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वैशम्पायन उवाच॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca॥
[वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) - Vaiśampāyana; (proper noun); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Vaiśampāyana said;)
Vaiśampāyana said.
आज्ञापयामास ततः सेनां भरतसत्तमः। अर्जुनप्रमुखैर्गुप्तां लोकपालोपमैर्नरैः ॥१५-३०-१॥
ājñāpayāmāsa tataḥ senāṃ bharatasattamaḥ. arjunapramukhairguptāṃ lokapālopamairnaraiḥ ॥15-30-1॥
[आज्ञापयामास (ājñāpayāmāsa) - gave the command; ततः (tataḥ) - then; सेनाम् (senām) - troops; भरतसत्तमः (bharatasattamaḥ) - best of the Bharatas; अर्जुनप्रमुखैः (arjunapramukhaiḥ) - with Arjuna at the forefront; गुप्ताम् (guptām) - protected; लोकपालोपमैः (lokapālopamaiḥ) - comparable to the guardians of the worlds; नरैः (naraiḥ) - by men;]
(Gave the command then troops best of the Bharatas, with Arjuna at the forefront, protected, comparable to the guardians of the worlds, by men.)
Then the best of the Bharatas gave the order for the troops, protected by men led by Arjuna who were like the guardians of the worlds. (15-30-1)
योगो योग इति प्रीत्या ततः शब्दो महानभूत। क्रोशतां सादिनां तत्र युज्यतां युज्यतामिति ॥१५-३०-२॥
yogo yoga iti prītyā tataḥ śabdo mahānabhūt। krośatāṃ sādināṃ tatra yujyatāṃ yujyatāmiti ॥15-30-2॥
[योगः (yogaḥ) (yogaḥ) - union; योग (yoga) (yoga) - union; इति (iti) (iti) - thus; प्रीत्या (prītyā) (prītyā) - with joy; ततः (tataḥ) (tataḥ) - then; शब्दः (śabdaḥ) (śabdaḥ) - sound; महान् (mahān) (mahān) - great; अभूत् (abhūt) (abhūt) - arose; क्रोशताम् (krośatām) (krośatām) - of those who cried out; सादिनाम् (sādinām) (sādinām) - of riders; तत्र (tatra) (tatra) - there; युज्यताम् (yujyatām) (yujyatām) - let it be yoked; युज्यताम् (yujyatām) (yujyatām) - let it be yoked; इति (iti) (iti) - thus;]
(Union, union, thus with joy, then a great sound arose; of the riders who cried out there, "let it be yoked, let it be yoked," thus.)
With joy the call "union, union!" arose, then a great sound came forth; there, among the riders who shouted, "let it be yoked, let it be yoked!" (15-30-2)
केचिद्यानैर्नरा जग्मुः केचिदश्वैर्मनोजवैः। रथैश्च नगराकारैः प्रदीप्तज्वलनोपमैः ॥१५-३०-३॥
kecid yānaiḥ narā jagmuḥ kecit aśvaiḥ manojavaiḥ। rathaiś ca nagarākāraiḥ pradīptajvalanaupamaiḥ ॥15-30-3॥
[केचित् (kecit) - some; यानैः (yānaiḥ) - by vehicles; नराः (narāḥ) - men; जग्मुः (jagmuḥ) - went; केचित् (kecit) - some; अश्वैः (aśvaiḥ) - by horses; मनोजवैः (manojavaiḥ) - with the speed of mind; रथैः (rathaiḥ) - by chariots; च (ca) - and; नगराकारैः (nagarākāraiḥ) - city-shaped; प्रदीप्तज्वलन (pradīptajvalana) - blazing fire; उपमैः (upamaiḥ) - like;]
(Some men went by vehicles; some by horses with speed of mind; and by chariots city-shaped like blazing fire.)
Some men went by vehicles, others by horses as swift as the mind, and still others by chariots shaped like cities, resembling blazing fire. (15-30-3)
गजेन्द्रैश्च तथैवान्ये केचिदुष्ट्रैर्नराधिप। पदातिनस्तथैवान्ये नखरप्रासयोधिनः ॥१५-३०-४॥
gajendraiś ca tathaivānye kecid uṣṭrair narādhipa. padātinas tathaivānye nakharaprāsa-yodhinaḥ ॥15-30-4॥
[गजेन्द्रैः (gajendraiḥ) - with elephant-leaders; च (ca) - and; तथैव (tathaiva) - likewise; अन्ये (anye) - others; केचित् (kecit) - some; उष्ट्रैः (uṣṭrair) - with camels; नराधिप (narādhipa) - O king; पदातिनः (padātinaḥ) - foot-soldiers; तथैव (tathaiva) - likewise; अन्ये (anye) - others; नखरप्रासयोधिनः (nakharaprāsa-yodhinaḥ) - warriors armed with spiked iron clubs;]
(With elephant-leaders and likewise others, some with camels, O king; foot-soldiers likewise others, warriors armed with spiked iron clubs.)
O king, there were those with elephant-chiefs, likewise some others with camels; also foot-soldiers, and similarly others, warriors armed with spiked iron clubs. (15-30-4)
पौरजानपदाश्चैव यानैर्बहुविधैस्तथा। अन्वयुः कुरुराजानं धृतराष्ट्रदिदृक्षया ॥१५-३०-५॥
paurajanapadāścaiva yānairbahuvidhaistathā। anvayuḥ kururājānaṃ dhṛtarāṣṭradidṛkṣayā ॥15-30-5॥
[पौरजनपदाः (paurajanapadāḥ) - citizens and country people; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; यानैः (yānaiḥ) - by vehicles; बहुविधैः (bahuvidhaiḥ) - of many kinds; तथा (tathā) - likewise; अन्वयुः (anvayuḥ) - followed; कुरुराजानम् (kururājānam) - the Kuru king; धृतराष्ट्र-दिदृक्षया (dhṛtarāṣṭra-didṛkṣayā) - with desire to see Dhṛtarāṣṭra;]
(citizens and country people and indeed by vehicles of many kinds likewise followed the Kuru king with desire to see Dhṛtarāṣṭra)
The citizens and country folk, using many kinds of vehicles, likewise followed the Kuru king, desiring to see Dhṛtarāṣṭra. (15-30-5)
स चापि राजवचनादाचार्यो गौतमः कृपः। सेनामादाय सेनानी प्रययावाश्रमं प्रति ॥१५-३०-६॥
sa cāpi rājavacanād ācāryo gautamaḥ kṛpaḥ। senām ādāya senānī prayayau āśramam prati ॥15-30-6॥
[स (sa) - he; चापि (cāpi) - and also; राजवचनात् (rājavacanāt) - from the king's command; आचार्यः (ācāryaḥ) - teacher; गौतमः कृपः (gautamaḥ kṛpaḥ) - Kṛpa, descendant of Gautama; सेनाम् आदाय (senām ādāya) - having taken the army; सेनानी (senānī) - general; प्रययौ (prayayau) - departed; आश्रमं प्रति (āśramam prati) - towards the hermitage;]
(He and also, from the king's command, the teacher Kṛpa, descendant of Gautama, having taken the army, the general departed towards the hermitage.)
He, Kṛpa the teacher, descendant of Gautama, as general, by the king's command, took the army and departed for the hermitage. (15-30-6)
ततो द्विजैर्वृतः श्रीमान्कुरुराजो युधिष्ठिरः। संस्तूयमानो बहुभिः सूतमागधबन्दिभिः ॥१५-३०-७॥
tato dvijair vṛtaḥ śrīmān kururājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ। saṁstūyamāno bahubhiḥ sūtamāgadhabandibhiḥ॥15-30-7॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; द्विजैः (dvijaiḥ) - by the twice-born; वृतः (vṛtaḥ) - surrounded; श्रीमान् (śrīmān) - fortunate; कुरुराजः (kururājaḥ) - Kuru king; युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhishthira; संस्तूयमानः (saṁstūyamānaḥ) - being praised; बहुभिः (bahubhiḥ) - by many; सूत-मागध-बन्दिभिः (sūta-māgadha-bandibhiḥ) - by bards, charioteers, and panegyrists;]
(Then, surrounded by the twice-born, the fortunate Kuru king Yudhishthira, being praised by many bards, charioteers, and panegyrists.)
Then, the illustrious Kuru king Yudhishthira, surrounded by the twice-born, was praised by many bards, charioteers, and panegyrists. (15-30-7)
पाण्डुरेणातपत्रेण ध्रियमाणेन मूर्धनि। रथानीकेन महता निर्ययौ कुरुनन्दनः ॥१५-३०-८॥
pāṇḍureṇātapatreṇa dhriyamāṇena mūrdhani। rathānīkena mahatā niryayau kurunandanaḥ॥15-30-8॥
[पाण्डुरेण (pāṇḍureṇa) - with a white; (instrumental singular of pāṇḍura; आतपत्रेण (ātapatreṇa) - parasol; (instrumental singular of ātapatra; ध्रियमाणेन (dhriyamāṇena) - being held; (instrumental singular of dhriyamāṇa, passive participle from √dhṛ; मूर्धनि (mūrdhani) - on (his) head; (locative singular of mūrdhan; रथानीकेन (rathānīkena) - with a great chariot division; (instrumental singular of rathānīka; महतā (mahatā) - great; (instrumental singular of mahat; निर्ययौ (niryayau) - departed; (3rd person singular perfect of nir√ya; कुरुनन्दनः (kurunandanaḥ) - the delight of the Kurus; (nominative singular, an epithet for Arjuna;]
(With a white parasol being held on (his) head, with a great chariot division, the delight of the Kurus departed.)
The delight of the Kurus (Arjuna), with a white parasol held above his head and accompanied by a great division of chariots, set out. (15-30-8)
गजैश्चाचलसङ्काशैर्भीमकर्मा वृकोदरः। सज्जयन्त्रायुधोपेतैः प्रययौ मारुतात्मजः ॥१५-३०-९॥
gajaiś cācalasaṅkāśair bhīmakarmā vṛkodaraḥ। sajjayantrāyudhopetaiḥ prayayau mārutātmajaḥ॥15-30-9॥
[गजैः (gajaiḥ) - with elephants; च (ca) - and; अचलसङ्काशैः (acala-saṅkāśaiḥ) - mountain-like; भीमकर्मा (bhīmakarmā) - of terrible deeds; वृकोदरः (vṛkodaraḥ) - Vṛkodara (Bhīma); सज्जयन्त्रायुधोपेतैः (sajja-yantra-āyudha-upetaiḥ) - equipped with armed machines; प्रययौ (prayayau) - set out; मारुतात्मजः (mārutātmajaḥ) - the son of the Wind (Hanuman or Bhīma depending on context);]
(Vṛkodara (Bhīma) of terrible deeds, with elephants like mountains, equipped with armed machines, and the son of the Wind set out.)
Bhīma of terrible deeds (Vṛkodara), along with elephants resembling mountains and equipped with armed devices, set forth—the son of the Wind. (15-30-9)
माद्रीपुत्रावपि तथा हयारोहैः सुसंवृतौ। जग्मतुः प्रीतिजननौ संनद्धकवचध्वजौ ॥१५-३०-१०॥
mādrīputrāv api tathā hayārohaiḥ susaṁvṛtau। jagmatuḥ prītijananau saṁnaddhakavacadhvajau ॥15-30-10॥
[माद्रीपुत्रौ (mādrīputrau) - the two sons of Mādrī; अपि (api) - also; तथा (tathā) - similarly; हयारोहैः (hayārohaiḥ) - with horsemen; सुसंवृतौ (susaṁvṛtau) - well surrounded; जग्मतुः (jagmatuḥ) - they departed; प्रीतिजननौ (prītijananau) - causing joy; संनद्धकवचध्वजौ (saṁnaddhakavacadhvajau) - armored and bannered;]
(The two sons of Mādrī also, similarly with horsemen, well surrounded, they departed, causing joy, armored and bannered.)
Likewise, the two sons of Mādrī, well surrounded by horsemen, departed joyfully, wearing armor and bearing banners. (15-30-10)
अर्जुनश्च महातेजा रथेनादित्यवर्चसा। वशी श्वेतैर्हयैर्दिव्यैर्युक्तेनान्वगमन्नृपम् ॥१५-३०-११॥
arjunaś ca mahātejā rathenādityavarcasā। vaśī śvetair hayair divyair yuktenānvagamannṛpam ॥15-30-11॥
[अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna; च (ca) - and; महातेजाः (mahātejāḥ) - possessing great splendor; रथेन (rathena) - by the chariot; आदित्यवर्चसा (ādityavarcasā) - having sun-like brilliance; वशी (vaśī) - the controller; श्वेतैः (śvetaiḥ) - by (the) white; हयैः (hayaiḥ) - horses; दिव्यैः (divyaiḥ) - divine; युक्तेन (yuktena) - yoked (with); अन्वगमत् (anvagamat) - followed; नृपम् (nṛpam) - the king;]
(Arjuna and the possessor of great splendor, by the chariot with sun-like brilliance, the controller, with white divine horses yoked, followed the king.)
Arjuna, of great splendor, controlling the chariot brilliant as the sun and yoked with divine white horses, followed the king. (15-30-11)
द्रौपदीप्रमुखाश्चापि स्त्रीसङ्घाः शिबिकागताः। स्त्र्यध्यक्षयुक्ताः प्रययुर्विसृजन्तोऽमितं वसु ॥१५-३०-१२॥
draupadī-pramukhāś cāpi strī-saṅghāḥ śibikā-gatāḥ। strī-adhyakṣa-yuktāḥ prayayuḥ visṛjanto ’mitaṃ vasu ॥15-30-12॥
[द्रौपदीप्रमुखाः (draupadī-pramukhāḥ) - headed by Draupadī; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; स्त्रीसङ्घाः (strī-saṅghāḥ) - assemblies of women; शिबिकागताः (śibikā-gatāḥ) - mounted on palanquins; स्त्र्यध्यक्षयुक्ताः (strī-adhyakṣa-yuktāḥ) - accompanied by female overseers; प्रययुः (prayayuḥ) - departed; विसृजन्तः (visṛjantaḥ) - dispensing; अमितं (amitaṃ) - endless; वसु (vasu) - wealth;]
(Headed by Draupadī, and also assemblies of women, mounted on palanquins, accompanied by female overseers, departed, dispensing endless wealth.)
The groups of women, headed by Draupadī, also departed in palanquins along with their female overseers, distributing boundless wealth as they went. (15-30-12)
समृद्धनरनागाश्वं वेणुवीणानिनादितम्। शुशुभे पाण्डवं सैन्यं तत्तदा भरतर्षभ ॥१५-३०-१३॥
samṛddha-nara-nāga-aśvaṃ veṇu-vīṇā-nināditam। śuśubhe pāṇḍavaṃ sainyaṃ tat tadā bharatarṣabha ॥15-30-13॥
[समृद्ध (samṛddha) - abundant; prosperous; नर (nara) - men; नाग (nāga) - elephants; अश्वं (aśvam) - horses; वेणु (veṇu) - flute; वीणा (vīṇā) - vina; lute; निनादितम् (nināditam) - resounded; filled with sound; शुशुभे (śuśubhe) - shone; appeared splendid; पाण्डवं (pāṇḍavam) - of the Pāṇḍavas; सैन्यं (sainyaṃ) - army; तत् (tat) - that; तदा (tadā) - then; भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O best of the Bharatas;]
(Abundant in men, elephants and horses, resounded with flute and vina, shone the army of the Pandavas, that then, O best of the Bharatas.)
O best of the Bharatas, then that army of the Pandavas, abundant in men, elephants, and horses and resounding with the music of flutes and vinas, looked splendid. (15-30-13)
नदीतीरेषु रम्येषु सरत्सु च विशां पते। वासान्कृत्वा क्रमेणाथ जग्मुस्ते कुरुपुङ्गवाः ॥१५-३०-१४॥
nadītīreṣu ramyeṣu saratsu ca viśāṃ pate। vāsānkṛtvā krameṇātha jagmuste kurupuṅgavāḥ ॥15-30-14॥
[नदीतीरेषु (nadītīreṣu) - on river banks; रम्येषु (ramyeṣu) - pleasant; सरत्सु (saratsu) - on lakes; च (ca) - and; विशां पते (viśāṃ pate) - O lord of the people; वासान् (vāsān) - dwellings; कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having made; क्रमेण (krameṇa) - in order; अथ (atha) - then; जग्मुः (jagmuḥ) - they went; ते (te) - they; कुरुपुङ्गवाः (kurupuṅgavāḥ) - the foremost of the Kurus;]
(On the pleasant river banks and on the lakes, O lord of the people, having made dwellings in order, then they went, they, the foremost of the Kurus.)
O lord of the people, on the pleasant river banks and at the lakes, the foremost of the Kurus made their dwellings in sequence and then proceeded on. (15-30-14)
युयुत्सुश्च महातेजा धौम्यश्चैव पुरोहितः। युधिष्ठिरस्य वचनात्पुरगुप्तिं प्रचक्रतुः ॥१५-३०-१५॥
yuyutsuś ca mahātejā dhaumyaś caiva purohitaḥ। yudhiṣṭhirasya vacanāt puraguptiṃ pracakratuḥ ॥15-30-15॥
[युयुत्सुः (yuyutsuḥ) - Yuyutsu; (name of a person); च (ca) - and; महातेजा (mahātejā) - of great brilliance; धौम्यः (dhaumyaḥ) - Dhaumya; (name of a person); च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; पुरोहितः (purohitaḥ) - priest; युधिष्ठिरस्य (yudhiṣṭhirasya) - of Yudhiṣṭhira; वचनात् (vacanāt) - on the instruction; पुरगुप्तिं (puraguptiṃ) - protection of the city; प्रचक्रतुः (pracakratuḥ) - they made arrangements;]
(Yuyutsu and the one of great brilliance, Dhaumya the priest, indeed, on Yudhiṣṭhira's instruction, protection of the city, they made arrangements.)
Yuyutsu and Dhaumya, the greatly radiant priest, indeed, made arrangements for the protection of the city at Yudhiṣṭhira's command. (15-30-15)
ततो युधिष्ठिरो राजा कुरुक्षेत्रमवातरत्। क्रमेणोत्तीर्य यमुनां नदीं परमपावनीम् ॥१५-३०-१६॥
tato yudhiṣṭhiro rājā kurukṣetram avātarat। krameṇa uttīrya yamunāṁ nadīṁ parama-pāvanīm ॥15-30-16॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; after that; युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira; (proper noun, name of the king); राजा (rājā) - king; कुरुक्षेत्रम् (kurukṣetram) - Kurukṣetra (proper noun, name of the region); अवातरत् (avātarat) - descended; arrived; क्रमेण (krameṇa) - gradually; step by step; उत्तीर्ण्य (uttīrya) - having crossed; यमुनाम् (yamunām) - Yamunā (proper noun, name of the river); नदीम् (nadīm) - river; परमपावनीम् (parama-pāvanīm) - supremely purifying;]
(Then Yudhiṣṭhira, the king, descended to Kurukṣetra. Gradually, having crossed the Yamunā river which is supremely purifying.)
Then King Yudhiṣṭhira arrived at Kurukṣetra, gradually crossing the supremely purifying river Yamunā. (15-30-16)
स ददर्शाश्रमं दूराद्राजर्षेस्तस्य धीमतः। शतयूपस्य कौरव्य धृतराष्ट्रस्य चैव ह ॥१५-३०-१७॥
sa dadarśāśramaṃ dūrādrājarṣestasya dhīmataḥ. śatayūpasya kauravya dhṛtarāṣṭrasya caiva ha ॥15-30-17॥
[स (sa) (sa) - he; ददर्श (dadarśa) (dadarśa) - saw; आश्रमं (āśramam) (āśramam) - hermitage; दूरात् (dūrāt) (dūrāt) - from afar; राजर्षेः (rājarṣeḥ) (rājarṣeḥ) - of the royal sage; तस्य (tasya) (tasya) - of him; धीमतः (dhīmataḥ) (dhīmataḥ) - wise; शतयूपस्य (śatayūpasya) (śatayūpasya) - of Śatayūpa; कौरव्य (kauravya) (kauravya) - O descendant of Kuru; धृतराष्ट्रस्य (dhṛtarāṣṭrasya) (dhṛtarāṣṭrasya) - of Dhṛtarāṣṭra; च (ca) (ca) - and; एव (eva) (eva) - indeed; ह (ha) (ha) - verily;]
(He saw the hermitage from afar, of that wise royal sage, of Śatayūpa, O descendant of Kuru, and of Dhṛtarāṣṭra indeed verily.)
He saw the hermitage from afar belonging to the wise royal sage Śatayūpa and to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, O descendant of Kuru. (15-30-17)
ततः प्रमुदितः सर्वो जनस्तद्वनमञ्जसा। विवेश सुमहानादैरापूर्य भरतर्षभ ॥१५-३०-१८॥
tataḥ pramuditaḥ sarvo janas tad vanam añjasā। viveśa sumahān ādaiḥ āpūrya bharatarṣabha ॥15-30-18॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; प्रमुदितः (pramuditaḥ) - joyful; सर्वः (sarvaḥ) - all; जनः (janaḥ) - people; तद् (tad) - that; वनम् (vanam) - forest; अञ्जसा (añjasā) - directly; विवेश (viveśa) - entered; सुमहानादैः (sumahān ādaiḥ) - with very great sounds; आपूर्य (āpūrya) - filling; भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O best of the Bharatas;]
(Then joyful all people that forest directly entered with very great sounds, filling (it), O best of the Bharatas.)
Then, O best of the Bharatas, all the people joyfully entered that forest directly, filling it with their mighty sounds. (15-30-18)
