15.035
व्यासवाक्यम्
Statement of Vyāsa;
वैशम्पायन उवाच॥
Vaiśampāyana said.
तथा समुपविष्टेषु पाण्डवेषु महात्मसु। व्यासः सत्यवतीपुत्रः प्रोवाचामन्त्र्य पार्थिवम् ॥१५-३५-१॥
Thus, when the great-souled Pāṇḍavas were seated, Vyāsa, the son of Satyavatī, addressed the king and spoke. (15-35-1)
धृतराष्ट्र महाबाहो कच्चित्ते वर्धते तपः। कच्चिन्मनस्ते प्रीणाति वनवासे नराधिप ॥१५-३५-२॥
O mighty-armed Dhṛtarāṣṭra, is your austerity increasing? Is your mind pleased with the life in the forest, O king? (15-35-2)
कच्चिद्धृदि न ते शोको राजन्पुत्रविनाशजः। कच्चिज्ज्ञानानि सर्वाणि प्रसन्नानि तवानघ ॥१५-३५-३॥
O king, has not grief arisen from your son's destruction settled in your heart? O sinless one, are all your faculties of knowledge clear? (15-35-3)
कच्चिद्बुद्धिं दृढां कृत्वा चरस्यारण्यकं विधिम्। कच्चिद्वधूश्च गान्धारी न शोकेनाभिभूयते ॥१५-३५-४॥
Have you firmly resolved and are you following the discipline of a forest-dweller? And is the lady Gāndhārī also not being overcome by grief? (15-35-4)
महाप्रज्ञा बुद्धिमती देवी धर्मार्थदर्शिनी। आगमापायतत्त्वज्ञा कच्चिदेषा न शोचति ॥१५-३५-५॥
Is this greatly wise, intelligent lady, perceiver of righteousness and meaning, and knower of the true nature of sources and losses, not grieving? (15-35-5)
कच्चित्कुन्ती च राजंस्त्वां शुश्रूषुरनहङ्कृता। या परित्यज्य राज्यं स्वं गुरुशुश्रूषणे रता ॥१५-३५-६॥
O king, is Kuntī serving you without pride—the one who, having given up her own kingdom, is devoted to serving her elders? (15-35-6)
कच्चिद्धर्मसुतो राजा त्वया प्रीत्याभिनन्दितः। भीमार्जुनयमाश्चैव कच्चिदेतेऽपि सान्त्विताः ॥१५-३५-७॥
Has the king, son of Dharma, been affectionately greeted by you? And Bhīma, Arjuna, and the twins—have these also been consoled? (15-35-7)
कच्चिन्नन्दसि दृष्ट्वैतान्कच्चित्ते निर्मलं मनः। कच्चिद्विशुद्धभावोऽसि जातज्ञानो नराधिप ॥१५-३५-८॥
O king, do you rejoice after seeing these people? Is your mind pure? Are you of pure disposition, and has knowledge arisen in you? (15-35-8)
एतद्धि त्रितयं श्रेष्ठं सर्वभूतेषु भारत। निर्वैरता महाराज सत्यमद्रोह एव च ॥१५-३५-९॥
O Bhārata, this threefold quality is the best among all beings: freedom from enmity, O great king, truthfulness, and complete absence of deceit. (15-35-9)
कच्चित्ते नानुतापोऽस्ति वनवासेन भारत। स्वदते वन्यमन्नं वा मुनिवासांसि वा विभो ॥१५-३५-१०॥
Surely, O Bhārata, you do not feel regret for dwelling in the forest. Do you find enjoyment in wild food or in the garments of sages, O mighty one? (15-35-10)
विदितं चापि मे राजन्विदुरस्य महात्मनः। गमनं विधिना येन धर्मस्य सुमहात्मनः ॥१५-३५-११॥
O king, I am also aware of the departure by fate of Vidura, the great-souled, and of Dharma, the very great-souled. (15-35-11)
माण्डव्यशापाद्धि स वै धर्मो विदुरतां गतः। महाबुद्धिर्महायोगी महात्मा सुमहामनाः ॥१५-३५-१२॥
Due to the curse of Māṇḍavya, Dharma indeed took birth as Vidura, (he was) of great intellect, a great yogi, a great soul, and one of exceedingly great mind. (15-35-12)
बृहस्पतिर्वा देवेषु शुक्रो वाप्यसुरेषु यः। न तथा बुद्धिसम्पन्नो यथा स पुरुषर्षभः ॥१५-३५-१३॥
Neither Bṛhaspati among the gods nor Śukra among the asuras is as endowed with intelligence as that bull among men. (15-35-13)
तपोबलव्ययं कृत्वा सुमहच्चिरसम्भृतम्। माण्डव्येनर्षिणा धर्मो ह्यभिभूतः सनातनः ॥१५-३५-१४॥
By the great sage Māṇḍavya, having expended his formidable ascetic power accumulated over a long time, even the eternal Dharma was overcome. (15-35-14)
नियोगाद्ब्रह्मणः पूर्वं मया स्वेन बलेन च। वैचित्रवीर्यके क्षेत्रे जातः स सुमहामतिः ॥१५-३५-१५॥
He, of very great intellect, was formerly born in the field of Vaicitravīrya by my own power and by the injunction of Brahman. (15-35-15)
भ्राता तव महाराज देवदेवः सनातनः। धारणाच्छ्रेयसो ध्यानाद्यं धर्मं कवयो विदुः ॥१५-३५-१६॥
Your brother, O great king, the god of gods, the eternal one—from upholding, from the excellent, from meditation—the wise know the primordial dharma. (15-35-16)
सत्येन संवर्धयति दमेन नियमेन च। अहिंसया च दानेन तपसा च सनातनः ॥१५-३५-१७॥
The eternal one is nourished by truthfulness, self-restraint, regulation, non-violence, giving, and austerity. (15-35-17)
येन योगबलाज्जातः कुरुराजो युधिष्ठिरः। धर्म इत्येष नृपते प्राज्ञेनामितबुद्धिना ॥१५-३५-१८॥
O King, Yudhishthira, the king of the Kurus, who was born by the power of yoga through him, is called 'Dharma' by the wise one of immeasurable intellect. (15-35-18)
यथा ह्यग्निर्यथा वायुर्यथापः पृथिवी यथा। यथाकाशं तथा धर्म इह चामुत्र च स्थितः ॥१५-३५-१९॥
Just as fire, air, water, earth, and ether are present everywhere, so too is dharma established both here and in the other world. (15-35-19)
सर्वगश्चैव कौरव्य सर्वं व्याप्य चराचरम्। दृश्यते देवदेवः स सिद्धैर्निर्दग्धकिल्बिषैः ॥१५-३५-२०॥
O Kauravya, the all-pervading god of gods, having pervaded all that moves and does not move, is seen by those perfected ones whose sins have been entirely burned away. (15-35-20)
यो हि धर्मः स विदुरो विदुरो यः स पाण्डवः। स एष राजन्वश्यस्ते पाण्डवः प्रेष्यवत्स्थितः ॥१५-३५-२१॥
He who is dharma is Vidura; and he who is Vidura is the Pāṇḍava. This very one, O King, your submissive Pāṇḍava, stands here like a servant. (15-35-21)
प्रविष्टः स स्वमात्मानं भ्राता ते बुद्धिसत्तमः। दिष्ट्या महात्मा कौन्तेयं महायोगबलान्वितः ॥१५-३५-२२॥
He, your brother, who is most excellent in understanding, entered into his own self. Fortunately, the great-souled son of Kunti, endowed with the great power of yoga. (15-35-22)
त्वां चापि श्रेयसा योक्ष्ये नचिराद्भरतर्षभ। संशयच्छेदनार्थं हि प्राप्तं मां विद्धि पुत्रक ॥१५-३५-२३॥
O best of the Bharatas, I shall soon unite you also with auspiciousness. Know that I have arrived, O son, indeed for the purpose of removing doubt. (15-35-23)
न कृतं यत्पुरा कैश्चित्कर्म लोके महर्षिभिः। आश्चर्यभूतं तपसः फलं संदर्शयामि वः ॥१५-३५-२४॥
I will show you the wonderful fruit of austerity, an act not performed before in this world by any of the great sages. (15-35-24)
किमिच्छसि महीपाल मत्तः प्राप्तुममानुषम्। द्रष्टुं स्प्रष्टुमथ श्रोतुं वद कर्तास्मि तत्तथा ॥१५-३५-२५॥
O king, what do you wish to obtain from me that is not human—to see, to touch, or to hear? Tell me; I will do that for you accordingly. (15-35-25)
