryapṛcchata māṃ tataḥ ॥9-28-44॥
[मुहूर्तम् (muhūrtam) - for a moment; इव (iva) - as if; च (ca) - and; ध्यात्वा (dhyātvā) - having meditated; प्रतिलभ्य (pratilabhya) - having regained; च (ca) - and; चेतनाम् (cetanām) - consciousness; भ्रातॄन् (bhrātṝn) - brothers; च (ca) - and; सर्व (sarva) - all; सैन्यानि (sainyāni) - armies; पर्यपृच्छत (paryapṛcchata) - asked; मां (māṃ) - me; ततः (tataḥ) - then;]
(For a moment, as if having meditated and having regained consciousness, he asked me about the brothers and all the armies.)
After meditating for a moment and regaining his consciousness, he inquired about his brothers and all the armies from me.
तस्मै तदहमाचक्षं सर्वं प्रत्यक्षदर्शिवान्। भ्रातॄंश्च निहतान्सर्वान्सैन्यं च विनिपातितम् ॥९-२८-४५॥
tasmai tad aham ācakṣaṃ sarvaṃ pratyakṣadarśivān। bhrātṝṃś ca nihatān sarvān sainyaṃ ca vinipātitam ॥9-28-45॥
[तस्मै (tasmai) - to him; तत् (tat) - that; अहम् (aham) - I; आचक्षं (ācakṣaṃ) - told; सर्वम् (sarvam) - everything; प्रत्यक्षदर्शिवान् (pratyakṣadarśivān) - as an eyewitness; भ्रातॄन् (bhrātṝn) - brothers; च (ca) - and; निहतान् (nihatān) - killed; सर्वान् (sarvān) - all; सैन्यम् (sainyam) - army; च (ca) - and; विनिपातितम् (vinipātitam) - destroyed;]
(To him, I told everything as an eyewitness: all the brothers were killed and the army was destroyed.)
I narrated to him everything I witnessed: all the brothers were slain and the entire army was annihilated.
त्रयः किल रथाः शिष्टास्तावकानां नराधिप। इति प्रस्थानकाले मां कृष्णद्वैपायनोऽब्रवीत् ॥९-२८-४६॥
trayaḥ kila rathāḥ śiṣṭāstāvakānāṃ narādhipa। iti prasthānakāle māṃ kṛṣṇadvaipāyano'bravīt ॥9-28-46॥
[त्रयः (trayaḥ) - three; किल (kila) - indeed; रथाः (rathāḥ) - chariots; शिष्टाः (śiṣṭāḥ) - remain; तावकानां (tāvakānāṃ) - of yours; नराधिप (narādhipa) - O king; इति (iti) - thus; प्रस्थानकाले (prasthānakāle) - at the time of departure; मां (māṃ) - to me; कृष्णद्वैपायनः (kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaḥ) - Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said;]
(Three chariots indeed remain of yours, O king, thus at the time of departure to me Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana said:)
Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana said to me at the time of departure, "O king, indeed three chariots of yours remain."
स दीर्घमिव निःश्वस्य विप्रेक्ष्य च पुनः पुनः। अंसे मां पाणिना स्पृष्ट्वा पुत्रस्ते पर्यभाषत ॥९-२८-४७॥
sa dīrghamiva niḥśvasya viprekṣya ca punaḥ punaḥ। aṃse māṃ pāṇinā spṛṣṭvā putraste paryabhāṣata ॥9-28-47॥
[स (sa) - he; दीर्घम् (dīrgham) - long; इव (iva) - as if; निःश्वस्य (niḥśvasya) - sighing; विप्रेक्ष्य (viprekṣya) - looking around; च (ca) - and; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; अंसे (aṃse) - on shoulder; मां (māṃ) - me; पाणिना (pāṇinā) - with hand; स्पृष्ट्वा (spṛṣṭvā) - touching; पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son; ते (te) - your; पर्यभाषत (paryabhāṣata) - spoke;]
(He, sighing as if long, looking around again and again, touching me on the shoulder with his hand, your son spoke.)
He sighed deeply, looked around repeatedly, and then, touching me on the shoulder with his hand, your son spoke.
त्वदन्यो नेह सङ्ग्रामे कश्चिज्जीवति सञ्जय। द्वितीयं नेह पश्यामि ससहायाश्च पाण्डवाः ॥९-२८-४८॥
tvadanyo neha saṅgrāme kaścijjīvati sañjaya। dvitīyaṃ neha paśyāmi sasahāyāśca pāṇḍavāḥ ॥9-28-48॥
[त्वत् (tvat) - than you; अन्यः (anyaḥ) - other; न (na) - not; इह (iha) - here; सङ्ग्रामे (saṅgrāme) - in battle; कश्चित् (kaścit) - anyone; जीवति (jīvati) - lives; सञ्जय (sañjaya) - Sanjaya; द्वितीयम् (dvitīyam) - second; न (na) - not; इह (iha) - here; पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see; ससहायाः (sasahāyāḥ) - with allies; च (ca) - and; पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - the Pandavas;]
(Than you, no one else lives here in battle, Sanjaya. I do not see a second here with allies, the Pandavas.)
Sanjaya, there is no one else like you who survives in this battle. I do not see anyone else here with allies like the Pandavas.
ब्रूयाः सञ्जय राजानं प्रज्ञाचक्षुषमीश्वरम्। दुर्योधनस्तव सुतः प्रविष्टो ह्रदमित्युत ॥९-२८-४९॥
brūyāḥ sañjaya rājānaṃ prajñācakṣuṣamīśvaram। duryodhanastava sutaḥ praviṣṭo hradamityuta ॥9-28-49॥
[ब्रूयाः (brūyāḥ) - you should tell; सञ्जय (sañjaya) - Sanjaya; राजानं (rājānaṃ) - to the king; प्रज्ञाचक्षुषम् (prajñācakṣuṣam) - wise-eyed; ईश्वरम् (īśvaram) - lord; दुर्योधनः (duryodhanaḥ) - Duryodhana; तव (tava) - your; सुतः (sutaḥ) - son; प्रविष्टः (praviṣṭaḥ) - entered; ह्रदम् (hradam) - lake; इति (iti) - thus; उत (uta) - indeed;]
(You should tell, O Sanjaya, to the wise-eyed lord king: "Your son Duryodhana has indeed entered the lake.")
Sanjaya, you should inform the wise king that your son Duryodhana has entered the lake.
सुहृद्भिस्तादृशैर्हीनः पुत्रैर्भ्रातृभिरेव च। पाण्डवैश्च हृते राज्ये को नु जीवति मादृशः ॥९-२८-५०॥
suhṛdbhistādṛśairhīnaḥ putrairbhṛātṛbhireva ca। pāṇḍavaiśca hṛte rājye ko nu jīvati mādṛśaḥ ॥9-28-50॥
[सुहृद्भिः (suhṛdbhiḥ) - by friends; तादृशैः (tādṛśaiḥ) - such as those; हीनः (hīnaḥ) - bereft; पुत्रैः (putraiḥ) - by sons; भ्रातृभिः (bhrātṛbhiḥ) - by brothers; एव (eva) - indeed; च (ca) - and; पाण्डवैः (pāṇḍavaiḥ) - by the Pandavas; च (ca) - and; हृते (hṛte) - taken away; राज्ये (rājye) - kingdom; कः (kaḥ) - who; नु (nu) - indeed; जीवति (jīvati) - lives; मादृशः (mādṛśaḥ) - like me;]
(Bereft of friends such as those, sons, and brothers, and with the kingdom taken away by the Pandavas, who indeed lives like me?)
Deprived of friends, sons, and brothers like those, and with the kingdom seized by the Pandavas, who indeed can live a life like mine?
आचक्षेथाः सर्वमिदं मां च मुक्तं महाहवात्। अस्मिंस्तोयह्रदे सुप्तं जीवन्तं भृशविक्षतम् ॥९-२८-५१॥
ācakṣethāḥ sarvamidaṃ māṃ ca muktaṃ mahāhavāt। asmiṃstoyahrade suptaṃ jīvantaṃ bhṛśavikṣatam ॥9-28-51॥
[आचक्षेथाः (ācakṣethāḥ) - you should tell; सर्वम् (sarvam) - everything; इदम् (idam) - this; माम् (mām) - me; च (ca) - and; मुक्तम् (muktam) - released; महाहवात् (mahāhavāt) - from the great battle; अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this; तोयह्रदे (toyahrade) - lake; सुप्तम् (suptam) - asleep; जीवन्तम् (jīvantam) - alive; भृशविक्षतम् (bhṛśavikṣatam) - severely wounded;]
(You should tell everything, this and me, released from the great battle, in this lake, asleep, alive, severely wounded.)
You should recount everything about me being released from the great battle, found here in this lake, asleep yet alive, and severely wounded.
एवमुक्त्वा महाराज प्राविशत्तं ह्रदं नृपः। अस्तम्भयत तोयं च मायया मनुजाधिपः ॥९-२८-५२॥
evamuktvā mahārāja prāviśattaṃ hradaṃ nṛpaḥ। astambhayata toyaṃ ca māyayā manujādhipaḥ ॥9-28-52॥
[एवम् (evam) - thus; उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having spoken; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; प्राविशत् (prāviśat) - entered; तं (taṃ) - that; ह्रदं (hradaṃ) - lake; नृपः (nṛpaḥ) - the king; अस्तम्भयत (astambhayata) - stopped; तोयं (toyaṃ) - water; च (ca) - and; मायया (māyayā) - by illusion; मनुजाधिपः (manujādhipaḥ) - the lord of men;]
(Thus having spoken, O great king, the king entered that lake and stopped the water by illusion, the lord of men.)
Having spoken thus, the king entered the lake and, by his mystical powers, stopped the water, O great king.
तस्मिन्ह्रदं प्रविष्टे तु त्रीन्रथाञ्श्रान्तवाहनान्। अपश्यं सहितानेकस्तं देशं समुपेयुषः ॥९-२८-५३॥
tasmin hradaṁ praviṣṭe tu trīn rathāñ śrānta-vāhanān। apaśyaṁ sahitān ekas taṁ deśaṁ samupeyuṣaḥ ॥9-28-53॥
[तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that; ह्रदं (hradam) - lake; प्रविष्टे (praviṣṭe) - entered; तु (tu) - but; त्रीन् (trīn) - three; रथान् (rathān) - chariots; श्रान्त (śrānta) - tired; वाहनान् (vāhanān) - vehicles; अपश्यम् (apaśyam) - I saw; सहितान् (sahitān) - together; एकः (ekaḥ) - one; तम् (tam) - that; देशम् (deśam) - place; समुपेयुषः (samupeyuṣaḥ) - arrived;]
(In that lake, having entered, I saw three chariots with tired vehicles together, one having arrived at that place.)
In that lake, I saw three chariots with tired horses, all together, having arrived at that place.
कृपं शारद्वतं वीरं द्रौणिं च रथिनां वरम्। भोजं च कृतवर्माणं सहिताञ्शरविक्षतान् ॥९-२८-५४॥
kṛpaṃ śāradvataṃ vīraṃ drauṇiṃ ca rathināṃ varam। bhojaṃ ca kṛtavarmāṇaṃ sahitāñśaravikṣatān ॥9-28-54॥
[कृपं (kṛpam) - Kṛpa; शारद्वतं (śāradvataṃ) - son of Śaradvat; वीरं (vīram) - hero; द्रौणिं (drauṇim) - son of Droṇa; च (ca) - and; रथिनां (rathināṃ) - of charioteers; वरम् (varam) - best; भोजं (bhojam) - Bhoja; च (ca) - and; कृतवर्माणं (kṛtavarmāṇaṃ) - Kṛtavarmā; सहितान् (sahitān) - together; शरविक्षतान् (śaravikṣatān) - wounded by arrows;]
(Kṛpa, the son of Śaradvat, the hero, and Drauṇi, the best of charioteers, and Bhoja and Kṛtavarmā, together wounded by arrows.)
Kṛpa, the valiant son of Śaradvat, along with Drauṇi, the foremost among charioteers, and Bhoja and Kṛtavarmā, were all together wounded by arrows.
ते सर्वे मामभिप्रेक्ष्य तूर्णमश्वानचोदयन्। उपयाय च मामूचुर्दिष्ट्या जीवसि सञ्जय ॥९-२८-५५॥
te sarve mām abhiprekṣya tūrṇam aśvān acodayan। upayāya ca mām ūcur diṣṭyā jīvasi sañjaya ॥9-28-55॥
[ते (te) - they; सर्वे (sarve) - all; माम् (mām) - me; अभिप्रेक्ष्य (abhiprekṣya) - having seen; तूर्णम् (tūrṇam) - quickly; अश्वान् (aśvān) - horses; अचोदयन् (acodayan) - urged; उपयाय (upayāya) - approaching; च (ca) - and; माम् (mām) - me; ऊचुः (ūcuḥ) - said; दिष्ट्या (diṣṭyā) - fortunately; जीवसि (jīvasi) - you live; सञ्जय (sañjaya) - Sanjaya;]
(They all, having seen me, quickly urged the horses. Approaching, they said to me, "Fortunately, you live, Sanjaya.")
All of them, upon seeing me, quickly spurred their horses and approached me, saying, "It's a relief to see you alive, Sanjaya."
अपृच्छंश्चैव मां सर्वे पुत्रं तव जनाधिपम्। कच्चिद्दुर्योधनो राजा स नो जीवति सञ्जय ॥९-२८-५६॥
apṛcchaṃścaiva māṃ sarve putraṃ tava janādhipam। kaccidduryodhano rājā sa no jīvati sañjaya ॥9-28-56॥
[अपृच्छन् (apṛcchan) - asked; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; माम् (mām) - me; सर्वे (sarve) - all; पुत्रम् (putram) - son; तव (tava) - your; जनाधिपम् (janādhipam) - king; कच्चित् (kaccit) - whether; दुर्योधनः (duryodhanaḥ) - Duryodhana; राजा (rājā) - king; सः (saḥ) - he; नः (naḥ) - our; जीवति (jīvati) - lives; सञ्जय (sañjaya) - Sanjaya;]
(All of them indeed asked me, your son, the king: 'Does King Duryodhana, our king, live, O Sanjaya?')
All of them asked me, 'Does your son, King Duryodhana, still live, O Sanjaya?'
आख्यातवानहं तेभ्यस्तदा कुशलिनं नृपम्। तच्चैव सर्वमाचक्षं यन्मां दुर्योधनोऽब्रवीत् ॥ ह्रदं चैवाहमाचष्ट यं प्रविष्टो नराधिपः ॥९-२८-५७॥
ākhyātavān ahaṃ tebhyaḥ tadā kuśalinaṃ nṛpam। tac caiva sarvam ācakṣaṃ yan māṃ duryodhano'bravīt ॥ hradaṃ caivāham ācaṣṭa yaṃ praviṣṭo narādhipaḥ ॥9-28-57॥
[आख्यातवान् (ākhyātavān) - I narrated; अहम् (aham) - I; तेभ्यः (tebhyaḥ) - to them; तदा (tadā) - then; कुशलिनम् (kuśalinam) - well-being; नृपम् (nṛpam) - king; तत् (tat) - that; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; सर्वम् (sarvam) - everything; आचक्षं (ācakṣaṃ) - I told; यत् (yat) - what; माम् (mām) - to me; दुर्योधनः (duryodhanaḥ) - Duryodhana; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said; ह्रदम् (hradam) - lake; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; अहम् (aham) - I; आचष्ट (ācaṣṭa) - told; यम् (yam) - which; प्रविष्टः (praviṣṭaḥ) - entered; नराधिपः (narādhipaḥ) - king; ९-२८-५७ (9-28-57) - (verse number);]
(I narrated to them then the well-being of the king. And I told everything that Duryodhana said to me. I also told about the lake which the king entered.)
I informed them about the king's well-being at that time. I also recounted everything that Duryodhana had told me, including the details about the lake that the king had entered.
अश्वत्थामा तु तद्राजन्निशम्य वचनं मम। तं ह्रदं विपुलं प्रेक्ष्य करुणं पर्यदेवयत् ॥९-२८-५८॥
aśvatthāmā tu tadrājan niśamya vacanaṃ mama। taṃ hradaṃ vipulaṃ prekṣya karuṇaṃ paryadevayat ॥9-28-58॥
[अश्वत्थामा (aśvatthāmā) - Ashwatthama; तु (tu) - but; तत् (tat) - that; राजन् (rājan) - O king; निशम्य (niśamya) - having heard; वचनम् (vacanam) - words; मम (mama) - my; तम् (tam) - that; ह्रदम् (hradam) - lake; विपुलम् (vipulam) - vast; प्रेक्ष्य (prekṣya) - having seen; करुणम् (karuṇam) - piteous; पर्यदेवयत् (paryadevayat) - lamented;]
(Ashwatthama, but having heard my words, O king, having seen that vast lake, lamented piteously.)
Ashwatthama, upon hearing my words, O king, looked at the vast lake and lamented with deep sorrow.
अहो धिङ्न स जानाति जीवतोऽस्मान्नराधिपः। पर्याप्ता हि वयं तेन सह योधयितुं परान् ॥९-२८-५९॥
aho dhiṅna sa jānāti jīvato'smānnarādhipaḥ। paryāptā hi vayaṃ tena saha yodhayituṃ parān ॥9-28-59॥
[अहो (aho) - alas; धिङ्न (dhiṅna) - shame; स (sa) - he; जानाति (jānāti) - knows; जीवत (jīvata) - alive; अस्मान् (asmān) - us; नराधिपः (narādhipaḥ) - king; पर्याप्ता (paryāptā) - sufficient; हि (hi) - indeed; वयं (vayaṃ) - we; तेन (tena) - with him; सह (saha) - together; योधयितुं (yodhayituṃ) - to fight; परान् (parān) - enemies;]
(Alas, shame, he knows us alive, the king. Indeed, we are sufficient to fight together with him against the enemies.)
"Alas, the king does not know that we are alive. We are indeed sufficient to fight against the enemies together with him."
ते तु तत्र चिरं कालं विलप्य च महारथाः। प्राद्रवन्रथिनां श्रेष्ठा दृष्ट्वा पाण्डुसुतान्रणे ॥९-२८-६०॥
te tu tatra ciraṁ kālaṁ vilapya ca mahārathāḥ। prādravanrathināṁ śreṣṭhā dṛṣṭvā pāṇḍusutānraṇe ॥9-28-60॥
[ते (te) - they; तु (tu) - but; तत्र (tatra) - there; चिरं (ciraṁ) - for a long time; कालं (kālaṁ) - time; विलप्य (vilapya) - lamenting; च (ca) - and; महारथाः (mahārathāḥ) - great warriors; प्राद्रवन् (prādravan) - fled; रथिनां (rathināṁ) - of charioteers; श्रेष्ठाः (śreṣṭhāḥ) - the best; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; पाण्डुसुतान् (pāṇḍusutān) - the sons of Pandu; रणे (raṇe) - in battle;]
(They, the great warriors, lamented there for a long time and fled, the best of charioteers, having seen the sons of Pandu in battle.)
The great warriors, after lamenting for a long time there, fled upon seeing the sons of Pandu in battle, despite being the best among charioteers.
ते तु मां रथमारोप्य कृपस्य सुपरिष्कृतम्। सेनानिवेशमाजग्मुर्हतशेषास्त्रयो रथाः ॥९-२८-६१॥
te tu māṃ rathamāropya kṛpasya supariṣkṛtam। senāniveśamājagmurhataśeṣāstrayo rathāḥ ॥9-28-61॥
[ते (te) - they; तु (tu) - but; माम् (mām) - me; रथम् (ratham) - chariot; आरोप्य (āropya) - having mounted; कृपस्य (kṛpasya) - of Kṛpa; सुपरिष्कृतम् (supariṣkṛtam) - well-decorated; सेनानिवेशम् (senāniveśam) - army camp; आजग्मुः (ājagmuḥ) - arrived; हतशेषाः (hataśeṣāḥ) - remaining after the slaughter; त्रयः (trayaḥ) - three; रथाः (rathāḥ) - chariots;]
(They, however, having mounted me on Kṛpa's well-decorated chariot, arrived at the army camp, the three chariots remaining after the slaughter.)
They placed me on Kṛpa's beautifully adorned chariot and went to the army camp, with only three chariots left after the battle.
तत्र गुल्माः परित्रस्ताः सूर्ये चास्तमिते सति। सर्वे विचुक्रुशुः श्रुत्वा पुत्राणां तव सङ्क्षयम् ॥९-२८-६२॥
tatra gulmāḥ paritrastāḥ sūrye cāstamite sati। sarve vicukruśuḥ śrutvā putrāṇāṃ tava saṅkṣayam ॥9-28-62॥
[तत्र (tatra) - there; गुल्माः (gulmāḥ) - troops; परित्रस्ताः (paritrastāḥ) - terrified; सूर्ये (sūrye) - sun; च (ca) - and; अस्तमिते (astamite) - set; सति (sati) - being; सर्वे (sarve) - all; विचुक्रुशुः (vicukruśuḥ) - cried out; श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - hearing; पुत्राणां (putrāṇāṃ) - sons; तव (tava) - your; सङ्क्षयम् (saṅkṣayam) - destruction;]
(There the troops, terrified, as the sun had set, all cried out hearing of the destruction of your sons.)
There, as the sun set, the terrified troops cried out upon hearing of the destruction of your sons.
ततो वृद्धा महाराज योषितां रक्षणो नराः। राजदारानुपादाय प्रययुर्नगरं प्रति ॥९-२८-६३॥
tato vṛddhā mahārāja yoṣitāṃ rakṣaṇo narāḥ। rājadārānupādāya prayayurnagaraṃ prati ॥9-28-63॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; वृद्धाः (vṛddhāḥ) - elders; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; योषिताम् (yoṣitām) - of women; रक्षणः (rakṣaṇaḥ) - protection; नराः (narāḥ) - men; राजदारान् (rājadārān) - royal ladies; उपादाय (upādāya) - taking along; प्रययुः (prayayuḥ) - departed; नगरम् (nagaram) - to the city; प्रति (prati) - towards;]
(Then, O great king, the elders, taking along the royal ladies, departed towards the city for the protection of women.)
Then, O great king, the elders, accompanied by the royal ladies, set out towards the city to ensure the protection of the women.
तत्र विक्रोशतीनां च रुदतीनां च सर्वशः। प्रादुरासीन्महाञ्शब्दः श्रुत्वा तद्बलसङ्क्षयम् ॥९-२८-६४॥
tatra vikrośatīnāṃ ca rudatīnāṃ ca sarvaśaḥ। prādurāsīnmahāñśabdaḥ śrutvā tadbalasaṅkṣayam ॥9-28-64॥
[तत्र (tatra) - there; विक्रोशतीनां (vikrośatīnāṃ) - of those crying loudly; च (ca) - and; रुदतीनां (rudatīnāṃ) - of those weeping; च (ca) - and; सर्वशः (sarvaśaḥ) - everywhere; प्रादुरासीत् (prādurāsīt) - there arose; महान् (mahān) - great; शब्दः (śabdaḥ) - sound; श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - hearing; तत् (tad) - that; बल (bala) - strength; सङ्क्षयम् (saṅkṣayam) - diminution;]
(There, of those crying loudly and weeping everywhere, a great sound arose, hearing that diminution of strength.)
There arose a great sound everywhere from those crying and weeping, upon hearing the diminution of their strength.
ततस्ता योषितो राजन्क्रन्दन्त्यो वै मुहुर्मुहुः। कुरर्य इव शब्देन नादयन्त्यो महीतलम् ॥९-२८-६५॥
tatastā yoṣito rājankrandantyo vai muhurmuhuḥ। kurarya iva śabdena nādayantyo mahītalam ॥9-28-65॥
[ततस् (tatas) - then; ता: (tāḥ) - they (females); योषित: (yoṣitaḥ) - women; राजन् (rājan) - O king; क्रन्दन्त्य: (krandantyaḥ) - crying; वै (vai) - indeed; मुहुर्मुहुः (muhurmuhuḥ) - again and again; कुरर्य: (kuraryaḥ) - like female curlews; इव (iva) - like; शब्देन (śabdena) - with sound; नादयन्त्य: (nādayantyaḥ) - resounding; महीतलम् (mahītalam) - the earth;]
(Then those women, O king, crying indeed again and again, like female curlews, with sound, resounding the earth.)
Then those women, O king, cried out repeatedly, their voices echoing like the calls of curlews, filling the earth with sound.
आजघ्नुः करजैश्चापि पाणिभिश्च शिरांस्युत। लुलुवुश्च तदा केशान्क्रोशन्त्यस्तत्र तत्र ह ॥९-२८-६६॥
ājaghnuḥ karajaiś cāpi pāṇibhiś ca śirāṃsy uta। luluvuś ca tadā keśān krośantyas tatra tatra ha ॥9-28-66॥
[आजघ्नुः (ājaghnuḥ) - struck; करजैः (karajaiḥ) - with nails; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; पाणिभिः (pāṇibhiḥ) - with hands; च (ca) - and; शिरांसि (śirāṃsi) - heads; उत (uta) - indeed; लुलुवुः (luluvuḥ) - tore; च (ca) - and; तदा (tadā) - then; केशान् (keśān) - hair; क्रोशन्त्यः (krośantyaḥ) - crying; तत्र (tatra) - there; तत्र (tatra) - there; ह (ha) - indeed;]
(They struck the heads with nails and hands indeed. Then they tore the hair, crying here and there indeed.)
They struck their heads with their nails and hands, and then tore their hair, crying out here and there in distress.
हाहाकारविनादिन्यो विनिघ्नन्त्य उरांसि च। क्रोशन्त्यस्तत्र रुरुदुः क्रन्दमाना विशां पते ॥९-२८-६७॥
hāhākāravinādinyo vinighnantya urāṃsi ca। krośantyastatra ruruduḥ krandamānā viśāṃ pate ॥9-28-67॥
[हाहाकार (hāhākāra) - uproar; विनादिन्यः (vinādinyaḥ) - sounding; विनिघ्नन्त्य (vinighnantya) - striking; उरांसि (urāṃsi) - chests; च (ca) - and; क्रोशन्त्यः (krośantyaḥ) - crying; तत्र (tatra) - there; रुरुदुः (ruruduḥ) - wept; क्रन्दमाना (krandamānā) - lamenting; विशां (viśāṃ) - of men; पते (pate) - O lord;]
(The uproarious women, striking their chests, cried there, weeping and lamenting, O lord of men.)
The women, in great distress, were making loud noises and beating their chests. They cried and lamented there, O lord of men.
ततो दुर्योधनामात्याः साश्रुकण्ठा भृशातुराः। राजदारानुपादाय प्रययुर्नगरं प्रति ॥९-२८-६८॥
tato duryodhanāmātyāḥ sāśrukaṇṭhā bhṛśāturāḥ। rājadārānupādāya prayayurnagaraṃ prati ॥9-28-68॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; दुर्योधन (duryodhana) - Duryodhana; अमात्याः (amātyāḥ) - ministers; स (sa) - with; अश्रुकण्ठाः (aśrukaṇṭhāḥ) - tearful throats; भृश (bhṛśa) - greatly; आतुराः (āturāḥ) - distressed; राज (rāja) - king; दारान् (dārān) - wives; उपादाय (upādāya) - taking along; प्रययुः (prayayuḥ) - departed; नगरं (nagaram) - to the city; प्रति (prati) - towards;]
(Then Duryodhana's ministers, with tearful throats and greatly distressed, taking along the king's wives, departed towards the city.)
Then, with throats choked with tears and greatly distressed, Duryodhana's ministers took the king's wives and departed towards the city.
वेत्रजर्झरहस्ताश्च द्वाराध्यक्षा विशां पते। शयनीयानि शुभ्राणि स्पर्ध्यास्तरणवन्ति च ॥ समादाय ययुस्तूर्णं नगरं दाररक्षिणः ॥९-२८-६९॥
vetrajarjharahastāśca dvārādhyakṣā viśāṃ pate। śayanīyāni śubhrāṇi spardhyāstaraṇavanti ca ॥ samādāya yayustūrṇaṃ nagaraṃ dārarakṣiṇaḥ ॥9-28-69॥
[वेत्रजर्झरहस्ताः (vetrajarjharahastāḥ) - holding sticks and clubs; च (ca) - and; द्वाराध्यक्षाः (dvārādhyakṣāḥ) - gatekeepers; विशां (viśāṃ) - of the people; पते (pate) - O lord; शयनीयानि (śayanīyāni) - bedding; शुभ्राणि (śubhrāṇi) - clean; स्पर्ध्याः (spardhyāḥ) - excellent; आस्तरणवन्ति (āstaraṇavanti) - with coverings; च (ca) - and; समादाय (samādāya) - having taken; ययुः (yayuḥ) - went; तूर्णम् (tūrṇam) - quickly; नगरम् (nagaram) - to the city; दाररक्षिणः (dārarakṣiṇaḥ) - protectors of the women;]
(Holding sticks and clubs, the gatekeepers, O lord of the people, took the clean and excellent bedding with coverings and quickly went to the city, protectors of the women.)
The gatekeepers, holding sticks and clubs, quickly took the clean and excellent bedding with coverings and went to the city to protect the women, O lord of the people.
आस्थायाश्वतरीयुक्तान्स्यन्दनानपरे जनाः। स्वान्स्वान्दारानुपादाय प्रययुर्नगरं प्रति ॥९-२८-७०॥
āsthāyāśvatarīyuktānsyandanānapare janāḥ। svānsvāndārānupādāya prayayurnagaraṃ prati ॥9-28-70॥
[आस्थाय (āsthāya) - having mounted; अश्वतरी (aśvatarī) - mules; युक्तान् (yuktān) - yoked; स्यन्दनान् (syandanān) - chariots; अपरे (apare) - other; जनाः (janāḥ) - people; स्वान् (svān) - their own; स्वान् (svān) - own; दारान् (dārān) - wives; उपादाय (upādāya) - taking along; प्रययुः (prayayuḥ) - went; नगरं (nagaraṃ) - to the city; प्रति (prati) - towards;]
(Having mounted mules yoked to chariots, other people, taking along their own wives, went towards the city.)
Other people mounted on mules yoked to chariots, took their wives along and proceeded towards the city.
अदृष्टपूर्वा या नार्यो भास्करेणापि वेश्मसु। ददृशुस्ता महाराज जना यान्तीः पुरं प्रति ॥९-२८-७१॥
adṛṣṭapūrvā yā nāryo bhāskareṇāpi veśmasu। dadṛśustā mahārāja janā yāntīḥ puraṃ prati ॥9-28-71॥
[अदृष्टपूर्वा (adṛṣṭapūrvā) - never-seen-before; या (yā) - who; नार्यः (nāryaḥ) - women; भास्करेण (bhāskareṇa) - by the sun; अपि (api) - even; वेश्मसु (veśmasu) - in the houses; ददृशुः (dadṛśuḥ) - saw; ताः (tāḥ) - them; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; जनाः (janāḥ) - people; यान्तीः (yāntīḥ) - going; पुरं (puraṃ) - to the city; प्रति (prati) - towards;]
(The never-seen-before women, who even the sun had not seen in the houses, were seen by the people, O great king, as they were going towards the city.)
O great king, the people saw the women, who were never seen before even by the sun in the houses, as they were proceeding towards the city.
ताः स्त्रियो भरतश्रेष्ठ सौकुमार्यसमन्विताः। प्रययुर्नगरं तूर्णं हतस्वजनबान्धवाः ॥९-२८-७२॥
tāḥ striyo bharataśreṣṭha saukumāryasamanvitāḥ। prayayurnagaraṃ tūrṇaṃ hatasvajanabāndhavāḥ ॥9-28-72॥
[ताः (tāḥ) - those; स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - women; भरतश्रेष्ठ (bharataśreṣṭha) - O best of the Bharatas; सौकुमार्य (saukumārya) - delicacy; समन्विताः (samanvitāḥ) - endowed with; प्रययुः (prayayuḥ) - went; नगरम् (nagaram) - to the city; तूर्णम् (tūrṇam) - quickly; हत (hata) - killed; स्वजन (svajana) - own people; बान्धवाः (bāndhavāḥ) - relatives;]
(Those women, O best of the Bharatas, endowed with delicacy, quickly went to the city, having lost their own people and relatives.)
The delicate women, grieving the loss of their kin, swiftly made their way to the city, O esteemed Bharata.
आ गोपालाविपालेभ्यो द्रवन्तो नगरं प्रति। ययुर्मनुष्याः सम्भ्रान्ता भीमसेनभयार्दिताः ॥९-२८-७३॥
ā gopālāvipālebhyo dravanto nagaraṃ prati। yayurmanuṣyāḥ sambhrāntā bhīmasenabhayārditāḥ ॥9-28-73॥
[आ (ā) - towards; गोपाल (gopāla) - cowherds; अविपालेभ्यः (avipālebhyaḥ) - to the shepherds; द्रवन्तः (dravantaḥ) - running; नगरम् (nagaram) - city; प्रति (prati) - towards; ययुः (yayuḥ) - went; मनुष्याः (manuṣyāḥ) - people; सम्भ्रान्ताः (sambhrāntāḥ) - confused; भीमसेन (bhīmasena) - Bhimasena; भयार्दिताः (bhayārditāḥ) - fear-stricken;]
(Towards the cowherds and shepherds, the people ran towards the city, confused and stricken with fear of Bhimasena.)
The people, confused and terrified by Bhimasena, ran towards the city, seeking refuge with the cowherds and shepherds.
अपि चैषां भयं तीव्रं पार्थेभ्योऽभूत्सुदारुणम्। प्रेक्षमाणास्तदान्योन्यमाधावन्नगरं प्रति ॥९-२८-७४॥
api caiṣāṃ bhayaṃ tīvraṃ pārthebhyo'bhūtsudāruṇam। prekṣamāṇāstadānyonyamādhāvannagaraṃ prati ॥9-28-74॥
[अपि (api) - also; च (ca) - and; एषाम् (eṣām) - of these; भयम् (bhayam) - fear; तीव्रम् (tīvram) - intense; पार्थेभ्यः (pārthebhyaḥ) - from the sons of Pritha; अभूत् (abhūt) - arose; सुदारुणम् (sudāruṇam) - very terrible; प्रेक्षमाणाः (prekṣamāṇāḥ) - looking at; तदा (tadā) - then; अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - each other; आधावन् (ādhāvan) - ran; नगरम् (nagaram) - to the city; प्रति (prati) - towards;]
(Also, an intense and very terrible fear arose in them from the sons of Pritha. Looking at each other, they then ran towards the city.)
An intense fear gripped them due to the sons of Pritha, and in terror, they looked at each other and fled towards the city.
तस्मिंस्तदा वर्तमाने विद्रवे भृशदारुणे। युयुत्सुः शोकसंमूढः प्राप्तकालमचिन्तयत् ॥९-२८-७५॥
tasmiṁstadā vartamāne vidrave bhṛśadāruṇe। yuyutsuḥ śokasaṁmūḍhaḥ prāptakālamacintayat ॥9-28-75॥
[तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that; तदा (tadā) - then; वर्तमाने (vartamāne) - ongoing; विद्रवे (vidrave) - in the rout; भृश (bhṛśa) - very; दारुणे (dāruṇe) - terrible; युयुत्सुः (yuyutsuḥ) - Yuyutsu; शोक (śoka) - grief; संमूढः (saṁmūḍhaḥ) - bewildered; प्राप्त (prāpta) - arrived; कालम् (kālam) - time; अचिन्तयत् (acintayat) - thought;]
(In that ongoing terrible rout, Yuyutsu, bewildered by grief, thought of the time that had arrived.)
In the midst of that terrible rout, Yuyutsu, overwhelmed with grief, contemplated the time that had come.
जितो दुर्योधनः सङ्ख्ये पाण्डवैर्भीमविक्रमैः। एकादशचमूभर्ता भ्रातरश्चास्य सूदिताः ॥ हताश्च कुरवः सर्वे भीष्मद्रोणपुरःसराः ॥९-२८-७६॥
jito duryodhanaḥ saṅkhye pāṇḍavairbhīmavikramaiḥ। ekādaśacamūbhartā bhrātaraścāsya sūditāḥ ॥ hatāśca kuravaḥ sarve bhīṣmadroṇapuraḥsarāḥ ॥9-28-76॥
[जितः (jitaḥ) - conquered; दुर्योधनः (duryodhanaḥ) - Duryodhana; सङ्ख्ये (saṅkhye) - in battle; पाण्डवैः (pāṇḍavaiḥ) - by the Pandavas; भीमविक्रमैः (bhīmavikramaiḥ) - by the mighty Bhima; एकादश (ekādaśa) - eleven; चमूभर्ता (camūbhartā) - division commanders; भ्रातरः (bhrātaraḥ) - brothers; च (ca) - and; अस्य (asya) - his; सूदिताः (sūditāḥ) - slain; हताः (hatāḥ) - killed; च (ca) - and; कुरवः (kuravaḥ) - Kurus; सर्वे (sarve) - all; भीष्मद्रोणपुरःसराः (bhīṣmadroṇapuraḥsarāḥ) - headed by Bhishma and Drona;]
(Duryodhana was conquered in battle by the Pandavas, by the mighty Bhima. His eleven division commanders and brothers were slain. All the Kurus, headed by Bhishma and Drona, were killed.)
Duryodhana was defeated in the battle by the Pandavas, led by the valiant Bhima. His eleven division commanders and brothers were killed. All the Kuru warriors, including Bhishma and Drona, were slain.
अहमेको विमुक्तस्तु भाग्ययोगाद्यदृच्छया। विद्रुतानि च सर्वाणि शिबिराणि समन्ततः ॥९-२८-७७॥
ahameko vimuktastu bhāgyayogādyadṛcchayā। vidrutāni ca sarvāṇi śibirāṇi samantataḥ ॥9-28-77॥
[अहम् (aham) - I; एकः (ekaḥ) - alone; विमुक्तः (vimuktaḥ) - liberated; तु (tu) - but; भाग्ययोगात् (bhāgyayogāt) - by fortune; यदृच्छया (yadṛcchayā) - by chance; विद्रुतानि (vidrutāni) - scattered; च (ca) - and; सर्वाणि (sarvāṇi) - all; शिबिराणि (śibirāṇi) - camps; समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - all around;]
(I alone am liberated by fortune and by chance; all the camps are scattered all around.)
I alone have been liberated by fortune and chance, while all the camps have been scattered everywhere.
दुर्योधनस्य सचिवा ये केचिदवशेषिताः। राजदारानुपादाय व्यधावन्नगरं प्रति ॥९-२८-७८॥
duryodhanasya sacivā ye kecidavaśeṣitāḥ। rājadārānupādāya vyadhāvannagaraṃ prati ॥9-28-78॥
[दुर्योधनस्य (duryodhanasya) - of Duryodhana; सचिवाः (sacivāḥ) - ministers; ये (ye) - who; केचित् (kecit) - some; अवशेषिताः (avaśeṣitāḥ) - remaining; राजदारान् (rājadārān) - royal women; उपादाय (upādāya) - taking; व्यधावन् (vyadhāvan) - ran; नगरं (nagaram) - to the city; प्रति (prati) - towards;]
(The ministers of Duryodhana, who were some of the remaining ones, taking the royal women, ran towards the city.)
The remaining ministers of Duryodhana, taking the royal women with them, fled towards the city.
प्राप्तकालमहं मन्ये प्रवेशं तैः सहाभिभो। युधिष्ठिरमनुज्ञाप्य भीमसेनं तथैव च ॥९-२८-७९॥
prāptakālamahaṃ manye praveśaṃ taiḥ sahābhibho। yudhiṣṭhiramanujñāpya bhīmasenaṃ tathaiva ca ॥9-28-79॥
[प्राप्त (prāpta) - attained; कालम् (kālam) - time; अहम् (aham) - I; मन्ये (manye) - think; प्रवेशम् (praveśam) - entry; तैः (taiḥ) - with them; सह (saha) - together; अभिभो (abhibho) - O lord; युधिष्ठिरम् (yudhiṣṭhiram) - Yudhishthira; अनुज्ञाप्य (anujñāpya) - having permitted; भीमसेनम् (bhīmasenam) - Bhimasena; तथैव (tathaiva) - also; च (ca) - and;]
(I think it is time for entry with them, O lord, having permitted Yudhishthira and also Bhimasena.)
I believe it is the right time to enter with them, O lord, after having obtained permission from Yudhishthira and Bhimasena.
एतमर्थं महाबाहुरुभयोः स न्यवेदयत्। तस्य प्रीतोऽभवद्राजा नित्यं करुणवेदिता ॥ परिष्वज्य महाबाहुर्वैश्यापुत्रं व्यसर्जयत् ॥९-२८-८०॥
etamarṭhaṃ mahābāhurubhayoh sa nyavedayat। tasya prīto'bhavad rājā nityaṃ karuṇavedita ॥ pariṣvajya mahābāhur vaiśyāputraṃ vyasarjayat ॥9-28-80॥
[एतमर्थम् (etamarṭham) - this purpose; महाबाहुः (mahābāhuḥ) - mighty-armed; उभयोः (ubhayoh) - of both; सः (saḥ) - he; न्यवेदयत् (nyavedayat) - informed; तस्य (tasya) - his; प्रीतः (prītaḥ) - pleased; अभवत् (abhavat) - became; राजा (rājā) - the king; नित्यम् (nityam) - always; करुणवेदिता (karuṇavedita) - compassionate; परिष्वज्य (pariṣvajya) - embracing; महाबाहुः (mahābāhuḥ) - mighty-armed; वैश्यापुत्रम् (vaiśyāputram) - the merchant's son; विसर्जयत् (visarjayat) - sent off;]
(The mighty-armed informed both of this purpose. The king, always compassionate, became pleased with him. Embracing, the mighty-armed sent off the merchant's son.)
The mighty-armed warrior informed both parties of this purpose. The king, who was always compassionate, was pleased with him. After embracing, the mighty-armed warrior sent off the merchant's son.
ततः स रथमास्थाय द्रुतमश्वानचोदयत्। असम्भावितवांश्चापि राजदारान्पुरं प्रति ॥९-२८-८१॥
tataḥ sa ratham āsthāya drutam aśvān acodayat। asambhāvitavāṃś cāpi rājadārān puraṃ prati ॥9-28-81॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; सः (saḥ) - he; रथम् (ratham) - chariot; आस्थाय (āsthāya) - having mounted; द्रुतम् (drutam) - quickly; अश्वान् (aśvān) - horses; अचोदयत् (acodayat) - urged; असम्भावितवान् (asambhāvitavān) - unexpectedly; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; राजदारान् (rājadārān) - royal women; पुरम् (puram) - city; प्रति (prati) - towards;]
(Then he, having mounted the chariot, quickly urged the horses. Unexpectedly, he also took the royal women towards the city.)
Then he mounted the chariot and quickly drove the horses, unexpectedly taking the royal women towards the city.
तैश्चैव सहितः क्षिप्रमस्तं गच्छति भास्करे। प्रविष्टो हास्तिनपुरं बाष्पकण्ठोऽश्रुलोचनः ॥९-२८-८२॥
taiścaiva sahitaḥ kṣipramastaṃ gacchati bhāskare। praviṣṭo hāstinapuraṃ bāṣpakaṇṭho'śrulocanaḥ ॥9-28-82॥
[तैः (taiḥ) - by them; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; सहितः (sahitaḥ) - accompanied; क्षिप्रम् (kṣipram) - quickly; अस्तम् (astam) - to set; गच्छति (gacchati) - goes; भास्करे (bhāskare) - the sun; प्रविष्टः (praviṣṭaḥ) - entered; हास्तिनपुरम् (hāstinapuram) - Hastinapura; बाष्पकण्ठः (bāṣpakaṇṭhaḥ) - with a choked throat; अश्रुलोचनः (aśrulocanaḥ) - tearful eyes;]
(Accompanied by them, he quickly goes to set with the sun. Entered Hastinapura with a choked throat and tearful eyes.)
Accompanied by them, he quickly went to Hastinapura as the sun set, with a choked throat and tearful eyes.
अपश्यत महाप्राज्ञं विदुरं साश्रुलोचनम्। राज्ञः समीपान्निष्क्रान्तं शोकोपहतचेतसम् ॥९-२८-८३॥
apaśyat mahāprājñaṃ viduraṃ sāśrulocanam। rājñaḥ samīpānniṣkrāntaṃ śokopahatacetasam ॥9-28-83॥
[अपश्यत (apaśyat) - saw; महाप्राज्ञं (mahāprājñaṃ) - greatly wise; विदुरं (viduraṃ) - Vidura; साश्रुलोचनम् (sāśrulocanam) - with tearful eyes; राज्ञः (rājñaḥ) - of the king; समीपात् (samīpāt) - from the vicinity; निष्क्रान्तं (niṣkrāntaṃ) - departed; शोक (śoka) - grief; उपहत (upahata) - overcome; चेतसम् (cetasam) - mind;]
(He saw the greatly wise Vidura with tearful eyes, departed from the vicinity of the king, his mind overcome with grief.)
He saw the wise Vidura, with tears in his eyes, leaving the king's presence, his mind troubled by sorrow.
तमब्रवीत्सत्यधृतिः प्रणतं त्वग्रतः स्थितम्। अस्मिन्कुरुक्षये वृत्ते दिष्ट्या त्वं पुत्र जीवसि ॥९-२८-८४॥
tamabravītsatyadhṛtiḥ praṇataṃ tvagrataḥ sthitam। asminkurukṣaye vṛtte diṣṭyā tvaṃ putra jīvasi ॥9-28-84॥
[तम् (tam) - him; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said; सत्यधृतिः (satyadhṛtiḥ) - Satyadhriti; प्रणतम् (praṇatam) - bowed; त्व (tva) - you; अग्रतः (agrataḥ) - before; स्थितम् (sthitam) - standing; अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this; कुरुक्षये (kurukṣaye) - Kurukshetra; वृत्ते (vṛtte) - happened; दिष्ट्या (diṣṭyā) - fortunately; त्वम् (tvam) - you; पुत्र (putra) - son; जीवसि (jīvasi) - live;]
(Satyadhriti said to him, who was bowed and standing before you: "In this Kurukshetra battle that has happened, fortunately, you, my son, are alive.")
Satyadhriti addressed him, who was bowed and standing before him, saying: "In this battle of Kurukshetra that has taken place, it is fortunate that you, my son, are alive."
विना राज्ञः प्रवेशाद्वै किमसि त्वमिहागतः। एतन्मे कारणं सर्वं विस्तरेण निवेदय ॥९-२८-८५॥
vinā rājñaḥ praveśād vai kim asi tvam ihāgataḥ। etan me kāraṇaṃ sarvaṃ vistareṇa nivedaya ॥9-28-85॥
[विना (vinā) - without; राज्ञः (rājñaḥ) - king's; प्रवेशात् (praveśāt) - permission; वै (vai) - indeed; किम् (kim) - why; असि (asi) - are; त्वम् (tvam) - you; इह (iha) - here; आगतः (āgataḥ) - come; एतत् (etat) - this; मे (me) - to me; कारणम् (kāraṇam) - reason; सर्वम् (sarvam) - all; विस्तरेण (vistareṇa) - in detail; निवेदय (nivedaya) - explain;]
(Without the king's permission, why have you come here? Explain all this to me in detail.)
"Why have you come here without the king's permission? Please explain everything to me in detail."
युयुत्सुरुवाच॥
yuyutsuruvāca॥
[युयुत्सुः (yuyutsuḥ) - desirous of fighting; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Desirous of fighting, he said:)
"Desirous of fighting, he said:"
निहते शकुनौ तात सज्ञातिसुतबान्धवे। हतशेषपरीवारो राजा दुर्योधनस्ततः ॥ स्वकं स हयमुत्सृज्य प्राङ्मुखः प्राद्रवद्भयात् ॥९-२८-८६॥
nihate śakunau tāta sa-jñāti-suta-bāndhave। hata-śeṣa-parivāro rājā duryodhanas tataḥ ॥ svakaṃ sa hayam utsṛjya prāṅmukhaḥ prādravad bhayāt ॥9-28-86॥
[निहते (nihate) - killed; शकुनौ (śakunau) - Shakuni; तात (tāta) - O father; सज्ञातिसुतबान्धवे (sa-jñāti-suta-bāndhave) - with relatives, sons, and friends; हतशेषपरीवारः (hata-śeṣa-parivāraḥ) - with remaining followers killed; राजा (rājā) - king; दुर्योधनः (duryodhanaḥ) - Duryodhana; ततः (tataḥ) - then; स्वकं (svakam) - his own; सः (saḥ) - he; हयम् (hayam) - horse; उत्सृज्य (utsṛjya) - abandoning; प्राङ्मुखः (prāṅmukhaḥ) - facing east; प्राद्रवत् (prādravat) - fled; भयात् (bhayāt) - out of fear;]
(With Shakuni killed, O father, along with relatives, sons, and friends, and with his remaining followers killed, King Duryodhana then, abandoning his own horse, fled facing east out of fear.)
O father, after Shakuni and his relatives, sons, and friends were killed, and with his remaining followers gone, King Duryodhana, abandoning his horse, fled eastward in fear.
अपक्रान्ते तु नृपतौ स्कन्धावारनिवेशनात्। भयव्याकुलितं सर्वं प्राद्रवन्नगरं प्रति ॥९-२८-८७॥
apakrānte tu nṛpatau skandhāvāraniveśanāt। bhayavyākulitaṃ sarvaṃ prādravannagaraṃ prati ॥9-28-87॥
[अपक्रान्ते (apakrānte) - departed; तु (tu) - but; नृपतौ (nṛpatau) - the king; स्कन्धावारनिवेशनात् (skandhāvāraniveśanāt) - from the military camp; भयव्याकुलितं (bhayavyākulitaṃ) - fear-stricken; सर्वं (sarvaṃ) - all; प्राद्रवन् (prādravan) - fled; नगरं (nagaraṃ) - to the city; प्रति (prati) - towards;]
(When the king departed from the military camp, all, being fear-stricken, fled towards the city.)
When the king left the military camp, everyone, overwhelmed with fear, fled towards the city.
ततो राज्ञः कलत्राणि भ्रातॄणां चास्य सर्वशः। वाहनेषु समारोप्य स्त्र्यध्यक्षाः प्राद्रवन्भयात् ॥९-२८-८८॥
tato rājñaḥ kalatrāṇi bhrātṝṇāṃ cāsya sarvaśaḥ। vāhaneṣu samāropya stryadhyakṣāḥ prādravanbhayāt ॥9-28-88॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; राज्ञः (rājñaḥ) - of the king; कलत्राणि (kalatrāṇi) - wives; भ्रातॄणां (bhrātṝṇāṃ) - of the brothers; च (ca) - and; अस्य (asya) - his; सर्वशः (sarvaśaḥ) - all; वाहनेषु (vāhaneṣu) - on vehicles; समारोप्य (samāropya) - having mounted; स्त्र्यध्यक्षाः (stryadhyakṣāḥ) - women guards; प्राद्रवन् (prādravan) - fled; भयात् (bhayāt) - out of fear;]
(Then, the wives of the king and his brothers, having mounted on vehicles, fled out of fear with the women guards.)
Then, the king's wives and his brothers' wives, along with the women guards, mounted the vehicles and fled in fear.
ततोऽहं समनुज्ञाप्य राजानं सहकेशवम्। प्रविष्टो हास्तिनपुरं रक्षँल्लोकाद्धि वाच्यताम् ॥९-२८-८९॥
tato'haṁ samanujñāpya rājānaṁ sahakeśavam। praviṣṭo hāstinapuraṁ rakṣaṁllokāddhi vācyatām ॥9-28-89॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; अहम् (aham) - I; समनुज्ञाप्य (samanujñāpya) - having taken leave; राजानम् (rājānam) - the king; सह (saha) - with; केशवम् (keśavam) - Keshava; प्रविष्टः (praviṣṭaḥ) - entered; हास्तिनपुरम् (hāstinapuram) - Hastinapura; रक्षन् (rakṣan) - protecting; लोकात् (lokāt) - from the people; हि (hi) - indeed; वाच्यताम् (vācyatām) - criticism;]
(Then I, having taken leave of the king with Keshava, entered Hastinapura, protecting from the people's criticism.)
Then I, along with Keshava, took leave of the king and entered Hastinapura, ensuring protection from any criticism by the people.
एतच्छ्रुत्वा तु वचनं वैश्यापुत्रेण भाषितम्। प्राप्तकालमिति ज्ञात्वा विदुरः सर्वधर्मवित् ॥ अपूजयदमेयात्मा युयुत्सुं वाक्यकोविदम् ॥९-२८-९०॥
etacchrutvā tu vacanaṃ vaiśyāputreṇa bhāṣitam। prāptakālamiti jñātvā viduraḥ sarvadharmavit ॥ apūjayadameyātmā yuyutsuṃ vākyakovidam ॥9-28-90॥
[एतत् (etat) - this; श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard; तु (tu) - but; वचनम् (vacanam) - speech; वैश्यापुत्रेण (vaiśyāputreṇa) - by the son of a merchant; भाषितम् (bhāṣitam) - spoken; प्राप्तकालम् (prāptakālam) - right time; इति (iti) - thus; ज्ञात्वा (jñātvā) - knowing; विदुरः (viduraḥ) - Vidura; सर्वधर्मवित् (sarvadharmavit) - knower of all duties; अपूजयत् (apūjayat) - honored; अमेयात्मा (ameyātmā) - immeasurable soul; युयुत्सुम् (yuyutsum) - Yuyutsu; वाक्यकोविदम् (vākyakovidam) - expert in speech;]
(Having heard this speech spoken by the son of a merchant, knowing it was the right time, Vidura, the knower of all duties, honored Yuyutsu, the immeasurable soul, expert in speech.)
Upon hearing the words spoken by the merchant's son, Vidura, who understood it was the right moment and was knowledgeable in all duties, honored Yuyutsu, who was known for his immeasurable soul and expertise in speech.
प्राप्तकालमिदं सर्वं भवतो भरतक्षये। अद्य त्वमिह विश्रान्तः श्वोऽभिगन्ता युधिष्ठिरम् ॥९-२८-९१॥
prāptakālamidaṃ sarvaṃ bhavato bharatakṣaye। adya tvamiha viśrāntaḥ śvo'bhigantā yudhiṣṭhiram ॥9-28-91॥
[प्राप्त (prāpta) - arrived; कालम् (kālam) - time; इदं (idaṃ) - this; सर्वं (sarvaṃ) - all; भवतः (bhavataḥ) - your; भरतक्षये (bharatakṣaye) - at the end of the Bharata dynasty; अद्य (adya) - today; त्वम् (tvam) - you; इह (iha) - here; विश्रान्तः (viśrāntaḥ) - rested; श्वः (śvaḥ) - tomorrow; अभिगन्ता (abhigantā) - will go to; युधिष्ठिरम् (yudhiṣṭhiram) - Yudhishthira;]
(This time has arrived for all at the end of the Bharata dynasty. Today you are rested here; tomorrow you will go to Yudhishthira.)
The time has come for everything to conclude with the end of the Bharata dynasty. Today, you have rested here; tomorrow, you will go to meet Yudhishthira.
एतावदुक्त्वा वचनं विदुरः सर्वधर्मवित्। युयुत्सुं समनुज्ञाप्य प्रविवेश नृपक्षयम् ॥ युयुत्सुरपि तां रात्रिं स्वगृहे न्यवसत्तदा ॥९-२८-९२॥
etāvad uktvā vacanaṃ viduraḥ sarvadharmavit। yuyutsuṃ samanujñāpya praviveśa nṛpakṣayam ॥ yuyutsur api tāṃ rātriṃ svagṛhe nyavasat tadā ॥9-28-92॥
[एतावत् (etāvat) - thus; उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having spoken; वचनम् (vacanam) - words; विदुरः (viduraḥ) - Vidura; सर्वधर्मवित् (sarvadharmavit) - knower of all dharmas; युयुत्सुम् (yuyutsum) - Yuyutsu; समनुज्ञाप्य (samanujñāpya) - having permitted; प्रविवेश (praviveśa) - entered; नृपक्षयम् (nṛpakṣayam) - the abode of kings; युयुत्सुः (yuyutsuḥ) - Yuyutsu; अपि (api) - also; ताम् (tām) - that; रात्रिम् (rātrim) - night; स्वगृहे (svagṛhe) - in his own house; न्यवसत् (nyavasat) - stayed; तदा (tadā) - then;]
(Thus having spoken the words, Vidura, knower of all dharmas, having permitted Yuyutsu, entered the abode of kings. Yuyutsu also stayed that night in his own house then.)
After speaking thus, Vidura, who knew all dharmas, allowed Yuyutsu and entered the abode of kings. Yuyutsu also spent that night in his own house.
