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vaiśampāyana uvāca॥
Vaiśampāyana said.
tac chrutvā vividhaṃ tasya rājarṣeḥ paridevitam। punar navīkṛtaḥ śokaḥ gāndhāryā janamejaya ॥15-37-1॥
Janamejaya, upon hearing the various lamentations of the royal sage, the grief of Gāndhārī was renewed again. (15-37-1)
kuntiyā drupadaputryāś ca subhadrāyās tathaiva ca। tāsāṃ ca varanārīṇāṃ vadhūnāṃ kauravasya ha॥15-37-2॥
Of Kunti, Drupada's daughter, Subhadra likewise, and of those excellent women, the brides of Kaurava indeed. (15-37-2)
putraśokasamāviṣṭā gāndhārī tvidamabravīt। śvaśuraṃ baddhanayanā devī prāñjalirutthitā ॥15-37-3॥
Gāndhārī, filled with grief for her son, rose with folded hands, her eyes covered, and addressed her father-in-law. (15-37-3)
ṣoḍaśemāni varṣāṇi gatāni muni-puṅgava। asya rājño hatān putrān śocato na śamo vibho ॥15-37-4॥
O best of sages, sixteen years have passed; this king, grieving for his slain sons, has found no peace, O lord. (15-37-4)
putraśoka-samāviṣṭo niḥśvasan hyeṣa bhūmipaḥ। na śete vasatīḥ sarvā dhṛtarāṣṭro mahāmune॥15-37-5॥
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)
lokān anyān samartho 'si sraṣṭuṃ sarvān tapobalāt। kimu lokāntaragatān rājño darśayituṃ sutān ॥15-37-6॥
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)
iyaṃ ca draupadī kṛṣṇā hatajñātisutā bhṛśam। śocatīva sādhvī te snuṣāṇāṃ dayitā snuṣā ॥15-37-7॥
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)
tathā kṛṣṇasya bhaginī subhadrā bhadrabhāṣiṇī। saubhradavadhasantaptā bhṛśaṃ śocati bhāminī॥15-37-8॥
Thus Subhadrā, Kṛṣṇa's sister, who spoke auspiciously, was greatly tormented and grieved by the death of her son Abhimanyu. (15-37-8)
iyaṁ ca bhūriśravaso bhāryā paramaduḥkhitā। bhartṛvyasanaśokārtā na śete vasatīḥ prabho ॥15-37-9॥
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)
yasyāstu śvaśuro dhīmān bāhlīkaḥ sa kurūdvahaḥ। nihataḥ somadattaś ca pitrā saha mahāraṇe॥15-37-10॥
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)
śrī-mac cāsya mahā-buddheḥ saṅgrāmeṣv apalāyinaḥ। putrasya te putra-śataṃ nihataṃ yad raṇājire॥15-37-11॥
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)
tasya bhāryāśatam idaṃ putraśokasamāhatam। punaḥ punarvardhayānaṃ śokaṃ rājño mamaiva ca॥ tenārambheṇa mahatā mām upāste mahāmune॥15-37-12॥
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)
ye ca śūrā mahātmānaḥ śvaśurā me mahārathāḥ। somadattaprabhṛtayaḥ kā nu teṣāṃ gatiḥ prabho ॥15-37-13॥
O Lord, those great-souled, heroic fathers-in-law of mine, those great chariot-warriors such as Somadatta—what has become of them?
tava prasādādbhagavan viśoko'yaṁ mahīpatiḥ। kuryāt kālam ahaṁ caiva kuntī ca iyaṁ vadhūs tava ॥15-37-14॥
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)
ity-uktavatyāṃ gāndhāryāṃ kuntī vratakṛśānanā prachchhanna-jātaṃ putraṃ taṃ sasmārādityasambhavam ॥15-37-15॥
As Gāndhārī finished speaking, Kuntī, her face emaciated by vows, remembered her secretly born son, the one born of the Sun. (15-37-15)
tām ṛṣir varado vyāso dūraśravaṇa-darśanaḥ। apaśyat duḥkhitāṃ devīṃ mātaraṃ savyasācinaḥ॥15-37-16॥
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)
tām uvāca tato vyāso yat te kāryaṃ vivakṣitam। tad brūhi tvaṃ mahāprājñe yat te manasi vartate॥15-37-17॥
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)
tataḥ kuntī śvaśurayoḥ praṇamya śirasā tadā। uvāca vākyaṃ savrīḍaṃ vivṛṇvānā purātanam ॥15-37-18॥
Then Kuntī bowed her head to her two fathers-in-law and, with modesty, spoke words revealing something ancient. (15-37-18)
