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Pancharatra and Core: Gandhari continues her lamentation, addressed to Lord Krishna.
वैशम्पायन उवाच॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca॥
[वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) - Vaiśampāyana; (name of the sage); उवाच (uvāca) - said; spoke;]
(Vaiśampāyana said;)
Vaiśampāyana said.
ततो दुर्योधनं दृष्ट्वा गान्धारी शोककर्शिता। सहसा न्यपतद्भूमौ छिन्नेव कदली वने ॥११-१७-१॥
tato duryodhanaṃ dṛṣṭvā gāndhārī śokakarśitā। sahasā nyapatadbhoomau chinneva kadalī vane ॥11-17-1॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; दुर्योधनम् (duryodhanam) - Duryodhana; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; गान्धारी (gāndhārī) - Gandhari; शोककर्शिता (śokakarśitā) - emaciated by grief; सहसा (sahasā) - suddenly; न्यपतत् (nyapatat) - fell down; भूमौ (bhūmau) - on the ground; छिन्ना (chinnā) - cut; इव (iva) - like; कदली (kadalī) - banana plant; वने (vane) - in the forest;]
(Then, having seen Duryodhana, Gandhari, emaciated by grief, suddenly fell on the ground like a banana plant cut in the forest.)
Then, seeing Duryodhana, Gandhari, overcome with grief, suddenly collapsed to the ground like a banana plant cut down in the forest.
सा तु लब्ध्वा पुनः सञ्ज्ञां विक्रुश्य च पुनः पुनः। दुर्योधनमभिप्रेक्ष्य शयानं रुधिरोक्षितम् ॥११-१७-२॥
sā tu labdhvā punaḥ sañjñāṃ vikruśya ca punaḥ punaḥ। duryodhanam abhiprekṣya śayānaṃ rudhirokṣitam ॥11-17-2॥
[सा (sā) - she; तु (tu) - but; लब्ध्वा (labdhvā) - having obtained; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; सञ्ज्ञां (sañjñām) - consciousness; विक्रुश्य (vikruśya) - having cried out; च (ca) - and; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; दुर्योधनम् (duryodhanam) - Duryodhana; अभिप्रेक्ष्य (abhiprekṣya) - having looked at; शयानम् (śayānam) - lying; रुधिरोक्षितम् (rudhirokṣitam) - smeared with blood;]
(She but having obtained again consciousness, having cried out and again and again, Duryodhana having looked at lying smeared with blood.)
But she, regaining consciousness, cried out again and again, seeing Duryodhana lying there smeared with blood.
परिष्वज्य च गान्धारी कृपणं पर्यदेवयत्। हा हा पुत्रेति शोकार्ता विललापाकुलेन्द्रिया ॥११-१७-३॥
pariṣvajya ca gāndhārī kṛpaṇaṃ paryadevayat। hā hā putreti śokārtā vilalāpākulendriyā ॥11-17-3॥
[परिष्वज्य (pariṣvajya) - having embraced; च (ca) - and; गान्धारी (gāndhārī) - Gandhari; कृपणं (kṛpaṇam) - the pitiable one; पर्यदेवयत् (paryadevayat) - lamented all around; हा (hā) - alas; हा (hā) - alas; पुत्र (putra) - son; इति (iti) - thus; शोकार्ता (śokārtā) - afflicted with grief; विललाप (vilalāpa) - wailed; आकुल (ākula) - disturbed; इन्द्रिया (indriyā) - in her senses;]
(Having embraced, Gandhari lamented the pitiable one all around. "Alas, alas, son!"—thus, afflicted with grief, she wailed, her senses disturbed.)
Gandhari, having embraced her pitiable son, lamented all around. Afflicted with grief, she wailed, "Alas, alas, son!" her senses overwhelmed.
सुगूढजत्रु विपुलं हारनिष्कनिषेवितम्। वारिणा नेत्रजेनोरः सिञ्चन्ती शोकतापिता ॥ समीपस्थं हृषीकेशमिदं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥११-१७-४॥
sugūḍhajatru vipulaṃ hāraniṣkaniṣevitam। vāriṇā netrajenoraḥ siñcantī śokatāpitā ॥ samīpasthaṃ hṛṣīkeśam idaṃ vacanam abravīt ॥11-17-4॥
[सुगूढजत्रु (sugūḍhajatru) - with well-concealed collar-bones; विपुलं (vipulam) - broad; हारनिष्कनिषेवितम् (hāraniṣkaniṣevitam) - adorned with necklaces and gold coins; वारिणा (vāriṇā) - with water; नेत्रजेन (netrajena) - born from the eyes; उरः (uraḥ) - chest; सिञ्चन्ती (siñcantī) - sprinkling; शोकतापिता (śokatāpitā) - afflicted by grief; समीपस्थं (samīpastham) - standing nearby; हृषीकेशम् (hṛṣīkeśam) - to Hṛṣīkeśa (Kṛṣṇa); इदं (idaṃ) - this; वचनम् (vacanam) - speech; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said;]
(With well-concealed collar-bones, broad, adorned with necklaces and gold coins, her chest was sprinkled with water born from the eyes, afflicted by grief. To Hṛṣīkeśa standing nearby, she spoke this speech.)
Her chest, broad and adorned with necklaces and gold coins, was wetted by tears as she, afflicted by grief, spoke these words to Hṛṣīkeśa who stood nearby.
उपस्थितेऽस्मिन्सङ्ग्रामे ज्ञातीनां सङ्क्षये विभो। मामयं प्राह वार्ष्णेय प्राञ्जलिर्नृपसत्तमः ॥ अस्मिञ्ज्ञातिसमुद्धर्षे जयमम्बा ब्रवीतु मे ॥११-१७-५॥
upasthite'smin saṅgrāme jñātīnāṃ saṅkṣaye vibho। mām ayaṃ prāha vārṣṇeya prāñjalir nṛpasattamaḥ॥ asmin jñātisamuddharṣe jayam ambā bravītu me॥ 11-17-5॥
[उपस्थिते (upasthite) - when present; अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this; सङ्ग्रामे (saṅgrāme) - battle; ज्ञातीनाम् (jñātīnām) - of kinsmen; सङ्क्षये (saṅkṣaye) - in destruction; विभो (vibho) - O lord; माम् (mām) - to me; अयम् (ayam) - this; प्राह (prāha) - said; वार्ष्णेय (vārṣṇeya) - O descendant of Vṛṣṇi; प्राञ्जलिः (prāñjaliḥ) - with folded hands; नृपसत्तमः (nṛpasattamaḥ) - best among kings; अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this; ज्ञाति (jñāti) - kin; समुद्धर्षे (samuddharṣe) - great excitement; जयम् (jayam) - victory; अम्बा (ambā) - mother; ब्रवीतु (bravītu) - may say; मे (me) - to me;]
(When present in this battle, in the destruction of kinsmen, O lord, to me this said, O descendant of Vṛṣṇi, with folded hands, the best among kings. In this great excitement of kin, may mother speak victory to me.)
O lord, when this battle for the destruction of kinsmen was present, the best among kings, with folded hands, said this to me, O descendant of Vṛṣṇi. In this great excitement among kin, may mother grant me victory.
इत्युक्ते जानती सर्वमहं स्वं व्यसनागमम्। अब्रुवं पुरुषव्याघ्र यतो धर्मस्ततो जयः ॥११-१७-६॥
ityukte jānatī sarvamahaṃ svaṃ vyasanāgamam। abruvaṃ puruṣavyāghra yato dharmastato jayaḥ ॥11-17-6॥
[इति (iti) - thus; उक्ते (ukte) - having been said; जानती (jānatī) - knowing; सर्वम् (sarvam) - all; अहम् (aham) - I; स्वम् (svam) - my; व्यसन (vyasana) - misfortune; आगमम् (āgamam) - approach; अब्रुवम् (abruvam) - I said; पुरुषव्याघ्र (puruṣavyāghra) - tiger among men; यतः (yataḥ) - where; धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - righteousness; ततः (tataḥ) - from there; जयः (jayaḥ) - victory;]
(Thus having been said, knowing all my misfortune approaching, I said, O tiger among men, where there is righteousness, from there is victory.)
Thus, when this was said, knowing all my impending misfortune, I said, "O tiger among men, where there is righteousness, there is victory."
यथा न युध्यमानस्त्वं सम्प्रमुह्यसि पुत्रक। ध्रुवं शस्त्रजिताँल्लोकान्प्राप्तास्यमरवद्विभो ॥११-१७-७॥
yathā na yudhyamānas tvaṃ sampramuhyasi putraka। dhruvaṃ śastrajitāṃl lokān prāptāsy amaravad vibho ॥11-17-7॥
[यथा (yathā) - as; in the manner; how; in which way; न (na) - not; युध्यमानः (yudhyamānaḥ) - fighting; engaging in battle; त्वं (tvaṃ) - you; सम्प्रमुह्यसि (sampramuhyasi) - you are greatly deluded; you are completely bewildered; पुत्रक (putraka) - O son; dear child; ध्रुवं (dhruvam) - certainly; surely; शस्त्रजितान् (śastrajitān) - won by weapons; conquered by arms; लोकान् (lokān) - worlds; realms; प्राप्ताः (prāptāḥ) - attained; reached; असि (asi) - you are; अमरवत् (amaravat) - like the immortals; as the gods; विभो (vibho) - O mighty one; O powerful one;]
(As you, not fighting, are greatly deluded, O son, certainly you have attained the worlds won by weapons, like the immortals, O mighty one.)
O dear son, since you are not fighting and are completely bewildered, surely you have attained the worlds conquered by arms, like the gods, O mighty one.
इत्येवमब्रुवं पूर्वं नैनं शोचामि वै प्रभो। धृतराष्ट्रं तु शोचामि कृपणं हतबान्धवम् ॥११-१७-८॥
ityevam abruvaṃ pūrvaṃ nainaṃ śocāmi vai prabho। dhṛtarāṣṭraṃ tu śocāmi kṛpaṇaṃ hatabāndhavam ॥11-17-8॥
[इति (iti) - thus; एवम् (evam) - in this manner; अब्रुवम् (abruvam) - I spoke; पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - before; न (na) - not; एनम् (enam) - him; शोचामि (śocāmi) - I grieve; वै (vai) - indeed; प्रभो (prabho) - O master; धृतराष्ट्रम् (dhṛtarāṣṭram) - Dhritarashtra; तु (tu) - but; शोचामि (śocāmi) - I grieve; कृपणम् (kṛpaṇam) - miserable; हतबान्धवम् (hatabāndhavam) - bereft of relatives;]
(Thus in this manner I spoke before, I do not grieve for him indeed, O master; but I grieve for Dhritarashtra, the miserable one bereft of relatives.)
Thus I had spoken before, O master: I do not grieve for him; but I grieve for Dhritarashtra, the pitiable one who has lost his kin.
अमर्षणं युधां श्रेष्ठं कृतास्त्रं युद्धदुर्मदम्। शयानं वीरशयने पश्य माधव मे सुतम् ॥११-१७-९॥
amarṣaṇaṃ yudhāṃ śreṣṭhaṃ kṛtāstraṃ yuddhadurmadam। śayānaṃ vīraśayane paśya mādhava me sutam ॥11-17-9॥
[अमर्षणम् (amarṣaṇam) - not-forbearing; युधाम् (yudhām) - of warriors; श्रेष्ठम् (śreṣṭham) - the best; कृतास्त्रम् (kṛtāstram) - having mastered weapons; युद्धदुर्मदम् (yuddhadurmadam) - arrogant in battle; शयानम् (śayānam) - lying; वीरशयने (vīraśayane) - on the hero's bed; पश्य (paśya) - see; माधव (mādhava) - O Mādhava; मे (me) - my; सुतम् (sutam) - son;]
(See, O Mādhava, my son, not-forbearing, the best of warriors, having mastered weapons, arrogant in battle, lying on the hero's bed.)
O Mādhava, see my son, the best among warriors, intolerant, accomplished in arms, proud in battle, now lying on the hero's bed.
योऽयं मूर्धावसिक्तानामग्रे याति परन्तपः। सोऽयं पांसुषु शेतेऽद्य पश्य कालस्य पर्ययम् ॥११-१७-१०॥
yo'yaṃ mūrdhāvasiktānām agre yāti parantapaḥ। so'yaṃ pāṃsuṣu śete'dya paśya kālasya paryayaṃ ॥11-17-10॥
[यः (yaḥ) - who; अयम् (ayam) - this; मूर्धा-अवसिक्तानाम् (mūrdhā-avasiktānām) - of those whose heads have been anointed; अग्रे (agre) - at the front; याति (yāti) - goes; परन्तपः (parantapaḥ) - O scorcher of foes; सः (saḥ) - he; अयम् (ayam) - this; पांसुषु (pāṃsuṣu) - on the dust; शेते (śete) - lies; अद्य (adya) - today; पश्य (paśya) - see; कालस्य (kālasya) - of time; पर्ययम् (paryayaṃ) - the change;]
(Who, this one, of those whose heads have been anointed, at the front, goes, O scorcher of foes; he, this one, on the dust, lies, today; see, of time, the change.)
He who once led at the front among the anointed kings, O scorcher of foes, now lies today on the dust; see the change brought by time.
ध्रुवं दुर्योधनो वीरो गतिं नसुलभां गतः। तथा ह्यभिमुखः शेते शयने वीरसेविते ॥११-१७-११॥
dhruvaṃ duryodhanaḥ vīraḥ gatiṃ nasulabhāṃ gataḥ। tathā hy abhimukhaḥ śete śayane vīrasevite ॥11-17-11॥
[ध्रुवं (dhruvam) - certainly; दुर्योधनः (duryodhanaḥ) - Duryodhana; वीरः (vīraḥ) - hero; गतिं (gatiṃ) - state; न (na) - not; सुलभां (sulabhām) - easily attained; गतः (gataḥ) - has reached; तथा (tathā) - thus; हि (hi) - indeed; अभिमुखः (abhimukhaḥ) - facing (the enemy); शेते (śete) - lies; शयने (śayane) - on the bed; वीरसेविते (vīrasevite) - attended by heroes;]
(Certainly, Duryodhana, the hero, has reached a state not easily attained. Thus indeed, facing (the enemy), he lies on the bed attended by heroes.)
Certainly, Duryodhana, the hero, has attained a rare state. Thus, indeed, he lies facing his foes on a bed attended by heroes.
यं पुरा पर्युपासीना रमयन्ति महीक्षितः। महीतलस्थं निहतं गृध्रास्तं पर्युपासते ॥११-१७-१२॥
yaṃ purā paryupāsīnā ramayanti mahīkṣitaḥ। mahītalasthaṃ nihataṃ gṛdhrāstaṃ paryupāsate ॥11-17-12॥
[यं (yaṃ) - whom; पुरा (purā) - formerly; पर्युपासीना (paryupāsīnāḥ) - having surrounded and worshipped; रमयन्ति (ramayanti) - delight; महीक्षितः (mahīkṣitaḥ) - kings; महीतलस्थं (mahītalastham) - lying on the earth; निहतं (nihatam) - slain; गृध्राः (gṛdhrāḥ) - vultures; तम् (tam) - him; पर्युपासते (paryupāsate) - surround and attend;]
(Whom formerly having surrounded and worshipped, kings delighted; lying on the earth, slain, vultures him surround and attend.)
The one whom kings once surrounded and delighted in, now, lying slain on the earth, is surrounded and attended by vultures.
यं पुरा व्यजनैरग्र्यैरुपवीजन्ति योषितः। तमद्य पक्षव्यजनैरुपवीजन्ति पक्षिणः ॥११-१७-१३॥
yaṃ purā vyajanair agryair upavījanti yoṣitaḥ। tam adya pakṣavyajanair upavījanti pakṣiṇaḥ ॥11-17-13॥
[यं (yaṃ) - whom; पुरा (purā) - formerly; व्यजनैः (vyajanair) - with fans; अग्र्यैः (agryaiḥ) - excellent; उपवीजन्ति (upavījanti) - fan (verb); योषितः (yoṣitaḥ) - women; तम् (tam) - him; अद्य (adya) - today; पक्षव्यजनैः (pakṣavyajanair) - with fans made of feathers; उपवीजन्ति (upavījanti) - fan (verb); पक्षिणः (pakṣiṇaḥ) - birds;]
(Whom formerly women fanned with excellent fans, him today birds fan with fans made of feathers.)
He who was once fanned by women with excellent fans is now fanned by birds with fans made of feathers.
एष शेते महाबाहुर्बलवान्सत्यविक्रमः। सिंहेनेव द्विपः सङ्ख्ये भीमसेनेन पातितः ॥११-१७-१४॥
eṣa śete mahābāhur balavān satyavikramaḥ। siṃheneva dvipaḥ saṅkhye bhīmasenena pātitaḥ ॥11-17-14॥
[एष (eṣa) - this; शेते (śete) - lies; महाबाहुः (mahābāhuḥ) - mighty-armed; बलवान् (balavān) - strong; सत्यविक्रमः (satyavikramaḥ) - truly valiant; सिंहेन (siṃhena) - by a lion; इव (iva) - like; द्विपः (dvipaḥ) - an elephant; सङ्ख्ये (saṅkhye) - in battle; भीमसेनेन (bhīmasenena) - by Bhīmasena; पातितः (pātitaḥ) - felled;]
(This mighty-armed, strong, truly valiant one lies, like an elephant felled in battle by a lion, by Bhīmasena.)
This mighty-armed and truly valiant hero lies here, strong as he was, like an elephant struck down in battle by Bhīmasena, just as a lion fells an elephant.
पश्य दुर्योधनं कृष्ण शयानं रुधिरोक्षितम्। निहतं भीमसेनेन गदामुद्यम्य भारत ॥११-१७-१५॥
paśya duryodhanaṃ kṛṣṇa śayānaṃ rudhirokṣitam। nihataṃ bhīmasenena gadāmudyamya bhārata ॥11-17-15॥
[पश्य (paśya) - see; दुर्योधनं (duryodhanaṃ) - Duryodhana; कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa) - Kṛṣṇa; शयानं (śayānam) - lying; रुधिरोक्षितम् (rudhirokṣitam) - smeared with blood; निहतं (nihatam) - slain; भीमसेनेन (bhīmasenena) - by Bhīmasena; गदाम् (gadām) - mace; उद्यस्य (udyamya) - having raised; भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata;]
(See Duryodhana, O Kṛṣṇa, lying smeared with blood, slain by Bhīmasena, having raised the mace, O Bhārata.)
O Bhārata, see Duryodhana lying there, O Kṛṣṇa, smeared with blood, slain by Bhīmasena who raised his mace.
अक्षौहिणीर्महाबाहुर्दश चैकां च केशव। अनयद्यः पुरा सङ्ख्ये सोऽनयान्निधनं गतः ॥११-१७-१६॥
akṣauhiṇīr-mahābāhur-daśa caikāṃ ca keśava| anayad-yaḥ purā saṅkhye so'nayān-nidhanaṃ gataḥ ॥11-17-16॥
[अक्षौहिणीः (akṣauhiṇīḥ) - divisions of army; महाबाहुः (mahābāhuḥ) - mighty-armed; दश (daśa) - ten; च (ca) - and; एकां (ekām) - one; च (ca) - and; केशव (keśava) - Keśava; अनयत् (anayad) - led; यः (yaḥ) - who; पुरा (purā) - formerly; सङ्ख्ये (saṅkhye) - in battle; सः (saḥ) - he; अनयान् (anayān) - those (armies); निधनं (nidhanaṃ) - destruction; गतः (gataḥ) - went;]
(The mighty-armed Keśava, who formerly led ten divisions of army and one (more) in battle, he led those (armies) to destruction.)
Keśava, the mighty-armed, who once led ten divisions of army and one more in battle, has now led those armies to their destruction.
एष दुर्योधनः शेते महेष्वासो महारथः। शार्दूल इव सिंहेन भीमसेनेन पातितः ॥११-१७-१७॥
eṣa duryodhanaḥ śete maheṣvāso mahārathaḥ। śārdūla iva siṃhena bhīmasenena pātitaḥ ॥11-17-17॥
[एष (eṣa) - this; दुर्योधनः (duryodhanaḥ) - Duryodhana; शेते (śete) - lies; महेष्वासः (maheṣvāsaḥ) - great archer; महारथः (mahārathaḥ) - great chariot-warrior; शार्दूल (śārdūla) - tiger; इव (iva) - like; सिंहेन (siṃhena) - by the lion; भीमसेनेन (bhīmasenena) - by Bhīmasena; पातितः (pātitaḥ) - felled;]
(This Duryodhana, the great archer, the great chariot-warrior, lies (fallen), like a tiger felled by the lion Bhīmasena.)
Here lies Duryodhana, the mighty archer and great chariot-warrior, struck down like a tiger by the lion Bhīmasena.
विदुरं ह्यवमन्यैष पितरं चैव मन्दभाक्। बालो वृद्धावमानेन मन्दो मृत्युवशं गतः ॥११-१७-१८॥
viduraṃ hy avamanyaiṣa pitaraṃ caiva mandabhāk| bālo vṛddhāvamānena mando mṛtyuvaśaṃ gataḥ ॥11-17-18॥
[विदुरम् (viduram) - Vidura; (the wise minister; हि (hi) - indeed; अवमन्य (avamanya) - disregarding; एषः (eṣaḥ) - this one; पितरम् (pitaram) - father; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - also; मन्द-भाक् (manda-bhāk) - of dull fortune; बालः (bālaḥ) - the boy; वृद्ध-अवमानेन (vṛddh-avamānena) - by disrespecting elders; मन्दः (mandaḥ) - the dull one; मृत्यु-वशम् (mṛtyu-vaśam) - to the power of death; गतः (gataḥ) - has gone;]
(Indeed, this one, disregarding Vidura and also his father, the boy of dull fortune, by disrespecting elders, the dull one has gone to the power of death.)
Indeed, this boy, having disregarded Vidura and his father, and being of dull fortune, by disrespecting elders, has met his death.
निःसपत्ना मही यस्य त्रयोदश समाः स्थिता। स शेते निहतो भूमौ पुत्रो मे पृथिवीपतिः ॥११-१७-१९॥
niḥsapatnā mahī yasya trayodaśa samāḥ sthitā। sa śete nihato bhūmau putro me pṛthivīpatiḥ ॥11-17-19॥
[निःसपत्ना (niḥsapatnā) - without rival wives; मही (mahī) - earth; यस्य (yasya) - of whom; त्रयोदश (trayodaśa) - thirteen; समाः (samāḥ) - years; स्थिताः (sthitāḥ) - remained; सः (saḥ) - he; शेते (śete) - lies; निहतः (nihataḥ) - slain; भूमौ (bhūmau) - on the ground; पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son; मे (me) - my; पृथिवीपतिः (pṛthivīpatiḥ) - lord of the earth;]
(The earth, without rival wives, for thirteen years remained his. He lies slain on the ground, my son, the lord of the earth.)
For thirteen years, the earth, free from rival claimants, remained under his rule. Now, my son, the lord of the earth, lies slain upon the ground.
अपश्यं कृष्ण पृथिवीं धार्तराष्ट्रानुशासनात्। पूर्णां हस्तिगवाश्वस्य वार्ष्णेय न तु तच्चिरम् ॥११-१७-२०॥
apaśyaṃ kṛṣṇa pṛthivīṃ dhārtarāṣṭrānuśāsanāt। pūrṇāṃ hastigavāśvasya vārṣṇeya na tu tacciram ॥11-17-20॥
[अपश्यं (apaśyam) - I saw; (from root paś, to see, with prefix a-, past tense) कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa) - O Kṛṣṇa; (vocative, addressing Kṛṣṇa) पृथिवीं (pṛthivīm) - the earth; (accusative singular) धार्तराष्ट्र-अनुशासनात् (dhārtarāṣṭra-anuśāsanāt) - from the command of the Dhārtarāṣṭras; (ablative, instruction/order of Dhṛtarāṣṭra's sons) पूर्णां (pūrṇām) - full; (accusative singular, feminine) हस्ति-गव-अश्वस्य (hasti-gava-aśvasya) - of elephants, cows, and horses; (genitive singular, compound) वार्ष्णेय (vārṣṇeya) - O descendant of Vṛṣṇi; (vocative, addressing Kṛṣṇa) न (na) - not; तु (tu) - but; तत् (tat) - that; चिरम् (ciram) - for long;]
(I saw, O Kṛṣṇa, the earth, from the command of the Dhārtarāṣṭras, full of elephants, cows, and horses, O descendant of Vṛṣṇi, but that did not last long.)
O Kṛṣṇa, I saw the earth, under the rule of the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, filled with elephants, cows, and horses, O descendant of Vṛṣṇi, but that did not last long.
तामेवाद्य महाबाहो पश्याम्यन्यानुशासनात्। हीनां हस्तिगवाश्वेन किं नु जीवामि माधव ॥११-१७-२१॥
tāmevādyā mahābāho paśyāmyanyānuśāsanāt। hīnāṃ hastigavāśvena kiṃ nu jīvāmi mādhava ॥11-17-21॥
[ताम् (tām) - her; (accusative singular of sā, she) एव (eva) - only; indeed; आद्य (adya) - today; महाबाहो (mahābāho) - O mighty-armed; पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see; अन्य (anya) - other; अनुशासनात् (anuśāsanāt) - from command; from discipline; हीनाम् (hīnāṃ) - deprived; lacking; हस्ति (hasti) - elephant; गव (gava) - cow; अश्वेन (aśvena) - by horse; किम् (kim) - what; why; नु (nu) - indeed; surely; जीवामि (jīvāmi) - I live; माधव (mādhava) - O Mādhava;]
(Her only today, O mighty-armed, I see from another's command; deprived of elephant, cow, and horse, why indeed do I live, O Mādhava?)
O Mādhava, today I see her only under another's command, O mighty-armed; deprived of elephants, cows, and horses, why indeed do I live?
इदं कृच्छ्रतरं पश्य पुत्रस्यापि वधान्मम। यदिमाः पर्युपासन्ते हताञ्शूरान्रणे स्त्रियः ॥११-१७-२२॥
idaṃ kṛcchrataram paśya putrasyāpi vadhān mama। yad imāḥ paryupāsante hatān śūrān raṇe striyaḥ॥11-17-22॥
[इदं (idaṃ) - this; कृच्छ्रतरं (kṛcchrataram) - more difficult; पश्य (paśya) - see; पुत्रस्य (putrasya) - of (my) son; अपि (api) - even; वधान् (vadhān) - the killing; मम (mama) - of me; यदि (yadi) - if; इमाः (imāḥ) - these; पर्युपासन्ते (paryupāsante) - surround; हतान् (hatān) - the slain; शूरान् (śūrān) - heroes; रणे (raṇe) - in battle; स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - women;]
(See this more difficult (thing), even than the killing of my son: if these women surround the slain heroes in battle.)
See, this is even more difficult for me than the death of my son: these women surround the slain heroes in battle.
प्रकीर्णकेशां सुश्रोणीं दुर्योधनभुजाङ्कगाम्। रुक्मवेदीनिभां पश्य कृष्ण लक्ष्मणमातरम् ॥११-१७-२३॥
prakīrṇakeśāṃ suśroṇīṃ duryodhanabhujaṅkagām। rukmavedīnibhāṃ paśya kṛṣṇa lakṣmaṇamātaram ॥11-17-23॥
[प्रकीर्णकेशाम् (prakīrṇakeśām) - with disheveled hair; सुश्रोणीम् (suśroṇīm) - having beautiful hips; दुर्योधनभुजाङ्कगाम् (duryodhanabhujaṅkagām) - who had gone to the lap of Duryodhana; रुक्मवेदीनिभाम् (rukmavedīnibhām) - resembling a golden altar; पश्य (paśya) - behold; कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa) - O Kṛṣṇa; लक्ष्मणमातरम् (lakṣmaṇamātaram) - the mother of Lakṣmaṇa;]
(With disheveled hair, beautiful hips, who had gone to the lap of Duryodhana, resembling a golden altar, behold, O Kṛṣṇa, the mother of Lakṣmaṇa.)
O Kṛṣṇa, behold the mother of Lakṣmaṇa, with her hair disheveled, beautiful hips, who had gone to the lap of Duryodhana, and who resembles a golden altar.
नूनमेषा पुरा बाला जीवमाने महाभुजे। भुजावाश्रित्य रमते सुभुजस्य मनस्विनी ॥११-१७-२४॥
nūnameṣā purā bālā jīvamāne mahābhuje. bhujāvāśritya ramate subhujasya manasvinī ॥11-17-24॥
[नूनम् (nūnam) - indeed; एषा (eṣā) - this (feminine); पुरा (purā) - formerly; बाला (bālā) - girl; जीवमाने (jīvamāne) - while living; महाभुजे (mahābhuje) - to the mighty-armed (one); भुजावाश्रित्य (bhujāvāśritya) - having taken refuge in the arms; रमते (ramate) - rejoices; सुभुजस्य (subhujasya) - of the beautiful-armed (one); मनस्विनी (manasvinī) - the high-minded (woman);]
(Indeed, this girl formerly, while the mighty-armed (one) was living, having taken refuge in his arms, rejoiced, the high-minded (woman) of the beautiful-armed (one).)
Indeed, this girl, in earlier times, while the mighty-armed man was alive, found joy resting in his arms—the high-minded woman of the beautiful-armed one.
कथं तु शतधा नेदं हृदयं मम दीर्यते। पश्यन्त्या निहतं पुत्रं पुत्रेण सहितं रणे ॥११-१७-२५॥
kathaṁ tu śatadhā nedaṁ hṛdayaṁ mama dīryate। paśyantyā nihataṁ putraṁ putreṇa sahitaṁ raṇe ॥11-17-25॥
[कथं (kathaṁ) - how; तु (tu) - but; शतधा (śatadhā) - into a hundred pieces; न (na) - not; इदं (idaṁ) - this; हृदयं (hṛdayaṁ) - heart; मम (mama) - my; दीर्यते (dīryate) - is torn; पश्यन्त्या (paśyantyā) - by (me) seeing; निहतं (nihataṁ) - slain; पुत्रं (putraṁ) - son; पुत्रेण (putreṇa) - by (my) son; सहितं (sahitaṁ) - together with; रणे (raṇe) - in battle;]
(How but into a hundred pieces not this heart my is torn; by (me) seeing slain son by (my) son together with in battle.)
But how is it that my heart does not break into a hundred pieces, seeing my son slain together with (another) son in battle?
पुत्रं रुधिरसंसिक्तमुपजिघ्रत्यनिन्दिता। दुर्योधनं तु वामोरूः पाणिना परिमार्जति ॥११-१७-२६॥
putraṃ rudhirasaṃsiktam upajighraty aninditā। duryodhanaṃ tu vāmorūḥ pāṇinā parimārjati ॥11-17-26॥
[पुत्रम् (putram) - son; रुधिर-संसिक्तम् (rudhira-saṃsiktam) - blood-smeared; उपजिघ्रति (upajighrati) - sniffs; अनिन्दिता (aninditā) - the blameless one; दुर्योधनम् (duryodhanam) - Duryodhana; तु (tu) - but; वाम-ऊरूः (vāma-ūrūḥ) - left thighs; पाणिना (pāṇinā) - with (her) hand; परिमार्जति (parimārjati) - wipes;]
(The blameless one sniffs her blood-smeared son; but wipes Duryodhana's left thighs with her hand.)
The blameless mother sniffs her blood-smeared son and wipes Duryodhana's left thighs with her hand.
किं नु शोचति भर्तारं पुत्रं चैषा मनस्विनी। तथा ह्यवस्थिता भाति पुत्रं चाप्यभिवीक्ष्य सा ॥११-१७-२७॥
kiṁ nu śocati bhartāraṁ putraṁ caiṣā manasvinī। tathā hyavasthitā bhāti putraṁ cāpyabhivīkṣya sā ॥11-17-27॥
[किं (kiṁ) - what; नु (nu) - indeed; शोचति (śocati) - grieves; भर्तारं (bhartāram) - husband (accusative); पुत्रं (putram) - son (accusative); च (ca) - and; एषा (eṣā) - this (feminine); मनस्विनी (manasvinī) - high-minded woman; तथा (tathā) - thus; हि (hi) - indeed; अवस्थिता (avasthitā) - situated; भाति (bhāti) - appears; पुत्रं (putram) - son (accusative); च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; अभिवीक्ष्य (abhivīkṣya) - having looked at; सा (sā) - she;]
(What indeed does this high-minded woman grieve for, her husband or her son? Thus indeed, being situated, she appears, having also looked at her son.)
Is this high-minded woman grieving for her husband or her son? Thus, as she stands, she appears to be gazing at her son.
स्वशिरः पञ्चशाखाभ्यामभिहत्यायतेक्षणा। पतत्युरसि वीरस्य कुरुराजस्य माधव ॥११-१७-२८॥
svaśiraḥ pañcaśākhābhyām abhihatya āyatekṣaṇā। pataty urasi vīrasya kururājasya mādhava ॥11-17-28॥
[स्व (sva) - own; शिरः (śiraḥ) - head; पञ्च (pañca) - five; शाखाभ्याम् (śākhābhyām) - with the two arms; अभिहत्य (abhihatya) - having struck; आयतेक्षणा (āyatekṣaṇā) - wide-eyed; पतति (patati) - falls; उरसि (urasi) - on the chest; वीरस्य (vīrasya) - of the hero; कुरुराजस्य (kururājasya) - of the king of the Kurus; माधव (mādhava) - O Mādhava;]
(Wide-eyed, having struck her own head with both arms, she falls on the chest of the hero, O Mādhava, of the king of the Kurus.)
O Mādhava, wide-eyed, she struck her own head with both arms and fell upon the chest of the heroic king of the Kurus.
पुण्डरीकनिभा भाति पुण्डरीकान्तरप्रभा। मुखं विमृज्य पुत्रस्य भर्तुश्चैव तपस्विनी ॥११-१७-२९॥
puṇḍarīkanibhā bhāti puṇḍarīkāntaraprabhā। mukhaṃ vimṛjya putrasya bhartuścaiva tapasvinī ॥11-17-29॥
[पुण्डरीकनिभा (puṇḍarīkanibhā) - lotus-like; भाति (bhāti) - shines; पुण्डरीकान्तरप्रभा (puṇḍarīkāntaraprabhā) - the radiance within the lotus; मुखं (mukhaṃ) - face; विमृज्य (vimṛjya) - having wiped; पुत्रस्य (putrasya) - of the son; भर्तुः (bhartuḥ) - of the husband; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; तपस्विनी (tapasvinī) - the ascetic woman;]
(Lotus-like shines the radiance within the lotus. Having wiped the face of her son and of her husband, the ascetic woman.)
Her face shone like a lotus, with a radiance from within, as the ascetic woman wiped the faces of her son and her husband.
यदि चाप्यागमाः सन्ति यदि वा श्रुतयस्तथा। ध्रुवं लोकानवाप्तोऽयं नृपो बाहुबलार्जितान् ॥११-१७-३०॥
yadi cāpyāgamāḥ santi yadi vā śrutayastathā। dhruvaṃ lokānavāpto'yaṃ nṛpo bāhubalārjitān ॥11-17-30॥
[यदि (yadi) - if; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; आगमाः (āgamāḥ) - authoritative texts; सन्ति (santi) - are; यदि (yadi) - if; वा (vā) - or; श्रुतयः (śrutayaḥ) - Vedas; तथा (tathā) - likewise; ध्रुवं (dhruvam) - certainly; लोकान् (lokān) - worlds; अवाप्तः (avāptaḥ) - attained; अयम् (ayam) - this; नृपः (nṛpaḥ) - king; बाहुबल (bāhubala) - by the strength of arms; अर्जितान् (arjitān) - acquired;]
(If indeed there are authoritative texts, or likewise the Vedas, certainly this king has not attained the worlds acquired by the strength of arms.)
Even if there are authoritative texts or the Vedas, it is certain that this king has not attained the worlds acquired by the strength of his arms.
