11.024
Pancharatra and Core: Gandhari laments the death of Bhurishravas and brother Śakuni.
गान्धार्युवाच॥
gāndhāryuvāca॥
[गान्धारी (gāndhārī) - Gandhari; (name of the queen) उवाच (uvāca) - said; (spoke);]
(Gandhari said:)
Gandhari said:
सोमदत्तसुतं पश्य युयुधानेन पातितम्। वितुद्यमानं विहगैर्बहुभिर्माधवान्तिके ॥११-२४-१॥
somadattasutaṃ paśya yuyudhānena pātitam। vitudyamānaṃ vihagairbahubhirmādhavāntike ॥11-24-1॥
[सोमदत्तसुतं (somadattasutam) - son of Somadatta; पश्य (paśya) - see; युयुधानेन (yuyudhānena) - by Yuyudhāna; पातितम् (pātitam) - struck down; वितुद्यमानं (vitudyamānam) - being pecked; विहगैः (vihagaiḥ) - by birds; बहुभिः (bahubhiḥ) - by many; माधवान्तिके (mādhavāntike) - near Mādhava;]
(See the son of Somadatta, struck down by Yuyudhāna, being pecked by many birds near Mādhava.)
Behold the son of Somadatta, felled by Yuyudhāna, being pecked by many birds in the presence of Mādhava.
पुत्रशोकाभिसन्तप्तः सोमदत्तो जनार्दन। युयुधानं महेष्वासं गर्हयन्निव दृश्यते ॥११-२४-२॥
putraśokābhisantaptaḥ somadatto janārdana। yuyudhānaṃ maheṣvāsaṃ garhayanniva dṛśyate ॥11-24-2॥
[पुत्रशोक (putraśoka) - son-grief; अभिसन्तप्तः (abhisantaptaḥ) - afflicted; सोमदत्तः (somadattaḥ) - Somadatta; जनार्दन (janārdana) - O Janardana; युयुधानं (yuyudhānam) - Yuyudhana; महेष्वासं (maheṣvāsam) - great-archer; गर्हयन् (garhayan) - censuring; इव (iva) - as if; दृश्यते (dṛśyate) - is seen;]
(Afflicted with grief for his son, Somadatta, O Janardana, is seen as if censuring the great-archer Yuyudhana.)
O Janardana, Somadatta, overwhelmed with grief for his son, appears as if he is reproaching the mighty archer Yuyudhana.
असौ तु भूरिश्रवसो माता शोकपरिप्लुता। आश्वासयति भर्तारं सोमदत्तमनिन्दिता ॥११-२४-३॥
asau tu bhūriśravaso mātā śokapariplutā। āśvāsayati bhartāraṃ somadattamaninditā ॥11-24-3॥
[असौ (asau) - that; (he/she/it); तु (tu) - but; भूरिश्रवसो (bhūriśravaso) - of Bhurishravas; (genitive); माता (mātā) - mother; (nominative); शोकपरिप्लुता (śokapariplutā) - overwhelmed by grief; आश्वासयति (āśvāsayati) - consoles; (causative); भर्तारं (bhartāraṃ) - her husband; (accusative); सोमदत्तम् (somadattam) - Somadatta; (proper noun, accusative); अनिन्दिता (aninditā) - the blameless one; (feminine nominative);]
(But that mother of Bhurishravas, overwhelmed by grief, the blameless one, consoles her husband Somadatta.)
But the mother of Bhurishravas, overwhelmed with grief, the blameless lady, consoled her husband Somadatta.
दिष्ट्या नेदं महाराज दारुणं भरतक्षयम्। कुरुसङ्क्रन्दनं घोरं युगान्तमनुपश्यसि ॥
diṣṭyā nedaṃ mahārāja dāruṇaṃ bharatakṣayam। kurusaṅkrandanaṃ ghoraṃ yugāntamanupaśyasi॥
[दिष्ट्या (diṣṭyā) - by fortune; by destiny; न (na) - not; इदं (idaṃ) - this; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; दारुणं (dāruṇam) - terrible; भरतक्षयम् (bharatakṣayam) - destruction of the Bharatas; कुरुसङ्क्रन्दनं (kurusaṅkrandanam) - the wailing of the Kurus; घोरं (ghoram) - fearful; युगान्तम् (yugāntam) - end of an age; अनुपश्यसि (anupaśyasi) - you behold; you see;]
(By fortune, O great king, you do not see this terrible destruction of the Bharatas, the fearful wailing of the Kurus, the end of an age.)
By good fortune, O great king, you do not witness this dreadful destruction of the Bharatas, the fearful lamentation of the Kurus, and the end of an era.
दिष्ट्या यूपध्वजं वीरं पुत्रं भूरिसहस्रदम्। अनेकक्रतुयज्वानं निहतं नाद्य पश्यसि ॥११-२४-५॥
diṣṭyā yūpadhvajaṃ vīraṃ putraṃ bhūrisahasradam| anekakratu-yajvānaṃ nihataṃ nādya paśyasi ॥11-24-5॥
[दिष्ट्या (diṣṭyā) - by fortune; by good luck; यूपध्वजं (yūpadhvajam) - having the sacrificial post as a banner; वीरं (vīram) - hero; पुत्रं (putram) - son; भूरिसहस्रदम् (bhūrisahasradam) - giver of many thousands; अनेकक्रतुयज्वानं (anekakratu-yajvānam) - performer of many sacrifices; निहतं (nihatam) - slain; न (na) - not; अद्य (adya) - today; पश्यसि (paśyasi) - you see;]
(By fortune, you do not see today your son, the hero, the giver of many thousands, the performer of many sacrifices, having the sacrificial post as a banner, slain.)
By good fortune, you do not see today your heroic son, the giver of many thousands, the performer of many sacrifices, who bore the sacrificial post as his banner, lying slain.
दिष्ट्या स्नुषाणामाक्रन्दे घोरं विलपितं बहु। न शृणोषि महाराज सारसीनामिवार्णवे ॥११-२४-६॥
diṣṭyā snuṣāṇām ākrande ghoraṃ vilapitaṃ bahu। na śṛṇoṣi mahārāja sārasīnām ivārṇave ॥11-24-6॥
[दिष्ट्या (diṣṭyā) - by fortune; by destiny; स्नुषाणाम् (snuṣāṇām) - of the daughters-in-law; आक्रन्दे (ākrande) - in the wailing; in the lamentation; घोरम् (ghoram) - terrible; dreadful; विलपितम् (vilapitam) - lamentation; crying; बहु (bahu) - much; many; न (na) - not; शृणोषि (śṛṇoṣi) - you hear; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; सारसीनाम् (sārasīnām) - of the cranes; इव (iva) - like; as if; अर्णवे (arṇave) - in the ocean;]
(By fortune, you do not hear the terrible, much lamentation of the daughters-in-law in their wailing, O great king, like the cries of cranes in the ocean.)
By good fortune, O great king, you do not hear the dreadful and abundant lamentation of the daughters-in-law in their wailing, like the cries of cranes in the ocean.
एकवस्त्रानुसंवीताः प्रकीर्णासितमूर्धजाः। स्नुषास्ते परिधावन्ति हतापत्या हतेश्वराः ॥११-२४-७॥
ekavastrānusaṃvītāḥ prakīrṇāsitamūrdhajāḥ। snuṣāste paridhāvanti hatāpatyā hateśvarāḥ ॥11-24-7॥
[एकवस्त्र (ekavastra) - with a single garment; अनुसंवीताः (anusaṃvītāḥ) - wrapped around; प्रकीर्ण (prakīrṇa) - disheveled; असित (asita) - black; मूर्धजाः (mūrdhajāḥ) - hair; स्नुषाः (snuṣāḥ) - daughters-in-law; ते (te) - they; परिधावन्ति (paridhāvanti) - run about; हतापत्या (hatāpatyā) - whose children are slain; हतेश्वराः (hateśvarāḥ) - whose lords are slain;]
(Clad in a single garment, with disheveled black hair, those daughters-in-law, whose children and lords are slain, run about.)
Clad in a single garment, with their black hair disheveled, those daughters-in-law, bereft of children and husbands, run about in distress.
श्वापदैर्भक्ष्यमाणं त्वमहो दिष्ट्या न पश्यसि। छिन्नबाहुं नरव्याघ्रमर्जुनेन निपातितम् ॥११-२४-८॥
śvāpadairbhakṣyamāṇaṃ tvamaho diṣṭyā na paśyasi। chinnabāhuṃ naravyāghramarjunena nipātitam ॥11-24-8॥
[श्वापदैः (śvāpadaiḥ) - by beasts of prey; भक्ष्यमाणम् (bhakṣyamāṇam) - being eaten; त्वम् (tvam) - you; अहो (aho) - oh; दिष्ट्या (diṣṭyā) - by fortune; न (na) - not; पश्यसि (paśyasi) - you see; छिन्नबाहुम् (chinnabāhum) - with arm cut off; नरव्याघ्रम् (naravyāghram) - tiger among men; अर्जुनेन (arjunena) - by Arjuna; निपातितम् (nipātitam) - struck down;]
(You, oh, do not see by fortune the one being eaten by beasts of prey, the tiger among men with arm cut off, struck down by Arjuna.)
Oh, by good fortune you do not see the tiger among men, with his arm cut off, struck down by Arjuna, being eaten by beasts of prey.
शलं विनिहतं सङ्ख्ये भूरिश्रवसमेव च। स्नुषाश्च विधवाः सर्वा दिष्ट्या नाद्येह पश्यसि ॥११-२४-९॥
śalaṃ vinihataṃ saṅkhye bhūriśravasameva ca। snuṣāśca vidhavāḥ sarvā diṣṭyā nādyeha paśyasi ॥11-24-9॥
[शलं (śalam) - Śala; (proper noun, name of a warrior); विनिहतं (vinihatam) - slain; सङ्ख्ये (saṅkhye) - in battle; भूरिश्रवसम् (bhūriśravasam) - Bhūriśravas; (proper noun, name of a warrior); एव (eva) - indeed; च (ca) - and; स्नुषाः (snuṣāḥ) - daughters-in-law; च (ca) - and; विधवाः (vidhavāḥ) - widows; सर्वा (sarvā) - all; दिष्ट्या (diṣṭyā) - by fortune; by good luck; न (na) - not; अद्य (adya) - today; इह (iha) - here; पश्यसि (paśyasi) - you see;]
(Śala slain in battle, Bhūriśravas indeed and; daughters-in-law and widows all by fortune not today here you see.)
You do not see here today, by good fortune, all the widows and daughters-in-law of Śala, Bhūriśravas, and others slain in battle.
दिष्ट्या तत्काञ्चनं छत्रं यूपकेतोर्महात्मनः। विनिकीर्णं रथोपस्थे सौमदत्तेर्न पश्यसि ॥११-२४-१०॥
diṣṭyā tatkāñcanaṃ chatraṃ yūpaketormahātmanaḥ। vinikīrṇaṃ rathopasthe saumadatterna paśyasi ॥11-24-10॥
[दिष्ट्या (diṣṭyā) - by fortune; by good luck; तत् (tat) - that; काञ्चनम् (kāñcanam) - golden; छत्रम् (chatram) - umbrella; यूपकेतोर् (yūpaketor) - of Yūpaketu (epithet, 'the one with the sacrificial post as banner'); महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - of the great-souled; विनिकीर्णम् (vinikīrṇam) - scattered; रथोपस्थे (rathopasthe) - on the chariot's platform; सौमदत्तेः (saumadatteḥ) - of Saumadatta; न (na) - not; पश्यसि (paśyasi) - you see;]
(By fortune, that golden umbrella of Yūpaketu, the great-souled, scattered on the chariot's platform of Saumadatta, you do not see.)
By good fortune, you do not see that golden umbrella of the great-souled Yūpaketu, scattered on the platform of Saumadatta's chariot.
अमूस्तु भूरिश्रवसो भार्याः सात्यकिना हतम्। परिवार्यानुशोचन्ति भर्तारमसितेक्षणाः ॥११-२४-११॥
amūstu bhūriśravaso bhāryāḥ sātyakinā hatam। parivāryānuśocanti bhartāramasitekṣaṇāḥ ॥11-24-11॥
[अमूः (amūḥ) - those (women); तु (tu) - but; however; भूरिश्रवसः (bhūriśravasaḥ) - of Bhurishravas; भार्याः (bhāryāḥ) - wives; सात्यकिना (sātyakinā) - by Satyaki; हतम् (hatam) - slain; परिवार्य (parivārya) - surrounding; अनुशोचन्ति (anuśocanti) - are lamenting; भर्तारम् (bhartāram) - husband; असितेक्षणाः (asitekṣaṇāḥ) - dark-eyed (women);]
(But those wives of Bhurishravas, dark-eyed, surrounding (him), are lamenting their husband slain by Satyaki.)
But the dark-eyed wives of Bhurishravas, having surrounded their husband who was slain by Satyaki, are lamenting him.
एता विलप्य बहुलं भर्तृशोकेन कर्शिताः। पतन्त्यभिमुखा भूमौ कृपणं बत केशव ॥११-२४-१२॥
etā vilapya bahulaṃ bhartṛśokena karśitāḥ। patantyabhimukhā bhūmau kṛpaṇaṃ bata keśava ॥11-24-12॥
[एता (etā) - these (women); विलप्य (vilapya) - having lamented; बहुलं (bahulaṃ) - much; भर्तृशोकेन (bhartṛśokena) - by the grief for (their) husband; कर्शिताः (karśitāḥ) - emaciated; पतन्ति (patanti) - fall; अभिमुखा (abhimukhā) - facing towards; भूमौ (bhūmau) - on the ground; कृपणं (kṛpaṇam) - piteously; बत (bata) - alas; केशव (keśava) - O Keśava;]
(These (women), having lamented much, emaciated by the grief for (their) husband, fall facing towards the ground piteously, alas, O Keśava.)
O Keśava, alas! These women, emaciated by grief for their husbands, after much lamentation, fall piteously to the ground facing forward.
बीभत्सुरतिबीभत्सं कर्मेदमकरोत्कथम्। प्रमत्तस्य यदच्छैत्सीद्बाहुं शूरस्य यज्वनः ॥११-२४-१३॥
bībhatsuratibībhatsaṃ karmedamakarotkatham। pramattasya yadacchaitsīdbāhuṃ śūrasya yajvanaḥ ॥11-24-13॥
[बीभत्सु-रति (bībhatsu-rati) - one who delights in the terrible; बीभत्सं (bībhatsaṃ) - terrible; कर्म (karma) - act; इदम् (idam) - this; अकरोत् (akarot) - did; कथम् (katham) - how; प्रमत्तस्य (pramattasya) - of the careless; यत् (yat) - which; अच्छैः (acchaiḥ) - obtained; असीत् (āsīt) - was; बाहुं (bāhuṃ) - arm; शूरस्य (śūrasya) - of the hero; यज्वनः (yajvanaḥ) - of the sacrificer;]
(One who delights in the terrible did this terrible act; how did the careless obtain the arm which was of the hero, the sacrificer?)
How did the careless person obtain the arm of the heroic sacrificer, after one who delights in the terrible performed this terrible act?
ततः पापतरं कर्म कृतवानपि सात्यकिः। यस्मात्प्रायोपविष्टस्य प्राहार्षीत्संशितात्मनः ॥११-२४-१४॥
tataḥ pāpataraṃ karma kṛtavān api sātyakiḥ। yasmāt prāyopaviṣṭasya prāhārṣīt saṃśitātmanaḥ ॥11-24-14॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; पापतरं (pāpataraṃ) - more sinful; कर्म (karma) - action; कृतवान् (kṛtavān) - did; अपि (api) - even; सात्यकिः (sātyakiḥ) - Sātyaki; यस्मात् (yasmāt) - because; प्रायोपविष्टस्य (prāyopaviṣṭasya) - of one who has sat down to fast unto death; प्राह (prāha) - said; अर्षीत् (ārṣīt) - spoke; संशितात्मनः (saṃśitātmanaḥ) - of the one with resolute mind;]
(Then Sātyaki, even having done a more sinful action, because he spoke to the one with resolute mind who had sat down to fast unto death.)
Then Sātyaki, having committed an even more sinful act, addressed the resolute one who was observing a fast unto death.
एको द्वाभ्यां हतः शेषे त्वमधर्मेण धार्मिकः। इति यूपध्वजस्यैताः स्त्रियः क्रोशन्ति माधव ॥११-२४-१५॥
eko dvābhyāṃ hataḥ śeṣe tvamadharmeṇa dhārmikaḥ। iti yūpadhvajasyaitāḥ striyaḥ krośanti mādhava ॥11-24-15॥
[एकः (ekaḥ) - one; द्वाभ्याम् (dvābhyām) - by two; हतः (hataḥ) - killed; शेषे (śeṣe) - remaining; त्वम् (tvam) - you; अधर्मेण (adharmeṇa) - by unrighteousness; धार्मिकः (dhārmikaḥ) - righteous; इति (iti) - thus; यूपध्वजस्य (yūpadhvajasya) - of Yūpadhvaja; एताः (etāḥ) - these; स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - women; क्रोशन्ति (krośanti) - are crying; माधव (mādhava) - O Mādhava;]
(One was killed by two, the righteous remains by unrighteousness, you—thus these women of Yūpadhvaja are crying, O Mādhava.)
O Mādhava, these women of Yūpadhvaja are crying, saying: "One was killed by two; the righteous remains by unrighteousness—you."
भार्या यूपध्वजस्यैषा करसंमितमध्यमा। कृत्वोत्सङ्गे भुजं भर्तुः कृपणं पर्यदेवयत् ॥११-२४-१६॥
bhāryā yūpadhvajasya eṣā karasaṃmitamadhyamā। kṛtvotsange bhujaṃ bhartuḥ kṛpaṇaṃ paryadevayat ॥11-24-16॥
[भार्या (bhāryā) - wife; यूपध्वजस्य (yūpadhvajasya) - of Yūpadhvaja (one whose banner is a sacrificial post, i.e., of the king); एषा (eṣā) - this (woman); करसंमितमध्यमा (karasaṃmitamadhyamā) - with a waist measured by her hand (slender-waisted); कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having placed; उत्सङ्गे (utsange) - on the lap; भुजं (bhujaṃ) - arm; भर्तुः (bhartuḥ) - of her husband; कृपणं (kṛpaṇam) - piteously; पर्यदेवयत् (paryadevayat) - lamented all around;]
(The wife of Yūpadhvaja, this slender-waisted woman, having placed the arm of her husband on her lap, lamented piteously all around.)
The wife of Yūpadhvaja, slender-waisted, placed her husband's arm on her lap and wept in deep sorrow.
अयं स रशनोत्कर्षी पीनस्तनविमर्दनः। नाभ्यूरुजघनस्पर्शी नीवीविस्रंसनः करः ॥११-२४-१७॥
ayaṃ sa raśanotkarṣī pīnastanavimardanaḥ। nābhyūrujaghanasparśī nīvīvisraṃsanaḥ karaḥ ॥11-24-17॥
[अयम् (ayam) - this; सः (saḥ) - he; रशनोत्कर्षी (raśanotkarṣī) - belt-remover; पीन (pīna) - full; स्तन (stana) - breast; विमर्दनः (vimardanaḥ) - one who presses; नाभि (nābhi) - navel; ऊरु (ūru) - thigh; जघन (jaghana) - hip; स्पर्शी (sparśī) - one who touches; नीवी (nīvī) - girdle; विस्रंसनः (visraṃsanaḥ) - loosener; करः (karaḥ) - hand;]
(This is the hand which removes the belt, presses the full breasts, touches the navel, thighs, and hips, and loosens the girdle.)
This is the hand that removes the belt, presses the full breasts, touches the navel, thighs, and hips, and loosens the girdle.
वासुदेवस्य सांनिध्ये पार्थेनाक्लिष्टकर्मणा। युध्यतः समरेऽन्येन प्रमत्तस्य निपातितः ॥११-२४-१८॥
vāsudevasya sānnidhye pārthenākliṣṭakarmaṇā। yudhyataḥ samare'nyena pramattasya nipātitaḥ ॥11-24-18॥
[वासुदेवस्य (vāsudevasya) - of Vāsudeva; (Krishna) सांनिध्ये (sānnidhye) - in the presence; proximity; पार्थेन (pārthena) - by Pārtha; (Arjuna) अक्लिष्टकर्मणा (akliṣṭakarmaṇā) - by one whose actions are unwearied; युध्यतः (yudhyataḥ) - fighting; समरे (samare) - in battle; अन्येन (anyena) - by another; प्रमत्तस्य (pramattasya) - of one who is careless; negligent; निपातितः (nipātitaḥ) - was struck down; was felled;]
(In the presence of Vāsudeva, by Pārtha whose actions are unwearied, while fighting in battle, another, being careless, was struck down.)
In the presence of Vāsudeva, another careless warrior was struck down in battle by Pārtha, whose actions were tireless.
किं नु वक्ष्यसि संसत्सु कथासु च जनार्दन। अर्जुनस्य महत्कर्म स्वयं वा स किरीटवान् ॥११-२४-१९॥
kiṁ nu vakṣyasi saṁsatsu kathāsu ca janārdana। arjunasya mahatkarma svayaṁ vā sa kirīṭavān ॥11-24-19॥
[किं (kiṁ) - what; नु (nu) - indeed; वक्ष्यसि (vakṣyasi) - will you say; संसत्सु (saṁsatsu) - in assemblies; कथासु (kathāsu) - in stories; च (ca) - and; जनार्दन (janārdana) - O Janardana; अर्जुनस्य (arjunasya) - of Arjuna; महत्कर्म (mahatkarma) - great deeds; स्वयं (svayaṁ) - yourself; वा (vā) - or; स (sa) - he; किरीटवान् (kirīṭavān) - the one with the crown;]
(What indeed will you say in assemblies and in stories, O Janardana, about the great deeds of Arjuna, or about yourself, or about him, the one with the crown?)
O Janardana, what will you say in assemblies and stories about Arjuna's great deeds, or about yourself, or about him, the crowned one?
इत्येवं गर्हयित्वैषा तूष्णीमास्ते वराङ्गना। तामेतामनुशोचन्ति सपत्न्यः स्वामिव स्नुषाम् ॥११-२४-२०॥
ityevaṃ garhayitvaiṣā tūṣṇīmāste varāṅganā। tāmetāmanuśocanti sapatnyaḥ svāmiva snuṣām ॥11-24-20॥
[इति (iti) - thus; एवं (evaṃ) - in this way; गर्हयित्वा (garhayitvā) - having reproached; एषा (eṣā) - this (woman); तूष्णीम् (tūṣṇīm) - in silence; आस्ते (āste) - remains; वराङ्गना (varāṅganā) - the noble lady; ताम् (tām) - her; एताम् (etām) - this one; अनुशोचन्ति (anuśocanti) - lament; सपत्न्यः (sapatnyaḥ) - co-wives; स्वामिव (svāmiva) - like the master; स्नुषाम् (snuṣām) - daughter-in-law;]
(Thus, having reproached in this way, this noble lady remains in silence. Her, this one, the co-wives lament, like the master (laments) the daughter-in-law.)
Thus, after reproaching her in this way, this noble lady sits in silence. The co-wives lament for her, just as a master laments for his daughter-in-law.
गान्धारराजः शकुनिर्बलवान्सत्यविक्रमः। निहतः सहदेवेन भागिनेयेन मातुलः ॥११-२४-२१॥
gāndhārarājaḥ śakunirbalavānsatyavikramaḥ। nihataḥ sahadevena bhāgineyena mātulaḥ ॥11-24-21॥
[गान्धारराजः (gāndhārarājaḥ) - king of Gandhara; शकुनिः (śakuniḥ) - Śakuni; बलवान् (balavān) - powerful; सत्यविक्रमः (satyavikramaḥ) - true in valor; निहतः (nihataḥ) - slain; सहदेवेन (sahadevena) - by Sahadeva; भागिनेयेन (bhāgineyena) - by the nephew; मातुलः (mātulaḥ) - the maternal uncle;]
(The king of Gandhara, Śakuni, powerful and true in valor, was slain by Sahadeva, the nephew, the maternal uncle.)
Śakuni, the powerful and valiant king of Gandhara and maternal uncle, was slain by his nephew Sahadeva.
यः पुरा हेमदण्डाभ्यां व्यजनाभ्यां स्म वीज्यते। स एष पक्षिभिः पक्षैः शयान उपवीज्यते ॥११-२४-२२॥
yaḥ purā hemadaṇḍābhyāṃ vyajanābhyāṃ sma vījyate। sa eṣa pakṣibhiḥ pakṣaiḥ śayāna upavījyate ॥11-24-22॥
[यः (yaḥ) - who; पुरा (purā) - formerly; हेमदण्डाभ्यां (hemadaṇḍābhyām) - with two golden rods; व्यजनाभ्यां (vyajanābhyām) - with two fans; स्म (sma) - indeed; वीज्यते (vījyate) - is fanned; सः (saḥ) - he; एषः (eṣaḥ) - this; पक्षिभिः (pakṣibhiḥ) - by birds; पक्षैः (pakṣaiḥ) - with wings; शयानः (śayānaḥ) - lying down; उपवीज्यते (upavījyate) - is fanned;]
(He who formerly was fanned with two golden rods and two fans, indeed, he, this one, is now fanned by birds with wings while lying down.)
He who was once fanned with golden rods and fans is now, as he lies down, fanned by birds with their wings.
यः स्म रूपाणि कुरुते शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः। तस्य मायाविनो माया दग्धाः पाण्डवतेजसा ॥११-२४-२३॥
yaḥ sma rūpāṇi kurute śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ। tasya māyāvino māyā dagdhāḥ pāṇḍavatejasā ॥11-24-23॥
[यः (yaḥ) - who; स्म (sma) - indeed; रूपाणि (rūpāṇi) - forms; कुरुते (kurute) - creates; शतशः (śataśaḥ) - by hundreds; अथ (atha) - and; सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands; तस्य (tasya) - of him; मायाविनः (māyāvinaḥ) - of the magician; माया (māyā) - illusions; दग्धाः (dagdhāḥ) - burnt; पाण्डवतेजसा (pāṇḍavatejasā) - by the brilliance of the Pāṇḍava;]
(Who indeed creates forms by hundreds and thousands, of him, the magician, the illusions were burnt by the brilliance of the Pāṇḍava.)
The one who indeed creates forms by the hundreds and thousands—his illusions, O magician, were burnt up by the brilliance of the Pāṇḍava.
मायया निकृतिप्रज्ञो जितवान्यो युधिष्ठिरम्। सभायां विपुलं राज्यं स पुनर्जीवितं जितः ॥११-२४-२४॥
māyayā nikṛtiprajño jitavānyo yudhiṣṭhiram। sabhāyāṃ vipulaṃ rājyaṃ sa punarjīvitaṃ jitaḥ ॥11-24-24॥
[मायया (māyayā) - by illusion; निकृति (nikṛti) - deceit; प्रज्ञः (prajñaḥ) - the wise one; जितवान् (jitavān) - conquered; यः (yaḥ) - who; युधिष्ठिरम् (yudhiṣṭhiram) - Yudhishthira; सभायाम् (sabhāyām) - in the assembly; विपुलम् (vipulam) - vast; राज्यम् (rājyam) - kingdom; सः (saḥ) - he; पुनः (punar) - again; जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life; जितः (jitaḥ) - conquered;]
(By illusion, the wise one of deceit conquered Yudhishthira. In the assembly, the vast kingdom and he, having regained life, was conquered.)
By means of illusion, the cunning wise one conquered Yudhishthira; in the assembly, he who had regained his life and the vast kingdom was conquered again.
शकुन्ताः शकुनिं कृष्ण समन्तात्पर्युपासते। कितवं मम पुत्राणां विनाशायोपशिक्षितम् ॥११-२४-२५॥
śakuntāḥ śakuniṃ kṛṣṇa samantāt paryupāsate। kitavaṃ mama putrāṇāṃ vināśāya upaśikṣitam ॥11-24-25॥
[शकुन्ताः (śakuntāḥ) - birds; शकुनिं (śakuniṃ) - bird (vulture); कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa) - black; समन्तात् (samantāt) - from all sides; पर्युपासते (paryupāsate) - surround; कितवं (kitavam) - gambler; मम (mama) - my; पुत्राणां (putrāṇām) - of sons; विनाशाय (vināśāya) - for destruction; उपशिक्षितम् (upaśikṣitam) - trained;]
(Birds surround the black vulture from all sides; the gambler, trained for the destruction of my sons.)
Just as birds surround the black vulture from all sides, so too is the gambler, trained for the destruction of my sons.
एतेनैतन्महद्वैरं प्रसक्तं पाण्डवैः सह। वधाय मम पुत्राणामात्मनः सगणस्य च ॥११-२४-२६॥
etenaitan-mahad-vairaṃ prasaktaṃ pāṇḍavaiḥ saha। vadhāya mama putrāṇām-ātmanaḥ sagaṇasya ca ॥11-24-26॥
[एतेन (etena) - by this; एतत् (etat) - this; महत् (mahat) - great; वैरम् (vairam) - enmity; प्रसक्तम् (prasaktam) - attached; पाण्डवैः (pāṇḍavaiḥ) - with the Pāṇḍavas; सह (saha) - together; वधाय (vadhāya) - for the killing; मम (mama) - of my; पुत्राणाम् (putrāṇām) - sons; आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - myself; सगणस्य (sagaṇasya) - with the retinue; च (ca) - and;]
(By this, this great enmity attached with the Pāṇḍavas together, for the killing of my sons, myself, and my retinue also.)
By this, this great enmity with the Pāṇḍavas has become attached, aiming at the destruction of my sons, myself, and my entire retinue.
यथैव मम पुत्राणां लोकाः शस्त्रजिताः प्रभो। एवमस्यापि दुर्बुद्धेर्लोकाः शस्त्रेण वै जिताः ॥११-२४-२७॥
yathaiva mama putrāṇāṃ lokāḥ śastrajitāḥ prabho। evamasyāpi durbuddherlokāḥ śastreṇa vai jitāḥ ॥11-24-27॥
[यथा (yathā) - just as; एव (eva) - indeed; मम (mama) - my; पुत्राणाम् (putrāṇām) - of sons; लोकाः (lokāḥ) - worlds; शस्त्रजिताः (śastrajitāḥ) - conquered by weapons; प्रभो (prabho) - O lord; एवम् (evam) - so; अस्य (asya) - of him; अपि (api) - also; दुर्बुद्धेः (durbuddheḥ) - of the evil-minded; लोकाः (lokāḥ) - worlds; शस्त्रेण (śastreṇa) - by weapon; वै (vai) - indeed; जिताः (jitāḥ) - conquered;]
(Just as, indeed, O lord, the worlds of my sons were conquered by weapons, so also the worlds of this evil-minded one have indeed been conquered by weapon.)
O lord, just as the worlds of my sons were conquered by weapons, so too have the worlds of this evil-minded one been conquered by weapon.
कथं च नायं तत्रापि पुत्रान्मे भ्रातृभिः सह। विरोधयेदृजुप्रज्ञाननृजुर्मधुसूदन ॥११-२४-२८॥
kathaṁ ca nāyaṁ tatrāpi putrān me bhrātṛbhiḥ saha। virodhayed ṛju-prajñāna-nṛjur madhusūdana ॥11-24-28॥
[कथं (kathaṁ) - how; च (ca) - and; न (na) - not; अयम् (ayam) - this; तत्र (tatra) - there; अपि (api) - even; पुत्रान् (putrān) - sons; मे (me) - my; भ्रातृभिः (bhrātṛbhiḥ) - with brothers; सह (saha) - together; विरोधयेत् (virodhayet) - would oppose; ऋजु (ṛju) - straight; प्रज्ञान (prajñāna) - wisdom; नृजुः (nṛjuḥ) - upright man; मधुसूदन (madhusūdana) - O Madhusudana;]
(How and not this (person) there even my sons with brothers together would oppose, straight wisdom upright man, O Madhusudana.)
O Madhusudana, how could even there, this upright and wise man, together with my brothers, oppose my sons?
