14.068
वैशम्पायन उवाच॥
Vaiśampāyana said.
सैवं विलप्य करुणं सोन्मादेव तपस्विनी। उत्तरा न्यपतद्भूमौ कृपणा पुत्रगृद्धिनी ॥१४-६८-१॥
Thus, after lamenting piteously like one mad, the ascetic woman Uttara, grieving deeply for her son, collapsed wretchedly onto the ground. (14-68-1)
तां तु दृष्ट्वा निपतितां हतबन्धुपरिच्छदाम्। चुक्रोश कुन्ती दुःखार्ता सर्वाश्च भरतस्त्रियः ॥१४-६८-२॥
But when she saw her fallen, whose kin and attendants were slain, Kunti cried out in grief, and so did all the women of the Bharata lineage. (14-68-2)
मुहूर्तमिव तद्राजन्पाण्डवानां निवेशनम्। अप्रेक्षणीयमभवदार्तस्वरनिनादितम् ॥१४-६८-३॥
O king, that abode of the Pāṇḍavas, in a moment, became unfit to be seen and was filled with cries of distress. (14-68-3)
सा मुहूर्तं च राजेन्द्र पुत्रशोकाभिपीडिता। कश्मलाभिहता वीर वैराटी त्वभवत्तदा ॥१४-६८-४॥
O king, the princess of Virāṭa, afflicted with grief for her son and overcome by faintness, became thus for a moment at that time. (14-68-4)
प्रतिलभ्य तु सा सञ्ज्ञामुत्तरा भरतर्षभ। अङ्कमारोप्य तं पुत्रमिदं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥१४-६८-५॥
But having regained consciousness, Uttarā, O bull among the Bharatas, placed her son on her lap and spoke these words. (14-68-5)
धर्मज्ञस्य सुतः संस्त्वमधर्ममवबुध्यसे। यस्त्वं वृष्णिप्रवीरस्य कुरुषे नाभिवादनम् ॥१४-६८-६॥
You are the son of the knower of dharma, yet you recognize unrighteousness. You, who do not offer greeting to the chief hero of the Vṛṣṇis. (14-68-6)
पुत्र गत्वा मम वचो ब्रूयास्त्वं पितरं तव। दुर्मरं प्राणिनां वीर काले प्राप्ते कथञ्चन ॥१४-६८-७॥
Son, go and tell my message to your father, O hero: for living beings, when the destined time arrives, it is hard to endure, in whatever way. (14-68-7)
याहं त्वया विहीनाद्य पत्या पुत्रेण चैव ह। मर्तव्ये सति जीवामि हतस्वस्तिरकिञ्चना ॥१४-६८-८॥
I, who today am deprived by you of both husband and son, though destined to die, continue to live, my fortune destroyed, possessing nothing. (14-68-8)
अथ वा धर्मराज्ञाहमनुज्ञाता महाभुज। भक्षयिष्ये विषं तीक्ष्णं प्रवेक्ष्ये वा हुताशनम् ॥१४-६८-९॥
Or, if permitted by Dharmaraja, O mighty-armed one, I shall either consume deadly poison or enter the fire. (14-68-9)
अथ वा दुर्मरं तात यदिदं मे सहस्रधा। पतिपुत्रविहीनाया हृदयं न विदीर्यते ॥१४-६८-१०॥
Or else, O dear one, it is hard to bear that my heart, bereft of husband and son, is not split into a thousand pieces. (14-68-10)
उत्तिष्ठ पुत्र पश्येमां दुःखितां प्रपितामहीम्। आर्तामुपप्लुतां दीनां निमग्नां शोकसागरे ॥१४-६८-११॥
Arise, my son, behold this great-grandmother, afflicted with sorrow, distressed, overwhelmed, helpless, and sunk in the ocean of grief. (14-68-11)
आर्यां च पश्य पाञ्चालीं सात्वतीं च तपस्विनीम्। मां च पश्य सुदुःखार्तां व्याधविद्धां मृगीमिव ॥१४-६८-१२॥
Look upon the noble lady, Panchali, and Satyavati, the ascetic woman; and look upon me, greatly anguished and struck down like a doe wounded by a hunter. (14-68-12)
उत्तिष्ठ पश्य वदनं लोकनाथस्य धीमतः। पुण्डरीकपलाशाक्षं पुरेव चपलेक्षणम् ॥१४-६८-१३॥
Arise, see the face of the wise lord of the people, whose eyes are like lotus petals, with a restless glance as before. (14-68-13)
एवं विप्रलपन्तीं तु दृष्ट्वा निपतितां पुनः। उत्तरां ताः स्त्रियः सर्वाः पुनरुत्थापयन्त्युत ॥१४-६८-१४॥
But thus, seeing Uttarā who had fallen down while speaking deliriously, all those women again raised her up. (14-68-14)
उत्थाय तु पुनर्धैर्यात्तदा मत्स्यपतेः सुता। प्राञ्जलिः पुण्डरीकाक्षं भूमावेवाभ्यवादयत् ॥१४-६८-१५॥
But then, having again gained courage, the daughter of the king of the Matsyas, with folded hands, saluted the lotus-eyed one by bowing to the ground. (14-68-15)
श्रुत्वा स तस्या विपुलं विलापं पुरुषर्षभः। उपस्पृश्य ततः कृष्णो ब्रह्मास्त्रं सञ्जहार तत् ॥१४-६८-१६॥
Having heard her great lamentation, he, the best among men, then purified himself, and Kṛṣṇa withdrew that Brahmāstra weapon. (14-68-16)
प्रतिजज्ञे च दाशार्हस्तस्य जीवितमच्युतः। अब्रवीच्च विशुद्धात्मा सर्वं विश्रावयञ्जगत् ॥१४-६८-१७॥
Kṛṣṇa (the Daśāraha, Acyuta) promised his own life, and the pure-souled one declared everything openly to the world. (14-68-17)
न ब्रवीम्युत्तरे मिथ्या सत्यमेतद्भविष्यति। एष सञ्जीवयाम्येनं पश्यतां सर्वदेहिनाम् ॥१४-६८-१८॥
I do not speak falsely in reply; this is true—it shall happen. I will restore him to life before the eyes of all embodied beings. (14-68-18)
नोक्तपूर्वं मया मिथ्या स्वैरेष्वपि कदाचन। न च युद्धे परावृत्तस्तथा सञ्जीवतामयम् ॥१४-६८-१९॥
I have never before spoken falsehood, not even in pleasures at any time; nor has this one ever turned back in battle thus among the living. (14-68-19)
यथा मे दयितो धर्मो ब्राह्मणाश्च विशेषतः। अभिमन्योः सुतो जातो मृतो जीवत्वयं तथा ॥१४-६८-२०॥
Just as dharma and especially the brāhmaṇas are dear to me, so too may this son of Abhimanyu, though dead, be born alive (14-68-20).
यथाहं नाभिजानामि विजयेन कदाचन। विरोधं तेन सत्येन मृतो जीवत्वयं शिशुः ॥१४-६८-२१॥
As I have never known enmity through victory, by that truth, may this child who is dead live. (14-68-21)
यथा सत्यं च धर्मश्च मयि नित्यं प्रतिष्ठितौ। तथा मृतः शिशुरयं जीवतामभिमन्युजः ॥१४-६८-२२॥
Just as truth and dharma are always established in me, so too is this dead child, the son of Abhimanyu, among the living. (14-68-22)
यथा कंसश्च केशी च धर्मेण निहतौ मया। तेन सत्येन बालोऽयं पुनरुज्जीवतामिह ॥१४-६८-२३॥
Just as Kaṁsa and Keśī were slain by me through righteousness, by that same truth may this boy live again here. (14-68-23)
इत्युक्तो वासुदेवेन स बालो भरतर्षभ। शनैः शनैर्महाराज प्रास्पन्दत सचेतनः ॥१४-६८-२४॥
O best of the Bharatas, O great king, the boy, having thus been addressed by Vāsudeva, slowly regained consciousness and began to move. (14-68-24)
