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विदुरसायुज्यम्
Union with Vidura;
धृतराष्ट्र उवाच॥
Dhritarashtra said.
युधिष्ठिर महाबाहो कच्चित्तात कुशल्यसि। सहितो भ्रातृभिः सर्वैः पौरजानपदैस्तथा ॥१५-३३-१॥
Yudhiṣṭhira, O mighty-armed one, are you well, O dear, together with all your brothers and with the citizens and people of the country as well? (15-33-1)
ये च त्वामुपजीवन्ति कच्चित्तेऽपि निरामयाः। सचिवा भृत्यवर्गाश्च गुरवश्चैव ते विभो ॥१५-३३-२॥
And are those who depend on you—your ministers, attendants, and elders—also healthy, O lord? (15-33-2)
कच्चिद्वर्तसि पौराणीं वृत्तिं राजर्षिसेविताम्। कच्चिद्दायाननुच्छिद्य कोशस्तेऽभिप्रपूर्यते ॥१५-३३-३॥
Are you following the ancient practice maintained by royal sages? Is your treasury being properly filled without disrupting the legitimate inheritances? (15-33-3)
अरिमध्यस्थमित्रेषु वर्तसे चानुरूपतः। ब्राह्मणानग्रहारैर्वा यथावदनुपश्यसि ॥१५-३३-४॥
You conduct yourself appropriately among enemies, neutrals, and friends; you observe the brāhmaṇas with land-grants as is proper. (15-33-4)
कच्चित्ते परितुष्यन्ति शीलेन भरतर्षभ। शत्रवो गुरवः पौरा भृत्या वा स्वजनोऽपि वा ॥१५-३३-५॥
O best of the Bharatas, are your enemies, elders, citizens, servants, or even your own people wholly satisfied with your character? (15-33-5)
कच्चिद्यजसि राजेन्द्र श्रद्धावान्पितृदेवताः। अतिथींश्चान्नपानेन कच्चिदर्चसि भारत ॥१५-३३-६॥
O king, do you faithfully perform sacrifices for ancestors and gods? And, O Bharata, do you honor guests with food and drink? (15-33-6)
कच्चिच्च विषये विप्राः स्वकर्मनिरतास्तव। क्षत्रिया वैश्यवर्गा वा शूद्रा वापि कुटुम्बिनः ॥१५-३३-७॥
Are the Brāhmaṇas in your domain indeed devoted to their own duties? And are the Kṣatriyas, the groups of Vaiśyas, and the Śūdras also householders?
कच्चित्स्त्रीबालवृद्धं ते न शोचति न याचते। जामयः पूजिताः कच्चित्तव गेहे नरर्षभ ॥१५-३३-८॥
O best of men, do the women, children, and the elderly in your house neither grieve nor beg? Are the wives of your brothers honored in your home? (15-33-8)
कच्चिद्राजर्षिवंशोऽयं त्वामासाद्य महीपतिम्। यथोचितं महाराज यशसा नावसीदति ॥१५-३३-९॥
O great king, does this lineage of royal sages, having gained you as the lord of the earth, not decline in fame as is appropriate? (15-33-9)
वैशम्पायन उवाच॥
Vaiśampāyana said;
इत्येवंवादिनं तं स न्यायवित्प्रत्यभाषत। कुशलप्रश्नसंयुक्तं कुशलो वाक्यकर्मणि ॥१५-३३-१०॥
Thus, as he was speaking in this manner, the one skilled in justice replied to him—skilled in enquiry and adept in speech. (15-33-10)
कच्चित्ते वर्धते राजंस्तपो मन्दश्रमस्य ते। अपि मे जननी चेयं शुश्रूषुर्विगतक्लमा ॥ अप्यस्याः सफलो राजन्वनवासो भविष्यति ॥१५-३३-११॥
"O King, I hope the austerity for you, performed with mild exertion, is increasing. Also, I hope my mother here, attentive and free from fatigue, finds fruitful her stay in the forest, O King." (15-33-11)
इयं च माता ज्येष्ठा मे वीतवाताध्वकर्शिता। घोरेण तपसा युक्ता देवी कच्चिन्न शोचति ॥१५-३३-१२॥
And this eldest mother of mine, worn out by the wind and the hardships of travel, engaged in severe austerity—does the lady not grieve? (15-33-12)
हतान्पुत्रान्महावीर्यान्क्षत्रधर्मपरायणान्। नापध्यायति वा कच्चिदस्मान्पापकृतः सदा ॥१५-३३-१३॥
Is the evil-doer always plotting against us whose sons of great valor, devoted to kṣatriya duty, have been slain? (15-33-13)
क्व चासौ विदुरो राजन्नैनं पश्यामहे वयम्। सञ्जयः कुशली चायं कच्चिन्नु तपसि स्थितः ॥१५-३३-१४॥
O King, where is this Vidura? We do not see him. Is Sañjaya well, and is he surely engaged in austerity? (15-33-14)
इत्युक्तः प्रत्युवाचेदं धृतराष्ट्रो जनाधिपम्। कुशली विदुरः पुत्र तपो घोरं समास्थितः ॥१५-३३-१५॥
Having thus been addressed, Dhritarashtra replied to the lord of the people: "Vidura's son is well and has undertaken severe austerity." (15-33-15)
वायुभक्षो निराहारः कृशो धमनिसन्ततः। कदाचिद्दृश्यते विप्रैः शून्येऽस्मिन्कानने क्वचित् ॥१५-३३-१६॥
A person who subsists on air alone, without food, emaciated and covered with veins, is sometimes seen by brahmins somewhere in this empty forest. (15-33-16)
इत्येवं वदतस्तस्य जटी वीटामुखः कृशः। दिग्वासा मलदिग्धाङ्गो वनरेणुसमुक्षितः ॥१५-३३-१७॥
Thus, while he was speaking in this manner, the matted-haired ascetic, with a mouth stained by betel, thin, unclothed (clad in the directions), his body smeared with filth and covered in forest dust, (was seen). (15-33-17)
दूरादालक्षितः क्षत्ता तत्राख्यातो महीपतेः। निवर्तमानः सहसा जनं दृष्ट्वाश्रमं प्रति ॥१५-३३-१८॥
When seen from a distance, the charioteer there informed the king; turning back suddenly after seeing people heading towards the hermitage. (15-33-18)
तमन्वधावन्नृपतिरेक एव युधिष्ठिरः। प्रविशन्तं वनं घोरं लक्ष्यालक्ष्यं क्वचित्क्वचित् ॥१५-३३-१९॥
Yudhiṣṭhira, the king, alone indeed, followed him as he was entering the terrible forest, sometimes visible and sometimes invisible, here and there. (15-33-19)
भो भो विदुर राजाहं दयितस्ते युधिष्ठिरः। इति ब्रुवन्नरपतिस्तं यत्नादभ्यधावत ॥१५-३३-२०॥
Calling out “O! O! Vidura, I am the king, your beloved, Yudhishthira”—speaking thus, the king hurriedly approached him with effort. (15-33-20)
ततो विविक्त एकान्ते तस्थौ बुद्धिमतां वरः। विदुरो वृक्षमाश्रित्य कञ्चित्तत्र वनान्तरे ॥१५-३३-२१॥
Then Vidura, the best among the wise, stood alone in a secluded forest, taking shelter under a certain tree. (15-33-21)
तं राजा क्षीणभूयिष्ठमाकृतीमात्रसूचितम्। अभिजज्ञे महाबुद्धिं महाबुद्धिर्युधिष्ठिरः ॥१५-३३-२२॥
The king, greatly diminished and recognizable only by his appearance, was recognized as the great-minded one; the great-minded Yudhiṣṭhira. (15-33-22)
युधिष्ठिरोऽहमस्मीति वाक्यमुक्त्वाग्रतः स्थितः। विदुरस्याश्रवे राजा स च प्रत्याह सञ्ज्ञया ॥१५-३३-२३॥
Having said, "I am Yudhiṣṭhira," he stood at the front. The king, in Vidura’s hearing, replied with a gesture. (15-33-23)
ततः सोऽनिमिषो भूत्वा राजानं समुदैक्षत। संयोज्य विदुरस्तस्मिन्दृष्टिं दृष्ट्या समाहितः ॥१५-३३-२४॥
Then, becoming unblinking, he looked intently at the king; Vidura, after fixing his gaze upon him, attentively watched with focused eyes. (15-33-24)
विवेश विदुरो धीमान्गात्रैर्गात्राणि चैव ह। प्राणान्प्राणेषु च दधदिन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियेषु च ॥१५-३३-२५॥
The wise Vidura entered, having joined each limb to its limbed counterpart, the life-breaths into the life-breaths, and the senses into the senses. (15-33-25)
स योगबलमास्थाय विवेश नृपतेस्तनुम्। विदुरो धर्मराजस्य तेजसा प्रज्वलन्निव ॥१५-३३-२६॥
Vidura, empowered by the strength of yoga, entered the king's body; he appeared to be shining with the splendor of Dharmarāja, as if ablaze. (15-33-26)
विदुरस्य शरीरं तत्तथैव स्तब्धलोचनम्। वृक्षाश्रितं तदा राजा ददर्श गतचेतनम् ॥१५-३३-२७॥
The king then saw the body of Vidura, with fixed eyes, resting by a tree, with life departed. (15-33-27)
बलवन्तं तथात्मानं मेने बहुगुणं तदा। धर्मराजो महातेजास्तच्च सस्मार पाण्डवः ॥१५-३३-२८॥
Then Dharmarāja, the greatly powerful Pāṇḍava, considered himself to be strong and possessing many qualities, and remembered that. (15-33-28)
पौराणमात्मनः सर्वं विद्यावान्स विशां पते। योगधर्मं महातेजा व्यासेन कथितं यथा ॥१५-३३-२९॥
O lord of men, he who possessed all ancient knowledge of self, of great splendor, described the duty of yoga as it was spoken by Vyāsa. (15-33-29)
धर्मराजस्तु तत्रैनं सञ्चस्कारयिषुस्तदा। दग्धुकामोऽभवद्विद्वानथ वै वागभाषत ॥१५-३३-३०॥
But King Dharma-rāja, wishing to perform the funeral rites for him there, then became desirous to burn (the body); then indeed, speech (a voice) spoke. (15-33-30)
भो भो राजन्न दग्धव्यमेतद्विदुरसञ्ज्ञकम्। कलेवरमिहैतत्ते धर्म एष सनातनः ॥१५-३३-३१॥
O King, O King! This body here called Vidura must be burned; this is your duty, this is the eternal law. (15-33-31)
लोकाः सन्तानका नाम भविष्यन्त्यस्य पार्थिव। यतिधर्ममवाप्तोऽसौ नैव शोच्यः परन्तप ॥१५-३३-३२॥
O king, descendants bearing his name will arise in the worlds. Since he has attained the path of ascetics, he is indeed not to be mourned, O scorcher of foes. (15-33-32)
इत्युक्तो धर्मराजः स विनिवृत्य ततः पुनः। राज्ञो वैचित्रवीर्यस्य तत्सर्वं प्रत्यवेदयत् ॥१५-३३-३३॥
Thus addressed, Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira) returned again from there and reported all that to the king, the descendant of Vicitravīrya. (15-33-33)
ततः स राजा द्युतिमान्स च सर्वो जनस्तदा। भीमसेनादयश्चैव परं विस्मयमागताः ॥१५-३३-३४॥
Then the radiant king, all the people, and Bhīmasena and the rest were greatly astonished. (15-33-34)
तच्छ्रुत्वा प्रीतिमान्राजा भूत्वा धर्मजमब्रवीत्। आपो मूलं फलं चैव ममेदं प्रतिगृह्यताम् ॥१५-३३-३५॥
Having heard that, the king, filled with joy, addressed the dharma-born one: "Please accept this water, root, and fruit of mine." (15-33-35)
यदन्नो हि नरो राजंस्तदन्नोऽस्यातिथिः स्मृतः। इत्युक्तः स तथेत्येव प्राह धर्मात्मजो नृपम् ॥ फलं मूलं च बुभुजे राज्ञा दत्तं सहानुजः ॥१५-३३-३६॥
O king, whatever food a man has, that food is considered as for his guest. Thus addressed, the son of Dharma said "so be it" to the king, and together with his younger brother, ate the fruit and roots given by the king. (15-33-36)
ततस्ते वृक्षमूलेषु कृतवासपरिग्रहाः। तां रात्रिं न्यवसन्सर्वे फलमूलजलाशनाः ॥१५-३३-३७॥
Then they all, having arranged their resting place at the roots of trees and living on fruits, roots, and water, spent that night. (15-33-37)
