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Core and Pancharatra: When further enquired, Vyasa advised Yudhishthira to ask Bhishma, who is most knowledgeable on the subject. The son of Pāṇḍu, surrounded by friends and praised with auspicious words, entered the city.
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:
श्रोतुमिच्छामि भगवन्विस्तरेण महामुने। राजधर्मान्द्विजश्रेष्ठ चातुर्वर्ण्यस्य चाखिलान् ॥१२-३८-१॥
śrotum icchāmi bhagavan vistareṇa mahāmune। rājadarmān dvijaśreṣṭha cāturvarṇyasya ca akhilān ॥12-38-1॥
[श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear; इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish; भगवन् (bhagavan) - O revered one; विस्तरेण (vistareṇa) - in detail; महामुने (mahāmune) - O great sage; राजधर्मान् (rājadarmān) - the duties of kings; द्विजश्रेष्ठ (dvijaśreṣṭha) - O best of the twice-born; च (ca) - and; चातुर्वर्ण्यस्य (cāturvarṇyasya) - of the four classes; च (ca) - and; अखिलान् (akhilān) - all;]
(To hear I wish, O revered one, in detail, O great sage, the duties of kings, O best of the twice-born, and of the four classes, and all.)
O revered one, I wish to hear in detail from you, O great sage, about the duties of kings, O best of the twice-born, and all the duties of the four classes.
आपत्सु च यथा नीतिर्विधातव्या महीक्षिता। धर्म्यमालम्ब्य पन्थानं विजयेयं कथं महीम् ॥१२-३८-२॥
āpatsu ca yathā nītir vidhātavyā mahīkṣitā। dharmyamalambya panthānaṃ vijayeyam kathaṃ mahīm ॥12-38-2॥
[आपत्सु (āpatsu) - in calamities; च (ca) - and; यथा (yathā) - as; नीतिः (nītiḥ) - policy; विधातव्या (vidhātavyā) - should be established; महीक्षिता (mahīkṣitā) - by the rulers of the earth; धर्म्यम् (dharmyam) - righteous; आलम्ब्य (ālambya) - relying upon; पन्थानम् (panthānam) - path; विजयेयम् (vijayeyam) - should conquer; कथम् (katham) - how; महीम् (mahīm) - the earth;]
(In calamities and as policy should be established by the rulers of the earth, relying upon the righteous path, how should I conquer the earth?)
In times of calamity, how should a king establish policy and, relying on the righteous path, conquer the earth?
प्रायश्चित्तकथा ह्येषा भक्ष्याभक्ष्यविवर्धिता। कौतूहलानुप्रवणा हर्षं जनयतीव मे ॥१२-३८-३॥
prāyaścittakathā hyeṣā bhakṣyābhakṣyavivardhitā। kautūhalānupravāṇā harṣaṃ janayatīva me ॥12-38-3॥
[प्रायश्चित्त (prāyaścitta) - expiation; कथा (kathā) - story; हि (hi) - indeed; एषा (eṣā) - this; भक्ष्य (bhakṣya) - edible; अभक्ष्य (abhakṣya) - inedible; विवर्धिता (vivardhitā) - increased; कौतूहल (kautūhala) - curiosity; अनुप्रवणा (anupravāṇā) - inclined towards; हर्षं (harṣaṃ) - joy; जनयति (janayati) - produces; इव (iva) - as if; मे (me) - to me;]
(The story of expiation, indeed, this, increased by (the topic of) edible and inedible, inclined towards curiosity, produces joy as if to me.)
This story of expiation, indeed, expanded by the discussion of what is edible and inedible, and inclined towards curiosity, seems to produce joy in me.
धर्मचर्या च राज्यं च नित्यमेव विरुध्यते। येन मुह्यति मे चेतश्चिन्तयानस्य नित्यशः ॥१२-३८-४॥
dharmacaryā ca rājyaṃ ca nityam-eva virudhyate। yena muhyati me cetaś-cintayānasya nityaśaḥ ॥12-38-4॥
[धर्मचर्या (dharmacaryā) - practice of dharma; च (ca) - and; राज्यम् (rājyaṃ) - kingdom; च (ca) - and; नित्यम् (nityam) - always; एव (eva) - indeed; विरुध्यते (virudhyate) - is opposed; येन (yena) - by which; मुह्यति (muhyati) - is deluded; मे (me) - my; चेतः (cetaḥ) - mind; चिन्तयानस्य (cintayānasya) - of one who is reflecting; नित्यशः (nityaśaḥ) - constantly;]
(The practice of dharma and the kingdom are always indeed opposed; by which my mind, constantly reflecting, is deluded.)
The pursuit of dharma and the responsibilities of ruling are always in conflict; this is what constantly confuses my mind as I reflect upon it.
वैशम्पायन उवाच॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca॥
[वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) - Vaiśampāyana; (proper noun, name of a sage); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (from the root 'vac', to speak);]
(Vaiśampāyana said;)
Vaiśampāyana said:
तमुवाच महातेजा व्यासो वेदविदां वरः। नारदं समभिप्रेक्ष्य सर्वं जानन्पुरातनम् ॥१२-३८-५॥
tamuvāca mahātejā vyāso vedavidāṃ varaḥ। nāradaṃ samabhiprekṣya sarvaṃ jānan purātanam ॥12-38-5॥
[तम् (tam) - him; उवाच (uvāca) - said; महातेजा (mahātejā) - of great brilliance; व्यासः (vyāsaḥ) - Vyāsa; वेदविदां (vedavidām) - of the knowers of the Veda; वरः (varaḥ) - the foremost; नारदम् (nāradam) - Nārada; समभिप्रेक्ष्य (samabhiprekṣya) - having looked upon; सर्वम् (sarvam) - all; जानन् (jānan) - knowing; पुरातनम् (purātanam) - ancient;]
(Him said (the) great-brilliant Vyāsa, foremost of the knowers of the Veda, having looked upon Nārada, knowing all (that is) ancient.)
Vyāsa, the great-brilliant sage and foremost among the knowers of the Veda, having looked upon Nārada and knowing all that is ancient, spoke to him.
श्रोतुमिच्छसि चेद्धर्मानखिलेन युधिष्ठिर। प्रैहि भीष्मं महाबाहो वृद्धं कुरुपितामहम् ॥१२-३८-६॥
śrotum icchasi ced dharmān akhilena yudhiṣṭhira। praihi bhīṣmaṃ mahābāho vṛddhaṃ kurupitāmaham ॥12-38-6॥
[श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear; (infinitive of śru, to hear); इच्छसि (icchasi) - you desire; (from icch, to wish); चेत् (cet) - if; (conditional particle); धर्मान् (dharmān) - dharmas; (accusative plural of dharma, duties/laws); अखिलेन (akhilena) - in entirety; (instrumental singular of akhila, whole); युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhiṣṭhira; (vocative, name); प्रैहि (praihi) - go; (imperative of pra + i, to go forth); भीष्मम् (bhīṣmam) - to Bhīṣma; (accusative singular, name); महाबाहो (mahābāho) - O mighty-armed; (vocative, mahā-bāhu, great-armed); वृद्धम् (vṛddham) - aged; (accusative singular, old); कुरुपितामहम् (kurupitāmaham) - the grandsire of the Kurus; (accusative singular, kuru-pitāmaha, ancestor of the Kurus);]
(If you desire to hear the dharmas in entirety, O Yudhiṣṭhira, go to Bhīṣma, O mighty-armed, the aged grandsire of the Kurus.)
O Yudhiṣṭhira, if you wish to learn all the dharmas in their entirety, go to Bhīṣma, the mighty-armed and aged grandsire of the Kurus.
स ते सर्वरहस्येषु संशयान्मनसि स्थितान्। छेत्ता भागीरथीपुत्रः सर्वज्ञः सर्वधर्मवित् ॥१२-३८-७॥
sa te sarvarahasyeṣu saṃśayān manasi sthitān। chettā bhāgīrathīputraḥ sarvajñaḥ sarvadharmavit ॥12-38-7॥
[स (sa) - he; ते (te) - your; सर्वरहस्येषु (sarvarahasyeṣu) - in all secrets; संशयान् (saṃśayān) - doubts; मनसि (manasi) - in (your) mind; स्थितान् (sthitān) - situated; छेत्ता (chettā) - remover; भागीरथीपुत्रः (bhāgīrathīputraḥ) - son of Bhagirathi (Bhīṣma); सर्वज्ञः (sarvajñaḥ) - all-knowing; सर्वधर्मवित् (sarvadharmavit) - knower of all dharmas;]
(He, the remover of doubts situated in your mind regarding all secrets, Bhāgīrathī's son, all-knowing, knower of all dharmas.)
He, Bhāgīrathī's son, who is all-knowing and knower of all dharmas, will remove all the doubts that are situated in your mind regarding all secrets.
जनयामास यं देवी दिव्या त्रिपथगा नदी। साक्षाद्ददर्श यो देवान्सर्वाञ्शक्रपुरोगमान् ॥१२-३८-८॥
janayāmāsa yaṃ devī divyā tripathagā nadī। sākṣāddadarśa yo devānsarvāñśakrapurogamān ॥12-38-8॥
[जनयामास (janayāmāsa) - generated; created; यं (yaṃ) - whom; देवी (devī) - the goddess; दिव्या (divyā) - divine; त्रिपथगा (tripathagā) - three-path-going; (the river Ganga); नदी (nadī) - river; साक्षात् (sākṣāt) - directly; before the eyes; ददर्श (dadarśa) - saw; यः (yaḥ) - who; देवान् (devān) - the gods; सर्वान् (sarvān) - all; शक्रपुरोगमान् (śakrapurogamān) - with Indra at the front; led by Indra;]
(The goddess, the divine river Tripathagā, generated him whom, directly, he saw all the gods led by Indra.)
The goddess, the divine river Ganga, gave birth to him, who directly saw all the gods led by Indra.
बृहस्पतिपुरोगांश्च देवर्षीनसकृत्प्रभुः। तोषयित्वोपचारेण राजनीतिमधीतवान् ॥१२-३८-९॥
bṛhaspatipurogāṃś ca devarṣīn asakṛt prabhuḥ। toṣayitvopacāreṇa rāj nītim adhītavān ॥12-38-9॥
[बृहस्पति (bṛhaspati) - Bṛhaspati; (the preceptor of the gods); पुरोगान् (purogān) - preceded by; च (ca) - and; देवर्षीन् (devarṣīn) - divine sages; असकृत् (asakṛt) - repeatedly; प्रभुः (prabhuḥ) - the lord; तोषयित्वा (toṣayitvā) - having pleased; उपचारेण (upacāreṇa) - with respect; राजनीतिम् (rājanītim) - political science; अधीतवान् (adhītavān) - studied;]
(Bṛhaspati and others, divine sages, repeatedly, the lord, having pleased, with respect, political science, studied.)
The lord, having repeatedly pleased Bṛhaspati and the divine sages with respect, studied political science.
उशना वेद यच्छास्त्रं देवासुरगुरुर्द्विजः। तच्च सर्वं सवैयाख्यं प्राप्तवान्कुरुसत्तमः ॥१२-३८-१०॥
uśanā veda yac chāstraṃ devāsuragurur dvijaḥ। tac ca sarvaṃ savaiyākhyaṃ prāptavān kurusattamaḥ ॥12-38-10॥
[उशना (uśanā) - Uśanas; (the sage Śukra) वेद (veda) - knows; (has knowledge) यत् (yat) - which; (that which) शास्त्रं (śāstraṃ) - treatise; (scripture, science) देवासुरगुरुः (devāsuraguruḥ) - the preceptor of gods and asuras; (Śukra) द्विजः (dvijaḥ) - the twice-born; (a Brāhmaṇa) तत् (tat) - that; च (ca) - and; सर्वं (sarvaṃ) - all; सवैयाख्यम् (savaiyākhyam) - with explanation; प्राप्तवान् (prāptavān) - has obtained; कुरुसत्तमः (kurusattamaḥ) - O best of the Kurus; (Arjuna);]
(Uśanas knows that treatise which the preceptor of gods and asuras, the twice-born, (Śukra), and that all with explanation has obtained, O best of the Kurus.)
O best of the Kurus, Uśanas, the preceptor of gods and asuras, who is twice-born, knows that treatise and has obtained all of it with its explanation.
भार्गवाच्च्यवनाच्चापि वेदानङ्गोपबृंहितान्। प्रतिपेदे महाबुद्धिर्वसिष्ठाच्च यतव्रतात् ॥१२-३८-११॥
bhārgavāc cyavanāc cāpi vedānaṅgopabṛṃhitān। pratipede mahābuddhir vasiṣṭhāc ca yatavratāt ॥12-38-11॥
[भार्गवात् (bhārgavāt) - from Bhārgava; च्यवनात् (cyavanāt) - from Cyavana; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; वेदान् (vedān) - the Vedas; अङ्ग (aṅga) - limbs; उपबृंहितान् (upabṛṃhitān) - supplemented; प्रतिपेदे (pratipede) - obtained; महाबुद्धिः (mahābuddhiḥ) - the great intellect; वसिष्ठात् (vasiṣṭhāt) - from Vasiṣṭha; च (ca) - and; यतव्रतात् (yatavratāt) - from the one of controlled vows;]
(From Bhārgava, from Cyavana, and also (he obtained) the Vedas supplemented with limbs; the great intellect obtained (them) from Vasiṣṭha and from the one of controlled vows.)
The great intellect received the Vedas, complete with their supplementary limbs, from Bhārgava, Cyavana, Vasiṣṭha, and the one of controlled vows.
पितामहसुतं ज्येष्ठं कुमारं दीप्ततेजसम्। अध्यात्मगतितत्त्वज्ञमुपाशिक्षत यः पुरा ॥१२-३८-१२॥
pitāmahasutaṃ jyeṣṭhaṃ kumāraṃ dīptatejasam। adhyātmagatitattvajñamupāśikṣata yaḥ purā ॥12-38-12॥
[पितामहसुतम् (pitāmahasutam) - grandfather's son; (i.e., uncle or father); ज्येष्ठम् (jyeṣṭham) - eldest; senior; कुमारम् (kumāram) - prince; youth; दीप्ततेजसम् (dīptatejasam) - of blazing splendor; अध्यात्मगतितत्त्वज्ञम् (adhyātmagatitattvajñam) - knower of the truth of the course of the self; उपाशिक्षत (upāśikṣata) - instructed; taught; यः (yaḥ) - who; पुरा (purā) - formerly;]
(Grandfather's son, eldest, prince, of blazing splendor, knower of the truth of the course of the self, who formerly instructed.)
He who, in ancient times, instructed the eldest prince, the son of the grandfather, endowed with blazing splendor and knowledge of the truth of the path of the self.
मार्कण्डेयमुखात्कृत्स्नं यतिधर्ममवाप्तवान्। रामादस्त्राणि शक्राच्च प्राप्तवान्भरतर्षभ ॥१२-३८-१३॥
mārkaṇḍeyamukhātkṛtsnaṃ yatidharmamavāptavān। rāmādastrāṇi śakrācca prāptavānbharatarṣabha ॥12-38-13॥
[मार्कण्डेय (mārkaṇḍeya) - Markandeya; (sage's name); मुखात् (mukhāt) - from the mouth; (from the speech); कृत्स्नं (kṛtsnam) - entire; whole; यति (yati) - ascetic; धर्मम् (dharmam) - dharma; law; अवाप्तवान् (avāptavān) - obtained; acquired; रामात् (rāmāt) - from Rama; अस्त्राणि (astrāṇi) - weapons; missiles; शक्रात् (śakrāt) - from Indra; च (ca) - and; प्राप्तवान् (prāptavān) - obtained; acquired; भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - bull among the Bharatas; (epithet for hero);]
(He obtained the entire ascetic dharma from the mouth of Markandeya. O bull among the Bharatas, he obtained weapons from Rama and also from Indra.)
He learned the complete duties of an ascetic from Markandeya, and, O best of the Bharatas, he received weapons from Rama and Indra.
मृत्युरात्मेच्छया यस्य जातस्य मनुजेष्वपि। तथानपत्यस्य सतः पुण्यलोका दिवि श्रुताः ॥१२-३८-१४॥
mṛtyurātmechchhayā yasya jātasya manujeṣvapi। tathānapatyasya sataḥ puṇyalokā divi śrutāḥ ॥12-38-14॥
[मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death; आत्म-इच्छया (ātma-icchayā) - by one's own wish; यस्य (yasya) - of whom; जातस्य (jātasya) - of one born; मनुजेषु (manujeṣu) - among men; अपि (api) - even; तथा (tathā) - likewise; अनपत्यस्य (anapatyasya) - of one without offspring; सतः (sataḥ) - of the existing; पुण्य-लोकाः (puṇya-lokāḥ) - worlds of merit; दिवि (divi) - in heaven; श्रुताः (śrutāḥ) - are heard (of);]
(Death by one's own wish of whom, of one born among men even; likewise, of one without offspring, of the existing, worlds of merit in heaven are heard (of).)
It is heard that among men, death by one's own wish occurs; likewise, for one who is childless but virtuous, the worlds of merit in heaven are spoken of.
यस्य ब्रह्मर्षयः पुण्या नित्यमासन्सभासदः। यस्य नाविदितं किञ्चिज्ज्ञानज्ञेयेषु विद्यते ॥१२-३८-१५॥
yasya brahmarṣayaḥ puṇyā nityam āsan sabhāsadaḥ। yasya na aviditaṃ kiñcit jñāna-jñeyeṣu vidyate॥12-38-15॥
[यस्य (yasya) - of whom; ब्रह्मर्षयः (brahmarṣayaḥ) - brahma-ṛṣis; पुण्या (puṇyāḥ) - pure; meritorious; नित्यम् (nityam) - always; आसन् (āsan) - were; सभासदः (sabhāsadaḥ) - members of the assembly; यस्य (yasya) - of whom; न (na) - not; अविदितम् (aviditam) - unknown; किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - anything; ज्ञानज्ञेयेषु (jñāna-jñeyeṣu) - in knowledge and knowables; विद्यते (vidyate) - exists;]
(Of whom the brahma-ṛṣis, pure, always were members of the assembly; of whom nothing unknown in knowledge and knowables exists.)
In whose assembly the pure brahma-ṛṣis always resided, and for whom nothing remains unknown among knowledge and knowables.
स ते वक्ष्यति धर्मज्ञः सूक्ष्मधर्मार्थतत्त्ववित्। तमभ्येहि पुरा प्राणान्स विमुञ्चति धर्मवित् ॥१२-३८-१६॥
sa te vakṣyati dharmajñaḥ sūkṣmadharmārthatattvavit। tam abhyēhi purā prāṇāṁs sa vimuñcati dharmavit॥12-38-16॥
[स (sa) - he; ते (te) - to you; वक्ष्यति (vakṣyati) - will speak; धर्मज्ञः (dharmajñaḥ) - knower of dharma; सूक्ष्मधर्मार्थतत्त्ववित् (sūkṣmadharmārthatattvavit) - knower of the essence of subtle dharma and artha; तम् (tam) - him; अभ्येहि (abhyēhi) - approach; पुरा (purā) - before; प्राणान् (prāṇān) - life-breaths; सः (saḥ) - he; विमुञ्चति (vimuñcati) - releases; धर्मवित् (dharmavit) - knower of dharma;]
(He, the knower of dharma, who knows the essence of subtle dharma and artha, will speak to you. Approach him before he, the knower of dharma, releases his life-breaths.)
He, who knows the essence of subtle dharma and artha, will explain it to you. Go to him before he, the knower of dharma, passes away.
एवमुक्तस्तु कौन्तेयो दीर्घप्रज्ञो महाद्युतिः। उवाच वदतां श्रेष्ठं व्यासं सत्यवतीसुतम् ॥१२-३८-१७॥
evam-uktas-tu kaunteyo dīrghaprajño mahādyutiḥ। uvāca vadatāṃ śreṣṭhaṃ vyāsaṃ satyavatīsutam ॥12-38-17॥
[एवम् (evam) - thus; उक्तः (uktaḥ) - having been spoken; तु (tu) - but; कौन्तेयः (kaunteyaḥ) - son of Kunti; दीर्घप्रज्ञः (dīrghaprajñaḥ) - of great wisdom; महाद्युतिः (mahādyutiḥ) - of great splendor; उवाच (uvāca) - said; वदताम् (vadatām) - of speakers; श्रेष्ठम् (śreṣṭham) - the best; व्यासम् (vyāsam) - Vyāsa; सत्यवतीसुतम् (satyavatīsutam) - the son of Satyavatī;]
(Thus having been spoken, but the son of Kunti, of great wisdom, of great splendor, said to Vyāsa, the best of speakers, the son of Satyavatī.)
Thus addressed, the wise and illustrious son of Kunti spoke to Vyāsa, the best among speakers and son of Satyavatī.
वैशसं सुमहत्कृत्वा ज्ञातीनां लोमहर्षणम्। आगस्कृत्सर्वलोकस्य पृथिवीनाशकारकः ॥१२-३८-१८॥
vaiśaṁ sumahat kṛtvā jñātīnāṁ lomaharṣaṇam। āgaskṛt sarvalokasya pṛthivīnāśakārakaḥ ॥12-38-18॥
[वैशसं (vaiśaṁ) - slaughter; सुमहत् (sumahat) - very great; कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having done; ज्ञातीनाम् (jñātīnām) - of kinsmen; लोमहर्षणम् (lomaharṣaṇam) - hair-raising; आगः-कृत् (āgaḥ-kṛt) - committer of sin; सर्वलोकस्य (sarvalokasya) - of all worlds; पृथिवी-नाश-कारकः (pṛthivī-nāśa-kārakaḥ) - cause of the destruction of the earth;]
(Having committed a very great slaughter, hair-raising for the kinsmen, the committer of sin for all worlds, the cause of the destruction of the earth.)
Having perpetrated a tremendous massacre that horrified his kinsmen, he became a sinner in the eyes of all worlds and the cause of the earth's destruction.
घातयित्वा तमेवाजौ छलेनाजिह्मयोधिनम्। उपसम्प्रष्टुमर्हामि तमहं केन हेतुना ॥१२-३८-१९॥
ghātayitvā tamevājau chalenājihmayodhinam। upasamprashṭumarhāmi tamahaṃ kena hetunā ॥12-38-19॥
[घातयित्वा (ghātayitvā) - having caused to be killed; तम् (tam) - him; एव (eva) - only; आजौ (ājau) - in battle; छलेन (chalenā) - by deceit; अजिह्मयोधिनम् (ajihmayodhinam) - one who does not fight crookedly; उपसम्प्रष्टुम् (upasamprashṭum) - to approach; अर्हामि (arhāmi) - I am worthy; तम् (tam) - him; अहम् (aham) - I; केन (kena) - by what; हेतुना (hetunā) - reason;]
(Having caused only him, who does not fight crookedly, to be killed in battle by deceit, by what reason am I worthy to approach him?)
By what reason am I worthy to approach him, having caused only him, who fights honestly, to be killed in battle by deceit?
ततस्तं नृपतिश्रेष्ठं चातुर्वर्ण्यहितेप्सया। पुनराह महाबाहुर्यदुश्रेष्ठो महाद्युतिः ॥१२-३८-२०॥
tatastaṃ nṛpatiśreṣṭhaṃ cāturvarṇyahitepsayā। punarāha mahābāhuryaduśreṣṭho mahādyutiḥ ॥12-38-20॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; तम् (tam) - him; नृपति-श्रेष्ठम् (nṛpati-śreṣṭham) - the best among kings; चातुर्वर्ण्य-हित-इप्सया (cāturvarṇya-hita-ipsayā) - with desire for the welfare of the four orders; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; आह (āha) - said; महाबाहुः (mahābāhuḥ) - the mighty-armed; यदु-श्रेष्ठः (yadu-śreṣṭhaḥ) - the best of the Yadus; महाद्युतिः (mahādyutiḥ) - of great splendor;]
(Then, to him, the best among kings, with desire for the welfare of the four orders, again said the mighty-armed, the best of the Yadus, of great splendor.)
Then the mighty-armed, illustrious best of the Yadus, again addressed that foremost of kings, wishing for the welfare of the four orders.
नेदानीमतिनिर्बन्धं शोके कर्तुमिहार्हसि। यदाह भगवान्व्यासस्तत्कुरुष्व नृपोत्तम ॥१२-३८-२१॥
nedānīmatinirbandhaṃ śoke kartumihārhasi। yadāha bhagavānvyāsastatkuruṣva nṛpottama ॥12-38-21॥
[नेदानीम् (nedānīm) - not now; अति-निर्बन्धम् (ati-nirbandham) - excessive insistence; शोके (śoke) - in grief; कर्तुम् (kartum) - to do; इह (iha) - here; अर्हसि (arhasi) - you ought; यत् (yat) - what; आह (āha) - said; भगवान् (bhagavān) - the venerable; व्यासः (vyāsaḥ) - Vyāsa; तत् (tat) - that; कुरुष्व (kuruṣva) - do; नृप-उत्तम (nṛpa-uttama) - O best of kings;]
(You ought not to make excessive insistence in grief here now. What the venerable Vyāsa said, do that, O best of kings.)
Now, you should not persist excessively in grief here. Do what the venerable Vyāsa has said, O best of kings.
ब्राह्मणास्त्वां महाबाहो भ्रातरश्च महौजसः। पर्जन्यमिव घर्मार्ता आशंसाना उपासते ॥१२-३८-२२॥
brāhmaṇās tvāṃ mahābāho bhrātaraś ca mahaujasaḥ। parjanyam iva gharmārtā āśaṃsānā upāsate॥12-38-22॥
[ब्राह्मणाः (brāhmaṇāḥ) - brāhmaṇas; त्वाम् (tvām) - you; महाबाहो (mahābāho) - O mighty-armed; भ्रातरः (bhrātaraḥ) - brothers; च (ca) - and; महौजसः (mahaujasaḥ) - of great energy; पर्जन्यम् (parjanyam) - rain-cloud; इव (iva) - like; घर्मार्ताः (gharmārtāḥ) - afflicted by heat; आशंसानाः (āśaṃsānāḥ) - hoping; उपासते (upāsate) - worship;]
(Brāhmaṇas, you, O mighty-armed, and brothers of great energy, like those afflicted by heat (longing) for a rain-cloud, hoping, worship (you).)
Brāhmaṇas and your powerful brothers, O mighty-armed one, worship you with hope, just as those suffering from heat long for the rain-cloud.
हतशिष्टाश्च राजानः कृत्स्नं चैव समागतम्। चातुर्वर्ण्यं महाराज राष्ट्रं ते कुरुजाङ्गलम् ॥१२-३८-२३॥
hataśiṣṭāś ca rājānaḥ kṛtsnaṃ caiva samāgatam। cāturvarṇyaṃ mahārāja rāṣṭraṃ te kurujāṅgalam ॥12-38-23॥
[हतशिष्टाः (hataśiṣṭāḥ) - those remaining after being slain; च (ca) - and; राजानः (rājānaḥ) - kings; कृत्स्नम् (kṛtsnam) - entire; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; समागतम् (samāgatam) - assembled; चातुर्वर्ण्यम् (cāturvarṇyam) - the fourfold order; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; राष्ट्रम् (rāṣṭram) - kingdom; ते (te) - your; कुरुजाङ्गलम् (kurujāṅgalam) - Kuru-jāṅgala;]
(Those kings who survived after being slain, and indeed the entire assembled fourfold order, O great king, your kingdom is the Kuru-jāṅgala.)
O great king, the surviving kings and the entire assembled fourfold society—your kingdom is the Kuru-jāṅgala.
प्रियार्थमपि चैतेषां ब्राह्मणानां महात्मनाम्। नियोगादस्य च गुरोर्व्यासस्यामिततेजसः ॥१२-३८-२४॥
priyārtham api caiteṣāṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ mahātmanām। niyogād asya ca guror vyāsasyāmitatejasaḥ ॥12-38-24॥
[प्रियार्थम् (priyārtham) - for the sake of affection; अपि (api) - even; च (ca) - and; एतेषाम् (eteṣām) - of these; ब्राह्मणानाम् (brāhmaṇānām) - of the Brāhmaṇas; महात्मनाम् (mahātmanām) - of the great-souled; नियोगात् (niyogāt) - by the command; अस्य (asya) - of him; च (ca) - and; गुरोः (guroḥ) - of the teacher; व्यासस्य (vyāsasya) - of Vyāsa; अमिततेजसः (amitatejasaḥ) - of immeasurable brilliance;]
(For the sake of affection even of these Brāhmaṇas, the great-souled, and by the command of him and of the teacher Vyāsa of immeasurable brilliance.)
Even for the sake of affection for these Brāhmaṇas of great soul, and by the command of the teacher Vyāsa of immeasurable brilliance.
सुहृदां चास्मदादीनां द्रौपद्याश्च परन्तप। कुरु प्रियममित्रघ्न लोकस्य च हितं कुरु ॥१२-३८-२५॥
suhṛdāṃ cāsmadādīnāṃ draupadyāś ca parantapa। kuru priyam amitraghna lokasya ca hitaṃ kuru ॥12-38-25॥
[सुहृदां (suhṛdām) - of friends; च (ca) - and; अस्मदादीनां (asmat-ādīnām) - of us and others; द्रौपद्याः (draupadyāḥ) - of Draupadī; च (ca) - and; परन्तप (parantapa) - O scorcher of foes; कुरु (kuru) - do; प्रियम् (priyam) - pleasing; अमित्रघ्न (amitraghna) - destroyer of enemies; लोकस्य (lokasya) - of the people; च (ca) - and; हितम् (hitam) - welfare; कुरु (kuru) - do;]
(Of friends and of us and others, and of Draupadī, O scorcher of foes, do what is pleasing, O destroyer of enemies, and do the welfare of the people.)
O Parantapa, do what is pleasing to your friends, to us, and to Draupadī, and also act for the welfare of the people, O destroyer of enemies.
एवमुक्तस्तु कृष्णेन राजा राजीवलोचनः। हितार्थं सर्वलोकस्य समुत्तस्थौ महातपाः ॥१२-३८-२६॥
evam-uktas-tu kṛṣṇena rājā rājīvalocanaḥ। hitārthaṃ sarvalokasya samuttasthau mahātapāḥ ॥12-38-26॥
[एवम् (evam) - thus; उक्तः (uktaḥ) - spoken; तु (tu) - but; कृष्णेन (kṛṣṇena) - by Kṛṣṇa; राजा (rājā) - king; राजीवलोचनः (rājīvalocanaḥ) - lotus-eyed; हितार्थं (hitārthaṃ) - for the welfare; सर्वलोकस्य (sarvalokasya) - of all worlds; समुत्तस्थौ (samuttasthau) - arose; महातपाः (mahātapāḥ) - great ascetic;]
(Thus spoken but by Kṛṣṇa, the king, lotus-eyed, for the welfare of all worlds, arose, the great ascetic.)
When Kṛṣṇa had spoken thus, the lotus-eyed king, the great ascetic, arose for the welfare of all beings.
सोऽनुनीतो नरव्याघ्रो विष्टरश्रवसा स्वयम्। द्वैपायनेन च तथा देवस्थानेन जिष्णुना ॥१२-३८-२७॥
so'nunīto naravyāghro viṣtaraśravasā svayam। dvaipāyanena ca tathā devasthānena jiṣṇunā ॥12-38-27॥
[सः (saḥ) - he; अनुनीतः (anunītaḥ) - persuaded; नरव्याघ्रः (naravyāghraḥ) - tiger among men; विष्टरश्रवसा (viṣtaraśravasā) - by Viṣṭaraśravas; स्वयम् (svayam) - himself; द्वैपायनेन (dvaipāyanena) - by Dvaipāyana; च (ca) - and; तथा (tathā) - also; देवस्थानेन (devasthānena) - by Devasthāna; जिष्णुना (jiṣṇunā) - by Jiṣṇu (Arjuna);]
(He, persuaded, the tiger among men, by Viṣṭaraśravas himself, by Dvaipāyana and also by Devasthāna and Jiṣṇu (Arjuna).)
He, the tiger among men, was persuaded by Viṣṭaraśravas himself, as well as by Dvaipāyana, Devasthāna, and Jiṣṇu (Arjuna).
एतैश्चान्यैश्च बहुभिरनुनीतो युधिष्ठिरः। व्यजहान्मानसं दुःखं सन्तापं च महामनाः ॥१२-३८-२८॥
etaiś cānyaiś ca bahubhir anunīto yudhiṣṭhiraḥ। vyajahān mānasaṃ duḥkhaṃ santāpaṃ ca mahāmanāḥ॥12-38-28॥
[एतैः (etaiḥ) - by these; च (ca) - and; अन्यैः (anyaiḥ) - by others; च (ca) - and; बहुभिः (bahubhiḥ) - by many; अनुनीतः (anunītaḥ) - consoled; युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhishthira; व्यजहात् (vyajahāt) - abandoned; मानसं (mānasaṃ) - mental; दुःखं (duḥkhaṃ) - sorrow; सन्तापं (santāpaṃ) - affliction; च (ca) - and; महामनाः (mahāmanāḥ) - the great-minded;]
(By these and by others, by many, consoled, Yudhishthira, abandoned mental sorrow and affliction, and, the great-minded.)
Consoled by these and many others, Yudhishthira, the great-minded, abandoned his mental sorrow and affliction.
श्रुतवाक्यः श्रुतनिधिः श्रुतश्रव्यविशारदः। व्यवस्य मनसः शान्तिमगच्छत्पाण्डुनन्दनः ॥१२-३८-२९॥
śrutavākyaḥ śrutanidhiḥ śrutaśravyaviśāradaḥ। vyavasya manasaḥ śāntim agacchat pāṇḍunandanaḥ ॥12-38-29॥
[श्रुतवाक्यः (śrutavākyaḥ) - one whose words are heard; श्रुतनिधिः (śrutanidhiḥ) - treasure of what is heard; श्रुतश्रव्यविशारदः (śrutaśravyaviśāradaḥ) - expert in what is heard and to be heard; व्यवस्य (vyavasya) - having resolved; मनसः (manasaḥ) - of the mind; शान्तिम् (śāntim) - peace; अगच्छत् (agacchat) - attained; पाण्डुनन्दनः (pāṇḍunandanaḥ) - O son of Pāṇḍu;]
(One whose words are heard, treasure of what is heard, expert in what is heard and to be heard, having resolved, O son of Pāṇḍu, attained peace of mind.)
O son of Pāṇḍu, who is renowned for his words, a treasure of knowledge, and an expert in all that is heard and to be heard, having resolved in his mind, attained peace.
स तैः परिवृतो राजा नक्षत्रैरिव चन्द्रमाः। धृतराष्ट्रं पुरस्कृत्य स्वपुरं प्रविवेश ह ॥१२-३८-३०॥
sa taiḥ parivṛto rājā nakṣatrairiva candramāḥ। dhṛtarāṣṭraṃ puraskṛtya svapuraṃ praviveśa ha ॥12-38-30॥
[स (sa) - he; तैः (taiḥ) - by them; परिवृतः (parivṛtaḥ) - surrounded; राजा (rājā) - king; नक्षत्रैः (nakṣatraiḥ) - by stars; इव (iva) - like; चन्द्रमाः (candramāḥ) - moon; धृतराष्ट्रं (dhṛtarāṣṭraṃ) - Dhritarashtra; पुरस्कृत्य (puraskṛtya) - having placed in front; स्वपुरं (svapuraṃ) - his own city; प्रविवेश (praviveśa) - entered; ह (ha) - indeed;]
(He, surrounded by them, like the moon by stars, having placed Dhritarashtra in front, indeed entered his own city.)
He, surrounded by them like the moon by stars, entered his own city with Dhritarashtra at the forefront.
प्रविविक्षुः स धर्मज्ञः कुन्तीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः। अर्चयामास देवांश्च ब्राह्मणांश्च सहस्रशः ॥१२-३८-३१॥
pravivikṣuḥ sa dharmajñaḥ kuntīputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ। arcayāmāsa devāṃś ca brāhmaṇāṃś ca sahasraśaḥ ॥12-38-31॥
[प्रविविक्षुः (pravivikṣuḥ) - desiring to enter; सः (saḥ) - he; धर्मज्ञः (dharmajñaḥ) - knower of dharma; कुन्तीपुत्रः (kuntīputraḥ) - son of Kunti; युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhishthira; अर्चयामास (arcayāmāsa) - worshipped; देवान् (devān) - the gods; च (ca) - and; ब्राह्मणान् (brāhmaṇān) - the Brahmanas; च (ca) - and; सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by the thousands;]
(Desiring to enter, he, the knower of dharma, son of Kunti, Yudhishthira, worshipped the gods and the Brahmanas by the thousands.)
Desiring to enter, Yudhishthira, the son of Kunti and knower of dharma, worshipped the gods and thousands of Brahmanas.
ततो रथं नवं शुभ्रं कम्बलाजिनसंवृतम्। युक्तं षोडशभिर्गोभिः पाण्डुरैः शुभलक्षणैः ॥१२-३८-३२॥
tato rathaṃ navaṃ śubhraṃ kambalājinasaṃvṛtam। yuktaṃ ṣoḍaśabhirgobhiḥ pāṇḍuraiḥ śubhalakṣaṇaiḥ ॥12-38-32॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; रथम् (ratham) - chariot; नवम् (navam) - new; शुभ्रम् (śubhram) - bright; कम्बल-अजिन-संवृतम् (kambala-ajina-saṃvṛtam) - covered with blankets and animal skins; युक्तम् (yuktam) - yoked; षोडशभिः (ṣoḍaśabhiḥ) - with sixteen; गोभिः (gobhiḥ) - cows (bulls); पाण्डुरैः (pāṇḍuraiḥ) - white; शुभ-लक्षणैः (śubha-lakṣaṇaiḥ) - with auspicious marks;]
(Then a new, bright chariot, covered with blankets and animal skins, yoked with sixteen white bulls with auspicious marks.)
Then there appeared a new, bright chariot, covered with blankets and animal skins, yoked with sixteen white bulls of auspicious marks.
मन्त्रैरभ्यर्चितः पुण्यैः स्तूयमानो महर्षिभिः। आरुरोह यथा देवः सोमोऽमृतमयं रथम् ॥१२-३८-३३॥
mantrair abhyarcitaḥ puṇyaiḥ stūyamāno maharṣibhiḥ। āruroha yathā devaḥ somo'mṛtamayaṃ ratham ॥12-38-33॥
[मन्त्रैः (mantraiḥ) - by hymns; अभ्यर्चितः (abhyarcitaḥ) - worshipped; पुण्यैः (puṇyaiḥ) - by meritorious (acts/persons); स्तूयमानः (stūyamānaḥ) - being praised; महर्षिभिः (maharṣibhiḥ) - by great sages; आरुरोह (āruroha) - ascended; यथा (yathā) - as; देवः (devaḥ) - the god; सोमः (somaḥ) - Soma; अमृतमयम् (amṛtamayam) - made of nectar; रथम् (ratham) - chariot;]
(Worshipped by hymns, being praised by meritorious (ones) and great sages, he ascended, as the god Soma (ascends) the chariot made of nectar.)
Worshipped with hymns and praised by the meritorious and great sages, he ascended just as the god Soma ascends his chariot of nectar.
जग्राह रश्मीन्कौन्तेयो भीमो भीमपराक्रमः। अर्जुनः पाण्डुरं छत्रं धारयामास भानुमत् ॥१२-३८-३४॥
jagrāha raśmīn kaunteyo bhīmo bhīma-parākramaḥ। arjunaḥ pāṇḍuraṃ chatraṃ dhārayāmāsa bhānumat ॥12-38-34॥
[जग्राह (jagrāha) - seized; रश्मीन् (raśmīn) - reins; कौन्तेयः (kaunteyaḥ) - son of Kunti; भीमः (bhīmaḥ) - Bhima; भीमपराक्रमः (bhīma-parākramaḥ) - of terrible prowess; अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna; पाण्डुरम् (pāṇḍuram) - white; छत्रम् (chatram) - umbrella; धारयामास (dhārayāmāsa) - held; भानुमत् (bhānumat) - brilliant;]
(Bhima, the son of Kunti, of terrible prowess, seized the reins. Arjuna held the brilliant white umbrella.)
Bhima, the mighty son of Kunti, took hold of the reins, while Arjuna held aloft the shining white umbrella.
ध्रियमाणं तु तच्छत्रं पाण्डुरं तस्य मूर्धनि। शुशुभे तारकाराजसितमभ्रमिवाम्बरे ॥१२-३८-३५॥
dhriyamāṇaṃ tu tac chatraṃ pāṇḍuraṃ tasya mūrdhani| śuśubhe tārakā-rāja-sitam abhram ivāmbare ||12-38-35||
[ध्रियमाणं (dhriyamāṇam) - being held; तु (tu) - but; तत् (tat) - that; छत्रं (chatram) - umbrella; पाण्डुरं (pāṇḍuram) - white; तस्य (tasya) - his; मूर्धनि (mūrdhani) - on the head; शुशुभे (śuśubhe) - shone; तारकाराजसितम् (tārakā-rāja-sitam) - like the moon (king of stars); अभ्रम् (abhram) - cloud; इव (iva) - like; अम्बरे (ambare) - in the sky;]
(But that white umbrella, being held on his head, shone like a cloud brightened by the moon (king of stars) in the sky.)
But that white umbrella, held above his head, shone like a cloud illuminated by the moon, the king of stars, in the sky.
चामरव्यजने चास्य वीरौ जगृहतुस्तदा। चन्द्ररश्मिप्रभे शुभ्रे माद्रीपुत्रावलङ्कृते ॥१२-३८-३६॥
cāmaravyajane cāsya vīrau jagṛhatustadā। candrarāśmiprabhe śubhre mādrīputrāvalaṅkṛte ॥12-38-36॥
[चामरव्यजने (cāmaravyajane) - in the yak-tail fans; च (ca) - and; अस्य (asya) - his; वीरौ (vīrau) - the two heroes; जगृहतुः (jagṛhatuh) - held; तदा (tadā) - then; चन्द्ररश्मिप्रभे (candrarāśmiprabhe) - having the radiance of moonbeams; शुभ्रे (śubhre) - bright; माद्रीपुत्र (mādrīputra) - the son of Mādrī; आवलङ्कृते (āvalaṅkṛte) - adorned;]
(In the yak-tail fans and his, the two heroes held then; having the radiance of moonbeams, bright, the son of Mādrī adorned.)
At that time, the two heroes held yak-tail fans for him; the son of Mādrī, adorned and bright as moonbeams, was present.
ते पञ्च रथमास्थाय भ्रातरः समलङ्कृताः। भूतानीव समस्तानि राजन्ददृशिरे तदा ॥१२-३८-३७॥
te pañca ratham āsthāya bhrātaraḥ samalaṅkṛtāḥ। bhūtānīva samastāni rājandadṛśire tadā ॥12-38-37॥
[ते (te) - they; पञ्च (pañca) - five; रथमास्थाय (ratham āsthāya) - having mounted the chariot; भ्रातरः (bhrātaraḥ) - brothers; समलङ्कृताः (samalaṅkṛtāḥ) - well-adorned; भूतानि (bhūtāni) - beings; इव (iva) - like; समस्तानि (samastāni) - all; राजन् (rājan) - O king; ददृशिरे (dadṛśire) - were seen; तदा (tadā) - then;]
(They five, having mounted the chariot, brothers, well-adorned, like all beings, O king, were seen then.)
O king, then those five well-adorned brothers, having mounted the chariot, appeared as if they were all beings themselves.
आस्थाय तु रथं शुभ्रं युक्तमश्वैर्महाजवैः। अन्वयात्पृष्ठतो राजन्युयुत्सुः पाण्डवाग्रजम् ॥१२-३८-३८॥
āsthāya tu rathaṃ śubhraṃ yuktamaśvairmahājavaiḥ। anvayātpṛṣṭhato rājanyuyutsuḥ pāṇḍavāgrajam ॥12-38-38॥
[आस्थाय (āsthāya) - having mounted; (from ā-√sthā) तु (tu) - but; रथं (rathaṃ) - chariot; शुभ्रं (śubhraṃ) - white; युक्तम् (yuktam) - yoked; अश्वैः (aśvaiḥ) - with horses; महाजवैः (mahājavaiḥ) - of great speed; अन्वयात् (anvayāt) - following; पृष्ठतः (pṛṣṭhataḥ) - from behind; राजन् (rājan) - O king; युयुत्सुः (yuyutsuḥ) - desiring to fight; पाण्डवाग्रजम् (pāṇḍavāgrajam) - the eldest of the Pāṇḍavas;]
(But having mounted the white chariot yoked with horses of great speed, desiring to fight, O king, (he) followed from behind the eldest of the Pāṇḍavas.)
But, O king, desiring battle, he mounted his white chariot yoked with swift horses and followed the eldest of the Pāṇḍavas from behind.
रथं हेममयं शुभ्रं सैन्यसुग्रीवयोजितम्। सह सात्यकिना कृष्णः समास्थायान्वयात्कुरून् ॥१२-३८-३९॥
rathaṃ hemamayaṃ śubhraṃ sainyasugrīvayojitam। saha sātyakinā kṛṣṇaḥ samāsthāyānvayātkurūn ॥12-38-39॥
[रथं (rathaṃ) - chariot; हेममयं (hemamayaṃ) - made of gold; शुभ्रं (śubhraṃ) - bright; सैन्यसुग्रीवयोजितम् (sainyasugrīvayojitam) - joined with the army-chief's neck; सह (saha) - together with; सात्यकिना (sātyakinā) - with Sātyaki; कृष्णः (kṛṣṇaḥ) - Kṛṣṇa; समास्थाय (samāsthāya) - having mounted; अन्वयात् (anvayāt) - proceeded; कुरून् (kurūn) - towards the Kuru(s);]
(Having mounted the bright, gold-made chariot joined with the army-chief's neck, Kṛṣṇa, together with Sātyaki, proceeded towards the Kurus.)
Kṛṣṇa, along with Sātyaki, mounted the bright golden chariot yoked by the army-chief and advanced towards the Kurus.
नरयानेन तु ज्येष्ठः पिता पार्थस्य भारत। अग्रतो धर्मराजस्य गान्धारीसहितो ययौ ॥१२-३८-४०॥
narayānena tu jyeṣṭhaḥ pitā pārthasya bhārata। agrato dharmarājasya gāndhārīsahito yayau ॥12-38-40॥
[नरयानेन (narayānena) - by chariot; तु (tu) - but; ज्येष्ठः (jyeṣṭhaḥ) - eldest; पिता (pitā) - father; पार्थस्य (pārthasya) - of Pārtha (Arjuna); भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata; अग्रतः (agrataḥ) - in front; धर्मराजस्य (dharmarājasya) - of Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira); गान्धारीसहितः (gāndhārīsahitaḥ) - together with Gāndhārī; ययौ (yayau) - went;]
(But the eldest, the father of Pārtha, O Bhārata, by chariot, together with Gāndhārī, went in front of Dharmarāja.)
O Bhārata, the eldest, the father of Pārtha, went ahead of Dharmarāja in a chariot, accompanied by Gāndhārī.
कुरुस्त्रियश्च ताः सर्वाः कुन्ती कृष्णा च द्रौपदी। यानैरुच्चावचैर्जग्मुर्विदुरेण पुरस्कृताः ॥१२-३८-४१॥
kurustriyaś ca tāḥ sarvāḥ kuntī kṛṣṇā ca draupadī। yānair uccāvacair jagmur vidureṇa puraskṛtāḥ ॥12-38-41॥
[कुरुस्त्रियः (kurustriyaḥ) - Kuru women; च (ca) - and; ताः (tāḥ) - they; सर्वाः (sarvāḥ) - all; कुन्ती (kuntī) - Kuntī; कृष्णा (kṛṣṇā) - Kṛṣṇā; च (ca) - and; द्रौपदी (draupadī) - Draupadī; यानैः (yānair) - by vehicles; उच्चावचैः (uccāvacaiḥ) - high and low; जग्मुः (jagmuḥ) - went; विदुरेण (vidureṇa) - by Vidura; पुरस्कृताः (puraskṛtāḥ) - led;]
(The Kuru women and all of them—Kuntī, Kṛṣṇā, and Draupadī—went by vehicles, high and low, led by Vidura.)
All the Kuru women, including Kuntī, Kṛṣṇā, and Draupadī, proceeded in various vehicles, with Vidura leading them.
ततो रथाश्च बहुला नागाश्च समलङ्कृताः। पादाताश्च हयाश्चैव पृष्ठतः समनुव्रजन् ॥१२-३८-४२॥
tato rathāś ca bahulā nāgāś ca samalaṅkṛtāḥ। pādātāś ca hayāś caiva pṛṣṭhataḥ samanuvrajan ॥12-38-42॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; रथाः (rathāḥ) - chariots; च (ca) - and; बहुलाः (bahulāḥ) - numerous; नागाः (nāgāḥ) - elephants; च (ca) - and; समलङ्कृताः (samalaṅkṛtāḥ) - well-adorned; पादाताः (pādātāḥ) - foot-soldiers; च (ca) - and; हयाः (hayāḥ) - horses; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; पृष्ठतः (pṛṣṭhataḥ) - from behind; समनुव्रजन् (samanuvrajan) - following together;]
(Then chariots and numerous elephants, well-adorned, and foot-soldiers and horses indeed, from behind, followed together.)
Then, well-adorned chariots, numerous elephants, foot-soldiers, and horses followed together from behind.
ततो वैतालिकैः सूतैर्मागधैश्च सुभाषितैः। स्तूयमानो ययौ राजा नगरं नागसाह्वयम् ॥१२-३८-४३॥
tato vaitālikaiḥ sūtair māgadhaiś ca subhāṣitaiḥ। stūyamāno yayau rājā nagaraṃ nāgasāhvayam ॥12-38-43॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; वैतालिकैः (vaitālikaiḥ) - by bards; सूतैः (sūtaiḥ) - by charioteers; मागधैः (māgadhaiḥ) - by Māgadhas; च (ca) - and; सुभाषितैः (subhāṣitaiḥ) - with well-spoken (words); स्तूयमानः (stūyamānaḥ) - being praised; ययौ (yayau) - went; राजा (rājā) - the king; नगरम् (nagaraṃ) - city; नागसाह्वयम् (nāgasāhvayam) - Nāgasāhvaya (name of the city);]
(Then, being praised by bards, charioteers, Māgadhas, and with well-spoken (words), the king went to the city Nāgasāhvaya.)
Then, as he was praised with eloquent words by bards, charioteers, and Māgadhas, the king proceeded to the city called Nāgasāhvaya.
तत्प्रयाणं महाबाहोर्बभूवाप्रतिमं भुवि। आकुलाकुलमुत्सृष्टं हृष्टपुष्टजनान्वितम् ॥१२-३८-४४॥
tatprayāṇaṃ mahābāhorbabhūvāpratimaṃ bhuvi। ākulākulamutsṛṣṭaṃ hṛṣṭapuṣṭajanānvitam ॥12-38-44॥
[तत् (tat) - that; प्रयाणम् (prayāṇam) - departure; महाबाहोः (mahābāhoḥ) - of the mighty-armed; बभूव (babhūva) - became; अप्रतिमम् (apratimam) - unparalleled; भुवि (bhuvi) - on earth; आकुलाकुलम् (ākulākulam) - utterly tumultuous; उत्सृष्टम् (utsṛṣṭam) - abandoned; हृष्टपुष्टजनान्वितम् (hṛṣṭapuṣṭajanānvitam) - accompanied by delighted and strong people;]
(That departure of the mighty-armed became unparalleled on earth, utterly tumultuous, abandoned, accompanied by delighted and strong people.)
The departure of the mighty-armed was unmatched on earth, filled with great commotion, as it was left behind and accompanied by joyful and robust people.
अभियाने तु पार्थस्य नरैर्नगरवासिभिः। नगरं राजमार्गश्च यथावत्समलङ्कृतम् ॥१२-३८-४५॥
abhiyāne tu pārthasya narair nagaravāsibhiḥ। nagaraṃ rājamārgaś ca yathāvat samalaṅkṛtam ॥12-38-45॥
[अभियाने (abhiyāne) - in the expedition; तु (tu) - but; पार्थस्य (pārthasya) - of Pārtha; नरैः (naraiḥ) - by men; नगरवासिभिः (nagaravāsibhiḥ) - by city-dwellers; नगरम् (nagaram) - the city; राजमार्गः (rājamārgaḥ) - the royal road; च (ca) - and; यथावत् (yathāvat) - properly; समलङ्कृतम् (samalaṅkṛtam) - well adorned;]
(In the expedition but of Pārtha by men by city-dwellers, the city and the royal road were properly well adorned.)
But during Pārtha's expedition, the city and the royal road were properly and splendidly decorated by the city-dwellers and other men.
पाण्डुरेण च माल्येन पताकाभिश्च वेदिभिः। संवृतो राजमार्गश्च धूपनैश्च सुधूपितः ॥१२-३८-४६॥
pāṇḍureṇa ca mālyena patākābhiś ca vedibhiḥ। saṁvṛto rājamārgaś ca dhūpanair ca sudhūpitaḥ ॥12-38-46॥
[पाण्डुरेण (pāṇḍureṇa) - by white; (instrumental singular of pāṇḍura) च (ca) - and; माल्येन (mālyena) - by garland; (instrumental singular of mālya) पताकाभिः (patākābhiḥ) - by flags; (instrumental plural of patākā) च (ca) - and; वेदिभिः (vedibhiḥ) - by altars; (instrumental plural of vedi) संवृतः (saṁvṛtaḥ) - covered; (past participle of saṁ√vṛ) राजमार्गः (rājamārgaḥ) - royal road; (nominative singular) च (ca) - and; धूपनैः (dhūpnaiḥ) - by incensings; (instrumental plural of dhūpana) च (ca) - and; सुधूपितः (sudhūpitaḥ) - well-perfumed; (past participle of su-√dhūp);]
(By white (decorations) and by garland, by flags and by altars, covered, the royal road and by incensings and well-perfumed.)
The royal road was covered with white decorations and garlands, adorned with flags and altars, and was well-perfumed with incense.
अथ चूर्णैश्च गन्धानां नानापुष्पैः प्रियङ्गुभिः। माल्यदामभिरासक्तै राजवेश्माभिसंवृतम् ॥१२-३८-४७॥
atha cūrṇaiś ca gandhānāṃ nānāpuṣpaiḥ priyaṅgubhiḥ। mālyadāmabhir āsaktai rājaveśmābhi saṃvṛtam ॥12-38-47॥
[अथ (atha) - then; चूर्णैः (cūrṇaiḥ) - with powders; च (ca) - and; गन्धानां (gandhānāṃ) - of fragrances; नानापुष्पैः (nānāpuṣpaiḥ) - with various flowers; प्रियङ्गुभिः (priyaṅgubhiḥ) - with Priyangu flowers; माल्यदामभिः (mālyadāmabhiḥ) - with garland-strings; आसक्तैः (āsaktaiḥ) - adorned; राजवेश्माभिः (rājaveśmābhiḥ) - by royal mansions; संवृतम् (saṃvṛtam) - enclosed;]
(Then with powders and fragrances, with various flowers, with Priyangu flowers, with garland-strings adorned, enclosed by royal mansions.)
Then, the area was adorned with powders, fragrances, various flowers, Priyangu flowers, and garland-strings, and was enclosed by royal mansions.
कुम्भाश्च नगरद्वारि वारिपूर्णा दृढा नवाः। कन्याः सुमनसश्छागाः स्थापितास्तत्र तत्र ह ॥१२-३८-४८॥
kumbhāś ca nagaradvāri vāri-pūrṇā dṛḍhā navāḥ। kanyāḥ sumanasaś chāgāḥ sthāpitās tatra tatra ha॥12-38-48॥
[कुम्भाः (kumbhāḥ) - water-pots; च (ca) - and; नगरद्वारि (nagaradvāri) - at the city gate; वारिपूर्णाः (vāri-pūrṇāḥ) - filled with water; दृढाः (dṛḍhāḥ) - firm; नवाः (navāḥ) - new; कन्याः (kanyāḥ) - maidens; सुमनसः (sumanasaḥ) - flowers; छागाः (chāgāḥ) - goats; स्थापिताः (sthāpitāḥ) - placed; तत्र तत्र (tatra tatra) - here and there; ह (ha) - indeed;]
(Water-pots and at the city gate filled with water, firm, new; maidens, flowers, goats placed here and there indeed.)
Water-pots filled with water, firm and new, were placed at the city gate; maidens, flowers, and goats were also stationed here and there.
तथा स्वलङ्कृतद्वारं नगरं पाण्डुनन्दनः। स्तूयमानः शुभैर्वाक्यैः प्रविवेश सुहृद्वृतः ॥१२-३८-४९॥
tathā swalaṅkṛtadvāraṃ nagaraṃ pāṇḍunandanaḥ। stūyamānaḥ śubhairvākyaiḥ praviveśa suhṛdvṛtaḥ ॥12-38-49॥
[तथा (tathā) - thus; स्वलङ्कृत (swalaṅkṛta) - well-adorned; द्वारं (dvāraṃ) - gate; नगरं (nagaraṃ) - city; पाण्डुनन्दनः (pāṇḍunandanaḥ) - son of Pāṇḍu; स्तूयमानः (stūyamānaḥ) - being praised; शुभैः (śubhaiḥ) - with auspicious; वाक्यैः (vākyaiḥ) - words; प्रविवेश (praviveśa) - entered; सुहृत् (suhṛt) - friends; वृतः (vṛtaḥ) - surrounded;]
(Thus, the son of Pāṇḍu, being praised with auspicious words, entered the city with a well-adorned gate, surrounded by friends.)
Thus, the son of Pāṇḍu, surrounded by friends and praised with auspicious words, entered the city whose gate was beautifully adorned.
