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Stree Parva - Kumbhaghonam edition
001. sañjayena putrādīn prati śocato dhṛtarāṣṭrasya samāśvāsanam॥(42)
001. Sañjaya consoled Dhṛtarāṣṭra, who was grieving for his sons and others.
002. vidureṇa śāstrārthakathanena dhṛtarāṣṭrasya śokāpanodanam॥(37)
002. Vidura removed Dhṛtarāṣṭra's sorrow by narrating the meaning of the scriptures.(37)
003. vidureṇa dhṛtarāṣṭrakāpanodanāya śāstrārthakathanam॥(20)
003. Vidura expounds the meaning of the scriptures to dispel Dhritarashtra's ignorance.(20)
004. vidureṇa dhṛtarāṣṭraṃprati jīvasya garbhavāsaprakārakathanam॥(20)
004. Vidura describes to Dhṛtarāṣṭra how the living being dwells in the womb.(20)
005. vidureṇa dhṛtarāṣṭraṃ prati uttarādhyāye vakṣyamāṇasaṃsārādīnāṃ kāntārāditvena rūpaṇam॥(24)
005. In the next chapter, Vidura is about to depict to Dhritarashtra the nature of saṃsāra and related matters as if they are like a forest and so on.
006. pūrvādhyāye kāntārāditvena rūpitānāṃ saṃsārādīnāṃ svasvaśabdaiḥ pratipādanam॥(14)
006. In the previous chapter, saṃsāra and related concepts, which were depicted as a forest and so on, are explained by their respective terms.
007. vidureṇa dhṛtarāṣṭramprati tattvakathanam॥(30)
007. Vidura speaks the truth to Dhṛtarāṣṭra॥(30)
008. vyāsena dhṛtarāṣṭrasya śokāpanodanam॥(53)
008. Vyāsa removed the sorrow of Dhṛtarāṣṭra॥(53)
009. dhṛtarāṣṭreṇa gāndhārī-prabhṛtibhiḥ strībhiḥ saha mṛta-jana-avalokanāya raṇāṅkaṇam-prati prayāṇam॥(21)
009. Dhṛtarāṣṭra, accompanied by Gandhari and other women, set out towards the battlefield to see the dead.
010. mṛtabandhuidṛkṣayā samarabhūmiṃ gacchato dhṛtarāṣṭrasya madhyemārgaṃ kṛpakṛtavarmadrauṇibhiḥ samāgamaḥ॥
010. As Dhṛtarāṣṭra proceeded to the battlefield to see his dead relatives, he met Kṛpa, Kṛtavarman, and the son(s) of Droṇa on the way.
011. yudhiṣṭhireṇa kṛṣṇādibhiḥ saha dhṛtarāṣṭrasamīpam etyābhivādanam॥ dhṛtarāṣṭreṇa yudhiṣṭhiraṃ mṛdulam āliṅghya paścād bhāvajñena kṛṣṇena purataḥ sthāpita-lohabhīmasya dṛḍhāliṅganena bhañjanam॥(30)
011. Yudhiṣṭhira, along with Kṛṣṇa and others, approached Dhṛtarāṣṭra and offered salutations. Dhṛtarāṣṭra gently embraced Yudhiṣṭhira, and then, knowing his feelings, Kṛṣṇa placed the iron effigy of Bhīma in front, which Dhṛtarāṣṭra broke with a firm embrace.
012. kṛṣṇavākyādratamanyunā dhṛtarāṣṭreṇa bhīmādīnāmāliṅganam॥(17)
012. Inspired by Kṛṣṇa's words, Dhṛtarāṣṭra, with a delighted mind, embraced Bhīma and the others.(17)
013. kṛṣṇayudhiṣṭhirādibhirgāndhārīsamīpagamanam॥ gāndhārīṃ yudhiṣṭhiraṃ śaptukāmāṃ vijñāya pūrvamevāgatena vyāsena gāndhāryāḥ kopāpanodanam॥(21)
013. Kṛṣṇa, Yudhiṣṭhira, and others approached Gāndhārī. Vyāsa, having arrived beforehand and knowing that Gāndhārī wished to curse Yudhiṣṭhira, pacified her anger.
014. bhīmagāndhārīsaṃvādaḥ॥(24)
014. The dialogue between Bhīma and Gāndhārī॥(24)
015. yudhiṣṭhirādibhirgāndhārīkuntyorabhivādanam॥ sakuntyā gāndhāryā draupadīsamāśvāsanam॥(21)
015. Yudhishthira and others offer salutations to Gandhari and Kunti. Kunti and Gandhari console Draupadi.(21)
016. gāndhāryā vyāsaprasādalabdhadivyacakṣuṣā raṇāṅkaṇadarśaṃnam॥ dhṛtarāṣṭrayudhiṣṭhirādīnāṃ strībhiḥ saha raṇabhūmipraveśaḥ॥ strīṇāṃ vilāpaḥ॥ gāndhāryā kṛṣṇāya vilapatsnuṣādipradarśanam॥(61)
016. Gāndhārī, endowed with divine vision by Vyāsa's grace, beholds the battlefield; Dhṛtarāṣṭra, Yudhiṣṭhira, and others enter the battlefield together with the women; the women lament; Gāndhārī shows to Kṛṣṇa her lamenting daughters-in-law and others.
017. gāndhāryā duryodhanamāliṅgya paridevanam॥(32)
017. Gandhari lamented, embracing Duryodhana.
018. kṛṣṇamprati gāndhārīvacanam॥(28)
018. Gāndhārī's words addressed to Kṛṣṇa. (28)
019. kṛṣṇamprati gāndhārīvacanam॥(21)
019. Gāndhārī's speech to Kṛṣṇa.(21)
020. kṛṣṇaṃprati gāndhāryā rudantīnāṃ strīṇāṃ darśanam॥(35)
020. Gāndhārī shows the weeping women to Kṛṣṇa.
021. gāndhāryā kṛṣṇaṃprati bāhlikādīnāṃ tathā tatstrīṇāṃ ca pradarśanam॥(18)
021. Gandhari's display to Krishna, as well as that of the Bahlikas and their women. (18)
022. gāndhāryā kṛṣṇamprati bāhlikādīnāṃ tathā tatstrīṇāṃ ca pradarśanam॥(18)
022. Gandhari showed Krishna the Bahlikas and others, as well as their women.
023. kṛṣṇaprati gāndhāryā bhīṣmadroṇādi-guṇānuvarṇana-pūrvakaṃ tattaccharīrāṇāṃ vilpantīnām ttatstrīṇāṃ ca pradarśanam॥(43)
023. Gāndhārī, addressing Kṛṣṇa, after describing the qualities of Bhīṣma, Droṇa, and others, displays the bodies and the lamentations of those women.
024. kṛṣṇamprati gāndhārya bhūriśravaḥ prabhṛtiśarīrāṇāṃ tattastrīṇāṃ ca pradarśanam॥(30)
024. Gāndhārī and Bhūriśrava, beginning with the bodies of those women, displayed them to Kṛṣṇa.
025. kṛṣṇamprati gāndhāryā kuru-pāṇḍava-saṃkṣayasya kṛṣṇopekṣaṇa-hetukatva-kathana-pūrvakaṃ sarva-bandhu-saṃkṣayāya śāpadānam॥(50)
025. Gāndhārī gives a curse to Kṛṣṇa, after narrating the reason for his indifference regarding the destruction of the Kurus and Pāṇḍavas, for the destruction of all their relatives.
026. śokādbhūvi patitāyā gāndhāryāḥ kṛṣṇenāśvāsanam॥ yudhiṣṭhirājñayā vidurasañjayādibhirmṛtānāṃ dāhakriyākaraṇam॥(44)
026. Kṛṣṇa consoled Gāndhārī, who had fallen to the ground in grief. By Yudhiṣṭhira's command, Vidura, Sañjaya, and others performed the cremation rites for the dead.
027. mṛtānām udakadānāya dhṛtarāṣṭra-yudhiṣṭhirādibhir gaṅgā-tīra-gamanam॥ udakadānārambhe kuntyā yudhiṣṭhiram prati karṇasya svaputratva-kathana-pūrvakaṃ tasyā udakadāna-codanā॥ dhṛtarāṣṭra-yudhiṣṭhirādibhir bandhubhyo jaladānam॥(33)
027. Dhritarashtra, Yudhishthira, and others went to the bank of the Ganga to offer water to the dead. At the start of the water-offering, Kunti revealed to Yudhishthira that Karna was her own son and urged him to offer water. Dhritarashtra, Yudhishthira, and the others offered water to their relatives. (33)
