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सञ्जय उवाच॥
sañjaya uvāca॥
[सञ्जय (sañjaya) - Sanjaya; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Sanjaya said:)
Sanjaya said:
ते हत्वा सर्वपाञ्चालान्द्रौपदेयांश्च सर्वशः। अगच्छन्सहितास्तत्र यत्र दुर्योधनो हतः ॥१०-९-१॥
te hatvā sarvapāñcālāndraupadeyāṃś ca sarvaśaḥ। agacchansahitās tatra yatra duryodhano hataḥ ॥10-9-1॥
[ते (te) - they; हत्वा (hatvā) - having slain; सर्वपाञ्चालान् (sarvapāñcālān) - all the Pāñcālas; द्रौपदेयान् (draupadeyān) - the sons of Draupadī; च (ca) - and; सर्वशः (sarvaśaḥ) - entirely; अगच्छन् (agacchan) - they went; सहिताः (sahitāḥ) - together; तत्र (tatra) - there; यत्र (yatra) - where; दुर्योधनः (duryodhanaḥ) - Duryodhana; हतः (hataḥ) - was slain;]
(They, having slain all the Pāñcālas and the sons of Draupadī entirely, went together there where Duryodhana was slain.)
Having killed all the Pāñcālas and the sons of Draupadī, they all together went to the place where Duryodhana lay slain.
गत्वा चैनमपश्यंस्ते किञ्चित्प्राणं नराधिपम्। ततो रथेभ्यः प्रस्कन्द्य परिवव्रुस्तवात्मजम् ॥१०-९-२॥
gatvā cainam apaśyaṃs te kiñcit prāṇaṃ narādhipam। tato rathebhyaḥ praskandya parivavrur tavātmajam ॥10-9-2॥
[गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone; च (ca) - and; एनम् (enam) - him; अपश्यन् (apaśyan) - saw; ते (te) - they; किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - some; प्राणम् (prāṇam) - life; नराधिपम् (narādhipam) - the king; ततः (tataḥ) - then; रथेभ्यः (rathebhyaḥ) - from the chariots; प्रस्कन्द्य (praskandya) - having jumped down; परिवव्रुः (parivavrur) - surrounded; तवात्मजम् (tavātmajam) - your son;]
(Having gone, and him they saw, some life in the king. Then from the chariots, having jumped down, they surrounded your son.)
After going there, they saw that the king still had some life left. Then, getting down from their chariots, they surrounded your son.
तं भग्नसक्थं राजेन्द्र कृच्छ्रप्राणमचेतसम्। वमन्तं रुधिरं वक्त्रादपश्यन्वसुधातले ॥१०-९-३॥
taṃ bhagnasakthaṃ rājendra kṛcchraprāṇamacetasam। vamantaṃ rudhiraṃ vaktrādapaśyan vasudhātale ॥10-9-3॥
[तं (taṃ) - him; भग्नसक्थं (bhagnasaktham) - with broken thigh; राजेन्द्र (rājendra) - O king; कृच्छ्रप्राणम् (kṛcchraprāṇam) - with difficulty breathing; अचेतसम् (acetasam) - unconscious; वमन्तं (vamantam) - vomiting; रुधिरं (rudhiram) - blood; वक्त्रात् (vaktrāt) - from the mouth; अपश्यन् (apaśyan) - saw; वसुधातले (vasudhātale) - on the ground;]
(Him, with broken thigh, O king, with difficulty breathing, unconscious, vomiting blood from the mouth, (they) saw on the ground.)
O King, they saw him lying on the ground with a broken thigh, struggling to breathe, unconscious, and vomiting blood from his mouth.
वृतं समन्ताद्बहुभिः श्वापदैर्घोरदर्शनैः। शालावृकगणैश्चैव भक्षयिष्यद्भिरन्तिकात् ॥१०-९-४॥
vṛtaṃ samantād bahubhiḥ śvā-padaiḥ ghora-darśanaiḥ। śālā-vṛka-gaṇaiś caiva bhakṣayiṣyadbhir antikāt ॥10-9-4॥
[वृतं (vṛtam) - surrounded; समन्तात् (samantāt) - on all sides; बहुभिः (bahubhiḥ) - by many; श्वापदैः (śvā-padaiḥ) - by beasts of prey; घोरदर्शनैः (ghora-darśanaiḥ) - of terrible appearance; शालावृकगणैः (śālā-vṛka-gaṇaiḥ) - by packs of jackals and wolves; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; भक्षयिष्यद्भिः (bhakṣayiṣyadbhih) - about to devour; अन्तिकात् (antikāt) - from nearby;]
(Surrounded on all sides by many beasts of prey of terrible appearance, and indeed by packs of jackals and wolves, about to devour from nearby.)
It was surrounded on all sides by many fearsome beasts of prey, including packs of jackals and wolves, who were about to devour it from close by.
निवारयन्तं कृच्छ्रात्ताञ्श्वापदान्सञ्चिखादिषून्। विवेष्टमानं मह्यां च सुभृशं गाढवेदनम् ॥१०-९-५॥
nivārayantaṃ kṛcchrāttāñśvāpadān sañcikhādiśūn। viveṣṭamānaṃ mahyāṃ ca subhṛśaṃ gāḍhavedanam ॥10-9-5॥
[निवारयन्तम् (nivārayantam) - preventing; कृच्छ्रात् (kṛcchrāt) - with difficulty; तान् (tān) - them; श्वापदान् (śvāpadān) - wild beasts; सञ्चिखादिषून् (sañcikhādiśūn) - who were about to eat; विवेष्टमानम् (viveṣṭamānam) - writhing; मम (mama) - my; च (ca) - and; सुभृशम् (subhṛśam) - very much; गाढवेदनम् (gāḍhavedanam) - severe pain;]
(Preventing with difficulty those wild beasts who were about to eat, writhing, and my body in very severe pain.)
He was with great difficulty preventing those wild beasts who were about to devour me, while I was writhing in intense pain.
तं शयानं महात्मानं भूमौ स्वरुधिरोक्षितम्। हतशिष्टास्त्रयो वीराः शोकार्ताः पर्यवारयन् ॥ अश्वत्थामा कृपश्चैव कृतवर्मा च सात्वतः ॥१०-९-६॥
taṃ śayānaṃ mahātmānaṃ bhūmau svarudhirokṣitam। hataśiṣṭāstrayo vīrāḥ śokārtāḥ paryavārayan ॥ aśvatthāmā kṛpaścaiva kṛtavarmā ca sātvataḥ ॥10-9-6॥
[तं (taṃ) - him; शयानं (śayānam) - lying; महात्मानं (mahātmānam) - great-souled; भूमौ (bhūmau) - on the ground; स्वरुधिरोक्षितम् (svarudhirokṣitam) - moistened with his own blood; हतशिष्टाः (hataśiṣṭāḥ) - the survivors of the slain; त्रयः (trayaḥ) - three; वीराः (vīrāḥ) - heroes; शोकार्ताः (śokārtāḥ) - afflicted with grief; पर्यवारयन् (paryavārayan) - surrounded; अश्वत्थामा (aśvatthāmā) - Aśvatthāmā; कृपः (kṛpaḥ) - Kṛpa; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; कृतवर्मा (kṛtavarmā) - Kṛtavarmā; च (ca) - and; सात्वतः (sātvataḥ) - the Sātvata (Kṛtavarmā);]
(Him lying, the great-souled, on the ground, moistened with his own blood, the three surviving heroes, afflicted with grief, surrounded: Aśvatthāmā, Kṛpa, and indeed Kṛtavarmā, the Sātvata.)
The three surviving heroes—Aśvatthāmā, Kṛpa, and Kṛtavarmā—grief-stricken, surrounded the great-souled one lying on the ground, soaked in his own blood.
तैस्त्रिभिः शोणितादिग्धैर्निःश्वसद्भिर्महारथैः। शुशुभे संवृतो राजा वेदी त्रिभिरिवाग्निभिः ॥१०-९-७॥
tais tribhiḥ śoṇitādigdhair niḥśvasadbhir mahārathaiḥ। śuśubhe saṁvṛto rājā vedī tribhir ivāgnibhiḥ॥10-9-7॥
[तैः (taiḥ) - by those; त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - by three; शोणित (śoṇita) - blood; आदिग्धैः (ādigdhaiḥ) - smeared; निःश्वसद्भिः (niḥśvasadbhir) - breathing heavily; महारथैः (mahārathaiḥ) - by great chariot-warriors; शुशुभे (śuśubhe) - shone; संवृतः (saṁvṛtaḥ) - surrounded; राजा (rājā) - the king; वेदी (vedī) - altar; त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - by three; इव (iva) - like; अग्निभिः (agnibhiḥ) - by fires;]
(By those three great chariot-warriors, smeared with blood and breathing heavily, the king, surrounded, shone like an altar with three fires.)
Surrounded by those three great chariot-warriors, smeared with blood and breathing heavily, the king shone like an altar encircled by three fires.
ते तं शयानं सम्प्रेक्ष्य राजानमतथोचितम्। अविषह्येन दुःखेन ततस्ते रुरुदुस्त्रयः ॥१०-९-८॥
te taṃ śayānaṃ samprekṣya rājānam atathocitam। aviṣahyenaduḥkhena tataste rurudus trayaḥ ॥10-9-8॥
[ते (te) - they; तं (taṃ) - him; शयानं (śayānam) - lying (down); सम्प्रेक्ष्य (samprekṣya) - having seen; राजानम् (rājānam) - the king; अतथोचितम् (atathocitam) - unbefitting (state); अविषह्येन (aviṣahyen) - with unbearable; दुःखेन (duḥkhena) - grief; ततः (tataḥ) - then; ते (te) - they; रुरुदुः (ruruduḥ) - wept; त्रयः (trayaḥ) - three;]
(They, having seen him (the king) lying in an unbefitting state, with unbearable grief, then those three wept.)
When they saw the king lying there in such an unbefitting state, the three of them were overcome with unbearable grief and wept.
ततस्ते रुधिरं हस्तैर्मुखान्निर्मृज्य तस्य ह। रणे राज्ञः शयानस्य कृपणं पर्यदेवयन् ॥१०-९-९॥
tataste rudhiraṃ hastairmukhānnirmṛjya tasya ha। raṇe rājñaḥ śayānasya kṛpaṇaṃ paryadevayan ॥10-9-9॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; ते (te) - they; रुधिरम् (rudhiram) - blood; हस्तैः (hastaiḥ) - with (their) hands; मुखात् (mukhāt) - from (his) face; निर्मृज्य (nirmṛjya) - wiping; तस्य (tasya) - his; ह (ha) - indeed; रणे (raṇe) - in battle; राज्ञः (rājñaḥ) - of the king; शयानस्य (śayānasya) - lying (dead/unconscious); कृपणम् (kṛpaṇam) - pitifully; पर्यदेवयन् (paryadevayan) - lamented;]
(Then they, wiping the blood from his face with their hands, indeed, in battle, of the king lying (dead), pitifully lamented.)
Then they wiped the blood from the king's face with their hands and, seeing him lying in the battlefield, lamented pitifully.
कृप उवाच॥
kṛpa uvāca॥
[कृप (kṛpa) - Kṛpa; (name of the sage); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Kṛpa said:)
Kṛpa said:
न दैवस्यातिभारोऽस्ति यदयं रुधिरोक्षितः। एकादशचमूभर्ता शेते दुर्योधनो हतः ॥१०-९-१०॥
na daivasyātibhāro'sti yad ayaṃ rudhira-okṣitaḥ| ekādasa-camū-bhartā śete duryodhanaḥ hataḥ ॥10-9-10॥
[न (na) - not; दैवस्य (daivasya) - of fate; अतिभारः (atibhāraḥ) - excessive burden; अस्ति (asti) - is; यत् (yat) - that; अयम् (ayam) - this; रुधिरोक्षितः (rudhira-okṣitaḥ) - smeared with blood; एकादश (ekādaśa) - eleven; चमूभर्ता (camu-bhartā) - army-leader; शेते (śete) - lies; दुर्योधनः (duryodhanaḥ) - Duryodhana; हतः (hataḥ) - slain;]
(There is not an excessive burden on fate that this one, smeared with blood, the leader of eleven armies, Duryodhana, lies slain.)
It is not too much for fate that Duryodhana, the leader of eleven armies, lies here slain and covered in blood.
पश्य चामीकराभस्य चामीकरविभूषिताम्। गदां गदाप्रियस्येमां समीपे पतितां भुवि ॥१०-९-११॥
paśya cāmīkarābhasya cāmīkara-vibhūṣitām। gadāṃ gadāpriyasya-imāṃ samīpe patitāṃ bhuvi ॥10-9-11॥
[पश्य (paśya) - see; चामीकराभस्य (cāmīkarābhasya) - of one who resembles gold; चामीकरविभूषिताम् (cāmīkara-vibhūṣitām) - adorned with gold; गदाम् (gadām) - mace; गदाप्रियस्य (gadāpriyasya) - of the lover of the mace; इमाम् (imām) - this; समीपे (samīpe) - near; पतिताम् (patitām) - fallen; भुवि (bhuvi) - on the ground;]
(See the mace of the one who resembles gold, adorned with gold, this mace of the lover of the mace, fallen near on the ground.)
Look at this mace, adorned with gold, belonging to the one who loves the mace, lying here on the ground.
इयमेनं गदा शूरं न जहाति रणे रणे। स्वर्गायापि व्रजन्तं हि न जहाति यशस्विनम् ॥१०-९-१२॥
iyam enaṃ gadā śūraṃ na jahāti raṇe raṇe। svargāyāpi vrajantaṃ hi na jahāti yaśasvinam ॥10-9-12॥
[इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine); एनम् (enaṃ) - him; गदा (gadā) - mace; शूरम् (śūram) - hero; न (na) - not; जहाति (jahāti) - abandons; रणे (raṇe) - in battle; रणे (raṇe) - in battle; स्वर्गाय (svargāya) - for heaven; अपि (api) - even; व्रजन्तम् (vrajantam) - one going; हि (hi) - indeed; न (na) - not; जहाति (jahāti) - abandons; यशस्विनम् (yaśasvinam) - the glorious one;]
(This mace does not abandon this hero in battle after battle; even when going to heaven, indeed, it does not abandon the glorious one.)
This mace never leaves this hero in any battle; even when he goes to heaven, it does not forsake the glorious one.
पश्येमां सह वीरेण जाम्बूनदविभूषिताम्। शयानां शयने धर्मे भार्यां प्रीतिमतीमिव ॥१०-९-१३॥
paśyemāṃ saha vīreṇa jāmbūnadavibhūṣitām। śayānāṃ śayane dharme bhāryāṃ prītimatīmiva ॥10-9-13॥
[पश्य (paśya) - see; इमाम् (imām) - this (feminine); सह (saha) - with; वीरेण (vīreṇa) - by the hero; जाम्बूनदविभूषिताम् (jāmbūnadavibhūṣitām) - adorned with gold; शयानाम् (śayānām) - lying; शयने (śayane) - on the bed; धर्मे (dharme) - in righteousness; भार्याम् (bhāryām) - wife; प्रीतिमतीम् (prītimatīm) - affectionate; इव (iva) - like;]
(See this (woman), adorned with gold, lying on the bed with the hero, in righteousness, like an affectionate wife.)
Behold her, adorned with gold, lying on the bed with the hero, in righteousness, like a loving wife.
यो वै मूर्धावसिक्तानामग्रे यातः परन्तपः। स हतो ग्रसते पांसून्पश्य कालस्य पर्ययम् ॥१०-९-१४॥
yo vai mūrdhāvasiktānām agre yātaḥ parantapaḥ। sa hato grasate pāṃsūn paśya kālasya paryayam ॥10-9-14॥
[यो (yaḥ) - who; वै (vai) - indeed; मूर्धावसिक्तानाम् (mūrdhāvasiktānām) - of those who have been anointed on the head; अग्रे (agre) - in front; यातः (yātaḥ) - has gone; परन्तपः (parantapaḥ) - O scorcher of foes; सः (saḥ) - he; हतः (hataḥ) - killed; ग्रसते (grasate) - devours; पांसून् (pāṃsūn) - dust; पश्य (paśya) - see; कालस्य (kālasya) - of time; पर्ययम् (paryayam) - the change;]
(Who indeed has gone in front of those anointed on the head, O scorcher of foes, he, being killed, devours dust. See the change of time.)
O scorcher of foes, whoever has gone ahead of those anointed on the head, he, when slain, eats dust. See how time brings change.
येनाजौ निहता भूमावशेरत पुरा द्विषः। स भूमौ निहतः शेते कुरुराजः परैरयम् ॥१०-९-१५॥
yenājau nihatā bhūmāvaśerata purā dviṣaḥ। sa bhūmau nihataḥ śete kururājaḥ parairayam ॥10-9-15॥
[येन (yena) - by whom; अजौ (ajau) - in battle; निहता (nihataḥ) - were slain; भूमौ (bhūmau) - on the ground; अशेरत (aśerata) - lay; पुरा (purā) - formerly; द्विषः (dviṣaḥ) - enemies; सः (saḥ) - he; भूमौ (bhūmau) - on the ground; निहतः (nihataḥ) - slain; शेते (śete) - lies; कुरुराजः (kururājaḥ) - the king of the Kurus; परैः (paraiḥ) - by others; अयम् (ayam) - this;]
(By whom in battle the enemies were slain and formerly lay on the ground, he, the king of the Kurus, now lies slain on the ground by others, this one.)
He who once slew his enemies in battle and made them lie on the ground, this king of the Kurus now lies slain on the ground himself, struck down by others.
भयान्नमन्ति राजानो यस्य स्म शतसङ्घशः। स वीरशयने शेते क्रव्याद्भिः परिवारितः ॥१०-९-१६॥
bhayān namanti rājāno yasya sma śatasaṅghaśaḥ। sa vīraśayane śete kravyādbhiḥ parivāritaḥ ॥10-9-16॥
[भयात् (bhayāt) - from fear; नमन्ति (namanti) - bow; राजानः (rājānaḥ) - kings; यस्य (yasya) - of whom; स्म (sma) - indeed; शतसङ्घशः (śatasaṅghaśaḥ) - by hundreds of groups; सः (saḥ) - he; वीरशयने (vīraśayane) - on the hero's bed (battlefield); शेते (śete) - lies; क्रव्याद्भिः (kravyādbhiḥ) - by flesh-eaters; परिवारितः (parivāritaḥ) - surrounded;]
(From fear, kings by hundreds of groups bow to whom indeed; he lies on the hero's bed (battlefield), surrounded by flesh-eaters.)
He, whom even hundreds of kings bow to out of fear, now lies on the battlefield, surrounded by flesh-eating beasts.
उपासत नृपाः पूर्वमर्थहेतोर्यमीश्वरम्। धिक्सद्यो निहतः शेते पश्य कालस्य पर्ययम् ॥१०-९-१७॥
upāsata nṛpāḥ pūrvam artha-hetor yam īśvaram। dhik sadyo nihataḥ śete paśya kālasya paryayam ॥10-9-17॥
[उपासत (upāsata) - worshipped; नृपाः (nṛpāḥ) - kings; पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - formerly; अर्थहेतोः (artha-hetoḥ) - for the sake of wealth; यम् (yam) - Yama; ईश्वरम् (īśvaram) - the lord; धिक् (dhik) - shame; सद्यः (sadyaḥ) - immediately; निहतः (nihataḥ) - killed; शेते (śete) - lies; पश्य (paśya) - see; कालस्य (kālasya) - of time; पर्ययम् (paryayam) - the turn;]
(The kings formerly worshipped Yama, the lord, for the sake of wealth. Shame! He now lies killed immediately. See the turn of time.)
The kings once worshipped Yama, the lord of death, for the sake of wealth. But now, shame! He lies slain in an instant. Behold the turn of fate and time.
सञ्जय उवाच॥
sañjaya uvāca॥
[सञ्जय (sañjaya) - Sanjaya; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Sanjaya said:)
Sanjaya said:
तं शयानं नृपश्रेष्ठं ततो भरतसत्तम। अश्वत्थामा समालोक्य करुणं पर्यदेवयत् ॥१०-९-१८॥
taṃ śayānaṃ nṛpaśreṣṭhaṃ tato bharatasattama। aśvatthāmā samālokya karuṇaṃ paryadevayat ॥10-9-18॥
[तं (taṃ) - him; शयानं (śayānam) - lying (down); नृपश्रेष्ठं (nṛpaśreṣṭham) - the best of kings; ततः (tataḥ) - then; भरतसत्तम (bharatasattama) - O best among the Bharatas; अश्वत्थामा (aśvatthāmā) - Aśvatthāman; समालोक्य (samālokya) - having seen; करुणं (karuṇam) - piteously; पर्यदेवयत् (paryadevayat) - lamented.;]
(Him lying (down), the best of kings, then, O best among the Bharatas, Aśvatthāman, having seen, piteously lamented.)
O best among the Bharatas, Aśvatthāman, seeing the best of kings lying there, lamented piteously.
आहुस्त्वां राजशार्दूल मुख्यं सर्वधनुष्मताम्। धनाध्यक्षोपमं युद्धे शिष्यं सङ्कर्षणस्य ह ॥१०-९-१९॥
āhus tvāṃ rājaśārdūla mukhyaṃ sarvadhanuṣmatām। dhanādhyakṣopamaṃ yuddhe śiṣyaṃ saṅkarṣaṇasya ha ॥10-9-19॥
[आहुः (āhuḥ) - they say; त्वाम् (tvām) - you; राजशार्दूल (rājaśārdūla) - O tiger among kings; मुख्यम् (mukhyam) - chief; सर्वधनुष्मताम् (sarvadhanuṣmatām) - of all bowmen; धनाध्यक्षोपमम् (dhanādhyakṣopamam) - like the lord of wealth; युद्धे (yuddhe) - in battle; शिष्यं (śiṣyam) - disciple; सङ्कर्षणस्य (saṅkarṣaṇasya) - of Sankarshana; ह (ha) - indeed;]
(They say you, O tiger among kings, are the chief of all bowmen, like the lord of wealth in battle, the disciple of Sankarshana indeed.)
They say that you, O best of kings, are the foremost among all archers, like the lord of wealth in battle, and indeed the disciple of Sankarshana.
कथं विवरमद्राक्षीद्भीमसेनस्तवानघ। बलिनः कृतिनो नित्यं स च पापात्मवान्नृप ॥१०-९-२०॥
kathaṃ vivaram adrākṣīd bhīmasenas tavānagha। balinaḥ kṛtino nityaṃ sa ca pāpātmavān nṛpa ॥10-9-20॥
[कथं (katham) - how; विवरम् (vivaram) - the cave; अद्राक्षीत् (adrākṣīt) - did see; भीमसेनः (bhīmasenaḥ) - Bhīmasena; तव (tava) - your; अनघ (anagha) - O sinless one; बलिनः (balinaḥ) - of the strong; कृतिनः (kṛtinaḥ) - of the accomplished; नित्यं (nityaṃ) - always; स (sa) - he; च (ca) - and; पापात्मवान् (pāpātmavān) - wicked-souled; नृप (nṛpa) - O king;]
(How did Bhīmasena see the cave, O sinless one? Of the strong and accomplished, he always, and also the wicked-souled, O king.)
O sinless one, how did Bhīmasena discover the cave? Among the strong and accomplished, he always stood out, and so did the wicked-souled, O king.
कालो नूनं महाराज लोकेऽस्मिन्बलवत्तरः। पश्यामो निहतं त्वां चेद्भीमसेनेन संयुगे ॥१०-९-२१॥
kālo nūnaṃ mahārāja loke'smin balavattaraḥ। paśyāmo nihataṃ tvāṃ ced bhīmasenena saṃyuge ॥10-9-21॥
[कालः (kālaḥ) - time; नूनम् (nūnam) - indeed; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; लोके (loke) - in the world; अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this; बलवत्तरः (balavattaraḥ) - stronger; पश्यामः (paśyāmaḥ) - we see; निहतम् (nihatam) - slain; त्वाम् (tvām) - you; चेत् (cet) - if; भीमसेनेन (bhīmasenena) - by Bhimasena; संयुगे (saṃyuge) - in battle;]
(Time indeed, O great king, is stronger in this world; we see you slain by Bhimasena in battle, if (it is so).)
O great king, truly, time is the most powerful force in this world; if it is so, we see you slain by Bhimasena in battle.
कथं त्वां सर्वधर्मज्ञं क्षुद्रः पापो वृकोदरः। निकृत्या हतवान्मन्दो नूनं कालो दुरत्ययः ॥१०-९-२२॥
kathaṁ tvāṁ sarvadharmajñaṁ kṣudraḥ pāpo vṛkodaraḥ। nikṛtyā hatavān mando nūnaṁ kālo duratyayaḥ ॥10-9-22॥
[कथं (kathaṁ) - how; त्वां (tvāṁ) - you; सर्वधर्मज्ञं (sarvadharmajñaṁ) - knower of all dharmas; क्षुद्रः (kṣudraḥ) - mean; पापः (pāpaḥ) - sinful; वृकोदरः (vṛkodaraḥ) - Vṛkodara (Bhīma); निकृत्या (nikṛtyā) - by deceit; हतवान् (hatavān) - has killed; मन्दः (mandaḥ) - foolish; नूनं (nūnaṁ) - surely; कालः (kālaḥ) - Time (Death); दुरत्ययः (duratyayaḥ) - inescapable; ॥१०-९-२२॥ (॥10-9-22॥) - ;]
(How has Vṛkodara, the mean and sinful, by deceit killed you, knower of all dharmas? Surely, Time, the inescapable, is foolish.)
How could Vṛkodara, that mean and sinful one, have killed you, who know all dharmas, by deceit? Surely, it must be the inescapable force of Time at work.
धर्मयुद्धे ह्यधर्मेण समाहूयौजसा मृधे। गदया भीमसेनेन निर्भिन्ने सक्थिनी तव ॥१०-९-२३॥
dharmayuddhe hy adharmeṇa samāhūya aujasā mṛdhe। gadayā bhīmasenena nirbhinne sakthinī tava॥10-9-23॥
[धर्मयुद्धे (dharmayuddhe) - in the righteous battle; हि (hi) - indeed; अधर्मेण (adharmeṇa) - by unrighteousness; समाहूय (samāhūya) - having challenged; औजसा (aujasā) - with strength; मृधे (mṛdhe) - in the battle; गदया (gadayā) - with the mace; भीमसेनेन (bhīmasenena) - by Bhīmasena; निर्भिन्ने (nirbhinne) - having been shattered; सक्थिनी (sakthinī) - the thighs; तव (tava) - your;]
(In the righteous battle, indeed, by unrighteousness, having challenged with strength in the battle, with the mace by Bhīmasena, your thighs having been shattered.)
In the righteous battle, when you challenged with strength by unrighteous means, Bhīmasena shattered your thighs with his mace.
अधर्मेण हतस्याजौ मृद्यमानं पदा शिरः। यदुपेक्षितवान्क्षुद्रो धिक्तमस्तु युधिष्ठिरम् ॥१०-९-२४॥
adharmeṇa hatasyājau mṛdyamānaṃ padā śiraḥ। yad upekṣitavān kṣudro dhiktam astu yudhiṣṭhiram ॥10-9-24॥
[अधर्मेण (adharmeṇa) - by unrighteousness; हतस्य (hatasya) - of the slain; आजौ (ājau) - on the battlefield; मृद्यमानं (mṛdyamānaṃ) - being trampled; पदा (padā) - by the foot; शिरः (śiraḥ) - the head; यत् (yat) - which; उपेक्षितवान् (upekṣitavān) - overlooked; क्षुद्रः (kṣudraḥ) - mean; धिक् (dhik) - shame; तम् (tam) - on him; अस्तु (astu) - let there be; युधिष्ठिरम् (yudhiṣṭhiram) - Yudhishthira;]
(By unrighteousness, of the slain, on the battlefield, being trampled by the foot, the head, which was overlooked by the mean one—shame on him, let there be, Yudhishthira.)
Shame be upon Yudhishthira, the mean one, who overlooked the head of the slain being trampled by the foot on the battlefield through unrighteousness.
युद्धेष्वपवदिष्यन्ति योधा नूनं वृकोदरम्। यावत्स्थास्यन्ति भूतानि निकृत्या ह्यसि पातितः ॥१०-९-२५॥
yuddheṣv apavadiṣyanti yodhā nūnaṃ vṛkodaram। yāvat sthāsyanti bhūtāni nikṛtyā hy asi pātitaḥ ॥10-9-25॥
[युद्धेषु (yuddheṣu) - in battles; अपवदिष्यन्ति (apavadiṣyanti) - will speak ill of; योधाः (yodhāḥ) - warriors; नूनम् (nūnam) - surely; वृकोदरम् (vṛkodaram) - Vrikodara (Bhima); यावत् (yāvat) - as long as; स्थास्यन्ति (sthāsyanti) - will remain; भूतानि (bhūtāni) - creatures; निकृत्या (nikṛtyā) - by deceit; हि (hi) - indeed; असि (asi) - you are; पातितः (pātitaḥ) - felled;]
(In battles, warriors will surely speak ill of Vrikodara (Bhima); as long as creatures remain, (they will say) you have indeed been felled by deceit.)
In battles, warriors will surely speak ill of Vrikodara (Bhima); as long as living beings exist, they will say you were brought down by deceit.
ननु रामोऽब्रवीद्राजंस्त्वां सदा यदुनन्दनः। दुर्योधनसमो नास्ति गदया इति वीर्यवान् ॥१०-९-२६॥
nanu rāmo'bravīdrājaṃstvāṃ sadā yadunandanaḥ। duryodhanasamo nāsti gadayā iti vīryavān ॥10-9-26॥
[ननु (nanu) - indeed; रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rama; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said; राजन् (rājan) - O king; त्वाम् (tvām) - to you; सदा (sadā) - always; यदुनन्दनः (yadunandanaḥ) - O descendant of Yadu; दुर्योधनसमः (duryodhanasamaḥ) - equal to Duryodhana; न (na) - not; अस्ति (asti) - exists; गदया (gadayā) - in mace (combat); इति (iti) - thus; वीर्यवान् (vīryavān) - the mighty one;]
(Indeed, Rama said to you always, O king, O descendant of Yadu: 'There is none equal to Duryodhana in mace (combat),' thus (said) the mighty one.)
Indeed, Rama always told you, O king and descendant of Yadu, that there is no one equal to Duryodhana in mace fighting, thus spoke the mighty one.
श्लाघते त्वां हि वार्ष्णेयो राजन्संसत्सु भारत। सुशिष्यो मम कौरव्यो गदायुद्ध इति प्रभो ॥१०-९-२७॥
ślāghate tvāṃ hi vārṣṇeyo rājansaṃsatsu bhārata. suśiṣyo mama kauravyo gadāyuddha iti prabho ॥10-9-27॥
[श्लाघते (ślāghate) - praises; त्वां (tvāṃ) - you; हि (hi) - indeed; वार्ष्णेयः (vārṣṇeyaḥ) - the descendant of Vṛṣṇi (Kṛṣṇa); राजन् (rājan) - O king; संसत्सु (saṃsatsu) - in assemblies; भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata; सुशिष्यः (suśiṣyaḥ) - excellent disciple; मम (mama) - my; कौरव्यः (kauravyaḥ) - the Kaurava (Bhīma); गदायुद्ध (gadāyuddha) - mace-fighting; इति (iti) - thus; प्रभो (prabho) - O lord;]
(The descendant of Vṛṣṇi (Kṛṣṇa) indeed praises you in assemblies, O Bhārata, saying, "My excellent disciple, the Kaurava (Bhīma), is skilled in mace-fighting," O lord.)
O Bhārata, in assemblies, the descendant of Vṛṣṇi (Kṛṣṇa) indeed praises you, saying, "O lord, my excellent disciple, the Kaurava (Bhīma), is skilled in mace-fighting."
यां गतिं क्षत्रियस्याहुः प्रशस्तां परमर्षयः। हतस्याभिमुखस्याजौ प्राप्तस्त्वमसि तां गतिम् ॥१०-९-२८॥
yāṃ gatiṃ kṣatriyasyāhuḥ praśastāṃ paramarṣayaḥ। hatasyābhimukhasyājau prāptastvamasi tāṃ gatim ॥10-9-28॥
[याम् (yām) - which; (accusative singular feminine) गतिम् (gatim) - state; path; goal; क्षत्रियस्य (kṣatriyasya) - of a kṣatriya; (warrior) आहुः (āhuḥ) - (they) have said; प्रशस्ताम् (praśastām) - praiseworthy; परमर्षयः (paramarṣayaḥ) - the supreme sages; हतस्य (hatasya) - of one who is slain; अभिमुखस्य (abhimukhasya) - who faces (the foe); आजौ (ājau) - in battle; प्राप्तः (prāptaḥ) - (you have) attained; त्वम् (tvam) - you; असि (asi) - are; ताम् (tām) - that; गतिम् (gatim) - state; path; goal;]
(Which state the supreme sages have said is praiseworthy for a kṣatriya, the state attained by one who is slain facing the foe in battle — you have attained that state.)
You have attained that state which the supreme sages declare praiseworthy for a kṣatriya: the state attained by one who is slain facing the foe in battle.
दुर्योधन न शोचामि त्वामहं पुरुषर्षभ। हतपुत्रां तु शोचामि गान्धारीं पितरं च ते ॥ भिक्षुकौ विचरिष्येते शोचन्तौ पृथिवीमिमाम् ॥१०-९-२९॥
duryodhana na śocāmi tvām ahaṃ puruṣarṣabha। hataputrāṃ tu śocāmi gāndhārīṃ pitaraṃ ca te ॥ bhikṣukau vicariṣyete śocantau pṛthivīm imām ॥10-9-29॥
[दुर्योधन (duryodhana) - Duryodhana; न (na) - not; शोचामि (śocāmi) - I grieve; त्वाम् (tvām) - for you; अहम् (aham) - I; पुरुषर्षभ (puruṣarṣabha) - O best of men; हतपुत्रां (hataputrām) - whose son is slain; तु (tu) - but; शोचामि (śocāmi) - I grieve; गान्धारीं (gāndhārīm) - for Gandhari; पितरं (pitaraṃ) - father; च (ca) - and; ते (te) - your; भिक्षुकौ (bhikṣukau) - two beggars; विचरिष्येते (vicariṣyete) - will wander; शोचन्तौ (śocantau) - grieving; पृथिवीम् (pṛthivīm) - the earth; इमाम् (imām) - this;]
(Duryodhana, not I grieve for you, O best of men; but I grieve for Gandhari, whose son is slain, and your father. Two beggars, grieving, will wander this earth.)
Duryodhana, I do not grieve for you, O best of men; but I grieve for Gandhari, whose son has been slain, and for your father. The two of them, as beggars, will wander this earth in grief.
धिगस्तु कृष्णं वार्ष्णेयमर्जुनं चापि दुर्मतिम्। धर्मज्ञमानिनौ यौ त्वां वध्यमानमुपेक्षताम् ॥१०-९-३०॥
dhig astu kṛṣṇaṃ vārṣṇeyam arjunaṃ ca api durmatim। dharma-jña-māninau yau tvām vadhyamānam upekṣatām॥10-9-30॥
[धिक् (dhik) - shame; अस्तु (astu) - be; कृष्णम् (kṛṣṇam) - Kṛṣṇa; वार्ष्णेयम् (vārṣṇeyam) - descendant of Vṛṣṇi; अर्जुनम् (arjunam) - Arjuna; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; दुर्मतिम् (durmatim) - wicked-minded; धर्मज्ञ (dharma-jña) - knower of dharma; मानिनौ (māninau) - proud; यौ (yau) - who (dual); त्वाम् (tvām) - you; वध्यमानम् (vadhyamānam) - being killed; उपेक्षताम् (upekṣatām) - are neglecting;]
(Shame be upon Kṛṣṇa, the descendant of Vṛṣṇi, and also upon Arjuna, the wicked-minded; the two who, though proud knowers of dharma, are neglecting you as you are being killed.)
Shame on Kṛṣṇa, the Vṛṣṇi prince, and on Arjuna, the wicked-minded; both, though proud of their knowledge of dharma, are ignoring you as you are being slain.
पाण्डवाश्चापि ते सर्वे किं वक्ष्यन्ति नराधिपान्। कथं दुर्योधनोऽस्माभिर्हत इत्यनपत्रपाः ॥१०-९-३१॥
pāṇḍavāś cāpi te sarve kiṃ vakṣyanti narādhipān। kathaṃ duryodhano'smābhir hata ity anapatrapāḥ ॥10-9-31॥
[पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - the Pandavas; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; ते (te) - they; सर्वे (sarve) - all; किं (kiṃ) - what; वक्ष्यन्ति (vakṣyanti) - will say; नराधिपान् (narādhipān) - the kings; कथं (kathaṃ) - how; दुर्योधनः (duryodhanaḥ) - Duryodhana; अस्माभिः (asmābhiḥ) - by us; हतः (hataḥ) - slain; इति (iti) - thus; अनपत्रपाः (anapatrapāḥ) - shamelessly;]
(The Pandavas and also all of them, what will they say to the kings? How (that) Duryodhana was slain by us thus, shamelessly.)
What will the Pandavas and all those kings say? How will they shamelessly say that Duryodhana was slain by us?
धन्यस्त्वमसि गान्धारे यस्त्वमायोधने हतः। प्रयातोऽभिमुखः शत्रून्धर्मेण पुरुषर्षभ ॥१०-९-३२॥
dhanyastvamasi gāndhāre yastvamāyodhane hataḥ। prayāto’bhimukhaḥ śatrūndharmeṇa puruṣarṣabha ॥10-9-32॥
[धन्यः (dhanyaḥ) - blessed; त्वम् (tvam) - you; असि (asi) - are; गान्धारे (gāndhāre) - O Gandhari's son; यः (yaḥ) - who; त्वम् (tvam) - you; आयोधने (āyodhane) - in battle; हतः (hataḥ) - slain; प्रयातः (prayātaḥ) - departed; अभिमुखः (abhimukhaḥ) - facing (the enemy); शत्रून् (śatrūn) - enemies; धर्मेण (dharmeṇa) - with righteousness; पुरुषर्षभ (puruṣarṣabha) - O bull among men;]
(Blessed are you, O Gandhari's son, who, having been slain in battle, departed facing the enemies with righteousness, O bull among men.)
O son of Gandhari, you are truly blessed, for you died in battle, facing your enemies righteously, O best among men.
हतपुत्रा हि गान्धारी निहतज्ञातिबान्धवा। प्रज्ञाचक्षुश्च दुर्धर्षः कां गतिं प्रतिपत्स्यते ॥१०-९-३३॥
hataputrā hi gāndhārī nihatajñātibāndhavā। prajñācakṣuśca durdharṣaḥ kāṃ gatiṃ pratipatsyate ॥10-9-33॥
[हतपुत्रा (hataputrā) - whose sons are slain; हि (hi) - indeed; गान्धारी (gāndhārī) - Gandhari; निहतज्ञातिबान्धवा (nihatajñātibāndhavā) - whose relatives and kinsmen are killed; प्रज्ञाचक्षुः (prajñācakṣuḥ) - one whose wisdom is his eye; च (ca) - and; दुर्धर्षः (durdharṣaḥ) - the unassailable one; कां (kāṃ) - which; गतिं (gatiṃ) - state; प्रतिपत्स्यते (pratipatsyate) - will attain;]
(Gandhari, whose sons are slain, indeed, whose relatives and kinsmen are killed; and the unassailable one, whose wisdom is his eye— which state will they attain?)
What will become of Gandhari, whose sons and relatives have been slain, and of the wise and unassailable one? What fate awaits them?
धिगस्तु कृतवर्माणं मां कृपं च महारथम्। ये वयं न गताः स्वर्गं त्वां पुरस्कृत्य पार्थिवम् ॥१०-९-३४॥
dhig astu kṛtavarmāṇaṃ māṃ kṛpaṃ ca mahā-ratham। ye vayaṃ na gatāḥ svargaṃ tvāṃ puraskṛtya pārthivam ॥10-9-34॥
[धिक् (dhik) - shame; अस्तु (astu) - be; कृतवर्माणम् (kṛtavarmāṇam) - Kritavarma; माम् (mām) - me; कृपम् (kṛpam) - Kripa; च (ca) - and; महारथम् (mahāratham) - great chariot-warrior; ये (ye) - who; वयम् (vayam) - we; न (na) - not; गताः (gatāḥ) - have gone; स्वर्गम् (svargam) - to heaven; त्वाम् (tvām) - you; पुरस्कृत्य (puraskṛtya) - having placed at the front; पार्थिवम् (pārthivam) - O king;]
(Shame be upon Kritavarma, me, Kripa and the great chariot-warrior; who, having placed you at the front, O king, we have not gone to heaven.)
Shame on Kritavarma, myself, Kripa, and the great chariot-warrior; for, even with you leading us, O king, we have not attained heaven.
दातारं सर्वकामानां रक्षितारं प्रजाहितम्। यद्वयं नानुगच्छामस्त्वां धिगस्मान्नराधमान् ॥१०-९-३५॥
dātāraṃ sarvakāmānāṃ rakṣitāraṃ prajāhitam। yadvayaṃ nānugacchāmas tvāṃ dhig asmān narādhamān ॥10-9-35॥
[दातारम् (dātāram) - giver; सर्वकामानाम् (sarvakāmānām) - of all desires; रक्षितारम् (rakṣitāram) - protector; प्रजाहितम् (prajāhitam) - for the welfare of the people; यत् (yat) - that; वयम् (vayam) - we; न (na) - not; अनुगच्छामः (anugacchāmaḥ) - follow; त्वाम् (tvām) - you; धिक् (dhik) - shame; अस्मान् (asmān) - upon us; नराधमान् (narādhamān) - lowest of men;]
(The giver of all desires, the protector, for the welfare of the people—since we do not follow you, shame upon us, the lowest of men.)
You are the giver of all desires, the protector, and act for the welfare of the people. Since we do not follow you, shame on us, the lowest among men.
कृपस्य तव वीर्येण मम चैव पितुश्च मे। सभृत्यानां नरव्याघ्र रत्नवन्ति गृहाणि च ॥१०-९-३६॥
kṛpasya tava vīryeṇa mama caiva pituśca me। sabhṛtyānāṃ naravyāghra ratnavanti gṛhāṇi ca ॥10-9-36॥
[कृपस्य (kṛpasya) - of Kṛpa; तव (tava) - your; वीर्येण (vīryeṇa) - by the prowess; मम (mama) - my; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; पितुः (pituḥ) - of (my) father; च (ca) - and; मे (me) - my; सभृत्यानां (sabhṛtyānāṃ) - of (my) attendants; नरव्याघ्र (naravyāghra) - O tiger among men; रत्नवन्ति (ratnavanti) - rich in jewels; गृहाणि (gṛhāṇi) - houses; च (ca) - and;]
(By the prowess of Kṛpa, your (prowess), my (prowess), and indeed of my father, and my attendants, O tiger among men, the houses rich in jewels (are there).)
O tiger among men, by the prowess of Kṛpa, by your strength, by mine and my father's, and by my attendants, the houses are filled with jewels.
भवत्प्रसादादस्माभिः समित्रैः सहबान्धवैः। अवाप्ताः क्रतवो मुख्या बहवो भूरिदक्षिणाः ॥१०-९-३७॥
bhavatprasādādasmābhiḥ samitraiḥ sahabāndhavaiḥ। avāptāḥ kratavo mukhyā bahavo bhūridakṣiṇāḥ ॥10-9-37॥
[भवत् (bhavat) - your; प्रसादात् (prasādāt) - by grace; अस्माभिः (asmābhiḥ) - by us; समित्रैः (samitraiḥ) - with friends; सह (saha) - together with; बान्धवैः (bāndhavaiḥ) - with relatives; अवाप्ताः (avāptāḥ) - obtained; क्रतवः (kratavaḥ) - sacrifices; मुख्याः (mukhyāḥ) - principal; बहवः (bahavaḥ) - many; भूरि (bhūri) - abundant; दक्षिणाः (dakṣiṇāḥ) - gifts;]
(By your grace, by us together with friends and relatives, many principal sacrifices with abundant gifts have been obtained.)
By your grace, we, along with our friends and relatives, have been able to perform many principal sacrifices that were accompanied by abundant gifts.
कुतश्चापीदृशं सार्थमुपलप्स्यामहे वयम्। यादृशेन पुरस्कृत्य त्वं गतः सर्वपार्थिवान् ॥१०-९-३८॥
kutaścāpīdṛśaṃ sārthamupalapsyāmahe vayam। yādṛśena puraskṛtya tvaṃ gataḥ sarvapārthivān ॥10-9-38॥
[कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - even; ईदृशं (īdṛśam) - such; सार्थम् (sārtham) - caravan; उपलप्स्यामहे (upalapsyāmahe) - will we obtain; वयम् (vayam) - we; यादृशेन (yādṛśena) - by such (a one); पुरस्कृत्य (puraskṛtya) - having been led by; त्वम् (tvam) - you; गतः (gataḥ) - have gone; सर्वपार्थिवान् (sarvapārthivān) - to all kings;]
(From where indeed will we obtain such a caravan as the one by whom, having been led, you have gone to all the kings?)
Where could we ever find such a caravan as this, led by someone like you, with whom you have visited all the kings?
वयमेव त्रयो राजन्गच्छन्तं परमां गतिम्। यद्वै त्वां नानुगच्छामस्तेन तप्स्यामहे वयम् ॥१०-९-३९॥
vayam-eva trayo rājan gacchantaṃ paramāṃ gatim। yad vai tvāṃ nānugacchāmas tena tapsyāmahe vayam ॥10-9-39॥
[वयम् (vayam) - we; एव (eva) - indeed; त्रयः (trayaḥ) - three; राजन् (rājan) - O king; गच्छन्तम् (gacchantam) - going; परमाम् (paramām) - supreme; गतिम् (gatim) - destination; यत् (yat) - because; वै (vai) - indeed; त्वाम् (tvām) - you; न (na) - not; अनुगच्छामः (anugacchāmaḥ) - follow; तेन (tena) - therefore; तप्स्यामहे (tapsyāmahe) - we shall suffer; वयम् (vayam) - we;]
(We indeed, the three, O king, (see you) going to the supreme destination. Because indeed we do not follow you, therefore we shall suffer, we.)
O king, we three indeed see you going to the highest state. Because we cannot follow you, we shall therefore suffer.
त्वत्स्वर्गहीना हीनार्थाः स्मरन्तः सुकृतस्य ते। किं नाम तद्भवेत्कर्म येन त्वानुव्रजेम वै ॥१०-९-४०॥
tvatsvargahīnā hīnārthāḥ smarantaḥ sukṛtasya te। kiṃ nāma tadbhavetkarma yena tvānuvrajema vai ॥10-9-40॥
[त्वत्-स्वर्ग-हीनाः (tvat-svarga-hīnāḥ) - deprived of your heaven; हीन-अर्थाः (hīna-arthāḥ) - deprived of value; स्मरन्तः (smarantaḥ) - remembering; सुकृतस्य (sukṛtasya) - of good deeds; ते (te) - your; किं (kiṃ) - what; नाम (nāma) - indeed; तत् (tat) - that; भवेत् (bhavet) - would be; कर्म (karma) - action; येन (yena) - by which; त्वाम् (tvām) - you; अनुव्रजेम (anuvrajema) - may we follow; वै (vai) - indeed;]
(Deprived of your heaven, deprived of value, remembering your good deeds—what indeed would be that action by which we may follow you indeed?)
Deprived of your heaven and value, remembering your good deeds, what action could there be by which we might truly follow you?
दुःखं नूनं कुरुश्रेष्ठ चरिष्यामो महीमिमाम्। हीनानां नस्त्वया राजन्कुतः शान्तिः कुतः सुखम् ॥१०-९-४१॥
duḥkhaṃ nūnaṃ kuruśreṣṭha cariṣyāmo mahīmimām। hīnānāṃ nastvayā rājan kutaḥ śāntiḥ kutaḥ sukham ॥10-9-41॥
[दुःखं (duḥkham) - sorrow; नूनं (nūnam) - indeed; कुरुश्रेष्ठ (kuruśreṣṭha) - O best of Kurus; चरिष्यामः (cariṣyāmaḥ) - we shall live; महीम् (mahīm) - on the earth; इमाम् (imām) - this; हीनानाम् (hīnānām) - of the deprived; नः (naḥ) - for us; त्वया (tvayā) - by you; राजन् (rājan) - O king; कुतः (kutaḥ) - whence; शान्तिः (śāntiḥ) - peace; कुतः (kutaḥ) - whence; सुखम् (sukham) - happiness;]
(Sorrow indeed, O best of Kurus, we shall live on this earth; for us, deprived by you, O king, whence peace, whence happiness?)
Indeed, O best of Kurus, we shall live in sorrow on this earth; for us, deprived by you, O king, how can there be peace, how can there be happiness?
गत्वैतांस्तु महाराज समेत्य त्वं महारथान्। यथाश्रेष्ठं यथाज्येष्ठं पूजयेर्वचनान्मम ॥१०-९-४२॥
gatvaitāṃstu mahārāja sametya tvaṃ mahārathān। yathāśreṣṭhaṃ yathājyeṣṭhaṃ pūjayervacanān mama ॥10-9-42॥
[गत्व (gatvā) - having gone; एतान् (etān) - these; तु (tu) - but; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; समेत्य (sametya) - having assembled; त्वम् (tvam) - you; महारथान् (mahārathān) - great chariot-warriors; यथा (yathā) - as; श्रेष्ठम् (śreṣṭham) - the best; यथा (yathā) - as; ज्येष्ठम् (jyeṣṭham) - the eldest; पूजयेः (pūjayeḥ) - you should honor; वचनात् (vacanāt) - by the word; मम (mama) - of mine;]
(But having gone to these, O great king, and having assembled the great chariot-warriors, you should honor them as the best and as the eldest, according to my word.)
O great king, after going to these and gathering the great chariot-warriors, you should honor them according to my instructions, giving precedence to the best and the eldest.
आचार्यं पूजयित्वा च केतुं सर्वधनुष्मताम्। हतं मयाद्य शंसेथा धृष्टद्युम्नं नराधिप ॥१०-९-४३॥
ācāryaṃ pūjayitvā ca ketuṃ sarvadhanuṣmatām। hataṃ mayādya śaṃsethā dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ narādhipa ॥10-9-43॥
[आचार्यं (ācāryam) - the teacher; पूजयित्वा (pūjayitvā) - having worshipped; च (ca) - and; केतुं (ketum) - the banner; सर्वधनुष्मताम् (sarvadhanuṣmatām) - of all the bowmen; हतं (hatam) - slain; मया (mayā) - by me; अद्य (adya) - today; शंसेथा (śaṃsethā) - you should proclaim; धृष्टद्युम्नं (dhṛṣṭadyumnam) - Dhṛṣṭadyumna; नराधिप (narādhipa) - O king;]
(Having worshipped the teacher and the banner of all the bowmen, you should proclaim today that Dhṛṣṭadyumna has been slain by me, O king.)
O king, after worshipping the teacher and the banner of all the bowmen, you should announce today that Dhṛṣṭadyumna has been slain by me.
परिष्वजेथा राजानं बाह्लिकं सुमहारथम्। सैन्धवं सोमदत्तं च भूरिश्रवसमेव च ॥१०-९-४४॥
pariṣvajethā rājānaṃ bāhlikaṃ sumahāratham। saindhavaṃ somadattaṃ ca bhūriśravasam-eva ca ॥10-9-44॥
[परिष्वजेथा (pariṣvajethā) - you should embrace; राजानम् (rājānam) - the king; बाह्लिकम् (bāhlikam) - Bahlika; सुमहारथम् (sumahāratham) - the great chariot-warrior; सैन्धवम् (saindhavam) - the Sindhu prince; सोमदत्तम् (somadattam) - Somadatta; च (ca) - and; भूरिश्रवसम् (bhūriśravasam) - Bhurishravas; एव (eva) - indeed; च (ca) - and;]
(You should embrace King Bahlika, the great chariot-warrior, the Sindhu prince Somadatta, and also Bhurishravas indeed and.)
You should embrace King Bahlika, the mighty chariot-warrior, the Sindhu prince Somadatta, and also Bhurishravas.
तथा पूर्वगतानन्यान्स्वर्गं पार्थिवसत्तमान्। अस्मद्वाक्यात्परिष्वज्य पृच्छेथास्त्वमनामयम् ॥१०-९-४५॥
tathā pūrvagatān anyān svargaṃ pārthivasattamān। asmad-vākyāt pariṣvajya pṛcchethās tvam anāmayam ॥10-9-45॥
[तथा (tathā) - thus; पूर्वगतान् (pūrvagatān) - those who have gone before; अन्यान् (anyān) - other; स्वर्गम् (svargam) - heaven; पार्थिवसत्तमान् (pārthivasattamān) - best of kings; अस्मद्वाक्यात् (asmad-vākyāt) - from my words; परिष्वज्य (pariṣvajya) - having embraced; पृच्छेथाः (pṛcchethāḥ) - you should ask; त्वम् (tvam) - you; अनामयम् (anāmayam) - well-being;]
(Thus, having embraced the other best of kings who have gone before to heaven, from my words, you should ask them about their well-being.)
In this way, from my words, you should embrace the other noble kings who have departed to heaven and inquire about their well-being.
इत्येवमुक्त्वा राजानं भग्नसक्थमचेतसम्। अश्वत्थामा समुद्वीक्ष्य पुनर्वचनमब्रवीत् ॥१०-९-४६॥
ityevamuktvā rājānaṃ bhagnasakthamacetasaṃ। aśvatthāmā samudvīkṣya punar vacanam abravīt ॥10-9-46॥
[इति (iti) - thus; एवम् (evam) - in this manner; उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having spoken; राजानम् (rājānam) - the king; भग्नसक्थम् (bhagnasaktham) - with broken thigh; अचेतसम् (acetasaṃ) - unconscious; अश्वत्थामा (aśvatthāmā) - Aśvatthāmā; समुद्वीक्ष्य (samudvīkṣya) - having looked at; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; वचनम् (vacanam) - words; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said;]
(Thus having spoken to the king, who was unconscious with a broken thigh, Aśvatthāmā, having looked (at him), again spoke words.)
After saying this to the king, who was unconscious and had a broken thigh, Aśvatthāmā looked at him and spoke again.
दुर्योधन जीवसि चेद्वाचं श्रोत्रसुखां शृणु। सप्त पाण्डवतः शेषा धार्तराष्ट्रास्त्रयो वयम् ॥१०-९-४७॥
duryodhana jīvas i ced vācaṃ śrotra-sukhāṃ śṛṇu। sapta pāṇḍavataḥ śeṣā dhārtarāṣṭrās trayo vayam ॥10-9-47॥
[दुर्योधन (duryodhana) - Duryodhana; जीवसि (jīvasi) - you are alive; चेत् (cet) - if; वाचम् (vācam) - words; श्रोत्रसुखाम् (śrotra-sukhām) - pleasing to the ear; शृणु (śṛṇu) - hear; सप्त (sapta) - seven; पाण्डवतः (pāṇḍavataḥ) - of the sons of Pandu; शेषाः (śeṣāḥ) - remaining; धार्तराष्ट्राः (dhārtarāṣṭrāḥ) - sons of Dhritarashtra; त्रयः (trayaḥ) - three; वयम् (vayam) - we;]
(Duryodhana, if you are alive, hear words pleasing to the ear: Of the sons of Pandu, seven remain; of the sons of Dhritarashtra, we three.)
Duryodhana, if you are still alive, listen to these pleasant words: Seven sons of Pandu remain, and of the sons of Dhritarashtra, only we three are left.
ते चैव भ्रातरः पञ्च वासुदेवोऽथ सात्यकिः। अहं च कृतवर्मा च कृपः शारद्वतस्तथा ॥१०-९-४८॥
te caiva bhrātaraḥ pañca vāsudevo'tha sātyakiḥ। ahaṃ ca kṛtavarmā ca kṛpaḥ śāradvatas tathā ॥10-9-48॥
[ते (te) - they; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; भ्रातरः (bhrātaraḥ) - brothers; पञ्च (pañca) - five; वासुदेवः (vāsudevaḥ) - Vasudeva (Krishna); अथ (atha) - and; सात्यकिः (sātyakiḥ) - Satyaki; अहं (ahaṃ) - I; च (ca) - and; कृतवर्मा (kṛtavarmā) - Kritavarma; च (ca) - and; कृपः (kṛpaḥ) - Kripa; शारद्वतः (śāradvataḥ) - son of Sharadvat; तथा (tathā) - also;]
(They and indeed the five brothers, Vasudeva and Satyaki, I and Kritavarma and Kripa, the son of Sharadvat, also.)
They, along with the five brothers, Vasudeva (Krishna), Satyaki, myself, Kritavarma, and Kripa, the son of Sharadvat, were also present.
द्रौपदेया हताः सर्वे धृष्टद्युम्नस्य चात्मजाः। पाञ्चाला निहताः सर्वे मत्स्यशेषं च भारत ॥१०-९-४९॥
draupadeyā hatāḥ sarve dhṛṣṭadyumnasya cātmajāḥ। pāñcālā nihatāḥ sarve matsyaśeṣaṃ ca bhārata ॥10-9-49॥
[द्रौपदेयाः (draupadeyāḥ) - sons of Draupadī; हताः (hatāḥ) - killed; सर्वे (sarve) - all; धृष्टद्युम्नस्य (dhṛṣṭadyumnasya) - of Dhṛṣṭadyumna; च (ca) - and; आत्मजाः (ātmajāḥ) - sons; पाञ्चालाः (pāñcālāḥ) - the Pāñcālas; निहताः (nihatāḥ) - slain; सर्वे (sarve) - all; मत्स्यशेषं (matsyaśeṣam) - the remnant of the Matsyas; च (ca) - and; भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata;]
(All the sons of Draupadī and the sons of Dhṛṣṭadyumna have been killed; all the Pāñcālas have been slain, and the remnant of the Matsyas too, O Bhārata.)
O Bhārata, all the sons of Draupadī, the sons of Dhṛṣṭadyumna, all the Pāñcālas, and the remaining Matsyas have been killed.
कृते प्रतिकृतं पश्य हतपुत्रा हि पाण्डवाः। सौप्तिके शिबिरं तेषां हतं सनरवाहनम् ॥१०-९-५०॥
kṛte pratikṛtaṃ paśya hataputrā hi pāṇḍavāḥ। sauptike śibiraṃ teṣāṃ hataṃ sanaravāhanam ॥10-9-50॥
[कृते (kṛte) - when done; प्रतिकृतं (pratikṛtam) - retaliation; पश्य (paśya) - see; हतपुत्राः (hataputrāḥ) - whose sons are slain; हि (hi) - indeed; पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - the Pāṇḍavas; सौप्तिके (sauptike) - in the night attack; शिबिरं (śibiram) - camp; तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them; हतं (hatam) - slain; सनरवाहनम् (sanaravāhanam) - with men and vehicles;]
(When retaliation is done, see, the Pāṇḍavas, whose sons are slain, indeed, in the night attack, their camp, with men and vehicles, is slain.)
See, when retaliation is done, the Pāṇḍavas, whose sons were bereaved of their sons, have had their camp, along with men and vehicles, destroyed in the night attack.
मया च पापकर्मासौ धृष्टद्युम्नो महीपते। प्रविश्य शिबिरं रात्रौ पशुमारेण मारितः ॥१०-९-५१॥
mayā ca pāpakarmāsau dhṛṣṭadyumno mahīpate। praviśya śibiraṃ rātrau paśumāreṇa māritaḥ ॥10-9-51॥
[मया (mayā) - by me; च (ca) - and; पापकर्मा (pāpakarmā) - wicked-deed-doer; असौ (asau) - this; धृष्टद्युम्नः (dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ) - Dhṛṣṭadyumna; महीपते (mahīpate) - O king; प्रविश्य (praviśya) - having entered; शिबिरं (śibiram) - camp; रात्रौ (rātrau) - at night; पशुमारेण (paśumāreṇa) - with the weapon for animal slaughter; मारितः (māritaḥ) - was killed;]
(By me and this wicked-deed-doer Dhṛṣṭadyumna, O king, having entered the camp at night, was killed with the weapon for animal slaughter.)
O king, it was I who killed this wicked Dhṛṣṭadyumna at night in the camp, using the weapon meant for animal slaughter.
दुर्योधनस्तु तां वाचं निशम्य मनसः प्रियाम्। प्रतिलभ्य पुनश्चेत इदं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥१०-९-५२॥
duryodhanas tu tāṃ vācaṃ niśamya manasaḥ priyām। pratilabhya punaś cet idaṃ vacanam abravīt ॥10-9-52॥
[दुर्योधनः (duryodhanaḥ) - Duryodhana; तु (tu) - but; ताम् (tām) - that; वाचम् (vācam) - speech; निशम्य (niśamya) - having heard; मनसः (manasaḥ) - to the mind; प्रियाम् (priyām) - dear; प्रतिलभ्य (pratilabhya) - having regained; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; चेत (cet) - consciousness; इदम् (idam) - this; वचनम् (vacanam) - speech; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said;]
(But Duryodhana, having heard that dear speech to his mind, having regained consciousness again, said this speech.)
But Duryodhana, after hearing those words that were dear to his heart and regaining his composure, spoke as follows.
न मेऽकरोत्तद्गाङ्गेयो न कर्णो न च ते पिता। यत्त्वया कृपभोजाभ्यां सहितेनाद्य मे कृतम् ॥१०-९-५३॥
na me'karottadgāṅgeyo na karṇo na ca te pitā। yattvayā kṛpabhojābhyāṃ sahitenādya me kṛtam ॥10-9-53॥
[न (na) - not; मे (me) - by me; अकरोत् (akarot) - was done; तत् (tat) - that; गाङ्गेयः (gāṅgeyaḥ) - Gāṅgeya (Bhīṣma); न (na) - not; कर्णः (karṇaḥ) - Karṇa; न (na) - not; च (ca) - and; ते (te) - your; पिता (pitā) - father; यत् (yat) - which; त्वया (tvayā) - by you; कृपभोजाभ्याम् (kṛpabhojābhyām) - by Kṛpa and Bhoja (Aśvatthāma and Kṛtavarman, the two warriors); सहितेन (sahitena) - together with; अद्य (adya) - today; मे (me) - to me; कृतम् (kṛtam) - has been done;]
(Not by me was that done by Gāṅgeya, not Karṇa, nor your father; which by you, together with Kṛpa and Bhoja, today to me has been done.)
Neither I, nor Bhīṣma, nor Karṇa, nor your father did what you, along with Kṛpa and Bhoja, have done to me today.
स चेत्सेनापतिः क्षुद्रो हतः सार्धं शिखण्डिना। तेन मन्ये मघवता सममात्मानमद्य वै ॥१०-९-५४॥
sa cetsenāpatiḥ kṣudro hataḥ sārdhaṃ śikhaṇḍinā। tena manye maghavatā samamātmānamadya vai ॥10-9-54॥
[स (sa) - he; चेत् (cet) - if; सेनापतिः (senāpatiḥ) - the commander; क्षुद्रः (kṣudraḥ) - low; हतः (hataḥ) - killed; सार्धं (sārdham) - together with; शिखण्डिना (śikhaṇḍinā) - by Śikhaṇḍin; तेन (tena) - by him; मन्ये (manye) - I think; मघवता (maghavatā) - with Indra; समम् (samam) - equal; आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - himself; अद्य (adya) - today; वै (vai) - indeed;]
(He, if the commander, low, killed, together with Śikhaṇḍin, by him, I think, with Indra, equal, himself, today, indeed.)
If the commander, though low, has been killed together with Śikhaṇḍin, then today I think he has made himself equal to Indra indeed.
स्वस्ति प्राप्नुत भद्रं वः स्वर्गे नः सङ्गमः पुनः। इत्येवमुक्त्वा तूष्णीं स कुरुराजो महामनाः ॥ प्राणानुदसृजद्वीरः सुहृदां शोकमादधत् ॥१०-९-५५॥
svasti prāpnuta bhadraṃ vaḥ svarge naḥ saṅgamaḥ punaḥ। ityevamuktvā tūṣṇīṃ sa kururājo mahāmanāḥ ॥ prāṇānudasṛjadvīraḥ suhṛdāṃ śokamādadhat ॥10-9-55॥
[स्वस्ति (svasti) - well-being; प्राप्नुत (prāpnuta) - may you attain; भद्रं (bhadraṃ) - good; वः (vaḥ) - to you; स्वर्गे (svarge) - in heaven; नः (naḥ) - our; सङ्गमः (saṅgamaḥ) - meeting; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; इति (iti) - thus; एवम् (evam) - in this way; उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said; तूष्णीं (tūṣṇīm) - silently; स (sa) - he; कुरुराजः (kururājaḥ) - the king of the Kurus; महामनाः (mahāmanāḥ) - great-minded; प्राणान् (prāṇān) - life-breaths; उदसृजत् (udasṛjat) - released; वीरः (vīraḥ) - the hero; सुहृदां (suhṛdāṃ) - of friends; शोकम् (śokam) - grief; आदधत् (ādadhat) - causing;]
(Well-being may you attain, good to you, in heaven our meeting again. Thus having said, silently, he, the king of the Kurus, great-minded, released life-breaths, the hero, causing grief of friends.)
"May you attain well-being and good, may we meet again in heaven." Having said this, the great-minded king of the Kurus fell silent and released his life, causing grief to his friends.
तथेति ते परिष्वक्ताः परिष्वज्य च तं नृपम्। पुनः पुनः प्रेक्षमाणाः स्वकानारुरुहू रथान् ॥१०-९-५६॥
tatheti te pariṣvaktāḥ pariṣvajya ca taṃ nṛpam। punaḥ punaḥ prekṣamāṇāḥ svakān āruḥū rathān ॥10-9-56॥
[तथा (tathā) - thus; इति (iti) - so; ते (te) - they; परिष्वक्ताः (pariṣvaktāḥ) - embraced; परिष्वज्य (pariṣvajya) - having embraced; च (ca) - and; तम् (tam) - him; नृपम् (nṛpam) - king; पुनः पुनः (punaḥ punaḥ) - again and again; प्रेक्षमाणाः (prekṣamāṇāḥ) - looking at; स्वकान् (svakān) - their own; आरुरुहू (āruḥū) - ascended; रथान् (rathān) - chariots;]
(Thus, so, they embraced, having embraced, and, him, the king; again and again, looking at, their own, ascended, chariots.)
Thus, having embraced the king again and again, they looked at him and then ascended their own chariots.
इत्येवं तव पुत्रस्य निशम्य करुणां गिरम्। प्रत्यूषकाले शोकार्तः प्राधावं नगरं प्रति ॥१०-९-५७॥
ityevaṃ tava putrasya niśamya karuṇāṃ giram। pratyūṣakāle śokārtaḥ prādhāvaṃ nagaraṃ prati ॥10-9-57॥
[इति (iti) - thus; एवम् (evam) - in this way; तव (tava) - your; पुत्रस्य (putrasya) - son's; निशम्य (niśamya) - having heard; करुणां (karuṇām) - piteous; गिरम् (giram) - speech; प्रत्यूषकाले (pratyūṣakāle) - at dawn; शोकार्तः (śokārtaḥ) - afflicted by grief; प्राधावम् (prādhāvam) - I ran; नगरं (nagaraṃ) - to the city; प्रति (prati) - towards;]
(Thus, in this way, having heard your son's piteous speech, at dawn, afflicted by grief, I ran towards the city.)
Having heard your son's piteous words in this way, I, afflicted by grief, ran towards the city at dawn.
तव पुत्रे गते स्वर्गं शोकार्तस्य ममानघ। ऋषिदत्तं प्रनष्टं तद्दिव्यदर्शित्वमद्य वै ॥१०-९-५८॥
tava putre gate svargaṃ śokārtasya mamānagha। ṛṣidattaṃ pranaṣṭaṃ taddivyadarśitvamadya vai ॥10-9-58॥
[तव (tava) - your; पुत्रे (putre) - son; गते (gate) - having gone; स्वर्गं (svargaṃ) - to heaven; शोकार्तस्य (śokārtasya) - of the one afflicted with grief; मम (mama) - my; अनघ (anagha) - O sinless one; ऋषिदत्तं (ṛṣidattaṃ) - given by the sage; प्रनष्टं (pranaṣṭaṃ) - lost; तत् (tat) - that; दिव्यदर्शित्वम् (divyadarśitvam) - divine vision; अद्य (adya) - today; वै (vai) - indeed;]
(Your son having gone to heaven, my divine vision given by the sage, O sinless one, is lost today indeed, of the one afflicted with grief.)
O sinless one, since your son has gone to heaven, my divine vision given by the sage is lost today, as I am afflicted with grief.
वैशम्पायन उवाच॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca॥
[वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) - Vaiśampāyana; (name of the sage); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Vaiśampāyana said;)
Vaiśampāyana said:
इति श्रुत्वा स नृपतिः पुत्रज्ञातिवधं तदा। निःश्वस्य दीर्घमुष्णं च ततश्चिन्तापरोऽभवत् ॥१०-९-५९॥
iti śrutvā sa nṛpatiḥ putrajñātivadhaṃ tadā। niḥśvasya dīrghamuṣṇaṃ ca tataścintāparo'bhavat ॥10-9-59॥
[इति (iti) - thus; श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard; सः (saḥ) - he; नृपतिः (nṛpatiḥ) - the king; पुत्र (putra) - son; ज्ञाति (jñāti) - kinsmen; वधं (vadhaṃ) - slaying; तदा (tadā) - then; निःश्वस्य (niḥśvasya) - having sighed; दीर्घम् (dīrgham) - long; उष्णं (uṣṇam) - hot; च (ca) - and; ततः (tataḥ) - thereafter; चिन्तापरः (cintāparaḥ) - absorbed in thought; अभवत् (abhavat) - became;]
(Thus having heard, he, the king, the slaying of son and kinsmen then, having sighed long and hot, and thereafter became absorbed in thought.)
Having heard this, the king, upon learning of the killing of his son and kinsmen, sighed deeply and hotly, and then became absorbed in thought.
