16.006

अर्जुनागमनम्

arjunāgamanam

[अर्जुन (arjuna) - Arjuna; (proper name); आगमनम् (āgamanam) - arrival;]

(Arjuna arrival;)

The arrival of Arjuna.

वैशम्पायन उवाच॥

vaiśampāyana uvāca॥

[वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) - Vaiśampāyana; (proper noun); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]

(Vaiśampāyana said;)

Vaiśampāyana said.

दारुकोऽपि कुरून्गत्वा दृष्ट्वा पार्थान्महारथान्। आचष्ट मौसले वृष्णीनन्योन्येनोपसंहृतान् ॥१६-६-१॥

dāruko'pi kurūn gatvā dṛṣṭvā pārthān mahārathān | ācaṣṭa mausale vṛṣṇīn anyonyena upasaṃhṛtān ||16-6-1||

[दारुकः (dārukaḥ) - Dāruka (proper noun); अपि (api) - also; कुरून् (kurūn) - the Kurus; गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; पार्थान् (pārthān) - the sons of Pṛthā (the Pāṇḍavas); महारथान् (mahārathān) - great chariot-warriors; आचष्ट (ācaṣṭa) - reported; मौसले (mausale) - in the Mausala (battle); वृष्णीन् (vṛṣṇīn) - the Vṛṣṇis; अन्योन्येन (anyonyena) - by each other; उपसंहृतान् (upasaṃhṛtān) - destroyed;]

(Dāruka also, having gone to the Kurus, after seeing the Pāṇḍavas, the great chariot-warriors, reported (that) in the Mausala (battle) the Vṛṣṇis were destroyed by each other.)

Dāruka also, after going to the Kurus and seeing the Pāṇḍavas, the great chariot-warriors, reported that in the Mausala battle the Vṛṣṇis had destroyed each other. (16-6-1)

श्रुत्वा विनष्टान्वार्ष्णेयान्सभोजकुकुरान्धकान्। पाण्डवाः शोकसन्तप्ता वित्रस्तमनसोऽभवन् ॥१६-६-२॥

śrutvā vinaṣṭān vārṣṇeyān sa-bhoja-kukura-andhakān। pāṇḍavāḥ śoka-santaptā vitrasta-manaso 'bhavan ॥16-6-2॥

[श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard; विनष्टान् (vinaṣṭān) - destroyed; वार्ष्णेयान् (vārṣṇeyān) - the Vṛṣṇis; स (sa) - together with; भोजकुकुरान्धकान् (bhoja-kukura-andhakān) - the Bhojas, Kukuras, and Andhakas; पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - the Pāṇḍavas; शोकसन्तप्ता (śoka-santaptā) - afflicted with grief; वित्रस्तमनसः (vitrasta-manasāḥ) - fear-stricken in mind; अभवन् (abhavan) - became;]

(Having heard the Vṛṣṇis destroyed together with the Bhojas, Kukuras, and Andhakas, the Pāṇḍavas, afflicted with grief, became fear-stricken in mind.)

When the Pāṇḍavas heard that the Vṛṣṇis, along with the Bhojas, Kukuras, and Andhakas, had been destroyed, they were stricken with grief and their minds became filled with fear. (16-6-2)

ततोऽर्जुनस्तानामन्त्र्य केशवस्य प्रियः सखा। प्रययौ मातुलं द्रष्टुं नेदमस्तीति चाब्रवीत् ॥१६-६-३॥

tato'ṛjunas tān āmantrya keśavasya priyaḥ sakhā। prayayau mātulaṃ draṣṭuṃ nedam astīti cābravīt ॥16-6-3॥

[ततः (tataḥ) - then; अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna; तान् (tān) - them; आमन्त्र्य (āmantrya) - addressing; केशवस्य (keśavasya) - of Keśava; प्रियः (priyaḥ) - dear; सखा (sakhā) - friend; प्रययौ (prayayau) - went; मातुलम् (mātulam) - uncle; द्रष्टुम् (draṣṭum) - to see; न (na) - not; इदम् (idam) - this; अस् (as) - is; इति (iti) - thus; च (ca) - and; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said;]

(Then Arjuna, addressing them, Keśava's dear friend, went to (his) uncle to see (him), and said: 'This is not so.')

Then Arjuna, the dear friend of Keśava, addressed them and went to see his uncle, saying: 'This is not so.' (16-6-3)

स वृष्णिनिलयं गत्वा दारुकेण सह प्रभो। ददर्श द्वारकां वीरो मृतनाथामिव स्त्रियम् ॥१६-६-४॥

sa vṛṣṇinilayaṃ gatvā dārukeṇa saha prabho| dadarśa dvārakāṃ vīro mṛtanāthām iva striyam ॥16-6-4॥

[स (sa) - he; वृष्णिनिलयं (vṛṣṇinilayam) - the abode of the Vṛṣṇis; गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone; दारुकेण (dārukeṇa) - with Dāruka; सह (saha) - together with; प्रभो (prabho) - O lord; ददर्श (dadarśa) - he saw; द्वारकां (dvārakām) - Dvārakā; वीरः (vīraḥ) - the hero; मृतनाथाम् (mṛtanāthām) - whose lord is dead; इव (iva) - as if; स्त्रियम् (striyam) - a woman;]

(He, having gone to the abode of the Vṛṣṇis together with Dāruka, O lord, the hero saw Dvārakā, as if a woman whose husband is dead.)

Having gone to the abode of the Vṛṣṇis with Dāruka, O lord, the hero saw Dvārakā resembling a woman whose husband has died. (16-6-4)

याः स्म ता लोकनाथेन नाथवत्यः पुराभवन्। तास्त्वनाथास्तदा नाथं पार्थं दृष्ट्वा विचुक्रुशुः ॥१६-६-५॥

yāḥ sma tā lokanāthena nāthavatyaḥ purābhavan। tāstv anāthās tadā nāthaṃ pārthaṃ dṛṣṭvā vicukruśuḥ ॥16-6-5॥

[याः (yāḥ) - who; (feminine, plural, nominative); स्म (sma) - indeed; ता (tā) - those; (feminine, plural, nominative); लोकनाथेन (lokanāthena) - by the lord of the world; (instrumental singular); नाथवत्यः (nāthavatyaḥ) - having a protector; (feminine, plural, nominative); पुरा (purā) - formerly; अभवन् (abhavan) - they were; (3rd person, plural, imperfect); ताः (tāḥ) - those; (feminine, plural, nominative); तु (tu) - but; अनाथाः (anāthāḥ) - without protector; (feminine, plural, nominative); तदा (tadā) - then; at that time; नाथम् (nātham) - protector; (accusative singular); पार्थम् (pārtham) - Arjuna; (accusative singular, epithet); दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; विचुक्रुशुः (vicukruśuḥ) - wailed loudly; (3rd person, plural, perfect);]

(Who indeed those, by the lord of the world, having a protector, formerly were; those but, without a protector, then, protector, Arjuna, having seen, wailed loudly.)

Those who formerly had a protector in the lord of the world, indeed, those became without a protector; then, upon seeing their protector Arjuna, they wailed aloud. (16-6-5)

षोडशस्त्रीसहस्राणि वासुदेवपरिग्रहः। तासामासीन्महान्नादो दृष्ट्वैवार्जुनमागतम् ॥१६-६-६॥

ṣoḍaśastrīsahasrāṇi vāsudevaparigrahaḥ। tāsāmāsīn mahānnādo dṛṣṭvaivārjunamāgatam ॥16-6-6॥

[षोडशस्त्रीसहस्राणि (ṣoḍaśa-strī-sahasrāṇi) - sixteen thousand women; वासुदेवपरिग्रहः (vāsudeva-parigrahaḥ) - Vāsudeva's consort; तासाम् (tāsām) - of them; आसीत् (āsīt) - there was; महान् (mahān) - great; नादः (nādaḥ) - sound; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; एव (eva) - indeed; अर्जुनम् (arjunam) - Arjuna; आगतम् (āgatam) - arrived;]

(Sixteen thousand women, Vāsudeva's consorts; of them there was great sound, having seen indeed Arjuna arrived.)

When Arjuna arrived, there arose a great sound from the sixteen thousand consorts of Vāsudeva. (16-6-6)

तास्तु दृष्ट्वैव कौरव्यो बाष्पेण पिहितोऽर्जुनः। हीनाः कृष्णेन पुत्रैश्च नाशकत्सोऽभिवीक्षितुम् ॥१६-६-७॥

tāstu dṛṣṭvaiva kauravyo bāṣpeṇa pihito'rjunaḥ। hīnāḥ kṛṣṇena putraiśca nāśakatsobhi-vīkṣitum ॥16-6-7॥

[ताः (tāḥ) - those (women); तु (tu) - but; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; एव (eva) - just; कौरव्यो (kauravyo) - the descendant of Kuru (Arjuna); बाष्पेण (bāṣpeṇa) - with tears; पिहितः (pihitaḥ) - covered; अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna; हीनाः (hīnāḥ) - bereft; कृष्णेन (kṛṣṇena) - by Kṛṣṇa; पुत्रैः (putraiḥ) - by sons; च (ca) - and; न (na) - not; अशकत् (aśakat) - was able; सः (saḥ) - he; अभिवीक्षितुम् (abhivīkṣitum) - to gaze at;]

(But having just seen those women, the descendant of Kuru (Arjuna), with eyes covered by tears, bereft by Kṛṣṇa and sons, he was not able to gaze at (them).)

But upon seeing those women, Arjuna, the Kuru prince, whose eyes were covered with tears due to the loss of Kṛṣṇa and his sons, was unable to look at them. (16-6-7)

तां स वृष्ण्यन्धकजलां हयमीनां रथोडुपाम्। वादित्ररथघोषौघां वेश्मतीर्थमहाग्रहाम् ॥१६-६-८॥

tāṃ sa vṛṣṇy-andhaka-jalāṃ haya-mīnām rathoḍupām | vāditra-ratha-ghoṣaughāṃ veśma-tīrtha-mahāgrahām ||16-6-8||

[तां (tāṃ) - her; (accusative singular, feminine pronoun); स (sa) - he; (nominative singular, masculine pronoun); वृष्ण्यन्धकजलां (vṛṣṇy-andhaka-jalām) - having the waters (sons/descendants) of the Vṛṣṇi and Andhaka (dynasties); हयमीनां (haya-mīnām) - having horses and fishes; (haya: horse; mīna: fish, figuratively ships); रथोडुपाम् (ratha-uḍupām) - having chariots and (as) stars (uḍupa: star, here perhaps lamps or decorations); वादित्ररथघोषौघां (vāditra-ratha-ghoṣaughām) - full of masses of instrumental and chariot sounds; (vāditra: musical instruments; ratha-ghoṣaugha: chariot-noise-masses); वेश्मतीर्थमहाग्रहाम् (veśma-tīrtha-mahāgrahām) - having great houses, sacred places, and mighty strongholds; (veśma: mansion/house; tīrtha: ford, sacred place; mahāgraha: mighty stronghold);]

(Her, he (saw as) having the waters of Vṛṣṇis and Andhakas, horses and fishes, chariots and stars, filled with waves of instrument and chariot sounds, with great houses, sacred fords, and mighty strongholds.)

He saw her as adorned with the waters of the Vṛṣṇis and Andhakas, dotted with horses, ships, chariots and lamps, resounding with music and the tumult of chariots, and graced with great mansions, sacred fords, and powerful strongholds. (16-6-8)

रत्नशैवलसङ्घाटां वज्रप्राकारमालिनीम्। रथ्यास्रोतोजलावर्तां चत्वरस्तिमितह्रदाम् ॥१६-६-९॥

ratnaśaivala-saṅghāṭāṃ vajra-prākāra-mālinīm। rathyā-srotaḥ-jala-āvartāṃ catvara-stimita-hradām ॥16-6-9॥

[रत्नशैवलसङ्घाटाम् (ratnaśaivala-saṅghāṭām) - having clusters of gems and aquatic plants; वज्रप्राकारमालिनीम् (vajra-prākāra-mālinīm) - adorned with garlands of fortress walls of diamond; रथ्यास्रोतोजलावर्ताम् (rathyā-srotaḥ-jala-āvartām) - having whirlpools of water from the stream of streets; चत्वरस्तिमितह्रदाम् (catvara-stimita-hradām) - having pools made still in crossing places (squares or crossroads);]

(Having clusters of gems and aquatic plants, adorned with garlands of fortress walls of diamond, possessing whirlpools of water from the streams of streets, having pools made still at the crossroads.)

Having clusters of gems and aquatic plants, garlanded with fortress walls of diamond, featuring whirlpools of water from street streams, and tranquil pools at street crossings. (16-6-9)

रामकृष्णमहाग्राहां द्वारकासरितं तदा। कालपाशग्रहां घोरां नदीं वैतरणीमिव ॥१६-६-१०॥

rāmakṛṣṇamahāgrāhāṃ dvārakāsaritaṃ tadā। kālapāśagrahāṃ ghorāṃ nadīṃ vaitaraṇīmiva ॥16-6-10॥

[रामकृष्णमहाग्राहाम् (rāmakṛṣṇamahāgrāhām) - having Rāma and Kṛṣṇa as great crocodiles; द्वारकासरितम् (dvārakāsaritam) - the river of Dvārakā; तदा (tadā) - then; कालपाशग्रहाम् (kālapāśagrahām) - seized by the noose of Time; घोराम् (ghorām) - terrible; नदीम् (nadīm) - river; वैतरणीम् इव (vaitaraṇīm iva) - like the Vaitaraṇī (mythical river);]

(Having Rāma and Kṛṣṇa as great crocodiles, the river of Dvārakā then, seized by the noose of Time, terrible river, like the Vaitaraṇī.)

The river of Dvārakā, which had Rāma and Kṛṣṇa as its great crocodiles, was then, seized by the noose of Time and became like the terrifying river Vaitaraṇī. (16-6-10)

तां ददर्शार्जुनो धीमान्विहीनां वृष्णिपुङ्गवैः। गतश्रियं निरानन्दां पद्मिनीं शिशिरे यथा ॥१६-६-११॥

tāṃ dadarśārjuno dhīmān vihīnāṃ vṛṣṇipuṅgavaiḥ। gataśriyaṃ nirānandāṃ padminīṃ śiśire yathā ॥16-6-11॥

[तां (tāṃ) - her; ददर्श (dadarśa) - saw; अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna; धीमान् (dhīmān) - intelligent; विहीनां (vihīnāṃ) - deprived; वृष्णिपुङ्गवैः (vṛṣṇipuṅgavaiḥ) - by the foremost of the Vṛṣṇis; गतश्रियं (gataśriyam) - lost prosperity; निरानन्दां (nirānandām) - devoid of joy; पद्मिनीं (padminīm) - lotus-lake; शिशिरे (śiśire) - in winter; यथा (yathā) - like;]

(Her saw Arjuna intelligent, deprived by the foremost of the Vṛṣṇis, lost prosperity, devoid of joy, lotus-lake in winter like.)

Arjuna, intelligent, saw her—deprived by the foremost of the Vṛṣṇis, bereft of prosperity and joy—like a lotus-lake in winter. (16-6-11)

तां दृष्ट्वा द्वारकां पार्थस्ताश्च कृष्णस्य योषितः। सस्वनं बाष्पमुत्सृज्य निपपात महीतले ॥१६-६-१२॥

tāṃ dṛṣṭvā dvārakāṃ pārthas tāś ca kṛṣṇasya yoṣitaḥ। sasvanaṃ bāṣpam utsṛjya nipapāta mahītale ॥16-6-12॥

[ताम् (tām) - her; (i.e. that) दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; द्वारकाम् (dvārakām) - Dvaraka (the city); पार्थः (pārthaḥ) - Pārtha (Arjuna); ताः (tāḥ) - those (women); च (ca) - and; कृष्णस्य (kṛṣṇasya) - of Krishna; योषितः (yoṣitaḥ) - wives; (feminine plural) सस्वनम् (sasvanam) - with sound; (aloud) बाष्पम् (bāṣpam) - tears; उत्सृज्य (utsṛjya) - having released; निपपात (nipapāta) - fell down; महीतले (mahītale) - on the ground;]

(Having seen that Dvaraka and those wives of Krishna, Pārtha, having released tears with sound, fell down on the ground.)

When Pārtha (Arjuna) saw that city of Dvaraka and Krishna's wives, he let out a loud cry, shed tears, and fell to the ground. (16-6-12)

सात्राजिती ततः सत्या रुक्मिणी च विशां पते। अभिपत्य प्ररुरुदुः परिवार्य धनञ्जयम् ॥१६-६-१३॥

sātrājitī tataḥ satyā rukmiṇī ca viśāṃ pate। abhipatya praruruduḥ parivārya dhanañjayam ॥16-6-13॥

[सात्राजिती (sātrājitī) - Sātrājitī (daughter of Satrājit, i.e., Satyabhāmā); ततः (tataḥ) - then; सत्या (satyā) - Satyā (wife of Krishna); रुक्मिणी (rukmiṇī) - Rukmiṇī (wife of Krishna); च (ca) - and; विशां (viśām) - of men; पते (pate) - O lord; अभिपत्य (abhipatya) - having approached; प्ररुरुदुः (praruruduḥ) - cried greatly; परिवार्य (parivārya) - having surrounded; धनञ्जयम् (dhanañjayam) - Dhanañjaya (Arjuna);]

(Sātrājitī then Satyā Rukmiṇī and O lord of men; having approached, cried greatly, having surrounded Dhanañjaya.)

Then Sātrājitī, Satyā, and Rukmiṇī, O lord of men, surrounded Arjuna and, approaching him, began to weep greatly. (16-6-13)

ततस्ताः काञ्चने पीठे समुत्थायोपवेश्य च। अब्रुवन्त्यो महात्मानं परिवार्योपतस्थिरे ॥१६-६-१४॥

tatas tāḥ kāñcane pīṭhe samutthāya upaveśya ca। abruvan tyo mahātmānaṃ parivārya upatast hire ॥16-6-14॥

[ततः (tataḥ) - then; ताः (tāḥ) - they (those women); काञ्चने (kāñcane) - on golden; पीठे (pīṭhe) - seat; समुत्थाय (samutthāya) - having arisen; उपवेश्य (upaveśya) - having made (him) sit; च (ca) - and; अब्रुवन् (abruvan) - they spoke; त्यो (tyo) - these (they); महात्मानम् (mahātmānam) - the high-souled one; परिवार्य (parivārya) - having surrounded; उपतस्थिरे (upatast hire) - they attended;]

(Then they, on the golden seat, having arisen and having made (him) sit, and having surrounded the high-souled one, they spoke and attended.)

Then, having arisen, those women placed the great-souled one on a golden seat, surrounded him, spoke, and attended upon him. (16-6-14)

ततः संस्तूय गोविन्दं कथयित्वा च पाण्डवः। आश्वास्य ताः स्त्रियश्चापि मातुलं द्रष्टुमभ्यगात् ॥१६-६-१५॥

tataḥ saṁstūya govindaṁ kathayitvā ca pāṇḍavaḥ। āśvāsya tāḥ striyaś cāpi mātulaṁ draṣṭum abhyagāt॥16-6-15॥

[ततः (tataḥ) - then; संस्तूय (saṁstūya) - having praised; गोविन्दं (govindaṁ) - Govinda; कथयित्वा (kathayitvā) - having spoken; च (ca) - and; पाण्डवः (pāṇḍavaḥ) - the son of Pāṇḍu; आश्वास्य (āśvāsya) - having comforted; ताः (tāḥ) - those; स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - women; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; मातुलं (mātulaṁ) - uncle; द्रष्टुम् (draṣṭum) - to see; अभ्यगात् (abhyagāt) - approached;]

(Then, having praised Govinda, and having spoken, the son of Pāṇḍu, having comforted those women and also, approached his uncle to see.)

Then, after praising Govinda and speaking, the son of Pāṇḍu comforted those women and also went to see his uncle. (16-6-15)