11.026
Core and Pancharatra: Krishna says all miseries due to war are self-caused; Yudhishthira describes how, based on the state of mind while dying, different warriors attained different worlds; Yudhishthira orders final rights for every dead body found on the battlefield.
वासुदेव उवाच॥
vāsudeva uvāca॥
[वासुदेव (vāsudeva) - Vāsudeva; (name of Kṛṣṇa); उवाच (uvāca) - said; spoke;]
(Vāsudeva said;)
Vāsudeva said:
उत्तिष्ठोत्तिष्ठ गान्धारि मा च शोके मनः कृथाः। तवैव ह्यपराधेन कुरवो निधनं गताः ॥११-२६-१॥
uttiṣṭhottiṣṭha gāndhāri mā ca śoke manaḥ kṛthāḥ। tavaiva hyaparādhena kuravo nidhanaṃ gatāḥ ॥11-26-1॥
[उत्तिष्ठ (uttiṣṭha) - arise; (from the root √sthā, to stand) उत्तिष्ठ (uttiṣṭha) - arise; (from the root √sthā, to stand) गान्धारि (gāndhāri) - O Gandhari; (vocative, addressing Gandhari) मा (mā) - do not; (prohibitive particle) च (ca) - and; शोके (śoke) - in grief; (locative singular of śoka, sorrow) मनः (manaḥ) - mind; (accusative singular of manas, mind) कृथाः (kṛthāḥ) - make; (second person singular imperative of √kṛ, to do/make) तव (tava) - your; एव (eva) - indeed; only; हि (hi) - for; indeed; अपराधेन (aparādhena) - by the offence; (instrumental singular of aparādha, offence) कुरवः (kuravaḥ) - the Kurus; (nom. pl. of Kuru, the Kauravas) निधनं (nidhanaṃ) - destruction; death; गताः (gatāḥ) - have gone; (past participle of √gam, to go);]
(Arise, arise, O Gandhari, do not make your mind (remain) in grief; for indeed, by your offence, the Kurus have gone to destruction.)
Arise, arise, O Gandhari! Do not let your mind dwell in grief; for it is by your own offence that the Kurus have met their destruction.
या त्वं पुत्रं दुरात्मानमीर्षुमत्यन्तमानिनम्। दुर्योधनं पुरस्कृत्य दुष्कृतं साधु मन्यसे ॥११-२६-२॥
yā tvaṃ putraṃ durātmānam īrṣumaty antamāninam। duryodhanaṃ puraskṛtya duṣkṛtaṃ sādhu manyase ॥11-26-2॥
[या (yā) - who; त्वं (tvaṃ) - you; पुत्रं (putraṃ) - son; दुरात्मानम् (durātmānam) - wicked-souled; ईर्षुमत् (īrṣumat) - envious; अन्तमानिनम् (antamāninam) - arrogant; दुर्योधनं (duryodhanam) - Duryodhana; पुरस्कृत्य (puraskṛtya) - having set forth; दुष्कृतं (duṣkṛtam) - evil-doer; साधु (sādhu) - good; मन्यसे (manyase) - you consider;]
(Who, you, your son, wicked-souled, envious, arrogant, Duryodhana, having set forth, evil-doer, as good, you consider.)
You consider your son Duryodhana, who is wicked-souled, envious, and arrogant, having set forth an evil-doer, as good.
निष्ठुरं वैरपरुषं वृद्धानां शासनातिगम्। कथमात्मकृतं दोषं मय्याधातुमिहेच्छसि ॥११-२६-३॥
niṣṭhuraṃ vairaparuṣaṃ vṛddhānāṃ śāsanātigam। katham ātmakṛtaṃ doṣaṃ mayy ādhātum ihecchasi ॥11-26-3॥
[निष्ठुरं (niṣṭhuraṃ) - cruel; वैरपरुषं (vairaparuṣaṃ) - hostile-harsh; वृद्धानां (vṛddhānāṃ) - of the elders; शासनातिगम् (śāsanātigam) - transgressing command; कथम् (katham) - how; आत्मकृतं (ātmakṛtaṃ) - self-caused; दोषं (doṣaṃ) - fault; मयि (mayi) - upon me; आधातुम् (ādhātum) - to place; इह (iha) - here; इच्छसि (icchasi) - you wish;]
(Cruel, hostile-harsh, transgressing the command of elders—how do you wish to place here upon me a fault that is self-caused?)
How do you wish to attribute to me here a fault that is cruel, harsh, and a transgression of the elders' command, when it is self-caused?
मृतं वा यदि वा नष्टं योऽतीतमनुशोचति। दुःखेन लभते दुःखं द्वावनर्थौ प्रपद्यते ॥११-२६-४॥
mṛtaṃ vā yadi vā naṣṭaṃ yo'tītam anuśocati। duḥkhena labhate duḥkhaṃ dvāvanarthau prapadyate ॥11-26-4॥
[मृतम् (mṛtam) - dead; वा (vā) - or; यदि (yadi) - if; वा (vā) - or; नष्टम् (naṣṭam) - lost; यः (yaḥ) - who; अतीतम् (atītam) - past; अनुशोचति (anuśocati) - grieves; दुःखेन (duḥkhena) - with sorrow; लभते (labhate) - obtains; दुःखम् (duḥkham) - sorrow; द्वौ (dvau) - two; अनर्थौ (anarthau) - misfortunes; प्रपद्यते (prapadyate) - attains;]
(Who grieves for what is dead or lost, or for the past, obtains sorrow with sorrow, attains two misfortunes.)
Whoever grieves for what is dead, lost, or past, only gains more sorrow and falls into twofold misfortune.
तपोर्थीयं ब्राह्मणी धत्त गर्भं; गौर्वोढारं धावितारं तुरङ्गी। शूद्रा दासं पशुपालं तु वैश्या; वधार्थीयं त्वद्विधा राजपुत्री ॥११-२६-५॥
taporthīyaṃ brāhmaṇī dhatta garbhaṃ; gaurvoḍhāraṃ dhāvitāraṃ turaṅgī. śūdrā dāsaṃ paśupālaṃ tu vaiśyā; vadhārthīyaṃ tvadvidhā rājaputrī ॥11-26-5॥
[तपोर्थीयं (taporthīyaṃ) - for the sake of austerity; ब्राह्मणी (brāhmaṇī) - brāhmaṇa woman; धत्त (dhatta) - bears; गर्भं (garbhaṃ) - womb; गौः (gauḥ) - cow; वोढारं (voḍhāraṃ) - draught animal; धावितारं (dhāvitāraṃ) - runner; तुरङ्गी (turaṅgī) - mare; शूद्रा (śūdrā) - śūdra woman; दासं (dāsaṃ) - servant; पशुपालं (paśupālaṃ) - herdsman; तु (tu) - but; वैश्या (vaiśyā) - vaiśya woman; वधार्थीयं (vadhārthīyaṃ) - for the purpose of killing; त्वद्विधा (tvadvidhā) - like you; राजपुत्री (rājaputrī) - princess;]
(The brāhmaṇa woman bears a womb for the sake of austerity; the cow (bears) a draught animal, the mare (bears) a runner. The śūdra woman (bears) a servant, the vaiśya woman (bears) a herdsman; but a princess like you (bears) for the purpose of killing.)
A brāhmaṇa woman gives birth for the sake of austerity, a cow gives birth to a draught animal, a mare gives birth to a runner. A śūdra woman gives birth to a servant, a vaiśya woman to a herdsman; but a princess like you is born for the purpose of destruction.
वैशम्पायन उवाच॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca॥
[वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) - Vaiśampāyana; (name of the sage); उवाच (uvāca) - said; spoke;]
(Vaiśampāyana said;)
Vaiśampāyana said:
तच्छ्रुत्वा वासुदेवस्य पुनरुक्तं वचोऽप्रियम्। तूष्णीं बभूव गान्धारी शोकव्याकुललोचना ॥११-२६-६॥
tacchrutvā vāsudevasya punaruktaṃ vaco'priyam। tūṣṇīṃ babhūva gāndhārī śokavyākulalocanā ॥11-26-6॥
[तत् (tat) - that; श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard; वासुदेवस्य (vāsudevasya) - of Vāsudeva; पुनरुक्तम् (punaruktam) - repeated; वचः (vacaḥ) - speech; अप्रियं (apriyam) - unpleasant; तूष्णीम् (tūṣṇīm) - silent; बभूव (babhūva) - became; गान्धारी (gāndhārī) - Gāndhārī; शोकव्याकुललोचना (śokavyākulalocanā) - her eyes agitated by grief;]
(Having heard that repeated unpleasant speech of Vāsudeva, Gāndhārī, her eyes agitated by grief, became silent.)
When Gāndhārī heard that repeated unpleasant speech of Vāsudeva, her eyes filled with grief, she became silent.
धृतराष्ट्रस्तु राजर्षिर्निगृह्याबुद्धिजं तमः। पर्यपृच्छत धर्मात्मा धर्मराजं युधिष्ठिरम् ॥११-२६-७॥
dhṛtarāṣṭras tu rājarṣir nigṛhyābuddhijaṃ tamaḥ। paryapṛcchata dharmātmā dharmarājaṃ yudhiṣṭhiram ॥11-26-7॥
[धृतराष्ट्रः (dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ) - Dhritarashtra; (name of the king) तु (tu) - but; राजर्षिः (rājarṣiḥ) - royal sage; निगृह्य (nigṛhya) - having restrained; अबुद्धिजं (abuddhijam) - arising from lack of wisdom; तमः (tamaḥ) - darkness; पर्यपृच्छत् (paryapṛcchat) - asked thoroughly; धर्मात्मा (dharmātmā) - righteous-souled; धर्मराजम् (dharmarājam) - Dharmaraja (Yudhishthira); युधिष्ठिरम् (yudhiṣṭhiram) - Yudhishthira;]
(Dhritarashtra, but the royal sage, having restrained the darkness arising from lack of wisdom, the righteous-souled (one) thoroughly asked Dharmaraja Yudhishthira.)
But King Dhritarashtra, the royal sage, having controlled the darkness born of ignorance, righteously questioned Dharmaraja Yudhishthira.
जीवतां परिमाणज्ञः सैन्यानामसि पाण्डव। हतानां यदि जानीषे परिमाणं वदस्व मे ॥११-२६-८॥
jīvatāṃ parimāṇajñaḥ sainyānāmasi pāṇḍava। hatānāṃ yadi jānīṣe parimāṇaṃ vadasva me ॥11-26-8॥
[जीवतां (jīvatām) - of the living; परिमाणज्ञः (parimāṇajñaḥ) - knower of the number; सैन्यानाम् (sainyānām) - of the armies; असि (asi) - you are; पाण्डव (pāṇḍava) - O Pāṇḍava; हतानाम् (hatānām) - of the slain; यदि (yadi) - if; जानीषे (jānīṣe) - you know; परिमाणम् (parimāṇam) - the number; वदस्व (vadasva) - tell; मे (me) - to me;]
(O Pāṇḍava, you are the knower of the number of the living armies. If you know the number of the slain, tell it to me.)
O Pāṇḍava, you know the number of the living soldiers in the armies. If you know the number of those who have been slain, please tell me.
युधिष्ठिर उवाच॥
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca॥
[युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhishthira; (proper noun, name of a person); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (from the root 'vac', to speak);]
(Yudhishthira said;)
Yudhishthira said:
दशायुतानामयुतं सहस्राणि च विंशतिः। कोट्यः षष्टिश्च षट्चैव येऽस्मिन्राजमृधे हताः ॥११-२६-९॥
daśāyutānām ayutaṃ sahasrāṇi ca viṃśatiḥ। koṭyaḥ ṣaṣṭiś ca ṣaṭ caiva ye 'smin rājamṛdhe hatāḥ ॥11-26-9॥
[दशायुतानाम् (daśāyutānām) - of ten ayutas (hundred-thousands); अयुतम् (ayutam) - ten thousand; सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands; च (ca) - and; विंशतिः (viṃśatiḥ) - twenty; कोट्यः (koṭyaḥ) - crores (ten millions); षष्टिः (ṣaṣṭiḥ) - sixty; च (ca) - and; षट् (ṣaṭ) - six; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; ये (ye) - who; अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this; राजमृधे (rājamṛdhe) - royal battle; हताः (hatāḥ) - were slain;]
(Of ten ayutas, ten thousand, and thousands, and twenty; crores, sixty and six indeed, who in this royal battle were slain.)
Ten ayutas, ten thousand, thousands, and twenty; sixty-six crores and six as well—these were slain in this royal battle.
अलक्ष्याणां तु वीराणां सहस्राणि चतुर्दश। दश चान्यानि राजेन्द्र शतं षष्टिश्च पञ्च च ॥११-२६-१०॥
alakṣyāṇāṃ tu vīrāṇāṃ sahasrāṇi caturdaśa। daśa cānyāni rājendra śataṃ ṣaṣṭiśca pañca ca ॥11-26-10॥
[अलक्ष्याणां (alakṣyāṇām) - of the invisible; तु (tu) - but; वीराणां (vīrāṇām) - of heroes; सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands; चतुर्दश (caturdaśa) - fourteen; दश (daśa) - ten; च (ca) - and; अन्यानि (anyāni) - others; राजेन्द्र (rājendra) - O king; शतम् (śatam) - hundred; षष्टिः (ṣaṣṭiḥ) - sixty; च (ca) - and; पञ्च (pañca) - five; च (ca) - and;]
(Of the invisible but of heroes fourteen thousands, ten and others, O king, hundred, sixty and five and.)
O king, there were fourteen thousand invisible heroes, and also ten others, one hundred, sixty, and five.
धृतराष्ट्र उवाच॥
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca॥
[धृतराष्ट्रः (dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ) - Dhṛtarāṣṭra; (name of the king); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Dhṛtarāṣṭra said;)
Dhṛtarāṣṭra said:
युधिष्ठिर गतिं कां ते गताः पुरुषसत्तमाः। आचक्ष्व मे महाबाहो सर्वज्ञो ह्यसि मे मतः ॥११-२६-११॥
yudhiṣṭhira gatiṃ kāṃ te gatāḥ puruṣasattamāḥ। ācakṣva me mahābāho sarvajño hyasi me mataḥ ॥11-26-11॥
[युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhishthira; (proper noun); गतिं (gatiṃ) - path; state; कां (kāṃ) - which; ते (te) - your; गताः (gatāḥ) - have gone; पुरुषसत्तमाः (puruṣasattamāḥ) - best among men; आचक्ष्व (ācakṣva) - tell; मे (me) - to me; महाबाहो (mahābāho) - O mighty-armed; सर्वज्ञः (sarvajñaḥ) - all-knowing; हि (hi) - indeed; असि (asi) - you are; मे (me) - to me; मतः (mataḥ) - regarded;]
(Yudhishthira, which path have your best among men gone? Tell me, O mighty-armed, all-knowing, indeed you are regarded by me.)
Yudhishthira, tell me which path your noble ones have taken. O mighty-armed, you are considered all-knowing by me.
युधिष्ठिर उवाच॥
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca॥
[युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhiṣṭhira; (proper noun, name of a person); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (from the root 'vac', to speak);]
(Yudhiṣṭhira said;)
Yudhiṣṭhira said:
यैर्हुतानि शरीराणि हृष्टैः परमसंयुगे। देवराजसमाँल्लोकान्गतास्ते सत्यविक्रमाः ॥११-२६-१२॥
yair hutāni śarīrāṇi hṛṣṭaiḥ paramasaṃyuge। devarājasamāṃl lokān gatās te satyavikramāḥ ॥11-26-12॥
[यैः (yaiḥ) - by whom; हुतानि (hutāni) - offered (as sacrifice); शरीराणि (śarīrāṇi) - bodies; हृष्टैः (hṛṣṭaiḥ) - with joy; परमसंयुगे (paramasaṃyuge) - in the supreme battle; देवराजसमान् (devarājasamān) - equal to the king of gods; लोकान् (lokān) - worlds; गताः (gatāḥ) - have attained; ते (te) - they; सत्यविक्रमाः (satyavikramāḥ) - truly valiant;]
(By whom the bodies were offered with joy in the supreme battle, they, truly valiant, have attained worlds equal to the king of gods.)
Those truly valiant ones who joyfully offered their bodies in the supreme battle have attained worlds equal to that of the king of the gods.
ये त्वहृष्टेन मनसा मर्तव्यमिति भारत। युध्यमाना हताः सङ्ख्ये ते गन्धर्वैः समागताः ॥११-२६-१३॥
ye tv ahṛṣṭena manasā martavyam iti bhārata। yudhyamānā hatāḥ saṅkhye te gandharvaiḥ samāgatāḥ ॥11-26-13॥
[ये (ye) - who; तु (tu) - but; अहृष्टेन (ahṛṣṭena) - with joyless; मनसा (manasā) - mind; मर्तव्यम् (martavyam) - must die; इति (iti) - thus; भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata; युध्यमानाः (yudhyamānāḥ) - fighting; हताः (hatāḥ) - killed; सङ्ख्ये (saṅkhye) - in battle; ते (te) - they; गन्धर्वैः (gandharvaiḥ) - by Gandharvas; समागताः (samāgatāḥ) - joined;]
(Who, but with joyless mind, thinking 'must die', O Bhārata, fighting, killed in battle, they are joined by Gandharvas.)
O Bhārata, those who fight with a joyless mind, thinking 'I must die', when killed in battle, they are joined by the Gandharvas.
ये तु सङ्ग्रामभूमिष्ठा याचमानाः पराङ्मुखाः। शस्त्रेण निधनं प्राप्ता गतास्ते गुह्यकान्प्रति ॥११-२६-१४॥
ye tu saṅgrāmabhūmiṣṭhā yācamānāḥ parāṅmukhāḥ। śastreṇa nidhanaṃ prāptā gatās te guhyakān prati ॥11-26-14॥
[ये (ye) - those; तु (tu) - but; सङ्ग्रामभूमिष्ठाः (saṅgrāmabhūmiṣṭhāḥ) - standing on the battlefield; याचमानाः (yācamānāḥ) - begging; पराङ्मुखाः (parāṅmukhāḥ) - turned away; शस्त्रेण (śastreṇa) - by weapon; निधनम् (nidhanaṃ) - death; प्राप्ताः (prāptāḥ) - attained; गताः (gatāḥ) - gone; ते (te) - they; गुह्यकान् (guhyakān) - to the Guhyakas (celestial beings); प्रति (prati) - towards;]
(Those but standing on the battlefield, begging, turned away, by weapon death attained, gone they towards the Guhyakas.)
But those who, though standing on the battlefield, begged for mercy and turned away, having met death by weapon, have gone to the Guhyakas.
पीड्यमानाः परैर्ये तु हीयमाना निरायुधाः। ह्रीनिषेधा महात्मानः परानभिमुखा रणे ॥११-२६-१५॥
pīḍyamānāḥ parair ye tu hīyamānā nirāyudhāḥ। hrī-niṣedhā mahātmānaḥ parān abhimukhā raṇe॥11-26-15॥
[पीड्यमानाः (pīḍyamānāḥ) - being oppressed; परैः (paraiḥ) - by others; ये (ye) - those who; तु (tu) - but; हीयमाना (hīyamānā) - being reduced; निरायुधाः (nirāyudhāḥ) - without weapons; ह्री (hrī) - modesty; निषेधाः (niṣedhāḥ) - devoid of; महात्मानः (mahātmānaḥ) - great-souled; परान् (parān) - towards others; अभिमुखाः (abhimukhāḥ) - facing; रणे (raṇe) - in battle;]
(Those who, being oppressed by others, but being reduced and weaponless, devoid of modesty, the great-souled, facing others in battle.)
Those great-souled ones, though oppressed by others, reduced and weaponless, devoid of modesty, still faced the enemy in battle.
छिद्यमानाः शितैः शस्त्रैः क्षत्रधर्मपरायणाः। गतास्ते ब्रह्मसदनं हता वीराः सुवर्चसः ॥११-२६-१६॥
chidyamānāḥ śitaiḥ śastraiḥ kṣatradharmaparāyaṇāḥ। gatās te brahmasadanaṃ hatā vīrāḥ suvarcasaḥ ॥11-26-16॥
[छिद्यमानाः (chidyamānāḥ) - being cut; शितैः (śitaiḥ) - by sharp; शस्त्रैः (śastraiḥ) - by weapons; क्षत्रधर्मपरायणाः (kṣatradharmaparāyaṇāḥ) - devoted to the duty of warriors; गताः (gatāḥ) - have gone; ते (te) - they; ब्रह्मसदनं (brahmasadanam) - to the abode of Brahman; हता (hatā) - slain; वीराः (vīrāḥ) - heroes; सुवर्चसः (suvarcasaḥ) - of great splendour;]
(Being cut by sharp weapons, devoted to the duty of warriors, they, the slain heroes of great splendour, have gone to the abode of Brahman.)
The heroes of great splendour, devoted to the warrior's duty, though cut down by sharp weapons, have attained the abode of Brahman.
ये तत्र निहता राजन्नन्तरायोधनं प्रति। यथा कथञ्चित्ते राजन्सम्प्राप्ता उत्तरान्कुरून् ॥११-२६-१७॥
ye tatra nihatā rājan-antarāyodhanaṃ prati। yathā kathaṃcit te rājan-samprāptā uttarān kurūn ॥11-26-17॥
[ये (ye) - who; (plural, masculine) तत्र (tatra) - there; निहता (nihatāḥ) - slain; राजन् (rājan) - O king; अन्तरायोधनं (antarāyodhanam) - towards the hostile army; प्रति (prati) - towards; यथा (yathā) - as; कथञ्चित् (kathaṃcit) - somehow; ते (te) - they; राजन् (rājan) - O king; सम्प्राप्ता (samprāptāḥ) - have reached; उत्तरान् (uttarān) - northern; कुरून् (kurūn) - Kurus;]
(Who there were slain, O king, towards the hostile army; as somehow they, O king, have reached the northern Kurus.)
O king, those who were slain there in the battle against the hostile army, somehow, O king, have reached the northern Kurus.
धृतराष्ट्र उवाच॥
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca॥
[धृतराष्ट्र (dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ) - Dhritarashtra; (name of the king) उवाच (uvāca) - said; (he spoke);]
(Dhritarashtra said;)
Dhritarashtra said:
केन ज्ञानबलेनैवं पुत्र पश्यसि सिद्धवत्। तन्मे वद महाबाहो श्रोतव्यं यदि वै मया ॥११-२६-१८॥
kena jñānabalenaivaṃ putra paśyasi siddhavat। tanme vada mahābāho śrotavyaṃ yadi vai mayā ॥11-26-18॥
[केन (kena) - by what; ज्ञानबलेन (jñānabalena) - by the power of knowledge; एवं (evaṃ) - thus; पुत्र (putra) - son; पश्यसि (paśyasi) - you see; सिद्धवत् (siddhavat) - like a perfected being; तत् (tat) - that; मे (me) - to me; वद (vada) - tell; महाबाहो (mahābāho) - O mighty-armed; श्रोतव्यम् (śrotavyam) - to be heard; यदि (yadi) - if; वै (vai) - indeed; मया (mayā) - by me;]
(By what power of knowledge, O son, do you see thus like a perfected being? That, O mighty-armed, tell me, if indeed it is to be heard by me.)
O son, by what power of knowledge do you see thus, like a perfected being? O mighty-armed, tell me that, if indeed it is fit to be heard by me.
युधिष्ठिर उवाच॥
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca॥
[युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhishthira; (proper noun, name of a person); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (from the root 'vac' - to speak);]
(Yudhishthira said;)
Yudhishthira said:
निदेशाद्भवतः पूर्वं वने विचरता मया। तीर्थयात्राप्रसङ्गेन सम्प्राप्तोऽयमनुग्रहः ॥११-२६-१९॥
nideśādbhavataḥ pūrvaṃ vane vicaratā mayā। tīrthayātrāprasaṅgena samprāpto'yamanugrahaḥ ॥11-26-19॥
[निदेशात् (nideśāt) - from command; भवतः (bhavataḥ) - of you; पूर्वं (pūrvam) - before; वने (vane) - in the forest; विचरता (vicaratā) - while wandering; मया (mayā) - by me; तीर्थयात्रा (tīrthayātrā) - pilgrimage; प्रसङ्गेन (prasaṅgena) - by occasion; सम्प्राप्तः (samprāptaḥ) - obtained; अयम् (ayam) - this; अनुग्रहः (anugrahaḥ) - favor;]
(Before your command, while wandering in the forest by me, by the occasion of pilgrimage, this favor has been obtained.)
Before your command, while I was wandering in the forest, this favor has come to me by the occasion of pilgrimage.
देवर्षिर्लोमशो दृष्टस्ततः प्राप्तोऽस्म्यनुस्मृतिम्। दिव्यं चक्षुरपि प्राप्तं ज्ञानयोगेन वै पुरा ॥११-२६-२०॥
devarṣir-lomaśo dṛṣṭas-tataḥ prāpto'smy-anusmṛtim। divyaṃ cakṣur-api prāptaṃ jñānayogena vai purā ॥11-26-20॥
[देवर्षि (devarṣi) - divine sage; लोमशः (lomaśaḥ) - Lomasha; दृष्टः (dṛṣṭaḥ) - seen; ततः (tataḥ) - then; प्राप्तः (prāptaḥ) - obtained; अस्मि (asmi) - I am; अनुस्मृतिम् (anusmṛtim) - remembrance; दिव्यम् (divyam) - divine; चक्षुः (cakṣuḥ) - eye; अपि (api) - also; प्राप्तम् (prāptam) - obtained; ज्ञानयोगेन (jñānayogena) - by the union with knowledge; वै (vai) - indeed; पुरा (purā) - formerly;]
(The divine sage Lomasha was seen; then I have obtained remembrance. The divine eye also was obtained by the union with knowledge indeed formerly.)
The divine sage Lomasha appeared; then I regained my memory. I also obtained divine sight through the union with knowledge, indeed, long ago.
धृतराष्ट्र उवाच॥
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca॥
[धृतराष्ट्र (dhṛtarāṣṭra) - Dhṛtarāṣṭra; (name of the blind king); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (he spoke);]
(Dhṛtarāṣṭra said;)
Dhṛtarāṣṭra said:
येऽत्रानाथा जनस्यास्य सनाथा ये च भारत। कच्चित्तेषां शरीराणि धक्ष्यन्ति विधिपूर्वकम् ॥११-२६-२१॥
ye'trānāthā janasyāsya sanāthā ye ca bhārata। kaccitteṣāṃ śarīrāṇi dhakṣyanti vidhipūrvakam ॥11-26-21॥
[ये (ye) - who; अत्र (atra) - here; अनाथाः (anāthāḥ) - without protector; जनस्य (janasya) - of the people; अस्य (asya) - of this; सनाथाः (sanāthāḥ) - having protector; ये (ye) - who; च (ca) - and; भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata; कच्चित् (kaccit) - whether; तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them; शरीराणि (śarīrāṇi) - bodies; धक्ष्यन्ति (dhakṣyanti) - will be consumed (by fire); विधिपूर्वकम् (vidhipūrvakam) - according to prescribed rites;]
(Who here are without protector, of these people, and who have protector, and who, O Bhārata, whether their bodies will be consumed according to prescribed rites.)
O Bhārata, whether the bodies of those here, both those without protector and those with protector among these people, will be consumed according to the prescribed rites.
न येषां सन्ति कर्तारो न च येऽत्राहिताग्नयः। वयं च कस्य कुर्यामो बहुत्वात्तात कर्मणः ॥११-२६-२२॥
na yeṣāṃ santi kartāro na ca ye'trāhitāgnayaḥ। vayaṃ ca kasya kuryāmo bahutvāttāta karmaṇaḥ ॥11-26-22॥
[न (na) - not; येषां (yeṣām) - of whom; सन्ति (santi) - are; कर्तारः (kartāraḥ) - doers; न (na) - not; च (ca) - and; ये (ye) - who; अत्र (atra) - here; अहिताग्नयः (ahitāgnayaḥ) - those who have not kindled the sacred fire; वयम् (vayam) - we; च (ca) - and; कस्य (kasya) - for whom; कुर्यामः (kuryāmaḥ) - should we do; बहुत्वात् (bahutvāt) - because of multitude; तात (tāta) - O dear; कर्मणः (karmaṇaḥ) - of actions;]
(Not of whom are doers, nor who here have not kindled the sacred fire. We also, for whom should we act, O dear, because of the multitude of actions?)
Those among whom there are no doers, nor those here who have not kindled the sacred fire—O dear, for whom should we act, considering the multitude of actions?
यान्सुपर्णाश्च गृध्राश्च विकर्षन्ति ततस्ततः। तेषां तु कर्मणा लोका भविष्यन्ति युधिष्ठिर ॥११-२६-२३॥
yān-suparṇāś ca gṛdhrāś ca vikarṣanti tataḥ tataḥ। teṣāṃ tu karmaṇā lokā bhaviṣyanti yudhiṣṭhira ॥11-26-23॥
[यान् (yān) - whom; सुपर्णाः (suparṇāḥ) - divine birds; च (ca) - and; गृध्राः (gṛdhrāḥ) - vultures; च (ca) - and; विकर्षन्ति (vikarṣanti) - drag away; ततः (tataḥ) - from here and there; ततः (tataḥ) - from there and there; तेषां (teṣāṃ) - of them; तु (tu) - but; कर्मणा (karmaṇā) - by action; लोकाः (lokāḥ) - worlds; भविष्यन्ति (bhaviṣyanti) - will become; युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - O Yudhiṣṭhira;]
(Whom the divine birds and vultures drag away from here and there, of them, but, by action, worlds will become, O Yudhiṣṭhira.)
O Yudhiṣṭhira, those whom the divine birds and vultures drag away here and there, for them, worlds will be determined by their actions.
वैशम्पायन उवाच॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca॥
[वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) - Vaiśampāyana; (name of the sage); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Vaiśampāyana said;)
Vaiśampāyana said:
एवमुक्तो महाप्राज्ञः कुन्तीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः। आदिदेश सुधर्माणं धौम्यं सूतं च सञ्जयम् ॥११-२६-२४॥
evam-ukto mahāprājñaḥ kuntī-putro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ। ādideśa sudharmāṇam dhaumyam sūtaṃ ca sañjayam ॥11-26-24॥
[एवम् (evam) - thus; उक्तः (uktaḥ) - having been spoken; महाप्राज्ञः (mahāprājñaḥ) - the greatly wise; कुन्तीपुत्रः (kuntī-putraḥ) - son of Kuntī; युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhishthira; आदिदेश (ādideśa) - instructed; सुधर्माणम् (sudharmāṇam) - Sudharmāṇa; धौम्यम् (dhaumyam) - Dhaumya; सूतम् (sūtam) - the charioteer; च (ca) - and; सञ्जयम् (sañjayam) - Sanjaya;]
(Thus having been addressed, the greatly wise son of Kuntī, Yudhishthira, instructed Sudharmāṇa, Dhaumya, the charioteer, and Sanjaya.)
Thus, when addressed in this way, the wise Yudhishthira, son of Kuntī, gave instructions to Sudharmāṇa, Dhaumya, the charioteer, and Sanjaya.
विदुरं च महाबुद्धिं युयुत्सुं चैव कौरवम्। इन्द्रसेनमुखांश्चैव भृत्यान्सूतांश्च सर्वशः ॥११-२६-२५॥
viduraṃ ca mahābuddhiṃ yuyutsuṃ caiva kauravam। indrasenamukhāṃścaiva bhṛtyānsūtāṃśca sarvaśaḥ ॥11-26-25॥
[विदुरम् (viduram) - Vidura; (name of a wise minister) च (ca) - and; महाबुद्धिम् (mahābuddhim) - great-intellect; युयुत्सुम् (yuyutsum) - Yuyutsu; (name of a warrior) च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; कौरवम् (kauravam) - Kaurava; (descendant of Kuru) इन्द्रसेनमुखान् (indrasenamukhān) - Indrasena and others; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; भृत्यान् (bhṛtyān) - servants; सूतान् (sūtān) - charioteers; च (ca) - and; सर्वशः (sarvaśaḥ) - all;]
(Vidura and the great-intellect, Yuyutsu and indeed the Kaurava, Indrasena and others indeed, servants and charioteers and all.)
Vidura, the wise minister, the highly intelligent one, Yuyutsu, and the Kaurava, as well as Indrasena and others, all the servants and charioteers.
भवन्तः कारयन्त्वेषां प्रेतकार्याणि सर्वशः। यथा चानाथवत्किञ्चिच्छरीरं न विनश्यति ॥११-२६-२६॥
bhavantaḥ kārayantveṣāṃ pretakāryāṇi sarvaśaḥ। yathā cānāthavatkiñciccharīraṃ na vinaśyati ॥11-26-26॥
[भवन्तः (bhavantaḥ) - you all; (honorific plural); कारयन्तु (kārayantu) - let cause to be performed; (from root kṛ, to do, causative); एषाम् (eṣām) - of these; (genitive plural); प्रेतकार्याणि (pretakāryāṇi) - funeral rites; (for the dead); सर्वशः (sarvaśaḥ) - in all ways; completely; यथा (yathā) - so that; in such a way that; च (ca) - and; अनाथवत् (anāthavat) - like one without protector; like an orphan; किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - any; a little; शरीरम् (śarīram) - body; न (na) - not; विनश्यति (vinaśyati) - perishes; is destroyed;]
(You all, let cause to be performed for these the funeral rites in all ways; so that, and like one without protector, any body does not perish.)
You all should have the funeral rites for these performed in every way, so that not even a single body, like that of one without a protector, is left to perish.
शासनाद्धर्मराजस्य क्षत्ता सूतश्च सञ्जयः। सुधर्मा धौम्यसहित इन्द्रसेनादयस्तथा ॥११-२६-२७॥
śāsanāddharmarājasya kṣattā sūtaśca sañjayaḥ। sudharmā dhaumyasahita indrasenādayastathā ॥11-26-27॥
[शासनात् (śāsanāt) - from the command; धर्मराजस्य (dharmarājasya) - of Dharmarāja; क्षत्ता (kṣattā) - the charioteer; सूतः (sūtaḥ) - the charioteer; च (ca) - and; सञ्जयः (sañjayaḥ) - Sañjaya; सुधर्मा (sudharmā) - Sudharmā; धौम्यसहितः (dhaumyasahitaḥ) - together with Dhaumya; इन्द्रसेनादयः (indrasenādayaḥ) - Indrasena and others; तथा (tathā) - likewise;]
(From the command of Dharmarāja, the charioteer, Sūta, and Sañjaya, Sudharmā together with Dhaumya, Indrasena and others likewise.)
By the order of Dharmarāja, the charioteer, Sūta, Sañjaya, Sudharmā along with Dhaumya, and Indrasena and others likewise (acted accordingly).
चन्दनागुरुकाष्ठानि तथा कालीयकान्युत। घृतं तैलं च गन्धांश्च क्षौमाणि वसनानि च ॥११-२६-२८॥
candana-aguru-kāṣṭhāni tathā kālīyaka-āni uta। ghṛtam tailam ca gandhān ca kṣaumāṇi vasanāni ca ॥11-26-28॥
[चन्दन (candana) - sandalwood; अगुरु (aguru) - aloeswood; काष्ठानि (kāṣṭhāni) - wood pieces; तथा (tathā) - also; कालीयकानि (kālīyakāni) - black aloe pieces; उत (uta) - and; घृतम् (ghṛtam) - clarified butter; तैलम् (tailam) - oil; च (ca) - and; गन्धान् (gandhān) - fragrances; च (ca) - and; क्षौमाणि (kṣaumāṇi) - linen cloths; वसनानि (vasanāni) - garments; च (ca) - and;]
(Sandalwood, aloeswood pieces, also black aloe pieces and; clarified butter, oil and fragrances and; linen cloths, garments and.)
Sandalwood, aloeswood, black aloe pieces, clarified butter, oil, fragrances, linen cloths, and garments.
समाहृत्य महार्हाणि दारूणां चैव सञ्चयान्। रथांश्च मृदितांस्तत्र नानाप्रहरणानि च ॥११-२६-२९॥
samāhṛtya mahārhāṇi dārūṇāṃ caiva sañcayān। rathāṃś ca mṛditāṃs tatra nānā-praharaṇāni ca ॥11-26-29॥
[समाहृत्य (samāhṛtya) - having collected; महार्हाणि (mahārhāṇi) - very valuable; दारूणां (dārūṇāṃ) - of woods; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; सञ्चयान् (sañcayān) - heaps; रथान् (rathān) - chariots; च (ca) - and; मृदितान् (mṛditān) - crushed; तत्र (tatra) - there; नानाप्रहरणानि (nānā-praharaṇāni) - various weapons; च (ca) - and;]
(Having collected very valuable heaps of woods and also crushed chariots there and various weapons;)
He gathered together very valuable heaps of wood, as well as the remains of crushed chariots and various weapons there.
चिताः कृत्वा प्रयत्नेन यथामुख्यान्नराधिपान्। दाहयामासुरव्यग्रा विधिदृष्टेन कर्मणा ॥११-२६-३०॥
citāḥ kṛtvā prayatnena yathāmukhyān narādhipān। dāhayām āsur avyagrā vidhidṛṣṭena karmaṇā ॥11-26-30॥
[चिताः (citāḥ) - funeral pyres; कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having made; प्रयत्नेन (prayatnena) - with effort; यथा (yathā) - as; मुख्यान् (mukhyān) - chief; नराधिपान् (narādhipān) - kings; दाहयाम् (dāhayām) - to burn; आसुः (āsuḥ) - they began; अव्यग्रा (avyagrā) - unperturbed; विधिदृष्टेन (vidhidṛṣṭena) - as prescribed by rule; कर्मणा (karmaṇā) - by the act;]
(Having made funeral pyres with effort, as for the chief kings, they began to burn (them), unperturbed, by the act prescribed by rule.)
With effort, funeral pyres were prepared for the chief kings, and unperturbed, they began to burn them according to the prescribed rites.
दुर्योधनं च राजानं भ्रातॄंश्चास्य शताधिकान्। शल्यं शलं च राजानं भूरिश्रवसमेव च ॥११-२६-३१॥
duryodhanaṃ ca rājānaṃ bhrātṝṃś cāsya śatādhikān। śalyaṃ śalaṃ ca rājānaṃ bhūriśravasam eva ca ॥11-26-31॥
[दुर्योधनम् (duryodhanam) - Duryodhana; (the name of a king) च (ca) - and; राजानम् (rājānam) - king; भ्रातॄन् (bhrātṝn) - brothers; च (ca) - and; अस्य (asya) - his; शताधिकान् (śatādhikān) - more than a hundred; शल्यम् (śalyam) - Śalya; (the name of a king) शलम् (śalam) - Śala; (the name of a king) च (ca) - and; राजानम् (rājānam) - king; भूरिश्रवसम् (bhūriśravasam) - Bhūriśravas; (the name of a king) एव (eva) - indeed; च (ca) - and;]
(Duryodhana and the king, and his brothers, more than a hundred, Śalya, Śala and the king, Bhūriśravas indeed and.)
Duryodhana, the king, his brothers numbering more than a hundred, Śalya, Śala, the king, and Bhūriśravas as well.
जयद्रथं च राजानमभिमन्युं च भारत। दौःशासनिं लक्ष्मणं च धृष्टकेतुं च पार्थिवम् ॥११-२६-३२॥
jayadrathaṃ ca rājānam abhimanyuṃ ca bhārata। dauḥśāsaniṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ ca dhṛṣṭaketuṃ ca pārthivam ॥11-26-32॥
[जयद्रथं (jayadratham) - Jayadratha; (a proper name;) च (ca) - and; राजानम् (rājānam) - king; अभिमन्युं (abhimanyum) - Abhimanyu; (a proper name;) च (ca) - and; भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata; (descendant of Bharata; vocative;) दौःशासनिं (dauḥśāsanim) - son of Duḥśāsana; लक्ष्मणं (lakṣmaṇam) - Lakṣmaṇa; (a proper name;) च (ca) - and; धृष्टकेतुं (dhṛṣṭaketuṃ) - Dhṛṣṭaketu; (a proper name;) च (ca) - and; पार्थिवम् (pārthivam) - king;]
(Jayadratha and the king, Abhimanyu and O Bhārata, the son of Duḥśāsana, Lakṣmaṇa and Dhṛṣṭaketu and the king.)
O Bhārata, Jayadratha, the king, Abhimanyu, the son of Duḥśāsana, Lakṣmaṇa, Dhṛṣṭaketu, and the king (were seen).
बृहन्तं सोमदत्तं च सृञ्जयांश्च शताधिकान्। राजानं क्षेमधन्वानं विराटद्रुपदौ तथा ॥११-२६-३३॥
bṛhantaṃ somadattaṃ ca sṛñjayāṃś ca śatādhikān। rājānaṃ kṣemadhanvānaṃ virāṭ drupadau tathā ॥11-26-33॥
[बृहन्तम् (bṛhantam) - great; large; सोमदत्तम् (somadattam) - Somadatta; (proper name); च (ca) - and; सृञ्जयान् (sṛñjayān) - the Sṛñjayas; (a people/tribe); च (ca) - and; शताधिकान् (śatādhikān) - more than a hundred; राजानम् (rājānam) - king; क्षेमधन्वानम् (kṣemadhanvānam) - Kṣemadhanvan; (proper name); विराट् (virāṭ) - Virāṭa; (proper name); द्रुपदौ (drupadau) - Drupada; (proper name); तथा (tathā) - also;]
(Great Somadatta and the Sṛñjayas and more than a hundred, the king Kṣemadhanvan, Virāṭa, and Drupada also.)
Great Somadatta, the Sṛñjayas, and more than a hundred others, as well as King Kṣemadhanvan, Virāṭa, and Drupada also.
शिखण्डिनं च पाञ्चाल्यं धृष्टद्युम्नं च पार्षतम्। युधामन्युं च विक्रान्तमुत्तमौजसमेव च ॥११-२६-३४॥
śikhaṇḍinaṃ ca pāñcālyaṃ dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ ca pārṣatam। yudhāmanyuṃ ca vikrāntamuttamaujasameva ca ॥11-26-34॥
[शिखण्डिनम् (śikhaṇḍinam) - Śikhaṇḍin; (a warrior's name); च (ca) - and; पाञ्चाल्यम् (pāñcālyam) - the son of the king of the Pāñcālas; धृष्टद्युम्नम् (dhṛṣṭadyumnam) - Dhṛṣṭadyumna; (a warrior's name); च (ca) - and; पार्षतम् (pārṣatam) - the son of Pṛṣata; युधामन्यम् (yudhāmanyum) - Yudhāmanyu; (a warrior's name); च (ca) - and; विक्रान्तम् (vikrāntam) - valiant; उत्तमौजसम् (uttamaujasam) - Uttamaujas; (a warrior's name); एव (eva) - indeed; च (ca) - and;]
(Śikhaṇḍin and the son of the king of the Pāñcālas, Dhṛṣṭadyumna and the son of Pṛṣata, Yudhāmanyu and the valiant Uttamaujas indeed and.)
Śikhaṇḍin, the son of Drupada, Dhṛṣṭadyumna, the son of Pṛṣata, Yudhāmanyu, and the valiant Uttamaujas were also present.
कौसल्यं द्रौपदेयांश्च शकुनिं चापि सौबलम्। अचलं वृषकं चैव भगदत्तं च पार्थिवम् ॥११-२६-३५॥
kausalyaṃ draupadeyāṃś ca śakuniṃ cāpi saubalam| acalaṃ vṛṣakaṃ caiva bhagadattaṃ ca pārthivam ॥11-26-35॥
[कौसल्यं (kausalyaṃ) - Kausalya; (son of Kausalya); द्रौपदेयान् (draupadeyān) - sons of Draupadī; च (ca) - and; शकुनिं (śakuniṃ) - Śakuni; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; सौबलम् (saubalam) - son of Subala (Śakuni); अचलम् (acalam) - Acala; वृषकं (vṛṣakaṃ) - Vṛṣaka; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; भगदत्तं (bhagadattaṃ) - Bhagadatta; च (ca) - and; पार्थिवम् (pārthivam) - the king;]
(Kausalya, the sons of Draupadī, Śakuni also the son of Subala, Acala, Vṛṣaka indeed, Bhagadatta and the king.)
Kausalya, the sons of Draupadī, Śakuni the son of Subala, Acala, Vṛṣaka, Bhagadatta, and the king.
कर्णं वैकर्तनं चैव सहपुत्रममर्षणम्। केकयांश्च महेष्वासांस्त्रिगर्तांश्च महारथान् ॥११-२६-३६॥
karṇaṃ vaikartanaṃ caiva sahaputram amarṣaṇam। kekayāṃś ca maheṣvāsāṃs trigartāṃś ca mahārathān ॥11-26-36॥
[कर्णम् (karṇam) - Karna; वैकर्तनम् (vaikartanam) - son of Vikartana; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; सहपुत्रम् (sahaputram) - with his son; अमर्षणम् (amarṣaṇam) - Amarṣaṇa; केकयान् (kekayān) - the Kekayas; च (ca) - and; महेष्वासान् (maheṣvāsān) - great bowmen; त्रिगर्तान् (trigartān) - the Trigartas; च (ca) - and; महारथान् (mahārathān) - great chariot-warriors;]
(Karna, the son of Vikartana, and indeed Amarṣaṇa with his son, the Kekayas and the great bowmen, the Trigartas and the great chariot-warriors.)
Karna, the son of Vikartana, along with his son Amarṣaṇa, the Kekayas, the great bowmen, the Trigartas, and the great chariot-warriors.
घटोत्कचं राक्षसेन्द्रं बकभ्रातरमेव च। अलम्बुसं च राजानं जलसन्धं च पार्थिवम् ॥११-२६-३७॥
ghaṭotkacaṃ rākṣasendraṃ bakabhrātaram-eva ca। alambusaṃ ca rājānaṃ jalasandhaṃ ca pārthivam ॥11-26-37॥
[घटोत्कचं (ghaṭotkacaṃ) - Ghaṭotkaca; (proper name; राक्षसेन्द्रं (rākṣasendraṃ) - lord of the rākṣasas; (demon king; बकभ्रातरम् (bakabhrātaram) - the brother of Baka; (proper name; एव (eva) - indeed; च (ca) - and; अलम्बुसं (alambusaṃ) - Alambusa; (proper name; च (ca) - and; राजानं (rājānaṃ) - king; जलसन्धं (jalasandhaṃ) - Jalasandha; (proper name; च (ca) - and; पार्थिवम् (pārthivam) - prince; (king; ॥११-२६-३७॥ (॥11-26-37॥) -;]
(Ghaṭotkaca, the lord of the rākṣasas, and the brother of Baka indeed; Alambusa and the king, Jalasandha and the prince.)
Ghaṭotkaca, the king of the rākṣasas, the brother of Baka, Alambusa, the king, Jalasandha, and the prince.
अन्यांश्च पार्थिवान्राजञ्शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः। घृतधाराहुतैर्दीप्तैः पावकैः समदाहयन् ॥११-२६-३८॥
anyāṁś ca pārthivān rājañ śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ। ghṛtadhārahutair dīptaiḥ pāvakaiḥ samadāhayan ॥11-26-38॥
[अन्यान् (anyān) - others; च (ca) - and; पार्थिवान् (pārthivān) - kings; राजन् (rājan) - O king; शतशः (śataśaḥ) - by hundreds; अथ (atha) - and; सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands; घृतधाराहुतैः (ghṛtadhārahutaiḥ) - with offerings of streams of ghee; दीप्तैः (dīptaiḥ) - blazing; पावकैः (pāvakaiḥ) - by fires; समदाहयन् (samadāhayan) - they completely burned;]
(Others also, O king, by hundreds and then by thousands, with offerings of streams of ghee, by blazing fires, they completely burned.)
O king, others also, by the hundreds and thousands, were completely burned by blazing fires with offerings of streams of ghee.
पितृमेधाश्च केषाञ्चिदवर्तन्त महात्मनाम्। सामभिश्चाप्यगायन्त तेऽन्वशोच्यन्त चापरैः ॥११-२६-३९॥
pitṛmedhāś ca keṣāñcid avartanta mahātmanām। sāmabhiś cāpy agāyanta te'nvaśocyanta cāparaiḥ ॥11-26-39॥
[पितृमेधाः (pitṛmedhāḥ) - ancestor-rites; च (ca) - and; केषाञ्चित् (keṣāñcit) - of some; अवर्तन्त (avartanta) - were performed; महात्मनाम् (mahātmanām) - of the great-souled; सामभिः (sāmabhiḥ) - with Sāman chants; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; अगायन्त (agāyanta) - sang; ते (te) - they; अन्वशोच्यन्त (anvaśocyanta) - were lamented; च (ca) - and; अपरैः (aparaiḥ) - by others;]
(Ancestor-rites also of some of the great-souled were performed; with Sāman chants also they sang, they were lamented by others.)
The ancestor-rites of some of the great-souled were performed; others sang Sāman hymns, and yet others lamented them.
साम्नामृचां च नादेन स्त्रीणां च रुदितस्वनैः। कश्मलं सर्वभूतानां निशायां समपद्यत ॥११-२६-४०॥
sāmnām ṛcāṃ ca nādena strīṇāṃ ca ruditāsvanaiḥ। kaśmalaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ niśāyāṃ samapadyata ॥11-26-40॥
[साम्नाम् (sāmnām) - of Sāman hymns; ऋचाम् (ṛcām) - of Ṛc verses; च (ca) - and; नादेन (nādena) - by the sound; स्त्रीणाम् (strīṇām) - of women; च (ca) - and; रुदितस्वनैः (ruditāsvanaiḥ) - by the wailing sounds; कश्मलम् (kaśmalam) - dejection; सर्वभूतानाम् (sarvabhūtānām) - of all beings; निशायाम् (niśāyām) - in the night; समपद्यत (samapadyata) - arose;]
(By the sound of Sāman hymns and Ṛc verses, and by the wailing sounds of women, dejection of all beings arose in the night.)
During the night, the sound of Sāman hymns and Ṛc verses, along with the wailing of women, brought about dejection among all beings.
ते विधूमाः प्रदीप्ताश्च दीप्यमानाश्च पावकाः। नभसीवान्वदृश्यन्त ग्रहास्तन्वभ्रसंवृताः ॥११-२६-४१॥
te vidhūmāḥ pradīptāś ca dīpyamānāś ca pāvakāḥ। nabhasīvān vadṛśyanta grahās tanv-abhrasaṃvṛtāḥ ॥11-26-41॥
[ते (te) - they; विधूमाः (vidhūmāḥ) - smokeless; प्रदीप्ताः (pradīptāḥ) - blazing; च (ca) - and; दीप्यमानाः (dīpyamānāḥ) - shining; च (ca) - and; पावकाः (pāvakāḥ) - fires; नभसि (nabhasi) - in the sky; इव (iva) - like; अन्वदृश्यन्त (anvadṛśyanta) - were seen; ग्रहाः (grahāḥ) - planets; तनु (tanu) - thin; अभ्र (abhra) - cloud; संवृताः (saṃvṛtāḥ) - covered;]
(They, smokeless, blazing and shining fires, were seen in the sky like planets covered by thin clouds.)
Smokeless, blazing, and shining fires appeared in the sky, resembling planets veiled by thin clouds.
ये चाप्यनाथास्तत्रासन्नानादेशसमागताः। तांश्च सर्वान्समानाय्य राशीन्कृत्वा सहस्रशः ॥११-२६-४२॥
ye cāpyanāthāstatra āsannānādeśasamāgatāḥ। tāṃśca sarvānsamānāyya rāśīnkṛtvā sahasraśaḥ ॥11-26-42॥
[ये (ye) - who; (plural masculine nominative) च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; अनाथाः (anāthāḥ) - without protector; तत्र (tatra) - there; आसन्नान् (āsannān) - those who were near; आदेश (ādeśa) - command; समागताः (samāgatāḥ) - assembled; तांश् (tāṃś) - them; च (ca) - and; सर्वान् (sarvān) - all; समानाय्य (samānāyya) - having brought together; राशीन् (rāśīn) - groups; कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having made; सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands;]
(Who, and also those without protector, there, those who were near, assembled by command; them and all, having brought together, having made groups, by thousands.)
And also those who were without protector and those who had assembled there by command, having brought all of them together, formed them into groups by thousands.
चित्वा दारुभिरव्यग्रः प्रभूतैः स्नेहतापितैः। दाहयामास विदुरो धर्मराजस्य शासनात् ॥११-२६-४३॥
citvā dārubhiravyagraḥ prabhūtaiḥ snehatāpitaiḥ। dāhayāmāsa viduro dharmarājasya śāsanāt ॥11-26-43॥
[चित्वा (citvā) - having collected; दारुभिः (dārubhiḥ) - with woods; अव्यग्रः (avyagraḥ) - unperturbed; प्रभूतैः (prabhūtaiḥ) - abundant; स्नेहतापितैः (snehatāpitaiḥ) - soaked with oil and heated; दाहयामास (dāhayāmāsa) - caused to burn; विदुरः (viduraḥ) - Vidura; धर्मराजस्य (dharmarājasya) - of Dharmarāja; शासनात् (śāsanāt) - by the command;]
(Having collected woods, unperturbed, abundant, soaked with oil and heated, Vidura caused (the body) to burn by the command of Dharmarāja.)
Vidura, calmly gathering abundant woods soaked with oil and heated, set the body aflame as commanded by Dharmarāja.
कारयित्वा क्रियास्तेषां कुरुराजो युधिष्ठिरः। धृतराष्ट्रं पुरस्कृत्य गङ्गामभिमुखोऽगमत् ॥११-२६-४४॥
kārayitvā kriyās teṣāṃ kururājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ। dhṛtarāṣṭraṃ puraskṛtya gaṅgām abhimukho'gamāt ॥11-26-44॥
[कारयित्वा (kārayitvā) - having caused to be performed; क्रियाः (kriyāḥ) - rites; तेषां (teṣām) - of them; कुरुराजः (kururājaḥ) - the king of the Kurus; युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhishthira; धृतराष्ट्रं (dhṛtarāṣṭram) - Dhritarashtra; पुरस्कृत्य (puraskṛtya) - having placed at the front; गङ्गाम् (gaṅgām) - to the Ganga; अभिमुखः (abhimukhaḥ) - facing toward; अगमत् (agamat) - went;]
(Having caused their rites to be performed, King Yudhishthira of the Kurus, placing Dhritarashtra at the front, went facing toward the Ganga.)
After having the rites performed for them, King Yudhishthira of the Kurus, with Dhritarashtra at the front, proceeded toward the Ganga.
