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पाण्डवशोकः
The grief of the Pāṇḍavas.
वैशम्पायन उवाच॥
Vaiśampāyana said.
वनं गते कौरवेन्द्रे दुःखशोकसमाहताः। बभूवुः पाण्डवा राजन्मातृशोकेन चार्दिताः ॥१५-२८-१॥
When the king of the Kauravas went to the forest, the Pāṇḍavas, O king, became deeply afflicted by grief and sorrow for their mother. (15-28-1)
तथा पौरजनः सर्वः शोचन्नास्ते जनाधिपम्। कुर्वाणाश्च कथास्तत्र ब्राह्मणा नृपतिं प्रति ॥१५-२८-२॥
Thus, all the citizens, lamenting, remain focused on the king. And there, the brāhmaṇas recount stories concerning the king. (15-28-2)
कथं नु राजा वृद्धः स वने वसति निर्जने। गान्धारी च महाभागा सा च कुन्ती पृथा कथम् ॥१५-२८-३॥
How does the aged king live in the lonely forest? And how are Gāndhārī, the most fortunate, and Kuntī, Pṛthā? (15-28-3)
सुखार्हः स हि राजर्षिर्न सुखं तन्महावनम्। किमवस्थः समासाद्य प्रज्ञाचक्षुर्हतात्मजः ॥१५-२८-४॥
He, the royal sage worthy of happiness, indeed did not find happiness in that great forest. In what condition, having arrived there, was the wise seer whose son had been slain? (15-28-4)
सुदुष्करं कृतवती कुन्ती पुत्रानपश्यती। राज्यश्रियं परित्यज्य वनवासमरोचयत् ॥१५-२८-५॥
Kuntī, having accomplished a very difficult act and not seeing her sons, renounced the splendor of the kingdom and chose a life in the forest. (15-28-5)
विदुरः किमवस्थश्च भ्रातुः शुश्रूषुरात्मवान्। स च गावल्गणिर्धीमान्भर्तृपिण्डानुपालकः ॥१५-२८-६॥
What was the condition of Vidura, the steadfast servant of his brother? And also Sañjaya, the wise son of Gāvalgaṇa who maintained his master's sustenance? (15-28-6)
आकुमारं च पौरास्ते चिन्ताशोकसमाहताः। तत्र तत्र कथाश्चक्रुः समासाद्य परस्परम् ॥१५-२८-७॥
Afflicted by worry and grief, those citizens, from childhood onward, approached one another and engaged in conversations here and there. (15-28-7)
पाण्डवाश्चैव ते सर्वे भृशं शोकपरायणाः। शोचन्तो मातरं वृद्धामूषुर्नातिचिरं पुरे ॥१५-२८-८॥
The Pāṇḍavas, all of them, overwhelmed by intense grief, remained grieving for their elderly mother, but did not stay very long in the city. (15-28-8)
तथैव पितरं वृद्धं हतपुत्रं जनेश्वरम्। गान्धारीं च महाभागां विदुरं च महामतिम् ॥१५-२८-९॥
In the same way, the aged father, king whose son was slain, Gāndhārī the greatly blessed, and Vidura the very wise (were also addressed). (15-28-9)
नैषां बभूव सम्प्रीतिस्तान्विचिन्तयतां तदा। न राज्ये न च नारीषु न वेदाध्ययने तथा ॥१५-२८-१०॥
At that time, there was no satisfaction for those thinking men, neither in the kingdom, nor in women, nor even in the study of the Vedas. (15-28-10)
परं निर्वेदमगमंश्चिन्तयन्तो नराधिपम्। तच्च ज्ञातिवधं घोरं संस्मरन्तः पुनः पुनः ॥१५-२८-११॥
Thinking of the king and repeatedly recalling that terrible slaughter of their kinsmen, they fell into deep dispassion. (15-28-11)
अभिमन्योश्च बालस्य विनाशं रणमूर्धनि। कर्णस्य च महाबाहोः सङ्ग्रामेष्वपलायिनः ॥१५-२८-१२॥
The destruction of Abhimanyu, the boy, occurred at the height of battle; and Karṇa, the mighty-armed one, never fled in battles. (15-28-12)
तथैव द्रौपदेयानामन्येषां सुहृदामपि। वधं संस्मृत्य ते वीरा नातिप्रमनसोऽभवन् ॥१५-२८-१३॥
Similarly, when they remembered the slaughter of the sons of Draupadī and of their other friends, those warriors were not very happy in mind. (15-28-13)
हतप्रवीरां पृथिवीं हतरत्नां च भारत। सदैव चिन्तयन्तस्ते न निद्रामुपलेभिरे ॥१५-२८-१४॥
O Bhārata, always thinking of the earth bereft of heroes and treasures, they could not obtain sleep. (15-28-14)
द्रौपदी हतपुत्रा च सुभद्रा चैव भामिनी। नातिप्रीतियुते देव्यौ तदास्तामप्रहृष्टवत् ॥१५-२८-१५॥
Draupadi, having lost her son, and Subhadra the radiant, both queens, not greatly pleased, then remained joyless. (15-28-15)
वैराट्यास्तु सुतं दृष्ट्वा पितरं ते परिक्षितम्। धारयन्ति स्म ते प्राणांस्तव पूर्वपितामहाः ॥१५-२८-१६॥
But your earlier forefathers sustained their lives in the past when they saw the son born to the queen of Virāṭa, your father Parikṣit. (15-28-16)
