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वैशम्पायन उवाच॥
Vaiśampāyana said.
तच्छ्रुत्वा विविधं तस्य राजर्षेः परिदेवितम्। पुनर्नवीकृतः शोको गान्धार्या जनमेजय ॥१५-३७-१॥
Janamejaya, upon hearing the various lamentations of the royal sage, the grief of Gāndhārī was renewed again. (15-37-1)
कुन्त्या द्रुपदपुत्र्याश्च सुभद्रायास्तथैव च। तासां च वरनारीणां वधूनां कौरवस्य ह ॥१५-३७-२॥
Of Kunti, Drupada's daughter, Subhadra likewise, and of those excellent women, the brides of Kaurava indeed. (15-37-2)
पुत्रशोकसमाविष्टा गान्धारी त्विदमब्रवीत्। श्वशुरं बद्धनयना देवी प्राञ्जलिरुत्थिता ॥१५-३७-३॥
Gāndhārī, filled with grief for her son, rose with folded hands, her eyes covered, and addressed her father-in-law. (15-37-3)
षोडशेमानि वर्षाणि गतानि मुनिपुङ्गव। अस्य राज्ञो हतान्पुत्राञ्शोचतो न शमो विभो ॥१५-३७-४॥
O best of sages, sixteen years have passed; this king, grieving for his slain sons, has found no peace, O lord. (15-37-4)
पुत्रशोकसमाविष्टो निःश्वसन्ह्येष भूमिपः। न शेते वसतीः सर्वा धृतराष्ट्रो महामुने ॥१५-३७-५॥
O great sage, this king Dhritarashtra, overcome by grief for his son and sighing, does not rest in any of the palaces. (15-37-5)
लोकानन्यान्समर्थोऽसि स्रष्टुं सर्वांस्तपोबलात्। किमु लोकान्तरगतान्राज्ञो दर्शयितुं सुतान् ॥१५-३७-६॥
By the power of your austerity, you are able to create all other worlds; so surely you can show the king his sons who have passed on to another world. (15-37-6)
इयं च द्रौपदी कृष्णा हतज्ञातिसुता भृशम्। शोचत्यतीव साध्वी ते स्नुषाणां दयिता स्नुषा ॥१५-३७-७॥
This Draupadī, Kṛṣṇā, whose relatives' sons have been killed, grieves greatly; the virtuous one, your beloved daughter-in-law among daughters-in-law. (15-37-7)
तथा कृष्णस्य भगिनी सुभद्रा भद्रभाषिणी। सौभद्रवधसन्तप्ता भृशं शोचति भामिनी ॥१५-३७-८॥
Thus Subhadrā, Kṛṣṇa's sister, who spoke auspiciously, was greatly tormented and grieved by the death of her son Abhimanyu. (15-37-8)
इयं च भूरिश्रवसो भार्या परमदुःखिता। भर्तृव्यसनशोकार्ता न शेते वसतीः प्रभो ॥१५-३७-९॥
And this is the wife of Bhūrishravas, O lord, who is extremely afflicted by grief, distressed by her husband's misfortune and sorrow, and does not sleep in her dwelling places. (15-37-9)
यस्यास्तु श्वशुरो धीमान्बाह्लीकः स कुरूद्वहः। निहतः सोमदत्तश्च पित्रा सह महारणे ॥१५-३७-१०॥
But she, whose father-in-law, the wise Bāhlīka—he, the chief of the Kurus—was slain, and Somadatta too, along with his father, in the great battle. (15-37-10)
श्रीमच्चास्य महाबुद्धेः सङ्ग्रामेष्वपलायिनः। पुत्रस्य ते पुत्रशतं निहतं यद्रणाजिरे ॥१५-३७-११॥
The hundred sons of your son, glorious and of great intellect, who did not flee in battle, were slain on the battlefield. (15-37-11)
तस्य भार्याशतमिदं पुत्रशोकसमाहतम्। पुनः पुनर्वर्धयानं शोकं राज्ञो ममैव च ॥ तेनारम्भेण महता मामुपास्ते महामुने ॥१५-३७-१२॥
His hundred wives, afflicted with grief for their son, keep increasing the sorrow of the king and of me again and again. Because of that great initiation, grief clings to me, O great sage. (15-37-12)
ये च शूरा महात्मानः श्वशुरा मे महारथाः। सोमदत्तप्रभृतयः का नु तेषां गतिः प्रभो ॥१५-३७-१३॥
O Lord, those great-souled, heroic fathers-in-law of mine, those great chariot-warriors such as Somadatta—what has become of them?
तव प्रसादाद्भगवन्विशोकोऽयं महीपतिः। कुर्यात्कालमहं चैव कुन्ती चेयं वधूस्तव ॥१५-३७-१४॥
O Lord, by your favor, may this king be without sorrow; let death come to me, to Kuntī, and to this your bride. (15-37-14)
इत्युक्तवत्यां गान्धार्यां कुन्ती व्रतकृशानना। प्रच्छन्नजातं पुत्रं तं सस्मारादित्यसम्भवम् ॥१५-३७-१५॥
As Gāndhārī finished speaking, Kuntī, her face emaciated by vows, remembered her secretly born son, the one born of the Sun. (15-37-15)
तामृषिर्वरदो व्यासो दूरश्रवणदर्शनः। अपश्यद्दुःखितां देवीं मातरं सव्यसाचिनः ॥१५-३७-१६॥
The sage Vyāsa, who bestows boons and possesses far-reaching hearing and sight, saw her—the grieving goddess, mother of Savyasācin (Arjuna). (15-37-16)
तामुवाच ततो व्यासो यत्ते कार्यं विवक्षितम्। तद्ब्रूहि त्वं महाप्राज्ञे यत्ते मनसि वर्तते ॥१५-३७-१७॥
Then Vyāsa said to her, "O highly wise one, speak that purpose which you desire to tell, whatever exists in your mind." (15-37-17)
ततः कुन्ती श्वशुरयोः प्रणम्य शिरसा तदा। उवाच वाक्यं सव्रीडं विवृण्वाना पुरातनम् ॥१५-३७-१८॥
Then Kuntī bowed her head to her two fathers-in-law and, with modesty, spoke words revealing something ancient. (15-37-18)
