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Pancharatra and Core: Finally, anger takes over Gandhari and she curses Krishna, saying Yadavas will meet a similar end 36 years from now, fighting among themselves.
गान्धार्युवाच॥
gāndhāryuvāca॥
[गान्धारी (gāndhārī) - Gandhari; (name of the queen) उवाच (uvāca) - said; spoke;]
(Gandhari said;)
Gandhari said:
काम्बोजं पश्य दुर्धर्षं काम्बोजास्तरणोचितम्। शयानमृषभस्कन्धं हतं पांसुशु माधव ॥११-२५-१॥
kāmbojaṃ paśya durdharṣaṃ kāmbojāstaraṇocitam। śayānamṛṣabha-skandhaṃ hataṃ pāṃsuṣu mādhava ॥11-25-1॥
[काम्बोजं (kāmbojaṃ) - Kamboja (a warrior/kingdom); पश्य (paśya) - see; दुर्धर्षं (durdharṣam) - difficult to assault; काम्बोजास्तरणोचितम् (kāmbojāstaraṇocitam) - fit for the Kamboja's couch; शयानम् (śayānam) - lying; ऋषभस्कन्धं (ṛṣabha-skandham) - bull-shouldered; हतं (hatam) - slain; पांसुशु (pāṃsuṣu) - in the dust; माधव (mādhava) - O Mādhava (Krishna);]
(O Mādhava, see the Kamboja, difficult to assault, fit for the Kamboja's couch, lying bull-shouldered, slain in the dust.)
O Mādhava, behold the formidable Kamboja, worthy of the Kamboja's couch, lying with bull-like shoulders, slain and fallen in the dust.
यस्य क्षतजसंदिग्धौ बाहू चन्दनरूषितौ। अवेक्ष्य कृपणं भार्या विलपत्यतिदुःखिता ॥११-२५-२॥
yasya kṣataja-saṃdigdhau bāhū candana-rūṣitau| avekṣya kṛpaṇaṃ bhāryā vilapaty-atiduḥkhitā ||11-25-2||
[यस्य (yasya) - of whom; क्षतजसंदिग्धौ (kṣataja-saṃdigdhau) - smeared with blood from wounds; बाहू (bāhū) - arms; चन्दनरूषितौ (candana-rūṣitau) - anointed with sandalwood; अवेक्ष्य (avekṣya) - having seen; कृपणं (kṛpaṇam) - pitiful; भार्या (bhāryā) - wife; विलपति (vilapati) - laments; अतिदुःखिता (atiduḥkhitā) - excessively distressed;]
(Of whom the arms, smeared with blood from wounds and anointed with sandalwood, having seen the pitiful (state), the wife laments, excessively distressed.)
Seeing her husband's arms, smeared with blood from wounds and anointed with sandalwood, the pitiful wife laments in great distress.
इमौ तौ परिघप्रख्यौ बाहू शुभतलाङ्गुली। ययोर्विवरमापन्नां न रतिर्मां पुराजहत् ॥११-२५-३॥
imau tau parighaprakhyau bāhū śubhatalaṅgulī। yayor vivaram āpannāṃ na ratir māṃ purā jahāt ॥11-25-3॥
[इमौ (imau) - these two; (dual, masculine) तौ (tau) - those two; (dual, masculine) परिघप्रख्यौ (parighaprakhyau) - like iron bars; (dual, nominative) बाहू (bāhū) - arms; (dual, nominative) शुभतलाङ्गुली (śubhatalaṅgulī) - with auspicious fingers; (dual, nominative) ययोः (yayoh) - of which two; (dual, genitive) विवरम् (vivaram) - opening; gap; आपन्नाम् (āpannām) - entered; attained; न (na) - not; रतिः (ratiḥ) - pleasure; delight; माम् (mām) - me; पुरा (purā) - formerly; before; अजहत् (ajahāt) - did not abandon;]
(These two, those two arms like iron bars, with auspicious fingers, into the opening of which, having entered, pleasure did not abandon me formerly.)
These two arms, resembling iron bars and adorned with auspicious fingers, whose embrace once gave me pleasure that never left me.
कां गतिं नु गमिष्यामि त्वया हीना जनेश्वर। दूरबन्धुरनाथेव अतीव मधुरस्वरा ॥११-२५-४॥
kāṃ gatiṃ nu gamiṣyāmi tvayā hīnā janeśvara। dūrabandhuranātheva atīva madhurasvarā ॥11-25-4॥
[कां (kāṃ) - which; गतिं (gatiṃ) - state; नु (nu) - indeed; गमिष्यामि (gamiṣyāmi) - will go; त्वया (tvayā) - by you; हीना (hīnā) - bereft; जनेश्वर (janeśvara) - O lord of people; दूरबन्धु (dūrabandhu) - with distant relatives; अनाथेव (anātheva) - like one without protector; अतीव (atīva) - exceedingly; मधुरस्वरा (madhurasvarā) - sweet-voiced (feminine);]
(Which state indeed will I go, bereft by you, O lord of people? Like one with distant relatives, without protector, exceedingly sweet-voiced (am I).)
O lord of people, to what state shall I go, bereft of you? Like a sweet-voiced woman with distant relatives and no protector, I am exceedingly forlorn.
आतपे क्लाम्यमानानां विविधानामिव स्रजाम्। क्लान्तानामपि नारीणां न श्रीर्जहति वै तनुम् ॥११-२५-५॥
ātape klāmyamānānāṃ vividhānām iva srajām। klāntānām api nārīṇāṃ na śrīr jahati vai tanum ॥11-25-5॥
[आतपे (ātape) - in the heat; क्लाम्यमानानाम् (klāmyamānānām) - of those becoming wilted; विविधानाम् (vividhānām) - of various; इव (iva) - like; स्रजाम् (srajām) - of garlands; क्लान्तानाम् (klāntānām) - of those who are weary; अपि (api) - even; नारीणाम् (nārīṇām) - of women; न (na) - not; श्रीः (śrīḥ) - beauty; जहति (jahati) - abandons; वै (vai) - indeed; तनुम् (tanum) - body;]
(In the heat, of those becoming wilted, of various, like, of garlands; of those who are weary, even, of women, not, beauty, abandons, indeed, body.)
Just as, in the heat, garlands of various kinds become wilted, even when women are weary, their beauty indeed does not abandon their bodies.
शयानमभितः शूरं कालिङ्गं मधुसूदन। पश्य दीप्ताङ्गदयुगप्रतिबद्धमहाभुजम् ॥११-२५-६॥
śayānam abhitaḥ śūraṃ kāliṅgaṃ madhusūdana। paśya dīptāṅgada-yuga-pratibaddha-mahābhujam ॥11-25-6॥
[शयानम् (śayānam) - lying; (accusative singular masculine of śayāna) अभितः (abhitaḥ) - near; around; शूरम् (śūram) - hero; (accusative singular masculine of śūra) कालिङ्गम् (kāliṅgam) - Kalinga; (name of a person/kingdom; accusative singular masculine) मधुसूदन (madhusūdana) - O Madhusudana; (epithet of Krishna; vocative singular masculine) पश्य (paśya) - see; behold; (imperative singular of paś) दीप्ताङ्गद (dīptāṅgada) - shining armlet; (compound: dīpta + aṅgada) युग (yuga) - pair; set; (here, two armlets) प्रतिबद्ध (pratibaddha) - bound; fastened; महाभुजम् (mahābhujam) - great-armed; (accusative singular masculine of mahābhuja);]
(O Madhusudana, see the hero Kalinga lying nearby, his great arms bound with a pair of shining armlets.)
O Madhusudana, behold the heroic Kalinga lying nearby, his mighty arms fastened with a pair of shining armlets.
मागधानामधिपतिं जयत्सेनं जनार्दन। परिवार्य प्ररुदिता मागध्यः पश्य योषितः ॥११-२५-७॥
māgadhānām-adhipatiṃ jayatsenaṃ janārdana। parivārya praruditā māgadhyaḥ paśya yoṣitaḥ ॥11-25-7॥
[मागधानाम् (māgadhānām) - of the Magadhas; अधिपतिं (adhipatim) - lord; जयत्सेनं (jayatsenam) - Jayatsena; जनार्दन (janārdana) - O Janardana; परिवार्य (parivārya) - having surrounded; प्ररुदिता (praruditāḥ) - weeping; मागध्यः (māgadhyaḥ) - Magadhi women; पश्य (paśya) - see; योषितः (yoṣitaḥ) - women;]
(O Janardana, see the Magadhi women, having surrounded Jayatsena, the lord of the Magadhas, weeping.)
O Janardana, behold how the Magadhi women, having gathered around Jayatsena, the king of the Magadhas, are weeping.
आसामायतनेत्राणां सुस्वराणां जनार्दन। मनःश्रुतिहरो नादो मनो मोहयतीव मे ॥११-२५-८॥
āsām āyata-netrāṇām susvarāṇām janārdana। manaḥ-śruti-haraḥ nādaḥ manaḥ mohayatīva me ॥11-25-8॥
[आसाम् (āsām) - of these; (feminine genitive plural) आयत (āyata) - wide; नेत्राणाम् (netrāṇām) - of the eyes; (genitive plural) सुस्वराणाम् (susvarāṇām) - of melodious voices; (genitive plural) जनार्दन (janārdana) - O Janardana; (vocative singular) मनः (manaḥ) - mind; (nominative singular) श्रुति (śruti) - hearing; (nominative singular) हरः (haraḥ) - remover; (nominative singular) नादः (nādaḥ) - sound; (nominative singular) मनो (mano) - mind; (accusative singular) मोहयति (mohayati) - bewilders; (present singular) इव (iva) - as if; (indeclinable) मे (me) - my; (genitive singular);]
(O Janardana, the sound which removes the hearing of my mind, of these wide-eyed, melodious-voiced (women), as if bewilders my mind.)
O Janardana, the sound of these wide-eyed, melodious-voiced women seems to enchant and bewilder my mind.
प्रकीर्णसर्वाभरणा रुदन्त्यः शोककर्शिताः। स्वास्तीर्णशयनोपेता मागध्यः शेरते भुवि ॥११-२५-९॥
prakīrṇasarvābharaṇā rudantyaḥ śokakarśitāḥ। svāstīrṇaśayanopetā māgadhyaḥ śerate bhuvi॥11-25-9॥
[प्रकीर्ण (prakīrṇa) - scattered; सर्व (sarva) - all; आभरणा (ābharaṇā) - ornaments; रुदन्त्यः (rudantyaḥ) - weeping; शोक (śoka) - grief; कर्शिताः (karśitāḥ) - emaciated; स्व (sva) - their own; अस्तीर्ण (astīrṇa) - spread; शयन (śayana) - bed; उपेता (upetā) - approached; मागध्यः (māgadhyaḥ) - women of Magadha; शेरते (śerate) - lie; भुवि (bhuvi) - on the ground;]
(With all ornaments scattered, weeping, emaciated by grief, the women of Magadha, having approached their own spread beds, lie on the ground.)
The women of Magadha, with all their ornaments scattered, weeping and emaciated by grief, lie on the ground, having approached their own spread beds.
कोसलानामधिपतिं राजपुत्रं बृहद्बलम्। भर्तारं परिवार्यैताः पृथक्प्ररुदिताः स्त्रियः ॥११-२५-१०॥
kosalānām-adhipatiṃ rājaputraṃ bṛhadbalam। bhartāraṃ parivāryaitāḥ pṛthak-praruditāḥ striyaḥ ॥11-25-10॥
[कोसलानाम् (kosalānām) - of the Kosalas; अधिपतिं (adhipatim) - lord; राजपुत्रं (rājaputram) - prince; बृहद्बलम् (bṛhadbalam) - Bṛhadbala; भर्तारं (bhartāram) - husband; परिवार्य (parivārya) - having surrounded; एताः (etāḥ) - these; पृथक् (pṛthak) - separately; प्ररुदिताः (praruditāḥ) - weeping loudly; स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - women;]
(The women, having surrounded Bṛhadbala, the prince, lord of the Kosalas, their husband, these (women), separately, weeping loudly.)
The women, having surrounded Bṛhadbala, the prince and lord of the Kosalas, their husband, wept loudly, each one separately.
अस्य गात्रगतान्बाणान्कार्ष्णिबाहुबलार्पितान्। उद्धरन्त्यसुखाविष्टा मूर्छमानाः पुनः पुनः ॥११-२५-११॥
asya gātragatānbāṇānkārṣṇibāhubalārpitān। uddharantyasukhāviṣṭā mūrcchamānāḥ punaḥ punaḥ ॥11-25-11॥
[अस्य (asya) - of him; गात्रगतान् (gātragatān) - entered into the limbs; बाणान् (bāṇān) - arrows; कार्ष्णि (kārṣṇi) - of Kṛṣṇa; बाहुबल (bāhubala) - by the strength of the arm; अर्पितान् (arpitān) - fixed; उद्धरन्ति (uddharanti) - they pull out; असुखाविष्टाः (asukhāviṣṭāḥ) - afflicted with pain; मूर्छमानाः (mūrcchamānāḥ) - fainting; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; पुनः (punaḥ) - again;]
(Afflicted with pain, fainting again and again, they pull out the arrows, fixed into his limbs by the strength of Kṛṣṇa's arm.)
Afflicted by pain, they repeatedly faint as they try to pull out the arrows embedded in his body by the force of Kṛṣṇa's arm.
आसां सर्वानवद्यानामातपेन परिश्रमात्। प्रम्लाननलिनाभानि भान्ति वक्त्राणि माधव ॥११-२५-१२॥
āsāṃ sarvānavadyānām ātapena pariśramāt। pramlāna-nalinābhāni bhānti vaktrāṇi mādhava ॥11-25-12॥
[आसां (āsām) - of these (feminine); सर्वानवद्यानाम् (sarva-anavadyānām) - of all blameless (feminine); आतपेन (ātapena) - by the heat; परिश्रमात् (pariśramāt) - from exertion; प्रम्लाननलिनाभानि (pramlāna-nalinābhāni) - withered-lotus-like; भान्ति (bhānti) - shine; appear; वक्त्राणि (vaktrāṇi) - faces; माधव (mādhava) - O Mādhava;]
(O Mādhava, the faces of all these blameless women, due to the heat and exertion, appear like withered lotuses.)
O Mādhava, the faces of all these blameless women look like withered lotuses because of the heat and their exertion.
द्रोणेन निहताः शूराः शेरते रुचिराङ्गदाः। द्रोणेनाभिमुखाः सर्वे भ्रातरः पञ्च केकयाः ॥११-२५-१३॥
droṇena nihatāḥ śūrāḥ śerate rucirāṅgadāḥ। droṇenābhimukhāḥ sarve bhrātaraḥ pañca kekayāḥ ॥11-25-13॥
[द्रोणेन (droṇena) - by Droṇa; निहताः (nihatāḥ) - slain; शूराः (śūrāḥ) - heroes; शेरते (śerate) - lie; रुचिराङ्गदाः (rucirāṅgadāḥ) - with beautiful armlets; द्रोणेनाभिमुखाः (droṇenābhimukhāḥ) - facing Droṇa; सर्वे (sarve) - all; भ्रातरः (bhrātaraḥ) - brothers; पञ्च (pañca) - five; केकयाः (kekayāḥ) - Kekaya princes;]
(Slain by Droṇa, the heroes with beautiful armlets lie. All five Kekaya brothers, facing Droṇa, (lie slain).)
The heroes adorned with beautiful armlets, slain by Droṇa, lie there. All five Kekaya brothers, who faced Droṇa, have fallen.
तप्तकाञ्चनवर्माणस्ताम्रध्वजरथस्रजः। भासयन्ति महीं भासा ज्वलिता इव पावकाः ॥११-२५-१४॥
taptakāñcanavarmāṇastāmradhvajarathasrajaḥ। bhāsayanti mahīṃ bhāsā jvalitā iva pāvakāḥ ॥11-25-14॥
[तप्त (tapta) - heated; melted; काञ्चन (kāñcana) - gold; वर्माणः (varmāṇaḥ) - armored ones; ताम्र (tāmra) - copper; red; ध्वज (dhvaja) - banner; रथ (ratha) - chariot; स्रजः (srajaḥ) - garlanded; भासयन्ति (bhāsayanti) - they illuminate; महीं (mahīm) - the earth; भासा (bhāsā) - with radiance; ज्वलिता (jvalitāḥ) - blazing; इव (iva) - like; पावकाः (pāvakāḥ) - fires;]
(Heated-gold-armored, copper-bannered, chariot-garlanded, they illuminate the earth with radiance, blazing like fires.)
Armored in heated gold, with copper banners and garlands on their chariots, they shine upon the earth with their radiance, blazing like fires.
द्रोणेन द्रुपदं सङ्ख्ये पश्य माधव पातितम्। महाद्विपमिवारण्ये सिंहेन महता हतम् ॥११-२५-१५॥
droṇena drupadaṃ saṅkhye paśya mādhava pātitam। mahādvipam ivāraṇye siṃhena mahatā hatam ॥11-25-15॥
[द्रोणेन (droṇena) - by Droṇa; द्रुपदं (drupadam) - Drupada; सङ्ख्ये (saṅkhye) - in battle; पश्य (paśya) - see; माधव (mādhava) - O Mādhava; पातितम् (pātitam) - fallen; महाद्विपम् (mahādvipam) - great elephant; इव (iva) - like; अरण्ये (araṇye) - in the forest; सिंहेन (siṃhena) - by a lion; महता (mahatā) - great; हतम् (hatam) - slain;]
(See, O Mādhava, Drupada fallen in battle by Droṇa, like a great elephant in the forest slain by a great lion.)
O Mādhava, see Drupada, who has been struck down in battle by Droṇa, lying like a great elephant slain by a mighty lion in the forest.
पाञ्चालराज्ञो विपुलं पुण्डरीकाक्ष पाण्डुरम्। आतपत्रं समाभाति शरदीव दिवाकरः ॥११-२५-१६॥
pāñcālarājño vipulaṃ puṇḍarīkākṣa pāṇḍuram। ātapatraṃ samābhāti śaradīva divākaraḥ ॥11-25-16॥
[पाञ्चालराज्ञः (pāñcālarājñaḥ) - of the king of the Pāñcālas; विपुलम् (vipulam) - great; extensive; पुण्डरीकाक्ष (puṇḍarīkākṣa) - O lotus-eyed (Kṛṣṇa); पाण्डुरम् (pāṇḍuram) - white; आतपत्रम् (ātapatram) - umbrella; parasol; सम्-अभाति (sam-abhāti) - shines forth; appears; शरदि (śaradi) - in autumn; इव (iva) - like; as; दिवाकरः (divākaraḥ) - the sun;]
(O lotus-eyed (Kṛṣṇa), the great white umbrella of the king of the Pāñcālas shines forth like the sun in autumn.)
O lotus-eyed Kṛṣṇa, the great white parasol of the king of the Pāñcālas shines resplendently, just as the sun does in the autumn season.
एतास्तु द्रुपदं वृद्धं स्नुषा भार्याश्च दुःखिताः। दग्ध्वा गच्छन्ति पाञ्चाल्यं राजानमपसव्यतः ॥११-२५-१७॥
etās tu drupadaṃ vṛddhaṃ snuṣā bhāryāś ca duḥkhitāḥ। dagdhvā gacchanti pāñcālyaṃ rājānam apasavyataḥ ॥11-25-17॥
[एताः (etāḥ) - these (women); तु (tu) - but; indeed; द्रुपदं (drupadam) - Drupada; वृद्धं (vṛddham) - aged; old; स्नुषा (snuṣā) - daughter-in-law; भार्याः (bhāryāḥ) - wives; च (ca) - and; दुःखिताः (duḥkhitāḥ) - distressed; sorrowful; दग्ध्वा (dagdhvā) - having burnt; गच्छन्ति (gacchanti) - go; proceed; पाञ्चाल्यं (pāñcālyam) - to the Panchala (king); राजानम् (rājānam) - king; अपसव्यतः (apasavyataḥ) - counterclockwise; to the left;]
(These, but, Drupada, aged, daughter-in-law, wives and distressed, having burnt, go to the Panchala king, counterclockwise.)
But these distressed wives and the daughter-in-law, having burnt the aged Drupada, proceed counterclockwise to the Panchala king.
धृष्टकेतुं महेष्वासं चेदिपुङ्गवमङ्गनाः। द्रोणेन निहतं शूरं हरन्ति हृतचेतसः ॥११-२५-१८॥
dhṛṣṭaketuṃ maheṣvāsaṃ cedipuṅgavam aṅganāḥ। droṇena nihataṃ śūraṃ haranti hṛtacetasaḥ ॥11-25-18॥
[धृष्टकेतुं (dhṛṣṭaketuṃ) - Dhṛṣṭaketu (a proper name); महेष्वासं (maheṣvāsaṃ) - great archer; चेदिपुङ्गवम् (cedipuṅgavam) - bull among the Cedis; अङ्गनाः (aṅganāḥ) - women; द्रोणेन (droṇena) - by Droṇa; निहतम् (nihatam) - slain; शूरम् (śūram) - hero; हरन्ति (haranti) - carry; हृतचेतसः (hṛtacetasaḥ) - with minds carried away;]
(The women, with minds carried away, carry away Dhṛṣṭaketu, the great archer, the bull among the Cedis, the hero slain by Droṇa.)
The women, their minds distraught, carry away the heroic Dhṛṣṭaketu, the great archer and foremost among the Cedis, who was slain by Droṇa.
द्रोणास्त्रमभिहत्यैष विमर्दे मधुसूदन। महेष्वासो हतः शेते नद्या हृत इव द्रुमः ॥११-२५-१९॥
droṇāstram abhihatya eṣa vimarde madhusūdana। maheṣvāso hataḥ śete nadyā hṛta iva drumaḥ ॥11-25-19॥
[द्रोण-अस्त्रम् (droṇa-astram) - Drona's weapon; अभिहत्य (abhihatya) - having struck; एषः (eṣaḥ) - this; विमर्दे (vimarde) - in the battle; मधुसूदन (madhusūdana) - O Madhusudana; महेष्वासः (maheṣvāsaḥ) - the great archer; हतः (hataḥ) - slain; शेते (śete) - lies; नद्या (nadyā) - by the river; हृतः (hṛtaḥ) - carried away; इव (iva) - like; द्रुमः (drumaḥ) - a tree;]
(Having been struck by Drona's weapon, this great archer lies slain in the battle, O Madhusudana, like a tree carried away by the river.)
O Madhusudana, this great archer, having been struck down by Drona's weapon in the battle, lies slain like a tree carried away by the river.
एष चेदिपतिः शूरो धृष्टकेतुर्महारथः। शेते विनिहतः सङ्ख्ये हत्वा शत्रून्सहस्रशः ॥११-२५-२०॥
eṣa cedipatiḥ śūro dhṛṣṭaketurmahārathaḥ। śete vinihataḥ saṅkhye hatvā śatrūnsahasraśaḥ ॥11-25-20॥
[एष (eṣa) - this; चेदिपतिः (cedipatiḥ) - lord of the Cedis; शूरः (śūraḥ) - hero; धृष्टकेतुः (dhṛṣṭaketuḥ) - Dhṛṣṭaketu; महारथः (mahārathaḥ) - great chariot-warrior; शेते (śete) - lies; विनिहतः (vinihataḥ) - slain; सङ्ख्ये (saṅkhye) - in battle; हत्वा (hatvā) - having killed; शत्रून् (śatrūn) - enemies; सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands;]
(This lord of the Cedis, the hero Dhṛṣṭaketu, the great chariot-warrior, lies slain in battle, having killed enemies by thousands.)
Here lies Dhṛṣṭaketu, the heroic lord of the Cedis and a great chariot-warrior, slain on the battlefield after having killed thousands of enemies.
वितुद्यमानं विहगैस्तं भार्याः प्रत्युपस्थिताः। चेदिराजं हृषीकेश हतं सबलबान्धवम् ॥११-२५-२१॥
vitudyamānaṃ vihagaistaṃ bhāryāḥ pratyupasthitāḥ। cedirājaṃ hṛṣīkeśa hataṃ sabalabāndhavam ॥11-25-21॥
[वितुद्यमानं (vitudyamānam) - being pecked; (by birds); विहगैः (vihagaiḥ) - by birds; तं (taṃ) - him; भार्याः (bhāryāḥ) - wives; प्रत्युपस्थिताः (pratyupasthitāḥ) - approached; चेदिराजं (cedirājam) - the king of Cedi; हृषीकेश (hṛṣīkeśa) - O Hṛṣīkeśa; हतं (hataṃ) - slain; सबलबान्धवम् (sabalabāndhavam) - with his relatives and army;]
(Being pecked by birds, him the wives approached—the king of Cedi, O Hṛṣīkeśa, slain with his relatives and army.)
O Hṛṣīkeśa, the wives approached the king of Cedi, who had been slain with his relatives and army, as he was being pecked by birds.
दाशार्हीपुत्रजं वीरं शयानं सत्यविक्रमम्। आरोप्याङ्के रुदन्त्येताश्चेदिराजवराङ्गनाः ॥११-२५-२२॥
dāśārhī-putra-jaṃ vīraṃ śayānaṃ satya-vikramam। āropya aṅke rudantya etāś cedirāja-vara-aṅganāḥ ॥11-25-22॥
[दाशार्हीपुत्रजम् (dāśārhī-putra-jam) - born of the son of Dasharha; वीरम् (vīram) - hero; शयानम् (śayānam) - lying; सत्यविक्रमम् (satya-vikramam) - of true valor; आरोप्य (āropya) - having placed; अङ्के (aṅke) - on the lap; रुदन्त्यः (rudantyaḥ) - weeping; एताः (etāḥ) - these; चेदिराजवराङ्गनाः (cedirāja-vara-aṅganāḥ) - noble ladies of the king of Chedi;]
(Having placed the hero of true valor, born of the son of Dasharha, lying (dead), on their laps, these noble ladies of the king of Chedi are weeping.)
These noble ladies of the king of Chedi, having placed the heroic son of Dasharha, who was of true valor and lay dead, on their laps, are weeping.
अस्य पुत्रं हृषीकेश सुवक्त्रं चारुकुण्डलम्। द्रोणेन समरे पश्य निकृत्तं बहुधा शरैः ॥११-२५-२३॥
asya putraṃ hṛṣīkeśa suvaktraṃ cārukuṇḍalam। droṇena samare paśya nikṛttaṃ bahudhā śaraiḥ ॥11-25-23॥
[अस्य (asya) - of him; पुत्रं (putraṃ) - son; हृषीकेश (hṛṣīkeśa) - O Hṛṣīkeśa; सुवक्त्रं (suvaktraṃ) - with beautiful face; चारुकुण्डलम् (cārukuṇḍalam) - with lovely earrings; द्रोणेन (droṇena) - by Droṇa; समरे (samare) - in battle; पश्य (paśya) - see; निकृत्तं (nikṛttaṃ) - severed; बहुधा (bahudhā) - in many ways; शरैः (śaraiḥ) - by arrows;]
(O Hṛṣīkeśa, see the son of him, with beautiful face and lovely earrings, severed in many ways by Droṇa in battle by arrows.)
O Hṛṣīkeśa, behold his son, whose face is beautiful and who wears lovely earrings, cut down in many ways by Droṇa's arrows in battle.
पितरं नूनमाजिस्थं युध्यमानं परैः सह। नाजहात्पृष्ठतो वीरमद्यापि मधुसूदन ॥११-२५-२४॥
pitaraṃ nūnam ājisthaṃ yudhyamānaṃ paraiḥ saha। na ajahāt pṛṣṭhataḥ vīram adyāpi madhusūdana ॥11-25-24॥
[पितरं (pitaraṃ) - father (accusative singular); नूनम् (nūnam) - indeed; surely; आजिस्थम् (ājistham) - engaged in battle; fighting; युध्यमानम् (yudhyamānam) - fighting; परैः (paraiḥ) - with enemies; by others; सह (saha) - together; with; न (na) - not; अजहात् (ajahāt) - abandoned; left; पृष्ठतः (pṛṣṭhataḥ) - from behind; at the back; वीरम् (vīram) - hero; warrior; अद्यापि (adyāpi) - even today; still; मधुसूदन (madhusūdana) - O Madhusudana; O slayer of Madhu;]
(Indeed, O Madhusudana, even today, he did not abandon his father, the hero, engaged in battle, fighting with enemies, from behind.)
O Madhusudana, even today, he did not abandon his father, the heroic warrior, who was fighting with enemies in battle, from behind.
एवं ममापि पुत्रस्य पुत्रः पितरमन्वगात्। दुर्योधनं महाबाहो लक्ष्मणः परवीरहा ॥११-२५-२५॥
evaṃ mamāpi putrasya putraḥ pitaram anvagāt। duryodhanaṃ mahābāho lakṣmaṇaḥ paravīrahā ॥11-25-25॥
[एवं (evaṃ) - thus; मम (mama) - my; अपि (api) - also; पुत्रस्य (putrasya) - of the son; पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son; पितरम् (pitaram) - father; अन्वगात् (anvagāt) - followed; दुर्योधनम् (duryodhanam) - Duryodhana; महाबाहो (mahābāho) - O mighty-armed; लक्ष्मणः (lakṣmaṇaḥ) - Lakṣmaṇa; परवीरहा (paravīrahā) - destroyer of enemy heroes;]
(Thus, O mighty-armed, the son of my son also followed his father; Lakṣmaṇa, the destroyer of enemy heroes, followed Duryodhana.)
In the same way, O mighty-armed one, Lakṣmaṇa, the son of my son and destroyer of enemy heroes, followed his father Duryodhana.
विन्दानुविन्दावावन्त्यौ पतितौ पश्य माधव। हिमान्ते पुष्पितौ शालौ मरुता गलिताविव ॥११-२५-२६॥
vindānuvindāv-āvantyau patitau paśya mādhava। himānte puṣpitau śālau marutā galitāv iva ॥11-25-26॥
[विन्द (vinda) - Vinda; (a proper name); अनुविन्द (anuvinda) - Anuvinda; (a proper name); आवन्त्यौ (āvantyau) - the two princes of Avanti; dual; nominative; पतितौ (patitau) - fallen; dual; nominative; पश्य (paśya) - see; माधव (mādhava) - O Mādhava; (Krishna); vocative; हिमान्ते (himānte) - at the end of winter; locative; पुष्पितौ (puṣpitau) - flowering; dual; nominative; शालौ (śālau) - śāla trees; dual; nominative; मरुता (marutā) - by the wind; instrumental; गलितौ (galitau) - shed; fallen; dual; nominative; इव (iva) - like;]
(Vinda and Anuvinda, the two princes of Avanti, fallen—see, O Mādhava—like two śāla trees, flowering at the end of winter, shed by the wind.)
O Mādhava, see Vinda and Anuvinda, the princes of Avanti, fallen like two śāla trees in bloom at winter's end, cast down by the wind.
काञ्चनाङ्गदवर्माणौ बाणखड्गधनुर्धरौ। ऋषभप्रतिरूपाक्षौ शयानौ विमलस्रजौ ॥११-२५-२७॥
kāñcanāṅgadavarmāṇau bāṇakhaḍgadhanurdharau। ṛṣabhapratirūpākṣau śayānau vimalasrajau ॥11-25-27॥
[काञ्चन (kāñcana) - gold; अङ्गद (aṅgada) - armlet; वर्माणौ (varmāṇau) - armored (dual); बाण (bāṇa) - arrow; खड्ग (khaḍga) - sword; धनुर्धरौ (dhanurdharau) - bow-holders (dual); ऋषभ (ṛṣabha) - bull; प्रतिरूप (pratirūpa) - resembling; अक्षौ (akṣau) - eyes (dual); शयानौ (śayānau) - lying down (dual); विमल (vimala) - pure; स्रजौ (srajau) - garlanded (dual);]
(Armored with golden armlets, holding arrows, swords, and bows, with eyes resembling those of a bull, lying down, adorned with pure garlands.)
They lay there, armored with golden armlets, holding arrows, swords, and bows, their eyes like those of a bull, adorned with pure garlands.
अवध्याः पाण्डवाः कृष्ण सर्व एव त्वया सह। ये मुक्ता द्रोणभीष्माभ्यां कर्णाद्वैकर्तनात्कृपात् ॥११-२५-२८॥
avadhyāḥ pāṇḍavāḥ kṛṣṇa sarva eva tvayā saha। ye muktā droṇabhīṣmābhyāṃ karṇādvaikartanātkṛpāt ॥11-25-28॥
[अवध्याः (avadhyāḥ) - not to be slain; पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - the sons of Pāṇḍu; कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa) - O Kṛṣṇa; सर्व (sarva) - all; एव (eva) - indeed; त्वया (tvayā) - by you; सह (saha) - with; ये (ye) - who; मुक्ता (muktā) - have been released; द्रोणभीष्माभ्यां (droṇabhīṣmābhyām) - by Droṇa and Bhīṣma; कर्णात् (karṇāt) - from Karṇa; वैकर्तनात् (vaikartanāt) - from the son of Vikartana (Karṇa); कृपात् (kṛpāt) - from Kṛpa;]
(The Pāṇḍavas, O Kṛṣṇa, are not to be slain, all indeed, with you; who have been released by Droṇa and Bhīṣma, from Karṇa, from the son of Vikartana, from Kṛpa.)
O Kṛṣṇa, all the Pāṇḍavas, along with you, are invincible; those who have been spared by Droṇa, Bhīṣma, Karṇa (the son of Vikartana), and Kṛpa.
दुर्योधनाद्द्रोणसुतात्सैन्धवाच्च महारथात्। सोमदत्ताद्विकर्णाच्च शूराच्च कृतवर्मणः ॥ ये हन्युः शस्त्रवेगेन देवानपि नरर्षभाः ॥११-२५-२९॥
duryodhanād-droṇasutāt-saindhavāc ca mahārathāt। somadattād-vikarṇāc ca śūrāc ca kṛtavarmaṇaḥ ॥ ye hanyuḥ śastravegena devān api nararṣabhāḥ ॥11-25-29॥
[दुर्योधनात् (duryodhanāt) - from Duryodhana; द्रोणसुतात् (droṇasutāt) - from the son of Droṇa; सैन्धवात् (saindhavāt) - from the Sindhu king; च (ca) - and; महारथात् (mahārathāt) - from the great chariot-warrior; सोमदत्तात् (somadattāt) - from Somadatta; विकर्णात् (vikarṇāt) - from Vikarṇa; च (ca) - and; शूरात् (śūrāt) - from the hero; च (ca) - and; कृतवर्मणः (kṛtavarmaṇaḥ) - Kṛtavarman; ये (ye) - who; हन्युः (hanyuḥ) - could slay; शस्त्रवेगेन (śastravegena) - by the force of weapons; देवान् (devān) - the gods; अपि (api) - even; नरर्षभाः (nararṣabhāḥ) - bulls among men;]
(From Duryodhana, from the son of Droṇa, from the Sindhu king and from the great chariot-warrior, from Somadatta, from Vikarṇa and from the hero and from Kṛtavarman—who, by the force of weapons, could slay even the gods, bulls among men.)
From Duryodhana, Droṇa's son, the Sindhu king, the great chariot-warrior, Somadatta, Vikarṇa, the hero, and Kṛtavarman—these bulls among men, who by the force of their weapons could even slay the gods.
त इमे निहताः सङ्ख्ये पश्य कालस्य पर्ययम्। नातिभारोऽस्ति दैवस्य ध्रुवं माधव कश्चन ॥ यदिमे निहताः शूराः क्षत्रियैः क्षत्रियर्षभाः ॥११-२५-३०॥
ta ime nihatāḥ saṅkhye paśya kālasya paryayam। nātibhāro'sti daivasya dhruvaṃ mādhava kaścana ॥ yadime nihatāḥ śūrāḥ kṣatriyaiḥ kṣatriyarṣabhāḥ ॥11-25-30॥
[त (ta) - they; इमे (ime) - these; निहताः (nihatāḥ) - slain; सङ्ख्ये (saṅkhye) - in battle; पश्य (paśya) - see; कालस्य (kālasya) - of time; पर्ययम् (paryayam) - turn; नातिभारः (na atibhāraḥ) - not excessive burden; अस्ति (asti) - is; दैवस्य (daivasya) - of fate; ध्रुवम् (dhruvam) - certain; माधव (mādhava) - O Mādhava; कश्चन (kaścana) - anyone; यदि (yadi) - if; इमे (ime) - these; निहताः (nihatāḥ) - slain; शूराः (śūrāḥ) - heroes; क्षत्रियैः (kṣatriyaiḥ) - by kṣatriyas; क्षत्रियर्षभाः (kṣatriyarṣabhāḥ) - bulls among kṣatriyas;]
(They these slain in battle see the turn of time. Not excessive burden is of fate, certain, O Mādhava, anyone. If these slain heroes by kṣatriyas, bulls among kṣatriyas.)
O Mādhava, see these who have been slain in battle; behold the turn of time. For fate, there is no excessive burden—this is certain for anyone. If these heroic kṣatriyas, the foremost among kṣatriyas, are slain by kṣatriyas...
तदैव निहताः कृष्ण मम पुत्रास्तरस्विनः। यदैवाकृतकामस्त्वमुपप्लव्यं गतः पुनः ॥११-२५-३१॥
tadaiva nihatāḥ kṛṣṇa mama putrās tarasvinaḥ। yadaivākṛtakāmas tvam upaplavyaṃ gataḥ punaḥ ॥11-25-31॥
[तदा (tadā) - then; एव (eva) - indeed; निहताः (nihatāḥ) - slain; कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa) - O Kṛṣṇa; मम (mama) - my; पुत्राः (putrāḥ) - sons; तरस्विनः (tarasvinaḥ) - mighty; यदा (yadā) - when; एव (eva) - indeed; अकृतकामः (akṛtakāmaḥ) - one whose desires are not fulfilled; त्वम् (tvam) - you; उपप्लव्यम् (upaplavyam) - to Upaplavya; गतः (gataḥ) - went; पुनः (punaḥ) - again;]
(Then indeed, O Kṛṣṇa, my mighty sons were slain, when indeed, you, whose desires were not fulfilled, went again to Upaplavya.)
O Kṛṣṇa, at that very moment my mighty sons were slain, when you, whose wishes were not fulfilled, returned again to Upaplavya.
शन्तनोश्चैव पुत्रेण प्राज्ञेन विदुरेण च। तदैवोक्तास्मि मा स्नेहं कुरुष्वात्मसुतेष्विति ॥११-२५-३२॥
śantanoś caiva putreṇa prājñena vidureṇa ca। tadaivoktāsmi mā snehaṃ kuruṣvātmasuteṣv iti ॥11-25-32॥
[शन्तनोः (śantanoḥ) - of Śantanu; (genitive singular of Śantanu) च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; पुत्रेण (putreṇa) - by the son; प्राज्ञेन (prājñena) - by the wise; विदुरेण (vidureṇa) - by Vidura; च (ca) - and; तदा (tadā) - then; एव (eva) - indeed; उक्ता (uktā) - spoken; अस्मि (asmi) - I am; मा (mā) - do not; स्नेहम् (sneham) - affection; कुरुष्व (kuruṣva) - do (you) make; आत्मसुतेषु (ātmasuteṣu) - in your own sons; इति (iti) - thus;]
(By Śantanu's son, the wise Vidura, and at that very time I was told: "Do not show affection towards your own sons.")
At that very time, I was told by Vidura, the wise son of Śantanu: "Do not become attached to your own sons."
तयोर्न दर्शनं तात मिथ्या भवितुमर्हति। अचिरेणैव मे पुत्रा भस्मीभूता जनार्दन ॥११-२५-३३॥
tayor na darśanaṃ tāta mithyā bhavitum arhati। acireṇaiva me putrā bhasmībhūtā janārdana ॥11-25-33॥
[तयोः (tayoh) - of those two; न (na) - not; दर्शनम् (darśanam) - sight; seeing; तात (tāta) - O dear one; मिथ्या (mithyā) - false; untrue; भवितुम् (bhavitum) - to be; to become; अर्हति (arhati) - deserves; is fit; अचिरेण (acireṇa) - soon; quickly; एव (eva) - indeed; just; मे (me) - my; पुत्राः (putrāḥ) - sons; भस्मीभूताः (bhasmībhūtāḥ) - reduced to ashes; जनार्दन (janārdana) - O Janardana (Krishna);]
(O dear one, the sight of those two is not false; soon indeed, my sons have been reduced to ashes, O Janardana.)
O Janardana, O dear one, the sight of those two is not false; very soon, my sons have truly been reduced to ashes.
वैशम्पायन उवाच॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca॥
[वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) - Vaiśampāyana; (proper noun, name of a sage); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (from the root 'vac', to speak, in perfect tense, 3rd person singular);]
(Vaiśampāyana said;)
Vaiśampāyana said:
इत्युक्त्वा न्यपतद्भूमौ गान्धारी शोककर्शिता। दुःखोपहतविज्ञाना धैर्यमुत्सृज्य भारत ॥११-२५-३४॥
ity uktvā nyapatad bhūmau gāndhārī śoka-karśitā। duḥkha-upahata-vijñānā dhairyam utsṛjya bhārata ॥11-25-34॥
[इति (iti) - thus; उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said; न्यपतत् (nyapatat) - fell down; भूमौ (bhūmau) - on the ground; गान्धारी (gāndhārī) - Gandhari; शोककर्शिता (śoka-karśitā) - emaciated by grief; दुःखोपहतविज्ञाना (duḥkha-upahata-vijñānā) - whose consciousness was afflicted by sorrow; धैर्यम् (dhairyam) - fortitude; उत्सृज्य (utsṛjya) - having abandoned; भारत (bhārata) - O Bharata;]
(Thus having spoken, Gandhari, emaciated by grief, whose consciousness was afflicted by sorrow, having abandoned fortitude, fell down on the ground, O Bharata.)
O Bharata, after saying this, Gandhari, worn out by grief and her mind overwhelmed by sorrow, gave up her fortitude and collapsed to the ground.
ततः कोपपरीताङ्गी पुत्रशोकपरिप्लुता। जगाम शौरिं दोषेण गान्धारी व्यथितेन्द्रिया ॥११-२५-३५॥
tataḥ kopaparītāṅgī putraśokapariplutā। jagāma śauriṃ doṣeṇa gāndhārī vyathitendriyā ॥11-25-35॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; कोपपरीताङ्गी (kopaparītāṅgī) - with body overcome by anger; पुत्रशोकपरिप्लुता (putraśokapariplutā) - afflicted by grief for her son; जगाम (jagāma) - went; शौरिं (śauriṃ) - to Śauri (Kṛṣṇa); दोषेण (doṣeṇa) - with fault; गान्धारी (gāndhārī) - Gāndhārī; व्यथितेन्द्रिया (vyathitendriyā) - with senses distressed;]
(Then, with body overcome by anger, afflicted by grief for her son, Gāndhārī, with senses distressed, went to Śauri (Kṛṣṇa) with fault.)
Then Gāndhārī, her body overcome by anger and her senses distressed by grief for her son, went to Kṛṣṇa (Śauri), blaming him.
गान्धार्युवाच॥
gāndhāryuvāca॥
[गान्धारी (gāndhārī) - Gandhari; (name of the queen) उवाच (uvāca) - said; spoke;]
(Gandhari said;)
Gandhari said:
पाण्डवा धार्तराष्ट्राश्च द्रुग्धाः कृष्ण परस्परम्। उपेक्षिता विनश्यन्तस्त्वया कस्माज्जनार्दन ॥११-२५-३६॥
pāṇḍavā dhārtarāṣṭrāś ca drugdhāḥ kṛṣṇa parasparam। upekṣitā vinaśyantas tvayā kasmāj janārdana ॥11-25-36॥
[पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - descendants of Pāṇḍu; धार्तराष्ट्राः (dhārtarāṣṭrāḥ) - sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra; च (ca) - and; द्रुग्धाः (drugdhāḥ) - hostile; कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa) - Kṛṣṇa; परस्परम् (parasparam) - towards each other; उपेक्षिताः (upekṣitāḥ) - neglected; विनश्यन्तः (vinaśyantaḥ) - perishing; त्वया (tvayā) - by you; कस्मात् (kasmāt) - why; जनार्दन (janārdana) - O Janārdana;]
(The Pāṇḍavas and the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, being hostile towards each other, O Kṛṣṇa, are neglected by you and are perishing; why, O Janārdana?)
O Janārdana, why do you, Kṛṣṇa, neglect the Pāṇḍavas and the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, who are hostile to each other and perishing?
शक्तेन बहुभृत्येन विपुले तिष्ठता बले। उभयत्र समर्थेन श्रुतवाक्येन चैव ह ॥११-२५-३७॥
śaktena bahubhṛtyena vipule tiṣṭhatā bale। ubhayatra samarthena śrutavākyena caiva ha ॥11-25-37॥
[शक्तेन (śaktena) - by the powerful one; बहुभृत्येन (bahubhṛtyena) - by one with many servants; विपुले (vipule) - in the vast; तिष्ठता (tiṣṭhatā) - by the one standing; बले (bale) - in the army; उभयत्र (ubhayatra) - in both places; समर्थेन (samarthena) - by the capable one; श्रुतवाक्येन (śrutavākyena) - by one whose words are heard; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; ह (ha) - surely;]
(By the powerful one, by one with many servants, in the vast, by the one standing in the army, in both places, by the capable one, by one whose words are heard, and indeed surely.)
It is by a powerful person, one with many attendants, standing firm in a vast army, capable in both situations, and whose words are heeded, that success is surely attained.
इच्छतोपेक्षितो नाशः कुरूणां मधुसूदन। यस्मात्त्वया महाबाहो फलं तस्मादवाप्नुहि ॥११-२५-३८॥
icchatā upekṣito nāśaḥ kurūṇāṃ madhusūdana। yasmāt tvayā mahābāho phalaṃ tasmād avāpnuhi ॥11-25-38॥
[इच्छतः (icchataḥ) - of one who desires; उपेक्षितः (upekṣitaḥ) - neglected; नाशः (nāśaḥ) - destruction; कुरूणाम् (kurūṇām) - of the Kurus; मधुसूदन (madhusūdana) - O Madhusudana; यस्मात् (yasmāt) - because; त्वया (tvayā) - by you; महाबाहो (mahābāho) - O mighty-armed; फलम् (phalam) - result; तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore; अवाप्नुहि (avāpnuhi) - attain;]
(Destruction of the Kurus, O Madhusudana, has been neglected by one who desires. Because of this, O mighty-armed, you attain the result.)
O Madhusudana, the destruction of the Kurus was overlooked by one who desired it. Therefore, O mighty-armed one, you must now attain the result.
पतिशुश्रूषया यन्मे तपः किञ्चिदुपार्जितम्। तेन त्वां दुरवापात्मञ्शप्स्ये चक्रगदाधर ॥११-२५-३९॥
patiśuśrūṣayā yan me tapaḥ kiñcid upārjitam। tena tvāṃ duravāpātman śapsye cakragadādhara ॥11-25-39॥
[पतिशुश्रूषया (patiśuśrūṣayā) - by service to the husband; यत् (yat) - which; मे (me) - my; तपः (tapaḥ) - austerity; किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - some; उपार्जितम् (upārjitam) - acquired; तेन (tena) - by that; त्वाम् (tvām) - you; दुरवापात्मन् (duravāpātman) - O one with a difficult-to-attain self; शप्स्ये (śapsye) - I will curse; चक्रगदाधर (cakragadādhara) - O holder of the discus and mace;]
(By the service to my husband, whatever austerity I have acquired, by that I will curse you, O one with a difficult-to-attain self, O holder of the discus and mace.)
By whatever austerity I have acquired through service to my husband, with that I will curse you, O wielder of the discus and mace, whose nature is difficult to attain.
यस्मात्परस्परं घ्नन्तो ज्ञातयः कुरुपाण्डवाः। उपेक्षितास्ते गोविन्द तस्माज्ज्ञातीन्वधिष्यसि ॥११-२५-४०॥
yasmāt parasparaṃ ghnanto jñātayaḥ kurupāṇḍavāḥ। upekṣitās te govinda tasmāj jñātīn vadhiṣyasi॥11-25-40॥
[यस्मात् (yasmāt) - because of which; परस्परम् (parasparam) - mutually; घ्नन्तः (ghnantaḥ) - striking; killing; ज्ञातयः (jñātayaḥ) - kinsmen; कुरुपाण्डवाः (kurupāṇḍavāḥ) - Kurus and Pāṇḍavas; उपेक्षिताः (upekṣitāḥ) - neglected; ते (te) - by you; गोविन्द (govinda) - Govinda; तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore; ज्ञातीन् (jñātīn) - kinsmen; वधिष्यसि (vadhiṣyasi) - you will slay;]
(Because of which, the kinsmen, the Kurus and Pāṇḍavas, striking each other, have been neglected by you, Govinda; therefore, you will slay the kinsmen.)
Because the Kurus and Pāṇḍavas, who are kinsmen, are mutually killing each other and have been neglected by you, Govinda, therefore you will slay your kinsmen.
त्वमप्युपस्थिते वर्षे षट्त्रिंशे मधुसूदन। हतज्ञातिर्हतामात्यो हतपुत्रो वनेचरः ॥११-२५-४१॥
tvam apy upasthite varṣe ṣaṭtriṃśe madhusūdana | hatajñātir hatāmātyo hataputro vane-caraḥ ||11-25-41||
[त्वम् (tvam) - you; अपि (api) - also; उपस्थिते (upasthite) - having arrived; वर्षे (varṣe) - year; षट्त्रिंशे (ṣaṭtriṃśe) - thirty-sixth; मधुसूदन (madhusūdana) - O Madhusudana; हतज्ञातिः (hatajñātiḥ) - whose relatives are slain; हतामात्यः (hatāmātyaḥ) - whose ministers are slain; हतपुत्रः (hataputraḥ) - whose sons are slain; वनेचरः (vane-caraḥ) - dwelling in the forest;]
(You also, O Madhusudana, when the thirty-sixth year has arrived, being one whose relatives, ministers, and sons are slain, dwelling in the forest.)
O Madhusudana, you too, when the thirty-sixth year has come, will be one whose relatives, ministers, and sons are slain, living in the forest.
कुत्सितेनाभ्युपायेन निधनं समवाप्स्यसि ॥११-२५-४१॥
kutsitenābhyupāyena nidhanaṃ samavāpsyasi ॥11-25-41॥
[कुत्सितेन (kutsitena) - by despicable; by vile; by contemptible; अभ्युपायेन (abhyupāyena) - by means; by method; by approach; निधनं (nidhanaṃ) - destruction; death; end; समवाप्स्यसि (samavāpsyasi) - you will attain; you will reach; you will obtain;]
(By a despicable means, you will attain destruction.)
You will meet your end by a contemptible method.
तवाप्येवं हतसुता निहतज्ञातिबान्धवाः। स्त्रियः परिपतिष्यन्ति यथैता भरतस्त्रियः ॥११-२५-४२॥
tavāpy evaṃ hatasutā nihatajñātibāndhavāḥ। striyaḥ paripatiṣyanti yathaitā bharatastriyaḥ ॥11-25-42॥
[तवापि (tavāpi) - your also; एवं (evaṃ) - thus; हतसुता (hatasutā) - whose sons are slain; निहतज्ञातिबान्धवाः (nihatajñātibāndhavāḥ) - whose relatives and kinsmen are killed; स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - women; परिपतिष्यन्ति (paripatiṣyanti) - will fall; यथा (yathā) - just as; एता (etā) - these; भरतस्त्रियः (bharatastriyaḥ) - Bharata women;]
(Your also, thus, whose sons are slain, whose relatives and kinsmen are killed, women will fall, just as these Bharata women.)
In the same way, your women, whose sons, relatives, and kinsmen are slain, will fall down, just as these women of the Bharatas.
वैशम्पायन उवाच॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca॥
[वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) - Vaiśampāyana; (name of the sage); उवाच (uvāca) - said; spoke;]
(Vaiśampāyana said;)
Vaiśampāyana said:
तच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं घोरं वासुदेवो महामनाः। उवाच देवीं गान्धारीमीषदभ्युत्स्मयन्निव ॥११-२५-४३॥
tacchrutvā vacanaṃ ghoraṃ vāsudevo mahāmanāḥ। uvāca devīṃ gāndhārīm īṣad abhyutsmayann iva ॥11-25-43॥
[तत् (tat) - that; श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard; वचनम् (vacanam) - speech; घोरम् (ghoram) - terrible; वासुदेवः (vāsudevaḥ) - Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa); महामनाः (mahāmanāḥ) - great-minded; उवाच (uvāca) - said; देवीं (devīm) - to the goddess; गान्धारीम् (gāndhārīm) - Gāndhārī; ईषत् (īṣat) - slightly; अभ्युत्स्मयन् (abhyutsmayan) - smiling; इव (iva) - as if;]
(Having heard that terrible speech, Vāsudeva, the great-minded, said to the goddess Gāndhārī, as if slightly smiling.)
Hearing those dreadful words, the great-minded Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa) spoke to the goddess Gāndhārī, appearing as if he smiled a little.
संहर्ता वृष्णिचक्रस्य नान्यो मद्विद्यते शुभे। जानेऽहमेतदप्येवं चीर्णं चरसि क्षत्रिये ॥११-२५-४४॥
saṃhartā vṛṣṇicakrasya nānyo madvidyate śubhe। jāne'hametadapyevaṃ cīrṇaṃ carasi kṣatriye ॥11-25-44॥
[संहर्ता (saṃhartā) - destroyer; वृष्णिचक्रस्य (vṛṣṇicakrasya) - of the Vṛṣṇi clan; न (na) - not; अन्यः (anyaḥ) - other; मत् (mat) - than me; विद्यते (vidyate) - exists; शुभे (śubhe) - O auspicious one; जाने (jāne) - I know; अहम् (aham) - I; एतत् (etat) - this; अपि (api) - also; एवम् (evam) - thus; चीर्णम् (cīrṇam) - performed; चरसि (carasi) - you act; क्षत्रिये (kṣatriye) - O Kṣatriya lady;]
(O auspicious one, there is no other destroyer of the Vṛṣṇi clan than me. I know this also, O Kṣatriya lady, that you act thus, having performed it.)
O auspicious one, none but I can destroy the Vṛṣṇi clan. I am aware, O Kṣatriya lady, that you have done this and are acting accordingly.
अवध्यास्ते नरैरन्यैरपि वा देवदानवैः। परस्परकृतं नाशमतः प्राप्स्यन्ति यादवाः ॥११-२५-४५॥
avadhyās te narair anyair api vā devadānavaiḥ। parasparakṛtaṃ nāśam ataḥ prāpsyanti yādavāḥ ॥11-25-45॥
[अवध्याः (avadhyāḥ) - not to be slain; ते (te) - they; नरैः (naraiḥ) - by men; अन्यैः (anyaiḥ) - by others; अपि (api) - even; वा (vā) - or; देवदानवैः (devadānavaiḥ) - by gods and demons; परस्परकृतम् (parasparakṛtam) - mutually done; नाशम् (nāśam) - destruction; अतः (ataḥ) - therefore; प्राप्स्यन्ति (prāpsyanti) - will obtain; यादवाः (yādavāḥ) - the Yādavas;]
(They are not to be slain by men, or even by others, or by gods and demons; therefore, the Yādavas will obtain destruction done mutually.)
The Yādavas cannot be slain by men, others, or even by gods and demons; therefore, they will bring about their own destruction by fighting among themselves.
इत्युक्तवति दाशार्हे पाण्डवास्त्रस्तचेतसः। बभूवुर्भृशसंविग्ना निराशाश्चापि जीविते ॥११-२५-४६॥
ity-uktavati dāśārhe pāṇḍavās trasta-cetasaḥ। babhūvur bhṛśa-saṃvignā nirāśāś cāpi jīvite ॥11-25-46॥
[इति (iti) - thus; उक्तवति (uktavati) - having spoken; दाशार्हे (dāśārhe) - in the descendant of Dasharha (Krishna); पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - the Pandavas; त्रस्त (trasta) - frightened; चेतसः (cetasaḥ) - in mind; बभूवुः (babhūvuḥ) - became; भृश (bhṛśa) - greatly; संविग्नाः (saṃvignāḥ) - disturbed; निराशाः (nirāśāḥ) - despairing; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; जीविते (jīvite) - in life;]
(Thus, when the descendant of Dasharha (Krishna) had spoken, the Pandavas, frightened in mind, became greatly disturbed and also despairing of life.)
When Krishna (the descendant of Dasharha) had spoken thus, the Pandavas became deeply agitated, their minds filled with fear, and they lost all hope for their lives.
