Sauti at Naimisha and the Origin of the Bharata

Verse 1 (1.1.1)

नारायणं सुरगुरुं जगदेकनाथं । भक्तप्रियं सकललोकनमस्कृतं च । त्रैगुण्यवर्जितमजं विभुमाद्यमीशं । वन्दे भवघ्नममरासुरसिद्धवन्द्यम् ॥

nārāyaṇaṃ suraguruṃ jagadekanāthaṃ | bhaktapriyaṃ sakalalokanamaskṛtaṃ ca | traiguṇyavarjitamajaṃ vibhumādyamīśaṃ | vande bhavaghnamamarāsurasiddhavandyam

I bow to Narayana, teacher of the gods and sole lord of the world, dear to his devotees and honoured by all the worlds; unborn, all-pervading, the first lord, beyond the three gunas, the destroyer of worldly bondage, worshipped by gods, demons and siddhas.

Note on the text: Opening invocation. Removed stray wiki quote marks (` and '). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 2 (1.1.2)

नमो धर्माय महते नमः कृष्णाय वेधसे । ब्राह्मणेभ्यो नमस्कृत्य धर्मान्वक्ष्यामि शाश्वतान् ॥

namo dharmāya mahate namaḥ kṛṣṇāya vedhase | brāhmaṇebhyo namaskṛtya dharmānvakṣyāmi śāśvatān

Salutation to the great Dharma; salutation to Krishna, the creator. Having bowed to the brahmins, I shall speak of the eternal laws of dharma.

Note on the text: Opening invocation. Removed stray wiki quote marks (` and '). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 3 (1.1.3)

ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय । ॐ नमः पितामहाय । ॐ नमः प्रजापतिभ्यः । ॐ नमः कृष्णद्वैपायनाय । ॐ नमः सर्वविघ्नविनायकेभ्यः ॥

ॐ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya | ॐ namaḥ pitāmahāya | ॐ namaḥ prajāpatibhyaḥ | ॐ namaḥ kṛṣṇadvaipāyanāya | ॐ namaḥ sarvavighnavināyakebhyaḥ

Om, salutation to the blessed Vasudeva. Om, salutation to the Grandsire. Om, salutation to the Prajapatis. Om, salutation to Krishna Dvaipayana. Om, salutation to the Vinayakas, removers of all obstacles.

Note on the text: Prose invocation. Added a space before a mid-line danda. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 4 (1.1.4)

रोमहर्षणपुत्र उग्रश्रवाः सौतिः पौराणिको । नैमिशारण्ये शौनकस्य कुलपतेर्द्वादशवार्षिके सत्रे ॥

romaharṣaṇaputra ugraśravāḥ sautiḥ paurāṇiko | naimiśāraṇye śaunakasya kulapaterdvādaśavārṣike satre

Ugrashravas Sauti, son of Romaharshana and a teller of the Puranas, at the twelve-year sacrifice of Shaunaka, head of the community, in the Naimisha forest —

Note on the text: Prose sentence that runs on into the next verse; aligned by hand with the critical edition's prose 1.1.1.

Verse 5 (1.1.5)

सुखासीनानभ्यगच्छद्ब्रह्मर्षीन्संशितव्रतान् । विनयावनतो भूत्वा कदाचित्सूतनन्दनः ॥

sukhāsīnānabhyagacchadbrahmarṣīnsaṃśitavratān | vinayāvanato bhūtvā kadācitsūtanandanaḥ

— came one day, bowing in humility, to the brahmin seers of rigorous vows who sat there at their ease. He was the son of the Suta.

Verse 6 (1.1.6)

तमाश्रममनुप्राप्य नैमिशारण्यवासिनः । उवाच तानृषीन्सर्वान्धन्यो वोऽस्म्यद्यदर्शनात् ॥

tamāśramamanuprāpya naimiśāraṇyavāsinaḥ | uvāca tānṛṣīnsarvāndhanyo vo'smyadyadarśanāt

Reaching that hermitage, he said to all the sages who dwelt in the Naimisha forest: "I am blessed today by the sight of you."

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark (`). The first line resembles 1.1.3a of the critical edition; the second line is not in it (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 7 (1.1.7)

वेद वैयासिकीः सर्वाः कथा धर्मार्थसंहिताः । वक्ष्यामि वो द्विजश्रेष्ठाः शृण्वन्त्वद्य तपोधनाः ॥

veda vaiyāsikīḥ sarvāḥ kathā dharmārthasaṃhitāḥ | vakṣyāmi vo dvijaśreṣṭhāḥ śṛṇvantvadya tapodhanāḥ

"I know all the stories told by Vyasa, filled with dharma and artha. I shall tell them to you, best of the twice-born; let the ascetics hear them today."

Note on the text: Corrected धर्मार्यैसंहिताः → धर्मार्थसंहिताः (misprint in Wikisource; garbled conjunct). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 8 (1.1.8)

तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा नैमिशारण्यवासिनः । चित्राः श्रोतुं कथास्तत्र परिवव्रुस्तपस्विनः ॥

tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā naimiśāraṇyavāsinaḥ | citrāḥ śrotuṃ kathāstatra parivavrustapasvinaḥ

Hearing his words, the ascetics who lived in the Naimisha forest gathered around him there, eager to hear wondrous tales.

Note on the text: Corrected चित्रा → चित्राः and परिव्रुस्तपस्विनः → परिवव्रुस्तपस्विनः (misprints in Wikisource; dropped visarga and dropped akshara, as in the critical edition). The first line differs from 1.1.3a of the critical edition.

Verse 9 (1.1.9)

अभिवाद्य मुनींस्तांस्तु सर्वानेव कृताञ्जलिः । अपृच्छत्स तपोवृद्धिं सद्भिश्चैवाभिपूजितः ॥

abhivādya munīṃstāṃstu sarvāneva kṛtāñjaliḥ | apṛcchatsa tapovṛddhiṃ sadbhiścaivābhipūjitaḥ

With joined palms he greeted all those sages, and, honoured by those good men, he asked after the progress of their austerities.

Note on the text: Corrected कुताञ्जलिः → कृताञ्जलिः (misprint in Wikisource; wrong vowel sign, as in the critical edition).

Verse 10 (1.1.10)

अथ तेषूपविष्टेषु सर्वेष्वेव तपस्विषु । निर्दिष्टमासनं भेजे विनयाद्रौमहर्षणिः ॥

atha teṣūpaviṣṭeṣu sarveṣveva tapasviṣu | nirdiṣṭamāsanaṃ bheje vinayādraumaharṣaṇiḥ

Then, when all the ascetics had taken their seats, the son of Romaharshana humbly took the seat that was shown to him.

Verse 11 (1.1.11)

सुखासीनं ततस्तं तु विश्रान्तमुपलक्ष्य च । अथापृच्छदृषिस्तत्र कश्चित्प्रस्तावयन्कथाः ॥

sukhāsīnaṃ tatastaṃ tu viśrāntamupalakṣya ca | athāpṛcchadṛṣistatra kaścitprastāvayankathāḥ

Seeing him comfortably seated and rested, one of the sages there began the conversation and asked him:

Verse 12 (1.1.12)

कुत आगम्यते सौते क्वचायं विहृतस्त्वया । कालः कमलपत्राक्ष शंसैतत्पृच्छतो मम ॥

kuta āgamyate saute kvacāyaṃ vihṛtastvayā | kālaḥ kamalapatrākṣa śaṃsaitatpṛcchato mama

"Where have you come from, Sauti, and where have you spent this time? Tell me this, O lotus-eyed one, for I am asking you."

Verse 13 (1.1.13)

एवं पृष्टोऽब्रवीत्सम्यग्यथावद्रौमहर्षणिः । वाक्यं वचनसंपन्नस्तेषां च चरिताश्रयम् ॥

evaṃ pṛṣṭo'bravītsamyagyathāvadraumaharṣaṇiḥ | vākyaṃ vacanasaṃpannasteṣāṃ ca caritāśrayam

Asked in this way, the son of Romaharshana, a master of eloquent speech, gave them a fitting and proper answer, in keeping with their way of life.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 14 (1.1.14)

तस्मिन्सदसि विस्तीर्णे मुनीनां भावितात्मनाम् । जनमेजयस्य राजर्षेः सर्पसत्रे महात्मनः ॥

tasminsadasi vistīrṇe munīnāṃ bhāvitātmanām | janamejayasya rājarṣeḥ sarpasatre mahātmanaḥ

"At the snake sacrifice of the great-souled royal sage Janamejaya, in that vast assembly of sages of purified mind,"

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the second line = 1.1.8ab. From here to verse 20 Wikisource's verse division runs half a verse ahead of the critical edition's.

Verse 15 (1.1.15)

समीपे पार्थिवेन्द्रस्य सम्यक्पारिक्षितस्य च । कृष्णद्वैपायनप्रोक्ताः सुपुण्या विविधाः कथाः ॥

samīpe pārthivendrasya samyakpārikṣitasya ca | kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaproktāḥ supuṇyā vividhāḥ kathāḥ

"in the very presence of that lord of kings, the son of Parikshit, the many holy stories first told by Krishna Dvaipayana"

Note on the text: = 1.1.8cd + 1.1.9ab of the critical edition (aligned by hand).

Verse 16 (1.1.16)

कथिताश्चापि विधिवद्या वैशंपायनेन वै । श्रुत्वाऽहं ता विचित्रार्था महाभारतसंश्रिताः ॥

kathitāścāpi vidhivadyā vaiśaṃpāyanena vai | śrutvā'haṃ tā vicitrārthā mahābhāratasaṃśritāḥ

"were duly recited by Vaishampayana. Having heard those tales of wondrous meaning that belong to the Mahabharata,"

Note on the text: = 1.1.9cd + 1.1.10ab of the critical edition (aligned by hand).

Verse 17 (1.1.17)

बहूनि संपरिक्रम्य तीर्थान्यायतनानि च । समन्तपञ्चकं नाम पुण्यं द्विजनिषेवितम् ॥

bahūni saṃparikramya tīrthānyāyatanāni ca | samantapañcakaṃ nāma puṇyaṃ dvijaniṣevitam

"and after wandering through many sacred fords and shrines, to the holy place called Samantapanchaka, frequented by the twice-born,"

Note on the text: = 1.1.10cd + 1.1.11ab of the critical edition (aligned by hand).

Verse 18 (1.1.18)

गतवानस्मि तं देशं युद्धं यत्राभवत्पुरा । कुरूणां पाण्डवानां च सर्वेषां च महीक्षिताम् ॥

gatavānasmi taṃ deśaṃ yuddhaṃ yatrābhavatpurā | kurūṇāṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ ca mahīkṣitām

"to that land I went, where long ago the war was fought among the Kurus, the Pandavas and all the kings of the earth."

Note on the text: = 1.1.11cdef of the critical edition (aligned by hand).

Verse 19 (1.1.19)

दिदृक्षुरागतस्तस्मात्समीपं भवतामिह । आयुष्मन्तः सर्व एव ब्रह्मभूता हि मे मताः । अस्मिन्यज्ञे महाभागाः सूर्यपावकवर्चसः ॥

didṛkṣurāgatastasmātsamīpaṃ bhavatāmiha | āyuṣmantaḥ sarva eva brahmabhūtā hi me matāḥ | asminyajñe mahābhāgāḥ sūryapāvakavarcasaḥ

"From there I have come here into your presence, wishing to see you. Long may you live! I hold all of you to be one with Brahman, you fortunate ones at this sacrifice, radiant as the sun and fire."

Note on the text: Corrected दिदृक्षुंरागतः → दिदृक्षुरागतः, भावतामिह → भवतामिह, ब्रह्मभाता → ब्रह्मभूता and महाभङ्गाः → महाभागाः (misprints in Wikisource; stray anusvara, wrong vowel signs and a wrong conjunct, as in the critical edition). = 1.1.12 + 1.1.13ab (aligned by hand).

Verse 20 (1.1.20)

कृताभिषेकाः शुचयः कृतजप्या हुताग्नयः । भवन्त आसते स्वस्था ब्रवीमि किमहं द्विजाः ॥

kṛtābhiṣekāḥ śucayaḥ kṛtajapyā hutāgnayaḥ | bhavanta āsate svasthā bravīmi kimahaṃ dvijāḥ

"You have bathed and are pure; you have done your recitations and made your offerings into the fire, and now you sit here at ease. What shall I tell you, O twice-born?"

Note on the text: = 1.1.13cdef of the critical edition (aligned by hand).

Verse 21 (1.1.21)

पुराणसंहिताः पुण्याः कथा धर्मार्थसंश्रिताः । इतिवृत्तं नरेन्द्राणामृषीणां च महात्मनाम् ॥

purāṇasaṃhitāḥ puṇyāḥ kathā dharmārthasaṃśritāḥ | itivṛttaṃ narendrāṇāmṛṣīṇāṃ ca mahātmanām

"The holy collections of the Puranas, stories grounded in dharma and artha, or the deeds of kings and of great-souled seers?"

Verse 22 (1.1.22)

द्वैपायनेन यत्प्रोक्तं पुराणं परमर्षिणा । सुरैर्ब्रह्मर्षिभिश्चैव श्रुत्वा यदभिपूजितम् ॥

dvaipāyanena yatproktaṃ purāṇaṃ paramarṣiṇā | surairbrahmarṣibhiścaiva śrutvā yadabhipūjitam

"The ancient lore proclaimed by Dvaipayana, the supreme seer, which the gods and the brahmin seers honoured when they heard it;"

Verse 23 (1.1.23)

तस्याख्यानवरिष्ठस्य विचित्रपदपर्वणः । सूक्ष्मार्थन्याययुक्तस्य वेदार्थैर्भूषितस्य च ॥

tasyākhyānavariṣṭhasya vicitrapadaparvaṇaḥ | sūkṣmārthanyāyayuktasya vedārthairbhūṣitasya ca

"of that finest of narratives, rich in varied words and books, full of subtle meaning and reasoning, and adorned with the sense of the Vedas;"

Verse 24 (1.1.24)

भारतस्येतिहासस्य पुण्यां ग्रन्थार्थसंयुताम् । संस्कारोपगतां ब्राह्मीं नानाशास्त्रोपबृंहिताम् ॥

bhāratasyetihāsasya puṇyāṃ granthārthasaṃyutām | saṃskāropagatāṃ brāhmīṃ nānāśāstropabṛṃhitām

"of the history of the Bharata — the holy and meaningful compilation, refined and sacred, enriched by many branches of learning,"

Verse 25 (1.1.25)

जनमेजयस्य यां राज्ञो वैशंपायन उक्तवान् । यथावत्स ऋषिः पृष्टः सत्रे द्वैपायनाज्ञया ॥

janamejayasya yāṃ rājño vaiśaṃpāyana uktavān | yathāvatsa ṛṣiḥ pṛṣṭaḥ satre dvaipāyanājñayā

"which the seer Vaishampayana, when asked, faithfully recited to King Janamejaya at his sacrifice, at Dvaipayana's command;"

Verse 26 (1.1.26)

वेदैश्चतुर्भिः संयुक्तां व्यासस्याद्भुतकर्मणः । संहितां श्रोतुमिच्छामः पुण्यां पापभयापहाम् ॥

vedaiścaturbhiḥ saṃyuktāṃ vyāsasyādbhutakarmaṇaḥ | saṃhitāṃ śrotumicchāmaḥ puṇyāṃ pāpabhayāpahām

"that compilation of Vyasa of wondrous deeds, joined with the four Vedas, holy and dispelling the fear of sin — that is what we wish to hear."

Note on the text: Corrected सयुक्तां → संयुक्तां (misprint in Wikisource; dropped anusvara).

Verse 27 (1.1.27)

आद्यं पुरुषमीशानं पुरुहूतं पुरुष्टुतम् । ऋतमेकाक्षरं ब्रह्म व्यक्ताव्यक्तं सनातनम् ॥

ādyaṃ puruṣamīśānaṃ puruhūtaṃ puruṣṭutam | ṛtamekākṣaraṃ brahma vyaktāvyaktaṃ sanātanam

The first Person, the Lord, invoked by many and praised by many; the truth, the one imperishable syllable, Brahman, manifest and unmanifest, eternal;

Verse 28 (1.1.28)

असच्च सच्चैव च यद्विश्वं सदसतः परम् । परावराणां स्रष्टारं पुराणं परमव्ययम् ॥

asacca saccaiva ca yadviśvaṃ sadasataḥ param | parāvarāṇāṃ sraṣṭāraṃ purāṇaṃ paramavyayam

who is both non-being and being, who is the universe and yet beyond being and non-being; the creator of the high and the low, the ancient one, supreme and undecaying;

Verse 29 (1.1.29)

मङ्गल्यं मङ्गलं विष्णुं वरेण्यमनघं शुचिम् । नमस्कृत्य हृषीकेशं चराचरगुरुं हरिम् ॥

maṅgalyaṃ maṅgalaṃ viṣṇuṃ vareṇyamanaghaṃ śucim | namaskṛtya hṛṣīkeśaṃ carācaraguruṃ harim

having bowed to him — the auspicious one, auspiciousness itself, Vishnu, most worthy to be chosen, sinless and pure, Hrishikesha, Hari, teacher of all that moves and all that is still —

Verse 30 (1.1.30)

महर्षेः पूजितस्येह सर्वलोकैर्महात्मनः । प्रवक्ष्यामि मतं पुण्यं व्यासस्याद्भुतकर्मणः ॥

maharṣeḥ pūjitasyeha sarvalokairmahātmanaḥ | pravakṣyāmi mataṃ puṇyaṃ vyāsasyādbhutakarmaṇaḥ

I shall proclaim the holy thought of the great seer Vyasa of wondrous deeds, the great-souled one honoured here by all the worlds.

Verse 31 (1.1.31)

नमो भगवते तस्मै व्यासायामिततेजसे । यस्य प्रसादाद्वक्ष्यामि नारायणकथामिमाम् ॥

namo bhagavate tasmai vyāsāyāmitatejase | yasya prasādādvakṣyāmi nārāyaṇakathāmimām

Salutation to that blessed Vyasa of boundless splendour, by whose grace I shall tell this story of Narayana.

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark (`). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 32 (1.1.32)

सर्वाश्रमाभिशमनं सर्वतीर्थावगाहनम् । न तथा फलदं सूते नारायणकथा यथा ॥

sarvāśramābhiśamanaṃ sarvatīrthāvagāhanam | na tathā phaladaṃ sūte nārāyaṇakathā yathā

Keeping all the ashramas and bathing at every sacred ford do not yield such fruit as the story of Narayana does.

Note on the text: Corrected फलद → फलदं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped anusvara leaves a bare stem — the smallest fix; reading not certain). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 33 (1.1.33)

नास्ति नारायणसमं न भूतं न भविष्यति । एतेन सत्यवाक्येन सर्वार्थान्साधयाम्यहम् ॥

nāsti nārāyaṇasamaṃ na bhūtaṃ na bhaviṣyati | etena satyavākyena sarvārthānsādhayāmyaham

There is nothing equal to Narayana; there never was, nor will there be. By this word of truth I shall accomplish every aim.

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark ('). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 34 (1.1.34)

आचख्युः कवयः केचित्संप्रत्याचक्षते परे । आख्यास्यन्ति तथैवान्य इतिहासमिमं भुवि ॥

ācakhyuḥ kavayaḥ kecitsaṃpratyācakṣate pare | ākhyāsyanti tathaivānya itihāsamimaṃ bhuvi

Some poets have told this history before, others tell it now, and still others will tell it on earth in time to come.

Verse 35 (1.1.35)

इदं तु त्रिषु लोकेषु महज्ज्ञानं प्रतिष्ठितम् । विस्तरैश्च समासैश्च धार्यते यद्द्विजातिभिः ॥

idaṃ tu triṣu lokeṣu mahajjñānaṃ pratiṣṭhitam | vistaraiśca samāsaiśca dhāryate yaddvijātibhiḥ

This great knowledge is established in the three worlds; the twice-born preserve it both in its full and in its condensed forms.

Verse 36 (1.1.36)

अलङ्कृतं शुभैः शब्दैः समयैर्दिव्यमानुषैः । छन्दोवृत्तैश्च विविधैरन्वितं विदुषांप्रियम् ॥

alaṅkṛtaṃ śubhaiḥ śabdaiḥ samayairdivyamānuṣaiḥ | chandovṛttaiśca vividhairanvitaṃ viduṣāṃpriyam

Adorned with fine words, with the conventions of gods and of men, and with metres of many kinds, it is dear to the learned.

Note on the text: Corrected दिव्यधनुषैः → दिव्यमानुषैः (misprint in Wikisource; "divine bows" makes no sense here, as in the critical edition).

Verse 37 (1.1.37)

तपसा ब्रह्मचर्येण व्यस्य वेदं सनातनम् । इतिहासमिमं चक्रे पुण्यं सत्यवतीसुतः ॥

tapasā brahmacaryeṇa vyasya vedaṃ sanātanam | itihāsamimaṃ cakre puṇyaṃ satyavatīsutaḥ

By austerity and the discipline of celibacy, having divided the eternal Veda, the son of Satyavati made this holy history.

Note on the text: The same verse as 1.1.52 of the critical edition, which has it only once, at the place of verse 67 below; this earlier occurrence is found in the vulgate recension.

Verse 38 (1.1.38)

पुण्ये हिमवतः पादे मेध्ये गिरिगुहालये । विशोध्य देहं धर्मात्मा दर्भसंस्तरमाश्रितः ॥

puṇye himavataḥ pāde medhye giriguhālaye | viśodhya dehaṃ dharmātmā darbhasaṃstaramāśritaḥ

On the holy and pure slopes of the Himalaya, in a mountain cave, the righteous one purified his body and sat on a bed of darbha grass.

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark (`). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 39 (1.1.39)

शुचिः सनियमो व्यासः शान्तात्मातपसि स्थितः । भारतस्येतिहासस्य धर्मेणान्वीक्ष्य तां गतिम् ॥

śuciḥ saniyamo vyāsaḥ śāntātmātapasi sthitaḥ | bhāratasyetihāsasya dharmeṇānvīkṣya tāṃ gatim

Pure and under strict observances, his mind at peace and fixed in austerity, Vyasa reflected rightly on the course of the history of the Bharata,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 40 (1.1.40)

प्रविश्य योगं ज्ञानेन सोऽपश्यत्सर्वमन्ततः ॥

praviśya yogaṃ jñānena so'paśyatsarvamantataḥ

and entering into yoga through knowledge, he saw the whole of it, to its very end.

Note on the text: A single half-verse in Wikisource. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 41 (1.1.41)

निष्प्रभेऽस्मिन्निरालोके सर्वतस्तमसा वृते । बृहदण्डमभूदेकं प्रजानां बीजमव्ययम् ॥

niṣprabhe'sminnirāloke sarvatastamasā vṛte | bṛhadaṇḍamabhūdekaṃ prajānāṃ bījamavyayam

When this world was without brightness or light, wrapped in darkness on every side, there arose a single great egg, the imperishable seed of all creatures.

Note on the text: Aligned by hand with 1.1.27 of the critical edition.

Verse 42 (1.1.42)

युगस्यादिनिमित्तं तन्महद्दिव्यं प्रचक्षते । यस्मिंस्तच्छ्रूयते सत्यंज्योतिर्ब्रह्म सनातनम् ॥

yugasyādinimittaṃ tanmahaddivyaṃ pracakṣate | yasmiṃstacchrūyate satyaṃjyotirbrahma sanātanam

They call it the great and divine cause at the beginning of the age, in which is revealed the true light, the eternal Brahman —

Note on the text: Corrected प्रचक्षत → प्रचक्षते and व्यस्मिंस् → यस्मिंस् (misprints in Wikisource; dropped vowel sign and a stray consonant, as in the critical edition).

Verse 43 (1.1.43)

अद्भुतं चाप्यचिन्त्यं च सर्वत्र समतां मतम् । अव्यक्तं कारणं सूक्ष्मं यत्तत्सदसदात्मकम् ॥

adbhutaṃ cāpyacintyaṃ ca sarvatra samatāṃ matam | avyaktaṃ kāraṇaṃ sūkṣmaṃ yattatsadasadātmakam

wondrous and inconceivable, held to be the same everywhere; the unmanifest, subtle cause, whose nature is both being and non-being.

Verse 44 (1.1.44)

यस्मिन्पितामहो जज्ञे प्रभुरेकः प्रजापतिः । ब्रह्मा सुरगुरुः स्थाणुर्मनुः कः परमेष्ठ्यथ ॥

yasminpitāmaho jajñe prabhurekaḥ prajāpatiḥ | brahmā suraguruḥ sthāṇurmanuḥ kaḥ parameṣṭhyatha

In it was born the Grandsire, the one lord, Prajapati — Brahma, teacher of the gods, Sthanu, Manu, Ka and Parameshthin;

Verse 45 (1.1.45)

प्राचेतसस्तथा दक्षो दक्षपुत्राश्च सप्तवै । ततः प्रजानां पतयः प्राभवन्नेकविंशतिः ॥

prācetasastathā dakṣo dakṣaputrāśca saptavai | tataḥ prajānāṃ patayaḥ prābhavannekaviṃśatiḥ

and likewise Daksha, son of Prachetas, and the seven sons of Daksha; then arose the twenty-one lords of creatures;

Verse 46 (1.1.46)

पुरुषश्चाप्रमेयात्मा यं सर्वऋषयो विदुः । विश्वेदेवास्तथाऽऽदित्या वसवोऽथाश्विनावपि ॥

puruṣaścāprameyātmā yaṃ sarvaṛṣayo viduḥ | viśvedevāstathā''dityā vasavo'thāśvināvapi

and the Person of immeasurable soul, whom all the seers know; the Vishvedevas, the Adityas, the Vasus and the two Ashvins too;

Note on the text: Corrected विदु → विदुः (misprint in Wikisource; dropped visarga, as in the critical edition).

Verse 47 (1.1.47)

यक्षाः साध्याः पिशाचाश्च गुह्यकाः पितरस्तथा । ततः प्रसूता विद्वांसः शिष्टा ब्रह्मर्षिसत्तमाः ॥

yakṣāḥ sādhyāḥ piśācāśca guhyakāḥ pitarastathā | tataḥ prasūtā vidvāṃsaḥ śiṣṭā brahmarṣisattamāḥ

the Yakshas, Sadhyas, Pishachas, Guhyakas and the ancestors. From it were born the learned and cultured ones, the best of the brahmin seers,

Verse 48 (1.1.48)

महर्षयश्च बहवः सर्वैः समुदिता गुणैः । आपो द्यौः पृथिवी वायुरन्तरिक्षं दिशस्तथा ॥

maharṣayaśca bahavaḥ sarvaiḥ samuditā guṇaiḥ | āpo dyauḥ pṛthivī vāyurantarikṣaṃ diśastathā

and many great seers endowed with every virtue; the waters, the sky, the earth, the wind, the mid-air and the directions;

Note on the text: Corrected आतो → आपो and दिशस्तया → दिशस्तथा (misprints in Wikisource; wrong consonants, as in the critical edition).

Verse 49 (1.1.49)

संवत्सरर्तवो मासाः पक्षाहोरात्रयः क्रमात् । यच्चान्यदपि तत्सर्वं संभूतं लोकसाक्षिकम् ॥

saṃvatsarartavo māsāḥ pakṣāhorātrayaḥ kramāt | yaccānyadapi tatsarvaṃ saṃbhūtaṃ lokasākṣikam

the years, seasons, months, fortnights, and days and nights in their order — and everything else the world witnesses came into being from it.

Verse 50 (1.1.50)

यदिदं दृश्यते किंचिद्भूतं स्थावरजङ्गमम् । पुनःसंक्षिप्यते सर्वं जगत्प्राप्ते युगक्षये ॥

yadidaṃ dṛśyate kiṃcidbhūtaṃ sthāvarajaṅgamam | punaḥsaṃkṣipyate sarvaṃ jagatprāpte yugakṣaye

Whatever is seen here, every being moving or unmoving — the whole world is drawn back in again when the end of the age arrives.

Note on the text: Corrected किंचिद्बूतं → किंचिद्भूतं (misprint in Wikisource; ब for भ, as in the critical edition).

Verse 51 (1.1.51)

यथर्तुष्वृतुलिङ्गानि नानारूपाणि पर्यये । दृश्यन्ते तानि तान्येव तथा भावा युगादिषु ॥

yathartuṣvṛtuliṅgāni nānārūpāṇi paryaye | dṛśyante tāni tānyeva tathā bhāvā yugādiṣu

Just as the many signs of each season return, the very same ones, as the seasons turn, so do things reappear at the beginnings of the ages.

Verse 52 (1.1.52)

एवमेतदनाद्यन्तं भूतसंघातकारकम् । अनादिनिधनं लोके चक्रं संपरिवर्तते ॥

evametadanādyantaṃ bhūtasaṃghātakārakam | anādinidhanaṃ loke cakraṃ saṃparivartate

Thus this wheel, without beginning or end, which brings beings together, turns on in the world, never born and never ending.

Verse 53 (1.1.53)

त्रयस्त्रिंशत्सहस्राणि त्रयस्त्रिंशच्छतानि च । त्रयस्त्रिंशच्च देवानां सृष्टिः संक्षेपलक्षणा ॥

trayastriṃśatsahasrāṇi trayastriṃśacchatāni ca | trayastriṃśacca devānāṃ sṛṣṭiḥ saṃkṣepalakṣaṇā

Thirty-three thousand, thirty-three hundred and thirty-three gods: this is the creation of the gods in brief.

Note on the text: Corrected देवनां → देवानां (misprint in Wikisource; dropped vowel sign, as in the critical edition).

Verse 54 (1.1.54)

दिवः पुत्रो बृहद्भानुश्चक्षुरात्मा विभावसुः । सविता स ऋचीकोऽर्को भानुराशावहो रविः ॥

divaḥ putro bṛhadbhānuścakṣurātmā vibhāvasuḥ | savitā sa ṛcīko'rko bhānurāśāvaho raviḥ

The son of Heaven, Brihadbhanu, Chakshus, Atman, Vibhavasu, Savitri, Richika, Arka, Bhanu, Ashavaha and Ravi —

Verse 55 (1.1.55)

पुत्रा विवस्वतः सर्वे मनुस्तेषां तथाऽवरः । देवभ्राट् तनयस्तस्य सुभ्राडिति ततः स्मृतः ॥

putrā vivasvataḥ sarve manusteṣāṃ tathā'varaḥ | devabhrāṭ tanayastasya subhrāḍiti tataḥ smṛtaḥ

all these were sons of Vivasvat, and Manu was the youngest of them. His son was Devabhrat, and Devabhrat's son is remembered as Subhrat.

Verse 56 (1.1.56)

सुभ्राजस्तु त्रयः पुत्राः प्रजावन्तो बहुश्रुताः । दशज्योतिः शतज्योतिः सहस्रज्योतिरेव च ॥

subhrājastu trayaḥ putrāḥ prajāvanto bahuśrutāḥ | daśajyotiḥ śatajyotiḥ sahasrajyotireva ca

Subhrat had three sons, learned and blessed with offspring: Dashajyoti, Shatajyoti and Sahasrajyoti.

Verse 57 (1.1.57)

दशपुत्रसहस्राणि दशज्योतेर्महात्मनः । ततो दशगुणाश्चान्ये शतज्योतेरिहात्मजाः ॥

daśaputrasahasrāṇi daśajyotermahātmanaḥ | tato daśaguṇāścānye śatajyoterihātmajāḥ

The great-souled Dashajyoti had ten thousand sons; Shatajyoti's sons were ten times as many.

Verse 58 (1.1.58)

भूयस्ततो दशगुणाः सहस्रज्योतिषः सुताः । तेभ्योऽयं कुरुवंशश्च यदूनां भरतस्य च ॥

bhūyastato daśaguṇāḥ sahasrajyotiṣaḥ sutāḥ | tebhyo'yaṃ kuruvaṃśaśca yadūnāṃ bharatasya ca

Ten times more again were the sons of Sahasrajyoti. From them came this line of the Kurus, and the lines of the Yadus and of Bharata,

Verse 59 (1.1.59)

ययातीक्ष्वाकुवंशश्च राजर्षीणां च सर्वशः । संभूता बहवो वंशा भूतसर्गाः सुविस्तराः ॥

yayātīkṣvākuvaṃśaśca rājarṣīṇāṃ ca sarvaśaḥ | saṃbhūtā bahavo vaṃśā bhūtasargāḥ suvistarāḥ

the lines of Yayati and of Ikshvaku, and those of royal seers everywhere. Many dynasties arose, and the creations of beings in all their breadth.

Note on the text: Corrected ययातीक्ष्वाकृवंशश्च → ययातीक्ष्वाकुवंशश्च (misprint in Wikisource; ृ for ु, as in the critical edition).

Verse 60 (1.1.60)

भूतस्थानानि सर्वाणि रहस्यं त्रिविधं च यत् । वेदा योगः सविज्ञानो धर्मोऽर्थः काम एव च ॥

bhūtasthānāni sarvāṇi rahasyaṃ trividhaṃ ca yat | vedā yogaḥ savijñāno dharmo'rthaḥ kāma eva ca

All the abodes of beings, the threefold mystery, the Vedas, yoga together with its knowledge, dharma, artha and kama;

Verse 61 (1.1.61)

धर्मार्थकामयुक्तानि शास्त्राणि विविधानि च । लोकयात्राविधानं च सर्वं तद्दृष्टवानृषिः ॥

dharmārthakāmayuktāni śāstrāṇi vividhāni ca | lokayātrāvidhānaṃ ca sarvaṃ taddṛṣṭavānṛṣiḥ

the many treatises on dharma, artha and kama, and the rules for the conduct of worldly life — all this the seer beheld,

Note on the text: Corrected लोकयात्राविधान → लोकयात्राविधानं and सर्व → सर्वं (misprints in Wikisource; dropped anusvaras, the first as in the critical edition).

Verse 62 (1.1.62)

नीतिर्भरतवंशस्य विस्तारश्चैव सर्वशः । इतिहासाः सहव्याख्या विविधाः श्रुतयोऽपि च ॥

nītirbharatavaṃśasya vistāraścaiva sarvaśaḥ | itihāsāḥ sahavyākhyā vividhāḥ śrutayo'pi ca

the policy of the Bharata line and its full extent, the histories with their commentaries, and the various scriptures too.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (` and ') and a doubled danda. Corrected विविधाश्रुतयोऽपि → विविधाः श्रुतयोऽपि (misprint in Wikisource; dropped visarga, as in the critical edition). The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the second line = 1.1.48ab (aligned by hand).

Verse 63 (1.1.63)

इह सर्वमनुक्रान्तमुक्तं ग्रन्थस्य लक्षणम् । संक्षेपेणेतिहासस्य ततो वक्ष्यति विस्तरम् ॥

iha sarvamanukrāntamuktaṃ granthasya lakṣaṇam | saṃkṣepeṇetihāsasya tato vakṣyati vistaram

All of it is set out here in order; the outline of the work has been told in brief. After that he will tell the history at length.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (` and ') and a doubled danda. The first line = 1.1.48cd of the critical edition (aligned by hand); the second line is not in it (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 64 (1.1.64)

विस्तीर्यैतन्महज्ज्ञानमृषिः संक्षिप्य चाब्रवीत् । इष्टं हि विदुषां लोके समासव्यासधारणम् ॥

vistīryaitanmahajjñānamṛṣiḥ saṃkṣipya cābravīt | iṣṭaṃ hi viduṣāṃ loke samāsavyāsadhāraṇam

The seer told this great knowledge both at length and in brief, for the learned of the world like to hold it in both its short and its full forms.

Verse 65 (1.1.65)

मन्वादि भारतं केचिदास्तीकादि तथाऽपरे । तथोपरिचराद्यन्ये विप्राः सम्यगधीयिरे ॥

manvādi bhārataṃ kecidāstīkādi tathā'pare | tathoparicarādyanye viprāḥ samyagadhīyire

Some brahmins have studied the Bharata thoroughly from Manu onward, others from the story of Astika, and others again from Uparichara.

Verse 66 (1.1.66)

विविधं संहिताज्ञानं दीपयन्ति मनीषिणः । व्याख्यातुं कुशलाः केचिद्ग्रन्थान्धारयितुं परे ॥

vividhaṃ saṃhitājñānaṃ dīpayanti manīṣiṇaḥ | vyākhyātuṃ kuśalāḥ kecidgranthāndhārayituṃ pare

The wise bring to light the varied knowledge of this compilation; some are skilled at explaining it, others at holding its text in memory.

Verse 67 (1.1.67)

तपसा ब्रह्मचर्येण व्यस्य वेदं सनातनम् । इतिहासमिमं चक्रे पुण्यं सत्यवतीसुतः ॥

tapasā brahmacaryeṇa vyasya vedaṃ sanātanam | itihāsamimaṃ cakre puṇyaṃ satyavatīsutaḥ

By austerity and the discipline of celibacy, having divided the eternal Veda, the son of Satyavati made this holy history —

Note on the text: Corrected सत्यवतीत्सुतः → सत्यवतीसुतः (misprint in Wikisource; stray त्, as in the critical edition). Aligned by hand with 1.1.52 (the automatic alignment had given that number to the earlier repetition at verse 37).

Verse 68 (1.1.68)

पराशरात्मजो विद्वान्ब्रह्मर्षिः संशितव्रतः । मातुर्नियोगाद्धर्मात्मा गाङ्गेयस्य च धीमतः ॥

parāśarātmajo vidvānbrahmarṣiḥ saṃśitavrataḥ | māturniyogāddharmātmā gāṅgeyasya ca dhīmataḥ

the learned son of Parashara, a brahmin seer of rigorous vows. At the bidding of his mother and of the wise son of Ganga, that righteous one,

Note on the text: Aligned by hand with 1.1.53 of the critical edition.

Verse 69 (1.1.69)

क्षेत्रे विचित्रवीर्यस्य कृष्णद्वैपायनः पुरा । त्रीनग्नीनिव कौरव्याञ्जनयामास वीर्यवान् ॥

kṣetre vicitravīryasya kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaḥ purā | trīnagnīniva kauravyāñjanayāmāsa vīryavān

Krishna Dvaipayana, mighty in power, long ago begot by the wives of Vichitravirya three Kaurava sons, like three fires.

Verse 70 (1.1.70)

उत्पाद्य धृतराष्ट्रं च पाण्डुं विदुरमेव च । जगाम तपसे धीमान्पुनरेवाश्रमं प्रति ॥

utpādya dhṛtarāṣṭraṃ ca pāṇḍuṃ vidurameva ca | jagāma tapase dhīmānpunarevāśramaṃ prati

Having fathered Dhritarashtra, Pandu and Vidura, the wise one went back to his hermitage once more to practise austerities.

Verse 71 (1.1.71)

तेषु जातेषु वृद्धेषु गतेषु परमां गतिम् । अब्रवीद्भारतं लोके मानुषेऽस्मिन्महानृषिः ॥

teṣu jāteṣu vṛddheṣu gateṣu paramāṃ gatim | abravīdbhārataṃ loke mānuṣe'sminmahānṛṣiḥ

When they had been born, had grown old and had gone to the highest state, the great seer spoke the Bharata in this world of men.

Verse 72 (1.1.72)

जनमेजयेन पृष्टः सन्ब्राह्मणैश्च सहस्रशः । शशास शिष्यमासीनं वैशंपायनमन्तिके ॥

janamejayena pṛṣṭaḥ sanbrāhmaṇaiśca sahasraśaḥ | śaśāsa śiṣyamāsīnaṃ vaiśaṃpāyanamantike

Asked by Janamejaya and by brahmins in their thousands, he instructed his disciple Vaishampayana, who sat beside him.

Verse 73 (1.1.73)

स सदस्यैः सहासीनं श्रावयामास भारतम् । कर्मान्तरेषु यज्ञस्य चोद्यमानः पुनः पुनः ॥

sa sadasyaiḥ sahāsīnaṃ śrāvayāmāsa bhāratam | karmāntareṣu yajñasya codyamānaḥ punaḥ punaḥ

Urged again and again, Vaishampayana recited the Bharata to the king as he sat with the members of the assembly, in the intervals between the rites of the sacrifice.

Verse 74 (1.1.74)

विस्तारं कुरुवंशस्य गान्धार्या धर्मशीलताम् । क्षत्तुः प्रज्ञां धृतिं कुन्त्याः सम्यग्द्वैपायनोऽब्रवीत् ॥

vistāraṃ kuruvaṃśasya gāndhāryā dharmaśīlatām | kṣattuḥ prajñāṃ dhṛtiṃ kuntyāḥ samyagdvaipāyano'bravīt

Dvaipayana told fully of the spread of the Kuru line, of Gandhari's devotion to dharma, of Vidura's wisdom and of Kunti's steadfastness.

Note on the text: Corrected द्वैपायनोब्रवीत् → द्वैपायनोऽब्रवीत् (missing avagraha in Wikisource, as in the critical edition).

Verse 75 (1.1.75)

वासुदेवस्य माहात्म्यं पाण्डवानां च सत्यताम् । दुर्वृत्तं धार्तराष्ट्राणामुक्तवान्भगवानृषिः ॥

vāsudevasya māhātmyaṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ ca satyatām | durvṛttaṃ dhārtarāṣṭrāṇāmuktavānbhagavānṛṣiḥ

The blessed seer spoke of the greatness of Vasudeva, the truthfulness of the Pandavas, and the misconduct of the sons of Dhritarashtra.

Verse 76 (1.1.76)

इदं शतसहस्रं तु श्लोकानां पुण्यकर्मणाम् । उपाख्यानैः सह ज्ञेयं श्राव्यं भारतमुत्तमम् ॥

idaṃ śatasahasraṃ tu ślokānāṃ puṇyakarmaṇām | upākhyānaiḥ saha jñeyaṃ śrāvyaṃ bhāratamuttamam

This excellent Bharata, worth hearing, telling of those of holy deeds, is to be known as a hundred thousand verses together with its side-stories.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 77 (1.1.77)

चतुर्विंशतिसाहस्रीं चक्रे भारतसंहिताम् । उपाख्यानैर्विना तावद्भारतं प्रोच्यते बुधैः ॥

caturviṃśatisāhasrīṃ cakre bhāratasaṃhitām | upākhyānairvinā tāvadbhārataṃ procyate budhaiḥ

He made a compilation of the Bharata of twenty-four thousand verses; without the side-stories, that much is what the wise call the Bharata.

Verse 78 (1.1.78)

ततोऽध्यर्धशतं भूयः संक्षेपं कृतवानृषिः । अनुक्रमणिकाध्यायं वृत्तान्तं सर्वपर्वणाम् ॥

tato'dhyardhaśataṃ bhūyaḥ saṃkṣepaṃ kṛtavānṛṣiḥ | anukramaṇikādhyāyaṃ vṛttāntaṃ sarvaparvaṇām

Then the seer made a further summary of one hundred and fifty verses: the chapter of contents, giving the events of all the books.

Note on the text: Aligned by hand with 1.1.62 of the critical edition; its second line reads differently there.

Verse 79 (1.1.79)

तस्याख्यानवरिष्ठस्य कृत्वा द्वैपायनः प्रभुः । कथमध्यापयानीह शिष्यानित्यन्वचिन्तयत् ॥

tasyākhyānavariṣṭhasya kṛtvā dvaipāyanaḥ prabhuḥ | kathamadhyāpayānīha śiṣyānityanvacintayat

Having composed this finest of narratives, the lord Dvaipayana pondered: "How shall I teach it to my disciples here?"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this Brahma–Ganesha passage only in its apparatus, after 1.1.62).

Verse 80 (1.1.80)

तस्य तच्चिन्तितं ज्ञात्वा ऋषेर्द्वैपायनस्य च । तत्राजगाम भगवान्ब्रह्मा लोकगुरुः स्वयम् ॥

tasya taccintitaṃ jñātvā ṛṣerdvaipāyanasya ca | tatrājagāma bhagavānbrahmā lokaguruḥ svayam

Knowing what the seer Dvaipayana was thinking, the blessed Brahma, teacher of the worlds, came there in person,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 81 (1.1.81)

प्रीत्यर्थं तस्य चैवर्षेर्लोकानां हितकाम्यया । तं दृष्ट्वा विस्मितो भूत्वा प्राञ्जलिः प्रणतः स्थितः ॥

prītyarthaṃ tasya caivarṣerlokānāṃ hitakāmyayā | taṃ dṛṣṭvā vismito bhūtvā prāñjaliḥ praṇataḥ sthitaḥ

to please that seer and out of a wish for the good of the worlds. Seeing him, Vyasa was filled with wonder and stood bowing with joined palms.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 82 (1.1.82)

आसनं कल्पयामास सर्वैर्मुनिगणैर्वृतः ॥

āsanaṃ kalpayāmāsa sarvairmunigaṇairvṛtaḥ

Surrounded by all the bands of sages, he arranged a seat for him.

Note on the text: A single half-verse in Wikisource. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 83 (1.1.83)

हिरण्यगर्भमासीनं तस्मिंस्तु परमासने । परिवृत्यासनाभ्याशे वासवेयः स्थितोऽभवत् ॥

hiraṇyagarbhamāsīnaṃ tasmiṃstu paramāsane | parivṛtyāsanābhyāśe vāsaveyaḥ sthito'bhavat

When Hiranyagarbha was seated on that excellent seat, the son of Vasavi walked around him and stood close by the seat.

Note on the text: Corrected हिरण्यमर्भ → हिरण्यगर्भ and परिवृत्यासनभ्याशे → परिवृत्यासनाभ्याशे (misprints in Wikisource; following the forms in the critical edition's apparatus). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 84 (1.1.84)

अनुज्ञातोऽथ कृष्णस्तु ब्रह्मणा परमेष्ठिना । निषसादासनाभ्याशे प्रीयमाणः शुचिस्मितः ॥

anujñāto'tha kṛṣṇastu brahmaṇā parameṣṭhinā | niṣasādāsanābhyāśe prīyamāṇaḥ śucismitaḥ

Then, given leave by Brahma the supreme, Krishna Dvaipayana sat down near the seat, delighted and smiling brightly.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 85 (1.1.85)

उवाच स महातेजा ब्रह्माणं परमेष्ठिनम् । कृतं मयेदं भगवन्काव्यं परमपूजितम् ॥

uvāca sa mahātejā brahmāṇaṃ parameṣṭhinam | kṛtaṃ mayedaṃ bhagavankāvyaṃ paramapūjitam

That greatly radiant one said to Brahma the supreme: "O blessed lord, I have composed this poem, which is held in the highest honour."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 86 (1.1.86)

ब्रह्मन्वेदरहस्यं च यच्चान्यत्स्थापितं मया । साङ्गोपनिषदां चैव वेदानां विस्तरक्रिया ॥

brahmanvedarahasyaṃ ca yaccānyatsthāpitaṃ mayā | sāṅgopaniṣadāṃ caiva vedānāṃ vistarakriyā

"O Brahman, in it I have set down the secret of the Vedas and much else besides: the exposition of the Vedas with their limbs and Upanishads;"

Note on the text: Corrected वेदरहस्य → वेदरहस्यं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped anusvara, as in the critical edition's apparatus). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 87 (1.1.87)

इतिहासपुराणानामुन्मेषं निमिषं च यत् । भूतं भव्यं भविष्यच्च त्रिविधं कालसंज्ञितम् ॥

itihāsapurāṇānāmunmeṣaṃ nimiṣaṃ ca yat | bhūtaṃ bhavyaṃ bhaviṣyacca trividhaṃ kālasaṃjñitam

"the full span of the histories and Puranas, their opening and their close; the threefold division called time — past, present and future;"

Note on the text: Corrected इतिहासपुरापानाम् → इतिहासपुराणानाम् (misprint in Wikisource; प for ण, as in the critical edition's apparatus). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 88 (1.1.88)

जरामृत्युभयव्याधिभावाभावविनिश्चयः । विविधस्य च धर्मस्य ह्याश्रमाणां च लक्षणम् ॥

jarāmṛtyubhayavyādhibhāvābhāvaviniścayaḥ | vividhasya ca dharmasya hyāśramāṇāṃ ca lakṣaṇam

"the settled truth about old age, death, fear, disease, existence and non-existence; the marks of dharma in its many forms and of the stages of life;"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 89 (1.1.89)

चातुर्वर्ण्यविधानं च पुराणानां च कृत्स्नशः । तपसो ब्रह्मचर्यस्य पृथिव्याश्चन्द्रसूर्ययोः ॥

cāturvarṇyavidhānaṃ ca purāṇānāṃ ca kṛtsnaśaḥ | tapaso brahmacaryasya pṛthivyāścandrasūryayoḥ

"the ordering of the four varnas and the Puranas in their entirety; the measure of austerity and of celibacy, of the earth, the moon and the sun,"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 90 (1.1.90)

ग्रहनक्षत्रताराणां प्रमाणं च युगैः सह । ऋचो यजूंषि सामानि वेदाध्यात्मं तथैव च ॥

grahanakṣatratārāṇāṃ pramāṇaṃ ca yugaiḥ saha | ṛco yajūṃṣi sāmāni vedādhyātmaṃ tathaiva ca

"of the planets, lunar mansions and stars, together with the ages; the Rig, Yajus and Saman hymns, and the inner teaching of the Vedas too;"

Note on the text: Corrected यजूषि → यजूंषि (misprint in Wikisource; dropped anusvara, as in the critical edition's apparatus). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 91 (1.1.91)

न्यायशिक्षा चिकित्सा च दानं पाशुपतं तथा । इति नैकाश्रयं जन्म दिव्यमानुषसंज्ञितम् ॥

nyāyaśikṣā cikitsā ca dānaṃ pāśupataṃ tathā | iti naikāśrayaṃ janma divyamānuṣasaṃjñitam

"logic, phonetics and medicine, charity and the Pashupata teaching; and birth, resting on many causes, both divine and human;"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 92 (1.1.92)

तीर्थानां चैव पुण्यानां देशानां चैव कीर्तनम् । नदीनां पर्वतानां च वनानां सागरस्य च ॥

tīrthānāṃ caiva puṇyānāṃ deśānāṃ caiva kīrtanam | nadīnāṃ parvatānāṃ ca vanānāṃ sāgarasya ca

"the praise of holy places and sacred lands, of rivers, mountains, forests and the ocean;"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 93 (1.1.93)

पुराणां चैव दिव्यानां कल्पानां युद्धकौशलम् । वाक्यजातिविशेषाश्च लोकयात्राक्रमश्च यः ॥

purāṇāṃ caiva divyānāṃ kalpānāṃ yuddhakauśalam | vākyajātiviśeṣāśca lokayātrākramaśca yaḥ

"of divine cities and of the kalpas; skill in war; the various kinds of speech and their distinctions, and the course of worldly life;"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 94 (1.1.94)

यच्चापि सर्वगं वस्तु तच्चैव प्रतिपादितम् । परं न लेखकः कश्चिदेतस्य भुवि विद्यते ॥

yaccāpi sarvagaṃ vastu taccaiva pratipāditam | paraṃ na lekhakaḥ kaścidetasya bhuvi vidyate

"and that which pervades all things — that too is set forth in it. But no one is to be found on earth who can write it down."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 95 (1.1.95)

तपोविशिष्टादपि वै वसिष्ठान्मुनिपुंगवात् । मन्ये श्रेष्ठतमं त्वां वै रहस्यज्ञानवेदनात् ॥

tapoviśiṣṭādapi vai vasiṣṭhānmunipuṃgavāt | manye śreṣṭhatamaṃ tvāṃ vai rahasyajñānavedanāt

"Because you know the hidden knowledge, I hold you to be the very best, above even Vasishtha, foremost of sages and pre-eminent in austerity."

Note on the text: Speaker set to Brahma: his reply to Vyasa begins here (no speaker line in Wikisource) and runs to "गणेशः स्मर्यतां मुने" (input verse 108). Corrected तपोविशिष्टदपि → तपोविशिष्टादपि and श्रेष्ठव्यं → श्रेष्ठतमं (misprints in Wikisource; dropped vowel sign and a garbled word, following the critical edition's apparatus). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 96 (1.1.96)

जन्मप्रभृति सत्यां ते वेद्मि गां ब्रह्मवादिनीम् । त्वयाच काव्यमित्युक्तं तस्मात्काव्यं भविष्यति ॥

janmaprabhṛti satyāṃ te vedmi gāṃ brahmavādinīm | tvayāca kāvyamityuktaṃ tasmātkāvyaṃ bhaviṣyati

"I know that from your birth your speech has been true and has proclaimed Brahman. You have called this a poem, and so a poem it shall be."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 97 (1.1.97)

अस्य काव्यस्य कवयो न समर्था विशेषणे । विशेषणे गृहस्थस्य शेषास्त्रय इवाश्रमाः ॥

asya kāvyasya kavayo na samarthā viśeṣaṇe | viśeṣaṇe gṛhasthasya śeṣāstraya ivāśramāḥ

"Poets will never be able to surpass this poem, just as the other three stages of life cannot surpass that of the householder."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 98 (1.1.98)

जडान्धबधिरोन्मत्तं तमोभूतं जगद्भवेत् । यदि ज्ञानहुताशेन त्वया नोज्ज्वलितं भवेत् ॥

jaḍāndhabadhironmattaṃ tamobhūtaṃ jagadbhavet | yadi jñānahutāśena tvayā nojjvalitaṃ bhavet

"The world would be dull, blind, deaf and deranged, sunk in darkness, had you not set it alight with the fire of knowledge."

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark (`). Corrected नोज्ज्वलियं → नोज्ज्वलितं (misprint in Wikisource; य for त, as in the critical edition's apparatus). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 99 (1.1.99)

तमसान्धस्य लोकस्य वेष्टितस्य स्वकर्मभिः । ज्ञानाञ्जनशलाकाभिर्बुद्धिनेत्रोत्सवः कृतः ॥

tamasāndhasya lokasya veṣṭitasya svakarmabhiḥ | jñānāñjanaśalākābhirbuddhinetrotsavaḥ kṛtaḥ

"For a world blinded by darkness and bound by its own deeds, you have, with the salve-sticks of knowledge, made a festival for the eye of the intellect."

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark ('). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 100 (1.1.100)

त्वया भारतसूर्येण नृणां विनिहतं तमः ॥

tvayā bhāratasūryeṇa nṛṇāṃ vinihataṃ tamaḥ

"With you as the sun of the Bharata, the darkness of men has been dispelled."

Note on the text: A single half-verse in Wikisource; the critical edition's apparatus has a preceding half-line (dharmārthakāmamokṣārthaiḥ samāsavyāsakīrtanaiḥ) that is absent here. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 101 (1.1.101)

पुराणपूर्णचन्द्रेण श्रुतिज्योत्स्नाप्रकाशिना । नृणां कुमुदसौम्यानां कृतं बुद्धिप्रसादनम् ॥

purāṇapūrṇacandreṇa śrutijyotsnāprakāśinā | nṛṇāṃ kumudasaumyānāṃ kṛtaṃ buddhiprasādanam

With the full moon of the Purana, which sheds the moonlight of the Shruti, you have brought the minds of men, gentle as night-lotuses, into bloom.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.1, lines 43–44.

Verse 102 (1.1.102)

इतिहासप्रदीपेन मोहावरणघातिना । लोकगर्भगृहं कृत्स्नं यथावत्संप्रकाशितम् ॥

itihāsapradīpena mohāvaraṇaghātinā | lokagarbhagṛhaṃ kṛtsnaṃ yathāvatsaṃprakāśitam

With the lamp of this history, which strikes away the veil of delusion, the whole inner chamber of the world has been lit up just as it is.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.1, lines 45–46.

Verse 103 (1.1.103)

संग्रहाध्यायबीजो वै पौलोमास्तीकमूलवान् । संभवस्कन्धविस्तारः सभापर्वविटङ्कवान् ॥

saṃgrahādhyāyabījo vai paulomāstīkamūlavān | saṃbhavaskandhavistāraḥ sabhāparvaviṭaṅkavān

Its seed is the chapter of contents; the Pauloma and the Astika are its roots; the Sambhava is the spread of its trunk; the Sabha Parva is its high perch for birds;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.1, lines 47–48.

Verse 104 (1.1.104)

आरण्यपर्वरूपाढ्यो विराटोद्योगसारवान् । भीष्मपर्वमहाशाखो द्रोणपर्वपलाशवान् ॥

āraṇyaparvarūpāḍhyo virāṭodyogasāravān | bhīṣmaparvamahāśākho droṇaparvapalāśavān

it is rich in the beauty of the Aranya Parva; the Virata and the Udyoga are its heartwood; the Bhishma Parva is its great bough; the Drona Parva is its foliage;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.1, lines 49–50.

Verse 105 (1.1.105)

कर्णपर्वसितैः पुष्पैः शल्यपर्वसुगन्धिभिः । स्त्रीपर्वैषीकविश्रामः शान्तिपर्वमहाफलः ॥

karṇaparvasitaiḥ puṣpaiḥ śalyaparvasugandhibhiḥ | strīparvaiṣīkaviśrāmaḥ śāntiparvamahāphalaḥ

the Karna Parva is its white flowers, the Shalya Parva their fragrance; the Stri Parva and the Aishika are its shade for rest; the Shanti Parva is its great fruit;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.1, lines 51–52.

Verse 106 (1.1.106)

अश्वमेधामृतरसस्त्वाश्रमस्थानसंश्रयः । मौसलश्रुतिसंक्षेपः शिष्टद्विजनिषेवितः ॥

aśvamedhāmṛtarasastvāśramasthānasaṃśrayaḥ | mausalaśrutisaṃkṣepaḥ śiṣṭadvijaniṣevitaḥ

the Ashvamedha is its nectar-like sap, the Ashramavasa its place of shelter, the Mausala its condensed lore; and it is resorted to by cultured twice-born men.

Note on the text: Corrected अश्वमेधामृतसस्त्वाश्रम… → अश्वमेधामृतरसस्त्वाश्रम… (misprint in Wikisource; dropped akshara र, the line is a syllable short; Appendix I.1 reads aśvamedhāmṛtarasas). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.1, lines 53–54.

Verse 107 (1.1.107)

सर्वेषां कविमुख्यानामुपजीव्यो भविष्यति । पर्जन्यइव भूतानामक्षयो भारतद्रुमः ॥

sarveṣāṃ kavimukhyānāmupajīvyo bhaviṣyati | parjanyaiva bhūtānāmakṣayo bhāratadrumaḥ

This imperishable tree of the Bharata will sustain all the foremost poets, as the rain-cloud sustains all living beings.

Note on the text: Corrected भारद्रुमः → भारतद्रुमः (misprint in Wikisource; dropped akshara त, the line is a syllable short; Appendix I.1 reads bhāratadrumaḥ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.1, lines 55–56.

Verse 108 (1.1.108)

काव्यस्य लेखनार्थाय गणेशः स्मर्यतां मुने ॥

kāvyasya lekhanārthāya gaṇeśaḥ smaryatāṃ mune

O sage, call Ganesha to mind to write this poem down.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). A single line in Wikisource.

Verse 109 (1.1.109)

एवमाभाष्य तं ब्रह्मा जगाम स्वं निवेशनम् । भगवान्स जगत्स्रष्टा ऋषिदेवगणैः सह ॥

evamābhāṣya taṃ brahmā jagāma svaṃ niveśanam | bhagavānsa jagatsraṣṭā ṛṣidevagaṇaiḥ saha

Having spoken thus to him, Brahma, the blessed creator of the world, went to his own abode with the hosts of seers and gods.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.1, lines 57–58.

Verse 110 (1.1.110)

ततः सस्मार हेरम्बं व्यासः सत्यवतीसुतः ॥

tataḥ sasmāra herambaṃ vyāsaḥ satyavatīsutaḥ

Then Vyasa, the son of Satyavati, called Heramba to mind.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). A single line in Wikisource.

Verse 111 (1.1.111)

स्मृतमात्रो गणेशानो भक्तचिन्तितपूरकः । तत्राजगाम विघ्नेशो वेदव्यासो यतः स्थितः ॥

smṛtamātro gaṇeśāno bhaktacintitapūrakaḥ | tatrājagāma vighneśo vedavyāso yataḥ sthitaḥ

The moment he was remembered, Ganesha, lord of obstacles, who fulfils what his devotees wish for, came to the place where Vedavyasa was.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 112 (1.1.112)

पूजितश्चोपविष्टश्च व्यासेनोक्तस्तदानघ । लेखको भारतस्यास्य भव त्वं गणनायक । मयैव प्रोच्यमानस्य मनसा कल्पितस्य च ॥

pūjitaścopaviṣṭaśca vyāsenoktastadānagha | lekhako bhāratasyāsya bhava tvaṃ gaṇanāyaka | mayaiva procyamānasya manasā kalpitasya ca

When he had been honoured and seated, O sinless one, Vyasa said to him, "Leader of the ganas, be the writer of this Bharata, which I have composed in my mind and which I shall now recite."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 113 (1.1.113)

श्रुत्वैतत्प्राह विघ्नेशो यदि मे लेखनी क्षणम् । लिखतो नावतिष्ठेत तदा स्यां लेखको ह्यहम् ॥

śrutvaitatprāha vighneśo yadi me lekhanī kṣaṇam | likhato nāvatiṣṭheta tadā syāṃ lekhako hyaham

Hearing this, the lord of obstacles said, "If my pen need not stop for even a moment as I write, then I will be your scribe."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 114 (1.1.114)

व्यासोऽप्युवाच तं देवमबुद्ध्वा मा लिख क्वचित् । ओमित्युक्त्वा गणेशोपि बभूव किल लेखकः ॥

vyāso'pyuvāca taṃ devamabuddhvā mā likha kvacit | omityuktvā gaṇeśopi babhūva kila lekhakaḥ

Vyasa in turn said to the god, "Do not write anything without first understanding it." Ganesha said "Om" and so became the scribe.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 115 (1.1.115)

ग्रन्थग्रन्थिं तदा चक्रे मुनिर्गूढं कुतूहलात् । यस्मिन्प्रतिज्ञया प्राह मुनिर्द्वैपायनस्त्विदम् ॥

granthagranthiṃ tadā cakre munirgūḍhaṃ kutūhalāt | yasminpratijñayā prāha munirdvaipāyanastvidam

Then, for his own amusement, the sage tied hidden knots into the work, and concerning them the sage Dvaipayana made this solemn declaration:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 116 (1.1.116)

अष्टौ श्लोकसहस्राणि अष्टौ श्लोकशतानि च । अहं वेद्मि शुको वेत्ति संजयो वेत्ति वा न वा ॥

aṣṭau ślokasahasrāṇi aṣṭau ślokaśatāni ca | ahaṃ vedmi śuko vetti saṃjayo vetti vā na vā

"There are eight thousand eight hundred verses that I understand, and Shuka understands; whether Sanjaya understands them or not, who can say."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 117 (1.1.117)

तच्छ्लोककूटमद्यापि ग्रथितं सुदृढं मुने । भेत्तुं न शक्यतेऽर्थस्य गूढत्वात्प्रश्रितस्य च ॥

tacchlokakūṭamadyāpi grathitaṃ sudṛḍhaṃ mune | bhettuṃ na śakyate'rthasya gūḍhatvātpraśritasya ca

That knot of verses, O sage, stays firmly tied even today; it cannot be broken open, so deep is its meaning and so closely is it woven.

Note on the text: Corrected अर्थस्यं → अर्थस्य (misprint in Wikisource; stray anusvara on the genitive). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 118 (1.1.118)

सर्वज्ञोपि गणेशो यत्क्षणमास्ते विचारयन् । तावच्चकार व्यासोपि श्लोकानन्यान्बहूनपि ॥

sarvajñopi gaṇeśo yatkṣaṇamāste vicārayan | tāvaccakāra vyāsopi ślokānanyānbahūnapi

For while Ganesha, all-knowing though he was, paused for a moment to think one through, Vyasa composed many other verses in the meantime.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 119 (1.1.119)

तस्य वृक्षस्य वक्ष्यामि शाखापुष्पफलोदयम् । स्वादुमेध्यरसोपेतमच्छेद्यममरैरपि ॥

tasya vṛkṣasya vakṣyāmi śākhāpuṣpaphalodayam | svādumedhyarasopetamacchedyamamarairapi

I shall tell of the branches, flowers and fruit of that tree, whose fruit is full of sweet and pure juices and which not even the immortals can cut down.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.1, lines 59–60.

Verse 120 (1.1.120)

अनुक्रमणिकाध्यायं वृत्तान्तं सर्वपर्वणाम् । इदं द्वैपायनः पूर्वं पुत्रमध्यापयच्छुकम् ॥

anukramaṇikādhyāyaṃ vṛttāntaṃ sarvaparvaṇām | idaṃ dvaipāyanaḥ pūrvaṃ putramadhyāpayacchukam

Dvaipayana first taught this work, with its chapter of contents and its account of all the parvas, to his son Shuka.

Note on the text: Lines correspond to CE 1.1.62cd (in a variant form) and 1.1.63ab; the CE divides these lines differently.

Verse 121 (1.1.121)

ततोऽन्येभ्योऽनुरूपेभ्यः शिष्येभ्यः प्रददौ प्रभुः । षष्टिं शतसहस्राणि चकारान्यां स संहिताम् । त्रिंशच्छतसहस्रं च देवलोके प्रतिष्ठितम् ॥

tato'nyebhyo'nurūpebhyaḥ śiṣyebhyaḥ pradadau prabhuḥ | ṣaṣṭiṃ śatasahasrāṇi cakārānyāṃ sa saṃhitām | triṃśacchatasahasraṃ ca devaloke pratiṣṭhitam

Then the master gave it to other worthy disciples. He also made another compilation of six million verses, of which three million are established in the world of the gods;

Note on the text: Corrected प्रभु → प्रभुः (misprint in Wikisource; dropped visarga on the nominative; CE prabhuḥ). First line = CE 1.1.63cd; the other two lines are not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; star passage 29*).

Verse 122 (1.1.122)

पित्र्ये पञ्चदश प्रोक्तं रक्षोयक्षे चतुर्दश । एकं शतसहस्रं तु मानुषेषु प्रतिष्ठितम् ॥

pitrye pañcadaśa proktaṃ rakṣoyakṣe caturdaśa | ekaṃ śatasahasraṃ tu mānuṣeṣu pratiṣṭhitam

one and a half million are said to be among the ancestors, one million four hundred thousand among the rakshasas and yakshas, and one hundred thousand are established among men.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE records it only as an interpolation, star passage 29*.

Verse 123 (1.1.123)

नारदोऽश्रावयद्देवानसितो देवलः पितृन् । गन्धर्वयक्षरक्षांसि श्रावयामास वै शुकः ॥

nārado'śrāvayaddevānasito devalaḥ pitṛn | gandharvayakṣarakṣāṃsi śrāvayāmāsa vai śukaḥ

Narada recited it to the gods, Asita Devala to the ancestors, and Shuka to the gandharvas, yakshas and rakshasas.

Verse 124 (1.1.124)

वैशंपायनविप्रर्षिः श्रावयामास पार्थिवम् । पारिक्षितं महात्मानं नाम्ना तु जनमेजयम् ॥

vaiśaṃpāyanaviprarṣiḥ śrāvayāmāsa pārthivam | pārikṣitaṃ mahātmānaṃ nāmnā tu janamejayam

The brahmin seer Vaishampayana recited it to the king, the great-souled son of Parikshit, Janamejaya by name.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki quote marks (` and ') that bracket the vulgate addition. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE records it only as an interpolation, star passage 31*.

Verse 125 (1.1.125)

अस्मिंस्तु मानुषे लोके वैशंपायन उक्तवान् । शिष्यो व्यासस्य धर्मात्मा सर्ववेदविदां वरः ॥

asmiṃstu mānuṣe loke vaiśaṃpāyana uktavān | śiṣyo vyāsasya dharmātmā sarvavedavidāṃ varaḥ

In this world of men it was Vaishampayana who told it, the righteous disciple of Vyasa, foremost among all who know the Vedas.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE records it only as an interpolation, star passage 30*.

Verse 126 (1.1.126)

एकं शतसहस्रं तु मयोक्तं वै निबोधत ॥

ekaṃ śatasahasraṃ tu mayoktaṃ vai nibodhata

Now learn from me those one hundred thousand verses.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE records it only as an interpolation, star passage 30*. A single line in Wikisource, completing the two-line verse before it.

Verse 127 (1.1.127)

दुर्योधनो मन्युमयो महाद्रुमः । कर्णः स्कन्धः शकुनिस्तस्य शाखाः । दुश्शासनः पुष्पफले समृद्धे । मूलं राजा धृतराष्ट्रोऽमनीषी ॥

duryodhano manyumayo mahādrumaḥ | karṇaḥ skandhaḥ śakunistasya śākhāḥ | duśśāsanaḥ puṣpaphale samṛddhe | mūlaṃ rājā dhṛtarāṣṭro'manīṣī

Duryodhana is a great tree made of wrath: Karna is its trunk, Shakuni its branches, Duhshasana its rich flowers and fruit, and the foolish king Dhritarashtra its root.

Note on the text: Corrected अमनीषि → अमनीषी (misprint in Wikisource; the nominative of amanīṣin needs the long ī; CE amanīṣī).

Verse 128 (1.1.128)

युधिष्ठिरो धर्ममयो महाद्रुमः । स्कन्धोऽर्जुनो भीमसेनोऽस्य शाखाः । माद्रीसुतौ पुष्पफले समृद्धे । मूलं कृष्णो ब्रह्म च ब्राह्मणाश्च ॥

yudhiṣṭhiro dharmamayo mahādrumaḥ | skandho'rjuno bhīmaseno'sya śākhāḥ | mādrīsutau puṣpaphale samṛddhe | mūlaṃ kṛṣṇo brahma ca brāhmaṇāśca

Yudhishthira is a great tree made of dharma: Arjuna is its trunk, Bhimasena its branches, the two sons of Madri its rich flowers and fruit, and Krishna, the Veda and the brahmins its root.

Note on the text: Corrected युधिष्ठिरे → युधिष्ठिरो (misprint in Wikisource; the locative makes no sense, the verse needs the nominative, as with दुर्योधनो in the verse before; CE yudhiṣṭhiro).

Verse 129 (1.1.129)

पाण्डुर्जित्वा बहून्देशान्युधा विक्रमणेन च । अरण्ये मृगयाशीलो न्यवसत्सजनस्तथा ॥

pāṇḍurjitvā bahūndeśānyudhā vikramaṇena ca | araṇye mṛgayāśīlo nyavasatsajanastathā

Pandu, having conquered many lands in war and by his valour, went to live in the forest with his people, given to hunting.

Verse 130 (1.1.130)

मृगव्यवायनिधनात्कृच्छ्रां प्राप स आपदम् । जन्मप्रभृति पार्थानां तत्राचारविधिक्रमः ॥

mṛgavyavāyanidhanātkṛcchrāṃ prāpa sa āpadam | janmaprabhṛti pārthānāṃ tatrācāravidhikramaḥ

For killing a deer as it mated he fell into grave misfortune. There, from their birth onward, the Parthas were brought up in the proper course of conduct.

Verse 131 (1.1.131)

मात्रोरभ्युपपत्तिश्च धर्मोपनिषदं प्रति । धर्मस्य वायोः शक्रस्य देवयोश्च तथाश्विनोः ॥

mātrorabhyupapattiśca dharmopaniṣadaṃ prati | dharmasya vāyoḥ śakrasya devayośca tathāśvinoḥ

and how, by virtue of a secret sacred formula, the gods came to the two mothers: Dharma, Vayu, Shakra, and the two divine Ashvins.

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (1.1.69cd): Wikisource repeats here, as its second line, the second line of the next verse ("धर्मानिलेन्द्रांस्ताभिः साऽऽजुहाव सुतवाञ्छया"), whose ताभिः has no referent in this verse; the CE line naming the gods is put back.

Verse 132 (1.1.132)

ततो धर्मोपनिषदं भूत्वा भर्तुः प्रिया पृथा । धर्मानिलेन्द्रांस्ताभिः साऽऽजुहाव सुतवाञ्छया ॥

tato dharmopaniṣadaṃ bhūtvā bhartuḥ priyā pṛthā | dharmānilendrāṃstābhiḥ sā''juhāva sutavāñchayā

For Pritha, her husband's beloved, had come to possess that secret formula, and with its mantras she called on Dharma, the Wind and Indra, wishing for sons.

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki quote mark (`) at the start. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE records it only as an interpolation, star passage 32*.

Verse 133 (1.1.133)

तद्दत्तोपनिषन्माद्री चाश्विनावाजुहाव च । जाताः पार्थास्ततः सर्वे कुन्त्या माद्र्याश्च मन्त्रतः । तापसैः सह संवृद्धा मातृभ्यां परिरक्षिताः ॥

taddattopaniṣanmādrī cāśvināvājuhāva ca | jātāḥ pārthāstataḥ sarve kuntyā mādryāśca mantrataḥ | tāpasaiḥ saha saṃvṛddhā mātṛbhyāṃ parirakṣitāḥ

Madri, to whom she passed on the formula, called on the two Ashvins. So all the Parthas were born of Kunti and Madri through the mantras, and they grew up among ascetics, guarded by their two mothers,

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (।') after the second line. Lines 1–2 are not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; star passage 32*); line 3 = CE 1.1.70ab.

Verse 134 (1.1.134)

मेध्यारण्येषु पुण्येषु महतामाश्रमेषु च । तेषु जातेषु सर्वेषु पाण्डवेषु महात्मसु ॥

medhyāraṇyeṣu puṇyeṣu mahatāmāśrameṣu ca | teṣu jāteṣu sarveṣu pāṇḍaveṣu mahātmasu

in holy forests fit for sacrifice and in the hermitages of great sages. When all the great-souled Pandavas had been born,

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki quote mark (`) before the second line. Line 1 = CE 1.1.70cd; line 2 is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; star passage 33*).

Verse 135 (1.1.135)

माद्र्या तु सह संगम्य ऋषिशापप्रभावतः । मृतः पाण्डुर्महापुण्ये शतशृङ्गे महागिरौ ॥

mādryā tu saha saṃgamya ṛṣiśāpaprabhāvataḥ | mṛtaḥ pāṇḍurmahāpuṇye śataśṛṅge mahāgirau

Pandu, having lain with Madri, died through the force of a seer's curse on Shatashringa, the great and holy mountain.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (।।') at the end. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE records it only as an interpolation, star passage 33*.

Verse 136 (1.1.136)

ऋषिभिश्च समानीता धार्तराष्ट्रान्प्रति स्वयम् । शिशवश्चाभिरूपाश्च जटिला ब्रह्मचारिणः ॥

ṛṣibhiśca samānītā dhārtarāṣṭrānprati svayam | śiśavaścābhirūpāśca jaṭilā brahmacāriṇaḥ

Then the seers themselves brought the children to the sons of Dhritarashtra: handsome boys, wearing matted hair, living as brahmacharins.

Verse 137 (1.1.137)

पुत्राश्च भ्रातरश्चेमे शिष्याश्च सुहृदश्च वः । पाण्डवा एत इत्युक्त्वा मुनयोऽन्तर्हितास्ततः ॥

putrāśca bhrātaraśceme śiṣyāśca suhṛdaśca vaḥ | pāṇḍavā eta ityuktvā munayo'ntarhitāstataḥ

"These are your sons, your brothers, your pupils and your friends; these are the Pandavas," the sages said, and then they vanished.

Verse 138 (1.1.138)

तांस्तैर्निवेदितान्दृष्ट्वा पाण्डवान्कौरवास्तदा । शिष्टाश्च वर्णाः पौरा ये ते हर्षाच्चुक्रुशुर्भृशम् ॥

tāṃstairniveditāndṛṣṭvā pāṇḍavānkauravāstadā | śiṣṭāśca varṇāḥ paurā ye te harṣāccukruśurbhṛśam

Seeing the Pandavas thus presented by them, the Kauravas, the cultured classes and the townspeople there cried out loudly in joy.

Verse 139 (1.1.139)

आहुः केचिन्न तस्यैते तस्यैत इति चापरे । यदा चिरमृतः पाण्डुः कथं तस्येति चापरे ॥

āhuḥ kecinna tasyaite tasyaita iti cāpare | yadā ciramṛtaḥ pāṇḍuḥ kathaṃ tasyeti cāpare

Some said, "They are not his." Others said, "They are his." Still others said, "Pandu has been dead a long time; how can they be his?"

Note on the text: Corrected तस्येतदि → तस्येति (misprint in Wikisource; a spurious akshara makes a non-word and a nine-syllable line; CE tasyeti).

Verse 140 (1.1.140)

स्वागतं सर्वथा दिष्ट्या पाण्डोः पश्याम सन्ततिम् । उच्यतां स्वागतमिति वाचोऽश्रूयन्त सर्वशः ॥

svāgataṃ sarvathā diṣṭyā pāṇḍoḥ paśyāma santatim | ucyatāṃ svāgatamiti vāco'śrūyanta sarvaśaḥ

"Welcome, in every way! By good fortune we see Pandu's offspring. Let them be welcomed!" Such words were heard on every side.

Verse 141 (1.1.141)

तस्मिन्नुपरते शब्दे दिशः सर्वा निनादयन् । अन्तर्हितानां भूतानां निःस्वनस्तुमुलोऽभवत् ॥

tasminnuparate śabde diśaḥ sarvā ninādayan | antarhitānāṃ bhūtānāṃ niḥsvanastumulo'bhavat

When that clamour died down, a tumultuous cry of unseen beings arose, making all the quarters ring.

Note on the text: Corrected तुमुलीऽभवत् → तुमुलोऽभवत् (misprint in Wikisource; तुमुली is not a form here, the adjective agrees with निःस्वनः; CE tumulo 'bhavat).

Verse 142 (1.1.142)

पुष्पवृष्टिः शुभा गन्धाः शङ्खदुन्दुभिनिःस्वनाः । आसन्प्रवेशे पार्थानां तदद्भुतमिवाभवत् ॥

puṣpavṛṣṭiḥ śubhā gandhāḥ śaṅkhadundubhiniḥsvanāḥ | āsanpraveśe pārthānāṃ tadadbhutamivābhavat

A shower of flowers, sweet fragrances and the sound of conches and drums greeted the Parthas' entry; it was like a marvel.

Verse 143 (1.1.143)

तत्प्रीत्या चैव सर्वेषां पौराणां हर्षसंभवः । शब्द आसीन्महांस्तत्र दिवस्पृक्कीर्तिवर्धनः ॥

tatprītyā caiva sarveṣāṃ paurāṇāṃ harṣasaṃbhavaḥ | śabda āsīnmahāṃstatra divaspṛkkīrtivardhanaḥ

And from the delight of all the citizens a great sound arose there, reaching to heaven and spreading their fame.

Verse 144 (1.1.144)

तेऽधीत्य निखिलान्वेदाञ्शास्त्राणि विविधानि च । न्यवसन्पाण्डवास्तत्र पूजिता अकुतोभयाः ॥

te'dhītya nikhilānvedāñśāstrāṇi vividhāni ca | nyavasanpāṇḍavāstatra pūjitā akutobhayāḥ

Having studied all the Vedas and the various sciences, the Pandavas lived there, honoured and without fear from any side.

Verse 145 (1.1.145)

युधिष्ठिरस्य शौचेन प्रीताः प्रकृतयोऽभवन् । धृत्या च भीमसेनस्य विक्रमेणार्जुनस्य च ॥

yudhiṣṭhirasya śaucena prītāḥ prakṛtayo'bhavan | dhṛtyā ca bhīmasenasya vikrameṇārjunasya ca

The people were pleased with Yudhishthira's integrity, Bhimasena's steadfastness and Arjuna's valour,

Verse 146 (1.1.146)

गुरुशुश्रूषया कुन्त्या यमयोर्विनयेन च । तुतोष लोकः सकलस्तेषां शौर्यगुणेन च ॥

guruśuśrūṣayā kuntyā yamayorvinayena ca | tutoṣa lokaḥ sakalasteṣāṃ śauryaguṇena ca

with Kunti's service to her elders and the modesty of the twins; the whole world delighted in their heroism and their virtues.

Verse 147 (1.1.147)

समवाये ततो राज्ञां कन्यां भर्तृस्वयंवराम् । प्राप्तवानर्जुनः कृष्णां कृत्वा कर्म सुदुष्करम् ॥

samavāye tato rājñāṃ kanyāṃ bhartṛsvayaṃvarām | prāptavānarjunaḥ kṛṣṇāṃ kṛtvā karma suduṣkaram

Then, at a gathering of kings, Arjuna won the maiden Krishna, who was choosing her own husband, by performing a very difficult feat.

Verse 148 (1.1.148)

ततः प्रभृति लोकेऽस्मिन्पूज्यः सर्वधनुष्मताम् । आदित्य इव दुष्प्रेक्ष्यः समरेष्वपि चाभवत् ॥

tataḥ prabhṛti loke'sminpūjyaḥ sarvadhanuṣmatām | āditya iva duṣprekṣyaḥ samareṣvapi cābhavat

From then on he was honoured in this world by all archers, and in battle he was as hard to look upon as the sun.

Verse 149 (1.1.149)

स सर्वान्पार्थिवाञ्जित्वा सर्वांश्च महतो गणान् । आजहारार्जुनो राज्ञो राजसूयं महाक्रतुम् ॥

sa sarvānpārthivāñjitvā sarvāṃśca mahato gaṇān | ājahārārjuno rājño rājasūyaṃ mahākratum

Having conquered all the kings and all the great hosts, Arjuna secured for the king the great sacrifice, the Rajasuya.

Verse 150 (1.1.150)

अन्नवान्दक्षिणावांश्च सर्वैः समुदितो गुणैः । युधिष्ठिरेण संप्राप्तो राजसूयो महाक्रतुः ॥

annavāndakṣiṇāvāṃśca sarvaiḥ samudito guṇaiḥ | yudhiṣṭhireṇa saṃprāpto rājasūyo mahākratuḥ

Abounding in food and in sacrificial gifts, endowed with every excellence, the great Rajasuya sacrifice was accomplished by Yudhishthira

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (1.1.85ab): Wikisource prints only the second line of this verse.

Verse 151 (1.1.151)

सुनयाद्वासुदेवस्य भीमार्जुनबलेन च । घातयित्वा जरासन्धं चैद्यं च बलगर्वितम् ॥

sunayādvāsudevasya bhīmārjunabalena ca | ghātayitvā jarāsandhaṃ caidyaṃ ca balagarvitam

through Vasudeva's wise guidance and the strength of Bhima and Arjuna, after they had slain Jarasandha and the king of Chedi, proud of his might.

Verse 152 (1.1.152)

दुर्योधनं समागच्छन्नर्हणानि ततस्ततः । मणिकाञ्चनरत्नानि गोहस्त्यश्वधनानि च ॥

duryodhanaṃ samāgacchannarhaṇāni tatastataḥ | maṇikāñcanaratnāni gohastyaśvadhanāni ca

Tribute then came to Duryodhana from every quarter: jewels, gold and gems, cattle, elephants, horses and riches,

Verse 153 (1.1.153)

विचित्राणि च वासांसि प्रावारावरणानि च । कम्बलाजिनरत्नानि राङ्कवास्तरणानि च ॥

vicitrāṇi ca vāsāṃsi prāvārāvaraṇāni ca | kambalājinaratnāni rāṅkavāstaraṇāni ca

garments of many kinds, cloaks and wraps, blankets, the best of deerskins, and coverlets of ranku-deer wool.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE records it only as an interpolation, star passage 34*.

Verse 154 (1.1.154)

समृद्धां तां तथा दृष्ट्वा पाण्डवानां तदा श्रियम् । ईर्ष्यासमुत्थः सुमहांस्तस्य मन्युरजायत ॥

samṛddhāṃ tāṃ tathā dṛṣṭvā pāṇḍavānāṃ tadā śriyam | īrṣyāsamutthaḥ sumahāṃstasya manyurajāyata

Seeing that flourishing prosperity of the Pandavas, a very great anger born of envy arose in him.

Verse 155 (1.1.155)

विमानप्रतिमां तत्र मयेन सुकृतां सभाम् । पाण्डवानामुपहृतां स दृष्ट्वा पर्यतप्यत ॥

vimānapratimāṃ tatra mayena sukṛtāṃ sabhām | pāṇḍavānāmupahṛtāṃ sa dṛṣṭvā paryatapyata

Seeing there the assembly hall, like a celestial chariot, finely built by Maya and presented to the Pandavas, he burned with resentment.

Verse 156 (1.1.156)

तत्रावहसितश्चासीत्प्रस्कन्दन्निव संभ्रमात् । प्रत्यक्षं वासुदेवस्य भीमेनानभिजातवत् ॥

tatrāvahasitaścāsītpraskandanniva saṃbhramāt | pratyakṣaṃ vāsudevasya bhīmenānabhijātavat

There, when he stumbled in confusion, he was laughed at by Bhima, in Vasudeva's presence, as though he were some ill-bred fellow.

Verse 157 (1.1.157)

स भोगान्विविधान्भुञ्जन्रत्नानि विविधानि च । कथितो धृतराष्ट्रस्य विवर्णो हरिणः कृशः ॥

sa bhogānvividhānbhuñjanratnāni vividhāni ca | kathito dhṛtarāṣṭrasya vivarṇo hariṇaḥ kṛśaḥ

Though he enjoyed pleasures of every kind and jewels of every sort, he was reported to Dhritarashtra to be pale, wan and thin.

Verse 158 (1.1.158)

अन्वजानात्ततो द्यूतं धृतराष्ट्रः सुतप्रियः । तच्छ्रुत्वा वासुदेवस्य कोपः समभवन्महान् ॥

anvajānāttato dyūtaṃ dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ sutapriyaḥ | tacchrutvā vāsudevasya kopaḥ samabhavanmahān

Then Dhritarashtra, fond of his son, gave his consent to the game of dice. When Vasudeva heard of it, a great anger came over him.

Verse 159 (1.1.159)

नातिप्रीतमनाश्चासीद्विवादांश्चान्वमोदत । द्यूतादीननयान्घोरान्विविधांश्चाप्युपैक्षत ॥

nātiprītamanāścāsīdvivādāṃścānvamodata | dyūtādīnanayānghorānvividhāṃścāpyupaikṣata

He was not pleased at heart, yet he let the quarrels run their course and looked on at the dreadful wrongs, the dicing and the rest, in all their variety.

Verse 160 (1.1.160)

निरस्य विदुरं भीष्मं द्रोणं शारद्वतं कृपम् । विग्रहे तुमुले तस्मिन्दहन्क्षत्रं परस्परम् ॥

nirasya viduraṃ bhīṣmaṃ droṇaṃ śāradvataṃ kṛpam | vigrahe tumule tasmindahankṣatraṃ parasparam

Setting aside Vidura, Bhishma, Drona and Kripa son of Sharadvat, the kshatriyas in that tumultuous war consumed one another.

Verse 161 (1.1.161)

जयत्सु पाण्डुपुत्रेषु श्रुत्वा सुमहदप्रियम् । दुर्योधनमतं ज्ञात्वा कर्णस्य शकुनेस्तथा ॥

jayatsu pāṇḍuputreṣu śrutvā sumahadapriyam | duryodhanamataṃ jñātvā karṇasya śakunestathā

When the sons of Pandu were winning, Dhritarashtra heard that most unwelcome news, and knowing what Duryodhana, Karna and Shakuni intended,

Note on the text: Lines correspond to CE 1.1.95abcd; the CE groups the lines of this passage into three-line verses.

Verse 162 (1.1.162)

धृतराष्ट्रश्चिरं ध्यात्वा संजयं वाक्यमब्रवीत् । शृणु संजय सर्वं मे नचासूयितुमर्हसि ॥

dhṛtarāṣṭraściraṃ dhyātvā saṃjayaṃ vākyamabravīt | śṛṇu saṃjaya sarvaṃ me nacāsūyitumarhasi

he brooded a long while and then said to Sanjaya: "Hear all of this from me, Sanjaya, and do not think ill of me.

Note on the text: Lines correspond to CE 1.1.95ef and 1.1.96ab.

Verse 163 (1.1.163)

श्रुतवानसि मेधावी बुद्धिमान्प्राज्ञसंमतः । न विग्रहे मम मतिर्न च प्रीये कुलक्षये ॥

śrutavānasi medhāvī buddhimānprājñasaṃmataḥ | na vigrahe mama matirna ca prīye kulakṣaye

You are learned, intelligent and wise, and the discerning hold you in regard. My mind was never set on war, nor did I take any pleasure in the ruin of my house.

Note on the text: Lines correspond to CE 1.1.96cd and 1.1.97ab.

Verse 164 (1.1.164)

न मे विशेषः पुत्रेषु स्वेषु पाण्डुसुतेषु वा । वृद्धं मामभ्यसूयन्ति पुत्रा मन्युपरायणाः ॥

na me viśeṣaḥ putreṣu sveṣu pāṇḍusuteṣu vā | vṛddhaṃ māmabhyasūyanti putrā manyuparāyaṇāḥ

I made no distinction between my own sons and the sons of Pandu. But my sons, given over to anger, resent me because I am old.

Note on the text: Corrected पाम्डुसुतेषु → पाण्डुसुतेषु (misprint in Wikisource; म्ड for ण्ड). Lines correspond to CE 1.1.97cd and 1.1.98ab.

Verse 165 (1.1.165)

अहं त्वचक्षुः कार्पण्यात्पुत्रप्रीत्या सहामि तत् । मुह्यन्तं चानुमुह्यामि दुर्योधनमचेतनम् ॥

ahaṃ tvacakṣuḥ kārpaṇyātputraprītyā sahāmi tat | muhyantaṃ cānumuhyāmi duryodhanamacetanam

And I, being blind, put up with it out of weakness and love for my son; when the senseless Duryodhana lost his way, I lost mine with him.

Note on the text: Lines correspond to CE 1.1.98cdef.

Verse 166 (1.1.166)

राजसूये श्रियं दृष्ट्वा पाण्डवस्य महौजसः । तच्चावहसनं प्राप्य सभारोहणदर्शने ॥

rājasūye śriyaṃ dṛṣṭvā pāṇḍavasya mahaujasaḥ | taccāvahasanaṃ prāpya sabhārohaṇadarśane

He saw the splendour of the mighty Pandava at the Rajasuya, and he was laughed at when he went up to view the assembly hall;

Verse 167 (1.1.167)

अमर्षितः स्वयं जेतुमशक्तः पाण्डवान्रणे । निरुत्साहश्च संप्राप्तुं सुश्रियं क्षत्रियोऽपि सन् ॥

amarṣitaḥ svayaṃ jetumaśaktaḥ pāṇḍavānraṇe | nirutsāhaśca saṃprāptuṃ suśriyaṃ kṣatriyo'pi san

resentful, unable to defeat the Pandavas in battle himself, and lacking the resolve, though a kshatriya, to win fortune for himself,

Note on the text: Lines correspond to CE 1.1.100abcd.

Verse 168 (1.1.168)

गान्धारराजसहितश्छद्मद्यूतममन्त्रयत् । तत्र यद्यद्यथा ज्ञातं मया संजय तच्छृणु ॥

gāndhārarājasahitaśchadmadyūtamamantrayat | tatra yadyadyathā jñātaṃ mayā saṃjaya tacchṛṇu

So, with the king of Gandhara, he plotted a crooked game of dice. Now hear, Sanjaya, everything I came to know of it, just as I came to know it.

Note on the text: Corrected मयां → मया (misprint in Wikisource; stray anusvara on the instrumental; CE mayā). Lines correspond to CE 1.1.100ef and 1.1.101ab.

Verse 169 (1.1.169)

श्रुत्वा तु मम वाक्यानि बुद्धियुक्तानि तत्त्वतः । ततो ज्ञास्यसि मां सौते प्रज्ञाचक्षुषमित्युत ॥

śrutvā tu mama vākyāni buddhiyuktāni tattvataḥ | tato jñāsyasi māṃ saute prajñācakṣuṣamityuta

When you have heard my words, which are reasoned and true, you will know me, Sanjaya, to be one who sees with the eye of wisdom.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रज्ञाटचक्षुषम् → प्रज्ञाचक्षुषम् (misprint in Wikisource; spurious akshara ट; CE prajñācakṣuṣam). Lines correspond to CE 1.1.101cdef.

Verse 170 (1.1.170)

यदाऽश्रौषं धनुरायम्य चित्रं । विद्धं लक्ष्यं पातितं वै पृथिव्याम् । कृष्णां हृतां प्रेक्षतां सर्वराज्ञां । तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥

yadā'śrauṣaṃ dhanurāyamya citraṃ | viddhaṃ lakṣyaṃ pātitaṃ vai pṛthivyām | kṛṣṇāṃ hṛtāṃ prekṣatāṃ sarvarājñāṃ | tadā nāśaṃse vijayāya saṃjaya

When I heard that Arjuna had bent the wondrous bow, pierced the target and brought it down to the ground, and carried off Krishna while all the kings looked on, then, Sanjaya, I had no hope of victory.

Verse 171 (1.1.171)

यदाऽश्रौषं द्वारकायां सुभद्रां । प्रसह्योढां माधवीमर्जुनेन । इन्द्रप्रस्थं वृष्णिवीरौ च यातौ । तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥

yadā'śrauṣaṃ dvārakāyāṃ subhadrāṃ | prasahyoḍhāṃ mādhavīmarjunena | indraprasthaṃ vṛṣṇivīrau ca yātau | tadā nāśaṃse vijayāya saṃjaya

When I heard that in Dvaraka Arjuna had carried off Subhadra of the Madhu clan by force, and that the two heroes of the Vrishnis had come to Indraprastha, then, Sanjaya, I had no hope of victory.

Verse 172 (1.1.172)

यदाऽश्रौषं देवराजं प्रवृष्टं । शरैर्दिव्यैर्वारितं चार्जुनेन । अग्निं तथा तर्पितं खाण्डवे च । तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥

yadā'śrauṣaṃ devarājaṃ pravṛṣṭaṃ | śarairdivyairvāritaṃ cārjunena | agniṃ tathā tarpitaṃ khāṇḍave ca | tadā nāśaṃse vijayāya saṃjaya

When I heard that Arjuna had held back with celestial arrows the king of the gods as he poured down rain, and that Agni had been sated in the Khandava forest, then, Sanjaya, I had no hope of victory.

Verse 173 (1.1.173)

यदाऽश्रौषं जातुषाद्वेश्मनस्ता- । न्मुक्तान्पार्थान्पञ्च कुन्त्या समेतान् । युक्तं चैषां विदुरं स्वार्थसिद्ध्यै । तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥

yadā'śrauṣaṃ jātuṣādveśmanastā- | nmuktānpārthānpañca kuntyā sametān | yuktaṃ caiṣāṃ viduraṃ svārthasiddhyai | tadā nāśaṃse vijayāya saṃjaya

When I heard that the five Parthas had escaped with Kunti from the house of lac, and that Vidura was devoted to the success of their cause, then, Sanjaya, I had no hope of victory.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE records it only as an interpolation, star passage 35*.

Verse 174 (1.1.174)

यदाऽश्रौषं द्रौपदीं रङ्गमध्ये । लक्ष्यं भित्त्वा निर्जितामर्जुनेन । शूरान्पञ्चालान्पाण्डवेयांश्च युक्तां- । स्तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥

yadā'śrauṣaṃ draupadīṃ raṅgamadhye | lakṣyaṃ bhittvā nirjitāmarjunena | śūrānpañcālānpāṇḍaveyāṃśca yuktāṃ- | stadā nāśaṃse vijayāya saṃjaya

When I heard that in the middle of the arena Arjuna had pierced the target and won Draupadi, and that the brave Panchalas had joined the Pandavas, then, Sanjaya, I had no hope of victory.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE records it only as an interpolation, star passage 36*.

Verse 175 (1.1.175)

यदाऽश्रौषं मागधानां वरिष्ठं । जरासन्धं क्षत्रमध्ये ज्वलन्तम् । दोर्भ्यां हतं भीमसेनेन गत्वा । तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥

yadā'śrauṣaṃ māgadhānāṃ variṣṭhaṃ | jarāsandhaṃ kṣatramadhye jvalantam | dorbhyāṃ hataṃ bhīmasenena gatvā | tadā nāśaṃse vijayāya saṃjaya

When I heard that Bhimasena had gone to Jarasandha, foremost of the Magadhas, who blazed among the kshatriyas, and killed him with his bare arms, then, Sanjaya, I had no hope of victory.

Note on the text: Corrected क्ष्वमध्ये → क्षत्रमध्ये (misprint in Wikisource; क्ष्व is not a word here; star passage 37* reads kṣatramadhye). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE records it only as an interpolation, star passage 37*.

Verse 176 (1.1.176)

यदाऽश्रौषं दिग्जये पाण्डुपुत्रै- । र्वशीकृतान्भूमिपालान्प्रसह्य । महाक्रतुं राजसूयं कृतं च । तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥

yadā'śrauṣaṃ digjaye pāṇḍuputrai- | rvaśīkṛtānbhūmipālānprasahya | mahākratuṃ rājasūyaṃ kṛtaṃ ca | tadā nāśaṃse vijayāya saṃjaya

When I heard that in their conquest of the quarters the sons of Pandu had forced the kings of the earth under their sway and performed the great Rajasuya sacrifice, then, Sanjaya, I had no hope of victory.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE records it only as an interpolation, star passage 38*.

Verse 177 (1.1.177)

यदाऽश्रौषं द्रौपदीमश्रुकण्ठीं । सभां नीतां दुःखितामेकवस्त्राम् । रजस्वलां नाथवतीमनाथव- । त्तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥

yadā'śrauṣaṃ draupadīmaśrukaṇṭhīṃ | sabhāṃ nītāṃ duḥkhitāmekavastrām | rajasvalāṃ nāthavatīmanāthava- | ttadā nāśaṃse vijayāya saṃjaya

When I heard that Draupadi, her throat choked with tears, grieving, in a single garment and in her season, had been dragged into the assembly as if she had no protectors though she had them, then, Sanjaya, I had no hope of victory.

Verse 178 (1.1.178)

यदाऽश्रौषं वाससां तत्र राशिं । समाक्षिपत्कितवो मन्दबुद्धिः । दुःशासनो गतवान्नैवं चान्तं । तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥

yadā'śrauṣaṃ vāsasāṃ tatra rāśiṃ | samākṣipatkitavo mandabuddhiḥ | duḥśāsano gatavānnaivaṃ cāntaṃ | tadā nāśaṃse vijayāya saṃjaya

When I heard that the dull-witted cheat Duhshasana kept dragging at the heap of garments there and never came to its end, then, Sanjaya, I had no hope of victory.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE records it only as an interpolation, star passage 40*.

Verse 179 (1.1.179)

यदाऽश्रौषं हृतराज्यं युधिष्ठिरं । पराजितं सौबलेनाक्षवत्याम् । अन्वागतं भ्रातृभिरप्रमेयै- । स्तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥

yadā'śrauṣaṃ hṛtarājyaṃ yudhiṣṭhiraṃ | parājitaṃ saubalenākṣavatyām | anvāgataṃ bhrātṛbhiraprameyai- | stadā nāśaṃse vijayāya saṃjaya

When I heard that Yudhishthira had been beaten at dice by the son of Subala and robbed of his kingdom, and that his brothers of immeasurable might had followed him, then, Sanjaya, I had no hope of victory.

Verse 180 (1.1.180)

यदाश्रौषं विविधास्तत्र चेष्टा । धर्मात्मनां प्रस्थितानां वनाय । ज्येष्ठप्रीत्या क्लिश्यतां पाण्डवानां । तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥

yadāśrauṣaṃ vividhāstatra ceṣṭā | dharmātmanāṃ prasthitānāṃ vanāya | jyeṣṭhaprītyā kliśyatāṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ | tadā nāśaṃse vijayāya saṃjaya

When I heard of all that the righteous Pandavas did there as they set out for the forest, suffering for love of their eldest brother, then, Sanjaya, I had no hope of victory.

Verse 181 (1.1.181)

यदाऽश्रौषं स्नातकानां सहस्रै- । रन्वागतं धर्मराजं वनस्थम् । भिक्षाभुजां ब्राह्मणानां महात्मनां । तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥

yadā'śrauṣaṃ snātakānāṃ sahasrai- | ranvāgataṃ dharmarājaṃ vanastham | bhikṣābhujāṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ mahātmanāṃ | tadā nāśaṃse vijayāya saṃjaya

When I heard that the King of Dharma, living in the forest, was followed by thousands of snatakas and great-souled brahmins who lived on alms, then, Sanjaya, I had no hope of victory.

Note on the text: Removed a stray "?" after the avagraha (wiki artefact).

Verse 182 (1.1.182)

यदाऽश्रौषमर्जुनो देवदेवं । किरातरूपं त्र्यम्बकं तोष्य युद्धे । अवाप तत्पाशुपतं महास्त्रं । तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥

yadā'śrauṣamarjuno devadevaṃ | kirātarūpaṃ tryambakaṃ toṣya yuddhe | avāpa tatpāśupataṃ mahāstraṃ | tadā nāśaṃse vijayāya saṃjaya

When I heard that Arjuna had pleased in combat the three-eyed God of gods, who came in the form of a mountain hunter, and had won from him the great Pashupata weapon, then, Sanjaya, I had no hope of victory.

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (1.1.109): Wikisource skips verse number 183 between the snatakas verse (182) and the next (184), and the Kirata/Pashupata verse that belongs here in the sequence of events is missing.

Verse 183 (1.1.183)

यदाऽश्रौषं वनवासेन पार्था- । न्समागतान्महर्षिभिः पुराणैः । उपास्यमानान्सगणैर्जातसख्यां- । स्तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥

yadā'śrauṣaṃ vanavāsena pārthā- | nsamāgatānmaharṣibhiḥ purāṇaiḥ | upāsyamānānsagaṇairjātasakhyāṃ- | stadā nāśaṃse vijayāya saṃjaya

When I heard that during their life in the forest the Parthas had been joined by great seers of old, who befriended them and attended on them with their followers, then, Sanjaya, I had no hope of victory.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (` and ।।') and corrected संजर्य → संजय (misprint in Wikisource; the refrain). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE records it only as an interpolation, star passage 42*.

Verse 184 (1.1.184)

यदाश्रौषं त्रिदिवस्थं धनंजयं । शक्रात्साक्षाद्दिव्यमस्त्रं यथावत् । अधीयानं शंसितं सत्यसन्धं । तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥

yadāśrauṣaṃ tridivasthaṃ dhanaṃjayaṃ | śakrātsākṣāddivyamastraṃ yathāvat | adhīyānaṃ śaṃsitaṃ satyasandhaṃ | tadā nāśaṃse vijayāya saṃjaya

When I heard that Dhananjaya, staying in heaven, was learning the celestial weapons properly from Shakra himself, praised there and true to his word, then, Sanjaya, I had no hope of victory.

Verse 185 (1.1.185)

यदाऽश्रौषं कालकेयास्ततस्ते । पौलोमानो वरदानाच्च दृप्ताः । देवैरजेया निर्जिताश्चार्जुनेन । तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥

yadā'śrauṣaṃ kālakeyāstataste | paulomāno varadānācca dṛptāḥ | devairajeyā nirjitāścārjunena | tadā nāśaṃse vijayāya saṃjaya

When I heard that the Kalakeyas and the Paulomas, made arrogant by a boon and unconquerable by the gods, had been vanquished by Arjuna, then, Sanjaya, I had no hope of victory.

Note on the text: Corrected अश्रोषं → अश्रौषं (misprint in Wikisource; the refrain verb, as in every other verse). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE records it only as an interpolation, star passage 43*.

Verse 186 (1.1.186)

यदाऽश्रौषमसुराणां वधार्थे । किरीटिनं यान्तममित्रकर्शनम् । कृतार्थं चाप्यागतं शक्रलोका- । त्तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥

yadā'śrauṣamasurāṇāṃ vadhārthe | kirīṭinaṃ yāntamamitrakarśanam | kṛtārthaṃ cāpyāgataṃ śakralokā- | ttadā nāśaṃse vijayāya saṃjaya

When I heard that Kiritin, scourge of his foes, had gone out to slay the asuras and had come back from Shakra's world with his purpose achieved, then, Sanjaya, I had no hope of victory.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE records it only as an interpolation, star passage 44*.

Verse 187 (1.1.187)

यदाऽश्रौषं तीर्थयात्राप्रवृत्तं । पाण्डोः सुतं सहितं लोमशेन । बृहदश्वादक्षहृदयं च प्राप्तं । तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥

yadā'śrauṣaṃ tīrthayātrāpravṛttaṃ | pāṇḍoḥ sutaṃ sahitaṃ lomaśena | bṛhadaśvādakṣahṛdayaṃ ca prāptaṃ | tadā nāśaṃse vijayāya saṃjaya

When I heard that Pandu's son had set out on a pilgrimage to the sacred fords together with Lomasha, and had obtained from Brihadashva the secret of the dice, then, Sanjaya, I had no hope of victory.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (` and ।।'). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE records it only as an interpolation, star passage 45*.

Verse 188 (1.1.188)

यदाऽश्रौषं वैश्रवणेन सार्धं । समागतं भीममन्यांश्च पार्थान् । तस्मिन्देशे मानुषाणामगम्ये । तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥

yadā'śrauṣaṃ vaiśravaṇena sārdhaṃ | samāgataṃ bhīmamanyāṃśca pārthān | tasmindeśe mānuṣāṇāmagamye | tadā nāśaṃse vijayāya saṃjaya

When I heard that Bhima and the other Parthas had met Vaishravana in that region which men cannot reach, then, Sanjaya, I had no hope of victory.

Note on the text: Corrected भीमन्यांश्च → भीममन्यांश्च (misprint in Wikisource; dropped akshara म; CE bhīmam anyāṃś ca), नाशंसि → नाशंसे and संजया → संजय (misprints in the refrain; CE nāśaṃse … saṃjaya).

Verse 189 (1.1.189)

यदाऽश्रौषं घोषयात्रागतानां । बन्धं गन्धर्वैर्मोक्षणं चार्जुनेन । स्वेषां सुतानां कर्णबुद्धौ रतानां । तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥

yadā'śrauṣaṃ ghoṣayātrāgatānāṃ | bandhaṃ gandharvairmokṣaṇaṃ cārjunena | sveṣāṃ sutānāṃ karṇabuddhau ratānāṃ | tadā nāśaṃse vijayāya saṃjaya

When I heard that my sons, who had gone out on the cattle-tour and were bent on following Karna's counsel, had been taken captive by the gandharvas and set free by Arjuna, then, Sanjaya, I had no hope of victory.

Verse 190 (1.1.190)

यदाऽश्रौषं यक्षरूपेण धर्मं । समागतं धर्मराजेन सूत । प्रश्नान्कांश्चिद्विब्रुवाणं च सम्यक् । तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥

yadā'śrauṣaṃ yakṣarūpeṇa dharmaṃ | samāgataṃ dharmarājena sūta | praśnānkāṃścidvibruvāṇaṃ ca samyak | tadā nāśaṃse vijayāya saṃjaya

When I heard, O suta, that Dharma in the form of a yaksha had met the King of Dharma and had put certain questions to him in due form, then, Sanjaya, I had no hope of victory.

Verse 191 (1.1.191)

यदाऽश्रौषं न विदुर्मामकास्तान् । प्रच्छन्नरूपान्वसतः पाण्डवेयान् । विराटराष्ट्रे सह कृष्णया च । तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥

yadā'śrauṣaṃ na vidurmāmakāstān | pracchannarūpānvasataḥ pāṇḍaveyān | virāṭarāṣṭre saha kṛṣṇayā ca | tadā nāśaṃse vijayāya saṃjaya

When I heard that my people had not recognized the Pandavas as they lived in disguise with Krishna in the kingdom of Virata, then, Sanjaya, I had no hope of victory.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE records it only as an interpolation, star passage 47*.

Verse 192 (1.1.192)

यदाऽश्रौषं कीचकानां वरिष्ठं । निषूदितं भ्रातृशतेन सार्धम् । द्रौपद्यर्थे भीमसेनेन सङ्ख्ये । तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥

yadā'śrauṣaṃ kīcakānāṃ variṣṭhaṃ | niṣūditaṃ bhrātṛśatena sārdham | draupadyarthe bhīmasenena saṅkhye | tadā nāśaṃse vijayāya saṃjaya

When I heard that the foremost of the Kichakas had been slain together with his hundred brothers by Bhimasena in a fight for Draupadi's sake, then, Sanjaya, I had no hope of victory.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (` and ।।'). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE records it only as an interpolation, star passage 49*.

Verse 193 (1.1.193)

यदाऽश्रौषं मामकानां वरिष्ठा- । न्धनंजयेनैकरथेन भग्नान् । विराटराष्ट्रे वसता महात्मना । तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥

yadā'śrauṣaṃ māmakānāṃ variṣṭhā- | ndhanaṃjayenaikarathena bhagnān | virāṭarāṣṭre vasatā mahātmanā | tadā nāśaṃse vijayāya saṃjaya

When I heard that my foremost warriors had been routed by the great-souled Dhananjaya, alone in a single chariot, while he was living in Virata's kingdom, then, Sanjaya, I had no hope of victory.

Verse 194 (1.1.194)

यदाऽश्रौषं सत्कृतं मत्स्यराज्ञा । सुतां दत्तामुत्तरामर्जुनाय । तां चार्जुनः प्रत्यगृह्णात्सुतार्थे । तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥

yadā'śrauṣaṃ satkṛtaṃ matsyarājñā | sutāṃ dattāmuttarāmarjunāya | tāṃ cārjunaḥ pratyagṛhṇātsutārthe | tadā nāśaṃse vijayāya saṃjaya

When I heard that the king of the Matsyas had with honour offered his daughter Uttara to Arjuna, and that Arjuna had accepted her for his son, then, Sanjaya, I had no hope of victory.

Verse 195 (1.1.195)

यदाऽश्रौषं निर्जितस्याधनस्य । प्रव्राजितस्य स्वजनात्प्रच्युतस्य । अक्षौहिणीः सप्त युधिष्ठिरस्य । तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥

yadā'śrauṣaṃ nirjitasyādhanasya | pravrājitasya svajanātpracyutasya | akṣauhiṇīḥ sapta yudhiṣṭhirasya | tadā nāśaṃse vijayāya saṃjaya

When I heard that Yudhishthira, defeated, without wealth, banished and cut off from his own people, had gathered seven akshauhinis, then, Sanjaya, I had no hope of victory.

Verse 196 (1.1.196)

यदाऽश्रौषं माधवं वासुदेवं । सर्वात्मना पाण्डवार्थे निविष्टम् । यस्येमां गां विक्रममेकमाहु- । स्तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥

yadā'śrauṣaṃ mādhavaṃ vāsudevaṃ | sarvātmanā pāṇḍavārthe niviṣṭam | yasyemāṃ gāṃ vikramamekamāhu- | stadā nāśaṃse vijayāya saṃjaya

When I heard that Madhava Vasudeva, of whom they say that this whole earth was but a single stride, was devoted with his whole being to the Pandavas' cause, then, Sanjaya, I had no hope of victory.

Verse 197 (1.1.197)

यदाऽश्रौषं नरनारायणौ तौ । कृष्णार्जुनौ वदतो नारदस्य । अहं द्रष्टा ब्रह्मलोके च सम्यक् । तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥

yadā'śrauṣaṃ naranārāyaṇau tau | kṛṣṇārjunau vadato nāradasya | ahaṃ draṣṭā brahmaloke ca samyak | tadā nāśaṃse vijayāya saṃjaya

When I heard Narada say that Krishna and Arjuna are those two, Nara and Narayana, and that he himself had seen them clearly in the world of Brahma, then, Sanjaya, I had no hope of victory.

Verse 198 (1.1.198)

यदाऽश्रौषं लोकहिताय कृष्णं । शमार्थिनमुपयातं कुरूणाम् । शमं कुर्वाणमकृतार्थं च यातं । तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥

yadā'śrauṣaṃ lokahitāya kṛṣṇaṃ | śamārthinamupayātaṃ kurūṇām | śamaṃ kurvāṇamakṛtārthaṃ ca yātaṃ | tadā nāśaṃse vijayāya saṃjaya

When I heard that Krishna, for the good of the world, had come to the Kurus seeking peace, and had gone away again with his purpose unfulfilled, then, Sanjaya, I had no hope of victory.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE records it only as an interpolation, star passage 51*.

Verse 199 (1.1.199)

यदाऽश्रौषं कर्णदुर्योधनाभ्यां । बुद्धिं कृतां निग्रहे केशवस्य । तं चात्मानं बहुधा दर्शयानं । तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥

yadā'śrauṣaṃ karṇaduryodhanābhyāṃ | buddhiṃ kṛtāṃ nigrahe keśavasya | taṃ cātmānaṃ bahudhā darśayānaṃ | tadā nāśaṃse vijayāya saṃjaya

When I heard that Karna and Duryodhana had resolved to take Keshava captive, and that he showed himself in many forms, then, Sanjaya, I had no hope of victory.

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (1.1.119a): Wikisource has lost the first line of this verse (it prints only three lines, without the यदाऽश्रौषं opening every verse of the refrain).

Verse 200 (1.1.200)

यदाऽश्रौषं वासुदेवे प्रयाते । रथस्यैकामग्रतस्तिष्ठमानाम् । आर्तां पृथां सान्त्वितां केशवेन । तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥

yadā'śrauṣaṃ vāsudeve prayāte | rathasyaikāmagratastiṣṭhamānām | ārtāṃ pṛthāṃ sāntvitāṃ keśavena | tadā nāśaṃse vijayāya saṃjaya

When I heard that as Vasudeva was leaving, Pritha stood alone and distressed in front of his chariot and was comforted by Keshava, then, Sanjaya, I had no hope of victory.

Verse 201 (1.1.201)

यदाऽश्रौषं मन्त्रिणं वासुदेवं । तथा भीष्मं शान्तनवं च तेषाम् । भारद्वाजं चाशिषोऽनुब्रुवाणं । तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥

yadā'śrauṣaṃ mantriṇaṃ vāsudevaṃ | tathā bhīṣmaṃ śāntanavaṃ ca teṣām | bhāradvājaṃ cāśiṣo'nubruvāṇaṃ | tadā nāśaṃse vijayāya saṃjaya

When I heard that Vasudeva was their counsellor, and that Bhishma son of Shantanu and Drona son of Bharadvaja were speaking blessings over them, then, Sanjaya, I had no hope of victory.

Verse 202 (1.1.202)

यदा कर्णो भीष्ममुवाच वाक्यं । नाहं योत्स्ये युध्यमाने त्वयीति । हित्वा सेनामपचक्राम चापि । तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥

yadā karṇo bhīṣmamuvāca vākyaṃ | nāhaṃ yotsye yudhyamāne tvayīti | hitvā senāmapacakrāma cāpi | tadā nāśaṃse vijayāya saṃjaya

When Karna said to Bhishma, "I will not fight while you are fighting," and left the army and went away, then, Sanjaya, I had no more hope of victory.

Verse 203 (1.1.203)

यदाऽश्रौषं वासुदेवार्जुनौ तौ । तथा धनुर्गाण्डिवमप्रमेयम् । त्रीण्युग्रवीर्याणि समागतानि । तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥

yadā'śrauṣaṃ vāsudevārjunau tau | tathā dhanurgāṇḍivamaprameyam | trīṇyugravīryāṇi samāgatāni | tadā nāśaṃse vijayāya saṃjaya

When I heard that those two, Vasudeva and Arjuna, and the immeasurable bow Gandiva, three things of fearsome power, had come together, then, Sanjaya, I had no more hope of victory.

Verse 204 (1.1.204)

यदाऽश्रौषं कश्मलेनाभिपन्ने । रथोपस्थे सीदमानेऽर्जुने वै । कृष्णं लोकान्दर्शयानं शरीरे । तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥

yadā'śrauṣaṃ kaśmalenābhipanne | rathopasthe sīdamāne'rjune vai | kṛṣṇaṃ lokāndarśayānaṃ śarīre | tadā nāśaṃse vijayāya saṃjaya

When I heard that, as Arjuna sank down on the floor of his chariot, overcome by despondency, Krishna showed him all the worlds within his own body, then, Sanjaya, I had no more hope of victory.

Note on the text: Corrected कश्ललेनाभिपन्ने → कश्मलेनाभिपन्ने (misprint in Wikisource; कश्मल "despondency", as in the critical edition).

Verse 205 (1.1.205)

यदाऽश्रौषं भीष्मममित्रकर्शनं । निघ्नन्तमाजावयुतं रथानाम् । नैषां कश्चिद्वध्यते ख्यातरूप- । स्तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥

yadā'śrauṣaṃ bhīṣmamamitrakarśanaṃ | nighnantamājāvayutaṃ rathānām | naiṣāṃ kaścidvadhyate khyātarūpa- | stadā nāśaṃse vijayāya saṃjaya

When I heard that Bhishma, tormentor of his enemies, was cutting down chariot-fighters by the ten thousand in battle, and yet not one of their renowned warriors was being slain, then, Sanjaya, I had no more hope of victory.

Note on the text: Corrected भीष्ममित्रकर्शनं → भीष्मममित्रकर्शनं (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped akshara turned अमित्रकर्शन "tormentor of foes" into "tormentor of friends"; the critical edition reads bhīṣmam amitrakarśanaṃ).

Verse 206 (1.1.206)

यदाऽश्रौषं चापगेयेन सङ्ख्ये । स्वयं मृत्युं विहितं धार्मिकेण । तच्चाकार्षुः पाण्डवेयाः प्रहृष्टा- । स्तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥

yadā'śrauṣaṃ cāpageyena saṅkhye | svayaṃ mṛtyuṃ vihitaṃ dhārmikeṇa | taccākārṣuḥ pāṇḍaveyāḥ prahṛṣṭā- | stadā nāśaṃse vijayāya saṃjaya

When I heard that the righteous son of Ganga had himself made known in battle the means of his own death, and that the sons of Pandu had joyfully carried it out, then, Sanjaya, I had no more hope of victory.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition has it only in its apparatus (after 1.1.125).

Verse 207 (1.1.207)

यदाऽश्रौषं भीष्ममत्यन्तशूरं । हतं पार्थेनाहवेष्वप्रधृष्यम् । शिखण्डिनं पुरतः स्थापयित्वा । तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥

yadā'śrauṣaṃ bhīṣmamatyantaśūraṃ | hataṃ pārthenāhaveṣvapradhṛṣyam | śikhaṇḍinaṃ purataḥ sthāpayitvā | tadā nāśaṃse vijayāya saṃjaya

When I heard that Bhishma, supremely brave and unassailable in battle, had been struck down by Partha, who had placed Shikhandin in front of him, then, Sanjaya, I had no more hope of victory.

Verse 208 (1.1.208)

यदाऽश्रौषं शरतल्पे शयानं । वृद्धं वीरं सादितं चित्रपुङ्खैः । भीष्मं कृत्वा सोमकानल्पशेषां- । स्तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥

yadā'śrauṣaṃ śaratalpe śayānaṃ | vṛddhaṃ vīraṃ sāditaṃ citrapuṅkhaiḥ | bhīṣmaṃ kṛtvā somakānalpaśeṣāṃ- | stadā nāśaṃse vijayāya saṃjaya

When I heard that the aged hero Bhishma, brought down by arrows with bright-coloured feathers, lay on a bed of arrows after leaving only a few of the Somakas alive, then, Sanjaya, I had no more hope of victory.

Verse 209 (1.1.209)

यदाऽश्रौषं शान्तनवे शयाने । पानीयार्थे चोदितेनार्जुनेन । भूमिं भित्त्वा तर्पितं तत्र भीष्मं । तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥

yadā'śrauṣaṃ śāntanave śayāne | pānīyārthe coditenārjunena | bhūmiṃ bhittvā tarpitaṃ tatra bhīṣmaṃ | tadā nāśaṃse vijayāya saṃjaya

When I heard that, as Shantanu's son lay there and asked for water, Arjuna pierced the earth and quenched Bhishma's thirst on the spot, then, Sanjaya, I had no more hope of victory.

Verse 210 (1.1.210)

यदाश्रौषं शुक्रसूर्यौ च युक्तौ । कौन्तेयानामनुलोमौ जयाय । नित्यं चास्माञ्श्वापदा भीषयन्ति । तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥

yadāśrauṣaṃ śukrasūryau ca yuktau | kaunteyānāmanulomau jayāya | nityaṃ cāsmāñśvāpadā bhīṣayanti | tadā nāśaṃse vijayāya saṃjaya

When I heard that Venus and the Sun stood together, favourable to the victory of Kunti's sons, and that beasts of prey were constantly frightening us with their cries, then, Sanjaya, I had no more hope of victory.

Verse 211 (1.1.211)

यदा द्रोणो विविधानस्त्रमार्गा- । न्निदर्शयन्समरे चित्रयोधी । न पाण्डवाञ्श्रेष्ठतरान्निहन्ति । तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥

yadā droṇo vividhānastramārgā- | nnidarśayansamare citrayodhī | na pāṇḍavāñśreṣṭhatarānnihanti | tadā nāśaṃse vijayāya saṃjaya

When Drona, that master of many styles of combat, displayed in battle the many paths of his weapon-craft and still could not slay the Pandavas, who proved the better men, then, Sanjaya, I had no more hope of victory.

Note on the text: Corrected विजयायं → विजयाय (misprint in Wikisource; stray anusvara in the refrain).

Verse 212 (1.1.212)

यदाऽश्रौषं चास्मदीयान्महारथा- । न्व्यवस्थितानर्जुनस्यान्तकाय । संशप्तकान्निहतानर्जुनेन । तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥

yadā'śrauṣaṃ cāsmadīyānmahārathā- | nvyavasthitānarjunasyāntakāya | saṃśaptakānnihatānarjunena | tadā nāśaṃse vijayāya saṃjaya

When I heard that our great chariot-warriors, the Samshaptakas, who had taken their stand to bring about Arjuna's end, had been slain by Arjuna, then, Sanjaya, I had no more hope of victory.

Verse 213 (1.1.213)

यदाऽश्रौषं व्यूहमभेद्यमन्यै- । र्भारद्वाजेनात्तशस्त्रेण गुप्तम् । भित्त्वा सौभद्रं वीरमेकं प्रविष्टं । तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥

yadā'śrauṣaṃ vyūhamabhedyamanyai- | rbhāradvājenāttaśastreṇa guptam | bhittvā saubhadraṃ vīramekaṃ praviṣṭaṃ | tadā nāśaṃse vijayāya saṃjaya

When I heard that the heroic son of Subhadra had broken alone into the battle-array that others could not pierce, guarded by Bharadvaja's son with weapons in hand, then, Sanjaya, I had no more hope of victory.

Verse 214 (1.1.214)

यदाऽभिमन्युं परिवार्य बालं । सर्वे हत्वा हृष्टरूपा बभूवुः । महारथाः पार्थमशक्नुवन्त- । स्तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥

yadā'bhimanyuṃ parivārya bālaṃ | sarve hatvā hṛṣṭarūpā babhūvuḥ | mahārathāḥ pārthamaśaknuvanta- | stadā nāśaṃse vijayāya saṃjaya

When all our great chariot-warriors, unable to overcome Partha, surrounded the boy Abhimanyu, killed him and rejoiced, then, Sanjaya, I had no more hope of victory.

Note on the text: Corrected हत्त्वा → हत्वा (misprint in Wikisource; doubled त, the critical edition reads hatvā).

Verse 215 (1.1.215)

यदाऽश्रौषमभिमन्युं निहत्य । हर्षान्मूढान्क्रोशतो धार्तराष्ट्रान् । क्रोधादुक्तं सैन्धवे चार्जुनेन । तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥

yadā'śrauṣamabhimanyuṃ nihatya | harṣānmūḍhānkrośato dhārtarāṣṭrān | krodhāduktaṃ saindhave cārjunena | tadā nāśaṃse vijayāya saṃjaya

When I heard that, having killed Abhimanyu, the sons of Dhritarashtra were shouting, senseless with joy, and that Arjuna in his anger had spoken his vow against the king of the Sindhus, then, Sanjaya, I had no more hope of victory.

Verse 216 (1.1.216)

यदाऽश्रौषं सैन्धवार्थे प्रतिज्ञां । प्रतिज्ञातां तद्वधायार्जुनेन । सत्यां तीर्णां शत्रुमध्ये च तेन । तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥

yadā'śrauṣaṃ saindhavārthe pratijñāṃ | pratijñātāṃ tadvadhāyārjunena | satyāṃ tīrṇāṃ śatrumadhye ca tena | tadā nāśaṃse vijayāya saṃjaya

When I heard that the vow Arjuna had made to kill the king of the Sindhus had been made good, carried through by him in the midst of his enemies, then, Sanjaya, I had no more hope of victory.

Verse 217 (1.1.217)

यदाऽश्रौषं श्रान्तहये धनंजये । मुक्त्वा हयान्पाययित्वोपवृत्तान् । पुनर्युक्त्वा वासुदेवं प्रयातं । तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥

yadā'śrauṣaṃ śrāntahaye dhanaṃjaye | muktvā hayānpāyayitvopavṛttān | punaryuktvā vāsudevaṃ prayātaṃ | tadā nāśaṃse vijayāya saṃjaya

When I heard that, Dhananjaya's horses being tired, Vasudeva unyoked them, watered them, brought them back, yoked them again and drove on, then, Sanjaya, I had no more hope of victory.

Verse 218 (1.1.218)

यदाऽश्रौषं वाहनेष्वक्षमेषु । रथोपस्थे तिष्ठता पाण्डवेन । सर्वान्योधान्वारितानर्जुनेन । तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥

yadā'śrauṣaṃ vāhaneṣvakṣameṣu | rathopasthe tiṣṭhatā pāṇḍavena | sarvānyodhānvāritānarjunena | tadā nāśaṃse vijayāya saṃjaya

When I heard that, while the horses were spent, the son of Pandu, Arjuna, standing on his chariot, held back all the warriors, then, Sanjaya, I had no more hope of victory.

Verse 219 (1.1.219)

यदाऽश्रौषं नागबलैः सुदुःसहं । द्रोणानीकं युयुधानं प्रमथ्य । यातं वार्ष्णेयं यत्र तौ कृष्णपार्थौ । तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥

yadā'śrauṣaṃ nāgabalaiḥ suduḥsahaṃ | droṇānīkaṃ yuyudhānaṃ pramathya | yātaṃ vārṣṇeyaṃ yatra tau kṛṣṇapārthau | tadā nāśaṃse vijayāya saṃjaya

When I heard that Yuyudhana of the Vrishnis had crushed Drona's division, made almost unendurable by its strength in elephants, and had gone on to where Krishna and Partha were, then, Sanjaya, I had no more hope of victory.

Verse 220 (1.1.220)

यदाऽश्रौषं कर्णमासाद्य मुक्तं । वधाद्भीमं कुत्सयित्वा वचोभिः । धनुष्कोट्याऽऽतुद्य कर्णेन वीरं । तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥

yadā'śrauṣaṃ karṇamāsādya muktaṃ | vadhādbhīmaṃ kutsayitvā vacobhiḥ | dhanuṣkoṭyā''tudya karṇena vīraṃ | tadā nāśaṃse vijayāya saṃjaya

When I heard that Karna, having got the heroic Bhima in his power, let him go unslain, only taunting him with words and jabbing him with the tip of his bow, then, Sanjaya, I had no more hope of victory.

Verse 221 (1.1.221)

यदा द्रोणः कृतवर्मा कृपश्च । कर्णो द्रौणिर्मद्रराजश्च शूरः । अमर्षयन्सैन्धवं वध्यमानं । तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥

yadā droṇaḥ kṛtavarmā kṛpaśca | karṇo drauṇirmadrarājaśca śūraḥ | amarṣayansaindhavaṃ vadhyamānaṃ | tadā nāśaṃse vijayāya saṃjaya

When Drona, Kritavarman and Kripa, Karna, Drona's son and the valiant king of the Madras stood by and let the king of the Sindhus be slain, then, Sanjaya, I had no more hope of victory.

Verse 222 (1.1.222)

यदाऽश्रौषं देवराजेन दत्तां । दिव्यां शक्तिं व्यंसितां माधवेन । घटोत्कचे राक्षसे घोररूपे । तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥

yadā'śrauṣaṃ devarājena dattāṃ | divyāṃ śaktiṃ vyaṃsitāṃ mādhavena | ghaṭotkace rākṣase ghorarūpe | tadā nāśaṃse vijayāya saṃjaya

When I heard that the divine spear given by the king of the gods had been turned aside by Madhava onto Ghatotkacha, the rakshasa of fearsome form, then, Sanjaya, I had no more hope of victory.

Verse 223 (1.1.223)

यदाऽश्रौषं कर्णघटोत्कचाभ्यां । युद्धे मुक्तां सूतपुत्रेण शक्तिम् । यया वध्यः समरे सव्यसाची । तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥

yadā'śrauṣaṃ karṇaghaṭotkacābhyāṃ | yuddhe muktāṃ sūtaputreṇa śaktim | yayā vadhyaḥ samare savyasācī | tadā nāśaṃse vijayāya saṃjaya

When I heard that in the fight between Karna and Ghatotkacha the son of the charioteer had loosed the spear by which Savyasachin was to have been slain in battle, then, Sanjaya, I had no more hope of victory.

Verse 224 (1.1.224)

यदाऽश्रौषं द्रोणमाचार्यमेकं । धृष्टद्युम्नेनाभ्यतिक्रम्य धर्मम् । रथोपस्थे प्रायगतं विशस्तं । तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥

yadā'śrauṣaṃ droṇamācāryamekaṃ | dhṛṣṭadyumnenābhyatikramya dharmam | rathopasthe prāyagataṃ viśastaṃ | tadā nāśaṃse vijayāya saṃjaya

When I heard that Dhrishtadyumna, overstepping dharma, had cut down the teacher Drona as he sat alone on his chariot, resolved to die, then, Sanjaya, I had no more hope of victory.

Verse 225 (1.1.225)

यदाऽश्रौषं द्रौणिना द्वैरथस्थं । माद्रीसुतं नकुलं लोकमध्ये । समं युद्धे मण्डलेभ्यश्चरन्तं । तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥

yadā'śrauṣaṃ drauṇinā dvairathasthaṃ | mādrīsutaṃ nakulaṃ lokamadhye | samaṃ yuddhe maṇḍalebhyaścarantaṃ | tadā nāśaṃse vijayāya saṃjaya

When I heard that Nakula, son of Madri, fighting Drona's son in single combat before the eyes of the world, held his own in the battle, wheeling about in circles, then, Sanjaya, I had no more hope of victory.

Verse 226 (1.1.226)

यदा द्रोणे निहते द्रोणपुत्रो । नारायणं दिव्यमस्त्रं विकुर्वन् । नैषामन्तं गतवान्पाण्डवानां । तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥

yadā droṇe nihate droṇaputro | nārāyaṇaṃ divyamastraṃ vikurvan | naiṣāmantaṃ gatavānpāṇḍavānāṃ | tadā nāśaṃse vijayāya saṃjaya

When, Drona having been slain, Drona's son unleashed the divine Narayana weapon and still could not make an end of the Pandavas, then, Sanjaya, I had no more hope of victory.

Verse 227 (1.1.227)

यदाऽश्रौषं भीमसेनेन पीतं । रक्तं भ्रातुर्युधि दुःशासनस्य । निवारितं नान्यतमेन भीमं । तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥

yadā'śrauṣaṃ bhīmasenena pītaṃ | raktaṃ bhrāturyudhi duḥśāsanasya | nivāritaṃ nānyatamena bhīmaṃ | tadā nāśaṃse vijayāya saṃjaya

When I heard that Bhimasena had drunk in battle the blood of his kinsman Duhshasana, and that not a single man could hold Bhima back, then, Sanjaya, I had no more hope of victory.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition has it only in its apparatus (after 1.1.145).

Verse 228 (1.1.228)

यदाऽश्रौषं कर्णमत्यन्तशूरं । हतं पार्थेनाहवेष्वप्रधृष्यम् । तस्मिन्भ्रातॄणां विग्रहे देवगुह्ये । तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥

yadā'śrauṣaṃ karṇamatyantaśūraṃ | hataṃ pārthenāhaveṣvapradhṛṣyam | tasminbhrātṝṇāṃ vigrahe devaguhye | tadā nāśaṃse vijayāya saṃjaya

When I heard that Karna, supremely brave and unassailable in battle, had been slain by Partha in that war between brothers whose secret was hidden even from the gods, then, Sanjaya, I had no more hope of victory.

Note on the text: Corrected भ्रातृणां → भ्रातॄणां (misprint in Wikisource; genitive plural has long ॄ, as in the critical edition).

Verse 229 (1.1.229)

यदाऽश्रौषं द्रोणपुत्रं च शूरं । दुःशासनं कृतवर्माणमुग्रम् । युधिष्ठिरं धर्मराजं जयन्तं । तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥

yadā'śrauṣaṃ droṇaputraṃ ca śūraṃ | duḥśāsanaṃ kṛtavarmāṇamugram | yudhiṣṭhiraṃ dharmarājaṃ jayantaṃ | tadā nāśaṃse vijayāya saṃjaya

When I heard that Yudhishthira, the King of Dharma, was getting the better of Drona's valiant son, of Duhshasana and the fierce Kritavarman, then, Sanjaya, I had no more hope of victory.

Note on the text: Corrected युधिष्टिरं → युधिष्ठिरं (misprint in Wikisource; ट for ठ).

Verse 230 (1.1.230)

यदाऽश्रौषं निहतं मद्रराजं । रणे शूरं धर्मराजेन सूत । सदा सङ्ग्रामे स्पर्धते यस्तु कृष्णं । तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥

yadā'śrauṣaṃ nihataṃ madrarājaṃ | raṇe śūraṃ dharmarājena sūta | sadā saṅgrāme spardhate yastu kṛṣṇaṃ | tadā nāśaṃse vijayāya saṃjaya

When I heard, O charioteer, that the brave king of the Madras, who was ever vying with Krishna in battle, had been slain in combat by the King of Dharma, then, Sanjaya, I had no more hope of victory.

Note on the text: Corrected स्प्रधते → स्पर्धते (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct, the critical edition reads spardhate).

Verse 231 (1.1.231)

यदाऽश्रौषं कलहद्यूतमूलं । मायाबलं सौबलं पाण्डवेन । हतं सङ्ग्रामे सहदेवेन पापं । तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥

yadā'śrauṣaṃ kalahadyūtamūlaṃ | māyābalaṃ saubalaṃ pāṇḍavena | hataṃ saṅgrāme sahadevena pāpaṃ | tadā nāśaṃse vijayāya saṃjaya

When I heard that the wicked son of Subala, whose strength was deceit and who was the root of the quarrel and the dice game, had been slain in battle by Sahadeva, son of Pandu, then, Sanjaya, I had no more hope of victory.

Verse 232 (1.1.232)

यदाऽश्रौषं श्रान्तमेकं शयानं । ह्रदं गत्वा स्तम्भयित्वा तदम्भः । दुर्योधनं विरथं भग्नशक्तिं । तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥

yadā'śrauṣaṃ śrāntamekaṃ śayānaṃ | hradaṃ gatvā stambhayitvā tadambhaḥ | duryodhanaṃ virathaṃ bhagnaśaktiṃ | tadā nāśaṃse vijayāya saṃjaya

When I heard that Duryodhana, exhausted and alone, without his chariot and with his strength broken, had gone into a lake, made its waters stand still, and lay within it, then, Sanjaya, I had no more hope of victory.

Verse 233 (1.1.233)

यदाऽश्रौषं पाण्डवांस्तिष्ठमानान् । गत्वा ह्रदे वासुदेवेन सार्धम् । अमर्षणं धर्षयतः सुतं मे । तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥

yadā'śrauṣaṃ pāṇḍavāṃstiṣṭhamānān | gatvā hrade vāsudevena sārdham | amarṣaṇaṃ dharṣayataḥ sutaṃ me | tadā nāśaṃse vijayāya saṃjaya

When I heard that the Pandavas had gone to the lake with Vasudeva and stood there taunting my son, who could not bear an insult, then, Sanjaya, I had no more hope of victory.

Verse 234 (1.1.234)

यदाऽश्रौषं विविधांश्चित्रमार्गान् । गदायुद्धे मण्डलशश्चरन्तम् । मिथ्या हतं वासुदेवस्य बुद्ध्या । तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥

yadā'śrauṣaṃ vividhāṃścitramārgān | gadāyuddhe maṇḍalaśaścarantam | mithyā hataṃ vāsudevasya buddhyā | tadā nāśaṃse vijayāya saṃjaya

When I heard that, as he moved in circles through the many skilful manoeuvres of the mace-fight, he was struck down unfairly through Vasudeva's counsel, then, Sanjaya, I had no more hope of victory.

Verse 235 (1.1.235)

यदाऽश्रौषं द्रोणपुत्रादिभिस्तै- । र्हतान्पञ्चालान्द्रौपदेयांश्च सुप्तान् । कृतं बीभत्समयशस्यं च कर्म । तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥

yadā'śrauṣaṃ droṇaputrādibhistai- | rhatānpañcālāndraupadeyāṃśca suptān | kṛtaṃ bībhatsamayaśasyaṃ ca karma | tadā nāśaṃse vijayāya saṃjaya

When I heard that Drona's son and those with him had killed the Panchalas and the sons of Draupadi in their sleep, a loathsome and infamous deed, then, Sanjaya, I had no more hope of victory.

Verse 236 (1.1.236)

यदाऽश्रौषं भीमसेनानुयाते- । नाश्वत्थाम्ना परमास्त्रं प्रयुक्तम् । क्रुद्धेनैषीकमवधीद्येन गर्भं । तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥

yadā'śrauṣaṃ bhīmasenānuyāte- | nāśvatthāmnā paramāstraṃ prayuktam | kruddhenaiṣīkamavadhīdyena garbhaṃ | tadā nāśaṃse vijayāya saṃjaya

When I heard that Ashvatthaman, pursued by Bhimasena, had in his rage loosed the supreme weapon, the aishika, with which he slew the child in the womb, then, Sanjaya, I had no more hope of victory.

Verse 237 (1.1.237)

यदाऽश्रौषं ब्रह्मशिरोऽर्जुनेन । स्वस्तीत्युक्त्वाऽस्त्रमस्त्रेण शान्तम् । अश्वत्थाम्ना मणिरत्नं च दत्तं । तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥

yadā'śrauṣaṃ brahmaśiro'rjunena | svastītyuktvā'stramastreṇa śāntam | aśvatthāmnā maṇiratnaṃ ca dattaṃ | tadā nāśaṃse vijayāya saṃjaya

When I heard that Arjuna, saying "Peace!", had quelled the Brahmashiras weapon with his own weapon, and that Ashvatthaman had given up his jewel, then, Sanjaya, I had no more hope of victory.

Verse 238 (1.1.238)

यदाऽश्रौषं द्रोणपुत्रेण गर्भे । वैराट्या वै पात्यमाने महास्त्रैः । संजीवयामीति हरेः प्रतिज्ञां । तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥

yadā'śrauṣaṃ droṇaputreṇa garbhe | vairāṭyā vai pātyamāne mahāstraiḥ | saṃjīvayāmīti hareḥ pratijñāṃ | tadā nāśaṃse vijayāya saṃjaya

When I heard that, as the child in the womb of Virata's daughter was being struck down by Drona's son with his mighty weapons, Hari vowed, "I will bring him back to life," then, Sanjaya, I had no more hope of victory.

Note on the text: Only the first two lines are in the critical edition (1.1.156ab); the last two lines are found in the vulgate recension.

Verse 239 (1.1.239)

द्वैपायनः केशवो द्रोणपुत्रं । परस्परेणाभिशापैः शशाप । बुद्ध्वा चाहं बुद्धिहीनोऽद्य सूत । संतप्ये वै पुत्रपौत्रैश्च हीनः ॥

dvaipāyanaḥ keśavo droṇaputraṃ | paraspareṇābhiśāpaiḥ śaśāpa | buddhvā cāhaṃ buddhihīno'dya sūta | saṃtapye vai putrapautraiśca hīnaḥ

Dvaipayana and Keshava cursed Drona's son, and curses passed between them. Knowing all this, O charioteer, I am today bereft of judgement, and I burn with grief, robbed of my sons and grandsons.

Note on the text: Corrected परस्पेरणाभिशापैः → परस्परेणाभिशापैः (misprint in Wikisource; misplaced vowel sign, the critical edition reads paraspareṇa). Only the first two lines are in the critical edition (1.1.156cd); the last two lines are found in the vulgate recension.

Verse 240 (1.1.240)

शोच्या गान्धारी पुत्रपौत्रैर्विहीना । तथा वध्वः पितृभिर्भ्रातृभिश्च । कृतं कार्यं दुष्करं पाण्डवेयैः । प्राप्तं राज्यमसपत्नं पुनस्तैः ॥

śocyā gāndhārī putrapautrairvihīnā | tathā vadhvaḥ pitṛbhirbhrātṛbhiśca | kṛtaṃ kāryaṃ duṣkaraṃ pāṇḍaveyaiḥ | prāptaṃ rājyamasapatnaṃ punastaiḥ

Gandhari is to be pitied, bereft of sons and grandsons, and so are the daughters-in-law, bereft of fathers and brothers. The sons of Pandu have done a deed hard to do, and have won back a kingdom without a rival.

Note on the text: Corrected वध्वा → वध्वः (misprint in Wikisource; the nominative plural "daughters-in-law" is needed, as in the critical edition's vadhvaḥ).

Verse 241 (1.1.241)

कष्टं युद्धे दश शेषाः श्रुता मे । त्रयोऽस्माकं पाण्डवानां च सप्त । द्व्यूना विंशतिराहताऽक्षौहिणीनां । तस्मिन्सङ्ग्रामे भैरवे क्षत्रियाणाम् ॥

kaṣṭaṃ yuddhe daśa śeṣāḥ śrutā me | trayo'smākaṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ ca sapta | dvyūnā viṃśatirāhatā'kṣauhiṇīnāṃ | tasminsaṅgrāme bhairave kṣatriyāṇām

Alas! I hear that only ten were left alive after the war: three of ours and seven of the Pandavas'. Twenty akshauhinis less two, eighteen in all, were slain in that terrible battle of the kshatriyas.

Verse 242 (1.1.242)

तमस्त्वतीव विस्तीर्णं मोह आविशतीव माम् । संज्ञां नोपलभे सूत मनो विह्वलतीव मे ॥

tamastvatīva vistīrṇaṃ moha āviśatīva mām | saṃjñāṃ nopalabhe sūta mano vihvalatīva me

A darkness spreading far and wide, and bewilderment, seem to be entering me. I cannot regain my senses, O charioteer; my mind seems to reel.

Verse 243 (1.1.243)

इत्युक्त्वा धृतराष्ट्रोऽथ विलप्य बहु दुःखितः । मूर्च्छितः पुनराश्वस्तः संजयं वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥

ityuktvā dhṛtarāṣṭro'tha vilapya bahu duḥkhitaḥ | mūrcchitaḥ punarāśvastaḥ saṃjayaṃ vākyamabravīt

Having spoken thus and lamented at length in deep sorrow, Dhritarashtra fainted. Then, coming to himself again, he said to Sanjaya:

Verse 244 (1.1.244)

संजयैवं गते प्राणांस्त्यक्तुमिच्छामि मा चिरम् । स्तोकं ह्यपि न पश्यामि फलं जीवितधारणे ॥

saṃjayaivaṃ gate prāṇāṃstyaktumicchāmi mā ciram | stokaṃ hyapi na paśyāmi phalaṃ jīvitadhāraṇe

Sanjaya, now that things have come to this, I wish to give up my life without delay. I see not the least gain in holding on to life.

Verse 245 (1.1.245)

तं तथा वादिनं दीनं विलपन्तं महीपतिम् । निःश्वसन्तं यथा नागं मुह्यमानं पुनः पुनः ॥

taṃ tathā vādinaṃ dīnaṃ vilapantaṃ mahīpatim | niḥśvasantaṃ yathā nāgaṃ muhyamānaṃ punaḥ punaḥ

As the lord of the earth spoke thus, wretched and lamenting, sighing like a serpent and swooning again and again,

Note on the text: Wikisource divides this stretch one half-line out of step with the critical edition. The first line is 1.1.162a; the second line (निःश्वसन्तं…) is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 246 (1.1.246)

गावल्गणिरिदं धीमान्महार्थं वाक्यमब्रवीत् । श्रुतवानसि वै राजन्महोत्साहान्महाबलान् ॥

gāvalgaṇiridaṃ dhīmānmahārthaṃ vākyamabravīt | śrutavānasi vai rājanmahotsāhānmahābalān

the wise son of Gavalgana spoke these words, full of meaning: You have heard, O king, of kings of great energy and great strength,

Note on the text: Lines correspond to 1.1.162c and 1.1.163a of the critical edition (Wikisource divides the verses differently). Sanjaya's speech begins in the second line.

Verse 247 (1.1.247)

द्वैपायनस्य वदतो नारदस्य च धीमतः । महत्सु राजवंशेषु गुणैः समुदितेषु च ॥

dvaipāyanasya vadato nāradasya ca dhīmataḥ | mahatsu rājavaṃśeṣu guṇaiḥ samuditeṣu ca

as Dvaipayana and the wise Narada told of them: kings born into great royal lines rich in every virtue,

Note on the text: Lines correspond to 1.1.163c and 1.1.164a of the critical edition (Wikisource divides the verses differently).

Verse 248 (1.1.248)

जातान्दिव्यास्त्रविदुषः शक्रप्रतिमतेजसः । धर्मेण पृथिवीं जित्वा यज्ञैरिष्ट्वाप्तदक्षिणैः ॥

jātāndivyāstraviduṣaḥ śakrapratimatejasaḥ | dharmeṇa pṛthivīṃ jitvā yajñairiṣṭvāptadakṣiṇaiḥ

who knew the divine weapons and shone with a splendour like Shakra's, who conquered the earth by dharma and offered sacrifices with ample gifts to the priests,

Note on the text: Lines correspond to 1.1.164c and 1.1.165a of the critical edition (Wikisource divides the verses differently).

Verse 249 (1.1.249)

अस्मिँल्लोके यशः प्राप्य ततः कालवशं गतान् । शैब्यं महारथं वीरं सृंजयं जयतां वरम् ॥

asmim̐lloke yaśaḥ prāpya tataḥ kālavaśaṃ gatān | śaibyaṃ mahārathaṃ vīraṃ sṛṃjayaṃ jayatāṃ varam

won fame in this world and then passed under the sway of Time: Shaibya, the heroic great chariot-warrior; Srinjaya, best of victors;

Note on the text: Removed a stray verse number ("।। 250") printed inside the verse in Wikisource. Lines correspond to 1.1.165c and 1.1.166a of the critical edition (Wikisource divides the verses differently).

Verse 250 (1.1.250)

सुहोत्रं रन्तिदेवं च कक्षीवन्तं तथौशिजम् । बाह्लीकं दमनं चैद्यं शर्यातिमजितं नलम् ॥

suhotraṃ rantidevaṃ ca kakṣīvantaṃ tathauśijam | bāhlīkaṃ damanaṃ caidyaṃ śaryātimajitaṃ nalam

Suhotra, Rantideva, and Kakshivat son of Ushij; Bahlika, Damana, Chaidya, Sharyati, Ajita and Nala;

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (1.1.166c): Wikisource prints this verse as a single line, having lost सुहोत्रं रन्तिदेवं च कक्षीवन्तं तथौशिजम्, which completes the list of twenty-four kings named in the next verses. Wikisource divides verses 246–253 one half-line out of step with the critical edition (1.1.162–168).

Verse 251 (1.1.251)

विश्वामित्रममित्रघ्नमम्बरीषं महाबलम् । मरुत्तं मनुमिक्ष्वाकुं गयं भरतमेव च ॥

viśvāmitramamitraghnamambarīṣaṃ mahābalam | maruttaṃ manumikṣvākuṃ gayaṃ bharatameva ca

Vishvamitra, slayer of foes; mighty Ambarisha; Marutta, Manu, Ikshvaku, Gaya and Bharata;

Note on the text: Lines correspond to 1.1.167c and 1.1.168a of the critical edition (Wikisource divides the verses differently).

Verse 252 (1.1.252)

रामं दाशरथिं चैव शशबिन्दुं भगीरथम् । कृतवीर्यं महाभागं तथैव जनमेजयम् ॥

rāmaṃ dāśarathiṃ caiva śaśabinduṃ bhagīratham | kṛtavīryaṃ mahābhāgaṃ tathaiva janamejayam

Rama son of Dasharatha, Shashabindu, Bhagiratha, the illustrious Kritavirya, and likewise Janamejaya;

Note on the text: The first line is 1.1.168c; the second line (कृतवीर्यं…जनमेजयम्) is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 253 (1.1.253)

ययातिं शुभकर्माणं देवैर्यो याजितः स्वयम् । चैत्ययूपाङ्किता भूमिर्यस्येयं सवनाकरा ॥

yayātiṃ śubhakarmāṇaṃ devairyo yājitaḥ svayam | caityayūpāṅkitā bhūmiryasyeyaṃ savanākarā

and Yayati of auspicious deeds, for whom the gods themselves performed sacrifice, and whose earth was marked with shrines and sacrificial posts and was a mine of sacrifices.

Note on the text: Removed a stray backtick (wiki mark) before चैत्ययूप….

Verse 254 (1.1.254)

इति राज्ञां चतुर्विंशन्नारदेन सुरर्षिणा । पुत्रशोकाभितप्ताय पुरा श्वैत्याय कीर्तितम् ॥

iti rājñāṃ caturviṃśannāradena surarṣiṇā | putraśokābhitaptāya purā śvaityāya kīrtitam

These twenty-four kings were told of long ago by Narada, the sage of the gods, to Shvaitya, who was burning with grief for his son.

Verse 255 (1.1.255)

तेभ्यश्चान्ये गताः पूर्वं राजानो बलवत्तराः । महारथा महात्मानः सर्वैः समुदिता गुणैः ॥

tebhyaścānye gatāḥ pūrvaṃ rājāno balavattarāḥ | mahārathā mahātmānaḥ sarvaiḥ samuditā guṇaiḥ

Before them, other kings had passed away who were mightier still: great chariot-warriors, great-souled, endowed with every virtue:

Verse 256 (1.1.256)

पूरुः कुरुर्यदुः शूरो विष्वगश्वो महाद्युतिः । अणुहो युवनाश्वश्च ककुत्स्थो विक्रमी रघुः ॥

pūruḥ kururyaduḥ śūro viṣvagaśvo mahādyutiḥ | aṇuho yuvanāśvaśca kakutstho vikramī raghuḥ

Puru, Kuru, Yadu, Shura, the splendid Vishvagashva, Anuha, Yuvanashva, Kakutstha, the valiant Raghu,

Verse 257 (1.1.257)

विजयो वीतिहोत्रोऽङ्गो भवः श्वेतो बृहद्गुरुः । उशीनरः शतरथः कङ्को दुलिदुहो द्रुमः ॥

vijayo vītihotro'ṅgo bhavaḥ śveto bṛhadguruḥ | uśīnaraḥ śatarathaḥ kaṅko duliduho drumaḥ

Vijaya, Vitihotra, Anga, Bhava, Shveta, Brihadguru, Ushinara, Shataratha, Kanka, Duliduha, Druma,

Note on the text: Corrected ऽह्गो → ऽङ्गो (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct for the king's name Anga).

Verse 258 (1.1.258)

दम्भोद्भवः परो वेनः सगरः संकृतिर्निमिः । अजेयः परशुः पुण्ड्रः शंभुर्देवावृधोऽनघः ॥

dambhodbhavaḥ paro venaḥ sagaraḥ saṃkṛtirnimiḥ | ajeyaḥ paraśuḥ puṇḍraḥ śaṃbhurdevāvṛdho'naghaḥ

Dambhodbhava, Para, Vena, Sagara, Sankriti, Nimi, Ajeya, Parashu, Pundra, Shambhu, the sinless Devavridha,

Verse 259 (1.1.259)

देवाह्वयः सुप्रतिमः सुप्रतीको बृहद्रथः । महोत्साहो विनीतात्मा सुक्रतुर्नैषधो नलः ॥

devāhvayaḥ supratimaḥ supratīko bṛhadrathaḥ | mahotsāho vinītātmā sukraturnaiṣadho nalaḥ

Devahvaya, Supratima, Supratika, Brihadratha, the greatly energetic and self-disciplined Sukratu, Nala king of the Nishadhas,

Verse 260 (1.1.260)

सत्यव्रतः शान्तभयः सुमित्रः सुबलः प्रभुः । जानुजङ्घोऽनरण्योऽर्कः प्रियभृत्यः शुचिव्रतः ॥

satyavrataḥ śāntabhayaḥ sumitraḥ subalaḥ prabhuḥ | jānujaṅgho'naraṇyo'rkaḥ priyabhṛtyaḥ śucivrataḥ

Satyavrata, Shantabhaya, Sumitra, the lordly Subala, Janujangha, Anaranya, Arka, Priyabhritya, Shucivrata,

Verse 261 (1.1.261)

बलबन्धुर्निरामर्दः केतुशृङ्गो बृहद्बलः । धृष्टकेतुर्बृहत्केतुर्दीप्तकेतुर्निरामयः ॥

balabandhurnirāmardaḥ ketuśṛṅgo bṛhadbalaḥ | dhṛṣṭaketurbṛhatketurdīptaketurnirāmayaḥ

Balabandhu, Niramarda, Ketushringa, Brihadbala, Dhrishtaketu, Brihatketu, Diptaketu, Niramaya,

Verse 262 (1.1.262)

अविक्षिच्चपलो धूर्तः कृतबन्धुर्दृढेषुधिः । महापुराणसंभाव्यः प्रत्यङ्गः परहा श्रुतिः ॥

avikṣiccapalo dhūrtaḥ kṛtabandhurdṛḍheṣudhiḥ | mahāpurāṇasaṃbhāvyaḥ pratyaṅgaḥ parahā śrutiḥ

Avikshit, Chapala, Dhurta, Kritabandhu, Dridheshudhi, Mahapuranasambhavya, Pratyanga, Paraha and Shruti.

Verse 263 (1.1.263)

एते चान्ये च राजानः शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः । श्रूयन्ते शतशश्चान्ये सङ्ख्याताश्चैव पद्मशः ॥

ete cānye ca rājānaḥ śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ | śrūyante śataśaścānye saṅkhyātāścaiva padmaśaḥ

These and other kings are heard of by the hundreds and the thousands, and others again by the hundreds, reckoned even in padmas.

Verse 264 (1.1.264)

हित्वा सुविपुलान्भोगान्बुद्धिमन्तो महाबलाः । राजानो निधनं प्राप्तास्तव पुत्रैर्महत्तराः ॥

hitvā suvipulānbhogānbuddhimanto mahābalāḥ | rājāno nidhanaṃ prāptāstava putrairmahattarāḥ

Wise and mighty, these kings, far greater than your sons, gave up their vast enjoyments and met their death.

Note on the text: Corrected महत्तरः → महत्तराः (misprint in Wikisource; must agree with राजानः, nominative plural; the critical edition reads mahattamāḥ).

Verse 265 (1.1.265)

येषां दिव्यानि कर्माणि विक्रमस्त्याग एव च । माहात्म्यमपि चास्तिक्यं सत्यं शौचं दयाऽर्जवम् ॥

yeṣāṃ divyāni karmāṇi vikramastyāga eva ca | māhātmyamapi cāstikyaṃ satyaṃ śaucaṃ dayā'rjavam

Their divine deeds, their valour and generosity, their greatness and faith, truth, purity, compassion and uprightness

Verse 266 (1.1.266)

विद्वद्भिः कथ्यते लोके पुराणैः कविसत्तमैः । सर्वर्द्धिगुणसंपन्नास्ते चापि निधनं गताः ॥

vidvadbhiḥ kathyate loke purāṇaiḥ kavisattamaiḥ | sarvarddhiguṇasaṃpannāste cāpi nidhanaṃ gatāḥ

are told in the world by the learned, by the ancient and foremost of poets. Endowed with every excellence and prosperity, even they went to their death.

Verse 267 (1.1.267)

तव पुत्रा दुरात्मानः प्रतप्ताश्चैव मन्युना । लुब्धा दुर्वृत्तभूयिष्ठा न ताञ्छोचितुमर्हसि ॥

tava putrā durātmānaḥ prataptāścaiva manyunā | lubdhā durvṛttabhūyiṣṭhā na tāñchocitumarhasi

Your sons were evil-minded, burning with rage, greedy and given mostly to wicked conduct. You should not grieve for them.

Verse 268 (1.1.268)

श्रुतवानसि मेधावी बुद्धिमान्प्राज्ञसंमतः । येषां शास्त्रानुगा बुद्धिर्न ते मुह्यन्ति भारत ॥

śrutavānasi medhāvī buddhimānprājñasaṃmataḥ | yeṣāṃ śāstrānugā buddhirna te muhyanti bhārata

You are learned, intelligent and wise, and esteemed by the wise. Those whose understanding follows the scriptures are not bewildered, O Bharata.

Verse 269 (1.1.269)

निग्रहानुग्रहौ चापि विदितौ ते नराधिप । नात्यन्तमेवानुवृत्तिः कार्या ते पुत्ररक्षणे ॥

nigrahānugrahau cāpi viditau te narādhipa | nātyantamevānuvṛttiḥ kāryā te putrarakṣaṇe

You know both how to restrain and how to show favour, O lord of men. You ought not to have gone so far in indulging your sons to protect them.

Verse 270 (1.1.270)

भवितव्यं तथा तच्च नानुशोचितुमर्हसि । दैवं पुरुषकारेण को निवर्तितुमर्हति ॥

bhavitavyaṃ tathā tacca nānuśocitumarhasi | daivaṃ puruṣakāreṇa ko nivartitumarhati

What was to be has come to pass, and you should not grieve over it. Who can turn back fate by human effort?

Verse 271 (1.1.271)

विधातृविहितं मार्गं न कश्चिदतिवर्तते । कालमूलमिदं सर्वं भावाभावौ सुखासुखे ॥

vidhātṛvihitaṃ mārgaṃ na kaścidativartate | kālamūlamidaṃ sarvaṃ bhāvābhāvau sukhāsukhe

No one strays from the path the Ordainer has laid down. All this has its root in Time: being and not-being, happiness and sorrow.

Verse 272 (1.1.272)

कालः सृजति भूतानि कालः संहरते प्रजाः । संहरन्तं प्रजाः कालं कालः शमयते पुनः ॥

kālaḥ sṛjati bhūtāni kālaḥ saṃharate prajāḥ | saṃharantaṃ prajāḥ kālaṃ kālaḥ śamayate punaḥ

Time brings forth beings; Time destroys creatures. And Time, as it destroys creatures, is itself brought to rest again by Time.

Verse 273 (1.1.273)

कालो विकुरुते भावान्सर्वांल्लोके शुभाशुभान् । कालः संक्षिपते सर्वाः प्रजा विसृजते पुनः ॥

kālo vikurute bhāvānsarvāṃlloke śubhāśubhān | kālaḥ saṃkṣipate sarvāḥ prajā visṛjate punaḥ

Time brings about all states in the world, good and bad. Time draws in all creatures and sends them forth again.

Verse 274 (1.1.274)

कालः सुप्तेषु जागर्ति कालो हि दुरतिक्रमः । कालः सर्वेषु भूतेषु चरत्यविधृतः समः ॥

kālaḥ supteṣu jāgarti kālo hi duratikramaḥ | kālaḥ sarveṣu bhūteṣu caratyavidhṛtaḥ samaḥ

Time is awake while all others sleep; Time is hard to overcome. Time moves through all beings, unhindered and impartial.

Note on the text: Corrected अविधतः → अविधृतः (misprint in Wikisource; dropped ृ, the critical edition reads avidhṛtaḥ). The second line is 1.1.189e of the critical edition; the first line (कालः सुप्तेषु जागर्ति…) is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 275 (1.1.275)

अतीतानागता भावा ये च वर्तन्ति सांप्रतम् । तान्कालनिर्मितान्बुद्ध्वा न संज्ञां हातुमर्हसि ॥

atītānāgatā bhāvā ye ca vartanti sāṃpratam | tānkālanirmitānbuddhvā na saṃjñāṃ hātumarhasi

Knowing that all things past and to come, and those that are now, are shaped by Time, you should not lose your composure.

Verse 276 (1.1.276)

इत्येवं पुत्रशोकार्तं धृतराष्ट्रं जनेश्वरम् । आश्वास्य स्वस्थमकरोत्सूतो गावल्गणिस्तदा ॥

ityevaṃ putraśokārtaṃ dhṛtarāṣṭraṃ janeśvaram | āśvāsya svasthamakarotsūto gāvalgaṇistadā

In this way the charioteer, son of Gavalgana, consoled King Dhritarashtra, lord of men, who was stricken with grief for his sons, and restored him to calm.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 277 (1.1.277)

धृतराष्ट्रोऽपि तच्छ्रुत्वा धृतिमेव समाश्रयत् । दिष्ट्येदमागतमिति मत्त्वा स प्राज्ञसत्तमः ॥

dhṛtarāṣṭro'pi tacchrutvā dhṛtimeva samāśrayat | diṣṭyedamāgatamiti mattvā sa prājñasattamaḥ

Dhritarashtra too, on hearing this, took refuge in fortitude; reflecting that this had come about by destiny, that wisest of men grew steady.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 278 (1.1.278)

लोकानां च हितार्थाय कारुण्यान्मुनिसत्तमः । अत्रोपनिषदं पुण्यां कृष्णद्वैपायनोऽब्रवीत् ॥

lokānāṃ ca hitārthāya kāruṇyānmunisattamaḥ | atropaniṣadaṃ puṇyāṃ kṛṣṇadvaipāyano'bravīt

For the good of the worlds and out of compassion, the best of sages, Krishna Dvaipayana, spoke this holy upanishad here.

Note on the text: The second line is 1.1.191a of the critical edition; the first line (लोकानां च हितार्थाय…) is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 279 (1.1.279)

विद्वद्भिः कथ्यते लोके पुराणे कविसत्तमैः । भारताध्ययनं पुण्यमपि पादमधीयतः । श्रद्दधानस्य पूयन्ते सर्वपापान्यशेषतः ॥

vidvadbhiḥ kathyate loke purāṇe kavisattamaiḥ | bhāratādhyayanaṃ puṇyamapi pādamadhīyataḥ | śraddadhānasya pūyante sarvapāpānyaśeṣataḥ

The learned and the foremost of poets declare in the old lore that the study of the Bharata is holy: for one who has faith and learns even a quarter of it, all sins are washed away without remainder.

Note on the text: The last two lines are 1.1.191ce of the critical edition; the first line, which repeats a line of verse 267 (Wikisource numbering), is not in the critical edition here.

Verse 280 (1.1.280)

देवा देवर्षयो ह्यत्र तथा ब्रह्मर्षयोऽमलाः । कीर्त्यन्ते शुभकर्माणस्तथा यक्षा महोरगाः ॥

devā devarṣayo hyatra tathā brahmarṣayo'malāḥ | kīrtyante śubhakarmāṇastathā yakṣā mahoragāḥ

Here are celebrated the gods, the divine sages and the spotless brahmin sages, all of auspicious deeds, and the yakshas and great serpents as well.

Note on the text: Corrected शुमकर्माणः → शुभकर्माणः (misprint in Wikisource; म for भ).

Verse 281 (1.1.281)

भगवान्वासुदेवश्च कीर्त्यतेऽत्र सनातनः । स हि सत्यमृतं चैव पवित्रं पुण्यमेव च ॥

bhagavānvāsudevaśca kīrtyate'tra sanātanaḥ | sa hi satyamṛtaṃ caiva pavitraṃ puṇyameva ca

Here too the eternal Lord Vasudeva is celebrated. He is truth and right order, the purifying and the holy;

Verse 282 (1.1.282)

शाश्वतं ब्रह्म परमं ध्रुवं ज्योतिः सनातनम् । यस्य दिव्यानि कर्माणि कथयन्ति मनीषिणः ॥

śāśvataṃ brahma paramaṃ dhruvaṃ jyotiḥ sanātanam | yasya divyāni karmāṇi kathayanti manīṣiṇaḥ

the eternal, supreme Brahman, the unchanging, everlasting light, whose divine deeds the wise recount;

Note on the text: Corrected कथन्ति → कथयन्ति (misprint in Wikisource; dropped akshara, the line is a syllable short; the critical edition reads kathayanti).

Verse 283 (1.1.283)

असत्सत्सदसच्चैव यस्माद्विश्वं प्रवर्तते । सन्ततिश्च प्रवृत्तिश्च जन्ममृत्युपुनर्भवाः ॥

asatsatsadasaccaiva yasmādviśvaṃ pravartate | santatiśca pravṛttiśca janmamṛtyupunarbhavāḥ

from whom the universe proceeds, the unreal and the real and what is both real and unreal, together with continuance and activity, birth, death and rebirth.

Verse 284 (1.1.284)

अध्यात्मं श्रूयते यत्र पञ्चभूतगुणात्मकम् । अव्यक्तादि परं यच्च स एव परिगीयते ॥

adhyātmaṃ śrūyate yatra pañcabhūtaguṇātmakam | avyaktādi paraṃ yacca sa eva parigīyate

Here is heard the teaching on the self, made up of the qualities of the five elements; and that which is supreme, beyond the unmanifest and all that follows from it, is the one sung of here.

Note on the text: Corrected श्रूयतें → श्रूयते (misprint in Wikisource; stray anusvara).

Verse 285 (1.1.285)

यं ध्यायन्ति सदा मुक्ता ध्यानयोगबलान्विताः । प्रतिबिम्बमिवादर्शे पश्यन्त्यात्मन्यवस्थितम् ॥

yaṃ dhyāyanti sadā muktā dhyānayogabalānvitāḥ | pratibimbamivādarśe paśyantyātmanyavasthitam

It is he on whom the liberated, strong in the power of meditation and yoga, ever meditate, seeing him established within the self like a reflection in a mirror.

Verse 286 (1.1.286)

श्रद्दधानः सदा युक्तः सदा धर्मपरायणः । आसेवन्निममध्यायं नरः पापात्प्रमुच्यते ॥

śraddadhānaḥ sadā yuktaḥ sadā dharmaparāyaṇaḥ | āsevannimamadhyāyaṃ naraḥ pāpātpramucyate

A man of faith, ever disciplined and ever devoted to dharma, who gives himself to this chapter is freed from sin.

Verse 287 (1.1.287)

अनुक्रमणिकाध्यायं भारतस्येममादितः । आस्तिकः सततं शृण्वन्न कृच्छ्रेष्ववसीदति ॥

anukramaṇikādhyāyaṃ bhāratasyemamāditaḥ | āstikaḥ satataṃ śṛṇvanna kṛcchreṣvavasīdati

One who has faith and listens constantly to this Anukramanika chapter of the Bharata from the beginning does not sink down in hardships.

Verse 288 (1.1.288)

उभे सन्ध्ये जपन्किंचित्सद्यो मुच्येत किल्बिषात् । अनुक्रमण्या यावत्स्यादह्नारात्र्या च संचितम् ॥

ubhe sandhye japankiṃcitsadyo mucyeta kilbiṣāt | anukramaṇyā yāvatsyādahnārātryā ca saṃcitam

One who recites some part of the Anukramani at the two twilights is at once freed from whatever sin he has gathered during the day and the night.

Verse 289 (1.1.289)

भारतस्य वपुर्ह्येतत्सत्यं चामृतमेव च । नवनीतं यथा दध्नो द्विपदां ब्राह्मणो यथा ॥

bhāratasya vapurhyetatsatyaṃ cāmṛtameva ca | navanītaṃ yathā dadhno dvipadāṃ brāhmaṇo yathā

This is the very body of the Bharata, its truth and its nectar. As butter is among the products of curd, as the brahmin is among two-footed beings,

Verse 290 (1.1.290)

आरण्यकं च वेदेभ्य ओषधिभ्योऽमृतं यथा । ह्रदानामुदधिः श्रेष्ठो गौर्वरिष्ठा चतुष्पदाम् ॥

āraṇyakaṃ ca vedebhya oṣadhibhyo'mṛtaṃ yathā | hradānāmudadhiḥ śreṣṭho gaurvariṣṭhā catuṣpadām

as the Aranyakas are among the Vedas and nectar among the healing herbs, as the ocean is the best of waters and the cow the foremost of four-footed beings,

Note on the text: Wikisource divides verses 291–299 one half-line out of step with the critical edition (1.1.201–208). The first line (आरण्यकं च वेदेभ्यः…) is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the second is 1.1.202a.

Verse 291 (1.1.291)

यथैतानीतिहासानां तथा भारतमुच्यते । यश्चैनं श्रावयेच्छ्राद्धे ब्राह्मणान्पादमन्ततः ॥

yathaitānītihāsānāṃ tathā bhāratamucyate | yaścainaṃ śrāvayecchrāddhe brāhmaṇānpādamantataḥ

so is the Bharata said to be among histories. Whoever has brahmins hear even a quarter of it at a shraddha rite,

Note on the text: Lines correspond to 1.1.202c and 1.1.203a of the critical edition (Wikisource divides the verses differently).

Verse 292 (1.1.292)

अक्षय्यमन्नपानं वै पितॄंस्तस्योपतिष्ठते । इतिहासपुराणाभ्यां वेदं समुपबृंहयेत् ॥

akṣayyamannapānaṃ vai pitṝṃstasyopatiṣṭhate | itihāsapurāṇābhyāṃ vedaṃ samupabṛṃhayet

his ancestors receive food and drink that never run out. One should expand the Veda through history and the Puranas.

Note on the text: Corrected पितृंस् → पितॄंस् (misprint in Wikisource; accusative plural has long ॄ, as in the critical edition's pitṝṃs). Lines correspond to 1.1.203c and 1.1.204a of the critical edition (Wikisource divides the verses differently).

Verse 293 (1.1.293)

बिभेत्यल्पश्रुताद्वेदो मामयं प्रतरिष्यति । कार्ष्णं वेदमिमं विद्वाञ्श्रावयित्वार्थमश्नुते ॥

bibhetyalpaśrutādvedo māmayaṃ pratariṣyati | kārṣṇaṃ vedamimaṃ vidvāñśrāvayitvārthamaśnute

The Veda fears a man of little learning, thinking, "He will do me harm." The wise man who has others hear this Veda of Krishna Dvaipayana gains his ends.

Note on the text: Lines correspond to 1.1.204c and 1.1.205a of the critical edition (Wikisource divides the verses differently).

Verse 294 (1.1.294)

भ्रूणहत्यादिकं चापि पापं जह्यादसंशयम् । य इमं शुचिरध्यायं पठेत्पर्वणि पर्वणि ॥

bhrūṇahatyādikaṃ cāpi pāpaṃ jahyādasaṃśayam | ya imaṃ śuciradhyāyaṃ paṭhetparvaṇi parvaṇi

Without doubt he would cast off even sins such as the killing of an unborn child. Whoever, being pure, reads this chapter at every holy day of the moon,

Note on the text: Lines correspond to 1.1.205c and 1.1.206a of the critical edition (Wikisource divides the verses differently).

Verse 295 (1.1.295)

अधीतं भारतं तेन कृत्स्नं स्यादिति मे मतिः । यश्चैनं शृणुयान्नित्यमार्षं श्रद्धासमन्वितः ॥

adhītaṃ bhārataṃ tena kṛtsnaṃ syāditi me matiḥ | yaścainaṃ śṛṇuyānnityamārṣaṃ śraddhāsamanvitaḥ

has, in my view, studied the whole Bharata. And whoever listens daily, with faith, to this work of the seer,

Note on the text: Lines correspond to 1.1.206c and 1.1.207a of the critical edition (Wikisource divides the verses differently).

Verse 296 (1.1.296)

स दीर्घमायुः कीर्तिं च स्वर्गतिं चाप्नुयान्नरः । एकतश्चतुरो वेदा भारतं चैतदेकतः ॥

sa dīrghamāyuḥ kīrtiṃ ca svargatiṃ cāpnuyānnaraḥ | ekataścaturo vedā bhārataṃ caitadekataḥ

that man gains long life, fame and the path to heaven. On one side the four Vedas, and on the other this Bharata:

Note on the text: Lines correspond to 1.1.207c and 1.1.208a of the critical edition (Wikisource divides the verses differently).

Verse 297 (1.1.297)

पुरा किल सुरैः सर्वैः समेत्य तुलया धृतम् । चतुर्भ्यः सरहस्येभ्यो वेदेभ्यो ह्यधिकं यदा ॥

purā kila suraiḥ sarvaiḥ sametya tulayā dhṛtam | caturbhyaḥ sarahasyebhyo vedebhyo hyadhikaṃ yadā

long ago, it is said, all the gods came together and weighed them on the scales; and when it proved weightier than the four Vedas with their mysteries,

Note on the text: The first line corresponds to 1.1.208c of the critical edition; the second line (चतुर्भ्यः सरहस्येभ्यो…) is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 298 (1.1.298)

तदाप्रभृति लोकेऽस्मिन्महाभारतमुच्यते । महत्त्वे च गुरुत्वे च ध्रियमाणं यतोऽधिकम् ॥

tadāprabhṛti loke'sminmahābhāratamucyate | mahattve ca gurutve ca dhriyamāṇaṃ yato'dhikam

from then on it has been called the Mahabharata in this world, since it was found to exceed them in greatness and in weight.

Note on the text: The second line is 1.1.208e of the critical edition; the first line (तदाप्रभृति लोकेऽस्मिन्…) is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 299 (1.1.299)

महत्त्वाद्भारवत्त्वाच्च महाभारतमुच्यते । निरुक्तमस्य यो वेद सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते ॥

mahattvādbhāravattvācca mahābhāratamucyate | niruktamasya yo veda sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

Because of its greatness and its weight it is called the Mahabharata. One who knows this meaning of its name is freed from all sins.

Verse 300 (1.1.300)

तपो नकल्कोऽध्ययनं नकल्कः । स्वाभाविको वेदविधिर्नकल्कः । प्रसह्य वित्ताहरणं नकल्क- । स्तान्येव भावोपहतानि कल्कः ॥

tapo nakalko'dhyayanaṃ nakalkaḥ | svābhāviko vedavidhirnakalkaḥ | prasahya vittāharaṇaṃ nakalka- | stānyeva bhāvopahatāni kalkaḥ

Austerity is no sin; study is no sin; the Vedic rule followed according to one's nature is no sin; winning wealth by force is no sin. It is these same things, when tainted by a corrupt intent, that become sin.