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Pancharatra-Ext: Yudhishthira mourns Karna's loss and enquires about his fate.
वैशम्पायन उवाच॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca॥
[वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) - Vaiśampāyana; (name of the sage); उवाच (uvāca) - said; spoke;]
(Vaiśampāyana said;)
Vaiśampāyana said:
कृतोदकास्ते सुहृदां सर्वेषां पाण्डुनन्दनाः। विदुरो धृतराष्ट्रश्च सर्वाश्च भरतस्त्रियः ॥१२-१-१॥
kṛtodakās te suhṛdāṃ sarveṣāṃ pāṇḍunandanāḥ। viduro dhṛtarāṣṭraś ca sarvāś ca bharatastriyaḥ ॥12-1-1॥
[कृतोदकाः (kṛtodakāḥ) - having performed water-rites; ते (te) - they; सुहृदां (suhṛdām) - of friends; सर्वेषां (sarveṣām) - of all; पाण्डुनन्दनाः (pāṇḍunandanāḥ) - descendants of Pāṇḍu; विदुरः (viduraḥ) - Vidura; धृतराष्ट्रः (dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ) - Dhṛtarāṣṭra; च (ca) - and; सर्वाः (sarvāḥ) - all; च (ca) - and; भरतस्त्रियः (bharatastriyaḥ) - women of the Bharata (family);]
(Having performed water-rites, they, the descendants of Pāṇḍu, for all friends; Vidura, Dhṛtarāṣṭra and all the women of the Bharata (family).)
After performing the water-rites for all their friends, the sons of Pāṇḍu, Vidura, Dhṛtarāṣṭra, and all the women of the Bharata family gathered.
तत्र ते सुमहात्मानो न्यवसन्कुरुनन्दनाः। शौचं निवर्तयिष्यन्तो मासमेकं बहिः पुरात् ॥१२-१-२॥
tatra te sumahātmāno nyavasankurunandanāḥ। śaucaṃ nivartayiṣyanto māsamekaṃ bahiḥ purāt ॥12-1-2॥
[तत्र (tatra) - there; ते (te) - they; सुमहात्मानः (sumahātmānaḥ) - very great-souled ones; न्यवसन् (nyavasan) - dwelt; कुरुनन्दनाः (kurunandanāḥ) - descendants of Kuru; शौचं (śaucaṃ) - purification; निवर्तयिष्यन्तः (nivartayiṣyantaḥ) - about to complete; मासम् (māsam) - month; एकम् (ekam) - one; बहिः (bahiḥ) - outside; पुरात् (purāt) - from the city;]
(There those very great-souled descendants of Kuru dwelt, about to complete the purification, for one month outside from the city.)
There, those noble Kuru princes stayed outside the city for a month to complete their purification.
कृतोदकं तु राजानं धर्मात्मानं युधिष्ठिरम्। अभिजग्मुर्महात्मानः सिद्धा ब्रह्मर्षिसत्तमाः ॥१२-१-३॥
kṛtodakaṃ tu rājānaṃ dharmātmānaṃ yudhiṣṭhiram। abhijagmurmahātmānaḥ siddhā brahmarṣisattamāḥ ॥12-1-3॥
[कृतोदकं (kṛtodakam) - having performed the water-rite; तु (tu) - but; राजानं (rājānam) - king; धर्मात्मानं (dharmātmānam) - righteous-souled; युधिष्ठिरम् (yudhiṣṭhiram) - Yudhishthira; अभिजग्मुः (abhijagmuḥ) - approached; महात्मानः (mahātmānaḥ) - great-souled ones; सिद्धाः (siddhāḥ) - perfected beings; ब्रह्मर्षिसत्तमाः (brahmarṣisattamāḥ) - the foremost of Brahmarshis;]
(Having performed the water-rite, but the righteous-souled king Yudhishthira, the great-souled ones, the perfected beings, and the foremost of Brahmarshis approached.)
After the water-rite was performed, the great-souled Siddhas and the foremost Brahmarshis approached the righteous king Yudhishthira.
द्वैपायनो नारदश्च देवलश्च महानृषिः। देवस्थानश्च कण्वश्च तेषां शिष्याश्च सत्तमाः ॥१२-१-४॥
dvaipāyano nāradaś ca devalaś ca mahān ṛṣiḥ। devasthānaś ca kaṇvaś ca teṣāṃ śiṣyāś ca sattamāḥ॥12-1-4॥
[द्वैपायनः (dvaipāyanaḥ) - Vyāsa; नारदः (nāradaḥ) - Nārada; च (ca) - and; देवलः (devalaḥ) - Devala; च (ca) - and; महान् (mahān) - great; ऋषिः (ṛṣiḥ) - sage; देवस्थानः (devasthānaḥ) - Devasthāna; च (ca) - and; कण्वः (kaṇvaḥ) - Kaṇva; च (ca) - and; तेषाम् (teṣām) - their; शिष्याः (śiṣyāḥ) - disciples; च (ca) - and; सत्तमाः (sattamāḥ) - the best;]
(Vyāsa, Nārada, Devala, and the great sage; Devasthāna, Kaṇva, and their disciples, the best ones.)
Vyāsa, Nārada, Devala, the great sage, Devasthāna, Kaṇva, and their most excellent disciples.
अन्ये च वेदविद्वांसः कृतप्रज्ञा द्विजातयः। गृहस्थाः स्नातकाः सर्वे ददृशुः कुरुसत्तमम् ॥१२-१-५॥
anye ca vedavidvāṃsaḥ kṛtaprajñā dvijātayaḥ। gṛhasthāḥ snātakāḥ sarve dadṛśuḥ kurusattamam ॥12-1-5॥
[अन्ये (anye) - others; च (ca) - and; वेदविद्वांसः (vedavidvāṃsaḥ) - knowers of the Veda; कृतप्रज्ञाः (kṛtaprajñāḥ) - those whose wisdom is accomplished; द्विजातयः (dvijātayaḥ) - twice-borns; गृहस्थाः (gṛhasthāḥ) - householders; स्नातकाः (snātakāḥ) - those who have completed their studies; सर्वे (sarve) - all; ददृशुः (dadṛśuḥ) - saw; कुरुसत्तमम् (kurusattamam) - the best of the Kurus;]
(Others and knowers of the Veda, those whose wisdom is accomplished, twice-borns, householders, those who have completed their studies, all saw the best of the Kurus.)
All the others, including the Vedic scholars, the wise, the twice-borns, householders, and graduates, saw the best among the Kurus.
अभिगम्य महात्मानः पूजिताश्च यथाविधि। आसनेषु महार्हेषु विविशुस्ते महर्षयः ॥१२-१-६॥
abhigamya mahātmānaḥ pūjitāś ca yathāvidhi। āsaneṣu mahārheṣu viviśus te maharṣayaḥ ॥12-1-6॥
[अभिगम्य (abhigamya) - having approached; महात्मानः (mahātmānaḥ) - great-souled ones; पूजिताः (pūjitāḥ) - having been honored; च (ca) - and; यथाविधि (yathāvidhi) - according to the proper rule; आसनेषु (āsaneṣu) - on the seats; महार्हेषु (mahārheṣu) - most excellent; विविशुः (viviśuḥ) - entered; ते (te) - they; महर्षयः (maharṣayaḥ) - the great sages;]
(Having approached, the great-souled ones, having been honored according to the proper rule, entered the most excellent seats, those great sages.)
The great sages, having approached and been duly honored, took their seats of high honor.
प्रतिगृह्य ततः पूजां तत्कालसदृशीं तदा। पर्युपासन्यथान्यायं परिवार्य युधिष्ठिरम् ॥१२-१-७॥
pratigṛhya tataḥ pūjāṃ tatkālasadṛśīṃ tadā। paryupāsanyathānyāyaṃ parivārya yudhiṣṭhiram ॥12-1-7॥
[प्रतिगृह्य (pratigṛhya) - having received; ततः (tataḥ) - thereafter; पूजां (pūjām) - honor; तत्कालसदृशीं (tatkālasadṛśīm) - appropriate to that time; तदा (tadā) - then; पर्युपासन् (paryupāsan) - having worshipped around; यथान्यायं (yathā-nyāyam) - according to rule; परिवार्य (parivārya) - having surrounded; युधिष्ठिरम् (yudhiṣṭhiram) - Yudhishthira;]
(Having received then the honor appropriate to that time, then, having worshipped around according to rule, having surrounded Yudhishthira.)
Then, having received the honor appropriate for that time, they worshipped as per the proper rules and surrounded Yudhishthira.
पुण्ये भागीरथीतीरे शोकव्याकुलचेतसम्। आश्वासयन्तो राजानं विप्राः शतसहस्रशः ॥१२-१-८॥
puṇye bhāgīrathītīre śokavyākulacetasam। āśvāsayanto rājānaṃ viprāḥ śatasahasraśaḥ ॥12-1-8॥
[पुण्ये (puṇye) - in the holy; भागीरथीतीरे (bhāgīrathītīre) - on the bank of the Bhagirathi; शोकव्याकुलचेतसम् (śokavyākulacetasam) - whose minds were agitated by grief; आश्वासयन्तः (āśvāsayantaḥ) - consoling; राजानम् (rājānam) - the king; विप्राः (viprāḥ) - the Brāhmaṇas; शतसहस्रशः (śatasahasraśaḥ) - by hundreds of thousands;]
(In the holy place, on the bank of the Bhagirathi, whose minds were agitated by grief, the Brāhmaṇas by hundreds of thousands were consoling the king.)
On the sacred bank of the Bhagirathi, as the king's mind was overwhelmed with grief, hundreds of thousands of Brāhmaṇas consoled him.
नारदस्त्वब्रवीत्काले धर्मात्मानं युधिष्ठिरम्। विचार्य मुनिभिः सार्धं तत्कालसदृशं वचः ॥१२-१-९॥
nāradas tv abravīt kāle dharmātmānaṃ yudhiṣṭhiram। vicārya munibhiḥ sārdhaṃ tatkālasadṛśaṃ vacaḥ ॥12-1-9॥
[नारदः (nāradaḥ) - Nārada; (the sage Nārada;) तु (tu) - but; (however;) अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke; (said;) काले (kāle) - at the time; (in due time;) धर्मात्मानम् (dharmātmānam) - the righteous one; (the virtuous one;) युधिष्ठिरम् (yudhiṣṭhiram) - Yudhiṣṭhira; (King Yudhiṣṭhira;) विचार्य (vicārya) - having considered; (after deliberation;) मुनिभिः (munibhiḥ) - by the sages; (with sages;) सार्धम् (sārdham) - together with; (along with;) तत्कालसदृशम् (tatkālasadṛśam) - appropriate to that time; (suitable for the occasion;) वचः (vacaḥ) - speech; (words;]
(But Nārada, having considered together with the sages, spoke to the righteous Yudhiṣṭhira at the proper time words appropriate to that occasion.)
But Nārada, after deliberating with the sages, spoke to the virtuous Yudhiṣṭhira words suited to the moment.
भवतो बाहुवीर्येण प्रसादान्माधवस्य च। जितेयमवनिः कृत्स्ना धर्मेण च युधिष्ठिर ॥१२-१-१०॥
bhavato bāhuvīryeṇa prasādān mādhavasya ca। jiteyam avaniḥ kṛtsnā dharmeṇa ca yudhiṣṭhira ॥12-1-10॥
[भवतः (bhavataḥ) - of you; (plural, respectful); बाहु (bāhu) - arm; वीर्येण (vīryeṇa) - by strength; प्रसादात् (prasādāt) - by favor; माधवस्य (mādhavasya) - of Mādhava (Krishna); च (ca) - and; जिता (jitā) - conquered; इयम् (iyam) - this; अवनिः (avniḥ) - earth; कृत्स्ना (kṛtsnā) - entire; धर्मेण (dharmeṇa) - by righteousness; च (ca) - and; युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhishthira;]
(By your arm's strength, by the favor of Mādhava, and by righteousness, O Yudhishthira, this entire earth has been conquered.)
O Yudhishthira, this entire earth has been conquered by your strength, by the favor of Mādhava, and by righteousness.
दिष्ट्या मुक्ताः स्थ सङ्ग्रामादस्माल्लोकभयङ्करात्। क्षत्रधर्मरतश्चापि कच्चिन्मोदसि पाण्डव ॥१२-१-११॥
diṣṭyā muktāḥ stha saṅgrāmādasmāllokabhayaṅkarāt। kṣatradharmarataścāpi kaccinmodasi pāṇḍava ॥12-1-11॥
[दिष्ट्या (diṣṭyā) - by fortune; by destiny; मुक्ताः (muktāḥ) - freed; released; स्थ (stha) - you are; (plural); सङ्ग्रामात् (saṅgrāmāt) - from battle; अस्मात् (asmāt) - from this; लोक (loka) - world; भयङ्करात् (bhayaṅkarāt) - from the terrible; from the frightening; क्षत्रधर्मरतः (kṣatradharmarataḥ) - delighting in the duty of a warrior; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; कच्चित् (kaccit) - whether; surely; मोदसि (modasi) - you rejoice; पाण्डव (pāṇḍava) - O Pāṇḍava;]
(By fortune you are freed from this battle, from this world-terrifying (event); and are you, delighting in the duty of a warrior, also rejoicing, O Pāṇḍava?)
By good fortune you have been freed from this battle, dreadful to the world; and, O Pāṇḍava, are you, who delight in the warrior's duty, also rejoicing?
कच्चिच्च निहतामित्रः प्रीणासि सुहृदो नृप। कच्चिच्छ्रियमिमां प्राप्य न त्वां शोकः प्रबाधते ॥१२-१-१२॥
kaccic ca nihatāmitraḥ prīṇāsi suhṛdo nṛpa। kaccic chriyam imāṃ prāpya na tvāṃ śokaḥ prabādhate ॥12-1-12॥
[कच्चित् (kaccit) - whether; च (ca) - and; निहत-अमित्रः (nihata-amitraḥ) - with enemies destroyed; प्रीणासि (prīṇāsi) - you please; सुहृदः (suhṛdaḥ) - friends; नृप (nṛpa) - O king; कच्चित् (kaccit) - whether; श्रियं (śriyam) - prosperity; इमाम् (imām) - this; प्राप्य (prāpya) - having obtained; न (na) - not; त्वाम् (tvām) - you; शोकः (śokaḥ) - grief; प्रबाधते (prabādhate) - afflicts;]
(Whether, with enemies destroyed, you please your friends, O king? Whether, having obtained this prosperity, grief does not afflict you?)
O king, do you, having destroyed your enemies, please your friends? And having attained this prosperity, does grief not afflict you?
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:
विजितेयं मही कृत्स्ना कृष्णबाहुबलाश्रयात्। ब्राह्मणानां प्रसादेन भीमार्जुनबलेन च ॥१२-१-१३॥
vijiteyaṃ mahī kṛtsnā kṛṣṇabāhubalāśrayāt। brāhmaṇānāṃ prasādena bhīmārjunabalena ca ॥12-1-13॥
[विजिता (vijitā) - conquered; इयं (iyaṃ) - this; मही (mahī) - earth; कृत्स्ना (kṛtsnā) - entire; कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa) - Kṛṣṇa; बाहु (bāhu) - arm; बल (bala) - strength; आश्रयात् (āśrayāt) - by the support; ब्राह्मणानाम् (brāhmaṇānām) - of the Brāhmaṇas; प्रसादेन (prasādena) - by the grace; भीम (bhīma) - Bhīma; अर्जुन (arjuna) - Arjuna; बलेन (balena) - by the strength; च (ca) - and;]
(This entire earth has been conquered by the support of Kṛṣṇa's arm strength, by the grace of the Brāhmaṇas, and by the strength of Bhīma and Arjuna.)
This whole earth has been conquered through the might of Kṛṣṇa's arms, the favor of the Brāhmaṇas, and the strength of Bhīma and Arjuna.
इदं तु मे महद्दुःखं वर्तते हृदि नित्यदा। कृत्वा ज्ञातिक्षयमिमं महान्तं लोभकारितम् ॥१२-१-१४॥
idaṃ tu me mahadduḥkhaṃ vartate hṛdi nityadā। kṛtvā jñātikṣayam imaṃ mahāntaṃ lobhakāritam ॥12-1-14॥
[इदं (idaṃ) - this; तु (tu) - but; मे (me) - to me; महत्-दुःखं (mahat-duḥkhaṃ) - great sorrow; वर्तते (vartate) - exists; हृदि (hṛdi) - in (my) heart; नित्यदा (nityadā) - always; कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having caused; ज्ञाति-क्षयम् (jñāti-kṣayam) - destruction of relatives; इमं (imaṃ) - this; महान्तं (mahāntam) - great; लोभ-कारितम् (lobha-kāritam) - caused by greed;]
(But this great sorrow always exists in my heart, having caused this great destruction of relatives, caused by greed.)
But this great sorrow always remains in my heart, for I have caused this great destruction of my relatives out of greed.
सौभद्रं द्रौपदेयांश्च घातयित्वा प्रियान्सुतान्। जयोऽयमजयाकारो भगवन्प्रतिभाति मे ॥१२-१-१५॥
saubhadraṃ draupadeyāṃś ca ghātayitvā priyān sutān। jayo' yam ajayākāro bhagavan pratibhāti me ॥12-1-15॥
[सौभद्रं (saubhadraṃ) - Abhimanyu; (son of Subhadra); द्रौपदेयान् (draupadeyān) - the sons of Draupadī; च (ca) - and; घातयित्वा (ghātayitvā) - having caused to be killed; प्रियान् (priyān) - dear; सुतान् (sutān) - sons; जयः (jayaḥ) - victory; अयम् (ayam) - this; अजयाकारः (ajayākāraḥ) - of the nature of defeat; भगवन् (bhagavan) - O Lord; प्रतिभाति (pratibhāti) - appears; मे (me) - to me;]
(Having caused Abhimanyu and the sons of Draupadī, my dear sons, to be killed, this victory, O Lord, appears to me of the nature of defeat.)
O Lord, having caused the death of Abhimanyu and the sons of Draupadī, my beloved sons, this victory now seems to me like defeat.
किं नु वक्ष्यति वार्ष्णेयी वधूर्मे मधुसूदनम्। द्वारकावासिनी कृष्णमितः प्रतिगतं हरिम् ॥१२-१-१६॥
kiṁ nu vakṣyati vārṣṇeyī vadhūr me madhusūdanam। dvārakāvāsinī kṛṣṇam itaḥ pratigataṁ harim ॥12-1-16॥
[किं (kiṁ) - what; नु (nu) - indeed; वक्ष्यति (vakṣyati) - will say; वार्ष्णेयी (vārṣṇeyī) - the descendant of Vṛṣṇi; वधूः (vadhūḥ) - bride; मे (me) - my; मधुसूदनम् (madhusūdanam) - Madhusūdana; द्वारकावासिनी (dvārakāvāsinī) - she who dwells in Dvārakā; कृष्णम् (kṛṣṇam) - Kṛṣṇa; इतः (itaḥ) - from here; प्रतिगतं (pratigatam) - returned; हरिम् (harim) - Hari;]
(What indeed will the bride, the descendant of Vṛṣṇi, say to my Madhusūdana? The lady dwelling in Dvārakā (will say) to Kṛṣṇa, Hari, who has returned from here.)
What will the bride of the Vṛṣṇi line say to my Madhusūdana? The lady of Dvārakā will speak to Kṛṣṇa, Hari, who has now returned.
द्रौपदी हतपुत्रेयं कृपणा हतबान्धवा। अस्मत्प्रियहिते युक्ता भूयः पीडयतीव माम् ॥१२-१-१७॥
draupadī hataputreyam kṛpaṇā hatabāndhavā। asmatpriyahite yuktā bhūyaḥ pīḍayatīva mām ॥12-1-17॥
[द्रौपदी (draupadī) - Draupadī; हत (hata) - slain; पुत्रा (putra) - sons; इयं (iyaṃ) - this; कृपणा (kṛpaṇā) - wretched; हत (hata) - slain; बान्धवा (bāndhavā) - kinsmen; अस्मत् (asmat) - our; प्रिय (priya) - dear; हिते (hite) - welfare; युक्ता (yuktā) - engaged; भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again; पीडयतीव (pīḍayatīva) - seems to torment; माम् (mām) - me;]
(This Draupadī, whose sons are slain, wretched, whose kinsmen are slain, engaged in our dear welfare, again seems to torment me.)
Draupadī, bereft of her sons and kinsmen, wretched and devoted to our welfare, now seems to torment me once more.
इदमन्यच्च भगवन्यत्त्वां वक्ष्यामि नारद। मन्त्रसंवरणेनास्मि कुन्त्या दुःखेन योजितः ॥१२-१-१८॥
idam anyac ca bhagavan yat tvām vakṣyāmi nārada। mantra-saṁvaraṇena asmi kuntayā duḥkhena yojitaḥ ॥12-1-18॥
[इदम् (idam) - this; अन्यत् (anyat) - other; च (ca) - and; भगवन् (bhagavan) - O venerable one; यत् (yat) - which; त्वाम् (tvām) - to you; वक्ष्यामि (vakṣyāmi) - I will say; नारद (nārada) - Nārada; मन्त्रसंवरणेन (mantra-saṁvaraṇena) - by the concealment of the mantra; अस्मि (asmi) - I am; कुन्त्या (kuntayā) - by Kuntī; दुःखेन (duḥkhena) - by sorrow; योजितः (yojitaḥ) - joined;]
(This other (thing), O venerable one, which I will say to you, Nārada: by the concealment of the mantra, I am joined by Kuntī with sorrow.)
O Nārada, I will tell you another thing: because the mantra was concealed, I have been joined by Kuntī in sorrow.
योऽसौ नागायुतबलो लोकेऽप्रतिरथो रणे। सिंहखेलगतिर्धीमान्घृणी दान्तो यतव्रतः ॥१२-१-१९॥
yo'sau nāgāyutabalo loke'pratiratho raṇe. siṃhakhelagatirdhīmānghṛṇī dānto yatavrataḥ ॥12-1-19॥
[यः (yaḥ) - who; असौ (asau) - that; नागायुतबलः (nāgāyutabalaḥ) - having the strength of ten thousand elephants; लोके (loke) - in the world; अप्रतिरथः (apratirathaḥ) - without an equal chariot-warrior; रणे (raṇe) - in battle; सिंहखेलगतिः (siṃhakhelagatiḥ) - having the gait of a lion at play; धीमान् (dhīmān) - wise; घृणी (ghṛṇī) - compassionate; दान्तः (dāntaḥ) - self-controlled; यतव्रतः (yatavrataḥ) - firm in vows;]
(Who is that one, having the strength of ten thousand elephants, in the world, without an equal chariot-warrior in battle, having the gait of a lion at play, wise, compassionate, self-controlled, firm in vows?)
Who is he, that one in the world, possessing the strength of ten thousand elephants, unmatched in battle, moving with the playful gait of a lion, wise, compassionate, self-controlled, and steadfast in his vows?
आश्रयो धार्तराष्ट्राणां मानी तीक्ष्णपराक्रमः। अमर्षी नित्यसंरम्भी क्षेप्तास्माकं रणे रणे ॥१२-१-२०॥
āśrayo dhārtarāṣṭrāṇāṃ mānī tīkṣṇaparākramaḥ। amarṣī nityasaṃrambhī kṣeptāsmākaṃ raṇe raṇe ॥12-1-20॥
[आश्रयः (āśrayaḥ) - refuge; support; धार्तराष्ट्राणाम् (dhārtarāṣṭrāṇām) - of the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra; मानी (mānī) - proud; arrogant; तीक्ष्णपराक्रमः (tīkṣṇaparākramaḥ) - of sharp prowess; very powerful; अमर्षी (amarṣī) - intolerant; impatient; नित्यसंरम्भी (nityasaṃrambhī) - ever wrathful; always angry; क्षेप्ता (kṣeptā) - one who hurls; attacker; अस्माकम् (asmākam) - of us; our; रणे रणे (raṇe raṇe) - in every battle; in battle after battle;]
(Refuge of the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, proud, of sharp prowess, intolerant, ever wrathful, attacker of us in every battle.)
He is the support of the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, proud and of fierce prowess, intolerant and ever wrathful, and he will attack us in every battle.
शीघ्रास्त्रश्चित्रयोधी च कृती चाद्भुतविक्रमः। गूढोत्पन्नः सुतः कुन्त्या भ्रातास्माकं च सोदरः ॥१२-१-२१॥
śīghrāstraś citrayodhī ca kṛtī cādbhutavikramaḥ। gūḍhotpannaḥ sutaḥ kuntyā bhrātāsmākaṃ ca sodaraḥ ॥12-1-21॥
[शीघ्र-अस्त्रः (śīghra-astraḥ) - swift-weapons; च (ca) - and; चित्र-योधी (citra-yodhī) - marvellous-warrior; च (ca) - and; कृती (kṛtī) - accomplished; च (ca) - and; अद्भुत-विक्रमः (adbhuta-vikramaḥ) - wonderful-valour; गूढ-उत्पन्नः (gūḍha-utpannaḥ) - secretly-born; सुतः (sutaḥ) - son; कुन्त्या (kuntyā) - by Kuntī; भ्राता (bhrātā) - brother; अस्माकं (asmākaṃ) - our; च (ca) - and; स-उदरः (sa-udaraḥ) - same-womb;]
(Swift with weapons, a marvellous warrior, accomplished, of wonderful valour; secretly born, a son by Kuntī, our brother and of the same womb.)
He is swift with weapons, a marvellous warrior, accomplished and of wonderful valour; secretly born, he is the son of Kuntī, our brother and of the same womb.
तोयकर्मणि यं कुन्ती कथयामास सूर्यजम्। पुत्रं सर्वगुणोपेतमवकीर्णं जले पुरा ॥१२-१-२२॥
toyakarmaṇi yaṃ kuntī kathayāmāsa sūryajam। putraṃ sarvaguṇopetamavakīrṇaṃ jale purā ॥12-1-22॥
[तोयकर्मणि (toyakarmaṇi) - in the act related to water; यं (yaṃ) - whom; कुन्ती (kuntī) - Kuntī; कथयामास (kathayāmāsa) - narrated; सूर्यजम् (sūryajam) - born of the Sun; पुत्रं (putraṃ) - son; सर्वगुणोपेतम् (sarvaguṇopetam) - endowed with all virtues; अवकीर्णं (avakīrṇaṃ) - cast away; जले (jale) - in water; पुरा (purā) - formerly;]
(In the act related to water, whom Kuntī narrated as the son born of the Sun, the son endowed with all virtues, formerly cast away in water.)
Kuntī once told about the son born of the Sun, endowed with all virtues, whom she had long ago cast away in the water during a water-related rite.
यं सूतपुत्रं लोकोऽयं राधेयं चाप्यमन्यत। स ज्येष्ठपुत्रः कुन्त्या वै भ्रातास्माकं च मातृजः ॥१२-१-२३॥
yaṃ sūtaputraṃ loko'yaṃ rādheyaṃ cāpyanyata। sa jyeṣṭhaputraḥ kuntyā vai bhrātāsmākaṃ ca mātṛjaḥ ॥12-1-23॥
[यं (yaṃ) - whom; सूतपुत्रं (sūtaputram) - son of a charioteer; लोकः (lokaḥ) - the people; अयम् (ayam) - this; राधेयं (rādheyaṃ) - Radheya (Karna); च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; अन्यत् (anyat) - as another; सः (saḥ) - he; ज्येष्ठपुत्रः (jyeṣṭhaputraḥ) - eldest son; कुन्त्या (kuntyā) - of Kunti; वै (vai) - indeed; भ्राता (bhrātā) - brother; अस्माकं (asmākaṃ) - our; च (ca) - and; मातृजः (mātṛjaḥ) - born of the mother;]
(Whom this people call the son of a charioteer, and also as another, Radheya, he is indeed the eldest son of Kunti, our brother and born of the mother.)
He whom the people call the son of a charioteer and also Radheya as someone else, he is actually the eldest son of Kunti, our brother and born of the same mother.
अजानता मया सङ्ख्ये राज्यलुब्धेन घातितः। तन्मे दहति गात्राणि तूलराशिमिवानलः ॥१२-१-२४॥
ajānātā mayā saṅkhye rājyalubdhena ghātitaḥ। tanme dahati gātrāṇi tūlarāśimivānalaḥ ॥12-1-24॥
[अजानता (ajānātā) - by one not knowing; मया (mayā) - by me; सङ्ख्ये (saṅkhye) - in battle; राज्यलुब्धेन (rājyalubdhena) - by one greedy for kingdom; घातितः (ghātitaḥ) - killed; तत् (tat) - that; मे (me) - to me; दहति (dahati) - burns; गात्राणि (gātrāṇi) - the limbs; तूलराशिम् (tūlarāśim) - a heap of cotton; इव (iva) - like; अनलः (analaḥ) - fire;]
(By one not knowing, by me, in battle, by one greedy for kingdom, killed; that to me burns the limbs like a heap of cotton (is burned) by fire.)
Killed in battle by me, who was ignorant and greedy for the kingdom, that act burns my limbs like fire burns a heap of cotton.
न हि तं वेद पार्थोऽपि भ्रातरं श्वेतवाहनः। नाहं न भीमो न यमौ स त्वस्मान्वेद सुव्रतः ॥१२-१-२५॥
na hi taṃ veda pārtho'pi bhrātaraṃ śvetavāhanaḥ। nāhaṃ na bhīmo na yamau sa tvasmānveda suvrataḥ ॥12-1-25॥
[न (na) - not; हि (hi) - indeed; तं (taṃ) - him; वेद (veda) - knows; पार्थः (pārthaḥ) - Pārtha (Arjuna); अपि (api) - even; भ्रातरं (bhrātaraṃ) - brother; श्वेतवाहनः (śvetavāhanaḥ) - Śvetavāhana (Yudhiṣṭhira); न (na) - not; अहम् (aham) - I; न (na) - not; भीमः (bhīmaḥ) - Bhīma; न (na) - not; यमौ (yamau) - the two sons of Yama (Nakula and Sahadeva); सः (saḥ) - he; त्वम् (tvam) - you; अस्मान् (asmān) - us; वेद (veda) - knows; सुव्रतः (suvrataḥ) - one of good vows;]
(Not indeed him knows Pārtha even brother Śvetavāhana; not I, not Bhīma, not the two sons of Yama, he you us knows, one of good vows.)
Indeed, neither Pārtha (Arjuna), nor his brother Śvetavāhana (Yudhiṣṭhira), nor I, nor Bhīma, nor the two sons of Yama (Nakula and Sahadeva) know him; nor does he, the one of good vows, know us, O you.
गता किल पृथा तस्य सकाशमिति नः श्रुतम्। अस्माकं शमकामा वै त्वं च पुत्रो ममेत्यथ ॥१२-१-२६॥
gatā kila pṛthā tasya sakāśam iti naḥ śrutam। asmākaṃ śamakāmā vai tvaṃ ca putro mam ety atha ॥12-1-26॥
[गता (gatā) - gone; किल (kila) - indeed; पृथा (pṛthā) - Pṛthā; तस्य (tasya) - to him; सकाशम् (sakāśam) - presence; इति (iti) - thus; नः (naḥ) - to us; श्रुतम् (śrutam) - heard; अस्माकं (asmākaṃ) - our; शमकामा (śamakāmā) - desiring peace; वै (vai) - indeed; त्वं (tvaṃ) - you; च (ca) - and; पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son; मम (mama) - my; इति (iti) - thus; अथ (atha) - then;]
(Gone indeed Pṛthā to his presence thus to us (it is) heard. Of us desiring peace indeed you and (are) son my thus then.)
It is heard by us that Pṛthā has indeed gone to him. You, who desire our peace, are indeed my son—thus (she said) then.
पृथाया न कृतः कामस्तेन चापि महात्मना। अतिपश्चादिदं मातर्यवोचदिति नः श्रुतम् ॥१२-१-२७॥
pṛthāyā na kṛtaḥ kāmas tena cāpi mahātmanā। atipaścād idaṃ mātary avocad iti naḥ śrutam ॥12-1-27॥
[पृथाया (pṛthāyāḥ) - of Pṛthā; (Kuntī) न (na) - not; कृतः (kṛtaḥ) - done; कामः (kāmaḥ) - desire; तेन (tena) - by him; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; महात्मना (mahātmanā) - by the great-souled one; अतिपश्चात् (atipaścāt) - much later; इदं (idam) - this; मातरि (mātari) - to the mother; अवोचत् (avocat) - said; इति (iti) - thus; नः (naḥ) - to us; श्रुतम् (śrutam) - heard;]
(Of Pṛthā, not done was the desire by him and also by the great-souled one; much later, this to the mother he said thus, to us (it is) heard.)
It is heard by us that neither Pṛthā nor the great-souled one had such a desire; much later, he told this to his mother.
न हि शक्ष्याम्यहं त्यक्तुं नृपं दुर्योधनं रणे। अनार्यं च नृशंसं च कृतघ्नं च हि मे भवेत् ॥१२-१-२८॥
na hi śakṣyāmyahaṃ tyaktuṃ nṛpaṃ duryodhanaṃ raṇe। anāryaṃ ca nṛśaṃsaṃ ca kṛtaghnaṃ ca hi me bhavet ॥12-1-28॥
[न (na) - not; हि (hi) - indeed; शक्ष्यामि (śakṣyāmi) - I shall be able; अहम् (aham) - I; त्यक्तुम् (tyaktum) - to abandon; नृपम् (nṛpam) - the king; दुर्योधनम् (duryodhanam) - Duryodhana; रणे (raṇe) - in battle; अनार्यम् (anāryam) - un-noble; च (ca) - and; नृशंसम् (nṛśaṃsam) - cruel; च (ca) - and; कृतघ्नम् (kṛtaghnam) - ungrateful; च (ca) - and; हि (hi) - indeed; मे (me) - to me; भवेत् (bhavet) - would be;]
(I indeed shall not be able to abandon the king Duryodhana in battle; to me, it would indeed be un-noble, cruel, and ungrateful.)
I truly cannot abandon King Duryodhana in battle; for me, that would be ignoble, cruel, and ungrateful.
युधिष्ठिरेण सन्धिं च यदि कुर्यां मते तव। भीतो रणे श्वेतवाहादिति मां मंस्यते जनः ॥१२-१-२९॥
yudhiṣṭhireṇa sandhiṃ ca yadi kuryāṃ mate tava। bhīto raṇe śvetavāhāditi māṃ maṃsyate janaḥ ॥12-1-29॥
[युधिष्ठिरेण (yudhiṣṭhireṇa) - by Yudhishthira; सन्धिं (sandhiṃ) - alliance; च (ca) - and; यदि (yadi) - if; कुर्यां (kuryāṃ) - I should make; मते (mate) - in the opinion; तव (tava) - of you; भीतः (bhītaḥ) - afraid; रणे (raṇe) - in battle; श्वेतवाहात् (śvetavāhāt) - from the white-horsed one; इति (iti) - thus; माम् (mām) - me; मंस्यते (maṃsyate) - will think; जनः (janaḥ) - people;]
(By Yudhishthira alliance and if I should make in the opinion of you, afraid in battle from the white-horsed one, thus me will think people.)
If I make an alliance with Yudhishthira as per your opinion, people will think that I am afraid in battle of the white-horsed one (Arjuna).
सोऽहं निर्जित्य समरे विजयं सहकेशवम्। सन्धास्ये धर्मपुत्रेण पश्चादिति च सोऽब्रवीत् ॥१२-१-३०॥
so'ham nirjitya samare vijayam saha-keśavam। sandhāsye dharmaputreṇa paścād iti ca so'bravīt ॥12-1-30॥
[सः (saḥ) - he; अहम् (aham) - I; निर्जित्य (nirjitya) - having conquered; समरे (samare) - in battle; विजयम् (vijayam) - victory; सह (saha) - with; केशवम् (keśavam) - Keśava (Kṛṣṇa); सन्धास्ये (sandhāsye) - I will make peace; धर्मपुत्रेण (dharmaputreṇa) - with Dharmaputra (Yudhiṣṭhira); पश्चात् (paścāt) - afterwards; इति (iti) - thus; च (ca) - and; सः (saḥ) - he; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said;]
(He, having conquered in battle, with Keśava, will achieve victory; afterwards, I will make peace with Dharmaputra—thus he said:)
He said, "Having conquered in battle together with Keśava, I will achieve victory; afterwards, I will make peace with Dharmaputra."
तमवोचत्किल पृथा पुनः पृथुलवक्षसम्। चतुर्णामभयं देहि कामं युध्यस्व फल्गुनम् ॥१२-१-३१॥
tam avocat kila pṛthā punaḥ pṛthulavakṣasam। caturṇām abhayaṃ dehi kāmaṃ yudhyasva phalgunam ॥12-1-31॥
[तम् (tam) - him; (accusative singular of 'tad') ; अवोचत् (avocat) - spoke; (3rd person singular, perfect of 'vac') ; किल (kila) - indeed; (emphatic particle) ; पृथा (pṛthā) - Pṛthā; (another name for Kuntī, mother of Arjuna) ; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; (adverb) ; पृथुलवक्षसम् (pṛthulavakṣasam) - broad-chested; (accusative singular masculine, describing Arjuna) ; चतुर्णाम् (caturṇām) - of the four; (genitive plural of 'catur') ; अभयम् (abhayam) - fearlessness; (accusative singular neuter) ; देहि (dehi) - give; (imperative 2nd person singular of 'dā') ; कामम् (kāmam) - as you wish; (adverbial accusative of 'kāma') ; युध्यस्व (yudhyasva) - fight; (imperative 2nd person singular of 'yudh') ; फल्गुनम् (phalgunam) - Phalguna; (another name for Arjuna, accusative singular) ;]
(Pṛthā indeed spoke again to him, the broad-chested one: "Give fearlessness to the four, as you wish, fight, O Phalguna.")
Pṛthā (Kuntī) again addressed Arjuna, the broad-chested one: "Grant safety to the four, and then, as you wish, fight, O Phalguna (Arjuna)."
सोऽब्रवीन्मातरं धीमान्वेपमानः कृताञ्जलिः। प्राप्तान्विषह्यांश्चतुरो न हनिष्यामि ते सुतान् ॥१२-१-३२॥
so'bravīn mātaraṃ dhīmān vepamānaḥ kṛtāñjaliḥ। prāptān viṣahyāṃś caturō na haniṣyāmi te sutān ॥12-1-32॥
[सः (saḥ) - he; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said; मातरम् (mātaram) - to mother; धीमान् (dhīmān) - wise; वेपमानः (vepamānaḥ) - trembling; कृताञ्जलिः (kṛtāñjaliḥ) - with joined palms; प्राप्तान् (prāptān) - those who have come; विषह्यान् (viṣahyān) - to be conquered; चतुरः (caturaḥ) - four; न (na) - not; हनिष्यामि (haniṣyāmi) - I will kill; ते (te) - your; सुतान् (sutān) - sons;]
(He, wise, trembling, with joined palms, said to (his) mother: 'I will not kill your four sons who have come and are to be conquered.')
He, wise and trembling, with joined palms, said to his mother: 'I will not kill your four sons who have come here, even though they are to be conquered.'
पञ्चैव हि सुता मातर्भविष्यन्ति हि ते ध्रुवम्। सकर्णा वा हते पार्थे सार्जुना वा हते मयि ॥१२-१-३३॥
pañcaiva hi sutā mātarbhaviṣyanti hi te dhruvam। saskarṇā vā hate pārthe sārjunā vā hate mayi ॥12-1-33॥
[पञ्च (pañca) - five; एव (eva) - indeed; हि (hi) - for; सुताः (sutāḥ) - sons; मातर् (mātar) - O mother; भविष्यन्ति (bhaviṣyanti) - will be; हि (hi) - indeed; ते (te) - your; ध्रुवम् (dhruvam) - certainly; सकर्णाः (saskarṇāḥ) - with Karṇa; वा (vā) - or; हते (hate) - if slain; पार्थे (pārthe) - Pārtha (Arjuna); सार्जुनाः (sārjunāḥ) - with Arjuna; वा (vā) - or; हते (hate) - if slain; मयि (mayi) - if I am (slain);]
(Indeed, O mother, you will certainly have five sons; either with Karṇa, if Pārtha (Arjuna) is slain, or with Arjuna, if I am slain.)
O mother, you will surely have five sons: if Arjuna is killed, then with Karṇa; or if I am killed, then with Arjuna.
तं पुत्रगृद्धिनी भूयो माता पुत्रमथाब्रवीत्। भ्रातॄणां स्वस्ति कुर्वीथा येषां स्वस्ति चिकीर्षसि ॥१२-१-३४॥
taṃ putragṛddhinī bhūyo mātā putram athābravīt। bhrātṝṇāṃ svasti kurvīthā yeṣāṃ svasti cikīrṣasi ॥12-1-34॥
[तं (taṃ) - him; पुत्रगृद्धिनी (putragṛddhinī) - desiring son; भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again; माता (mātā) - mother; पुत्रम् (putram) - son; अथ (atha) - then; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said; भ्रातॄणाम् (bhrātṝṇām) - of brothers; स्वस्ति (svasti) - well-being; कुर्वीथाः (kurvīthāḥ) - may you do; येषाम् (yeṣām) - of whom; स्वस्ति (svasti) - well-being; चिकीर्षसि (cikīrṣasi) - you wish to do;]
(Desiring a son, the mother again said to him: "May you do well-being for those brothers for whom you wish to do well-being.")
Desiring a son, the mother again said to her son: "Do good to those brothers for whom you wish to do good."
तमेवमुक्त्वा तु पृथा विसृज्योपययौ गृहान्। सोऽर्जुनेन हतो वीरो भ्राता भ्रात्रा सहोदरः ॥१२-१-३५॥
tamevam uktvā tu pṛthā visṛjya upayayau gṛhān। so'rjunena hato vīro bhrātā bhrātrā sahodaraḥ ॥12-1-35॥
[तम् (tam) - him; एवम् (evam) - thus; उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having spoken; तु (tu) - but; पृथा (pṛthā) - Pṛthā; विसृज्य (visṛjya) - having dismissed; उपययौ (upayayau) - approached; गृहान् (gṛhān) - the houses; सः (saḥ) - he; अर्जुनेन (arjunena) - by Arjuna; हतः (hataḥ) - slain; वीरः (vīraḥ) - hero; भ्राता (bhrātā) - brother; भ्रात्रा (bhrātrā) - by the brother; सहोदरः (sahodaraḥ) - born of the same womb;]
(Having thus spoken to him, Pṛthā, having dismissed (him), went to the houses. He, the hero, the brother born of the same womb, was slain by Arjuna, by his brother.)
After saying this to him, Pṛthā dismissed him and went to her chambers. He, the heroic brother born of the same mother, was slain by Arjuna, his own brother.
न चैव विवृतो मन्त्रः पृथायास्तस्य वा मुने। अथ शूरो महेष्वासः पार्थेनासौ निपातितः ॥१२-१-३६॥
na caiva vivṛto mantraḥ pṛthāyās tasya vā mune। atha śūro maheṣvāsaḥ pārthenāsau nipātitaḥ ॥12-1-36॥
[न (na) - not; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; विवृतः (vivṛtaḥ) - revealed; मन्त्रः (mantraḥ) - counsel; पृथायाः (pṛthāyāḥ) - of Pṛthā; तस्य (tasya) - his; वा (vā) - or; मुने (mune) - O sage; अथ (atha) - then; शूरः (śūraḥ) - hero; महेष्वासः (maheṣvāsaḥ) - great archer; पार्थेन (pārthena) - by Pārtha; असौ (asau) - he; निपातितः (nipātitaḥ) - struck down;]
(Not indeed was the counsel of Pṛthā or his revealed, O sage. Then the hero, the great archer, was struck down by Pārtha.)
Neither Pṛthā's nor his counsel was revealed, O sage. Then that hero, the great archer, was struck down by Pārtha.
अहं त्वज्ञासिषं पश्चात्स्वसोदर्यं द्विजोत्तम। पूर्वजं भ्रातरं कर्णं पृथाया वचनात्प्रभो ॥१२-१-३७॥
ahaṃ tv ajñāsiṣaṃ paścāt svasodaryaṃ dvijottama। pūrvajaṃ bhrātaraṃ karṇaṃ pṛthāyā vacanāt prabho ॥12-1-37॥
[अहं (ahaṃ) - I; त्व (tv) - indeed; अज्ञासिषं (ajñāsiṣaṃ) - came to know; पश्चात् (paścāt) - afterwards; स्वसोदर्यं (svasodaryaṃ) - own uterine brother; द्विजोत्तम (dvijottama) - O best of Brāhmaṇas; पूर्वजं (pūrvajaṃ) - elder; भ्रातरं (bhrātaraṃ) - brother; कर्णं (karṇaṃ) - Karṇa; पृथाया (pṛthāyā) - of Kuntī; वचनात् (vacanāt) - from the words; प्रभो (prabho) - O lord;]
(I indeed came to know afterwards, O best of Brāhmaṇas, that Karṇa, the elder brother, was my own uterine brother, from the words of Kuntī, O lord.)
O best of Brāhmaṇas, I came to know only later, O lord, from Kuntī's words that Karṇa, the elder brother, was my own uterine brother.
तेन मे दूयतेऽतीव हृदयं भ्रातृघातिनः। कर्णार्जुनसहायोऽहं जयेयमपि वासवम् ॥१२-१-३८॥
tena me dūyate'tīva hṛdayaṃ bhrātṛghātinaḥ। karṇārjunasahāyo'haṃ jayeyamapi vāsavam ॥12-1-38॥
[तेन (tena) - by that; मे (me) - my; दूयते (dūyate) - is pained; अतीव (atīva) - exceedingly; हृदयं (hṛdayam) - heart; भ्रातृघातिनः (bhrātṛghātinaḥ) - of the brother-slayer; कर्णार्जुनसहायः (karṇārjunasahāyaḥ) - having Karṇa and Arjuna as allies; अहम् (aham) - I; जयेयम् (jayeyam) - could conquer; अपि (api) - even; वासवम् (vāsavam) - Indra;]
(By that, my heart is exceedingly pained, O slayer of brothers. Having Karṇa and Arjuna as allies, I could even conquer Indra.)
Because of that, my heart is greatly troubled, O slayer of brothers. With Karṇa and Arjuna as my allies, I could even defeat Indra.
सभायां क्लिश्यमानस्य धार्तराष्ट्रैर्दुरात्मभिः। सहसोत्पतितः क्रोधः कर्णं दृष्ट्वा प्रशाम्यति ॥१२-१-३९॥
sabhāyāṃ kliśyamānasya dhārtarāṣṭrair durātmabhiḥ। sahasotpatitaḥ krodhaḥ karṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā praśāmyati ॥12-1-39॥
[सभायाम् (sabhāyām) - in the assembly; क्लिश्यमानस्य (kliśyamānasya) - of (him who is) being tormented; धार्तराष्ट्रैः (dhārtarāṣṭraiḥ) - by the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra; दुरात्मभिः (durātmabhiḥ) - by the evil-minded; सहसा (sahasā) - suddenly; उत्पतितः (utpatitaḥ) - arisen; क्रोधः (krodhaḥ) - anger; कर्णम् (karṇam) - Karna; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; प्रशाम्यति (praśāmyati) - subsides;]
(In the assembly, of (him who is) being tormented by the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, by the evil-minded, suddenly arisen anger, having seen Karna, subsides.)
In the assembly, when he was being tormented by the evil-minded sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, his suddenly arisen anger subsides upon seeing Karna.
यदा ह्यस्य गिरो रूक्षाः शृणोमि कटुकोदयाः। सभायां गदतो द्यूते दुर्योधनहितैषिणः ॥१२-१-४०॥
yadā hy asya giro rūkṣāḥ śṛṇomi kaṭukodayāḥ। sabhāyāṃ gadato dyūte duryodhanahitaiṣiṇaḥ ॥12-1-40॥
[यदा (yadā) - when; हि (hi) - indeed; अस्य (asya) - his; गिरः (giraḥ) - words; रूक्षाः (rūkṣāḥ) - harsh; शृणोमि (śṛṇomi) - I hear; कटु-उदयाः (kaṭu-udayāḥ) - bitter-arising; सभायाम् (sabhāyām) - in the assembly; गदतः (gadataḥ) - speaking; द्यूते (dyūte) - in the game (of dice); दुर्योधन-हित-ऐषिणः (duryodhana-hita-aiṣiṇaḥ) - seeking Duryodhana's benefit;]
(When indeed I hear his harsh words, bitter-arising, in the assembly, speaking in the game (of dice), seeking Duryodhana's benefit.)
Whenever I hear his harsh and bitter words in the assembly, spoken during the game of dice, seeking Duryodhana's advantage.
तदा नश्यति मे क्रोधः पादौ तस्य निरीक्ष्य ह। कुन्त्या हि सदृशौ पादौ कर्णस्येति मतिर्मम ॥१२-१-४१॥
tadā naśyati me krodhaḥ pādau tasya nirīkṣya ha। kuntyā hi sadṛśau pādau karṇasyeti matirmama ॥12-1-41॥
[तदा (tadā) - then; नश्यति (naśyati) - is destroyed; मे (me) - my; क्रोधः (krodhaḥ) - anger; पादौ (pādau) - feet (dual); तस्य (tasya) - his; निरीक्ष्य (nirīkṣya) - having seen; ह (ha) - indeed; कुन्त्या (kuntyā) - by Kunti; हि (hi) - indeed; सदृशौ (sadṛśau) - similar (dual); पादौ (pādau) - feet (dual); कर्णस्य (karṇasya) - of Karṇa; इति (iti) - thus; मतिः (matiḥ) - thought; मम (mama) - my;]
(Then my anger is destroyed, having seen his feet indeed; by Kunti indeed, similar are the feet of Karṇa—thus is my thought.)
Then my anger vanishes when I see his feet; for the feet of Karṇa are indeed like Kunti's—this is my thought.
सादृश्यहेतुमन्विच्छन्पृथायास्तव चैव ह। कारणं नाधिगच्छामि कथञ्चिदपि चिन्तयन् ॥१२-१-४२॥
sādṛśya-hetum anvicchan pṛthāyās tava ca eva ha। kāraṇam na adhigacchāmi kathaṃcit api cintayan ॥12-1-42॥
[सादृश्य (sādṛśya) - similarity; resemblance; हेतुम् (hetum) - cause; reason; अन्विच्छन् (anvicchan) - seeking; searching; पृथायाः (pṛthāyāḥ) - of Pṛthā (Kuntī); तव (tava) - your; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; surely; ह (ha) - verily; certainly; कारणम् (kāraṇam) - cause; reason; न (na) - not; अधिगच्छामि (adhigacchāmi) - I obtain; I find; कथञ्चित् (kathaṃcit) - in any way; somehow; अपि (api) - even; also; चिन्तयन् (cintayan) - thinking; pondering;]
(Seeking the cause of similarity of Pṛthā and yours indeed, I do not find the reason in any way, even while thinking.)
While seeking the cause of the resemblance between Pṛthā and yourself, I am unable to find any reason at all, no matter how much I ponder.
कथं नु तस्य सङ्ग्रामे पृथिवी चक्रमग्रसत्। कथं च शप्तो भ्राता मे तत्त्वं वक्तुमिहार्हसि ॥१२-१-४३॥
kathaṁ nu tasya saṅgrāme pṛthivī cakram agrasat। kathaṁ ca śapto bhrātā me tattvaṁ vaktum iha arhasi ॥12-1-43॥
[कथं (kathaṁ) - how; नु (nu) - indeed; तस्य (tasya) - of him; सङ्ग्रामे (saṅgrāme) - in battle; पृथिवी (pṛthivī) - earth; चक्रम् (cakram) - wheel; अग्रसत् (agrasat) - devoured; कथं (kathaṁ) - how; च (ca) - and; शप्तः (śaptaḥ) - cursed; भ्राता (bhrātā) - brother; मे (me) - my; तत्त्वम् (tattvam) - truth; वक्तुम् (vaktum) - to speak; इह (iha) - here; अर्हसि (arhasi) - you ought;]
(How indeed in battle did the earth devour the wheel of him? And how was my brother cursed? You ought to speak the truth here.)
How, indeed, in that battle did the earth swallow his wheel? And how was my brother cursed? You ought to tell me the truth here.
श्रोतुमिच्छामि भगवंस्त्वत्तः सर्वं यथातथम्। भवान्हि सर्वविद्विद्वाँल्लोके वेद कृताकृतम् ॥१२-१-४४॥
śrotum icchāmi bhagavan tvattaḥ sarvaṃ yathā-tatham। bhavān hi sarva-vid vidvān loke veda kṛtākṛtam ॥12-1-44॥
[श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear; (infinitive of śru, to hear); इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish; (from icch, to wish); भगवन् (bhagavan) - O revered one; (vocative of bhagavat, revered one); त्वत्तः (tvattaḥ) - from you; (ablative of tvam, you); सर्वम् (sarvam) - all; everything; यथा (yathā) - as; in what manner; तथम् (tatham) - so; thus; भवान् (bhavān) - you; (honorific); हि (hi) - indeed; for; सर्वविद् (sarva-vid) - all-knower; one who knows everything; विद्वान् (vidvān) - wise; learned; लोके (loke) - in the world; वेद (veda) - knows; (from vid, to know); कृत (kṛta) - done; accomplished; अकृतम् (akṛtam) - not done; unaccomplished;]
(I wish to hear, O revered one, from you, all (things), as they are. For you, indeed, are the all-knower, the wise one in the world, who knows what is done and not done.)
O revered one, I wish to hear everything from you exactly as it is. For you are the all-knowing, the wise one in the world, who knows what has been done and what has not.
