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वसुदेवनिधनम्। वज्राभिषेकः
vasudevanidhanam। vajrābhiṣekaḥ
[वसुदेव (vasudeva) - Vasudeva; (a proper noun, father of Kṛṣṇa); निधनम् (nidhanam) - death; demise; वज्र (vajra) - vajra; (the thunderbolt; also a proper noun, name of a person); अभिषेकः (abhiṣekaḥ) - anointing; coronation;]
(Vasudeva death. Vajra anointing.)
The death of Vasudeva. The coronation of Vajra.
वैशम्पायन उवाच॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca॥
[वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) - Vaiśampāyana; (a proper noun, name of the sage); उवाच (uvāca) - said; spoke;]
(Vaiśampāyana said;)
Vaiśampāyana said.
एवमुक्तः स बीभत्सुर्मातुलेन परन्तपः। दुर्मना दीनमनसं वसुदेवमुवाच ह ॥१६-८-१॥
evam-uktaḥ sa bībhatsur-mātulena parantapaḥ| durmanā dīnam-anasaṁ vasudevam-uvāca ha ॥16-8-1॥
[एवम् (evam) - thus; उक्तः (uktaḥ) - addressed; सः (saḥ) - he; बीभत्सुः (bībhatsuḥ) - Bībhatsu (Arjuna); मातुलेन (mātulena) - by the maternal uncle; परन्तपः (parantapaḥ) - scorcher of foes; दुर्मनाः (durmanāḥ) - with troubled mind; दीनमनसम् (dīnam-anasam) - with dejected heart; वसुदेवम् (vasudevam) - to Vasudeva; उवाच (uvāca) - said; ह (ha) - indeed;]
(Thus addressed, he Bībhatsu, by the maternal uncle, scorcher of foes, with troubled mind, with dejected heart, to Vasudeva said indeed (16-8-1))
Thus, when addressed by his maternal uncle, the scorcher of foes Bībhatsu (Arjuna), with a troubled mind and dejected heart, spoke to Vasudeva. (16-8-1)
नाहं वृष्णिप्रवीरेण मधुभिश्चैव मातुल। विहीनां पृथिवीं द्रष्टुं शक्तश्चिरमिह प्रभो ॥१६-८-२॥
nāhaṃ vṛṣṇipravīreṇa madhubhiścaiva mātula। vihīnāṃ pṛthivīṃ draṣṭuṃ śaktaściram iha prabho॥16-8-2॥
[न (na) - not; अहम् (aham) - I; वृष्णि-प्रवीरेण (vṛṣṇi-pravīreṇa) - by the chief of the Vṛṣṇis; मधुभिः (madhibhiḥ) - by the Madhus; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; मातुल (mātula) - O uncle; विहीनां (vihīnāṃ) - bereft of; पृथिवीं (pṛthivīṃ) - the earth; द्रष्टुम् (draṣṭum) - to see; शक्तः (śaktaḥ) - able; चिरम् (ciram) - for long; इह (iha) - here; प्रभो (prabho) - O lord;]
(Not I, by the chief of the Vṛṣṇis and by the Madhus indeed, O uncle, bereft of earth, to see, able, for long here, O lord.)
O uncle, I am not able to look for long at the earth deprived of the chief of the Vṛṣṇis and the Madhus, O lord. (16-8-2)
राजा च भीमसेनश्च सहदेवश्च पाण्डवः। नकुलो याज्ञसेनी च षडेकमनसो वयम् ॥१६-८-३॥
rājā ca bhīmasenaś ca sahadevaś ca pāṇḍavaḥ। nakulo yājñasenī ca ṣaḍ ekamanaso vayam ॥16-8-3॥
[राजा (rājā) - king; च (ca) - and; भीमसेनः (bhīmasenaḥ) - Bhīmasena; च (ca) - and; सहदेवः (sahadevaḥ) - Sahadeva; च (ca) - and; पाण्डवः (pāṇḍavaḥ) - son of Pāṇḍu; नकुलः (nakulaḥ) - Nakula; याज्ञसेनी (yājñasenī) - Yājñasenī; च (ca) - and; षट् (ṣaṭ) - six; एको (eko) - one; मनसः (manasaḥ) - of mind; वयम् (vayam) - we;]
(The king and Bhīmasena and Sahadeva and the son of Pāṇḍu, Nakula, Yājñasenī and six we of one mind.)
The king, Bhīmasena, Sahadeva, the son of Pāṇḍu, Nakula, and Yājñasenī—all six of us are of one mind. (16-8-3)
राज्ञः सङ्क्रमणे चापि कालोऽयं वर्तते ध्रुवम्। तमिमं विद्धि सम्प्राप्तं कालं कालविदां वर ॥१६-८-४॥
rājñaḥ saṅkramaṇe cāpi kālo'yaṁ vartate dhruvam. tamimaṁ viddhi samprāptaṁ kālaṁ kālavidāṁ vara ॥16-8-4॥
[राज्ञः (rājñaḥ) - of the king; सङ्क्रमणे (saṅkramaṇe) - in transition; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; कालः (kālaḥ) - time; अयम् (ayam) - this; वर्तते (vartate) - occurs; ध्रुवम् (dhruvam) - surely; तम् (tam) - him; इमम् (imam) - this; विद्धि (viddhi) - know; सम्प्राप्तम् (samprāptam) - arrived; कालम् (kālam) - time; कालविदां (kālavidām) - of knowers of time; वर (vara) - O best;]
(Of the king in transition and also this time surely occurs. Him, this, know arrived, time, of knowers of time, O best.)
O best of knowers of time, this is the time that surely occurs at the king's transition. Know that this time has arrived. (16-8-4)
सर्वथा वृष्णिदारांस्तु बालवृद्धांस्तथैव च। नयिष्ये परिगृह्याहमिन्द्रप्रस्थमरिंदम ॥१६-८-५॥
sarvathā vṛṣṇidārāṃstu bālavṛddhāṃstathaiva ca। nayiṣye parigṛhyāhamindraprasthamariṃdama ॥16-8-5॥
[सर्वथा (sarvathā) - in every way; वृष्णिदारान् (vṛṣṇidārān) - the wives of the Vṛṣṇis; तु (tu) - but; बालवृद्धान् (bālavṛddhān) - children and elders; तथा एव (tathā eva) - likewise; च (ca) - and; नयिष्ये (nayiṣye) - I will lead; परिगृह्य (parigṛhya) - having gathered; अहम् (aham) - I; इन्द्रप्रस्थम् (indraprastham) - to Indraprastha; अरिंदम (ariṃdama) - O subduer of foes;]
(In every way the wives of the Vṛṣṇis, but also children and elders likewise and, having gathered, I will lead to Indraprastha, O subduer of foes.)
O subduer of foes, I will collect and lead the wives of the Vṛṣṇis, as well as the children and elders, to Indraprastha in every way. (16-8-5)
इत्युक्त्वा दारुकमिदं वाक्यमाह धनञ्जयः। अमात्यान्वृष्णिवीराणां द्रष्टुमिच्छामि माचिरम् ॥१६-८-६॥
ity uktvā dārukam idaṃ vākyam āha dhanañjayaḥ। amātyān vṛṣṇivīrāṇāṃ draṣṭum icchāmi mā ciram ॥16-8-6॥
[इति (iti) - thus; उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having spoken; दारुकम् (dārukam) - to Dāruka; इदं (idaṃ) - this; वाक्यम् (vākyam) - speech; आह (āha) - said; धनञ्जयः (dhanañjayaḥ) - Dhanañjaya; अमात्यान् (amātyān) - ministers; वृष्णिवीराणाम् (vṛṣṇivīrāṇām) - of the Vṛṣṇi heroes; द्रष्टुम् (draṣṭum) - to see; इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish; मा (mā) - not; चिरम् (ciram) - delay;]
(Thus having spoken this speech to Dāruka, Dhanañjaya said: "I wish to see the ministers of the Vṛṣṇi heroes, do not delay." (16-8-6))
Having thus spoken these words to Dāruka, Dhanañjaya said: "I wish to see the ministers of the Vṛṣṇi heroes; do not delay." (16-8-6)
इत्येवमुक्त्वा वचनं सुधर्मां यादवीं सभाम्। प्रविवेशार्जुनः शूरः शोचमानो महारथान् ॥१६-८-७॥
ityevam uktvā vacanaṃ sudharmāṃ yādavīṃ sabhām। praviveśārjunaḥ śūraḥ śocamāno mahārathān॥16-8-7॥
[इति एवम् (iti evam) - thus; in this manner; उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said; वचनं (vacanam) - word; statement; सुधर्मां (sudharmām) - Sudharmā; (proper noun; name of the assembly hall); यादवीं (yādavīm) - of the Yādavas; belonging to the Yādavas; सभाम् (sabhām) - assembly-hall; प्रविवेश (praviveśa) - entered; अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna; शूरः (śūraḥ) - the hero; the valiant; शोचमानः (śocamānaḥ) - grieving; sorrowing; महारथान् (mahārathān) - great chariot-warriors;]
(Thus, having spoken the statement, Arjuna, the hero, grieving for the great chariot-warriors, entered the Sudharmā, the Yādavas' assembly-hall.)
Having spoken thus, Arjuna, the heroic one, entered the Sudharmā, the assembly hall of the Yādavas, grieving for the great warriors. (16-8-7)
तमासनगतं तत्र सर्वाः प्रकृतयस्तथा। ब्राह्मणा नैगमाश्चैव परिवार्योपतस्थिरे ॥१६-८-८॥
tam āsanagatam tatra sarvāḥ prakṛtayaḥ tathā| brāhmaṇāḥ naigamāḥ ca eva parivārya upatastire ॥16-8-8॥
[तम् (tam) - him; (accusative singular of 'sa', he); आसनगतं (āsanagatam) - seated; (gone to a seat); तत्र (tatra) - there; सर्वाः (sarvāḥ) - all; (feminine plural); प्रकृतयः (prakṛtayaḥ) - ministers; natures; representatives; (feminine plural); तथा (tathā) - likewise; in that way; ब्राह्मणाः (brāhmaṇāḥ) - Brāhmaṇas; priests; (masculine plural); नैगमाः (naigamāḥ) - traders; merchants; townspeople; (masculine plural); च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; surely; परिवार्य (parivārya) - having surrounded; उपतस्थिरे (upatastire) - approached; waited upon; attended;]
(Him seated there, all ministers likewise, Brāhmaṇas, and merchants indeed, having surrounded, approached.)
All the ministers, Brāhmaṇas, and merchants, having surrounded him as he was seated there, duly approached and attended him. (16-8-8)
तान्दीनमनसः सर्वान्निभृतान्गतचेतसः। उवाचेदं वचः पार्थः स्वयं दीनतरस्तदा ॥१६-८-९॥
tān dīnamānasaḥ sarvān nibhṛtān gata-cetasaḥ। uvāca idaṃ vacaḥ pārthaḥ svayam dīnataraḥ tadā ॥16-8-9॥
[तान् (tān) - them; दीनमनसः (dīnamānasaḥ) - downcast in mind; सर्वान् (sarvān) - all; निभृतान् (nibhṛtān) - modest; गतचेतसः (gata-cetasaḥ) - their minds gone; उवाच (uvāca) - said; इदं (idaṃ) - this; वचः (vacaḥ) - speech; पार्थः (pārthaḥ) - Pārtha (Arjuna); स्वयम् (svayam) - himself; दीनतरः (dīnataraḥ) - even more dejected; तदा (tadā) - at that time;]
(Them, downcast in mind, all, modest, their minds gone; said this speech Pārtha himself, even more dejected, at that time.)
Seeing them all, with downcast minds, modest and inattentive, Pārtha (Arjuna), himself even more dejected at that time, spoke these words. (16-8-9)
शक्रप्रस्थमहं नेष्ये वृष्ण्यन्धकजनं स्वयम्। इदं तु नगरं सर्वं समुद्रः प्लावयिष्यति ॥१६-८-१०॥
śakraprastham ahaṃ neṣye vṛṣṇy-andhaka-janaṃ svayam। idaṃ tu nagaraṃ sarvaṃ samudraḥ plāvayiṣyati ॥16-8-10॥
[शक्रप्रस्थम् (śakraprastham) - to Śakraprastha; अहम् (ahaṃ) - I; नेष्ये (neṣye) - shall lead; वृष्ण्यन्धकजनम् (vṛṣṇy-andhaka-janam) - the Vṛṣṇi and Andhaka people; स्वयम् (svayam) - myself; इदं (idaṃ) - this; तु (tu) - but; नगरेम् (nagaraṃ) - city; सर्वम् (sarvam) - all; समुद्रः (samudraḥ) - the ocean; प्लावयिष्यति (plāvayiṣyati) - will flood;]
(To Śakraprastha I myself shall lead the Vṛṣṇi and Andhaka people. But this entire city the ocean will flood. (16-8-10))
I myself shall lead the Vṛṣṇi and Andhaka people to Śakraprastha. But the ocean will flood this entire city. (16-8-10)
सज्जीकुरुत यानानि रत्नानि विविधानि च। वज्रोऽयं भवतां राजा शक्रप्रस्थे भविष्यति ॥१६-८-११॥
sajjīkuruta yānāni ratnāni vividhāni ca। vajro'yaṃ bhavatāṃ rājā śakraprasthe bhaviṣyati॥16-8-11॥
[सज्जीकुरुत (sajjīkuruta) - prepare; (you all) make ready; यानानि (yānāni) - vehicles; conveyances; रत्नानि (ratnāni) - gems; precious stones; विविधानि (vividhāni) - various; of various kinds; च (ca) - and; वज्रः (vajraḥ) - Vajra; (the thunderbolt; name of a person or thing); अयम् (ayam) - this; भवताम् (bhavatām) - of you; your; राजा (rājā) - king; शक्रप्रस्थे (śakraprasthe) - at Śakraprastha; (in the city called Śakraprastha); भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - will be; will become;]
(Prepare the vehicles, the various gems and also. Vajra, this (one), of you, king, at Śakraprastha will be.)
Prepare the vehicles and the various gems. Vajra, this (person), will be your king at Śakraprastha. (16-8-11)
सप्तमे दिवसे चैव रवौ विमल उद्गते। बहिर्वत्स्यामहे सर्वे सज्जीभवत माचिरम् ॥१६-८-१२॥
saptame divase caiva ravau vimala udgate। bahir vatsyāmahe sarve sajjībhavata māciram ॥16-8-12॥
[सप्तमे (saptame) - on the seventh; दिवसे (divase) - day; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; रवौ (ravau) - when the Sun; विमल (vimala) - unclouded; उद्गते (udgate) - having arisen; बहि: (bahih) - outside; वत्स्यामहे (vatsyāmahe) - we shall go/stay; सर्वे (sarve) - all; सज्जीभवत (sajjībhavata) - be ready; मा (mā) - not; अचिरम् (aciram) - delay;]
(On the seventh day, indeed, when the unclouded Sun has arisen, outside we shall go/stay, all, be ready, not delay.)
On the seventh day, indeed, when the spotless Sun has arisen, we shall all go outside; all of you, be ready without delay. (16-8-12)
इत्युक्तास्तेन ते पौराः पार्थेनाक्लिष्टकर्मणा। सज्जमाशु ततश्चक्रुः स्वसिद्ध्यर्थं समुत्सुकाः ॥१६-८-१३॥
ity uktās tena te paurāḥ pārthenākliṣṭakarmaṇā. sajjam āśu tataś cakruḥ svasiddhyarthaṃ samutsukāḥ ॥16-8-13॥
[इति (iti) - thus; उक्ताः (uktāḥ) - addressed; तेन (tena) - by him; ते (te) - those; पौराः (paurāḥ) - citizens; पार्थेन (pārthena) - by Partha (Arjuna); अक्लिष्टकर्मणा (akliṣṭakarmaṇā) - of unwearied action; सज्जम् (sajjam) - readiness; आशु (āśu) - quickly; ततः (tataḥ) - thereupon; चक्रुः (cakruḥ) - made; स्वसिद्ध्यर्थम् (svasiddhyartham) - for their own success; समुत्सुकाः (samutsukāḥ) - eager;]
(Thus addressed by him, those citizens by Partha of unwearied action, readiness quickly thereupon made for their own success, eager.)
Thus addressed by him, those citizens, eager for their own success, quickly made preparations at the instruction of Partha, who was of unwearied action. (16-8-13)
तां रात्रिमवसत्पार्थः केशवस्य निवेशने। महता शोकमोहेन सहसाभिपरिप्लुतः ॥१६-८-१४॥
tāṁ rātrim avasat pārthaḥ keśavasya niveśane। mahatā śoka-mohena sahasā abhipariplutaḥ ॥16-8-14॥
[तां (tāṁ) - that; (accusative singular, feminine); रात्रिम् (rātrim) - night; (accusative singular, feminine); अवसत् (avasat) - he dwelt; (3rd person singular, perfect); पार्थः (pārthaḥ) - Pārtha; (Arjuna; nominative singular); केशवस्य (keśavasya) - of Keśava; (Krishna; genitive singular); निवेशने (niveśane) - in the abode; (locative singular); महताः (mahatā) - by great; (instrumental singular, neuter/masculine); शोक-मोहेन (śoka-mohena) - by grief and delusion; (instrumental singular, compound); सहसा (sahasā) - suddenly; (indeclinable); अभिपरिप्लुतः (abhipariplutaḥ) - completely overwhelmed; (nominative singular, masculine, past passive participle);]
(That night Pārtha dwelt in Keśava's abode, by great grief and delusion suddenly completely overwhelmed.)
That night, Pārtha (Arjuna) stayed in Keśava's (Krishna's) abode, suddenly overcome by great grief and delusion. (16-8-14)
श्वोभूतेऽथ ततः शौरिर्वसुदेवः प्रतापवान्। युक्त्वात्मानं महातेजा जगाम गतिमुत्तमाम् ॥१६-८-१५॥
śvobhūte'tha tataḥ śaurir-vasudevaḥ pratāpavān| yuktvātmānaṃ mahātejā jagāma gatim-uttamām ॥16-8-15॥
[श्वोभूते (śvobhūte) - when the next day had come; अथ (atha) - then; ततः (tataḥ) - thereafter; शौरिः (śauriḥ) - (the descendant of Shura); वसुदेवः (vasudevaḥ) - Vasudeva; प्रतापवान् (pratāpavān) - powerful; युक्त्वा (yuktvā) - having absorbed; आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - his self; महातेजा (mahātejā) - of great splendor; जगाम (jagāma) - he went; गतिम् (gatim) - path; उत्तमाम् (uttamām) - supreme;]
(When the next day had come, then thereafter the descendant of Shura, Vasudeva, powerful, having absorbed his self, of great splendor, he went the supreme path.)
When the next day dawned, then Vasudeva, the powerful son of Shura, full of great splendor, having controlled his self, attained the supreme path. (16-8-15)
ततः शब्दो महानासीद्वसुदेवस्य वेश्मनि। दारुणः क्रोशतीनां च रुदतीनां च योषिताम् ॥१६-८-१६॥
tataḥ śabdo mahān āsīd vasudevasya veśmani। dāruṇaḥ krośatīnām ca rudatīnām ca yoṣitām ॥16-8-16॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; शब्दः (śabdaḥ) - sound; महान् (mahān) - great; आसीत् (āsīt) - arose; वसुदेवस्य (vasudevasya) - of Vasudeva; वेश्मनि (veśmani) - in the house; दारुणः (dāruṇaḥ) - terrible; क्रोशतीनाम् (krośatīnām) - of women wailing; च (ca) - and; रुदतीनाम् (rudatīnām) - of women crying; च (ca) - and; योषिताम् (yoṣitām) - of women;]
(Then a great sound arose in the house of Vasudeva, terrible, of women wailing and of women crying.)
Then there arose a great and terrible sound in the house of Vasudeva, with women wailing and weeping. (16-8-16)
प्रकीर्णमूर्धजाः सर्वा विमुक्ताभरणस्रजः। उरांसि पाणिभिर्घ्नन्त्यो व्यलपन्करुणं स्त्रियः ॥१६-८-१७॥
prakīrṇamūrdhajāḥ sarvā vimuktābharaṇasrajaḥ. urāṃsi pāṇibhir ghnantyo vyalapan karuṇaṃ striyaḥ ॥16-8-17॥
[प्रकीर्णमूर्धजाः (prakīrṇa-mūrdhajāḥ) - with hair dishevelled; सर्वा (sarvā) - all (women); विमुक्ताभरणस्रजः (vimukta-ābharaṇa-srajaḥ) - having cast off ornaments and garlands; उरांसि (urāṃsi) - their chests; पाणिभिः (pāṇibhiḥ) - with (their) hands; घ्नन्त्यः (ghnantyaḥ) - striking; व yalapan (vyalapan) - they cried out (wailed); करुणं (karuṇam) - pitifully; स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - the women;]
(With hair dishevelled, all (the women) having cast off ornaments and garlands, their chests with hands striking, wailed pitifully, the women.)
All the women, with their hair dishevelled and their ornaments and garlands cast off, struck their chests with their hands and wailed pitifully. (16-8-17)
तं देवकी च भद्रा च रोहिणी मदिरा तथा। अन्वारोढुं व्यवसिता भर्तारं योषितां वराः ॥१६-८-१८॥
taṃ devakī ca bhadrā ca rohiṇī madirā tathā। anvāroḍhuṃ vyavasitā bhartāraṃ yoṣitāṃ varāḥ॥16-8-18॥
[तं (taṃ) - him; देवकी (devakī) - Devakī; च (ca) - and; भद्रा (bhadrā) - Bhadrā; च (ca) - and; रोहिणी (rohiṇī) - Rohiṇī; मदिरा (madirā) - Madirā; तथा (tathā) - also; अन्वारोढुं (anvāroḍhuṃ) - to follow in marrying; व्यवसिता (vyavasitā) - resolved; भर्तारं (bhartāraṃ) - the husband; योषितां (yoṣitāṃ) - of women; वराः (varāḥ) - foremost;]
(Him Devakī and Bhadrā and Rohiṇī, Madirā also, to follow in marrying resolved, husband of women, foremost.)
Devakī, Bhadrā, Rohiṇī, and also Madirā, all foremost among women, resolved to follow their husband in marriage. (16-8-18)
ततः शौरिं नृयुक्तेन बहुमाल्येन भारत। यानेन महता पार्थो बहिर्निष्क्रामयत्तदा ॥१६-८-१९॥
tataḥ śauriṃ nṛyuktena bahumālyena bhārata| yānena mahatā pārtho bahirniṣkrāmayattadā ||16-8-19||
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; शौरिं (śauriṃ) - Śauri (Kṛṣṇa); नृयुक्तेन (nṛ-yuktena) - drawn by men; बहुमाल्येन (bahu-mālyena) - adorned with many garlands; भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata; यानेन (yānena) - by chariot; महता (mahatā) - great; पार्थः (pārthaḥ) - Pārtha (Arjuna); बहि: (bahir) - out; निष्क्रामयत् (niṣkrāmayat) - caused to go forth; तदा (tadā) - then;]
(Then Śauri (Kṛṣṇa), by a chariot drawn by men, adorned with many garlands, O Bhārata, great, Pārtha (Arjuna) caused to go out then.)
Then, O Bhārata, Pārtha (Arjuna) caused Śauri (Kṛṣṇa) to be taken out by a great chariot drawn by men, adorned with many garlands. (16-8-19)
तमन्वयुस्तत्र तत्र दुःखशोकसमाहताः। द्वारकावासिनः पौराः सर्व एव नरर्षभ ॥१६-८-२०॥
tam anvayus tatra tatra duḥkha-śoka-samāhatāḥ। dvārakā-vāsinaḥ paurāḥ sarva eva nararṣabha ॥16-8-20॥
[तम् (tam) - him; अन्वयुः (anvayuḥ) - followed; तत्र तत्र (tatra tatra) - here and there; दुःखशोकसमाहताः (duḥkha-śoka-samāhatāḥ) - afflicted by pain and sorrow; द्वारकावासिनः (dvārakā-vāsinaḥ) - inhabitants of Dvārakā; पौराः (paurāḥ) - citizens; सर्व एव (sarva eva) - all indeed; नरर्षभ (nararṣabha) - O best of men;]
(Him followed here and there, afflicted by pain and sorrow, the inhabitants of Dvārakā, the citizens, all indeed, O best of men.)
O best of men, the citizens, all the inhabitants of Dvārakā, afflicted by pain and sorrow, followed him here and there. (16-8-20)
तस्याश्वमेधिकं छत्रं दीप्यमानाश्च पावकाः। पुरस्तात्तस्य यानस्य याजकाश्च ततो ययुः ॥१६-८-२१॥
tasyāśvamedhikaṃ chatraṃ dīpyamānāś ca pāvakāḥ. purastāt tasya yānasya yājakāś ca tato yayuḥ॥16-8-21॥
[तस्य (tasya) - of him; of his; अश्वमेधिकं (aśvamedhikaṃ) - relating to the horse-sacrifice; of the horse-sacrifice; छत्रं (chatraṃ) - umbrella; parasol; दीप्यमानाः (dīpyamānāḥ) - shining; blazing; च (ca) - and; पावकाः (pāvakāḥ) - fires; पुरस्तात् (purastāt) - in front; before; तस्य (tasya) - of him; of his; यानस्य (yānasya) - of the chariot; of the vehicle; याजकाः (yājakāḥ) - sacrificers; priests; च (ca) - and; ततः (tataḥ) - then; from there; ययुः (yayuḥ) - went; proceeded;]
(Of him related to the horse-sacrifice, umbrella, and shining fires; before his chariot, the priests also then went.)
His umbrella related to the horse-sacrifice and the shining fires, and in front of his chariot the priests went. (16-8-21)
अनुजग्मुश्च तं वीरं देव्यस्ता वै स्वलङ्कृताः। स्त्रीसहस्रैः परिवृता वधूभिश्च सहस्रशः ॥१६-८-२२॥
anujagmuś ca taṃ vīraṃ devyās tā vai svalakṣitāḥ। strī-sahasraiḥ parivṛtā vadhūbhiś ca sahasraśaḥ ॥16-8-22॥
[अनुजग्मुश् (anujagmuḥ) - followed; च (ca) - and; तं (tam) - him; वीरं (vīram) - hero; देव्यः (devyaḥ) - queens; ता (tā) - they; वै (vai) - indeed; स्वलङ्कृताः (svalaṅkṛtāḥ) - splendidly adorned; स्त्रीसहस्रैः (strī-sahasraiḥ) - with thousands of women; परिवृता (parivṛtā) - surrounded; वधूभिः (vadhūbhiḥ) - by brides; च (ca) - and; सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands;]
(And followed him—the hero—the queens, they indeed splendidly adorned, surrounded by thousands of women and by brides in thousands.)
Splendidly adorned, the queens followed that hero, surrounded by thousands of women and brides in their thousands. (16-8-22)
यस्तु देशः प्रियस्तस्य जीवतोऽभून्महात्मनः। तत्रैनमुपसङ्कल्प्य पितृमेधं प्रचक्रिरे ॥१६-८-२३॥
yastu deśaḥ priyastasya jīvato'bhūnmahātmanaḥ। tatra enam upasaṅkalpya pitṛmedhaṃ pracakrire ॥16-8-23॥
[यः (yaḥ) - who; तु (tu) - but; देशः (deśaḥ) - region; प्रियः (priyaḥ) - dear; तस्य (tasya) - to him; जीवतः (jīvataḥ) - while living; अभूत् (abhūt) - was; महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - of the great-souled one; तत्र (tatra) - there; एनम् (enam) - him (accusative); उपसङ्कल्प्य (upasaṅkalpya) - having prepared (the body); पितृमेधम् (pitṛmedham) - funeral rite; प्रचक्रिरे (pracakrire) - they performed;]
(But the region which was dear to him while living, of the great-souled one, there him having prepared, the funeral rite they performed.)
But the place that was dear to him during his lifetime, there they prepared and performed his funeral rite for the great-souled one. (16-8-23)
तं चिताग्निगतं वीरं शूरपुत्रं वराङ्गनाः। ततोऽन्वारुरुहुः पत्न्यश्चतस्रः पतिलोकगाः ॥१६-८-२४॥
taṃ citāgnigataṃ vīraṃ śūraputraṃ varāṅganāḥ। tato'nvāruruhuḥ patnyaś catasraḥ patilokagāḥ॥16-8-24॥
[तं (taṃ) - him; चिताग्निगतं (citāgnigataṃ) - entered into the funeral fire; वीरं (vīraṃ) - hero; शूरपुत्रं (śūraputraṃ) - son of Śūra; वराङ्गनाः (varāṅganāḥ) - noble women; ततः (tataḥ) - then; अन्वारुरुहुः (anvāruruhuḥ) - ascended after; पत्न्यः (patnyaḥ) - wives; चतस्रः (catasraḥ) - four; पतिलोकगाः (patilokagāḥ) - going to the world of the husband;]
(Him entered into the funeral fire, the hero, son of Śūra, noble women; then ascended after, four wives going to the world of the husband.)
The noble women, the four wives, ascended after him—the heroic son of Śūra—into the funeral fire, going to the world of their husband. (16-8-24)
तं वै चतसृभिः स्त्रीभिरन्वितं पाण्डुनन्दनः। अदाहयच्चन्दनैश्च गन्धैरुच्चावचैरपि ॥१६-८-२५॥
taṁ vai catasṛbhiḥ strībhiḥ anvitaṁ pāṇḍunandanaḥ। adāhayat candanaiś ca gandhair uccāvacair api ॥16-8-25॥
[तं (taṁ) - him; वै (vai) - indeed; चतसृभिः (catasṛbhiḥ) - with four; स्त्रीभिः (strībhiḥ) - women; अन्वितं (anvitaṁ) - accompanied; पाण्डुनन्दनः (pāṇḍunandanaḥ) - son of Pāṇḍu; अदाहयत् (adāhayat) - set fire (to); चन्दनैः (candanaiḥ) - with sandalwoods; च (ca) - and; गन्धैः (gandhaiḥ) - with perfumes; उच्चावचैः (uccāvacaiḥ) - various; अपि (api) - also;]
(Him indeed, with four women accompanied, the son of Pāṇḍu set fire (to) with sandalwoods and perfumes, various also.)
The son of Pāṇḍu set fire to him, accompanied by four women, using sandalwood and various perfumes. (16-8-25)
ततः प्रादुरभूच्छब्दः समिद्धस्य विभावसोः। सामगानां च निर्घोषो नराणां रुदतामपि ॥१६-८-२६॥
tataḥ prādurabhūcchabdaḥ samiddhasya vibhāvasoḥ। sāmagānāṃ ca nirghoṣo narāṇāṃ rudatāmapi॥16-8-26॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; after that; प्रादुरभूत् (prādurabhūt) - arose; became manifest; शब्दः (śabdaḥ) - sound; समिद्धस्य (samiddhasya) - of the kindled; विभावसोः (vibhāvasoḥ) - of fire; सामगानां (sāmagānāṃ) - of the chanting of Sāma; of Sāma songs; च (ca) - and; निर्घोषः (nirghoṣaḥ) - resounding; sound; नराणां (narāṇāṃ) - of men; रुदताम् (rudatām) - weeping; of those who were weeping; अपि (api) - also;]
(Then arose sound of the kindled fire; and the resounding of the Sāma songs, and the sound of the men also who were weeping.)
Then there arose the sound of the blazing fire, and the chant of the Sāma hymns, and also the wailing of the men. (16-8-26)
ततो वज्रप्रधानास्ते वृष्णिवीरकुमारकाः। सर्व एवोदकं चक्रुः स्त्रियश्चैव महात्मनः ॥१६-८-२७॥
tato vajrapradhānās te vṛṣṇivīra-kumārakāḥ। sarva eva udakaṃ cakruḥ striyaś caiva mahātmanaḥ॥16-8-27॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; वज्रप्रधानाः (vajrapradhānāḥ) - led by Vajra; chief among them being Vajra; ते (te) - they; वृष्णिवीरकुमारकाः (vṛṣṇivīra-kumārakāḥ) - the sons of the heroic men of the Vṛṣṇi (clan); सर्वे (sarve) - all; एव (eva) - indeed; उदकं (udakaṃ) - oblation of water; चक्रुः (cakruḥ) - they performed; स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - the women; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - also; महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - for the great-souled ones;]
(Then, Vajra-pradhāna, they, the sons of the heroic Vṛṣṇis, all indeed performed water oblation; and the women also for the great-souled ones.)
Then, led by Vajra, all the young sons of the heroic Vṛṣṇi clan, together with the women, performed the water oblation for the great-souled ones. (16-8-27)
अलुप्तधर्मस्तं धर्मं कारयित्वा स फल्गुनः। जगाम वृष्णयो यत्र विनष्टा भरतर्षभ ॥१६-८-२८॥
aluptadharmas taṃ dharmaṃ kārayitvā sa phalgunaḥ। jagāma vṛṣṇayo yatra vinaṣṭā bharatarṣabha ॥16-8-28॥
[अलुप्तधर्मः (aluptadharmaḥ) - one whose dharma is not lost; तं (taṃ) - that; धर्मं (dharmaṃ) - dharma; कारयित्वा (kārayitvā) - having caused to be performed; स (sa) - he; फल्गुनः (phalgunaḥ) - Phalguna (Arjuna); जगाम (jagāma) - went; वृष्णयः (vṛṣṇayaḥ) - the Vṛṣṇis; यत्र (yatra) - where; विनष्टाः (vinaṣṭāḥ) - destroyed; भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O bull of the Bharatas;]
(One whose dharma is not lost, having caused that dharma to be performed, he, Phalguna, went where the Vṛṣṇis were destroyed, O bull of the Bharatas.)
Phalguna, whose dharma was uncorrupted, having ensured that righteous duty was performed, went to where the Vṛṣṇis were destroyed, O best of the Bharatas. (16-8-28)
स तान्दृष्ट्वा निपतितान्कदने भृशदुःखितः। बभूवातीव कौरव्यः प्राप्तकालं चकार च ॥१६-८-२९॥
sa tān dṛṣṭvā nipatitān kadane bhṛśaduḥkhitaḥ। babhūvāṭīva kauravyaḥ prāptakālaṃ cakāra ca ॥16-8-29॥
[स (sa) - he; तान् (tān) - them; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; निपतितान् (nipatitān) - fallen down; कदने (kadane) - in the slaughter; भृशदुःखितः (bhṛśaduḥkhitaḥ) - greatly afflicted with pain; बभूव (babhūva) - became; अतीव (atīva) - exceedingly; कौरव्यः (kauravyaḥ) - the descendant of Kuru; प्राप्तकालम् (prāptakālam) - the suitable time; चकार (cakāra) - he did; च (ca) - and;]
(He, having seen them fallen down in the slaughter, greatly afflicted with pain, became exceedingly the Kaurava; the suitable time he did and.)
Having seen them fallen in the battle, the Kaurava became exceedingly afflicted with pain and acted at the proper time. (16-8-29)
यथाप्रधानतश्चैव चक्रे सर्वाः क्रियास्तदा। ये हता ब्रह्मशापेन मुसलैरेरकोद्भवैः ॥१६-८-३०॥
yathā-pradhānatāś-caiva cakre sarvāḥ kriyās-tadā। ye hatā brahma-śāpena musalaiḥ erakodbhavaiḥ॥ 16-8-30॥
[यथा (yathā) - as; in accordance; प्रधानतः (pradhānatāḥ) - priority; accordance with rank; in order of importance; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; certainly; चक्रे (cakre) - performed; did; सर्वाः (sarvāḥ) - all; क्रियाः (kriyāḥ) - acts; rites; ceremonies; तदा (tadā) - then; at that time; ये (ye) - those who; हता (hatāḥ) - were slain; ब्रह्मशापेन (brahma-śāpena) - by the curse of Brahma; मुसलैः (musalaiḥ) - with clubs; एरकोद्भवैः (erakodbhavaiḥ) - originating from eraka grass; born from 'eraka' (reed) plant;]
(As in accordance with rank, and indeed, he performed all the rites at that time—those who were slain by the curse of Brahma, with clubs born from eraka grass.)
He performed all the rites at that time for those who were killed by the curse of Brahma, with clubs that had sprung from the eraka grass. (16-8-30)
ततः शरीरे रामस्य वासुदेवस्य चोभयोः। अन्विष्य दाहयामास पुरुषैराप्तकारिभिः ॥१६-८-३१॥
tataḥ śarīre rāmasya vāsudevasya cobhayoḥ। anviṣya dāhayāmāsa puruṣair āptakāribhiḥ॥16-8-31॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; शरीरे (śarīre) - bodies; रामस्य (rāmasya) - of Rāma; वासुदेवस्य (vāsudevasya) - of Vāsudeva; च (ca) - and; उभयोः (ubhayoḥ) - of both; अन्विष्य (anviṣya) - having searched out; दाहयामास (dāhayāmāsa) - caused to be burned; पुरुषैः (puruṣaiḥ) - by men; आप्तकारिभिः (āptakāribhiḥ) - by those who accomplish what is entrusted;]
(Then the bodies of Rāma and of Vāsudeva, of both, having searched out, caused to be burned by men who accomplish entrusted tasks.)
Then, after searching out the bodies of both Rāma and Vāsudeva, men who fulfilled their duties caused them to be cremated. (16-8-31)
स तेषां विधिवत्कृत्वा प्रेतकार्याणि पाण्डवः। सप्तमे दिवसे प्रायाद्रथमारुह्य सत्वरः ॥ अश्वयुक्तै रथैश्चापि गोखरोष्ट्रयुतैरपि ॥१६-८-३२॥
sa teṣāṃ vidhivat kṛtvā pretakāryāṇi pāṇḍavaḥ। saptame divase prāyād ratham āruhya satvaraḥ॥ aśvayuktai rathaiś cāpi gokharoṣṭrayutair api॥16-8-32॥
[स (sa) - he; तेषां (teṣām) - of them; विधिवत् (vidhivat) - according to rule; कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having performed; प्रेतकार्याणि (pretakāryāṇi) - rites for the deceased; पाण्डवः (pāṇḍavaḥ) - the Pāṇḍava; सप्तमे (saptame) - on the seventh; दिवसे (divase) - day; प्रायात् (prāyāt) - departed; रथम् (ratham) - chariot; आरुह्य (āruhya) - having mounted; सत्वरः (satvaraḥ) - quickly; अश्वयुक्तैः (aśvayuktaiḥ) - with horse-yoked; रथैः (rathaiḥ) - by chariots; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; गोकरोष्ट्रयुक्तैः (gokharoṣṭrayuktaiḥ) - with cow, donkey, and camel-yoked; अपि (api) - also;]
(He, of them, according to rule, having performed the rites for the deceased, the Pāṇḍava, on the seventh day, departed, having mounted the chariot quickly; with horse-yoked chariots and also with cow, donkey, and camel-yoked [vehicles] also.)
The Pāṇḍava, having performed the funeral rites for them according to the rule, departed on the seventh day, quickly mounting the chariot; with horse-yoked chariots, and also with vehicles yoked with cows, donkeys, and camels. (16-8-32)
स्त्रियस्ता वृष्णिवीराणां रुदत्यः शोककर्शिताः। अनुजग्मुर्महात्मानं पाण्डुपुत्रं धनञ्जयम् ॥१६-८-३३॥
striyastā vṛṣṇivīrāṇāṃ rudatyaḥ śokakarśitāḥ। anujagmurmahātmānaṃ pāṇḍuputraṃ dhanañjayam ॥16-8-33॥
[स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) (striyaḥ) - women; ता (tā) (tā) - those; वृष्णिवीराणाम् (vṛṣṇivīrāṇām) (vṛṣṇivīrāṇām) - of the heroes of the Vṛṣṇi lineage; रुदत्यः (rudatyaḥ) (rudatyaḥ) - weeping; शोककर्शिताः (śokakarśitāḥ) (śokakarśitāḥ) - afflicted by grief; अनुजग्मुः (anujagmuḥ) (anujagmuḥ) - followed; महात्मानम् (mahātmānam) (mahātmānam) - the great-souled; पाण्डुपुत्रम् (pāṇḍuputram) (pāṇḍuputram) - son of Pāṇḍu; धनञ्जयम् (dhanañjayam) (dhanañjayam) - Dhanañjaya (Arjuna);]
(Women, those of the heroes of the Vṛṣṇi lineage, weeping, afflicted by grief, followed the great-souled son of Pāṇḍu, Dhanañjaya.)
The women, belonging to the heroes of the Vṛṣṇi lineage, weeping and afflicted by grief, followed the great-souled son of Pāṇḍu, Dhanañjaya (Arjuna). (16-8-33)
भृत्यास्त्वन्धकवृष्णीनां सादिनो रथिनश्च ये। वीरहीनं वृद्धबालं पौरजानपदास्तथा ॥ ययुस्ते परिवार्याथ कलत्रं पार्थशासनात् ॥१६-८-३४॥
bhṛtyās tv andhakavṛṣṇīnām sārdino rathinaś ca ye. vīrahīnaṃ vṛddhabālaṃ paura-jānapadās tathā ॥ yayus te parivāryātha kalatraṃ pārthaśāsanāt ॥16-8-34॥
[भृत्याः (bhṛtyāḥ) - servants; तु (tu) - but; अन्धकवृष्णीनां (andhakavṛṣṇīnām) - of the Andhakas and Vṛṣṇis; सादिनः (sārdinaḥ) - those with horses; रथिनः (rathinaḥ) - charioteers; च (ca) - and; ये (ye) - who; वीरहीनं (vīrahīnam) - bereft of warriors; वृद्धबालं (vṛddhabālam) - the old and children; पौर (paura) - citizens; जानपदाः (jānapadāḥ) - countryfolk; तथा (tathā) - and so also; ययुः (yayuḥ) - set out; ते (te) - they; परिवार्य (parivārya) - surrounding; अथ (atha) - then; कलत्रं (kalatraṃ) - wives; पार्थशासनात् (pārthaśāsanāt) - by the command of Pārtha (Arjuna);]
(Servants but of the Andhakas and Vṛṣṇis, those with horses, charioteers and those who; bereft of warriors, the old and children, citizens, and countryfolk also; they set out, surrounding then the wives, by the command of Pārtha.)
But the servants of the Andhakas and Vṛṣṇis, the horsemen and charioteers, and those without warriors, the old and children, the townsmen and countryfolk also—these, then, surrounded the women and departed at the command of Pārtha (Arjuna). (16-8-34)
कुञ्जरैश्च गजारोहा ययुः शैलनिभैस्तथा। सपादरक्षैः संयुक्ताः सोत्तरायुधिका ययुः ॥१६-८-३५॥
kuñjaraiś ca gajārohā yayuḥ śailanibhaiḥ tathā। sapādarakṣaiḥ saṁyuktāḥ sottarāyudhikā yayuḥ ॥16-8-35॥
[कुञ्जरैः (kuñjaraiḥ) - with elephants; च (ca) - and; गजारोहा (gajārohā) - elephant riders; ययुः (yayuḥ) - they went; शैलनिभैः (śailanibhaiḥ) - mountain-like; तथा (tathā) - thus; सपादरक्षैः (sapādarakṣaiḥ) - with foot soldiers; संयुक्ताः (saṁyuktāḥ) - joined; स (sa) - with; उत्तरायुधिका (uttarāyudhikā) - those bearing excellent weapons; ययुः (yayuḥ) - they went;]
(And with elephants, the elephant riders went, thus with mountain-like (ones). Together with foot soldiers, joined with those bearing excellent weapons, they went.)
The elephant riders mounted on elephants, which resembled mountains, went forth; together with foot soldiers and those equipped with excellent weapons, they advanced. (16-8-35)
पुत्राश्चान्धकवृष्णीनां सर्वे पार्थमनुव्रताः। ब्राह्मणाः क्षत्रिया वैश्याः शूद्राश्चैव महाधनाः ॥१६-८-३६॥
putrāś cāndhaka-vṛṣṇīnām sarve pārtha-manuvratāḥ। brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyā vaiśyāḥ śūdrāś caiva mahādhanāḥ॥16-8-36॥
[पुत्राः (putrāḥ) - sons; च (ca) - and; अन्धकवृष्णीनाम् (andhaka-vṛṣṇīnām) - of the Andhakas and the Vṛṣṇis; सर्वे (sarve) - all; पार्थम् (pārtham) - Pārtha (Arjuna); अनुव्रताः (anuvratāḥ) - devoted to; ब्राह्मणाः (brāhmaṇāḥ) - Brāhmaṇas; क्षत्रियाः (kṣatriyāḥ) - Kṣatriyas; वैश्याः (vaiśyāḥ) - Vaiśyas; शूद्राः (śūdrāḥ) - Śūdras; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; महाधनाः (mahādhanāḥ) - greatly wealthy;]
(Sons and of the Andhakas and Vṛṣṇis, all devoted to Pārtha; Brāhmaṇas, Kṣatriyas, Vaiśyas, and Śūdras indeed, greatly wealthy.)
All the sons of the Andhakas and Vṛṣṇis were devoted to Pārtha; and the Brāhmaṇas, Kṣatriyas, Vaiśyas, and Śūdras also were greatly wealthy. (16-8-36)
दश षट्च सहस्राणि वासुदेवावरोधनम्। पुरस्कृत्य ययुर्वज्रं पौत्रं कृष्णस्य धीमतः ॥१६-८-३७॥
daśa ṣaṭ ca sahasrāṇi vāsudevāvarodhanam। puraskṛtya yayur vajraṃ pautraṃ kṛṣṇasya dhīmataḥ ॥16-8-37॥
[दश (daśa) - ten; षट् (ṣaṭ) - six; च (ca) - and; सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands; वासुदेवावरोधनम् (vāsudevāvarodhanam) - the womenfolk of Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa); पुरस्कृत्य (puraskṛtya) - placing at the front; ययुः (yayuḥ) - they went; वज्रम् (vajram) - Vajra (proper noun, grandson's name); पौत्रम् (pautram) - grandson; कृष्णस्य (kṛṣṇasya) - of Kṛṣṇa; धीमतः (dhīmataḥ) - the wise;]
(Ten and six thousands of the womenfolk of Vāsudeva, placing at the front Vajra, the grandson of wise Kṛṣṇa, went.)
Sixteen thousand women of Vāsudeva, having placed at the front Vajra—the grandson of wise Kṛṣṇa—departed. (16-8-37)
बहूनि च सहस्राणि प्रयुतान्यर्बुदानि च। भोजवृष्ण्यन्धकस्त्रीणां हतनाथानि निर्ययुः ॥१६-८-३८॥
bahūni ca sahasrāṇi prayutāni arbūdāni ca। bhoja-vṛṣṇy-andhaka-strīṇāṃ hata-nāthāni niryayuḥ ॥16-8-38॥
[बहूनि (bahūni) - many; च (ca) - and; सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands; प्रयुतानि (prayutāni) - tens of millions; अर्बुदानि (arbūdāni) - hundreds of millions; च (ca) - and; भोजवृष्ण्यन्धकस्त्रीणां (bhoja-vṛṣṇy-andhaka-strīṇāṃ) - of the women of the Bhojas, Vṛṣṇis, and Andhakas; हतनाथानि (hata-nāthāni) - whose protectors were killed; निर्ययुः (niryayuḥ) - went forth;]
(Many and thousands, tens of millions, and hundreds of millions, of the women of the Bhojas, Vṛṣṇis, and Andhakas whose protectors were killed, went forth.)
Countless (many thousands, tens and hundreds of millions) of the women of the Bhoja, Vṛṣṇi, and Andhaka clans, whose protectors had been killed, departed. (16-8-38)
तत्सागरसमप्रख्यं वृष्णिचक्रं महर्द्धिमत्। उवाह रथिनां श्रेष्ठः पार्थः परपुरञ्जयः ॥१६-८-३९॥
tatsāgarasamaprakhyaṃ vṛṣṇicakraṃ maharddhimat| uvāha rathināṃ śreṣṭhaḥ pārthaḥ parapurañjayaḥ ||16-8-39||
[तत् (tat) - that; सागरसमप्रख्यम् (sāgara-sama-prakhyam) - having the appearance like the ocean; वृष्णिचक्रम् (vṛṣṇi-cakram) - Vṛṣṇi's chariot; महार्द्धिमत् (mahā-ṛddhimat) - greatly resplendent; उवाह (uvāha) - drove; रथिनाम् (rathinām) - of charioteers; श्रेष्ठः (śreṣṭhaḥ) - the foremost; पार्थः (pārthaḥ) - Pārtha (Arjuna); परपुरञ्जयः (para-purañjayaḥ) - conqueror of foreign cities;]
(That, with the appearance like the ocean, Vṛṣṇi's chariot, greatly resplendent, drove the foremost of charioteers, Pārtha, the conqueror of enemy cities.)
That greatly resplendent Vṛṣṇi chariot, appearing like the ocean, was driven by Arjuna, the foremost charioteer and conqueror of enemy cities. (16-8-39)
निर्याते तु जने तस्मिन्सागरो मकरालयः। द्वारकां रत्नसम्पूर्णां जलेनाप्लावयत्तदा ॥१६-८-४०॥
niryāte tu jane tasmin sāgaro makarālayaḥ। dvārakāṃ ratnasampūrṇāṃ jalenāplāvayattadā॥16-8-40॥
[निर्याते (niryāte) - having gone out; (from niḥ-√yā) ; तु (tu) - but; जने (jane) - people; तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that; सागरः (sāgaraḥ) - ocean; मकरालयः (makarālayaḥ) - abode of makara (crocodiles or sea-creatures); द्वारकाम् (dvārakām) - Dvārakā (proper noun); रत्नसम्पूर्णाम् (ratnasampūrṇām) - filled with jewels; जलेन (jalena) - with water; अप्लावयत् (aplāvayat) - inundated, flooded; तदा (tadā) - then;]
(Having gone out but people in that, the ocean, abode of makara, Dvārakā filled with jewels, with water, inundated then.)
But when the people had gone out from there, then the ocean, abode of makaras, flooded Dvārakā, which was filled with jewels, with water. (16-8-40)
तदद्भुतमभिप्रेक्ष्य द्वारकावासिनो जनाः। तूर्णात्तूर्णतरं जग्मुरहो दैवमिति ब्रुवन् ॥१६-८-४१॥
tad adbhutam abhiprekṣya dvārakā-vāsino janāḥ। tūrṇāt tūrṇataraṃ jagmur aho daivam iti bruvan ॥16-8-41॥
[तत् (tad) - that; अद्भुतम् (adbhutam) - wonderful (thing); अभिप्रेक्ष्य (abhiprekṣya) - having seen; द्वारका-वासिनः (dvārakā-vāsinaḥ) - the Dvārakā-inhabitants; जनाः (janāḥ) - people; तूर्णात् (tūrṇāt) - quickly; तूर्णतरम् (tūrṇataram) - even more quickly; जग्मुः (jagmuh) - went; अहो (aho) - oh!; दैवम् (daivam) - destiny; इति (iti) - thus; ब्रुवन् (bruvan) - saying;]
(That wonderful (thing), having seen, the Dvārakā-inhabitants people quickly even more quickly went, "Oh! Destiny!" thus saying.)
Having seen that wonderful event, the people dwelling in Dvārakā went even more quickly, exclaiming, "Oh! Destiny!" (16-8-41)
काननेषु च रम्येषु पर्वतेषु नदीषु च। निवसन्नानयामास वृष्णिदारान्धनञ्जयः ॥१६-८-४२॥
kānaneṣu ca ramyeṣu parvateṣu nadīṣu ca। nivasannānayāmāsa vṛṣṇidārāndhanañjayaḥ॥16-8-42॥
[काननेषु (kānaneṣu) - in the forests; च (ca) - and; रम्येषु (ramyeṣu) - in the delightful (places); पर्वतेषु (parvateṣu) - in the mountains; नदीषु (nadīṣu) - in the rivers; च (ca) - and; निवसन् (nivasan) - dwelling; आनयामास (ānayāmāsa) - he led; वृष्णिदारान् (vṛṣṇidārān) - the wives of the Vṛṣṇis; धनञ्जयः (dhanañjayaḥ) - Dhanañjaya (Arjuna);]
(In the forests and in the delightful (places), in the mountains and in the rivers, dwelling, Dhanañjaya led the wives of the Vṛṣṇis.)
Dhanañjaya (Arjuna), dwelling in forests, delightful places, mountains, and along rivers, led the wives of the Vṛṣṇis. (16-8-42)
स पञ्चनदमासाद्य धीमानतिसमृद्धिमत्। देशे गोपशुधान्याढ्ये निवासमकरोत्प्रभुः ॥१६-८-४३॥
sa pañcanadam āsādya dhīmān ati-samṛddhimat। deśe gopa-śu-dhānya-āḍhye nivāsam akarot prabhuḥ ॥16-8-43॥
[स (sa) - he; पञ्चनदम् (pañcanadam) - Pañcanada (name of a place); आसाद्य (āsādya) - having reached; धीमान् (dhīmān) - intelligent; अतिसमृद्धिमत् (ati-samṛddhimat) - endowed with great prosperity; देशे (deśe) - in the country; गोप-शु-धान्य-आढ्ये (gopa-śu-dhānya-āḍhye) - abounding in cowherds, cattle, and grain; निवासम् (nivāsam) - dwelling; अकरोत् (akarot) - made; प्रभुः (prabhuḥ) - the Lord;]
(He having reached Pañcanada—intelligent, endowed with great prosperity—in the country abounding in cowherds, cattle, and grain, the Lord made his dwelling.)
Having reached Pañcanada, the wise and exceedingly prosperous Lord made his dwelling in a land rich in cowherds, cattle, and grain. (16-8-43)
ततो लोभः समभवद्दस्यूनां निहतेश्वराः। दृष्ट्वा स्त्रियो नीयमानाः पार्थेनैकेन भारत ॥१६-८-४४॥
tato lobhaḥ samabhavad dasyūnāṃ nihateśvarāḥ. dṛṣṭvā striyo nīyamānāḥ pārthenāikena bhārata ॥16-8-44॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; लोभः (lobhaḥ) - greed; समभवत् (samabhavat) - arose; दस्यूनां (dasyūnām) - of the robbers; निहतेश्वराः (nihateśvarāḥ) - whose leaders had been slain; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - women; नीयमानाः (nīyamānāḥ) - being led away; पार्थेन (pārthena) - by Pārtha (Arjuna); एकेन (ekena) - alone; भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata;]
(Then greed arose among the robbers, whose leaders had been slain, having seen the women being led away by Pārtha alone, O Bhārata.)
Then, O Bhārata, seeing the women being led away by Pārtha (Arjuna) alone, greed arose among the robbers whose leaders had been slain. (16-8-44)
ततस्ते पापकर्माणो लोभोपहतचेतसः। आभीरा मन्त्रयामासुः समेत्याशुभदर्शनाः ॥१६-८-४५॥
tataste pāpakarmāṇo lobhopahatacetasaḥ। ābhīrā mantrayāmāsuḥ sametyāśubhadarśanāḥ ॥16-8-45॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; ते (te) - they; पापकर्माणः (pāpakarmāṇaḥ) - of evil actions; लोभोपहतचेतसः (lobhopahatacetasaḥ) - whose minds were overcome by greed; आभीराः (ābhīrāḥ) - the Ābhīras; मन्त्रयामासुः (mantrayāmāsuḥ) - counseled; समेत्य (sametya) - having assembled; अशुभदर्शनाः (aśubhadarśanāḥ) - having inauspicious sight;]
(Then they of evil actions, whose minds were overcome by greed, the Ābhīras, counseled, having assembled, having inauspicious sight.)
Then the Ābhīras, whose minds were overcome by greed and who performed evil deeds, gathered together and held counsel, being of inauspicious appearance. (16-8-45)
अयमेकोऽर्जुनो योद्धा वृद्धबालं हतेश्वरम्। नयत्यस्मानतिक्रम्य योधाश्चेमे हतौजसः ॥१६-८-४६॥
ayam-eko'juno yoddhā vṛddha-bālaṃ hateśvaram। nayatyasmānatikramya yodhāś-ceme hataujasaḥ ॥16-8-46॥
[अयम् (ayam) - this; एकः (ekaḥ) - one; single; अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna; योद्धा (yoddhā) - warrior; वृद्धबालम् (vṛddha-bālam) - old and young; हतेश्वरम् (hateśvaram) - with the lords killed; (i.e., whose leaders are slain); नयति (nayati) - leads; brings; अस्मान् (asmān) - us; अतिक्रम्य (atikramya) - having surpassed; overstepping; योधाः (yodhāḥ) - warriors; च (ca) - and; इमे (ime) - these; हतौजसः (hataujasaḥ) - whose strength is destroyed; (of slain vigor);]
(This one Arjuna, the warrior, having old and young whose leaders are slain, having surpassed, leads us; and these warriors here (are) of destroyed strength.)
This Arjuna alone, the warrior, having surpassed us, leads both old and young whose leaders have been slain; and these remaining warriors here are without strength. (16-8-46)
ततो यष्टिप्रहरणा दस्यवस्ते सहस्रशः। अभ्यधावन्त वृष्णीनां तं जनं लोप्त्रहारिणः ॥१६-८-४७॥
tato yaṣṭipraharaṇā dasyavaste sahasraśaḥ। abhyadhāvanta vṛṣṇīnāṃ taṃ janaṃ loptrahāriṇaḥ॥16-8-47॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; after that; यष्टि-प्रहरणाः (yaṣṭi-praharaṇāḥ) - rod-armed; bearing clubs; दस्यवः (dasyavaḥ) - robbers; marauders; ते (te) - they; सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - in thousands; by thousands; अभ्यधावन्त (abhyadhāvanta) - ran towards; rushed; वृष्णीनाम् (vṛṣṇīnām) - of the Vṛṣṇis; तम् (tam) - that; जनम् (janam) - crowd; people; लोप्त्र-हारिणः (loptra-hāriṇaḥ) - bearing hoes; holding agricultural tools;]
(Then rod-armed robbers, in thousands, they rushed at the Vṛṣṇis’ that crowd, bearing hoes.)
Then thousands of rod-armed robbers, bearing hoes, rushed toward that crowd of the Vṛṣṇis. (16-8-47)
महता सिंहनादेन द्रावयन्तः पृथग्जनम्। अभिपेतुर्धनार्थं ते कालपर्यायचोदिताः ॥१६-८-४८॥
mahatā siṃhanādena drāvayantaḥ pṛthagjanam। abhipetur dhanārthaṃ te kālaparyāyacoditāḥ॥16-8-48॥
[महता (mahatā) - with great (by great; by powerful); सिंहनादेन (siṃhanādena) - with lion's roar; by the roaring of a lion; द्रावयन्तः (drāvayantaḥ) - driving away; causing to flee; पृथग्जनम् (pṛthagjanam) - separate people; other people; अभिपेतुः (abhipetūḥ) - attacked; rushed upon; धनार्थं (dhanārtham) - for the sake of wealth; ते (te) - they; कालपर्यायचोदिताः (kālaparyāyacoditāḥ) - urged on by the succession of time; prompted by the course of time;]
(With a great lion's roar, driving away other people, they attacked for the sake of wealth, urged on by the succession of time.)
With a great lion's roar, driving away others, they attacked for the sake of wealth, being prompted by the progression of time. (16-8-48)
ततो निवृत्तः कौन्तेयः सहसा सपदानुगः। उवाच तान्महाबाहुरर्जुनः प्रहसन्निव ॥१६-८-४९॥
tato nivṛttaḥ kaunteyaḥ sahasā sapadānugaḥ। uvāca tān mahābāhur arjunaḥ prahasann iva ॥16-8-49॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; निवृत्तः (nivṛttaḥ) - turned back; कौन्तेयः (kaunteyaḥ) - the son of Kuntī; सहसा (sahasā) - suddenly; सपदानुगः (sapadānugaḥ) - with attendants; उवाच (uvāca) - said; तान् (tān) - to them; महाबाहुः (mahābāhuḥ) - mighty-armed; अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna; प्रहसन्निव (prahasann iva) - as if smiling;]
(Then turned back the son of Kuntī, suddenly with attendants. Mighty-armed Arjuna said to them as if smiling.)
Then, the son of Kuntī, suddenly turning back with his attendants, mighty-armed Arjuna, as if smiling, spoke to them. (16-8-49)
निवर्तध्वमधर्मज्ञा यदि स्थ न मुमूर्षवः। नेदानीं शरनिर्भिन्नाः शोचध्वं निहता मया ॥१६-८-५०॥
nivartadhvam adharmajñā yadi stha na mumūrṣavaḥ। nedānīṁ śaranirbhinnaāḥ śocadhvaṁ nihatā mayā॥16-8-50॥
[निवर्तध्वम् (nivartadhvam) - turn back; (2nd pl. imperative); अधर्मज्ञाः (adharmajñāḥ) - knowers of unrighteousness; (vocative plural); यदि (yadi) - if; (particle); स्थ (stha) - you are; (2nd pl. present); न (na) - not; (particle); मुमूर्षवः (mumūrṣavaḥ) - desirous of dying; (nominative plural); न (na) - not; (particle); इदानीम् (idānīm) - now; (adverb); शरनिर्भिन्नाः (śaranirbhinnaāḥ) - pierced (nirbhinnaāḥ) by arrows (śara); (nominative plural); शोचध्वम् (śocadhvam) - grieve; (2nd pl. imperative); निहताः (nihatāḥ) - killed; (nominative plural); मया (mayā) - by me; (instrumental singular);]
(Turn back, O knowers of unrighteousness, if you are not desirous of dying; do not now, pierced by arrows, grieve, (having been) killed by me.)
Turn back, you who know unrighteousness, if you do not wish to die; do not grieve now, having been killed and pierced by my arrows. (16-8-50)
तथोक्तास्तेन वीरेण कदर्थीकृत्य तद्वचः। अभिपेतुर्जनं मूढा वार्यमाणाः पुनः पुनः ॥१६-८-५१॥
tathokta-stena vīreṇa kadarthīkṛtya tad-vacaḥ. abhipetur janaṃ mūḍhā vāryamāṇāḥ punaḥ punaḥ ॥16-8-51॥
[तथा उक्ताः (tathā uktāḥ) - thus addressed; तेन (tena) - by him; वीरेण (vīreṇa) - by the hero; कदर्थीकृत्य (kadarthīkṛtya) - disregarding; तद् वचः (tad vacaḥ) - his words; अभिपेतुः (abhipetuḥ) - they approached; जनं (janaṃ) - the people; मूढाः (mūḍhāḥ) - deluded; वार्यमाणाः (vāryamāṇāḥ) - being checked; पुनः पुनः (punaḥ punaḥ) - again and again;]
(Thus addressed by him, by the hero, having disregarded his words, deluded (people) being checked again and again, approached the people.)
Though thus addressed by the hero and repeatedly checked, the deluded ones disregarded his words and again and again approached the people. (16-8-51)
ततोऽर्जुनो धनुर्दिव्यं गाण्डीवमजरं महत्। आरोपयितुमारेभे यत्नादिव कथञ्चन ॥१६-८-५२॥
tato 'rjuno dhanur divyaṁ gāṇḍīvam ajaraṁ mahat। āropayitum ārebhe yatnād iva kathaṁcana ॥16-8-52॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna; धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow; दिव्यं (divyam) - divine; गाण्डीवम् (gāṇḍīvam) - Gāṇḍīva; अजरं (ajaram) - undecaying; महत् (mahat) - great; आरोपयितुम् (āropayitum) - to string (the bow); आरेभे (ārebhe) - he undertook; यत्नात् (yatnāt) - with effort; इव (iva) - as if; कथञ्चन (kathaṁcana) - with difficulty;]
(Then Arjuna, the bow divine Gāṇḍīva undecaying great, to string (the bow), undertook with effort, as if with difficulty.)
Then Arjuna endeavored with great effort, as if with difficulty, to string the mighty, undecaying divine bow, Gāṇḍīva. (16-8-52)
चकार सज्यं कृच्छ्रेण सम्भ्रमे तुमुले सति। चिन्तयामास चास्त्राणि न च सस्मार तान्यपि ॥१६-८-५३॥
cakāra sajyaṃ kṛcchreṇa sambhrame tumule sati। cintayāmāsa cāstrāṇi na ca sasmāra tānyapi॥16-8-53॥
[चकार (cakāra) - he did; (from √kṛ, to do); सज्यं (sajyaṃ) - readying (the bow); कृच्छ्रेण (kṛcchreṇa) - with difficulty; सम्भ्रमे (sambhrame) - in confusion; तुमुले (tumule) - in tumult; सति (sati) - when prevailing; चिन्तयामास (cintayāmāsa) - he pondered; (from √cint, to think); च (ca) - and; अस्त्राणि (astrāṇi) - the missiles; न (na) - not; च (ca) - and; सस्मार (sasmāra) - he remembered; तानि (tāni) - those; अपि (api) - even;]
(He did readying (the bow) with difficulty, in confusion, when tumult was prevailing. He pondered the missiles and did not remember even those.)
With difficulty, in the midst of confusion and tumult, he made the bow ready. He thought about the missiles but could not remember even those. (16-8-53)
वैकृत्यं तन्महद्दृष्ट्वा भुजवीर्ये तथा युधि। दिव्यानां च महास्त्राणां विनाशाद्व्रीडितोऽभवत् ॥१६-८-५४॥
vaikṛtyaṃ tan-mahad-dṛṣṭvā bhuja-vīrye tathā yudhi। divyānāṃ ca mahāstrāṇāṃ vināśād vrīḍito ’bhavat॥16-8-54॥
[वैकृत्यं (vaikṛtyam) - distortion; तत् (tat) - that; महत् (mahat) - great; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; भुजवीर्ये (bhuja-vīrye) - in arm might; तथा (tathā) - also; युधि (yudhi) - in battle; दिव्यानां (divyānām) - of divine; च (ca) - and; महास्त्राणां (mahāstrāṇām) - of great weapons; विनाशात् (vināśāt) - from destruction; व्रीडितः (vrīḍitaḥ) - ashamed; अभवत् (abhavat) - became;]
(Having seen that great distortion in arm might also in battle, and from the destruction of the divine great weapons, he became ashamed.)
When he saw that great distortion of strength in his arms in battle, and also the destruction of the divine great weapons, he became ashamed. (16-8-54)
वृष्णियोधाश्च ते सर्वे गजाश्वरथयायिनः। न शेकुरावर्तयितुं ह्रियमाणं च तं जनम् ॥१६-८-५५॥
vṛṣṇiyodhāś ca te sarve gajāśvarathayāyinaḥ. na śekur āvartayituṁ hriyamāṇaṁ ca taṁ janam ॥16-8-55॥
[वृष्णियोधाः (vṛṣṇiyodhāḥ) - warriors of the Vṛṣṇis; च (ca) - and; ते (te) - those; सर्वे (sarve) - all; गजाश्वरथयायिनः (gajāśvarathayāyinaḥ) - riders of elephants, horses, and chariots; न (na) - not; शेकुः (śekuḥ) - were able; आवर्तयितुम् (āvartayitum) - to turn back; ह्रियमाणम् (hriyamāṇam) - being carried away; च (ca) - and; तम् (tam) - that; जनम् (janam) - people;]
(The warriors of the Vṛṣṇis and all those riders of elephants, horses, and chariots were not able to turn back that people being carried away.)
The Vṛṣṇi warriors, including all those riding elephants, horses, and chariots, could not turn back the people who were being carried away. (16-8-55)
कलत्रस्य बहुत्वात्तु सम्पतत्सु ततस्ततः। प्रयत्नमकरोत्पार्थो जनस्य परिरक्षणे ॥१६-८-५६॥
kalatrasya bahutvāttu sampatatṣu tatastataḥ। prayatnamakarot pārtho janasya parirakṣaṇe ॥16-8-56॥
[कलत्रस्य (kalatrasya) - of the wives; बहुत्वात् (bahutvāt) - because of multiplicity; तु (tu) - but; सम्पतत्सु (sampatatṣu) - in those coming (arising, occurring) events; ततस्ततः (tatastataḥ) - here and there, in various places; प्रयत्नम् (prayatnam) - effort; अकरोत् (akarot) - he made; पार्थः (pārthaḥ) - Pārtha (son of Pṛthā, i.e., Arjuna); जनस्य (janasya) - of the people; परिरक्षणे (parirakṣaṇe) - in the protection;]
(Of the wives, because of multiplicity, but in those arising events here and there, effort he made Pārtha of the people in the protection.)
But because there were many wives and in the manifold incidents that arose, Pārtha (Arjuna) made efforts here and there for the protection of the people. (16-8-56)
मिषतां सर्वयोधानां ततस्ताः प्रमदोत्तमाः। समन्ततोऽवकृष्यन्त कामाच्चान्याः प्रवव्रजुः ॥१६-८-५७॥
miṣatāṃ sarvayodhānāṃ tatastāḥ pramadottamāḥ। samantato'vakṛṣyanta kāmāccānyāḥ pravavrajuḥ॥16-8-57॥
[मिषताम् (miṣatām) - while (they all) watched (from miṣ—'to see', genitive plural); सर्वयोधानाम् (sarvayodhānām) - of all warriors; ततः (tataḥ) - then; ताः (tāḥ) - those (feminine, the women); प्रमदोत्तमाः (pramadottamāḥ) - most excellent women; समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - on all sides; अवकृष्यन्त (avakṛṣyanta) - were dragged away; कामात् (kāmāt) - from desire; च (ca) - and; अन्याः (anyāḥ) - others (feminine, women); प्रवव्रजुः (pravavrajuḥ) - departed;]
(While all the warriors watched, then those most excellent women were dragged away on all sides, and others departed out of desire.)
Then, as all the warriors looked on, those foremost women were dragged away from all sides, and others left of their own desire. (16-8-57)
ततो गाण्डीवनिर्मुक्तैः शरैः पार्थो धनञ्जयः। जघान दस्यून्सोद्वेगो वृष्णिभृत्यैः सह प्रभुः ॥१६-८-५८॥
tato gāṇḍīva-nirmuktaiḥ śaraiḥ pārtho dhanañjayaḥ। jaghāna dasyūn sodvego vṛṣṇibhr̥tyaiḥ saha prabhuḥ ॥16-8-58॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - thereafter; गाण्डीवनिर्मुक्तैः (gāṇḍīva-nirmuktaiḥ) - by those released from the Gāṇḍīva (bow); शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows; पार्थः (pārthaḥ) - Pārtha (Arjuna); धनञ्जयः (dhanañjayaḥ) - Dhanañjaya (another name of Arjuna); जघान (jaghāna) - killed; दस्यून् (dasyūn) - robbers; स-उद्वेगः (sa-udvegaḥ) - without agitation; वृष्णिभृत्यैः (vṛṣṇibhr̥tyaiḥ) - with the Vṛṣṇi servants; सह (saha) - together with; प्रभुः (prabhuḥ) - the lord;]
(Thereafter, by arrows released from the Gāṇḍīva, Pārtha, Dhanañjaya, killed the robbers, without agitation, together with the Vṛṣṇi servants, the lord.)
Then, Pārtha, Dhanañjaya (Arjuna), the lord, together with the Vṛṣṇi attendants, calmly killed the robbers with arrows released from the Gāṇḍīva. (16-8-58)
क्षणेन तस्य ते राजन्क्षयं जग्मुरजिह्मगाः। अक्षया हि पुरा भूत्वा क्षीणाः क्षतजभोजनाः ॥१६-८-५९॥
kṣaṇena tasya te rājan kṣayaṃ jagmur ajihmagāḥ। akṣayā hi purā bhūtvā kṣīṇāḥ kṣataja-bhojanāḥ॥16-8-59॥
[क्षणेन (kṣaṇena) - in a moment; तस्य (tasya) - his; ते (te) - those; राजन् (rājan) - O king; क्षयम् (kṣayam) - destruction; जग्मुः (jagmuḥ) - they met; अजिह्मगाः (ajihmagāḥ) - straight-going; direct-moving; अक्षयाः (akṣayāḥ) - imperishable; हि (hi) - indeed; पुरा (purā) - formerly; भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having become; क्षीणाः (kṣīṇāḥ) - diminished; exhausted; क्षतजभोजनाः (kṣataja-bhojanāḥ) - feeding on blood;]
(In a moment, O king, those straight-going (missiles) met destruction; indeed, having formerly become imperishable, they (now) exhausted, feeding on blood.)
O king, within a moment those straight-moving weapons perished; though once imperishable, they now became exhausted, having fed on blood. (16-8-59)
स शरक्षयमासाद्य दुःखशोकसमाहतः। धनुष्कोट्या तदा दस्यूनवधीत्पाकशासनिः ॥१६-८-६०॥
sa śarakṣayam āsādya duḥkhaśokasamāhataḥ। dhanuṣkoṭyā tadā dasyūn avadhīt pākaśāsaniḥ॥16-8-60॥
[स (sa) - he; शरक्षयम् (śara-kṣayam) - exhaustion of arrows; आसाद्य (āsādya) - having reached; दुःखशोकसमाहतः (duḥkha-śoka-samāhataḥ) - afflicted by grief and sorrow; धनुष्कोट्या (dhanuṣ-koṭyā) - with the bow's tip; तदा (tadā) - then; दस्यून् (dasyūn) - the enemies; the robbers; अवधीतः (avadhīt) - he struck down; पाकशासनिः (pākaśāsaniḥ) - Indra (slayer of Pāka/demons);]
(He, having reached exhaustion of arrows, afflicted by grief and sorrow, then with the bow's tip struck down the robbers, Indra.)
He, having exhausted his arrows and overwhelmed by grief and sorrow, then struck down the robbers with the tip of his bow, like Indra. (16-8-60)
प्रेक्षतस्त्वेव पार्थस्य वृष्ण्यन्धकवरस्त्रियः। जग्मुरादाय ते म्लेच्छाः समन्ताज्जनमेजय ॥१६-८-६१॥
prekṣatas tvaiva pārthasya vṛṣṇy-andhaka-vara-striyaḥ। jagmur ādāya te mlecchāḥ samantāt janamejaya ॥16-8-61॥
[प्रेक्षतः (prekṣataḥ) - while watching; तु (tu) - but; एव (eva) - indeed; पार्थस्य (pārthasya) - of Pārtha (Arjuna); वृष्ण्यन्धकवरस्त्रियः (vṛṣṇy-andhaka-vara-striyaḥ) - noble women of the Vṛṣṇis and Andhakas; जग्मुः (jagmuḥ) - departed; आदाय (ādāya) - having taken (away); ते (te) - those; म्लेच्छाः (mlecchāḥ) - barbarians; समन्तात् (samantāt) - from all sides; जनमेजय (janamejaya) - O Janamejaya;]
(But while Pārtha was watching, indeed, the noble women of the Vṛṣṇis and Andhakas — those barbarians, having taken (them), departed from all sides, O Janamejaya.)
But, O Janamejaya, even as Pārtha looked on, the noble women of the Vṛṣṇis and Andhakas were carried off from all sides by the barbarians.
धनञ्जयस्तु दैवं तन्मनसाचिन्तयत्प्रभुः। दुःखशोकसमाविष्टो निःश्वासपरमोऽभवत् ॥१६-८-६२॥
dhanañjayastu daivaṃ tanmanasācintayatprabhuḥ। duḥkhaśokasamāviṣṭo niḥśvāsaparamobhavat ॥16-8-62॥
[धनञ्जयः (dhanañjayaḥ) - Dhanañjaya; (Arjuna;) तु (tu) - but; दैवम् (daivam) - fate; तत्-मनसा (tat-manasā) - with that mind; (in his mind;) अचिन्तयत् (acintayat) - he thought; प्रभुः (prabhuḥ) - the lord; (the master;) दुःख-शोक-समाविष्टः (duḥkha-śoka-samāviṣṭaḥ) - overcome by pain and grief; निःश्वास-परमः (niḥśvāsa-paramaḥ) - absorbed in sighing; अभवत् (abhavat) - he became;]
(Dhanañjaya but fate with that mind he thought, the lord; overcome by pain and grief, absorbed in sighing, he became.)
But Dhanañjaya (Arjuna), the lord, thought upon fate with his mind. Overcome by pain and grief, he became wholly absorbed in sighing. (16-8-62)
अस्त्राणां च प्रणाशेन बाहुवीर्यस्य सङ्क्षयात्। धनुषश्चाविधेयत्वाच्छराणां सङ्क्षयेण च ॥१६-८-६३॥
astrāṇāṃ ca praṇāśena bāhuvīryasya saṅkṣayāt। dhanuṣaścāvidheyatvāccharāṇāṃ saṅkṣayeṇa ca॥16-8-63॥
[अस्त्राणां (astrāṇām) - of the missiles; च (ca) - and; प्रणाशेन (praṇāśena) - by destruction; बाहुवीर्यस्य (bāhuvīryasya) - of arm-strength; सङ्क्षयात् (saṅkṣayāt) - by diminution; धनुषः (dhanuṣaḥ) - of the bow; च (ca) - and; अविधेयत्वात् (avidheyatvāt) - by lack of obedience; शराणां (śarāṇām) - of arrows; सङ्क्षयेण (saṅkṣayeṇa) - by loss; च (ca) - and;]
(Of the missiles and by destruction, of arm-strength by diminution, of the bow and by lack of obedience, of arrows by loss and.)
By the destruction of missiles, the diminution of arm-strength, the loss of control over the bow, and the depletion of arrows. (16-8-63)
बभूव विमनाः पार्थो दैवमित्यनुचिन्तयन्। न्यवर्तत ततो राजन्नेदमस्तीति चाब्रवीत् ॥१६-८-६४॥
babhūva vimanāḥ pārtho daivam ity anucintayan। nyavartata tato rājann edam astīti cābravīt ॥16-8-64॥
[बभूव (babhūva) - became; विमनाः (vimanāḥ) - disheartened; पार्थः (pārthaḥ) - Pārtha (Arjuna); दैवम् (daivam) - fate; इति (iti) - thus; अनुचिन्तयन् (anucintayan) - reflecting upon; न्यवर्तत (nyavartata) - turned back; ततः (tataḥ) - then; राजन् (rājan) - O king; एदम् (edam) - this; अस्ति (asti) - exists; इति (iti) - thus; च (ca) - and; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he said;]
(Pārtha became disheartened, reflecting thus upon fate. Then, O king, he turned back and also said, "This does not exist." (16-8-64))
Pārtha became discouraged, thinking "It is fate." Then, O king, he turned back and said, "This is not present." (16-8-64)
ततः स शेषमादाय कलत्रस्य महामतिः। हृतभूयिष्ठरत्नस्य कुरुक्षेत्रमवातरत् ॥१६-८-६५॥
tataḥ sa śeṣam ādāya kalatrasya mahāmatiḥ। hṛtabhūyiṣṭharatnasya kurukṣetram avātarat ॥16-8-65॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; स (sa) - he; शेषम् (śeṣam) - what remained; आदाय (ādāya) - having taken; कलत्रस्य (kalatrasya) - of his wife; महामतिः (mahāmatiḥ) - the great-minded; हृत (hṛta) - deprived; भूयिष्ठ (bhūyiṣṭha) - most; रत्नस्य (ratnasya) - of the treasure; कुरुक्षेत्रम् (kurukṣetram) - to Kurukṣetra; अवातरत् (avātarat) - descended; ॥१६-८-६५॥ (॥16-8-65॥) -;]
(Then he, the great-minded one, having taken what remained of his wife's things, with most of his treasure taken away, descended to Kurukṣetra.)
Then he, the great-minded one, having taken the remains of his wife's possessions, with most of his treasures having been taken away, descended to Kurukṣetra. (16-8-65)
एवं कलत्रमानीय वृष्णीनां हृतशेषितम्। न्यवेशयत कौरव्यस्तत्र तत्र धनञ्जयः ॥१६-८-६६॥
evaṁ kalatram ānīya vṛṣṇīnām hṛtaśeṣitam। nyaveśayata kauravyas tatra tatra dhanañjayaḥ ॥16-8-66॥
[एवं (evaṁ) - thus; कलत्रम् (kalatram) - wives; आनीय (ānīya) - having brought; वृष्णीनाम् (vṛṣṇīnām) - of the Vṛṣṇis; हृतशेषितम् (hṛtaśeṣitam) - those who were left after being taken away; न्यवेशयत् (nyaveśayata) - he settled; कौरव्यः (kauravyaḥ) - the Kaurava (descendant of Kuru, i.e., Arjuna); तत्र तत्र (tatra tatra) - here and there; धनञ्जयः (dhanañjayaḥ) - Dhanañjaya (Arjuna);]
(Thus, the wives, having brought, of the Vṛṣṇis, those left after being taken away, he settled, the Kaurava, here and there, Dhanañjaya.)
Thus, Dhanañjaya (Arjuna), the Kaurava, having brought the wives of the Vṛṣṇis who were left after being taken away, settled them here and there. (16-8-66)
हार्दिक्यतनयं पार्थो नगरं मार्तिकावतम्। भोजराजकलत्रं च हृतशेषं नरोत्तमः ॥१६-८-६७॥
hārdikya-tanayaṁ pārtho nagaraṁ mārtikāvatam। bhojarāja-kalatraṁ ca hṛtaśeṣaṁ narottamaḥ ॥16-8-67॥
[हार्दिक्यतनयं (hārdikya-tanayam) - son of Hārdikya; पार्थः (pārthaḥ) - Pārtha; नगरं (nagaraṁ) - city; मार्तिकावतम् (mārtikāvatam) - Mārtikāvata; भोजराजकलत्रं (bhojarāja-kalatram) - wife of the Bhoja king; च (ca) - and; हृतशेषं (hṛtaśeṣam) - what (was) left (after being) taken away; नरोत्तमः (narottamaḥ) - the best of men;]
(Pārtha (Arjuna), the best of men, took the son of Hārdikya, the city Mārtikāvata, the wife of the Bhoja king and what was left after being taken away.)
Arjuna, the best of men, took captive the son of Hārdikya, the city of Mārtikāvata, the wife of the Bhoja king, and whatever remained after being seized. (16-8-67)
ततो वृद्धांश्च बालांश्च स्त्रियश्चादाय पाण्डवः। वीरैर्विहीनान्सर्वांस्ताञ्शक्रप्रस्थे न्यवेशयत् ॥१६-८-६८॥
tato vṛddhāṃś ca bālāṃś ca striyaś cādāya pāṇḍavaḥ। vīrair vihīnān sarvān tāñ śakraprasthe nyaveśayat ॥16-8-68॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; वृद्धान् (vṛddhān) - the aged; च (ca) - and; बालान् (bālān) - the children; च (ca) - and; स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - the women; च (ca) - and; आदाय (ādāya) - having taken; पाण्डवः (pāṇḍavaḥ) - the Pāṇḍava; वीरैः (vīraiḥ) - by heroes; विहीनान् (vihīnān) - deprived of; सर्वान् (sarvān) - all; तान् (tān) - them; शक्रप्रस्थे (śakraprasthe) - in Śakraprastha; न्यवेशयत् (nyaveśayat) - caused to settle;]
(Then the Pāṇḍava, having taken the aged, and the children, and the women—all those deprived of heroes—caused them all to settle in Śakraprastha.)
Then the Pāṇḍava, having taken all the elderly, children, and women left without heroes, settled them in Śakraprastha. (16-8-68)
यौयुधानिं सरस्वत्यां पुत्रं सात्यकिनः प्रियम्। न्यवेशयत धर्मात्मा वृद्धबालपुरस्कृतम् ॥१६-८-६९॥
yauyudhāniṁ sarasvatyāṁ putraṁ sātyakinaḥ priyam। nyaveśayata dharmātmā vṛddhabālapuraskṛtam ॥16-8-69॥
[यौयुधानिं (yauyudhānim) - Yuyudhana (Satyaki); सरस्वत्याम् (sarasvatyām) - in (the river) Sarasvati; पुत्रम् (putram) - son; सात्यकिनः (sātyakinaḥ) - of Satyaki; प्रियम् (priyam) - dear; न्यवेशयत् (nyaveśayat) - caused to be placed; धर्मात्मा (dharmātmā) - the righteous one; वृद्धबालपुरस्कृतम् (vṛddha-bāla-puraskṛtam) - preceded by elders and children;]
(The righteous one caused the dear son of Satyaki, Yuyudhana, to be placed in the Sarasvati river, preceded by elders and children.)
The righteous one caused Yuyudhana, the beloved son of Satyaki, to be laid to rest in the Sarasvati river, with elders and children leading the way. (16-8-69)
इन्द्रप्रस्थे ददौ राज्यं वज्राय परवीरहा। वज्रेणाक्रूरदारास्तु वार्यमाणाः प्रवव्रजुः ॥१६-८-७०॥
indraprasthe dadau rājyaṃ vajrāya paravīrahā। vajreṇākrūradārāstu vāryamāṇāḥ pravavrajuḥ ॥16-8-70॥
[इन्द्रप्रस्थे (indraprasthe) - in Indraprastha; ददौ (dadau) - gave; राज्यं (rājyaṃ) - kingdom; वज्राय (vajrāya) - to Vajra; परवीरहा (paravīrahā) - the slayer of enemy heroes; वज्रेण (vajreṇa) - by Vajra; अक्रूरदाराः (akrūrādārāḥ) - the wives of Akrūra; तु (tu) - but; वार्यमाणाः (vāryamāṇāḥ) - being restrained; प्रवव्रजुः (pravavrajuḥ) - departed;]
(In Indraprastha, the slayer of enemy heroes gave the kingdom to Vajra. But the wives of Akrūra, being restrained by Vajra, departed.)
In Indraprastha, the slayer of enemy heroes gave the kingdom to Vajra. However, the wives of Akrūra, although restrained by Vajra, departed. (16-8-70)
रुक्मिणी त्वथ गान्धारी शैब्या हैमवतीत्यपि। देवी जाम्बवती चैव विविशुर्जातवेदसम् ॥१६-८-७१॥
rukmiṇī tv atha gāndhārī śaibyā haimavatīty api। devī jāmbavatī caiva viviśur jātavedasam ॥16-8-71॥
[रुक्मिणी (rukmiṇī) - Rukmiṇī; त्व (tv) - but; अथ (atha) - then; गान्धारी (gāndhārī) - Gāndhārī; शैब्या (śaibyā) - Śaibyā; हैमवतीति (haimavatīti) - (called) Haimavatī; अपि (api) - also; देवी (devī) - goddess; जाम्बवती (jāmbavatī) - Jāmbavatī; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; विविशुः (viviśuḥ) - entered; जातवेदसम् (jātavedasam) - into Jātavedas (Fire);]
(Rukmiṇī but then Gāndhārī Śaibyā (called) Haimavatī also goddess Jāmbavatī and indeed entered into Jātavedas (Fire).)
Rukmiṇī, then Gāndhārī, Śaibyā called Haimavatī, goddess Jāmbavatī, and indeed, entered into the fire (Jātavedas). (16-8-71)
सत्यभामा तथैवान्या देव्यः कृष्णस्य संमताः। वनं प्रविविशू राजंस्तापस्ये कृतनिश्चयाः ॥१६-८-७२॥
satyabhāmā tathaiva anyā devyaḥ kṛṣṇasya saṃmatāḥ। vanaṃ praviviśū rājaṃs tāpasye kṛtaniscayāḥ॥16-8-72॥
[सत्यभामा (satyabhāmā) - Satyabhama; तथैव (tathaiva) - in the same way; अन्या (anyā) - other; देव्यः (devyaḥ) - ladies; goddesses; कृष्णस्य (kṛṣṇasya) - of Kṛṣṇa; संमताः (saṃmatāḥ) - approved; respected; वनं (vanaṃ) - forest; प्रविविशू (praviviśū) - entered; राजन् (rājan) - O king; तापस्ये (tāpasye) - for penance; कृतनिश्चयाः (kṛtaniscayāḥ) - having made resolve;]
(Satyabhama, likewise other ladies of Kṛṣṇa, respected, the forest entered, O king, for penance, having made resolve.)
Satyabhama and the other wives of Kṛṣṇa, O king, who were respected, entered the forest with firm resolve for penance. (16-8-72)
द्वारकावासिनो ये तु पुरुषाः पार्थमन्वयुः। यथार्हं संविभज्यैनान्वज्रे पर्यददज्जयः ॥१६-८-७३॥
dvārakāvāsino ye tu puruṣāḥ pārtham anvayuḥ। yathārhaṃ saṃvibhajya enān vajre paryadadad jayaḥ ॥16-8-73॥
[द्वारकावासिनः (dvārakāvāsinaḥ) - those dwelling in Dvārakā; ये (ye) - who; तु (tu) - but; पुरुषाः (puruṣāḥ) - men; पार्थम् (pārtham) - Pārtha (Arjuna); अन्वयुः (anvayuḥ) - followed; यथा (yathā) - as; अर्हम् (arham) - is fitting; संविभज्य (saṃvibhajya) - having distributed; एतान् (etān) - these (men); वज्रे (vajre) - (in) the stronghold; पर्यददत् (paryadadat) - gave (food); जयः (jayaḥ) - Jaya (Yudhiṣṭhira); ॥१६-८-७३॥ (॥16-8-73॥) -;]
(Those dwelling in Dvārakā, who indeed were men, followed Pārtha (Arjuna); as was fitting, having distributed (them), Jaya (Yudhiṣṭhira) gave them (food) in the stronghold.)
The men dwelling in Dvārakā who had followed Pārtha (Arjuna), Jaya (Yudhiṣṭhira), after duly assigning them their share, gave them food in the stronghold. (16-8-73)
स तत्कृत्वा प्राप्तकालं बाष्पेणापिहितोऽर्जुनः। कृष्णद्वैपायनं राजन्ददर्शासीनमाश्रमे ॥१६-८-७४॥
sa tatkṛtvā prāptakālaṃ bāṣpeṇāpihito'rjunaḥ। kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaṃ rājandadarśāsīnamāśrame ॥16-8-74॥
[स (sa) - he; तत्-कृत्वा (tat-kṛtvā) - having done that; प्राप्त-कालं (prāpta-kālaṃ) - when the time had arrived; बाष्पेण (bāṣpeṇa) - with tears; अपिहितः (apihitaḥ) - covered; अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna; कृष्ण-द्वैपायनं (kṛṣṇa-dvaipāyanam) - Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana (Vyāsa); राजन् (rājan) - O King; ददर्श (dadarśa) - saw; आसीनम् (āsīnam) - seated; आश्रमि (āśrame) - in the hermitage;]
(He, having done that, when the time had arrived, with tears covered, Arjuna, Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana, O King, saw, seated, in the hermitage.)
Having done that, when his time had come, Arjuna, with his eyes covered in tears, saw Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana (Vyāsa) seated in the hermitage, O King. (16-8-74)
