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वैशम्पायन उवाच॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca॥
[वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) - Vaiśampāyana; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Vaiśampāyana said:)
Vaiśampāyana said:
तस्यां रात्र्यां व्यतीतायां धृष्टद्युम्नस्य सारथिः। शशंस धर्मराजाय सौप्तिके कदनं कृतम् ॥१०-१०-१॥
tasyāṃ rātryāṃ vyatītāyāṃ dhṛṣṭadyumnasya sārathiḥ। śaśaṃsa dharmarājāya sauptike kadanaṃ kṛtam ॥10-10-1॥
[तस्यां (tasyāṃ) - in that; (fem. loc. sg.); रात्र्यां (rātryāṃ) - night; (loc. sg.); व्यतीतायां (vyatītāyāṃ) - having passed; (fem. loc. sg.); धृष्टद्युम्नस्य (dhṛṣṭadyumnasya) - of Dhṛṣṭadyumna; (gen. sg.); सारथिः (sārathiḥ) - the charioteer; (nom. sg.); शशंस (śaśaṃsa) - reported; धर्मराजाय (dharmarājāya) - to Dharmarāja; (dat. sg.); सौप्तिके (sauptike) - in the night attack; (loc. sg.); कदनं (kadanam) - slaughter; (acc. sg.); कृतम् (kṛtam) - done; (acc. sg. n.);]
(In that night having passed, the charioteer of Dhṛṣṭadyumna reported to Dharmarāja the slaughter done in the night attack.)
After that night had passed, Dhṛṣṭadyumna's charioteer reported to Yudhishthira about the massacre that had occurred during the night attack.
द्रौपदेया महाराज द्रुपदस्यात्मजैः सह। प्रमत्ता निशि विश्वस्ताः स्वपन्तः शिबिरे स्वके ॥१०-१०-२॥
draupadeyā mahārāja drupadasyātmajaiḥ saha। pramattā niśi viśvastāḥ svapantaḥ śibire svake ॥10-10-2॥
[द्रौपदेया (draupadeyāḥ) - the sons of Draupadī; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; द्रुपदस्यात्मजैः (drupadasya ātmajaiḥ) - with the sons of Drupada; सह (saha) - together; प्रमत्ता (pramattāḥ) - careless; निशि (niśi) - at night; विश्वस्ताः (viśvastāḥ) - trusting; स्वपन्तः (svapantaḥ) - sleeping; शिबिरे (śibire) - in the camp; स्वके (svake) - in their own;]
(O great king, the sons of Draupadī, together with the sons of Drupada, careless, trusting, at night, were sleeping in their own camp.)
O great king, the sons of Draupadī, along with the sons of Drupada, were sleeping in their own camp at night, careless and trusting.
कृतवर्मणा नृशंसेन गौतमेन कृपेण च। अश्वत्थाम्ना च पापेन हतं वः शिबिरं निशि ॥१०-१०-३॥
kṛtavarmanā nṛśaṃsena gautamena kṛpeṇa ca। aśvatthāmnā ca pāpena hataṃ vaḥ śibiraṃ niśi ॥10-10-3॥
[कृतवर्मणा (kṛtavarmanā) - by Kṛtavarman; नृशंसेन (nṛśaṃsena) - by the cruel one; गौतमेन (gautamena) - by Gautama (Kṛpa); कृपेण (kṛpeṇa) - by Kṛpa; च (ca) - and; अश्वत्थाम्ना (aśvatthāmnā) - by Aśvatthāman; च (ca) - and; पापेन (pāpena) - by the wicked; हतं (hataṃ) - slain; वः (vaḥ) - your; शिबिरं (śibiraṃ) - camp; निशि (niśi) - at night;]
(By Kṛtavarman, by the cruel one, by Gautama (Kṛpa), and by Kṛpa, and by Aśvatthāman, and by the wicked, your camp was slain at night.)
Your camp was destroyed at night by Kṛtavarman, the cruel Gautama (Kṛpa), and the wicked Aśvatthāman.
एतैर्नरगजाश्वानां प्रासशक्तिपरश्वधैः। सहस्राणि निकृन्तद्भिर्निःशेषं ते बलं कृतम् ॥१०-१०-४॥
etair naragajāśvānāṃ prāśaśaktiparaśvadhaiḥ। sahasrāṇi nikṛntadbhir niḥśeṣaṃ te balaṃ kṛtam ॥10-10-4॥
[एतैः (etaiḥ) - by these; नरगजाश्वानाम् (naragajāśvānām) - of men, elephants, and horses; प्रासशक्तिपरश्वधैः (prāśaśaktiparaśvadhaiḥ) - with spears, darts, and battle-axes; सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands; निकृन्तद्भिः (nikṛntadbhih) - cutting down; निःशेषम् (niḥśeṣam) - completely; ते (te) - their; बलम् (balam) - army; कृतम् (kṛtam) - was made;]
(By these, with spears, darts, and battle-axes, thousands of men, elephants, and horses, cutting down completely, their army was made (destroyed).)
By these weapons, thousands of men, elephants, and horses were completely cut down, and their entire army was destroyed.
छिद्यमानस्य महतो वनस्येव परश्वधैः। शुश्रुवे सुमहाञ्शब्दो बलस्य तव भारत ॥१०-१०-५॥
chidyamānasya mahato vanasyeva paraśvadhaiḥ। śuśruve sumahāñśabdo balasya tava bhārata ॥10-10-5॥
[छिद्यमानस्य (chidyamānasya) - being cut; महतः (mahataḥ) - great; वनस्य (vanasya) - of the forest; इव (iva) - like; परश्वधैः (paraśvadhaiḥ) - by axes; शुश्रुवे (śuśruve) - was heard; सुमहान् (sumahān) - very great; शब्दः (śabdaḥ) - sound; बलस्य (balasya) - of the army; तव (tava) - your; भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata;]
(The very great sound of your army, O Bhārata, was heard like (the sound) of a great forest being cut by axes.)
O Bhārata, the mighty sound of your army was heard, resembling the sound of a great forest being felled by axes.
अहमेकोऽवशिष्टस्तु तस्मात्सैन्यान्महीपते। मुक्तः कथञ्चिद्धर्मात्मन्व्यग्रस्य कृतवर्मणः ॥१०-१०-६॥
ahameko'vaśiṣṭastu tasmātsainyānmahīpate। muktaḥ kathaṃciddharmātmanyyagrasya kṛtavarmaṇaḥ ॥10-10-6॥
[अहम् (aham) - I; एकः (ekaḥ) - alone; अवशिष्टः (avaśiṣṭaḥ) - remaining; तु (tu) - but; तस्मात् (tasmāt) - from that; सैन्यान् (sainyān) - armies; महीपते (mahīpate) - O king; मुक्तः (muktaḥ) - released; कथञ्चित् (kathaṃcit) - somehow; धर्मात्मन् (dharmātman) - O righteous one; व्यग्रस्य (vyagrasya) - being distracted; कृतवर्मणः (kṛtavarmaṇaḥ) - by Kṛtavarman;]
(I alone but remaining from that armies, O king, released somehow, O righteous one, being distracted by Kṛtavarman.)
O king, I alone survived from those armies, having somehow escaped while Kṛtavarman was distracted, O righteous one.
तच्छ्रुत्वा वाक्यमशिवं कुन्तीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः। पपात मह्यां दुर्धर्षः पुत्रशोकसमन्वितः ॥१०-१०-७॥
tac chrutvā vākyam aśivaṃ kuntī-putro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ। papāta mahyāṃ durdharṣaḥ putra-śoka-samanvitaḥ ॥10-10-7॥
[तत् (tat) - that; श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard; वाक्यम् (vākyam) - words; अशिवम् (aśivam) - inauspicious; कुन्तीपुत्रः (kuntī-putraḥ) - Kunti's son; युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhishthira; पपात (papāta) - fell; महि्याम् (mahyām) - on the ground; दुर्धर्षः (durdharṣaḥ) - the unshakable one; पुत्रशोकसमन्वितः (putra-śoka-samanvitaḥ) - overcome with grief for his son;]
(Having heard those inauspicious words, Kunti's son Yudhishthira, the unshakable one, fell to the ground, overcome with grief for his son.)
When Yudhishthira, Kunti's son, heard those ominous words, the steadfast hero collapsed to the ground, overwhelmed by grief for his son.
तं पतन्तमभिक्रम्य परिजग्राह सात्यकिः। भीमसेनोऽर्जुनश्चैव माद्रीपुत्रौ च पाण्डवौ ॥१०-१०-८॥
taṃ patantam abhikramya parijagrāha sātyakiḥ। bhīmaseno'rjunaścaiva mādrīputrau ca pāṇḍavau ॥10-10-8॥
[तं (taṃ) - him; पतन्तम् (patantam) - falling; अभिक्रम्य (abhikramya) - approaching; परिजग्राह (parijagrāha) - seized; सात्यकिः (sātyakiḥ) - Satyaki; भीमसेनः (bhīmasenaḥ) - Bhimasena; अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - also; माद्रीपुत्रौ (mādrīputrau) - the sons of Madri; च (ca) - and; पाण्डवौ (pāṇḍavau) - the Pandavas;]
(Satyaki, having approached the falling him, seized (him); Bhimasena and Arjuna also, and the sons of Madri, the Pandavas.)
Satyaki approached and seized him as he was falling; Bhimasena, Arjuna, and the sons of Madri—the Pandavas—also did so.
लब्धचेतास्तु कौन्तेयः शोकविह्वलया गिरा। जित्वा शत्रूञ्जितः पश्चात्पर्यदेवयदातुरः ॥१०-१०-९॥
labdhacetāstu kaunteyaḥ śokavihvalayā girā। jitvā śatrūñjitaḥ paścāt paryadevayadāturaḥ ॥10-10-9॥
[लब्ध (labdha) - having regained; चेताः (cetāḥ) - consciousness; तु (tu) - but; कौन्तेयः (kaunteyaḥ) - the son of Kunti; शोकविह्वलया (śokavihvalayā) - with a voice choked with grief; गिरा (girā) - with speech; जित्वा (jitvā) - having conquered; शत्रून् (śatrūn) - enemies; जितः (jitaḥ) - the conqueror; पश्चात् (paścāt) - afterwards; पर्यदेवयत् (paryadevayat) - lamented; आतुरः (āturaḥ) - distressed;]
(But having regained consciousness, the son of Kunti, with a voice choked with grief, having conquered his enemies, the conqueror, afterwards lamented, distressed.)
But when he regained consciousness, the son of Kunti, his voice choked with grief, lamented in distress after conquering his enemies.
दुर्विदा गतिरर्थानामपि ये दिव्यचक्षुषः। जीयमाना जयन्त्यन्ये जयमाना वयं जिताः ॥१०-१०-१०॥
dur-vidā gatir-arthānām-api ye divya-cakṣuṣaḥ। jīyamānā jayanti anye jayamānā vayaṃ jitāḥ ॥10-10-10॥
[दुर्विदा (dur-vidā) - difficult to know; गतिः (gatiḥ) - the course; अर्थानाम् (arthānām) - of things; अपि (api) - even; ये (ye) - those who; दिव्यचक्षुषः (divya-cakṣuṣaḥ) - with divine vision; जीयमाना (jīyamānā) - being conquered; जयन्ति (jayanti) - conquer; अन्ये (anye) - others; जयमाना (jayamānā) - conquering; वयम् (vayam) - we; जिताः (jitāḥ) - are conquered;]
(The course of things is difficult to know, even for those with divine vision. Others, being conquered, conquer; we, conquering, are conquered.)
The way of events is hard to discern, even for those with divine sight. Sometimes, those who seem to be defeated actually win, and we, though victorious, are truly overcome.
हत्वा भ्रातॄन्वयस्यांश्च पितॄन्पुत्रान्सुहृद्गणान्। बन्धूनमात्यान्पौत्रांश्च जित्वा सर्वाञ्जिता वयम् ॥१०-१०-११॥
hatvā bhrātṝn vayasyāṁś ca pitṝn putrān suhṛd-gaṇān | bandhūn amātyān pautrāṁś ca jitvā sarvān jitā vayam ॥10-10-11॥
[हत्वा (hatvā) - having killed; भ्रातॄन् (bhrātṝn) - brothers; वयस्यान् (vayasyān) - friends of the same age; च (ca) - and; पितॄन् (pitṝn) - fathers; पुत्रान् (putrān) - sons; सुहृद्गणान् (suhṛd-gaṇān) - groups of well-wishers; बन्धून् (bandhūn) - relatives; अमात्यान् (amātyān) - ministers; पौत्रान् (pautrān) - grandsons; च (ca) - and; जित्वा (jitvā) - having conquered; सर्वान् (sarvān) - all; जिताः (jitāḥ) - conquerors; वयम् (vayam) - we;]
(Having killed brothers, friends of the same age, fathers, sons, groups of well-wishers, relatives, ministers, grandsons, and having conquered all, we are conquerors.)
If we kill brothers, friends, fathers, sons, well-wishers, relatives, ministers, and grandsons, and conquer everyone, what victory is left for us?
अनर्थो ह्यर्थसङ्काशस्तथार्थोऽनर्थदर्शनः। जयोऽयमजयाकारो जयस्तस्मात्पराजयः ॥१०-१०-१२॥
anartho hy arthasaṅkāśas tathārtho'narthadarśanaḥ। jayo'yam ajayākāro jay as tasmāt parājayaḥ ॥10-10-12॥
[अनर्थः (anarthaḥ) - misfortune; हि (hi) - indeed; अर्थसङ्काशः (arthasaṅkāśaḥ) - appearing as fortune; तथा (tathā) - similarly; अर्थः (arthaḥ) - fortune; अनर्थदर्शनः (anarthadarśanaḥ) - appearing as misfortune; जयः (jayaḥ) - victory; अयम् (ayam) - this; अजयाकारः (ajayākāraḥ) - having the form of defeat; जयः (jayaḥ) - victory; तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore; पराजयः (parājayaḥ) - defeat;]
(Misfortune indeed appearing as fortune, similarly fortune appearing as misfortune. This victory has the form of defeat; therefore, victory is defeat.)
Sometimes, misfortune appears as fortune and fortune appears as misfortune. This victory seems like defeat; therefore, victory can actually be defeat.
यं जित्वा तप्यते पश्चादापन्न इव दुर्मतिः। कथं मन्येत विजयं ततो जिततरः परैः ॥१०-१०-१३॥
yaṃ jitvā tapyate paścād āpanna iva durmatiḥ। kathaṃ manyeta vijayaṃ tato jitataraḥ paraiḥ ॥10-10-13॥
[यं (yaṃ) - whom; जित्वा (jitvā) - having conquered; तप्यते (tapyate) - is tormented; पश्चात् (paścāt) - afterwards; आपन्न (āpanna) - afflicted; इव (iva) - as if; दुर्मतिः (durmatiḥ) - a person of evil mind; कथं (kathaṃ) - how; मन्येत (manyeta) - could consider; विजयम् (vijayam) - victory; ततः (tataḥ) - then; जिततरः (jitataraḥ) - more victorious; परैः (paraiḥ) - than others;]
(Whom, having conquered, one is tormented afterwards, as if afflicted, a person of evil mind—how could he consider victory, then, as being more victorious than others?)
If, after conquering someone, a person of evil mind is tormented as if afflicted, how could he consider that victory to be greater than victories over others?
येषामर्थाय पापस्य धिग्जयस्य सुहृद्वधे। निर्जितैरप्रमत्तैर्हि विजिता जितकाशिनः ॥१०-१०-१४॥
yeṣām arthāya pāpasya dhig-jayasya suhṛd-vadhe | nirjitair apramattair hi vijitā jitakāśinaḥ ॥10-10-14॥
[येषाम् (yeṣām) - of whom; अर्थाय (arthāya) - for the sake of; पापस्य (pāpasya) - of sin; धिक् (dhik) - condemnation; जयस्य (jayasya) - of victory; सुहृत् (suhṛt) - of friends; वधे (vadhe) - in the killing; निर्जितैः (nirjitaiḥ) - by those who have conquered; अप्रमत्तैः (apramattaiḥ) - by those who are not careless; हि (hi) - indeed; विजिताः (vijitāḥ) - are conquered; जितकाशिनः (jitakāśinaḥ) - those who desire victory;]
(Of whom, for the sake of sin, condemnation of victory, in the killing of friends; by those who have conquered, by those who are not careless indeed, are conquered, those who desire victory.)
Those for whom victory is achieved by sinful acts and the killing of friends—such conquerors, though victorious, are truly defeated, for they are overcome by their own desire for victory.
कर्णिनालीकदंष्ट्रस्य खड्गजिह्वस्य संयुगे। चापव्यात्तस्य रौद्रस्य ज्यातलस्वननादिनः ॥१०-१०-१५॥
karṇinālīka-daṃṣṭrasya khaḍga-jihvasya saṃyuge। cāpa-vyāttasya raudrasya jyā-tala-svananādinaḥ ॥10-10-15॥
[कर्णिनालीकदंष्ट्रस्य (karṇinālīka-daṃṣṭrasya) - of one whose fangs are like the tusks of an elephant; खड्गजिह्वस्य (khaḍga-jihvasya) - whose tongue is like a sword; संयुगे (saṃyuge) - in battle; चापव्यात्तस्य (cāpa-vyāttasya) - whose bow is drawn; रौद्रस्य (raudrasya) - of the fierce one; ज्यातलस्वननादिनः (jyā-tala-svananādinaḥ) - resounding with the twang of the bowstring;]
(Of one whose fangs are like the tusks of an elephant, whose tongue is like a sword, in battle, whose bow is drawn, of the fierce one, resounding with the twang of the bowstring.)
In battle, the fierce one, whose fangs were like elephant tusks and whose tongue was like a sword, with his bow drawn, resounded with the twang of the bowstring.
क्रुद्धस्य नरसिंहस्य सङ्ग्रामेष्वपलायिनः। ये व्यमुच्यन्त कर्णस्य प्रमादात्त इमे हताः ॥१०-१०-१६॥
kruddhasya nara-siṃhasya saṅgrāmeṣu apalāyinaḥ। ye vyamucyanta karṇasya pramādāt te ime hatāḥ ॥10-10-16॥
[क्रुद्धस्य (kruddhasya) - of the enraged; नरसिंहस्य (nara-siṃhasya) - of the lion among men; सङ्ग्रामेषु (saṅgrāmeṣu) - in battles; अपलायिनः (apalāyinaḥ) - who did not flee; ये (ye) - who; व्यमुच्यन्त (vyamucyanta) - were released; कर्णस्य (karṇasya) - by Karna; प्रमादात् (pramādāt) - due to negligence; ते (te) - they; इमे (ime) - these; हताः (hatāḥ) - were slain;]
(Of the enraged lion among men, those who did not flee in battles, who were released by Karna due to negligence, these here were slain.)
Those who did not flee in battle from the enraged lion among men, and whom Karna released through his negligence, these are the ones who have now been slain.
रथह्रदं शरवर्षोर्मिमन्तं; रत्नाचितं वाहनराजियुक्तम्। शक्त्यृष्टिमीनध्वजनागनक्रं; शरासनावर्तमहेषुफेनम् ॥१०-१०-१७॥
rathahradaṃ śaravarṣormimantaṃ; ratnācitaṃ vāhanarājiyuktam। śaktyṛṣṭimīnadhvajanāganakraṃ; śarāsanāvartamaheṣuphenam ॥10-10-17॥
[रथह्रदं (rathahradam) - chariot-lake; शरवर्ष (śaravarṣa) - of arrow-rain; उर्मिमन्तं (urmimantam) - having waves; रत्नाचितं (ratnācitam) - adorned with jewels; वाहनराजियुक्तम् (vāhanarājiyuktam) - joined with rows of vehicles; शक्त्यृष्टिमीन (śaktyṛṣṭimīna) - with spears and lances as fish; ध्वजनागनक्रं (dhvajanāganakram) - with banners, elephants, and crocodiles; शरासनावर्त (śarāsanāvarta) - with bows as whirlpools; महेषुफेनम् (maheṣuphenam) - with great arrows as foam;]
(A chariot-lake, having waves of arrow-rain; adorned with jewels, joined with rows of vehicles; with spears and lances as fish, with banners, elephants, and crocodiles; with bows as whirlpools, with great arrows as foam.)
It was like a lake of chariots, its waves formed by showers of arrows; adorned with jewels and lined with rows of vehicles; spears and lances appeared as fish, banners, elephants, and crocodiles moved within it; bows formed its whirlpools, and great arrows its foam.
सङ्ग्रामचन्द्रोदयवेगवेलं; द्रोणार्णवं ज्यातलनेमिघोषम्। ये तेरुरुच्चावचशस्त्रनौभि; स्ते राजपुत्रा निहताः प्रमादात् ॥१०-१०-१८॥
saṅgrāmacandrodaya-vega-velaṃ; droṇārṇavaṃ jyātala-nemi-ghoṣam। ye terur uccāvaca-śastra-naubhiḥ; te rājaputrā nihatāḥ pramādāt ॥10-10-18॥
[सङ्ग्राम (saṅgrāma) - battle; चन्द्र (candra) - moon; उदय (udaya) - rise; वेग (vega) - speed; वेलं (velaṃ) - wave; द्रोण (droṇa) - Droṇa; अर्णवम् (arṇavam) - ocean; ज्या (jyā) - bowstring; तल (tala) - surface; नेमि (nemi) - wheel-rim; घोषम् (ghoṣam) - sound; ये (ye) - those; तेरुः (teruḥ) - crossed; उच्चावच (uccāvaca) - high and low; शस्त्र (śastra) - weapons; नौभिः (naubhiḥ) - with boats; ते (te) - they; राजपुत्राः (rājaputrāḥ) - princes; निहताः (nihatāḥ) - slain; प्रमादात् (pramādāt) - due to negligence;]
(The wave of the speed of the rising moon of battle; the ocean of Droṇa, the sound of bowstring and wheel-rim. Those who crossed with boats of high and low weapons; those princes were slain due to negligence.)
The princes, who crossed the ocean of Droṇa's battle—whose waves were the speed of the rising moon, and whose sounds were the bowstrings and wheel-rims of chariots, using boats of various weapons—were slain due to their own negligence.
न हि प्रमादात्परमोऽस्ति कश्चि; द्वधो नराणामिह जीवलोके। प्रमत्तमर्था हि नरं समन्ता; त्त्यजन्त्यनर्थाश्च समाविशन्ति ॥१०-१०-१९॥
na hi pramādāt paramo'sti kaści; dvadho narāṇāmiha jīvaloke. pramattam arthā hi naraṃ samantā; tyajanty anarthāś ca samāviśanti ॥10-10-19॥
[न (na) - not; हि (hi) - indeed; प्रमादात् (pramādāt) - from negligence; परमः (paramaḥ) - greater; अस्ति (asti) - there is; कश्चित् (kaścit) - anyone; द्वधः (dvadhaḥ) - more dangerous; नराणाम् (narāṇām) - of men; इह (iha) - here; जीवलोके (jīvaloke) - in the world of living beings; प्रमत्तम् (pramattam) - negligent; अर्थाः (arthāḥ) - objects (of desire); हि (hi) - indeed; नरम् (naram) - a man; समन्तात् (samantāt) - from all sides; त्यजन्ति (tyajanti) - abandon; अनर्थाः (anarthāḥ) - misfortunes; च (ca) - and; समाविशन्ति (samāviśanti) - enter; ॥१०-१०-१९॥ (॥10-10-19॥) - (verse number);]
(Not indeed is there anything greater than negligence; here in the world of men, nothing is more dangerous. Objects (of desire) indeed abandon a negligent man from all sides; and misfortunes enter.)
There is nothing more dangerous than negligence; in this world of men, nothing is worse. When a man is negligent, all desirable things leave him from every side, and misfortunes come upon him.
ध्वजोत्तमाग्रोच्छ्रितधूमकेतुं; शरार्चिषं कोपमहासमीरम्। महाधनुर्ज्यातलनेमिघोषं; तनुत्रनानाविधशस्त्रहोमम् ॥१०-१०-२०॥
dhvajottamāgrocchritadhūmaketuṃ; śarārciṣaṃ kopamahāsamīram। mahādhanurjyātalanemighoṣaṃ; tanutranānāvidhaśastrahomam ॥10-10-20॥
[ध्वज-उत्तम-अग्र-उच्छ्रित-धूम-केतुं (dhvaja-uttama-agra-ucchrita-dhūma-ketuṃ) - banner-best-top-raised-smoke-banner; शर-अर्चिषं (śara-arciṣaṃ) - arrow-flame; कोप-महा-समीरम् (kopa-mahā-samīram) - anger-great-wind; महा-धनुः-ज्या-तल-नेमि-घोषं (mahā-dhanuḥ-jyā-tala-nemi-ghoṣaṃ) - great-bow-string-surface-rim-sound; तनुत्र-नाना-विध-शस्त्र-होमम् (tanutra-nānā-vidha-śastra-homam) - body-various-kinds-weapons-sacrifice;]
(With the best of banners at the top raised like a smoke-banner; with arrow-flames, a great wind of anger; with the sound of the rim and string of the great bow; with the sacrifice of various kinds of weapons by the body.)
With the foremost banner raised high like a plume of smoke, with arrows blazing like flames, a mighty wind of wrath, the great bow resounding, and the body offering a sacrifice of many kinds of weapons.
महाचमूकक्षवराभिपन्नं; महाहवे भीष्ममहादवाग्निम्। ये सेहुरात्तायतशस्त्रवेगं; ते राजपुत्रा निहताः प्रमादात् ॥१०-१०-२१॥
mahā-camū-kakṣa-varābhipannaṃ; mahā-have bhīṣma-mahā-davāgnim। ye sehur āttāyata-śastra-vegaṃ; te rāja-putrā nihatāḥ pramādāt ॥10-10-21॥
[महाचमूकक्ष (mahā-camū-kakṣa) - the great army's division; वर (vara) - excellent; अभिपन्नं (abhipannaṃ) - attacked; महाहवे (mahā-have) - in the great battle; भीष्ममहादवाग्निम् (bhīṣma-mahā-davāgnim) - the great forest fire that is Bhishma; ये (ye) - who; सेहुः (sehuḥ) - endured; आत्तायतशस्त्रवेगं (āttāyata-śastra-vegaṃ) - the force of drawn and stretched weapons; ते (te) - those; राजपुत्राः (rāja-putrāḥ) - princes; निहताः (nihatāḥ) - were slain; प्रमादात् (pramādāt) - due to carelessness;]
(The great army's division, excellent, attacked; in the great battle, the great forest fire that is Bhishma; who endured the force of drawn and stretched weapons; those princes were slain due to carelessness.)
The excellent division of the great army, having attacked Bhishma, the great forest fire in the great battle, those princes who endured the force of drawn and stretched weapons were slain due to carelessness.
न हि प्रमत्तेन नरेण लभ्या; विद्या तपः श्रीर्विपुलं यशो वा। पश्याप्रमादेन निहत्य शत्रू; न्सर्वान्महेन्द्रं सुखमेधमानम् ॥१०-१०-२२॥
na hi pramattena nareṇa labhyā; vidyā tapaḥ śrīr vipulaṃ yaśo vā. paśyāpramādena nihatya śatrūn sarvān mahendraṃ sukham edhamānam ॥10-10-22॥
[न (na) - not; हि (hi) - indeed; प्रमत्तेन (pramattena) - by a careless (person); नरेण (nareṇa) - by a man; लभ्या (labhyā) - to be obtained; विद्या (vidyā) - knowledge; तपः (tapaḥ) - austerity; श्रीः (śrīḥ) - prosperity; विपुलम् (vipulam) - great; यशः (yaśaḥ) - fame; वा (vā) - or; पश्य (paśya) - see; अप्रमादेन (apramādena) - by vigilance; निहत्य (nihatya) - having destroyed; शत्रून् (śatrūn) - enemies; सर्वान् (sarvān) - all; महेन्द्रम् (mahendram) - Indra (the great lord); सुखम् (sukham) - happiness; एधमानम् (edhamānam) - increasing; ॥१०-१०-२२॥ (॥10-10-22॥) - (verse number);]
(Indeed, by a careless man, knowledge, austerity, prosperity, great fame, or (any of these) are not to be obtained; see, by vigilance, having destroyed all enemies, Indra (the great lord) enjoys increasing happiness.)
Indeed, a careless person cannot attain knowledge, austerity, prosperity, great fame, or any of these; see, by vigilance, having destroyed all his enemies, Indra enjoys ever-increasing happiness.
इन्द्रोपमान्पार्थिवपुत्रपौत्रा; न्पश्याविशेषेण हतान्प्रमादात्। तीर्त्वा समुद्रं वणिजः समृद्धाः; सन्नाः कुनद्यामिव हेलमानाः ॥
indropamān pārthiva-putra-pautrāḥ paśya aviśeṣeṇa hatān pramādāt। tīrtvā samudraṃ vaṇijaḥ samṛddhāḥ sannāḥ kunadyām iva helamānāḥ॥
[इन्द्र-उपमान् (indra-upamān) - equal to Indra; पार्थिव-पुत्र-पौत्राः (pārthiva-putra-pautrāḥ) - kings' sons and grandsons; पश्य (paśya) - see; अविशेषेण (aviśeṣeṇa) - without distinction; हतान् (hatān) - slain; प्रमादात् (pramādāt) - by negligence; तीर्त्वा (tīrtvā) - having crossed; समुद्रं (samudram) - the ocean; वणिजः (vaṇijaḥ) - merchants; समृद्धाः (samṛddhāḥ) - prosperous; सन्नाः (sannāḥ) - sunk; कु-नद्याम् (ku-nadyām) - in a bad river; इव (iva) - like; हेलमानाः (helamānāḥ) - careless;]
(See the kings' sons and grandsons, equal to Indra, slain without distinction by negligence; prosperous merchants, having crossed the ocean, sunk like careless ones in a bad river.)
Behold, the princes and grandsons of kings, who were like Indra, have been indiscriminately slain due to negligence; just as prosperous merchants, after crossing the ocean, may perish by carelessness in a small river.
कृष्णां नु शोचामि कथं न साध्वीं; शोकार्णवे साद्य विनङ्क्ष्यतीति। भ्रातॄंश्च पुत्रांश्च हतान्निशम्य; पाञ्चालराजं पितरं च वृद्धम् ॥ ध्रुवं विसञ्ज्ञा पतिता पृथिव्यां; सा शेष्यते शोककृशाङ्गयष्टिः ॥१०-१०-२४॥
kṛṣṇāṃ nu śocāmi kathaṃ na sādhvīṃ; śokārṇave sādya vinaṅkṣyatīti. bhrātṝṃś ca putrāṃś ca hatān niśamya; pāñcālarājaṃ pitaraṃ ca vṛddham ॥ dhruvaṃ visaṃjñā patitā pṛthivyāṃ; sā śeṣyate śokakṛśāṅgayaṣṭiḥ ॥10-10-24॥
[कृष्णाम् (kṛṣṇām) - Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī); नु (nu) - indeed; शोचामि (śocāmi) - I grieve; कथम् (katham) - how; न (na) - not; साध्वीम् (sādhvīm) - the virtuous one; शोकार्णवे (śokārṇave) - in the ocean of grief; सा (sā) - she; अद्य (adya) - today; विनङ्क्ष्यति (vinaṅkṣyati) - will perish; इति (iti) - thus; भ्रातॄन् (bhrātṝn) - brothers; च (ca) - and; पुत्रान् (putrān) - sons; च (ca) - and; हतान् (hatān) - slain; निशम्य (niśamya) - having heard; पाञ्चालराजम् (pāñcālarājam) - the king of the Pāñcālas; पितरम् (pitaram) - father; च (ca) - and; वृद्धम् (vṛddham) - aged; ध्रुवम् (dhruvam) - certainly; विसञ्ज्ञा (visaṃjñā) - unconscious; पतिता (patitā) - fallen; पृथिव्याम् (pṛthivyām) - on the ground; सा (sā) - she; शेष्यते (śeṣyate) - will remain; शोककृशाङ्गयष्टिः (śokakṛśāṅgayaṣṭiḥ) - her body emaciated by grief;]
(Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī), indeed, I grieve; how not the virtuous one? In the ocean of grief, she today will perish, thus. Brothers and sons, having heard slain; the king of the Pāñcālas, father and aged. Certainly, unconscious, fallen on the ground; she will remain, her body emaciated by grief.)
I grieve for Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī); how could I not for the virtuous one? Immersed in an ocean of sorrow, she may perish today. Having heard of her brothers and sons slain, and the aged king of the Pāñcālas, her father, she will surely fall unconscious to the ground and remain there, her body wasted by grief.
तच्छोकजं दुःखमपारयन्ती; कथं भविष्यत्युचिता सुखानाम्। पुत्रक्षयभ्रातृवधप्रणुन्ना; प्रदह्यमानेव हुताशनेन ॥१०-१०-२५॥
tacchokajaṃ duḥkhamapārayantī; kathaṃ bhaviṣyatyucitā sukhānām. putrakṣayabhrātṛvadhapraṇunnā; pradahyamāneva hutāśanena ॥10-10-25॥
[तत् (tat) - that; शोकजम् (śokajam) - born of grief; दुःखम् (duḥkham) - sorrow; अपारयन्ती (apārayantī) - unable to bear; कथम् (katham) - how; भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - will be; उचिता (ucitā) - fit; सुखानाम् (sukhānām) - for happiness; पुत्रक्षय (putrakṣaya) - loss of son; भ्रातृवध (bhrātṛvadha) - killing of brother; प्रणुन्ना (praṇunnā) - driven by; प्रदह्यमाना (pradahyamānā) - being burned; इव (iva) - as if; हुताशनेन (hutāśanena) - by fire;]
(That sorrow born of grief, unable to bear; how will she be fit for happiness? Driven by the loss of her son and the killing of her brother; being burned as if by fire.)
Unable to bear that sorrow born of grief, how could she ever be fit for happiness? Driven by the loss of her son and the killing of her brother, she was as if being consumed by fire.
इत्येवमार्तः परिदेवयन्स; राजा कुरूणां नकुलं बभाषे। गच्छानयैनामिह मन्दभाग्यां; समातृपक्षामिति राजपुत्रीम् ॥१०-१०-२६॥
ityevam ārtaḥ paridevayan; rājā kurūṇāṃ nakulaṃ babhāṣe. gacchānayainām iha mandabhāgyāṃ; samātṛpakṣām iti rājaputrīm ॥10-10-26॥
[इति (iti) - thus; एवम् (evam) - in this manner; आर्तः (ārtaḥ) - distressed; परिदेवयन् (paridevayan) - lamenting; राजा (rājā) - the king; कुरूणां (kurūṇām) - of the Kurus; नकुलं (nakulam) - to Nakula; बभाषे (babhāṣe) - spoke; गच्छ (gaccha) - go; आनय (ānaya) - bring; एनाम् (enām) - her; इह (iha) - here; मन्दभाग्यां (mandabhāgyām) - unfortunate; समातृपक्षाम् (samātṛpakṣām) - with her mother's side; इति (iti) - thus; राजपुत्रीम् (rājaputrīm) - the princess;]
(Thus, in this manner, distressed and lamenting, the king of the Kurus spoke to Nakula: "Go, bring her here, this unfortunate princess with her mother's side.")
Distressed and lamenting in this way, the king of the Kurus spoke to Nakula: "Go and bring here this unfortunate princess, who is with her mother's family."
माद्रीसुतस्तत्परिगृह्य वाक्यं; धर्मेण धर्मप्रतिमस्य राज्ञः। ययौ रथेनालयमाशु देव्याः; पाञ्चालराजस्य च यत्र दाराः ॥१०-१०-२७॥
mādrīsutas tat parigṛhya vākyaṃ; dharmeṇa dharmapratimasya rājñaḥ। yayau rathenālayam āśu devyāḥ; pāñcālarājasya ca yatra dārāḥ ॥10-10-27॥
[माद्रीसुतः (mādrīsutaḥ) - son of Mādrī; तत् (tat) - that; परिगृह्य (parigṛhya) - having accepted; वाक्यं (vākyaṃ) - words; धर्मेण (dharmeṇa) - with righteousness; धर्मप्रतिमस्य (dharmapratimasya) - of the one equal to Dharma; राज्ञः (rājñaḥ) - of the king; ययौ (yayau) - he went; रथेन (rathena) - by chariot; आलयम् (ālayam) - to the abode; आशु (āśu) - quickly; देव्याः (devyāḥ) - of the queen; पाञ्चालराजस्य (pāñcālarājasya) - of the king of the Pāñcālas; च (ca) - and; यत्र (yatra) - where; दाराः (dārāḥ) - wives;]
(The son of Mādrī, having accepted those words, with righteousness, of the king who was equal to Dharma, went quickly by chariot to the abode of the queen, where were the wives of the king of the Pāñcālas.)
The son of Mādrī, after accepting the words of the righteous king, quickly went by chariot to the residence of the queen, where the wives of the king of the Pāñcālas were present.
प्रस्थाप्य माद्रीसुतमाजमीढः; शोकार्दितस्तैः सहितः सुहृद्भिः। रोरूयमाणः प्रययौ सुताना; मायोधनं भूतगणानुकीर्णम् ॥१०-१०-२८॥
prasthāpya mādrī-sutam ājamīḍhaḥ; śokārditaḥ taiḥ sahitaḥ suhṛdbhiḥ. rorūyamāṇaḥ prayayau sutānām; māyā-dhanaṃ bhūta-gaṇa-anukīrṇam ॥10-10-28॥
[प्रस्थाप्य (prasthāpya) - having sent forth; माद्रीसुतम् (mādrī-sutam) - the son of Mādrī; आजमीढः (ājamīḍhaḥ) - Ājamīḍha (Yudhiṣṭhira); शोकार्दितः (śokārditaḥ) - afflicted with grief; तैः (taiḥ) - with them; सहितः (sahitaḥ) - together; सुहृद्भिः (suhṛdbhiḥ) - with friends; रोरूयमाणः (rorūyamāṇaḥ) - weeping loudly; प्रययौ (prayayau) - he went; सुतानाम् (sutānām) - of the sons; मायोधनम् (māyā-dhanam) - the city of Māyā; भूतगणानुकीर्णम् (bhūta-gaṇa-anukīrṇam) - filled with hosts of spirits;]
(Having sent forth the son of Mādrī, Ājamīḍha (Yudhiṣṭhira), afflicted with grief, together with them and with friends, weeping loudly, went to the city of Māyā, filled with hosts of spirits.)
Having sent Sahadeva, the son of Mādrī, ahead, Yudhiṣṭhira, overwhelmed with grief, accompanied by his friends, went weeping to the city of Māyā, which was filled with hosts of spirits.
स तत्प्रविश्याशिवमुग्ररूपं; ददर्श पुत्रान्सुहृदः सखींश्च। भूमौ शयानान्रुधिरार्द्रगात्रा; न्विभिन्नभग्नापहृतोत्तमाङ्गान् ॥१०-१०-२९॥
sa tatpraviśyāśivamugrarūpaṃ; dadarśa putrānsuhṛdaḥ sakhīṃśca. bhūmau śayānānrudhirārdragātrā; nvibhinnabhagnāpahṛtottamāṅgān ॥10-10-29॥
[स (sa) - he; तत्-प्रविश्य (tat-praviśya) - having entered that; अशिव-मुग्र-रूपं (aśiva-mugra-rūpaṃ) - terrible and inauspicious form; ददर्श (dadarśa) - saw; पुत्रान् (putrān) - sons; सुहृदः (suhṛdaḥ) - friends; सखीन्-च (sakhīn-ca) - and companions; भूमौ (bhūmau) - on the ground; शयानान् (śayānān) - lying; रुधिर-अर्द्र-गात्रान् (rudhira-ardra-gātrān) - with bodies wet with blood; विभिन्न-भग्न-अपहृत-उत्तम-अङ्गान् (vibhinna-bhagna-apahṛta-uttama-aṅgān) - with limbs torn, broken, and severed; ॥१०-१०-२९॥ (॥10-10-29॥) - ॥10-10-29॥;]
(He, having entered that terrible and inauspicious form, saw sons, friends, and companions lying on the ground, with bodies wet with blood, with limbs torn, broken, and severed.)
He entered that dreadful, inauspicious scene and saw his sons, friends, and companions lying on the ground, their bodies soaked in blood, their limbs torn, broken, and severed.
स तांस्तु दृष्ट्वा भृशमार्तरूपो; युधिष्ठिरो धर्मभृतां वरिष्ठः। उच्चैः प्रचुक्रोश च कौरवाग्र्यः; पपात चोर्व्यां सगणो विसञ्ज्ञः ॥१०-१०-३०॥
sa tāṃs tu dṛṣṭvā bhṛśam ārtarūpo; yudhiṣṭhiro dharmabhṛtāṃ variṣṭhaḥ. uccaiḥ pracukrośa ca kauravāgryaḥ; papāta corvyāṃ sagaṇo visaṃjñaḥ ॥10-10-30॥
[स (sa) - he; तांश् (tāṃs) - them; तु (tu) - but; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; भृशम् (bhṛśam) - greatly; आर्तरूपः (ārtarūpaḥ) - distressed in appearance; युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhishthira; धर्मभृताम् (dharmabhṛtām) - of the upholders of dharma; वरिष्ठः (variṣṭhaḥ) - the foremost; उच्चैः (uccaiḥ) - loudly; प्रचुक्रोश (pracukrośa) - cried out; च (ca) - and; कौरवाग्र्यः (kauravāgryaḥ) - the chief of the Kauravas; पपात (papāta) - fell; च (ca) - and; उर्व्याम् (urvyām) - on the ground; सगणः (sagaṇaḥ) - with his retinue; विसञ्ज्ञः (visaṃjñaḥ) - unconscious;]
(He, having seen them, greatly distressed in appearance, Yudhishthira, the foremost of the upholders of dharma, loudly cried out, and the chief of the Kauravas fell on the ground with his retinue, unconscious.)
Yudhishthira, the foremost among the upholders of dharma, seeing them, was deeply distressed. He cried out loudly, and the chief of the Kauravas, along with his followers, fell unconscious to the ground.
