15.033
vidurasāyujyam
Union with Vidura;
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca॥
Dhritarashtra said.
yudhiṣṭhira mahābāho kaccittāta kuśalyasi. sahito bhrātṛbhiḥ sarvaiḥ paurajānapadaistathā ॥15-33-1॥
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)
ye ca tvām-upajīvanti kaccit te'pi nirāmayāḥ। sacivā bhṛtyavargāś ca guravaś caiva te vibho॥15-33-2॥
And are those who depend on you—your ministers, attendants, and elders—also healthy, O lord? (15-33-2)
kaccid vartasi paurāṇīṃ vṛttiṃ rājarṣi-sevitām। kaccid dāyān anucchidya kośas te'bhiprapūryate ॥15-33-3॥
Are you following the ancient practice maintained by royal sages? Is your treasury being properly filled without disrupting the legitimate inheritances? (15-33-3)
arimadhyastha-mitreṣu vartase cānurūpataḥ। brāhmaṇān-agrāhārair vā yathāvad anupaśyasi॥15-33-4॥
You conduct yourself appropriately among enemies, neutrals, and friends; you observe the brāhmaṇas with land-grants as is proper. (15-33-4)
kaccitte parituṣyanti śīlena bharatarṣabha। śatravo guravaḥ paurā bhṛtyā vā svajano'pi vā ॥15-33-5॥
O best of the Bharatas, are your enemies, elders, citizens, servants, or even your own people wholly satisfied with your character? (15-33-5)
kaccidyajasi rājendra śraddhāvān pitṛdevatāḥ। atithīṃś cānnapānena kaccid arcase bhārata॥15-33-6॥
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)
kaccic ca viṣaye viprāḥ svakarma-niratās tava। kṣatriyā vaiśya-vargā vā śūdrā vā api kuṭumbinaḥ ॥15-33-7॥
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?
kaccit-strī-bāla-vṛddhaṃ te na śocati na yācate. jāmayaḥ pūjitāḥ kaccit-tava gehe nararṣabha ॥15-33-8॥
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)
kaccid rājarṣivaṃśo 'yaṃ tvām āsādya mahīpatim। yathocitaṃ mahārāja yaśasā nāvasīdati॥15-33-9॥
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)
vaiśampāyana uvāca॥
Vaiśampāyana said;
ityevaṃvā Dinaṃ taṃ sa nyāyavitpratyabhāṣata। kuśalapraśnasaṃyuktaṃ kuśalo vākyakarmaṇi ॥15-33-10॥
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)
kaccitte vardhate rājanstapo mandaśramasya te। api me jananī ceyaṁ śuśrūṣurvigataklamā ॥ apyasyāḥ saphalo rājanvanavāso bhaviṣyati ॥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)
iyaṃ ca mātā jyeṣṭhā me vītavātādhvakarśitā। ghoreṇa tapasā yuktā devī kaccinna śocati॥15-33-12॥
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)
hatān putrān mahāvīryān kṣatradharma-parāyaṇān। na apadhyāyati vā kaccid asmān pāpakṛtḥ sadā॥15-33-13॥
Is the evil-doer always plotting against us whose sons of great valor, devoted to kṣatriya duty, have been slain? (15-33-13)
kva cāsau viduro rājan nainaṁ paśyāmahe vayam। sañjayaḥ kuśalī cāyaṁ kaccinnu tapasi sthitaḥ ॥15-33-14॥
O King, where is this Vidura? We do not see him. Is Sañjaya well, and is he surely engaged in austerity? (15-33-14)
ityuktaḥ pratyuvācedaṃ dhṛtarāṣṭro janādhipam। kuśalī viduraḥ putra tapo ghoraṃ samāsthitaḥ ॥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)
vāyubhakṣo nirāhāraḥ kṛśo dhamanisantataḥ। kadācid dṛśyate vipraiḥ śūnye 'smin kānane kvacit॥15-33-16॥
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)
ityevaṁ vadatas tasya jaṭī vīṭāmukhaḥ kṛśaḥ। digvāsā maladigdhāṅgo vanareṇusamukṣitaḥ ॥15-33-17॥
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)
dūrād ālakṣitaḥ kṣattā tatra ākhyātaḥ mahīpateḥ| nivartamānaḥ sahasā janaṁ dṛṣṭvā āśramam prati॥15-33-18॥
When seen from a distance, the charioteer there informed the king; turning back suddenly after seeing people heading towards the hermitage. (15-33-18)
tam anvadhāvan nṛpatir eka eva yudhiṣṭhiraḥ। praviśantam vanaṃ ghoraṃ lakṣyālakṣyaṃ kvacit kvacit ॥15-33-19॥
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)
bho bho vidura rājāhaṃ dayitaste yudhiṣṭhiraḥ। iti bruvannarapatistaṃ yatnādbhyadhāvata ॥15-33-20॥
Calling out “O! O! Vidura, I am the king, your beloved, Yudhishthira”—speaking thus, the king hurriedly approached him with effort. (15-33-20)
tato vivikta ekānte tasthau buddhimatāṃ varaḥ। viduro vṛkṣam āśritya kañcit tatra vanāntare ॥15-33-21॥
Then Vidura, the best among the wise, stood alone in a secluded forest, taking shelter under a certain tree. (15-33-21)
taṁ rājā kṣīṇabhūyiṣṭham ākṛtimātra-sūcitam। abhijajñe mahābuddhiṁ mahābuddhir yudhiṣṭhiraḥ ॥15-33-22॥
The king, greatly diminished and recognizable only by his appearance, was recognized as the great-minded one; the great-minded Yudhiṣṭhira. (15-33-22)
yudhiṣṭhiro'hamasmīti vākyamuktvāgrataḥ sthitaḥ. vidurasyaāśrave rājā sa ca pratyāha sañjñayā ॥15-33-23॥
Having said, "I am Yudhiṣṭhira," he stood at the front. The king, in Vidura’s hearing, replied with a gesture. (15-33-23)
tataḥ so'nimiṣo bhūtvā rājānaṁ samudaikṣata. saṁyojya viduras tasmin dṛṣṭiṁ dṛṣṭyā samāhitaḥ ॥15-33-24॥
Then, becoming unblinking, he looked intently at the king; Vidura, after fixing his gaze upon him, attentively watched with focused eyes. (15-33-24)
viveśa viduro dhīmān gātrair gātrāṇi caiva ha। prāṇān prāṇeṣu ca dadhad indriyāṇi indriyeṣu ca ॥15-33-25॥
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)
sa yogabalam āsthāya viveśa nṛpateḥ tanum । viduraḥ dharmarājasya tejasā prajvalan iva ॥15-33-26॥
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)
vidurasya śarīraṃ tattathaiva stabdhalocanam। vṛkṣāśritaṃ tadā rājā dadarśa gatacetanam ॥15-33-27॥
The king then saw the body of Vidura, with fixed eyes, resting by a tree, with life departed. (15-33-27)
balavantaṃ tathātmānaṃ mene bahuguṇaṃ tadā। dharmarājo mahātejāstacca sasmāra pāṇḍavaḥ ॥15-33-28॥
Then Dharmarāja, the greatly powerful Pāṇḍava, considered himself to be strong and possessing many qualities, and remembered that. (15-33-28)
paurāṇam ātmanaḥ sarvaṃ vidyāvān sa viśāṃ pate. yogadharmaṃ mahātejā vyāsena kathitaṃ yathā ॥15-33-29॥
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)
dharmarājas tu tatra enaṃ sañcaskārayiṣus tadā। dagdhukāmo 'bhavad vidvān atha vai vāg abhāṣata ॥15-33-30॥
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)
bho bho rājan dagdhyam etad vidura-saṃjñakam। kalevaram iha etat te dharma eṣa sanātanaḥ॥15-33-31॥
O King, O King! This body here called Vidura must be burned; this is your duty, this is the eternal law. (15-33-31)
lokāḥ santānakā nāma bhaviṣyantyasya pārthiva। yatidharmamavāpto'sau naiva śocyaḥ parantapa ॥15-33-32॥
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)
ity-ukto dharmarājaḥ sa vinivṛtya tataḥ punaḥ। rājño vaicitravīryasya tat sarvaṃ pratyavedayat॥15-33-33॥
Thus addressed, Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira) returned again from there and reported all that to the king, the descendant of Vicitravīrya. (15-33-33)
tataḥ sa rājā dyutimān sa ca sarvo janas tadā। bhīmasenādayaś caiva paraṃ vismayam āgatāḥ ॥15-33-34॥
Then the radiant king, all the people, and Bhīmasena and the rest were greatly astonished. (15-33-34)
tacchrutvā prītimān rājā bhūtvā dharmajam abravīt। āpaḥ mūlaṁ phalaṁ ca eva mama idaṁ pratigṛhyatām॥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)
yadanno hi naro rājaṃstadanno'syātithiḥ smṛtaḥ। ityuktaḥ sa tathetyeva prāha dharmātmajo nṛpam ॥ phalaṃ mūlaṃ ca bubhuje rājñā dattaṃ sahānujaḥ ॥15-33-36॥
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)
tatas te vṛkṣamūleṣu kṛtavāsaparigrahāḥ। tāṃ rātriṃ nyavasan sarve phalamūlajalāśanāḥ॥15-33-37॥
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)
