16.001
मौसलपर्व
Mausala Parva (Section of Clubs)
वैशम्पायन उवाच॥
Vaiśampāyana said.
षट्त्रिंशे त्वथ सम्प्राप्ते वर्षे कौरवनन्दनः। ददर्श विपरीतानि निमित्तानि युधिष्ठिरः ॥१६-१-१॥
But when the thirty-sixth year arrived, Yudhishthira, the delight of the Kauravas, saw inauspicious omens. (16-1-1)
ववुर्वाताः सनिर्घाता रूक्षाः शर्करवर्षिणः। अपसव्यानि शकुना मण्डलानि प्रचक्रिरे ॥१६-१-२॥
Harsh winds with thunderclaps and hail blew, and birds, as ill omens, circled to the left. (16-1-2)
प्रत्यगूहुर्महानद्यो दिशो नीहारसंवृताः। उल्काश्चाङ्गारवर्षिण्यः प्रपेतुर्गगनाद्भुवि ॥१६-१-३॥
The great rivers were covered, the directions were shrouded in fog. Meteors and fiery coals rained down from the sky onto the earth. (16-1-3)
आदित्यो रजसा राजन्समवच्छन्नमण्डलः। विरश्मिरुदये नित्यं कबन्धैः समदृश्यत ॥१६-१-४॥
O king, the Sun, whose disk was completely covered by dust and whose rays were dispersed, was always seen at sunrise as if concealed by clouds. (16-1-4)
परिवेषाश्च दृश्यन्ते दारुणाः चन्द्रसूर्ययोः। त्रिवर्णाः श्यामरूक्षान्तास्तथा भस्मारुणप्रभाः ॥१६-१-५॥
Terrifying haloes are seen around the Moon and the Sun—three-colored, with endings of dark and harsh shades, and also displaying the luster of ash and red. (16-1-5)
एते चान्ये च बहव उत्पाता भयशंसिनः। दृश्यन्तेऽहरहो राजन्हृदयोद्वेगकारकाः ॥१६-१-६॥
These and many other omens, portending danger, are seen every day, O King, and they cause agitation of the heart. (16-1-6)
कस्यचित्त्वथ कालस्य कुरुराजो युधिष्ठिरः। शुश्राव वृष्णिचक्रस्य मौसले कदनं कृतम् ॥१६-१-७॥
Then, after some time, King Yudhishthira of the Kurus heard that the Vrishni clan had been slaughtered at Mausala. (16-1-7)
विमुक्तं वासुदेवं च श्रुत्वा रामं च पाण्डवः। समानीयाब्रवीद्भ्रातॄन्किं करिष्याम इत्युत ॥१६-१-८॥
When the Pāṇḍava heard that Vāsudeva had been released and Rāma as well, he assembled his brothers and said, "What shall we do now?" (16-1-8)
परस्परं समासाद्य ब्रह्मदण्डबलात्कृतान्। वृष्णीन्विनष्टांस्ते श्रुत्वा व्यथिताः पाण्डवाभवन् ॥१६-१-९॥
When the Pāṇḍavas heard that the Vṛṣṇis, compelled by the force of the Brahma-daṇḍa, had destroyed each other, they became distressed. (16-1-9)
निधनं वासुदेवस्य समुद्रस्येव शोषणम्। वीरा न श्रद्दधुस्तस्य विनाशं शार्ङ्गधन्वनः ॥१६-१-१०॥
The heroes did not believe in the destruction of Vāsudeva, just as one would not believe in the drying up of the ocean, the demise of the wielder of Śārṅga (Kṛṣṇa). (16-1-10)
मौसलं ते परिश्रुत्य दुःखशोकसमन्विताः। विषण्णा हतसङ्कल्पाः पाण्डवाः समुपाविशन् ॥१६-१-११॥
When they heard of the Mausala event, filled with suffering and sorrow, dejected and with their resolves destroyed, the Pāṇḍavas sat down together. (16-1-11)
