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Core and Panchartara-Ext: King along with mourning women goes towards the battlefield.
जनमेजय उवाच॥
janamejaya uvāca॥
[जनमेजय (janamejaya) - Janamejaya; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Janamejaya said:)
Janamejaya said:
गते भगवति व्यासे धृतराष्ट्रो महीपतिः। किमचेष्टत विप्रर्षे तन्मे व्याख्यातुमर्हसि ॥११-९-१॥
gate bhagavati vyāse dhṛtarāṣṭro mahīpatiḥ। kimaceṣṭata viprarṣe tanme vyākhyātumarhasi ॥11-9-1॥
[गते (gate) - when had gone; भगवति (bhagavati) - the venerable; व्यासे (vyāse) - Vyāsa; धृतराष्ट्रः (dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ) - Dhṛtarāṣṭra; महीपतिः (mahīpatiḥ) - the king; किम् (kim) - what; अचेष्टत (aceṣṭata) - did act; विप्रर्षे (viprarṣe) - O best of Brāhmaṇas; तत् (tat) - that; मे (me) - to me; व्याख्यातुम् (vyākhyātum) - to explain; अर्हसि (arhasi) - you ought;]
(When the venerable Vyāsa had gone, what did King Dhṛtarāṣṭra do, O best of Brāhmaṇas? That you ought to explain to me.)
O best of Brāhmaṇas, after the venerable Vyāsa had departed, what did King Dhṛtarāṣṭra do? Please explain that to me.
वैशम्पायन उवाच॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca॥
[वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) - Vaiśampāyana; (the sage's name); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Vaiśampāyana said;)
Vaiśampāyana said:
एतच्छ्रुत्वा नरश्रेष्ठ चिरं ध्यात्वा त्वचेतनः। सञ्जयं योजयेत्युक्त्वा विदुरं प्रत्यभाषत ॥११-९-२॥
etat-śrutvā nara-śreṣṭha ciraṃ dhyātvā tv acetanaḥ। sañjayaṃ yojayet ity uktvā viduraṃ pratyabhāṣata ॥11-9-2॥
[एतत् (etat) - this; श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard; नरश्रेष्ठ (nara-śreṣṭha) - O best of men; चिरम् (ciram) - for a long time; ध्यात्वा (dhyātvā) - having meditated; त्व (tva) - you; अचेतनः (acetanaḥ) - unconscious; सञ्जयम् (sañjayam) - Sanjaya; योजयेत् (yojayet) - should be connected; इति (iti) - thus; उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said; विदुरम् (viduram) - Vidura; प्रत्यभाषत (pratyabhāṣata) - addressed;]
(Having heard this, O best of men, having meditated for a long time, you being unconscious, having said thus "Sanjaya should be connected", addressed Vidura.)
O best of men, after hearing this and meditating for a long time, while you were unconscious, he said, "Sanjaya should be connected," and addressed Vidura.
क्षिप्रमानय गान्धारीं सर्वाश्च भरतस्त्रियः। वधूं कुन्तीमुपादाय याश्चान्यास्तत्र योषितः ॥११-९-३॥
kṣipram ānaya gāndhārīṃ sarvāś ca bharata-striyaḥ। vadhūṃ kuntīm upādāya yāś ca anyāḥ tatra yoṣitaḥ॥11-9-3॥
[क्षिप्रम् (kṣipram) - quickly; आनय (ānaya) - bring; गान्धारीम् (gāndhārīm) - Gandhari; सर्वाः (sarvāḥ) - all; च (ca) - and; भरतस्त्रियः (bharata-striyaḥ) - Bharata women; वधूम् (vadhūm) - the bride; कुन्तीम् (kuntīm) - Kunti; उपादाय (upādāya) - taking along; याः (yāḥ) - who; च (ca) - and; अन्याः (anyāḥ) - other; तत्र (tatra) - there; योषितः (yoṣitaḥ) - women;]
(Quickly bring Gandhari and all the Bharata women; taking the bride Kunti and those other women there.)
Quickly bring Gandhari and all the Bharata women. Bring the bride Kunti and the other women who are there.
एवमुक्त्वा स धर्मात्मा विदुरं धर्मवित्तमम्। शोकविप्रहतज्ञानो यानमेवान्वपद्यत ॥११-९-४॥
evam uktvā sa dharmātmā viduraṃ dharmavittamam | śoka-viprahata-jñānaḥ yānam eva anvapadyata ||11-9-4||
[एवम् (evam) - thus; उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having spoken; सः (saḥ) - he; धर्मात्मा (dharmātmā) - righteous-souled; विदुरम् (viduram) - to Vidura; धर्मवित्तमम् (dharmavittamam) - the most virtuous; शोकविप्रहतज्ञानः (śoka-viprahata-jñānaḥ) - whose knowledge was afflicted by grief; यानम् (yānam) - vehicle; एव (eva) - indeed; अन्वपद्यत (anvapadyata) - he ascended;]
(Thus having spoken, he, the righteous-souled, to Vidura, the most virtuous, whose knowledge was afflicted by grief, indeed ascended the vehicle.)
Having thus spoken to Vidura, the most virtuous, the righteous-souled one, whose mind was overcome by grief, ascended his vehicle.
गान्धारी चैव शोकार्ता भर्तुर्वचनचोदिता। सह कुन्त्या यतो राजा सह स्त्रीभिरुपाद्रवत् ॥११-९-५॥
gāndhārī caiva śokārtā bharturvacanacoditā। saha kunt-yā yato rājā saha strībhirupādravat ॥11-9-5॥
[गान्धारी (gāndhārī) - Gandhari; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; शोकार्ता (śokārtā) - afflicted with grief; भर्तुः (bhartuḥ) - by her husband; वचन (vacana) - words; चोदिता (coditā) - urged; सह (saha) - together with; कुन्त्या (kunt-yā) - with Kunti; यतः (yataḥ) - where; राजा (rājā) - the king; सह (saha) - together with; स्त्रीभिः (strībhiḥ) - with the women; उपाद्रवत् (upādravat) - approached;]
(Gandhari and indeed, afflicted with grief, urged by her husband's words, together with Kunti, where the king (went), together with the women, approached.)
Gandhari, deeply afflicted by grief and urged by her husband's words, together with Kunti and the other women, went where the king had gone.
ताः समासाद्य राजानं भृशं शोकसमन्विताः। आमन्त्र्यान्योन्यमीयुः स्म भृशमुच्चुक्रुशुस्ततः ॥११-९-६॥
tāḥ samāsādya rājānaṃ bhṛśaṃ śokasamanvitāḥ। āmantryānyonyamīyuḥ sma bhṛśam uccukruśus tataḥ॥11-9-6॥
[ताः (tāḥ) - they (those women); समासाद्य (samāsādya) - having approached; राजानम् (rājānam) - the king; भृशम् (bhṛśam) - greatly; शोकसमन्विताः (śokasamanvitāḥ) - filled with grief; आमन्त्र्य (āmantrya) - having addressed; अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - each other; ईयुः (īyuḥ) - they went; स्म (sma) - indeed; भृशम् (bhṛśam) - greatly; उच्चुक्रुशुः (uccukruśuḥ) - cried aloud; ततः (tataḥ) - then;]
(They, having approached the king, greatly filled with grief, having addressed each other, indeed went, greatly cried aloud then.)
Those women, deeply afflicted with grief, approached the king, spoke to each other, and then cried out loudly together.
ताः समाश्वासयत्क्षत्ता ताभ्यश्चार्ततरः स्वयम्। अश्रुकण्ठीः समारोप्य ततोऽसौ निर्ययौ पुरात् ॥११-९-७॥
tāḥ samāśvāsayat kṣattā tābhyaś cārtataraḥ svayam। aśrukaṇṭhīḥ samāropya tato'sau niryayau purāt ॥11-9-7॥
[ताः (tāḥ) - those (women); समाश्वासयत् (samāśvāsayat) - consoled; क्षत्ता (kṣattā) - the charioteer; ताभ्यः (tābhyaḥ) - to them; च (ca) - and; आर्ततरः (ārtataraḥ) - more afflicted; स्वयम् (svayam) - himself; अश्रुकण्ठीः (aśrukaṇṭhīḥ) - with throats choked with tears; समारोप्य (samāropya) - having embraced; ततः (tataḥ) - then; असौ (asau) - he; निर्ययौ (niryayau) - departed; पुरात् (purāt) - from the city;]
(Those (women) the charioteer consoled; to them and (being) more afflicted himself, having embraced (them) with throats choked with tears, then he departed from the city.)
The charioteer, himself even more afflicted, consoled those women; after embracing them, their throats choked with tears, he then departed from the city.
ततः प्रणादः सञ्जज्ञे सर्वेषु कुरुवेश्मसु। आकुमारं पुरं सर्वमभवच्छोककर्शितम् ॥११-९-८॥
tataḥ praṇādaḥ sañjajñe sarveṣu kuruveśmasu। ākumāraṃ puraṃ sarvam abhavac chokakarśitam ॥11-9-8॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; प्रणादः (praṇādaḥ) - loud sound; सञ्जज्ञे (sañjajñe) - arose; सर्वेषु (sarveṣu) - in all; कुरुवेश्मसु (kuruveśmasu) - in the houses of the Kurus; आकुमारं (ākumāram) - up to the princes; पुरं (puraṃ) - the city; सर्वम् (sarvam) - all; अभवत् (abhavat) - became; शोककर्शितम् (śokakarśitam) - emaciated with grief;]
(Then a loud sound arose in all the houses of the Kurus. The entire city, up to the princes, became emaciated with grief.)
Then a loud wailing arose throughout all the houses of the Kurus. The whole city, from the princes downward, was overcome with grief.
अदृष्टपूर्वा या नार्यः पुरा देवगणैरपि। पृथग्जनेन दृश्यन्त तास्तदा निहतेश्वराः ॥११-९-९॥
adṛṣṭapūrvā yā nāryaḥ purā devagaṇair api। pṛthagjanena dṛśyanta tās tadā nihateśvarāḥ ॥11-9-9॥
[अदृष्टपूर्वा (adṛṣṭapūrvā) - never-seen-before; या (yā) - who; नार्यः (nāryaḥ) - women; पुरा (purā) - formerly; देवगणैः (devagaṇaiḥ) - by the hosts of gods; अपि (api) - even; पृथग्जनेन (pṛthagjanena) - by ordinary people; दृश्यन्त (dṛśyanta) - are seen; ताः (tāḥ) - they; तदा (tadā) - then; निहतेश्वराः (nihateśvarāḥ) - with their lord slain;]
(Those women who had never been seen before, even by the hosts of gods, formerly, are now seen by ordinary people, then, with their lord slain.)
Those women, who had never been seen before even by the hosts of gods, are now seen by ordinary people, after their lord has been slain.
प्रकीर्य केशान्सुशुभान्भूषणान्यवमुच्य च। एकवस्त्रधरा नार्यः परिपेतुरनाथवत् ॥११-९-१०॥
prakīrya keśān suśubhān bhūṣaṇāni avamucya ca | eka-vastra-dharā nāryaḥ paripetuh anātha-vat ||11-9-10||
[प्रकीर्य (prakīrya) - having scattered; केशान् (keśān) - hair; सुशुभान् (suśubhān) - beautiful; भूषणानि (bhūṣaṇāni) - ornaments; अवमुच्य (avamucya) - having cast off; च (ca) - and; एकवस्त्रधरा (eka-vastra-dharāḥ) - wearing a single garment; नार्यः (nāryaḥ) - women; परिपेतुः (paripetuh) - fell down; अनाथवत् (anātha-vat) - like those without protectors;]
(Having scattered their beautiful hair and cast off their ornaments, and wearing only a single garment, the women fell down like those without protectors.)
The women, having let their beautiful hair loose and removed their ornaments, dressed in a single garment, fell down as if they were helpless and unprotected.
श्वेतपर्वतरूपेभ्यो गृहेभ्यस्तास्त्वपाक्रमन्। गुहाभ्य इव शैलानां पृषत्यो हतयूथपाः ॥११-९-११॥
śvetaparvatarūpebhyo gṛhebhyastāstvapākraman। guhābhya iva śailānāṃ pṛṣatyo hatayūthapāḥ ॥11-9-11॥
[श्वेतपर्वतरूपेभ्यः (śvetaparvatarūpebhyaḥ) - from the abodes resembling white mountains; गृहेभ्यः (gṛhebhyaḥ) - from the houses; ताः (tāḥ) - they; त्वम् (tvam) - then; अपाक्रमन् (apākraman) - departed; गुहाभ्यः (guhābhyaḥ) - from the caves; इव (iva) - like; शैलानाम् (śailānām) - of the mountains; पृषत्यः (pṛṣatyaḥ) - the female deer; हतयूथपाः (hatayūthapāḥ) - whose leaders were killed;]
(From the abodes resembling white mountains, from the houses, they then departed; like from the caves of the mountains, the female deer whose leaders were killed.)
They left their homes, which looked like white mountains; just as female deer, whose leaders have been slain, flee from the caves of the mountains.
तान्युदीर्णानि नारीणां तदा वृन्दान्यनेकशः। शोकार्तान्यद्रवन्राजन्किशोरीणामिवाङ्गने ॥११-९-१२॥
tānyudīrṇāni nārīṇāṃ tadā vṛndānyanekaśaḥ| śokārtānyadravanrājankiśorīṇāmivāṅgane ॥11-9-12॥
[तानि (tāni) - those; उदीर्णानि (udīrṇāni) - aroused; नारीणां (nārīṇām) - of women; तदा (tadā) - then; वृन्दानि (vṛndāni) - groups; अनेकशः (anekaśaḥ) - in many ways; शोक-आर्तानि (śoka-ārtāni) - afflicted by grief; अद्रवन् (adravan) - melted; राजन् (rājan) - O king; किशोरीणाम् (kiśorīṇām) - of young girls; इव (iva) - like; अङ्गने (aṅgane) - in the courtyard;]
(Those aroused groups of women then, in many ways, afflicted by grief, melted, O king, like the young girls in the courtyard.)
O king, at that time, those groups of women, deeply afflicted by grief, melted away in many ways, just like young girls in the courtyard.
प्रगृह्य बाहून्क्रोशन्त्यः पुत्रान्भ्रातॄन्पितॄनपि। दर्शयन्तीव ता ह स्म युगान्ते लोकसङ्क्षयम् ॥११-९-१३॥
pragṛhya bāhūn krośantyaḥ putrān bhrātṝn pitṝn api। darśayantīva tā ha sma yugānte lokasaṅkṣayam ॥11-9-13॥
[प्रगृह्य (pragṛhya) - having seized; बाहून् (bāhūn) - arms; क्रोशन्त्यः (krośantyaḥ) - crying out; पुत्रान् (putrān) - sons; भ्रातॄन् (bhrātṝn) - brothers; पितॄन् (pitṝn) - fathers; अपि (api) - also; दर्शयन्ति (darśayanti) - showing; इव (iva) - as if; ता (tā) - they; ह (ha) - indeed; स्म (sma) - formerly; युगान्ते (yugānte) - at the end of an age; लोकसङ्क्षयम् (lokasaṅkṣayam) - destruction of the world;]
(Having seized their arms, crying out for sons, brothers, and fathers also, they indeed, as if showing the destruction of the world at the end of an age, formerly.)
Clutching their arms, they cried out for their sons, brothers, and fathers, as if displaying the destruction of the world at the end of an age.
विलपन्त्यो रुदन्त्यश्च धावमानास्ततस्ततः। शोकेनाभ्याहतज्ञानाः कर्तव्यं न प्रजज्ञिरे ॥११-९-१४॥
vilapantyo rudantyaś ca dhāvamānās tataḥ tataḥ। śokenābhyāhata-jñānāḥ kartavyaṃ na prajajñire॥11-9-14॥
[विलपन्त्यः (vilapantyaḥ) - lamenting; रुदन्त्यः (rudantyaḥ) - weeping; च (ca) - and; धावमानाः (dhāvamānāḥ) - running; ततः (tataḥ) - here and there; ततः (tataḥ) - there and there; शोकेन (śokena) - by grief; अभ्याहत (abhyāhata) - overwhelmed; ज्ञानाः (jñānāḥ) - their understanding; कर्तव्यम् (kartavyam) - duty; न (na) - not; प्रजज्ञिरे (prajajñire) - could discern;]
(Lamenting, weeping and running here and there, their understanding overwhelmed by grief, they could not discern their duty.)
Lamenting and weeping, they ran here and there, their minds overwhelmed by grief, unable to understand what they should do.
व्रीडां जग्मुः पुरा याः स्म सखीनामपि योषितः। ता एकवस्त्रा निर्लज्जाः श्वश्रूणां पुरतोऽभवन् ॥११-९-१५॥
vrīḍāṃ jagmuḥ purā yāḥ sma sakhīnām api yoṣitaḥ. tā ekavastrā nirlajjāḥ śvaśrūṇāṃ purato 'bhavan ॥11-9-15॥
[व्रीडाम् (vrīḍām) - shame; जग्मुः (jagmuḥ) - departed; पुरा (purā) - formerly; याः (yāḥ) - who; स्म (sma) - indeed; सखीनाम् (sakhīnām) - of friends; अपि (api) - even; योषितः (yoṣitaḥ) - women; ता (tā) - those; एकवस्त्राः (ekavastrāḥ) - wearing a single garment; निर्लज्जाः (nirlajjāḥ) - shameless; श्वश्रूणाम् (śvaśrūṇām) - of mothers-in-law; पुरतः (purataḥ) - in front; अभवन् (abhavan) - became;]
(The shame which formerly even women of friends had, that departed; those women, wearing a single garment, became shameless in front of their mothers-in-law.)
The shame that once even the wives of friends had disappeared; those women, wearing only a single garment, became shameless before their mothers-in-law.
परस्परं सुसूक्ष्मेषु शोकेष्वाश्वासयन्स्म याः। ताः शोकविह्वला राजन्नुपैक्षन्त परस्परम् ॥११-९-१६॥
parasparaṃ susūkṣmeṣu śokeṣvāśvāsayansma yāḥ। tāḥ śokavihvalā rājannupaikṣanta parasparam ॥11-9-16॥
[परस्परम् (parasparam) - each other; सुसूक्ष्मेषु (susūkṣmeṣu) - in very subtle; शोकेषु (śokeṣu) - in griefs; आश्वासयन् (āśvāsayan) - consoling; स्म (sma) - indeed; याः (yāḥ) - who; ताः (tāḥ) - those; शोकविह्वलाः (śokavihvalāḥ) - overwhelmed by grief; राजन् (rājan) - O king; उपैक्षन्त (upaikṣanta) - neglected; परस्परम् (parasparam) - each other;]
(Those who were consoling each other in very subtle griefs, O king, those overwhelmed by grief indeed neglected each other.)
O king, those women, overwhelmed by grief, who had been consoling each other in their subtle sorrows, now neglected one another.
ताभिः परिवृतो राजा रुदतीभिः सहस्रशः। निर्ययौ नगराद्दीनस्तूर्णमायोधनं प्रति ॥११-९-१७॥
tābhiḥ parivṛto rājā rudatībhiḥ sahasraśaḥ। niryayau nagarāddīnastūrṇamāyodhanaṃ prati ॥11-9-17॥
[ताभिः (tābhiḥ) - by them (those women); परिवृतः (parivṛtaḥ) - surrounded; राजा (rājā) - the king; रुदतीभिः (rudatībhiḥ) - by the weeping (women); सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands; निर्ययौ (niryayau) - departed; नगरात् (nagarāt) - from the city; दीनः (dīnaḥ) - distressed; तूर्णम् (tūrṇam) - quickly; आयोधनं (āyodhanam) - to the battlefield; प्रति (prati) - towards;]
(Surrounded by them, the king, by the weeping women by thousands, departed from the city, distressed, quickly towards the battlefield.)
Surrounded by thousands of weeping women, the distressed king quickly left the city for the battlefield.
शिल्पिनो वणिजो वैश्याः सर्वकर्मोपजीविनः। ते पार्थिवं पुरस्कृत्य निर्ययुर्नगराद्बहिः ॥११-९-१८॥
śilpino vaṇijo vaiśyāḥ sarvakarmopajīvinaḥ। te pārthivaṃ puraskṛtya niryayur nagarād bahiḥ ॥11-9-18॥
[शिल्पिनः (śilpinaḥ) - artisans; वणिजः (vaṇijaḥ) - merchants; वैश्याः (vaiśyāḥ) - Vaiśyas; सर्वकर्म-उपजीविनः (sarva-karma-upajīvinaḥ) - living by all kinds of work; ते (te) - they; पार्थिवम् (pārthivam) - the king; पुरस्कृत्य (puraskṛtya) - having placed at the front; निर्ययुः (niryayuḥ) - departed; नगरात् (nagarāt) - from the city; बहिः (bahiḥ) - outside;]
(Artisans, merchants, Vaiśyas, those living by all kinds of work—they, having placed the king at the front, departed from the city to the outside.)
The artisans, merchants, Vaiśyas, and all those who lived by various occupations, led by the king, left the city and went outside.
तासां विक्रोशमानानामार्तानां कुरुसङ्क्षये। प्रादुरासीन्महाञ्शब्दो व्यथयन्भुवनान्युत ॥११-९-१९॥
tāsāṃ vikrośamānānām ārtānāṃ kuru-saṅkṣaye। prādurāsīn mahāñ śabdo vyathayan bhuvanāni uta ॥11-9-19॥
[तासां (tāsāṃ) - of those; विक्रोशमानानाम् (vikrośamānānām) - crying out; आर्तानाम् (ārtānām) - distressed; कुरुसङ्क्षये (kuru-saṅkṣaye) - in the destruction of the Kurus; प्रादुरासीन् (prādurāsīn) - arose; महान् (mahān) - great; शब्दः (śabdaḥ) - sound; व्यथयन् (vyathayan) - distressing; भुवनानि (bhuvanāni) - the worlds; उत (uta) - indeed;]
(Of those distressed ones crying out in the destruction of the Kurus, indeed a great sound arose, distressing the worlds.)
As those distressed women cried out during the destruction of the Kurus, a great sound arose, shaking the worlds.
युगान्तकाले सम्प्राप्ते भूतानां दह्यतामिव। अभावः स्यादयं प्राप्त इति भूतानि मेनिरे ॥११-९-२०॥
yugāntakāle samprāpte bhūtānāṃ dahyatām iva। abhāvaḥ syād ayaṃ prāpta iti bhūtāni menire ॥11-9-20॥
[युग-अन्त-काले (yuga-anta-kāle) - at the end of an age; सम्प्राप्ते (samprāpte) - having arrived; भूतानाम् (bhūtānām) - of beings; दह्यताम् (dahyatām) - of burning; इव (iva) - as if; अभावः (abhāvaḥ) - non-existence; स्यात् (syāt) - would be; अयम् (ayam) - this; प्राप्तः (prāptaḥ) - has come; इति (iti) - thus; भूतानि (bhūtāni) - the beings; मेनिरे (menire) - thought;]
(At the end of an age, when destruction arrives, as if beings are being burned, they thought thus: 'This non-existence has come.')
At the end of the age, when destruction arrived and it seemed as if all beings were being consumed, the beings thought: 'Now non-existence has come.'
भृशमुद्विग्नमनसस्ते पौराः कुरुसङ्क्षये। प्राक्रोशन्त महाराज स्वनुरक्तास्तदा भृशम् ॥११-९-२१॥
bhṛśam-udvigna-manasas-te paurāḥ kuru-saṅkṣaye। prākrośanta mahārāja sv-anuraktās-tadā bhṛśam ॥11-9-21॥
[भृशम् (bhṛśam) - greatly; उद्विग्न (udvigna) - disturbed; मनसः (manasaḥ) - in mind; ते (te) - those; पौराः (paurāḥ) - citizens; कुरु (kuru) - of the Kurus; सङ्क्षये (saṅkṣaye) - in destruction; प्राक्रोशन्त (prākrośanta) - cried out; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; स्व (sva) - their own; अनुरक्ताः (anuraktāḥ) - affectionate; तदा (tadā) - then; भृशम् (bhṛśam) - greatly;]
(Greatly disturbed in mind, those citizens, at the destruction of the Kurus, cried out, O great king, greatly affectionate then.)
O great king, at the destruction of the Kurus, those citizens, greatly disturbed in mind and deeply attached, cried out loudly.
