15.046
युधिष्ठिरशोकः
The grief of Yudhiṣṭhira.
युधिष्ठिर उवाच॥
Yudhiṣṭhira said.
तथा महात्मनस्तस्य तपस्युग्रे च वर्ततः। अनाथस्येव निधनं तिष्ठत्स्वस्मासु बन्धुषु ॥१५-४६-१॥
Thus, while that great-souled one was engaged in severe austerities, death stood among us relatives just as it does for one who has no protector. (15-46-1)
दुर्विज्ञेया हि गतयः पुरुषाणां मता मम। यत्र वैचित्रवीर्योऽसौ दग्ध एवं दवाग्निना ॥१५-४६-२॥
Indeed, I consider the paths of men to be difficult to understand, for there, Vichitravirya was burned in this way by a forest fire. (15-46-2)
यस्य पुत्रशतं श्रीमदभवद्बाहुशालिनः। नागायुतबलो राजा स दग्धो हि दवाग्निना ॥१५-४६-३॥
The king, who had a hundred sons and was prosperous, endowed with strong arms and the strength of ten thousand elephants, was indeed burned by a forest fire. (15-46-3)
यं पुरा पर्यवीजन्त तालवृन्तैर्वरस्त्रियः। तं गृध्राः पर्यवीजन्त दावाग्निपरिकालितम् ॥१५-४६-४॥
The one whom noble women once fanned with palm-leaf fans, vultures now fan, his body burned by the forest fire. (15-46-4)
सूतमागधसङ्घैश्च शयानो यः प्रबोध्यते। धरण्यां स नृपः शेते पापस्य मम कर्मभिः ॥१५-४६-५॥
He, the king, who is awakened by groups of charioteers and bards while lying down, now lies on the earth due to my evil actions. (15-46-5)
न तु शोचामि गान्धारीं हतपुत्रां यशस्विनीम्। पतिलोकमनुप्राप्तां तथा भर्तृव्रते स्थिताम् ॥१५-४६-६॥
But I do not grieve for Gandhari, the illustrious one, whose son has been slain, who has attained the world of her husband, and who has remained steadfast in her vow to her husband. (15-46-6)
पृथामेव तु शोचामि या पुत्रैश्वर्यमृद्धिमत्। उत्सृज्य सुमहद्दीप्तं वनवासमरोचयत् ॥१५-४६-७॥
But I grieve for Pṛthā alone, who, giving up the great and splendid prosperity of her sons' sovereignty, chose a life in the forest. (15-46-7)
धिग्राज्यमिदमस्माकं धिग्बलं धिक्पराक्रमम्। क्षत्रधर्मं च धिग्यस्मान्मृता जीवामहे वयम् ॥१५-४६-८॥
Shame upon this kingdom of ours, shame upon strength, shame upon valor. Shame upon our kṣatriya duty and upon us, that we continue to live when those (others) have died. (15-46-8)
सुसूक्ष्मा किल कालस्य गतिर्द्विजवरोत्तम। यत्समुत्सृज्य राज्यं सा वनवासमरोचयत् ॥१५-४६-९॥
O best of excellent twice-born, the course of time is indeed very subtle; for she, having completely abandoned the kingdom, chose life in the forest. (15-46-9)
युधिष्ठिरस्य जननी भीमस्य विजयस्य च। अनाथवत्कथं दग्धा इति मुह्यामि चिन्तयन् ॥१५-४६-१०॥
Thinking, I am bewildered as to how the mother of Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīma, and Vijaya was burned like an orphan. (15-46-10)
वृथा सन्तोषितो वह्निः खाण्डवे सव्यसाचिना। उपकारमजानन्स कृतघ्न इति मे मतिः ॥१५-४६-११॥
I think Agni was gratified in vain in the Khāṇḍava forest by Savyasācin (Arjuna); for one who does not recognize favor is ungrateful—this is my opinion. (15-46-11)
यत्रादहत्स भगवान्मातरं सव्यसाचिनः। कृत्वा यो ब्राह्मणच्छद्म भिक्षार्थी समुपागतः ॥ धिगग्निं धिक्च पार्थस्य विश्रुतां सत्यसन्धताम् ॥१५-४६-१२॥
Where the illustrious Savyasācin burnt his own mother—where, having taken the guise of a Brahmin and seeking alms, he approached—fie upon the fire, and also upon the much-praised truthfulness of Pārtha! (15-46-12)
इदं कष्टतरं चान्यद्भगवन्प्रतिभाति मे। वृथाग्निना समायोगो यदभूत्पृथिवीपतेः ॥१५-४६-१३॥
O revered sir, another thing, even more difficult, appears to me: that the association with useless fire occurred to the lord of the earth. (15-46-13)
तथा तपस्विनस्तस्य राजर्षेः कौरवस्य ह। कथमेवंविधो मृत्युः प्रशास्य पृथिवीमिमाम् ॥१५-४६-१४॥
Thus, for this ascetic royal sage of the Kaurava line, indeed, how has such a death come to him, after having ruled this earth? (15-46-14)
तिष्ठत्सु मन्त्रपूतेषु तस्याग्निषु महावने। वृथाग्निना समायुक्तो निष्ठां प्राप्तः पिता मम ॥१५-४६-१५॥
While residing among his mantra-purified fires in the great forest, accompanied by a useless fire, my father reached his end. (15-46-15)
मन्ये पृथा वेपमाना कृशा धमनिसन्तता। हा तात धर्मराजेति समाक्रन्दन्महाभये ॥१५-४६-१६॥
I think Pṛthā, trembling and thin with pronounced veins, cried out in great fear, "Alas! O father, O Dharma-rāja!" (15-46-16)
भीम पर्याप्नुहि भयादिति चैवाभिवाशती। समन्ततः परिक्षिप्ता माता मेऽभूद्दवाग्निना ॥१५-४६-१७॥
O Bhīma, my mother, uttering "Come near out of fear," became surrounded on all sides by the forest fire. (15-46-17)
सहदेवः प्रियस्तस्याः पुत्रेभ्योऽधिक एव तु। न चैनां मोक्षयामास वीरो माद्रवतीसुतः ॥१५-४६-१८॥
Sahadeva was truly more beloved to her than her other sons, but the heroic son of Mādravatī did not release her. (15-46-18)
तच्छ्रुत्वा रुरुदुः सर्वे समालिङ्ग्य परस्परम्। पाण्डवाः पञ्च दुःखार्ता भूतानीव युगक्षये ॥१५-४६-१९॥
Having heard that, all the five Pāṇḍavas, afficted with grief, wept, embracing each other, like creatures at the end of an age. (15-46-19)
तेषां तु पुरुषेन्द्राणां रुदतां रुदितस्वनः। प्रासादाभोगसंरुद्धो अन्वरौत्सीत्स रोदसी ॥१५-४६-२०॥
But the sound of weeping of those foremost among men, obstructed by the great extent of the palaces, spread throughout both heaven and earth. (15-46-20)
