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Pancharatra and Core: Gandhari continues her lamentation.
गान्धार्युवाच॥
gāndhāryuvāca॥
[गान्धार्य् (gāndhāry) - Gandhari; (name of the queen) उवाच (uvāca) - said; spoke;]
(Gandhari said;)
Gandhari said.
एष माधव पुत्रो मे विकर्णः प्राज्ञसंमतः। भूमौ विनिहतः शेते भीमेन शतधा कृतः ॥११-१९-१॥
eṣa mādhava putro me vikarṇaḥ prājñasaṃmataḥ। bhūmau vinihataḥ śete bhīmena śatadhā kṛtaḥ ॥11-19-1॥
[एष (eṣa) - this; माधव (mādhava) - O Mādhava; पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son; मे (me) - my; विकर्णः (vikarṇaḥ) - Vikarna; प्राज्ञसंमतः (prājñasaṃmataḥ) - approved by the wise; भूमौ (bhūmau) - on the ground; विनिहतः (vinihataḥ) - slain; शेते (śete) - lies; भीमेन (bhīmena) - by Bhima; शतधा (śatadhā) - into a hundred pieces; कृतः (kṛtaḥ) - made;]
(This, O Mādhava, my son Vikarna, approved by the wise, lies slain on the ground, made into a hundred pieces by Bhima.)
O Mādhava, here lies my son Vikarna, esteemed by the wise, slain on the ground and shattered into a hundred pieces by Bhima.
गजमध्यगतः शेते विकर्णो मधुसूदन। नीलमेघपरिक्षिप्तः शरदीव दिवाकरः ॥११-१९-२॥
gajamadhyagataḥ śete vikarṇo madhusūdana। nīlameghaparikṣiptaḥ śaradīva divākaraḥ ॥11-19-2॥
[गजमध्यगतः (gajamadhyagataḥ) - situated in the midst of elephants; शेते (śete) - lies; विकर्णः (vikarṇaḥ) - Vikarṇa; मधुसूदन (madhusūdana) - O Madhusūdana; नीलमेघपरिक्षिप्तः (nīlameghaparikṣiptaḥ) - enveloped by dark clouds; शरदि (śaradi) - in autumn; इव (iva) - like; दिवाकरः (divākaraḥ) - the sun;]
(Vikarṇa lies in the midst of elephants, O Madhusūdana, enveloped by dark clouds, like the sun in autumn.)
O Madhusūdana, Vikarṇa lies among the elephants, surrounded by dark clouds, just as the sun is enveloped in autumn.
अस्य चापग्रहेणैष पाणिः कृतकिणो महान्। कथञ्चिच्छिद्यते गृध्रैरत्तुकामैस्तलत्रवान् ॥११-१९-३॥
asya cāpagraheṇaiṣa pāṇiḥ kṛtakiṇo mahān। kathañcicchidyate gṛdhrairattukāmaistalatravān ॥11-19-3॥
[अस्य (asya) - of this; चापग्रहेण (cāpagraheṇa) - by the holding of the bow; एषः (eṣaḥ) - this; पाणिः (pāṇiḥ) - hand; कृतकिणः (kṛtakiṇaḥ) - callused; महान् (mahān) - great; कथञ्चित् (kathañcit) - somehow; छिद्यते (chidyate) - is being cut; गृध्रैः (gṛdhraiḥ) - by vultures; अत्तुकामैः (attukāmaiḥ) - desiring to eat; तलत्रवान् (talatravān) - having palm-protectors;]
(Of this, by the holding of the bow, this hand, callused, great, somehow is being cut by vultures desiring to eat, having palm-protectors.)
This great, callused hand, hardened by holding the bow, is somehow being cut by vultures eager to eat, even though it has palm-protectors.
अस्य भार्यामिषप्रेप्सून्गृध्रानेतांस्तपस्विनी। वारयत्यनिशं बाला न च शक्नोति माधव ॥११-१९-४॥
asya bhāryāmiṣaprepsūn gṛdhrān etāṃs tapasvinī। vārayaty aniśaṃ bālā na ca śaknoti mādhava ॥11-19-4॥
[अस्य (asya) - of him; भार्या (bhāryā) - wife; मिष (miṣa) - meat; प्रेप्सून् (prepsūn) - desiring; गृध्रान् (gṛdhrān) - vultures; एताम् (etām) - these; तपस्विनी (tapasvinī) - ascetic woman; वारयति (vārayati) - wards off; अनिशम् (aniśam) - constantly; बाला (bālā) - young girl; न (na) - not; च (ca) - and; शक्नोति (śaknoti) - is able; माधव (mādhava) - O Mādhava;]
(The ascetic woman, his wife, wards off these vultures desiring meat constantly, O Mādhava, but the young girl is not able.)
O Mādhava, his wife, the ascetic woman, constantly wards off these vultures desiring meat, but the young girl is unable to do so.
युवा वृन्दारकः शूरो विकर्णः पुरुषर्षभ। सुखोचितः सुखार्हश्च शेते पांसुषु माधव ॥११-१९-५॥
yuvā vṛndārakaḥ śūro vikarṇaḥ puruṣarṣabha। sukhocitaḥ sukhārhaś ca śete pāṃsuṣu mādhava ॥11-19-5॥
[युवा (yuvā) - young; वृन्दारकः (vṛndārakaḥ) - prince; शूरः (śūraḥ) - heroic; विकर्णः (vikarṇaḥ) - Vikarna; पुरुषर्षभ (puruṣarṣabha) - bull among men; सुखोचितः (sukhocitaḥ) - accustomed to comfort; सुखार्हः (sukhārhaḥ) - worthy of happiness; च (ca) - and; शेते (śete) - lies; पांसुषु (pāṃsuṣu) - on the dust; माधव (mādhava) - O Mādhava;]
(Young prince, heroic Vikarna, bull among men, accustomed to comfort, worthy of happiness and lies on the dust, O Mādhava.)
O Mādhava, the young prince, heroic Vikarna, who is a bull among men, accustomed to comfort and worthy of happiness, now lies on the dust.
कर्णिनालीकनाराचैर्भिन्नमर्माणमाहवे। अद्यापि न जहात्येनं लक्ष्मीर्भरतसत्तमम् ॥११-१९-६॥
karṇinālīkanārācair bhinnamarmāṇam āhave। adyāpi na jahāty enaṃ lakṣmīr bharatasattamam ॥11-19-6॥
[कर्णि (karṇi) - arrow with a crescent-shaped head; नालीक (nālīka) - reed-arrow; नाराचैः (nārācaiḥ) - with iron arrows; भिन्न (bhinna) - pierced; मर्माणम् (marmāṇam) - vital parts; आहवे (āhave) - in battle; अद्यापि (adyāpi) - even today; न (na) - not; जहाति (jahāti) - abandons; एनम् (enam) - him; लक्ष्मीः (lakṣmīḥ) - fortune; भरतसत्तमम् (bharatasattamam) - the best of the Bharatas;]
(Even today, fortune does not abandon this best of the Bharatas, who in battle had his vital parts pierced by crescent-headed arrows, reed-arrows, and iron arrows.)
Even now, fortune does not leave this foremost of the Bharatas, who was wounded in his vital parts by crescent-headed, reed, and iron arrows in battle.
एष सङ्ग्रामशूरेण प्रतिज्ञां पालयिष्यता। दुर्मुखोऽभिमुखः शेते हतोऽरिगणहा रणे ॥११-१९-७॥
eṣa saṅgrāmaśūreṇa pratijñāṃ pālayiṣyatā। durmukho'bhimukhaḥ śete hato'rigaṇahā raṇe ॥11-19-7॥
[एष (eṣa) - this; सङ्ग्रामशूरेण (saṅgrāmaśūreṇa) - by the battle-hero; प्रतिज्ञां (pratijñām) - vow; पालयिष्यता (pālayiṣyatā) - by the one who will protect; दुर्मुखः (durmukhaḥ) - Durmukha; अभिमुखः (abhimukhaḥ) - facing; शेते (śete) - lies; हतः (hataḥ) - slain; अरिगणहा (arigaṇahā) - destroyer of hosts of enemies; रणे (raṇe) - in battle;]
(This, by the battle-hero who will protect the vow, Durmukha, facing (him), lies slain, the destroyer of hosts of enemies, in battle.)
Here, Durmukha, the destroyer of enemy hosts, lies slain in battle by the battle-hero who upheld his vow.
तस्यैतद्वदनं कृष्ण श्वापदैरर्धभक्षितम्। विभात्यभ्यधिकं तात सप्तम्यामिव चन्द्रमाः ॥११-१९-८॥
tasyaitadvadanaṃ kṛṣṇa śvāpadairardhabhakṣitam। vibhātyabhyadhikaṃ tāta saptamyāmiva candramāḥ ॥11-19-8॥
[तस्य (tasya) - of him; एतत् (etat) - this; वदनम् (vadanam) - face; कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa) - O Kṛṣṇa; श्वापदैः (śvāpadaiḥ) - by beasts of prey; अर्ध (ardha) - half; भक्षितम् (bhakṣitam) - eaten; विभाति (vibhāti) - shines; अभ्यधिकम् (abhyadhikam) - exceedingly; तात (tāta) - O dear one; सप्तम्याम् (saptamyām) - on the seventh (lunar day); इव (iva) - like; चन्द्रमाः (candramāḥ) - the moon;]
(O Kṛṣṇa, this face of him, half eaten by beasts of prey, shines exceedingly, O dear one, like the moon on the seventh (lunar day).)
O Kṛṣṇa, this face of his, though half eaten by beasts of prey, shines even more, dear one, like the moon on the seventh day.
शूरस्य हि रणे कृष्ण यस्याननमथेदृशम्। स कथं निहतोऽमित्रैः पांसून्ग्रसति मे सुतः ॥११-१९-९॥
śūrasya hi raṇe kṛṣṇa yasyānanam athedṛśam। sa kathaṃ nihato'mitraiḥ pāṃsūn grasati me sutaḥ ॥11-19-9॥
[शूरस्य (śūrasya) - of the hero; हि (hi) - indeed; रणे (raṇe) - in battle; कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa) - O Kṛṣṇa; यस्याननम् (yasyānanam) - whose face; अथ (atha) - now; इदृशम् (idṛśam) - such; सः (saḥ) - he; कथम् (katham) - how; निहतः (nihataḥ) - slain; अमित्रैः (amitraiḥ) - by enemies; पांसून् (pāṃsūn) - dust; ग्रसति (grasati) - swallows; मे (me) - my; सुतः (sutaḥ) - son;]
(Of the hero indeed in battle, O Kṛṣṇa, whose face was such as this—how does he, slain by enemies, swallow dust, my son?)
O Kṛṣṇa, my son, whose face was so heroic in battle—how is it that, slain by enemies, he now lies swallowing dust?
यस्याहवमुखे सौम्य स्थाता नैवोपपद्यते। स कथं दुर्मुखोऽमित्रैर्हतो विबुधलोकजित् ॥११-१९-१०॥
yasyāhavamukhe saumya sthātā naivopapadyate। sa kathaṃ durmukho'mitrairhato vibudhalokajit ॥11-19-10॥
[यस्य (yasya) - of whom; आहवमुखे (āhavamukhe) - in the face of battle; सौम्य (saumya) - gentle one; स्थाता (sthātā) - one who stands (to face); न (na) - not; एव (eva) - indeed; उपपद्यते (upapadyate) - is found; सः (saḥ) - he; कथम् (katham) - how; दुर्मुखः (durmukhaḥ) - evil-faced; अमित्रैः (amitraiḥ) - by enemies; हतः (hataḥ) - killed; विबुधलोकजित् (vibudhalokajit) - conqueror of the world of the wise (gods);]
(Of whom, in the face of battle, O gentle one, one who stands (to face) is not indeed found; he, how (can) the evil-faced, killed by enemies, conqueror of the world of the wise (gods)?)
O gentle one, in whose presence on the battlefield no one dares to stand, how could such a conqueror of the world of the gods be slain by wicked enemies?
चित्रसेनं हतं भूमौ शयानं मधुसूदन। धार्तराष्ट्रमिमं पश्य प्रतिमानं दनुष्मताम् ॥११-१९-११॥
citrāsenaṃ hataṃ bhūmau śayānaṃ madhusūdana। dhārtarāṣṭram imaṃ paśya pratimānaṃ danuṣmatām ॥11-19-11॥
[चित्रसेनं (citrāsenaṃ) - Citrāsena (a warrior's name); हतं (hataṃ) - slain; भूमौ (bhūmau) - on the ground; शयानं (śayānaṃ) - lying; मधुसूदन (madhusūdana) - O Madhusūdana (Krishna, slayer of Madhu); धार्तराष्ट्रम् (dhārtarāṣṭram) - the son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra; इमं (imaṃ) - this; पश्य (paśya) - see; प्रतिमानं (pratimānaṃ) - equal; दनुष्मताम् (danuṣmatām) - among the bowmen;]
(O Madhusūdana, see Citrāsena, slain, lying on the ground; see this son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, the equal among the bowmen.)
O Madhusūdana, look at Citrāsena, who has been slain and lies on the ground; behold this son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, who was the equal of the bowmen.
तं चित्रमाल्याभरणं युवत्यः शोककर्शिताः। क्रव्यादसङ्घैः सहिता रुदन्त्यः पर्युपासते ॥११-१९-१२॥
taṃ citramālyābharaṇaṃ yuvatyaḥ śokakarśitāḥ। kravyādasaṅghaiḥ sahitā rudantyaḥ paryupāsate ॥11-19-12॥
[तं (taṃ) - him; चित्रमाल्याभरणं (citramālyābharaṇam) - adorned with varied garlands and ornaments; युवत्यः (yuvatyaḥ) - young women; शोककर्शिताः (śokakarśitāḥ) - emaciated by grief; क्रव्यादसङ्घैः (kravyādasaṅghaiḥ) - with groups of flesh-eaters; सहिता (sahitā) - together; रुदन्त्यः (rudantyaḥ) - weeping; पर्युपासते (paryupāsate) - surround;]
(Him, adorned with varied garlands and ornaments, young women emaciated by grief, together with groups of flesh-eaters, weeping, surround.)
Young women, emaciated by grief, together with groups of flesh-eaters, weeping, surround him who is adorned with varied garlands and ornaments.
स्त्रीणां रुदितनिर्घोषः श्वापदानां च गर्जितम्। चित्ररूपमिदं कृष्ण विचित्रं प्रतिभाति मे ॥११-१९-१३॥
strīṇāṃ ruditanirghoṣaḥ śvāpadānāṃ ca garjitam। citrarūpam idaṃ kṛṣṇa vicitraṃ pratibhāti me ॥11-19-13॥
[स्त्रीणां (strīṇām) - of women; रुदित (rudita) - weeping; निर्घोषः (nirghoṣaḥ) - loud sound; श्वापदानां (śvāpadānām) - of beasts; च (ca) - and; गर्जितम् (garjitam) - roaring; चित्ररूपम् (citrarūpam) - strange form; इदं (idaṃ) - this; कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa) - O Kṛṣṇa; विचित्रं (vicitram) - wondrous; प्रतिभाति (pratibhāti) - appears; मे (me) - to me;]
(O Kṛṣṇa, the loud sound of the weeping of women and the roaring of beasts—this strange and wondrous form appears to me.)
O Kṛṣṇa, the loud cries of women and the roars of beasts—this strange and wondrous scene appears to me.
युवा वृन्दारको नित्यं प्रवरस्त्रीनिषेवितः। विविंशतिरसौ शेते ध्वस्तः पांसुषु माधव ॥११-१९-१४॥
yuvā vṛndārako nityaṃ pravarastrīniṣevitaḥ। viviṃśatirasau śete dhvastaḥ pāṃsuṣu mādhava ॥11-19-14॥
[युवा (yuvā) - young man; वृन्दारकः (vṛndārakaḥ) - youth; नित्यं (nityaṃ) - always; प्रवर (pravara) - excellent; स्त्री (strī) - women; निषेवितः (niṣevitaḥ) - attended by; विविंशतिः (viviṃśatiḥ) - twenty; असौ (asau) - this; शेते (śete) - lies; ध्वस्तः (dhvastaḥ) - fallen; पांसुषु (pāṃsuṣu) - in the dust; माधव (mādhava) - O Mādhava;]
(The young man, the youth, always attended by excellent women, this twenty-year-old lies fallen in the dust, O Mādhava.)
O Mādhava, the young man, always surrounded by excellent women, now at twenty lies fallen in the dust.
शरसङ्कृत्तवर्माणं वीरं विशसने हतम्। परिवार्यासते गृध्राः परिविंशा विविंशतिम् ॥११-१९-१५॥
śarasaṅkṛttavarmāṇaṃ vīraṃ viśasane hatam। parivāryāsate gṛdhrāḥ pariviṃśā viviṃśatim ॥11-19-15॥
[शर (śara) - arrow; सङ्कृत्त (saṅkṛtta) - cut; severed; वर्माणं (varmāṇam) - armor; वीरं (vīram) - hero; warrior; विशसने (viśasane) - on the ground; in the slaughter; हतम् (hatam) - killed; परिवार्य (parivārya) - having surrounded; आसते (āsate) - sit; are sitting; गृध्राः (gṛdhrāḥ) - vultures; परिविंशा (pariviṃśā) - twenty each; विविंशतिम् (viviṃśatim) - twenty-two;]
(The hero whose armor was cut by arrows, killed on the ground, is surrounded by vultures, twenty and twenty-two, sitting around.)
The warrior, whose armor was severed by arrows and who was slain on the battlefield, is now surrounded by vultures—twenty and twenty-two of them—sitting around him.
प्रविश्य समरे वीरः पाण्डवानामनीकिनीम्। आविश्य शयने शेते पुनः सत्पुरुषोचितम् ॥११-१९-१६॥
praviśya samare vīraḥ pāṇḍavānāmanīkinīm। āviśya śayane śete punaḥ satpuruṣocitam ॥11-19-16॥
[प्रविश्य (praviśya) - having entered;, समरे (samare) - in battle;, वीरः (vīraḥ) - hero;, पाण्डवानाम् (pāṇḍavānām) - of the Pāṇḍavas;, अनीकिनीम् (anīkinīm) - army;, आविश्य (āviśya) - having entered;, शयने (śayane) - on the bed;, शेते (śete) - lies;, पुनः (punaḥ) - again;, सत्पुरुषोचितम् (satpuruṣocitam) - befitting a noble person;]
(Having entered the army of the Pāṇḍavas in battle, the hero, having entered the bed, lies again in a manner befitting a noble person.)
The hero, after entering the Pāṇḍava army in battle, now lies on his bed once more, in a manner appropriate for a noble person.
स्मितोपपन्नं सुनसं सुभ्रु ताराधिपोपमम्। अतीव शुभ्रं वदनं पश्य कृष्ण विविंशतेः ॥११-१९-१७॥
smitopapannaṃ sunasaṃ subhru tārādhipopamam। atīva śubhraṃ vadanaṃ paśya kṛṣṇa viviṃśateḥ ॥11-19-17॥
[स्मितोपपन्नं (smitopapannaṃ) - endowed with a smile; सुनसं (sunasaṃ) - with a beautiful nose; सुभ्रु (subhru) - with beautiful eyebrows; ताराधिपोपमम् (tārādhipopamam) - like the lord of stars (the moon); अतीव (atīva) - exceedingly; शुभ्रं (śubhraṃ) - bright; वदनं (vadanaṃ) - face; पश्य (paśya) - see; कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa) - O Krishna; विविंशतेः (viviṃśateḥ) - of the twenty-second (person);]
(Endowed with a smile, with a beautiful nose, with beautiful eyebrows, like the lord of stars, exceedingly bright face, see, O Krishna, of the twenty-second.)
O Krishna, see the exceedingly bright face, endowed with a smile, a beautiful nose, and beautiful eyebrows, resembling the moon, of the twenty-second person.
यं स्म तं पर्युपासन्ते वसुं वासवयोषितः। क्रीडन्तमिव गन्धर्वं देवकन्याः सहस्रशः ॥११-१९-१८॥
yaṃ sma taṃ paryupāsante vasuṃ vāsavayoṣitaḥ। krīḍantam iva gandharvaṃ devakanyāḥ sahasraśaḥ ॥11-19-18॥
[यं (yaṃ) - whom; स्म (sma) - indeed; तं (taṃ) - him; पर्युपासन्ते (paryupāsante) - surround and attend; वसुं (vasuṃ) - Vasu (a class of deities); वासवयोषितः (vāsavayoṣitaḥ) - Indra's women; क्रीडन्तम् (krīḍantam) - playing; इव (iva) - like; गन्धर्वम् (gandharvam) - Gandharva (celestial musician); देवकन्याः (devakanyāḥ) - divine maidens; सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands;]
(Whom indeed him surround and attend Vasu Indra's women; playing like Gandharva divine maidens by thousands.)
Thousands of divine maidens, the wives of Indra, surround and attend him, as if he were a Gandharva playing, just as they do to a Vasu.
हन्तारं वीरसेनानां शूरं समितिशोभनम्। निबर्हणममित्राणां दुःसहं विषहेत कः ॥११-१९-१९॥
hantāraṃ vīrasenānāṃ śūraṃ samitiśobhanam। nibarhaṇam-amitrāṇāṃ duḥsahaṃ viṣaheta kaḥ ॥11-19-19॥
[हन्तारम् (hantāram) - slayer; वीरसेनानाम् (vīrasenānām) - of the armies of heroes; शूरम् (śūram) - heroic; समिति-शोभनम् (samiti-śobhanam) - adorned in battle; निबर्हणम् (nibarhaṇam) - destroyer; अमित्राणाम् (amitrāṇām) - of enemies; दुःसहम् (duḥsaham) - difficult to endure; विषहेत (viṣaheta) - could withstand; कः (kaḥ) - who;]
(Who could withstand the slayer of the armies of heroes, the heroic one adorned in battle, the destroyer of enemies, difficult to endure?)
Who could possibly withstand the one who slays armies of heroes, is heroic and resplendent in battle, and is the destroyer of enemies, who is difficult to endure?
दुःसहस्यैतदाभाति शरीरं संवृतं शरैः। गिरिरात्मरुहैः फुल्लैः कर्णिकारैरिवावृतः ॥११-१९-२०॥
duḥsahasya etad ābhāti śarīraṃ saṃvṛtaṃ śaraiḥ। giriḥ ātmaruhaiḥ phullaiḥ karṇīkāraiḥ iva āvṛtaḥ॥11-19-20॥
[दुःसहस्य (duḥsahasya) - of the unbearable; एतत् (etad) - this; आभाति (ābhāti) - shines; शरीरम् (śarīram) - body; संवृतम् (saṃvṛtam) - covered; शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows; गिरिः (giriḥ) - mountain; आत्मरुहैः (ātmaruhaiḥ) - with its own trees; फुल्लैः (phullaiḥ) - with blossomed; कर्णिकारैः (karṇīkāraiḥ) - with laburnum flowers; इव (iva) - like; आवृतः (āvṛtaḥ) - covered;]
(This body of the unbearable (Rāvaṇa) shines, covered with arrows, like a mountain covered with blossomed laburnum trees.)
The body of the formidable Rāvaṇa appears radiant, enveloped in arrows, just as a mountain is covered with blossoming laburnum trees.
शातकौम्भ्या स्रजा भाति कवचेन च भास्वता। अग्निनेव गिरिः श्वेतो गतासुरपि दुःसहः ॥११-१९-२१॥
śātakauṃbhyā srajā bhāti kavacena ca bhāsvatā। agnineva giriḥ śveto gatāsur api duḥsahaḥ ॥11-19-21॥
[शातकौम्भ्या (śātakauṃbhyā) - with golden; स्रजा (srajā) - with a garland; भाति (bhāti) - shines; कवचेन (kavacena) - with armor; च (ca) - and; भास्वता (bhāsvatā) - radiant; अग्निना (agninā) - with fire; इव (iva) - like; गिरिः (giriḥ) - mountain; श्वेतः (śvetaḥ) - white; गतासुः (gatāsuḥ) - lifeless; अपि (api) - even; दुःसहः (duḥsahaḥ) - formidable;]
(With a golden garland, he shines with radiant armor; like a mountain white with fire, even though lifeless, he is formidable.)
Adorned with a golden garland and radiant armor, he shines like a white mountain blazing with fire; even though lifeless, he remains formidable.
