15.033

विदुरसायुज्यम्

vidurasāyujyam

[विदुर (vidura) - Vidura; (proper noun, name of the sage); सायुज्यम् (sāyujyam) - union; merging; intimate association;]

(Vidura union;)

Union with Vidura;

धृतराष्ट्र उवाच॥

dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca॥

[धृतराष्ट्र (dhṛtarāṣṭra) - Dhritarashtra; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]

(Dhritarashtra said;)

Dhritarashtra said.

युधिष्ठिर महाबाहो कच्चित्तात कुशल्यसि। सहितो भ्रातृभिः सर्वैः पौरजानपदैस्तथा ॥१५-३३-१॥

yudhiṣṭhira mahābāho kaccittāta kuśalyasi. sahito bhrātṛbhiḥ sarvaiḥ paurajānapadaistathā ॥15-33-1॥

[युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhiṣṭhira; (proper noun); महाबाहो (mahābāho) - O mighty-armed one; (vocative); कच्चित् (kaccit) - whether; तात (tāta) - O dear (son); कुशल्यसि (kuśalyasi) - are well; (second person singular, present indicative of root kuśal, to be well); सहितः (sahitaḥ) - together with; accompanied by; भ्रातृभिः (bhrātṛbhiḥ) - with brothers; (instrumental plural of bhrātṛ); सर्वैः (sarvaiḥ) - all; (instrumental plural); पौरजानपदैः (paurajānapadaiḥ) - with citizens and country people; (instrumental plural dvandva compound: paura, citizen + jānápada, country man); तथा (tathā) - likewise;]

(Yudhiṣṭhira, O mighty-armed, whether, O dear, you are well, together with all your brothers and with citizens and country people likewise.)

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॥

ye ca tvām-upajīvanti kaccit te'pi nirāmayāḥ। sacivā bhṛtyavargāś ca guravaś caiva te vibho॥15-33-2॥

[ये (ye) - who; च (ca) - and; त्वाम् (tvām) - you; उपजीवन्ति (upajīvanti) - subsist upon; depend upon; कच्चित् (kaccit) - whether; ते (te) - your; अपि (api) - also; निरामयाः (nirāmayāḥ) - free from disease; healthy; सचिवाः (sacivāḥ) - ministers; भृत्यवर्गाः (bhṛtyavargāḥ) - groups of attendants; च (ca) - and; गुरवः (guravaḥ) - elders; teachers; चैव (caiva) - and also; ते (te) - your; विभो (vibho) - O lord;]

(Who and (those who) depend upon you, whether your also healthy: ministers, groups of attendants, and elders also your, O lord.)

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॥

kaccid vartasi paurāṇīṃ vṛttiṃ rājarṣi-sevitām। kaccid dāyān anucchidya kośas te'bhiprapūryate ॥15-33-3॥

[कच्चित् (kaccit) - whether; वर्तसि (vartasi) - you conduct (yourself); पौराणीम् (paurāṇīm) - ancient; वृत्तिम् (vṛttim) - practice; राजर्षिसेविताम् (rājarṣi-sevitām) - followed by royal sages; कच्चित् (kaccit) - whether; दायान् (dāyān) - inheritances; अनुच्छिद्य (anucchidya) - without breaking; कोशः (kośaḥ) - treasury; ते (te) - your; अभिप्रपूर्यते (abhiprapūryate) - is being fully filled;]

(Whether you conduct yourself in the ancient practice followed by royal sages? Whether, without breaking up inheritances, your treasury is being fully filled?)

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॥

arimadhyastha-mitreṣu vartase cānurūpataḥ। brāhmaṇān-agrāhārair vā yathāvad anupaśyasi॥15-33-4॥

[अरि (ari) - enemy; मध्यस्थ (madhyastha) - neutral; मित्रेषु (mitreṣu) - among friends; वर्तसे (vartase) - you behave; च (ca) - and; अनुरूपतः (anurūpataḥ) - appropriately; ब्राह्मणान् (brāhmaṇān) - the brāhmaṇas; अग्रहारैः (agrāhāraiḥ) - with land-grants; वा (vā) - or; यथावत् (yathāvat) - properly; अनुपश्यसि (anupaśyasi) - you regard;]

(Among enemies, neutrals, and friends, you behave also appropriately. The brāhmaṇas with land-grants, or properly, you regard.)

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॥

kaccitte parituṣyanti śīlena bharatarṣabha। śatravo guravaḥ paurā bhṛtyā vā svajano'pi vā ॥15-33-5॥

[कच्चित् (kaccit) - whether; (interrogative particle); ते (te) - to you; (for you); परितुष्यन्ति (parituṣyanti) - are wholly satisfied; शीलेन (śīlena) - by (your) character; by conduct; भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O best of the Bharatas; (honorific address); शत्रवः (śatravaḥ) - enemies; गुरवः (guravaḥ) - elders; teachers; पौरा (paurā) - citizens; भृत्या (bhṛtyā) - servants; वा (vā) - or; स्वजनः (svajanaḥ) - one's own people; relatives; अपि (api) - even; वा (vā) - or;]

(O best of the Bharatas, whether by (your) character to you are wholly satisfied enemies, elders, citizens, servants, or one's own people, even or.)

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॥

kaccidyajasi rājendra śraddhāvān pitṛdevatāḥ। atithīṃś cānnapānena kaccid arcase bhārata॥15-33-6॥

[कच्चित् (kaccit) - is it so; (interrogative particle to ask question); यजसि (yajasi) - you perform sacrifices; राजेन्द्र (rājendra) - O best of kings; श्रद्धावान् (śraddhāvān) - with faith; पितृदेवताः (pitṛdevatāḥ) - ancestors and deities; अतिथीन् (atithīn) - guests; च (ca) - and; अन्नपानेन (annapānena) - with food and drink; कच्चित् (kaccit) - is it so; (again, interrogative); अर्चसि (arcase) - you honor; भारत (bhārata) - O descendant of Bharata;]

(Is it so that you perform sacrifices, O best of kings, with faith for ancestors and deities? And is it so that you honor guests with food and drink, O descendant of Bharata?)

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॥

kaccic ca viṣaye viprāḥ svakarma-niratās tava। kṣatriyā vaiśya-vargā vā śūdrā vā api kuṭumbinaḥ ॥15-33-7॥

[कच्चित् (kaccit) - is it the case; (interrogative particle); च (ca) - and; also; विषये (viṣaye) - in the domain; in the territory; विप्राः (viprāḥ) - Brāhmaṇas; sages; स्वकर्मनिरताः (svakarma-niratāḥ) - engaged in their own duties; तव (tava) - your; क्षत्रियाः (kṣatriyāḥ) - Kṣatriyas; warrior class; वैश्यवर्गाः (vaiśya-vargāḥ) - classes of Vaiśyas; merchant class groups; वा (vā) - or; शूद्राः (śūdrāḥ) - Śūdras; working class; वा (vā) - or; अपि (api) - also; even; कुटुम्बिनः (kuṭumbinaḥ) - householders; family men;]

(Is it so, and in the domain, Brāhmaṇas engaged in their own duties, your; Kṣatriyas, classes of Vaiśyas or Śūdras or also householders.)

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॥

kaccit-strī-bāla-vṛddhaṃ te na śocati na yācate. jāmayaḥ pūjitāḥ kaccit-tava gehe nararṣabha ॥15-33-8॥

[कच्चित् (kaccit) - whether; (interrogative particle); स्त्रीबालवृद्धम् (strī-bāla-vṛddham) - woman, child, old person; (accusative singular—collective category); ते (te) - by you; (instrumental/locative singular); न (na) - not; शोचति (śocati) - grieves; न (na) - not; याचते (yācate) - begs; requests; जामयः (jāmayaḥ) - wives of brothers (sisters-in-law); पूजिताः (pūjitāḥ) - honored; respected; कच्चित् (kaccit) - whether; तव (tava) - your; गेहे (gehe) - in the house; नरर्षभ (nararṣabha) - bull among men; (vocative singular);]

(Whether the woman, child, old person by you not grieves, not begs. Wives of brothers honored, whether in your house, O bull among men.)

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॥

kaccid rājarṣivaṃśo 'yaṃ tvām āsādya mahīpatim। yathocitaṃ mahārāja yaśasā nāvasīdati॥15-33-9॥

[कच्चित् (kaccit) - whether; राजर्षिवंशः (rājarṣivaṃśaḥ) - the lineage of royal sages; अयम् (ayam) - this; त्वाम् (tvām) - you; आसाद्य (āsādya) - having obtained; महीपतिम् (mahīpatim) - the lord of the earth; यथोचितम् (yathocitam) - as is appropriate; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; यशसा (yaśasā) - with fame; न (na) - not; अवसीदति (avasīdati) - declines;]

(Whether the lineage of royal sages, this, having obtained you, the lord of earth, as is appropriate, O great king, with fame, does not decline.)

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 uvāca॥

[वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) - Vaiśampāyana; (a proper noun, name of the sage); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (from the root 'vac' — to speak, perfect tense, 3rd person singular);]

(Vaiśampāyana said;)

Vaiśampāyana said;

इत्येवंवादिनं तं स न्यायवित्प्रत्यभाषत। कुशलप्रश्नसंयुक्तं कुशलो वाक्यकर्मणि ॥१५-३३-१०॥

ityevaṃvā Dinaṃ taṃ sa nyāyavitpratyabhāṣata। kuśalapraśnasaṃyuktaṃ kuśalo vākyakarmaṇi ॥15-33-10॥

[इति (iti) - thus; एवंवादिनं (evaṃ-vādinam) - speaking thus; तं (taṃ) - him; स (sa) - he; न्यायवित् (nyāyavit) - knower of justice; प्रत्यभाषत (pratyabhāṣata) - spoke in reply; कुशलप्रश्नसंयुक्तं (kuśala-praśna-saṃyuktam) - endowed with skilful questioning; कुशलः (kuśalaḥ) - skilful; वाक्यकर्मणि (vākyakarmaṇi) - in the act of speech;]

(Thus, to him who was speaking thus, he, the knower of justice, spoke in reply; endowed with skilful questioning, skilful in the act of speech.)

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॥

kaccitte vardhate rājanstapo mandaśramasya te। api me jananī ceyaṁ śuśrūṣurvigataklamā ॥ apyasyāḥ saphalo rājanvanavāso bhaviṣyati ॥15-33-11॥

[कच्चित् (kaccit) - perhaps; certainly; ते (te) - your; वर्धते (vardhate) - is increasing; prospers; राजन् (rājan) - O King; तपः (tapaḥ) - austerity; penance; मन्दश्रमस्य (mandaśramasya) - of little exertion; of mild labor; ते (te) - for you; अपि (api) - also; perhaps; मे (me) - my; जननी (jananī) - mother; च (ca) - and; इयम् (iyam) - this; शुश्रूषुः (śuśrūṣuḥ) - desirous of service; attentive; विगतक्लमा (vigataklamā) - free from weariness; without fatigue; अपि (api) - also; perhaps; अस्याः (asyāḥ) - her; सफलः (saphalaḥ) - fruitful; successful; राजन् (rājan) - O King; वनवासः (vanavāsaḥ) - forest dwelling; stay in the forest; भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - will be;]

("Perhaps, O King, your austerity arising from little exertion is prospers. Also, my mother—this one here, desirous of service, free from weariness—perhaps for her the forest dwelling will be fruitful, O King." (15-33-11))

"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॥

iyaṃ ca mātā jyeṣṭhā me vītavātādhvakarśitā। ghoreṇa tapasā yuktā devī kaccinna śocati॥15-33-12॥

[इयं (iyaṃ) - this (feminine); च (ca) - and; माता (mātā) - mother; ज्येष्ठा (jyeṣṭhā) - eldest (feminine); मे (me) - my; वीतवाताध्वकर्शिता (vītavātādhvakarśitā) - exhausted by wind and travel; घोरेण (ghoreṇa) - by severe; तपसा (tapasā) - austerity; युक्ता (yuktā) - engaged; देवी (devī) - the lady; कच्चित् (kaccit) - whether; न (na) - not; शोचति (śocati) - grieves;]

(This too mother eldest my, exhausted by wind and journey, engaged in severe austerity, the lady, whether not grieves.)

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॥

hatān putrān mahāvīryān kṣatradharma-parāyaṇān। na apadhyāyati vā kaccid asmān pāpakṛtḥ sadā॥15-33-13॥

[हतान् (hatān) - slain; पुत्रान् (putrān) - sons; महावीर्यान् (mahāvīryān) - of great valor; क्षत्रधर्मपरायणान् (kṣatradharmaparāyaṇān) - devoted to the duty of kṣatriyas; न (na) - not; अपध्यायति (apadhyāyati) - plots against; वा (vā) - or; कच्चित् (kaccit) - whether; अस्मान् (asmān) - us; पापकृतः (pāpakṛtaḥ) - evil-doer; सदा (sadā) - always;]

(Slain sons of great valor, devoted to the duty of kṣatriyas; is the evil-doer not always plotting against us, or?)

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॥

kva cāsau viduro rājan nainaṁ paśyāmahe vayam। sañjayaḥ kuśalī cāyaṁ kaccinnu tapasi sthitaḥ ॥15-33-14॥

[क्व (kva) - where; च (ca) - and; असौ (asau) - this; विदुरः (viduraḥ) - Vidura; राजन् (rājan) - O King; न (na) - not; एनम् (enam) - him; पश्यामहे (paśyāmahe) - (we) see; वयम् (vayam) - we; सञ्जयः (sañjayaḥ) - Sañjaya; कुशली (kuśalī) - well; च (ca) - and; अयम् (ayam) - this; कच्चित् (kaccit) - surely; नु (nu) - indeed; तपसि (tapasi) - in austerity; स्थितः (sthitaḥ) - situated;]

(Where and this Vidura, O King, not him (we) see we. Sañjaya well and this surely indeed in austerity situated.)

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॥

ityuktaḥ pratyuvācedaṃ dhṛtarāṣṭro janādhipam। kuśalī viduraḥ putra tapo ghoraṃ samāsthitaḥ ॥15-33-15॥

[इति (iti) - thus; उक्तः (uktaḥ) - having been spoken; प्रत्युवाच (pratyuvāca) - replied; इदम् (idam) - this; धृतराष्ट्रः (dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ) - Dhritarashtra; जन-अधिपम् (jana-adhipam) - to the lord of people; कुशली (kuśalī) - well; विदुरः (viduraḥ) - Vidura; पुत्र (putra) - son; तपः (tapaḥ) - austerity; घोरम् (ghoram) - severe; समास्थितः (samāsthitaḥ) - has undertaken;]

(Thus having been spoken, Dhritarashtra replied this to the lord of people: "Well, Vidura's son has undertaken severe austerity." (15-33-15))

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॥

vāyubhakṣo nirāhāraḥ kṛśo dhamanisantataḥ। kadācid dṛśyate vipraiḥ śūnye 'smin kānane kvacit॥15-33-16॥

[वायुभक्षः (vāyubhakṣaḥ) - air-eater; निराहारः (nirāhāraḥ) - without food; कृशः (kṛśaḥ) - emaciated; धमनिसन्ततः (dhamanisantataḥ) - veins-covered; कदाचित् (kadācit) - sometimes; दृश्यते (dṛśyate) - is seen; विप्रैः (vipraiḥ) - by brahmins; शून्ये (śūnye) - in the empty; अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this; कानने (kānane) - forest; क्वचित् (kvacit) - somewhere;]

(Air-eater, without food, emaciated, veins-covered, sometimes is seen by brahmins, in the empty, in this forest, somewhere.)

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॥

ityevaṁ vadatas tasya jaṭī vīṭāmukhaḥ kṛśaḥ। digvāsā maladigdhāṅgo vanareṇusamukṣitaḥ ॥15-33-17॥

[इति (iti) - thus; एवं (evaṁ) - in this manner; वदतः (vadatas) - speaking; तस्य (tasya) - of him; जटी (jaṭī) - matted-haired; वीटामुखः (vīṭā-mukhaḥ) - with mouth stained by betel; कृशः (kṛśaḥ) - thin; दिग्वासा (digvāsā) - clad with the quarters (naked); मलदिग्धाङ्गः (mala-digdha-aṅgaḥ) - whose body smeared with filth; वनरेणुसमुक्षितः (vana-reṇu-samukṣitaḥ) - covered with forest dust;]

(Thus, as he was speaking in this manner, the matted-haired one, with mouth stained by betel, thin, clad with the quarters, whose body was smeared with filth, covered with forest dust.)

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॥

dūrād ālakṣitaḥ kṣattā tatra ākhyātaḥ mahīpateḥ| nivartamānaḥ sahasā janaṁ dṛṣṭvā āśramam prati॥15-33-18॥

[दूरात् (dūrāt) - from a distance; आलक्षितः (ālakṣitaḥ) - having been seen; क्षत्ता (kṣattā) - the charioteer; तत्र (tatra) - there; आख्यातः (ākhyātaḥ) - informed; महीपतेः (mahīpateḥ) - of the king; निवर्तमानः (nivartamānaḥ) - turning back; सहसा (sahasā) - suddenly; जनम् (janam) - people; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; आश्रमम् (āśramam) - hermitage; प्रति (prati) - towards;]

(From a distance, having been seen, the charioteer there informed the king; turning back suddenly, having seen people towards the hermitage.)

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॥

tam anvadhāvan nṛpatir eka eva yudhiṣṭhiraḥ। praviśantam vanaṃ ghoraṃ lakṣyālakṣyaṃ kvacit kvacit ॥15-33-19॥

[तम् (tam) - him; अन्वधावत् (anvadhāvat) - followed; नृपतिः (nṛpatiḥ) - the king; एकः (ekaḥ) - alone; एव (eva) - indeed; युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira; प्रविशन्तम् (praviśantam) - entering; वनम् (vanam) - forest; घोरम् (ghoram) - terrible; लक्ष्य-अलक्ष्यम् (lakṣya-alakṣyam) - visible-invisible; क्वचित् (kvacit) - here; क्वचित् (kvacit) - there;]

(Him followed the king, Yudhiṣṭhira, alone indeed, entering the terrible forest, visible and invisible, here and there.)

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॥

bho bho vidura rājāhaṃ dayitaste yudhiṣṭhiraḥ। iti bruvannarapatistaṃ yatnādbhyadhāvata ॥15-33-20॥

[भो भो (bho bho) - O! O!; विदुर (vidura) - Vidura; राजा (rājā) - king; अहं (ahaṃ) - I; दयितः (dayitaḥ) - beloved; ते (te) - of you; युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhishthira; इति (iti) - thus; ब्रुवन् (bruvan) - speaking; नरपतिः (narapatiḥ) - the king; तम् (tam) - him; यत्नात् (yatnāt) - with effort; अभ्यधावत (abhyadhāvata) - approached;]

(O! O! Vidura, the king, I, the beloved of you, Yudhishthira—thus speaking, the king with effort approached him.)

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॥

tato vivikta ekānte tasthau buddhimatāṃ varaḥ। viduro vṛkṣam āśritya kañcit tatra vanāntare ॥15-33-21॥

[ततः (tataḥ) - then; विविक्त (vivikta) - solitary; एकान्ते (ekānte) - in a secluded place; तस्थौ (tasthau) - stood; बुद्धिमतां (buddhimatām) - of the wise; वरः (varaḥ) - the best; विदुरः (viduraḥ) - Vidura; वृक्षम् (vṛkṣam) - tree; आश्रित्य (āśritya) - resorting to; कञ्चित् (kañcit) - some, a certain; तत्र (tatra) - there; वनान्तरे (vanāntare) - in the interior of the forest;]

(Then, in a solitary secluded place, stood the best of the wise, Vidura, resorting to a certain tree there in the interior of the forest.)

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॥

taṁ rājā kṣīṇabhūyiṣṭham ākṛtimātra-sūcitam। abhijajñe mahābuddhiṁ mahābuddhir yudhiṣṭhiraḥ ॥15-33-22॥

[तं (taṁ) - him; राजा (rājā) - the king; क्षीणभूयिष्ठम् (kṣīṇabhūyiṣṭham) - greatly reduced in form; आकृतीमात्रसूचितम् (ākṛtimātra-sūcitam) - indicated only by (his) appearance; अभिजज्ञे (abhijajñe) - recognized; महाबुद्धिं (mahābuddhim) - the great-intellect; महाबुद्धिः (mahābuddhiḥ) - the great-intellect; युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira;]

(Him, the king, greatly reduced in form, indicated only by appearance, recognized as the great-intellect; the great-intellect Yudhiṣṭhira.)

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॥

yudhiṣṭhiro'hamasmīti vākyamuktvāgrataḥ sthitaḥ. vidurasyaāśrave rājā sa ca pratyāha sañjñayā ॥15-33-23॥

[युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira (proper noun); अहम् (aham) - I; अस्मि (asmi) - am; इति (iti) - thus; वाक्यम् (vākyam) - speech; उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having spoken; अग्रतः (agrataḥ) - in front; स्थितः (sthitaḥ) - stood; विदुरस्य (vidurasya) - of Vidura; आश्रवे (āśrave) - in the hearing (to be heard); राजा (rājā) - the king; सः (saḥ) - he; च (ca) - and; प्रत्याह (pratyāha) - responded; सञ्ज्ञया (sañjñayā) - with a sign (gesture, indication);]

(Yudhiṣṭhira I am thus speech having spoken in front stood. Of Vidura in the hearing the king he and responded with a sign.)

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॥

tataḥ so'nimiṣo bhūtvā rājānaṁ samudaikṣata. saṁyojya viduras tasmin dṛṣṭiṁ dṛṣṭyā samāhitaḥ ॥15-33-24॥

[ततः (tataḥ) - then; सः (saḥ) - he; अनिमिषः (animiṣaḥ) - unblinking; without closing the eyes; भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having become; राजानम् (rājānam) - the king; समुदैक्षत (samudaikṣata) - looked at intently; संयोज्य (saṁyojya) - having fixed; having united; विदुरः (viduraḥ) - Vidura; तस्मिन् (tasmin) - on him; दृष्टिम् (dṛṣṭim) - gaze; दृष्ट्या (dṛṣṭyā) - with his look; with sight; समाहितः (samāhitaḥ) - attentive; focused;]

(Then he, having become unblinking, looked intently at the king. Having fixed his gaze upon him, Vidura, with his look, was attentive.)

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॥

viveśa viduro dhīmān gātrair gātrāṇi caiva ha। prāṇān prāṇeṣu ca dadhad indriyāṇi indriyeṣu ca ॥15-33-25॥

[विवेश (viveśa) - he entered; विदुरः (viduraḥ) - Vidura; धीमान् (dhīmān) - wise; गात्रैः (gātraiḥ) - by limbs; गात्राणि (gātrāṇi) - limbs; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; ह (ha) - verily; प्राणान् (prāṇān) - life-breaths; प्राणेषु (prāṇeṣu) - in the vital airs; च (ca) - and; दधत् (dadhat) - placing; इन्द्रियाणि (indriyāṇi) - the senses; इन्द्रियेṣu (indriyeṣu) - into the senses; च (ca) - and;]

(He entered, Vidura, the wise, by limbs (he placed) the limbs, and indeed verily; life-breaths into the life-breaths and placing the senses into the senses.)

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॥

sa yogabalam āsthāya viveśa nṛpateḥ tanum । viduraḥ dharmarājasya tejasā prajvalan iva ॥15-33-26॥

[स (sa) - he; योगबलम् (yogabalam) - strength of yoga; आस्थाय (āsthāya) - having assumed; विवेश (viveśa) - entered; नृपतेः (nṛpateḥ) - of the king; तनुम् (tanum) - body; विदुरः (viduraḥ) - Vidura; धर्मराजस्य (dharmarājasya) - of Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira); तेजसा (tejasā) - by the splendor; प्रज्वलन् (prajvalan) - shining; इव (iva) - as if;]

(He, having assumed the strength of yoga, entered the body of the king; Vidura, of Dharmarāja, by the splendor, shining as if.)

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॥

vidurasya śarīraṃ tattathaiva stabdhalocanam। vṛkṣāśritaṃ tadā rājā dadarśa gatacetanam ॥15-33-27॥

[विदुरस्य (vidurasya) - of Vidura; शरीरं (śarīram) - body; तत्तथैव (tat tathaiva) - that (remained) in just that way; स्तब्धलोचनम् (stabdhalocanam) - with fixed eyes; वृक्षाश्रितं (vṛkṣāśritam) - resting by a tree; तदा (tadā) - then; राजा (rājā) - king; ददर्श (dadarśa) - saw; गतचेतनम् (gatacetanam) - with departed consciousness;]

(Of Vidura, (his) body, that in just that way, with fixed eyes, resting by a tree, then the king saw, with departed consciousness.)

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॥

balavantaṃ tathātmānaṃ mene bahuguṇaṃ tadā। dharmarājo mahātejāstacca sasmāra pāṇḍavaḥ ॥15-33-28॥

[बलवन्तं (balavantaṃ) - strong; तथा (tathā) - thus; आत्मानं (ātmānaṃ) - own self; मेने (mene) - considered; बहुगुणं (bahuguṇaṃ) - having many qualities; तदा (tadā) - then; धर्मराजः (dharmarājaḥ) - Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira); महातेजाः (mahātejāḥ) - greatly powerful; तच्च (tacca) - and that; सस्मार (sasmāra) - remembered; पाण्डवः (pāṇḍavaḥ) - the son of Pāṇḍu (i.e., Yudhiṣṭhira);]

(Strong thus own self considered to be possessing many qualities, then Dharmarāja, greatly powerful, and that remembered, the Pāṇḍava.)

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॥

paurāṇam ātmanaḥ sarvaṃ vidyāvān sa viśāṃ pate. yogadharmaṃ mahātejā vyāsena kathitaṃ yathā ॥15-33-29॥

[पौराणम् (paurāṇam) - ancient (i.e., traditional); आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of oneself; सर्वम् (sarvam) - all; विद्यावान् (vidyāvān) - possessed of knowledge; सः (saḥ) - he; विशां पते (viśāṃ pate) - O lord of men; योगधर्मम् (yogadharmam) - the duty of yoga; महातेजा (mahātejā) - of great splendor; व्यासेन (vyāsena) - by Vyāsa; कथितम् (kathitam) - spoken; यथा (yathā) - as;]

(Ancient (traditional) of oneself all possessed of knowledge he, O lord of men, the duty of yoga, of great splendor, by Vyāsa, spoken as.)

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॥

dharmarājas tu tatra enaṃ sañcaskārayiṣus tadā। dagdhukāmo 'bhavad vidvān atha vai vāg abhāṣata ॥15-33-30॥

[धर्मराजः (dharmarājaḥ) - King of Dharma; Yudhiṣṭhira; तु (tu) - but; तत्र (tatra) - there; एनम् (enam) - him; सञ्चस्कारयिषुः (sañcaskārayiṣuḥ) - wishing to perform the funeral rites; तदा (tadā) - then; दग्धुकामः (dagdhukāmaḥ) - desiring to burn; अभवत् (abhavat) - became; विद्वान् (vidvān) - the wise one; अथ (atha) - then; वै (vai) - indeed; वाक् (vāk) - speech; अभाषत (abhāṣata) - spoke;]

(King Dharma-rāja but there him wishing to perform the funeral rites then desiring to burn became the wise one then indeed speech spoke.)

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॥

bho bho rājan dagdhyam etad vidura-saṃjñakam। kalevaram iha etat te dharma eṣa sanātanaḥ॥15-33-31॥

[भो भो (bho bho) - O! O!; राजन्न् (rājan) - O king; दग्धव्यम् (dagdhyam) - must be burned; एतत् (etat) - this; विदुरसञ्ज्ञकम् (vidura-saṃjñakam) - called Vidura; कलेवरम् (kalevaram) - body; इह (iha) - here; एतत् (etat) - this; ते (te) - your; धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - duty; एषः (eṣaḥ) - this; सनातनः (sanātanaḥ) - eternal;]

(O! O! O king, this called Vidura must be burned, this body here; this is your duty, this is eternal.)

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॥

lokāḥ santānakā nāma bhaviṣyantyasya pārthiva। yatidharmamavāpto'sau naiva śocyaḥ parantapa ॥15-33-32॥

[लोकाः (lokāḥ) - worlds; (realms of existence); सन्तानका (santānakā) - descendants; progeny; नाम (nāma) - named; called; भविष्यन्ति (bhaviṣyanti) - will become; will be; अस्य (asya) - his; of him; पार्थिव (pārthiva) - O king; prince; यतिधर्मम् (yatidharmam) - the way of ascetics; rule of ascetics; अवाप्तः (avāptaḥ) - attained; obtained; असौ (asau) - he; that person; न (na) - not; एव (eva) - indeed; शोच्यः (śocyaḥ) - to be mourned; deserving grief; परन्तप (parantapa) - O scorcher of foes;]

(Worlds, descendants named, will become of him, O king. The way of ascetics attained, he indeed is not to be mourned, O scorcher of foes.)

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॥

ity-ukto dharmarājaḥ sa vinivṛtya tataḥ punaḥ। rājño vaicitravīryasya tat sarvaṃ pratyavedayat॥15-33-33॥

[इति (iti) - thus; उक्तः (uktaḥ) - having been addressed; धर्मराजः (dharmarājaḥ) - Dharmarāja; स (sa) - he; विनिवृत्य (vinivṛtya) - having returned; ततः (tataḥ) - from there; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; राज्ञः (rājñaḥ) - to the king; वैचित्रवीर्यस्य (vaicitravīryasya) - of Vicitravīrya's (descendant); तत् (tat) - that; सर्वं (sarvaṃ) - all; प्रत्यवेदयत् (pratyavedayat) - he reported;]

(Thus having been addressed, Dharmarāja, having returned from there again, to the king, of Vicitravīrya's (descendant), that all he reported.)

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॥

tataḥ sa rājā dyutimān sa ca sarvo janas tadā। bhīmasenādayaś caiva paraṃ vismayam āgatāḥ ॥15-33-34॥

[ततः (tataḥ) - then; स (sa) - he; राजा (rājā) - king; द्युतिमान् (dyutimān) - radiant; स (sa) - he; च (ca) - and; सर्वः (sarvaḥ) - all; जनः (janaḥ) - people; तदा (tadā) - then; भीमसेनादयः (bhīmasenādayaḥ) - Bhīmasena and others; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; परम् (param) - great; विस्मयम् (vismayam) - astonishment; आगताः (āgatāḥ) - attained;]

(Then he, the radiant king, and all the people then, Bhīmasena and others also indeed, great astonishment attained.)

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॥

tacchrutvā prītimān rājā bhūtvā dharmajam abravīt। āpaḥ mūlaṁ phalaṁ ca eva mama idaṁ pratigṛhyatām॥15-33-35॥

[तत् (tat) - that; श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard; प्रीतिमान् (prītimān) - full of joy; राजा (rājā) - the king; भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having become; धर्मजम् (dharmajam) - born of dharma; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke; आपः (āpaḥ) - water; मूलम् (mūlam) - root; फलम् (phalam) - fruit; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; मम (mama) - my; इदम् (idam) - this; प्रतिगृह्यताम् (pratigṛhyatām) - let it be accepted;]

(That having heard, full of joy the king, having become, to (the one) born of dharma spoke: "Water, root, fruit and indeed this of mine, let it be accepted." (15-33-35))

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॥

yadanno hi naro rājaṃstadanno'syātithiḥ smṛtaḥ। ityuktaḥ sa tathetyeva prāha dharmātmajo nṛpam ॥ phalaṃ mūlaṃ ca bubhuje rājñā dattaṃ sahānujaḥ ॥15-33-36॥

[यदन्नः (yad-annaḥ) - whatever food; हि (hi) - indeed; नरः (naraḥ) - a man; राजंन् (rājan) - O king; तदन्नः (tad-annaḥ) - that food; अस्य (asya) - by him; अतिथिः (atithiḥ) - guest; स्मृतः (smṛtaḥ) - is considered; इति (iti) - thus; उक्तः (uktaḥ) - having been said; सः (saḥ) - he; तथैति (tatha-iti) - so be it; एव (eva) - indeed; प्राह (prāha) - spoke; धर्मात्मजः (dharmātmajaḥ) - son of Dharma; नृपम् (nṛpam) - to the king; फलम् (phalam) - fruit; मूलम् (mūlam) - root; च (ca) - and; बुभुजे (bubhuje) - ate; राज्ञा (rājñā) - by the king; दत्तम् (dattam) - given; सह (saha) - with; अनुजः (anujaḥ) - younger brother;]

(Whatever food indeed a man, O king, (has), that food by him the guest is considered. Thus having been said, he indeed spoke "so be it"—the son of Dharma to the king. Fruit, root and (he) ate, given by the king, with his younger brother.)

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॥

tatas te vṛkṣamūleṣu kṛtavāsaparigrahāḥ। tāṃ rātriṃ nyavasan sarve phalamūlajalāśanāḥ॥15-33-37॥

[ततः (tataḥ) - then; ते (te) - they; वृक्ष-मूलेषु (vṛkṣa-mūleṣu) - at the bases of trees; कृत-वास-परिग्रहाः (kṛta-vāsa-parigrahāḥ) - having made arrangements for dwelling; तां (tāṃ) - that; रात्रिम् (rātrim) - night; न्यवसन् (nyavasan) - spent; सर्वे (sarve) - all; फल-मूल-जल-आशनाः (phala-mūla-jala-āśanāḥ) - those who eat fruits, roots, and water;]

(Then they, having made dwelling arrangements at the bases of trees, all who subsist on fruits, roots, and water, spent that night.)

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)