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व्यास उवाच॥
Vyāsa said.
भद्रे द्रक्ष्यसि गान्धारि पुत्रान्भ्रातॄन्सखींस्तथा। वधूश्च पतिभिः सार्धं निशि सुप्तोत्थिता इव ॥१५-३९-१॥
O gentle lady, O Gāndhāri, you will see your sons, brothers, friends, and the brides with their husbands, as if they have arisen from sleep in the night. (15-39-1)
कर्णं द्रक्ष्यति कुन्ती च सौभद्रं चापि यादवी। द्रौपदी पञ्च पुत्रांश्च पितॄन्भ्रातॄंस्तथैव च ॥१५-३९-२॥
Kuntī will see Karṇa, and Yādavī also will see Abhimanyu; Draupadī will likewise see her five sons, fathers, and brothers. (15-39-2)
पूर्वमेवैष हृदये व्यवसायोऽभवन्मम। यथास्मि चोदितो राज्ञा भवत्या पृथयैव च ॥१५-३९-३॥
Earlier, this resolve had arisen in my heart; as I am prompted by the king, by you, and by Pṛthā indeed. (15-39-3)
न ते शोच्या महात्मानः सर्व एव नरर्षभाः। क्षत्रधर्मपराः सन्तस्तथा हि निधनं गताः ॥१५-३९-४॥
Those great-souled ones, the best among men, all indeed devoted to the kṣatriya-dharma, are not to be lamented, for they have thus attained death. (15-39-4)
भवितव्यमवश्यं तत्सुरकार्यमनिन्दिते। अवतेरुस्ततः सर्वे देवभागैर्महीतलम् ॥१५-३९-५॥
O blameless one, that deed of the gods which was destined to happen—certainly, all (beings), endowed with portions of the gods, then descended to the surface of the earth. (15-39-5)
गन्धर्वाप्सरसश्चैव पिशाचा गुह्यराक्षसाः। तथा पुण्यजनाश्चैव सिद्धा देवर्षयोऽपि च ॥१५-३९-६॥
Gandharvas, Apsarases, Piśācas, secret Rākṣasas, meritorious beings, Siddhas, and divine rishis were also there. (15-39-6)
देवाश्च दानवाश्चैव तथा ब्रह्मर्षयोऽमलाः। त एते निधनं प्राप्ताः कुरुक्षेत्रे रणाजिरे ॥१५-३९-७॥
Gods, demons, and also the pure brahma-sages— all these attained their end on the battlefield of Kurukṣetra. (15-39-7)
गन्धर्वराजो यो धीमान्धृतराष्ट्र इति श्रुतः। स एव मानुषे लोके धृतराष्ट्रः पतिस्तव ॥१५-३९-८॥
He who is known as the wise king of the Gandharvas, Dhritarashtra by name, is indeed, in the world of men, your husband Dhritarashtra. (15-39-8)
पाण्डुं मरुद्गणं विद्धि विशिष्टतममच्युतम्। धर्मस्यांशोऽभवत्क्षत्ता राजा चायं युधिष्ठिरः ॥१५-३९-९॥
Know that Pāṇḍu was the most excellent among the Marut hosts, and that Acyuta is a portion of Dharma who became the royal advisor and king—this is Yudhiṣṭhira. (15-39-9)
कलिं दुर्योधनं विद्धि शकुनिं द्वापरं तथा। दुःशासनादीन्विद्धि त्वं राक्षसाञ्शुभदर्शने ॥१५-३९-१०॥
Know Duryodhana as Kali, Śakuni as the spirit of Dvāpara, and know Duḥśāsana and the others as rākṣasas (demons), O beautiful one. (15-39-10)
मरुद्गणाद्भीमसेनं बलवन्तमरिंदमम्। विद्धि च त्वं नरमृषिमिमं पार्थं धनञ्जयम् ॥ नारायणं हृषीकेशमश्विनौ यमजावुभौ ॥१५-३९-११॥
Bhīmasena, the powerful subduer of enemies, arose from the host of the Maruts; know that this son of Pṛthā, Dhanañjaya, is the sage among men. Nārāyaṇa is Hṛṣīkeśa, and the two Aśvins are both sons of Yama. (15-39-11)
द्विधा कृत्वात्मनो देहमादित्यं तपतां वरम्। लोकांश्च तापयानं वै विद्धि कर्णं च शोभने ॥ यश्च वैरार्थमुद्भूतः सङ्घर्षजननस्तथा ॥१५-३९-१२॥
Having split his own body in two, the Sun—the best among those who burn—and Karṇa, who truly causes the worlds to be heated, know this, O beautiful one. He who also arose for the sake of enmity and is a source of conflict. (15-39-12)
यश्च पाण्डवदायादो हतः षड्भिर्महारथैः। स सोम इह सौभद्रो योगादेवाभवद्द्विधा ॥१५-३९-१३॥
He who was the heir of the Pāṇḍavas slain by six great chariot-warriors—that Soma here, the son of Subhadrā, through union indeed became twofold. (15-39-13)
द्रौपद्या सह सम्भूतं धृष्टद्युम्नं च पावकात्। अग्नेर्भागं शुभं विद्धि राक्षसं तु शिखण्डिनम् ॥१५-३९-१४॥
Know that Dhṛṣṭadyumna, born with Draupadī from the fire, is the auspicious portion of Agni; but Śikhaṇḍin is a demon. (15-39-14)
द्रोणं बृहस्पतेर्भागं विद्धि द्रौणिं च रुद्रजम्। भीष्मं च विद्धि गाङ्गेयं वसुं मानुषतां गतम् ॥१५-३९-१५॥
Know Droṇa to be a portion of Bṛhaspati, Drauṇi to be born of Rudra, and Bhīṣma, son of Gaṅgā, to be the Vasu who has come into a human form. (15-39-15)
एवमेते महाप्राज्ञे देवा मानुष्यमेत्य हि। ततः पुनर्गताः स्वर्गं कृते कर्मणि शोभने ॥१५-३९-१६॥
Thus, O highly intelligent one, these gods, having assumed a human condition, indeed returned to heaven after performing auspicious deeds. (15-39-16)
यच्च वो हृदि सर्वेषां दुःखमेनच्चिरं स्थितम्। तदद्य व्यपनेष्यामि परलोककृताद्भयात् ॥१५-३९-१७॥
That sorrow, which has long remained in the hearts of you all, I will remove today out of fear caused by the next world. (15-39-17)
सर्वे भवन्तो गच्छन्तु नदीं भागीरथीं प्रति। तत्र द्रक्ष्यथ तान्सर्वान्ये हतास्मिन्रणाजिरे ॥१५-३९-१८॥
All of you go to the river Bhagirathi; there you will see all those who have been slain in this battlefield. (15-39-18)
वैशम्पायन उवाच॥
Vaiśampāyana said.
इति व्यासस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा सर्वो जनस्तदा। महता सिंहनादेन गङ्गामभिमुखो ययौ ॥१५-३९-१९॥
Thus, having heard Vyāsa’s words, then all the people, with a great lion’s roar, proceeded facing towards the Gaṅgā. (15-39-19)
धृतराष्ट्रश्च सामात्यः प्रययौ सह पाण्डवैः। सहितो मुनिशार्दूलैर्गन्धर्वैश्च समागतैः ॥१५-३९-२०॥
Dhṛtarāṣṭra, together with his ministers, set out along with the Pāṇḍavas, joined by eminent sages and the assembled Gandharvas. (15-39-20)
ततो गङ्गां समासाद्य क्रमेण स जनार्णवः। निवासमकरोत्सर्वो यथाप्रीति यथासुखम् ॥१५-३९-२१॥
Then, having gradually reached the Gaṅgā, all the people made their dwellings as they pleased and as was comfortable. (15-39-21)
राजा च पाण्डवैः सार्धमिष्टे देशे सहानुगः। निवासमकरोद्धीमान्सस्त्रीवृद्धपुरःसरः ॥१५-३९-२२॥
The wise king, along with the Pāṇḍavas and his attendants, made his residence in the chosen place, with women and the elderly at the forefront. (15-39-22)
जगाम तदहश्चापि तेषां वर्षशतं यथा। निशां प्रतीक्षमाणानां दिदृक्षूणां मृतान्नृपान् ॥१५-३९-२३॥
To those who waited through the night, longing to see the dead kings, that day also passed just like a hundred years. (15-39-23)
अथ पुण्यं गिरिवरमस्तमभ्यगमद्रविः। ततः कृताभिषेकास्ते नैशं कर्म समाचरन् ॥१५-३९-२४॥
Then the sun approached the holy and excellent mountain as it was setting. Thereafter, those who had completed the bathing performed the nightly ritual. (15-39-24)
