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व्यासागमनम्
The arrival of Vyāsa;
धृतराष्ट्र उवाच॥
Dhritarashtra said.
स्पृश मां पाणिना भूयः परिष्वज च पाण्डव। जीवामीव हि संस्पर्शात्तव राजीवलोचन ॥१५-७-१॥
Touch me again with your hand and embrace me, O Pāṇḍava. O lotus-eyed, I feel as if I am revived by your touch. (15-7-1)
मूर्धानं च तवाघ्रातुमिच्छामि मनुजाधिप। पाणिभ्यां च परिस्प्रष्टुं प्राणा हि न जहुर्मम ॥१५-७-२॥
O lord of men, I wish to smell your head and to touch you with my hands; indeed, my life-forces have not yet left me. (15-7-2)
अष्टमो ह्यद्य कालोऽयमाहारस्य कृतस्य मे। येनाहं कुरुशार्दूल न शक्नोमि विचेष्टितुम् ॥१५-७-३॥
Indeed, this is the eighth time today since I have taken food, O tiger among the Kurus, by which I am unable to move. (15-7-3)
व्यायामश्चायमत्यर्थं कृतस्त्वामभियाचता। ततो ग्लानमनास्तात नष्टसञ्ज्ञ इवाभवम् ॥१५-७-४॥
O dear one, this exceedingly great effort was made for you by one earnestly beseeching; therefore I became fatigued and breathless, as if bereft of consciousness. (15-7-4)
तवामृतसमस्पर्शं हस्तस्पर्शमिमं विभो। लब्ध्वा सञ्जीवितोऽस्मीति मन्ये कुरुकुलोद्वह ॥१५-७-५॥
O best of the Kuru race, I consider that, having received this touch of your hand which is like nectar, O Lord, I have been revived. (15-7-5)
वैशम्पायन उवाच॥
Vaiśampāyana said.
एवमुक्तस्तु कौन्तेयः पित्रा ज्येष्ठेन भारत। पस्पर्श सर्वगात्रेषु सौहार्दात्तं शनैस्तदा ॥१५-७-६॥
O Bhārata, when thus addressed by his father, the elder, Kaunteya gently touched him on all his limbs out of affection. (15-7-6)
उपलभ्य ततः प्राणान्धृतराष्ट्रो महीपतिः। बाहुभ्यां सम्परिष्वज्य मूर्ध्न्याजिघ्रत पाण्डवम् ॥१५-७-७॥
Regaining his life, King Dhṛtarāṣṭra then embraced Pāṇḍava (Yudhiṣṭhira) with both arms and smelled his head. (15-7-7)
विदुरादयश्च ते सर्वे रुरुदुर्दुःखिता भृशम्। अतिदुःखाच्च राजानं नोचुः किञ्चन पाण्डवाः ॥१५-७-८॥
Vidura and the others all wept intensely in grief. The Pāṇḍavas, due to extreme sorrow, did not speak anything to the king. (15-7-8)
गान्धारी त्वेव धर्मज्ञा मनसोद्वहती भृशम्। दुःखान्यवारयद्राजन्मैवमित्येव चाब्रवीत् ॥१५-७-९॥
But Gāndhārī, who knew dharma, although bearing great distress of mind, restrained her sufferings, O King, and only said, "Do not act thus." (15-7-9)
इतरास्तु स्त्रियः सर्वाः कुन्त्या सह सुदुःखिताः। नेत्रैरागतविक्लेदैः परिवार्य स्थिताभवन् ॥१५-७-१०॥
"But all the other women, together with Kuntī, greatly distressed, with their eyes overcome by sorrow, gathered around and stood." (15-7-10)
अथाब्रवीत्पुनर्वाक्यं धृतराष्ट्रो युधिष्ठिरम्। अनुजानीहि मां राजंस्तापस्ये भरतर्षभ ॥१५-७-११॥
Then Dhritarashtra again spoke these words to Yudhishthira: "O king, bull among the Bharatas, permit me to undertake austerities." (15-7-11)
ग्लायते मे मनस्तात भूयो भूयः प्रजल्पतः। न मामतः परं पुत्र परिक्लेष्टुमिहार्हसि ॥१५-७-१२॥
O son, my mind is pained again and again as you continue speaking. You should not trouble me further about this.
तस्मिंस्तु कौरवेन्द्रे तं तथा ब्रुवति पाण्डवम्। सर्वेषामवरोधानामार्तनादो महानभूत् ॥१५-७-१३॥
But as the Kaurava king was thus speaking to Pāṇḍava, a great wail of distress arose from all the women. (15-7-13)
दृष्ट्वा कृशं विवर्णं च राजानमतथोचितम्। उपवासपरिश्रान्तं त्वगस्थिपरिवारितम् ॥१५-७-१४॥
Seeing the king, emaciated, discolored, not as he ought to be, exhausted from fasting, and nothing but skin and bones. (15-7-14)
धर्मपुत्रः स पितरं परिष्वज्य महाभुजः। शोकजं बाष्पमुत्सृज्य पुनर्वचनमब्रवीत् ॥१५-७-१५॥
Yudhiṣṭhira, the son of Dharma, embraced his father, composed himself after shedding tears of grief, and once again spoke.
न कामये नरश्रेष्ठ जीवितं पृथिवीं तथा। यथा तव प्रियं राजंश्चिकीर्षामि परन्तप ॥१५-७-१६॥
O best of men, I do not desire life nor the earth; rather, O king, I wish to do that which is dear to you, O subduer of foes. (15-7-16)
यदि त्वहमनुग्राह्यो भवतो दयितोऽपि वा। क्रियतां तावदाहारस्ततो वेत्स्यामहे वयम् ॥१५-७-१७॥
If I am either worthy of your favor or your beloved, then let food be prepared first; afterwards, we shall know. (15-7-17)
ततोऽब्रवीन्महातेजा धर्मपुत्रं स पार्थिवः। अनुज्ञातस्त्वया पुत्र भुञ्जीयामिति कामये ॥१५-७-१८॥
Thereupon, the illustrious king said to the son of Dharma: 'I wish to enjoy (the kingdom), if you permit me, O son.' (15-7-18)
इति ब्रुवति राजेन्द्रे धृतराष्ट्रे युधिष्ठिरम्। ऋषिः सत्यवतीपुत्रो व्यासोऽभ्येत्य वचोऽब्रवीत् ॥१५-७-१९॥
While Dhṛtarāṣṭra was speaking to Yudhiṣṭhira, Vyāsa, the sage and son of Satyavatī, approached and spoke these words. (15-7-19)
