11.011
Core and Pancharatra: Yudhishthira along with his brothers and Draupadi meets the grieving Yudhishthira who has come to the war zone. Krishna puts an iron idol in front of the grieving and angered Dhritarashtra, who crushes it with his strength.
वैशम्पायन उवाच॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca॥
[वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) - Vaiśampāyana; (name of the sage); उवाच (uvāca) - said; spoke;]
(Vaiśampāyana said;)
Vaiśampāyana said:
हतेषु सर्वसैन्येषु धर्मराजो युधिष्ठिरः। शुश्रुवे पितरं वृद्धं निर्यातं गजसाह्वयात् ॥११-११-१॥
hateṣu sarvasainyeṣu dharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ। śuśruve pitaraṃ vṛddhaṃ niryātaṃ gajasāhvayāt ॥11-11-1॥
[हतेषु (hateṣu) - when slain; (locative plural of hata) सर्वसैन्येषु (sarvasainyeṣu) - in all armies; (locative plural) धर्मराजः (dharmarājaḥ) - Dharmarāja; (epithet of Yudhiṣṭhira; king of dharma) युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira; (proper noun) शुश्रुवे (śuśruve) - heard; (3rd person singular perfect, ātmane-pada) पितरं (pitaraṃ) - father; (accusative singular) वृद्धं (vṛddhaṃ) - aged; (accusative singular) निर्यातं (niryātaṃ) - departed; (accusative singular, past participle of ni√yā) गजसाह्वयात् (gajasāhvayāt) - from Gajasāhvaya; (ablative singular; name of a place, Hastināpura);]
(When all the armies were slain, Dharmarāja Yudhiṣṭhira heard that his aged father had departed from Gajasāhvaya.)
When all the armies had been slain, Dharmarāja Yudhiṣṭhira heard that his aged father had left Gajasāhvaya (Hastināpura).
सोऽभ्ययात्पुत्रशोकार्तः पुत्रशोकपरिप्लुतम्। शोचमानो महाराज भ्रातृभिः सहितस्तदा ॥११-११-२॥
so'bhyayāt putraśokārtaḥ putraśokapariplutam। śocamāno mahārāja bhrātṛbhiḥ sahitas tadā ॥11-11-2॥
[सः (saḥ) - he; अभ्ययात् (abhyayāt) - approached; पुत्रशोक-आर्तः (putraśoka-ārtaḥ) - afflicted by grief for his son; पुत्रशोक-परिप्लुतम् (putraśoka-pariplutam) - overwhelmed by grief for his son; शोचमानः (śocamānaḥ) - lamenting; महाराज (mahārāja) - the great king; भ्रातृभिः (bhrātṛbhiḥ) - with his brothers; सहितः (sahitaḥ) - together; तदा (tadā) - then;]
(He, afflicted by grief for his son, approached the one overwhelmed by grief for his son; lamenting, the great king, together with his brothers, then.)
He, stricken with grief for his son, approached the one overwhelmed by sorrow for his son; the great king, lamenting, then went together with his brothers.
अन्वीयमानो वीरेण दाशार्हेण महात्मना। युयुधानेन च तथा तथैव च युयुत्सुना ॥११-११-३॥
anvīyamāno vīreṇa dāśārheṇa mahātmanā। yuyudhānena ca tathā tathaiva ca yuyutsunā ॥11-11-3॥
[अन्वीयमानः (anvīyamānaḥ) - being followed; वीरेण (vīreṇa) - by the hero; दाशार्हेण (dāśārheṇa) - by the Dāśārha (Krishna); महात्मना (mahātmanā) - by the great-souled one; युयुधानेन (yuyudhānena) - by Yuyudhāna (Sātyaki); च (ca) - and; तथा (tathā) - so; तथैव (tathaiva) - in the same way; च (ca) - and; युयुत्सुना (yuyutsunā) - by Yuyutsu;]
(Being followed by the hero, by the Dāśārha (Krishna), by the great-souled one, by Yuyudhāna (Sātyaki), and so also in the same way by Yuyutsu.)
He was followed by the hero, the Dāśārha (Krishna), the great-souled one, Yuyudhāna (Sātyaki), and likewise by Yuyutsu.
तमन्वगात्सुदुःखार्ता द्रौपदी शोककर्शिता। सह पाञ्चालयोषिद्भिर्यास्तत्रासन्समागताः ॥११-११-४॥
tam anvagāt suduḥkhārtā draupadī śoka-karśitā। saha pāñcāla-yoṣidbhiḥ yāḥ tatra āsan samāgatāḥ॥11-11-4॥
[तम् (tam) - him; अन्वगात् (anvagāt) - followed; सुदुःखार्ता (suduḥkhārtā) - greatly afflicted by sorrow; द्रौपदी (draupadī) - Draupadī; शोककर्शिता (śoka-karśitā) - emaciated by grief; सह (saha) - along with; पाञ्चालयोषिद्भिः (pāñcāla-yoṣidbhiḥ) - with the women of the Pāñcāla; याः (yāḥ) - who; तत्र (tatra) - there; आसन् (āsan) - were; समागताः (samāgatāḥ) - assembled;]
(Him followed, greatly afflicted by sorrow, Draupadī, emaciated by grief, along with the women of the Pāñcāla, who there were assembled.)
Draupadī, greatly afflicted by sorrow and emaciated by grief, followed him, together with the women of the Pāñcāla who were assembled there.
स गङ्गामनु वृन्दानि स्त्रीणां भरतसत्तम। कुररीणामिवार्तानां क्रोशन्तीनां ददर्श ह ॥११-११-५॥
sa gaṅgāmanu vṛndāni strīṇāṃ bharatasattama| kurarīṇāmivārtānāṃ krośantīnāṃ dadarśa ha ॥11-11-5॥
[स (sa) - he; गङ्गाम्-अनु (gaṅgām-anu) - along the Gaṅgā; वृन्दानि (vṛndāni) - groups; स्त्रीणाम् (strīṇām) - of women; भरतसत्तम (bharatasattama) - O best of the Bharatas; कुररीणाम्-इव (kurarīṇām-iva) - like (the) female curlews; आर्तानाम् (ārtānām) - of distressed; क्रोशन्तीनाम् (krośantīnām) - crying; ददर्श (dadarśa) - he saw; ह (ha) - indeed;]
(He, O best of the Bharatas, saw along the Gaṅgā groups of women, like distressed female curlews, crying, indeed.)
O best of the Bharatas, he saw groups of women along the Gaṅgā, crying like distressed female curlews.
ताभिः परिवृतो राजा रुदतीभिः सहस्रशः। ऊर्ध्वबाहुभिरार्ताभिर्ब्रुवतीभिः प्रियाप्रिये ॥११-११-६॥
tābhiḥ parivṛto rājā rudatībhiḥ sahasraśaḥ | ūrdhvabāhubhir ārtābhir bruvatībhiḥ priyāpriye ||11-11-6||
[ताभिः (tābhiḥ) - by those (women); परिवृतः (parivṛtaḥ) - surrounded; covered; राजा (rājā) - the king; रुदतीभिः (rudatībhiḥ) - by the weeping (women); सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands; ऊर्ध्वबाहुभिः (ūrdhvabāhubhiḥ) - with upraised arms; आर्ताभिः (ārtābhiḥ) - by the distressed (women); ब्रुवतीभिः (bruvatībhiḥ) - by those speaking; प्रियाप्रिये (priyāpriye) - O beloved and not beloved!;]
(The king, surrounded by those (women), by thousands of weeping, distressed women with upraised arms, by those speaking, "O beloved and not beloved!")
The king was surrounded by thousands of weeping, distressed women with upraised arms, crying out, "O beloved and not beloved!"
क्व नु धर्मज्ञता राज्ञः क्व नु साद्यानृशंसता। यदावधीत्पितॄन्भ्रातॄन्गुरून्पुत्रान्सखीनपि ॥११-११-७॥
kva nu dharmajñatā rājñaḥ kva nu sādyānaṛśaṁsatā। yadā vadhīt pitṝn bhrātṝn gurūn putrān sakhīn api॥11-11-7॥
[क्व (kva) - where; नु (nu) - indeed; धर्मज्ञता (dharmajñatā) - knowledge of dharma; राज्ञः (rājñaḥ) - of the king; क्व (kva) - where; नु (nu) - indeed; साद्य (sādya) - immediate; अनृशंसता (anṛśaṁsatā) - absence of cruelty; यदा (yadā) - when; अवधीत् (avadhīt) - he killed; पितॄन् (pitṝn) - fathers; भ्रातॄन् (bhrātṝn) - brothers; गुरून् (gurūn) - teachers; पुत्रान् (putrān) - sons; सखीन् (sakhīn) - friends; अपि (api) - even;]
(Where indeed is the knowledge of dharma of the king, where indeed is immediate absence of cruelty, when he killed fathers, brothers, teachers, sons, even friends?)
Where is the king's knowledge of dharma, and where is his compassion, when he has killed fathers, brothers, teachers, sons, and even friends?
घातयित्वा कथं द्रोणं भीष्मं चापि पितामहम्। मनस्तेऽभून्महाबाहो हत्वा चापि जयद्रथम् ॥११-११-८॥
ghātayitvā kathaṃ droṇaṃ bhīṣmaṃ cāpi pitāmaham। manaste'bhūnmahābāho hatvā cāpi jayadratham ॥11-11-8॥
[घातयित्वा (ghātayitvā) - having caused to be killed; कथं (kathaṃ) - how; द्रोणं (droṇam) - Droṇa; भीष्मं (bhīṣmam) - Bhīṣma; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; पितामहम् (pitāmaham) - the grandsire; मनः (manaḥ) - mind; ते (te) - your; अभूत् (abhūt) - became; महाबाहो (mahābāho) - O mighty-armed; हत्वा (hatvā) - having killed; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; जयद्रथम् (jayadratham) - Jayadratha;]
(Having caused Droṇa, Bhīṣma, and also the grandsire to be killed, how did your mind become, O mighty-armed, having also killed Jayadratha?)
O mighty-armed one, after causing the deaths of Droṇa, Bhīṣma, and the grandsire, and also having slain Jayadratha, how did your mind react?
किं नु राज्येन ते कार्यं पितॄन्भ्रातॄनपश्यतः। अभिमन्युं च दुर्धर्षं द्रौपदेयांश्च भारत ॥११-११-९॥
kiṁ nu rājyena te kāryaṁ pitṝn-bhrātṝn apaśyataḥ। abhimanyuṁ ca durdharṣaṁ draupadeyāṁś ca bhārata॥11-11-9॥
[किं (kiṁ) - what; नु (nu) - indeed; राज्येन (rājyena) - by kingdom; ते (te) - to you; कार्यं (kāryam) - purpose; पितॄन् (pitṝn) - fathers; भ्रातॄन् (bhrātṝn) - brothers; अपश्यतः (apaśyataḥ) - not seeing; अभिमन्युम् (abhimanyum) - Abhimanyu; च (ca) - and; दुर्धर्षं (durdharṣam) - unconquerable; द्रौपदेयान् (draupadeyān) - sons of Draupadī; च (ca) - and; भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata;]
(What indeed is the purpose of the kingdom to you, not seeing your fathers, brothers, Abhimanyu, the unconquerable, and the sons of Draupadī, O Bhārata?)
O Bhārata, what use is the kingdom to you when you do not see your fathers, brothers, Abhimanyu the unconquerable, and the sons of Draupadī?
अतीत्य ता महाबाहुः क्रोशन्तीः कुररीरिव। ववन्दे पितरं ज्येष्ठं धर्मराजो युधिष्ठिरः ॥११-११-१०॥
atītya tā mahābāhuḥ krośantīḥ kurarīriva। vavande pitaraṃ jyeṣṭhaṃ dharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ ॥11-11-10॥
[अतीत्य (atītya) - having crossed over; ता (tā) - them; महाबाहुः (mahābāhuḥ) - the mighty-armed; क्रोशन्तीः (krośantīḥ) - crying out; कुररीरिव (kurarīriva) - like female curlews; ववन्दे (vavande) - saluted; पितरं (pitaraṃ) - father; ज्येष्ठं (jyeṣṭham) - elder; धर्मराजः (dharmarājaḥ) - the king of dharma; युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhishthira;]
(Having crossed over them, the mighty-armed (one), crying out like female curlews, saluted his elder father, the king of dharma, Yudhishthira.)
Having passed by them, the mighty-armed Yudhishthira, while they cried out like female curlews, saluted his elder father, the king of dharma.
ततोऽभिवाद्य पितरं धर्मेणामित्रकर्शनाः। न्यवेदयन्त नामानि पाण्डवास्तेऽपि सर्वशः ॥११-११-११॥
tato'bhivādya pitaraṃ dharmeṇāmitrakarśanāḥ। nyavedayanta nāmāni pāṇḍavāste'pi sarvaśaḥ ॥11-11-11॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; अभिवाद्य (abhivādya) - having saluted; पितरं (pitaraṃ) - father; धर्मेण (dharmeṇa) - with righteousness; अमित्रकर्शनाः (amitrakarśanāḥ) - destroyers of foes; न्यवेदयन्त (nyavedayanta) - they announced; नामानि (nāmāni) - names; पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - the Pāṇḍavas; ते (te) - they; अपि (api) - also; सर्वशः (sarvaśaḥ) - all;]
(Then, having saluted their father with righteousness, the destroyers of foes, the Pāṇḍavas, also announced all their names.)
Then, after respectfully saluting their father in accordance with righteousness, the Pāṇḍavas, destroyers of foes, announced all their names.
तमात्मजान्तकरणं पिता पुत्रवधार्दितः। अप्रीयमाणः शोकार्तः पाण्डवं परिषस्वजे ॥११-११-१२॥
tam-ātmajānta-karaṇaṃ pitā putra-vadhārditaḥ। aprīyamāṇaḥ śokārtaḥ pāṇḍavaṃ pariṣasvaje ॥11-11-12॥
[तम् (tam) - him; आत्मज-अन्त-करणम् (ātmaja-anta-karaṇam) - having caused the end of his own son; पिता (pitā) - the father; पुत्र-वध-अर्दितः (putra-vadha-arditaḥ) - afflicted by the killing of his son; अप्रीयमाणः (aprīyamāṇaḥ) - not pleased; शोक-आर्तः (śoka-ārtaḥ) - distressed by grief; पाण्डवम् (pāṇḍavam) - Pāṇḍava (Yudhiṣṭhira); परिषस्वजे (pariṣasvaje) - embraced;]
(Him, having caused the end of his own son, the father, afflicted by the killing of his son, not pleased, distressed by grief, embraced Pāṇḍava (Yudhiṣṭhira).)
The father, who had caused the death of his own son and was afflicted by his son's killing, not pleased and overwhelmed by grief, embraced Yudhiṣṭhira.
धर्मराजं परिष्वज्य सान्त्वयित्वा च भारत। दुष्टात्मा भीममन्वैच्छद्दिधक्षुरिव पावकः ॥११-११-१३॥
dharmarājaṃ pariṣvajya sāntvayitvā ca bhārata। duṣṭātmā bhīmam anvaiṣṭ didhakṣur iva pāvakaḥ ॥11-11-13॥
[धर्मराजम् (dharmarājam) - the king of dharma; परिष्वज्य (pariṣvajya) - having embraced; सान्त्वयित्वा (sāntvayitvā) - having consoled; च (ca) - and; भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata; दुष्टात्मा (duṣṭātmā) - wicked-souled; भीमम् (bhīmam) - Bhīma; अन्वैच्छत् (anvaiṣṭa) - sought after; दिधक्षुः (didhakṣuḥ) - desiring to burn; इव (iva) - like; पावकः (pāvakaḥ) - fire;]
(Having embraced and consoled the king of dharma, O Bhārata, the wicked-souled (Duryodhana) sought after Bhīma, desiring to burn (him), like fire.)
O Bhārata, after embracing and consoling the king of dharma, the wicked-souled Duryodhana pursued Bhīma, wishing to destroy him like fire.
स कोपपावकस्तस्य शोकवायुसमीरितः। भीमसेनमयं दावं दिधक्षुरिव दृश्यते ॥११-११-१४॥
sa kopapāvakastasya śokavāyusamīritaḥ। bhīmasenamayaṃ dāvaṃ didhakṣuriva dṛśyate ॥11-11-14॥
[स (sa) - he; कोप (kopa) - anger; पावकः (pāvakaḥ) - fire; तस्य (tasya) - his; शोक (śoka) - grief; वायु (vāyu) - wind; समीरितः (samīritaḥ) - fanned; भीमसेनमयम् (bhīmasenamayam) - composed of Bhīmasena; दावम् (dāvam) - forest fire; दिधक्षुः (didhakṣuḥ) - desiring to burn; इव (iva) - as if; दृश्यते (dṛśyate) - is seen;]
(He, the fire of anger of his, fanned by the wind of grief, the forest fire composed of Bhīmasena, as if desiring to burn, is seen.)
He appears like a forest fire made of Bhīmasena, his fire of anger fanned by the wind of grief, as if wishing to consume everything.
तस्य सङ्कल्पमाज्ञाय भीमं प्रत्यशुभं हरिः। भीममाक्षिप्य पाणिभ्यां प्रददौ भीममायसम् ॥११-११-१५॥
tasya saṅkalpam ājñāya bhīmaṃ pratyaśubhaṃ hariḥ। bhīmam ākṣipya pāṇibhyāṃ pradadau bhīmam āyasam ॥11-11-15॥
[तस्य (tasya) - of him; सङ्कल्पम् (saṅkalpam) - intention; आज्ञाय (ājñāya) - having understood; भीमम् (bhīmam) - Bhīma; प्रत्यशुभम् (pratyaśubham) - towards the inauspicious; हरिः (hariḥ) - Hari; भीमम् (bhīmam) - Bhīma; आक्षिप्य (ākṣipya) - having seized; पाणिभ्याम् (pāṇibhyām) - with (his) hands; प्रददौ (pradadau) - gave; भीमम् (bhīmam) - Bhīma; आयसम् (āyasam) - iron (object);]
(Having understood his intention, Hari, towards the inauspicious Bhīma, having seized Bhīma with (his) hands, gave Bhīma an iron (object).)
Hari, understanding his intention, seized Bhīma with his hands and gave him an iron object.
प्रागेव तु महाबुद्धिर्बुद्ध्वा तस्येङ्गितं हरिः। संविधानं महाप्राज्ञस्तत्र चक्रे जनार्दनः ॥११-११-१६॥
prāgeva tu mahābuddhirbuddhvā tasyeṅgitaṃ hariḥ। saṃvidhānaṃ mahāprājñastatra cakre janārdanaḥ ॥11-11-16॥
[प्रागेव (prāg-eva) - just before; earlier; तु (tu) - but; indeed; महाबुद्धिः (mahābuddhiḥ) - the great-intellect; बुद्ध्वा (buddhvā) - having understood; तस्य (tasya) - his; इङ्गितम् (iṅgitam) - gesture; indication; हरिः (hariḥ) - Hari (Viṣṇu); संविधानम् (saṃvidhānam) - arrangement; plan; महाप्राज्ञः (mahāprājñaḥ) - the greatly wise one; तत्र (tatra) - there; चक्रे (cakre) - made; did; जनार्दनः (janārdanaḥ) - Janārdana (Viṣṇu);]
(But just before, the great-intellect Hari, having understood his gesture, the greatly wise Janārdana made an arrangement there.)
But just before, Hari, the greatly wise Janārdana, having understood his gesture, made an arrangement there.
तं तु गृह्यैव पाणिभ्यां भीमसेनमयस्मयम्। बभञ्ज बलवान्राजा मन्यमानो वृकोदरम् ॥११-११-१७॥
taṃ tu gṛhyaiva pāṇibhyāṃ bhīmasenam ayasmayam। babhañja balavān rājā manyamāno vṛkodaram ॥11-11-17॥
[तं (taṃ) - him; तु (tu) - but; गृह्य (gṛhya) - having seized; एव (eva) - indeed; पाणिभ्यां (pāṇibhyām) - with (his) hands; भीमसेनम् (bhīmasenam) - Bhīmasena; अयस्मयम् (ayasmayam) - iron-like; बभञ्ज (babhānja) - broke; बलवान् (balavān) - the strong one; राजा (rājā) - the king; मन्म्यमानः (manyamānaḥ) - thinking; वृकोदरम् (vṛkodaram) - Vṛkodara;]
(But having seized him with (his) hands, the strong king, thinking (him to be) iron-like Bhīmasena, broke Vṛkodara.)
But the strong king, thinking Vṛkodara to be the iron-like Bhīmasena, seized him with his hands and broke him.
नागायुतबलप्राणः स राजा भीममायसम्। भङ्क्त्वा विमथितोरस्कः सुस्राव रुधिरं मुखात् ॥११-११-१८॥
nāgāyuta-balaprāṇaḥ sa rājā bhīmamāyasam। bhaṅktvā vimathitoraskaḥ susrāva rudhiraṃ mukhāt ॥11-11-18॥
[नागायुत (nāgāyuta) - of ten thousand elephants; बल (bala) - strength; प्राणः (prāṇaḥ) - having the vitality; सः (saḥ) - he; राजा (rājā) - king; भीममायसम् (bhīmamāyasam) - terrible iron; भङ्क्त्वा (bhaṅktvā) - having broken; विमथित (vimathita) - crushed; उरस्कः (oraskaḥ) - chested; सुस्राव (susrāva) - flowed; रुधिरम् (rudhiram) - blood; मुखात् (mukhāt) - from the mouth;]
(He, the king possessing the strength and vitality of ten thousand elephants, having broken the terrible iron, with his chest crushed, blood flowed from his mouth.)
The king, endowed with the strength of ten thousand elephants, broke the terrible iron; his chest was crushed and blood flowed from his mouth.
ततः पपात मेदिन्यां तथैव रुधिरोक्षितः। प्रपुष्पिताग्रशिखरः पारिजात इव द्रुमः ॥११-११-१९॥
tataḥ papāta medinyāṃ tathaiva rudhirokṣitaḥ। prapuṣpitāgraśikharaḥ pārijāta iva drumaḥ ॥11-11-19॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; पपात (papāta) - fell; मेदिन्यां (medinyāṃ) - on the earth; तथैव (tathaiva) - in the same way; रुधिरोक्षितः (rudhirokṣitaḥ) - smeared with blood; प्रपुष्पित (prapuṣpita) - fully blossomed; अग्रशिखरः (agraśikharaḥ) - with the topmost tip; पारिजात (pārijāta) - Pārijāta (celestial tree); इव (iva) - like; द्रुमः (drumaḥ) - tree;]
(Then fell on the earth, in the same way, smeared with blood, with fully blossomed topmost tip, like a Pārijāta tree.)
Then he fell to the earth, smeared with blood, his topmost part fully blossomed, like a Pārijāta tree.
पर्यगृह्णत तं विद्वान्सूतो गावल्गणिस्तदा। मैवमित्यब्रवीच्चैनं शमयन्सान्त्वयन्निव ॥११-११-२०॥
paryagṛhṇata taṃ vidvān sūto gāvalgaṇis tadā। maivam ity abravīc cainaṃ śamayann sāntvayann iva ॥11-11-20॥
[पर्यगृह्णत (paryagṛhṇata) - he embraced; (pary- prefix + gṛhṇāti, to seize, embrace; third person singular past tense; तं (taṃ) - him; विद्वान् (vidvān) - the learned one; सूतः (sūtaḥ) - the charioteer; गावल्गणिः (gāvalgaṇiḥ) - Gāvalgaṇi (proper name, Sañjaya); तदा (tadā) - then; मैवम् (maivam) - not so; इति (iti) - thus; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he said; च (ca) - and; एनम् (enam) - him; शमयन् (śamayan) - soothing; सान्त्वयन् (sāntvayan) - comforting; इव (iva) - as if;]
(He embraced him, the learned charioteer Gāvalgaṇi then. "Not so," thus he said to him, soothing and comforting as if.)
Then the learned charioteer Gāvalgaṇi embraced him. He said to him, "Not so," soothing and comforting him as if.
स तु कोपं समुत्सृज्य गतमन्युर्महामनाः। हा हा भीमेति चुक्रोश भूयः शोकसमन्वितः ॥११-११-२१॥
sa tu kopaṃ samutsṛjya gatamanyurmahāmanāḥ। hā hā bhīmeti cukrośa bhūyaḥ śokasamanvitaḥ ॥11-11-21॥
[स (sa) - he; तु (tu) - but; कोपं (kopaṃ) - anger; समुत्सृज्य (samutsṛjya) - having completely abandoned; गतमन्युः (gatamanyuḥ) - whose wrath had departed; महामनाः (mahāmanāḥ) - great-minded; हा हा (hā hā) - alas! alas!; भीम (bhīma) - Bhīma; इति (iti) - thus; चुक्रोश (cukrośa) - cried out; भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again; शोकसमन्वितः (śokasamanvitaḥ) - filled with grief;]
(He, but, anger, having completely abandoned, whose wrath had departed, great-minded, alas! alas!, Bhīma, thus, cried out, again, filled with grief.)
But he, having completely abandoned anger, his wrath departed, the great-minded one, cried out again, "Alas! Alas! Bhīma!" filled with grief.
तं विदित्वा गतक्रोधं भीमसेनवधार्दितम्। वासुदेवो वरः पुंसामिदं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥११-११-२२॥
taṃ viditvā gatakrodhaṃ bhīmasenavadhārditam। vāsudevo varaḥ puṃsām idaṃ vacanam abravīt ॥11-11-22॥
[तं (taṃ) - him; विदित्वा (viditvā) - having known; गतक्रोधं (gatakrodham) - whose anger had departed; भीमसेन-वध-आर्दितम् (bhīmasena-vadha-ārditam) - afflicted by the killing of Bhīmasena; वासुदेवः (vāsudevaḥ) - Vāsudeva; वरः (varaḥ) - the best; पुंसाम् (puṃsām) - of men; इदं (idaṃ) - this; वचनम् (vacanam) - speech; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke;]
(Having known him, whose anger had departed and who was afflicted by the killing of Bhīmasena, Vāsudeva, the best of men, spoke this speech.)
Vāsudeva, the best among men, seeing him whose anger had subsided and who was distressed by Bhīmasena's killing, spoke these words.
मा शुचो धृतराष्ट्र त्वं नैष भीमस्त्वया हतः। आयसी प्रतिमा ह्येषा त्वया राजन्निपातिता ॥११-११-२३॥
mā śuco dhṛtarāṣṭra tvaṃ naiṣa bhīmas tvayā hataḥ। āyasī pratimā hyeṣā tvayā rājannipātitā ॥11-11-23॥
[मा (mā) - do not; शुचः (śucaḥ) - grieve; धृतराष्ट्र (dhṛtarāṣṭra) - Dhritarashtra; त्वम् (tvam) - you; न (na) - not; एषः (eṣaḥ) - this; भीमः (bhīmaḥ) - Bhima; त्वया (tvayā) - by you; हतः (hataḥ) - killed; आयसी (āyasī) - iron; प्रतिमा (pratimā) - image; हि (hi) - indeed; एषा (eṣā) - this; त्वया (tvayā) - by you; राजन् (rājan) - O king; निपातिता (nipātitā) - struck down;]
(Do not grieve, Dhritarashtra, you; this is not Bhima killed by you. This is indeed an iron image struck down by you, O king.)
Do not grieve, Dhritarashtra. It was not Bhima whom you killed; it was an iron image that you struck down, O king.
त्वां क्रोधवशमापन्नं विदित्वा भरतर्षभ। मयापकृष्टः कौन्तेयो मृत्योर्दंष्ट्रान्तरं गतः ॥११-११-२४॥
tvāṃ krodhavaśam-āpannaṃ viditvā bharatarṣabha। mayā apakṛṣṭaḥ kaunteyaḥ mṛtyoḥ daṃṣṭrāntaraṃ gataḥ ॥11-11-24॥
[त्वां (tvām) - you; क्रोध-वशम्-आपन्नम् (krodha-vaśam-āpannam) - overpowered by anger; विदित्वा (viditvā) - having known; भरत-ऋषभ (bharata-ṛṣabha) - bull among the Bharatas; मया (mayā) - by me; अपकृष्टः (apakṛṣṭaḥ) - drawn away; कौन्तेयः (kaunteyaḥ) - son of Kunti; मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death; दंष्ट्रा-अन्तरम् (daṃṣṭrā-antaram) - within the jaws; गतः (gataḥ) - gone;]
(Having known you to be overpowered by anger, O bull among the Bharatas, the son of Kunti was drawn away by me and went within the jaws of death.)
O best of the Bharatas, knowing that you were overcome by anger, I drew away the son of Kunti, and he entered the very jaws of death.
न हि ते राजशार्दूल बले तुल्योऽस्ति कश्चन। कः सहेत महाबाहो बाह्वोर्निग्रहणं नरः ॥११-११-२५॥
na hi te rājaśārdūla bale tulyo'sti kaścana। kaḥ saheta mahābāho bāhvornigrahaṇaṃ naraḥ ॥11-11-25॥
[न (na) - not; हि (hi) - indeed; ते (te) - to you; राजशार्दूल (rājaśārdūla) - O tiger among kings; बले (bale) - in strength; तुल्यः (tulyaḥ) - equal; अस्ति (asti) - is; कश्चन (kaścana) - anyone; कः (kaḥ) - who; सहेत (saheta) - could endure; महाबाहो (mahābāho) - O mighty-armed; बाह्वोः (bāhvoḥ) - of (your) arms; निग्रहणम् (nigrahaṇam) - subduing; नरः (naraḥ) - man;]
(Not indeed to you, O tiger among kings, in strength is equal anyone. Who could endure, O mighty-armed, the subduing of (your) arms, man?)
O tiger among kings, truly there is no one equal to you in strength. O mighty-armed one, what man could withstand the subduing force of your arms?
यथान्तकमनुप्राप्य जीवन्कश्चिन्न मुच्यते। एवं बाह्वन्तरं प्राप्य तव जीवेन्न कश्चन ॥११-११-२६॥
yathāntakam anuprāpya jīvan kaścin na mucyate। evaṃ bāhy-antaraṃ prāpya tava jīven na kaścana ॥11-11-26॥
[यथा (yathā) - just as; अन्तकम् (antakam) - death; अनुप्राप्य (anuprāpya) - having reached; जीवत् (jīvat) - living; कश्चित् (kaścit) - anyone; न (na) - not; मुच्यते (mucyate) - is released; एवम् (evam) - in this way; बाह्य-अन्तरम् (bāhya-antarām) - external and internal; प्राप्य (prāpya) - having attained; तव (tava) - your; जीवेत् (jīvet) - would live; न (na) - not; कश्चन (kaścana) - anyone;]
(Just as, having reached death, no living being is released, so, having attained your external and internal (state), no one would live.)
Just as, upon reaching death, no one remains alive, so too, upon attaining your external and internal (state), no one would survive.
तस्मात्पुत्रेण या सा ते प्रतिमा कारितायसी। भीमस्य सेयं कौरव्य तवैवोपहृता मया ॥११-११-२७॥
tasmāt putreṇa yā sā te pratimā kāritā yasī। bhīmasya se iyam kauravya tava eva upahṛtā mayā ॥11-11-27॥
[तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore; from that; पुत्रेण (putreṇa) - by the son; या (yā) - which; सा (sā) - that; ते (te) - for you; प्रतिमा (pratimā) - image; likeness; कारिता (kāritā) - caused to be made; यसी (yasī) - by you; भीमस्य (bhīmasya) - of Bhīma; सा (sā) - that; इयम् (iyam) - this; कौरव्य (kauravya) - O descendant of Kuru; तव (tava) - your; एव (eva) - indeed; उपहृता (upahṛtā) - brought; मया (mayā) - by me;]
(Therefore, the image which was caused to be made by your son, that image of Bhīma, O Kauravya, this indeed has been brought to you by me.)
Therefore, O Kauravya, the image of Bhīma which was caused to be made by your son, I have indeed brought this to you.
पुत्रशोकाभिसन्तापाद्धर्मादपहृतं मनः। तव राजेन्द्र तेन त्वं भीमसेनं जिघांससि ॥११-११-२८॥
putraśokābhisantāpāddharmādapahṛtaṃ manaḥ। tava rājendra tena tvaṃ bhīmasenaṃ jighāṃsasi ॥11-11-28॥
[पुत्र (putra) - son; शोक (śoka) - grief; अभिसन्तापात् (abhisantāpāt) - from intense distress; धर्मात् (dharmāt) - from righteousness; अपहृतं (apahṛtam) - taken away; मनः (manaḥ) - mind; तव (tava) - your; राजेन्द्र (rājendra) - O king; तेन (tena) - therefore; त्वं (tvaṃ) - you; भीमसेनं (bhīmasenam) - Bhimasena; जिघांससि (jighāṃsasi) - desire to kill;]
(Your mind, taken away from righteousness due to the intense distress of grief for your son, O king, therefore you desire to kill Bhimasena.)
O king, your mind, overcome by the intense grief for your son and thus removed from righteousness, therefore you wish to kill Bhimasena.
न च ते तत्क्षमं राजन्हन्यास्त्वं यद्वृकोदरम्। न हि पुत्रा महाराज जीवेयुस्ते कथञ्चन ॥११-११-२९॥
na ca te tatkṣamaṃ rājan hanyāstvaṃ yadvṛkodaram। na hi putrā mahārāja jīveyuste kathaṃcana ॥11-11-29॥
[न (na) - not; च (ca) - and; ते (te) - your; तत् (tat) - that; क्षमम् (kṣamam) - proper; राजन् (rājan) - O king; हन्यात् (hanyāt) - should kill; त्वम् (tvam) - you; यत् (yat) - because; वृकोदरम् (vṛkodaram) - Vṛkodara (Bhīma); न (na) - not; हि (hi) - indeed; पुत्राः (putrāḥ) - sons; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; जीवेयुः (jīveyuḥ) - would live; ते (te) - your; कथञ्चन (kathaṃcana) - in any way;]
(And it is not proper for you, O king, to kill Vṛkodara (Bhīma), because your sons, O great king, would not live in any way.)
O king, it is not right for you to kill Bhīma, for your sons, O great king, would not survive in any way.
तस्माद्यत्कृतमस्माभिर्मन्यमानैः क्षमं प्रति। अनुमन्यस्व तत्सर्वं मा च शोके मनः कृथाः ॥११-११-३०॥
tasmādyatkṛtamasmābhirmanyamānaiḥ kṣamaṃ prati| anumanyasva tatsarvaṃ mā ca śoke manaḥ kṛthāḥ ॥11-11-30॥
[तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore; यत् (yat) - which; कृतम् (kṛtam) - done; अस्माभिः (asmābhiḥ) - by us; मन्यमानैः (manyamānaiḥ) - thinking; क्षमम् (kṣamam) - proper; प्रति (prati) - towards; अनुमन्यस्व (anumanyasva) - forgive; तत् (tat) - that; सर्वम् (sarvam) - all; मा (mā) - do not; च (ca) - and; शोके (śoke) - in grief; मनः (manaḥ) - mind; कृथाः (kṛthāḥ) - make;]
(Therefore, whatever has been done by us, thinking it proper, forgive all that; and do not make your mind (dwell) in grief.)
Therefore, whatever we have done, thinking it was proper, please forgive all that; and do not let your mind be overcome by grief.
