Adi Parva · Adhyaya 134

The Death of Pandu and Madri's Ascent of the Pyre

Answering Janamejaya, Vaishampayana first sets out the ages of the Pandavas at each stage of their lives, down to Yudhishthira's span of one hundred and eight years. He then tells how, one spring on Mount Shatashringa, Pandu was overcome by desire for Madri and, forgetting the curse, died in her embrace. Kunti, Madri and the five sons lament; the sages urge both widows to live, but Madri entrusts her twins to Kunti and, after Pandu's funeral rites, follows him onto the pyre with Kunti's leave.

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जनमेजय उवाच · Janamejaya said

Verse 1 (1.134.1)

कस्मिन्वयसि संप्राप्ताः पाण्डवा गजसाह्वयम् । समपद्यन्त देवेभ्यस्तेषामायुश्च किं परम् ॥

kasminvayasi saṃprāptāḥ pāṇḍavā gajasāhvayam | samapadyanta devebhyasteṣāmāyuśca kiṃ param

At what age did the Pandavas, who were born of the gods, come to Hastinapura? And what was the full span of their lives?

Note on the text: Removed the heading line जनमेजय उवाच (with a stray backtick), which the extraction had kept inside the verse; speaker set to Janamejaya (input had none). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

वैशम्पायन उवाच · Vaishampayana said

Verse 2 (1.134.2)

पाण्डवानामिहायुष्यं शृणु कौरवनन्दन । जगाम हास्तिनपुरं षोडशाब्दो युधिष्ठिरः ॥

pāṇḍavānāmihāyuṣyaṃ śṛṇu kauravanandana | jagāma hāstinapuraṃ ṣoḍaśābdo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ

Hear now, joy of the Kurus, how long the Pandavas lived. Yudhishthira was sixteen years old when he went to Hastinapura.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition records it only in its apparatus (Appendix I, no. 67, lines 47–48).

Verse 3 (1.134.3)

भीमसेनः पञ्चदशो बीभत्सुर्वै चतुर्दशः । त्रयोदशाब्दौ च यमौ जग्मतुर्नागसाह्वयम् ॥

bhīmasenaḥ pañcadaśo bībhatsurvai caturdaśaḥ | trayodaśābdau ca yamau jagmaturnāgasāhvayam

Bhimasena was fifteen, Bibhatsu (Arjuna) fourteen, and the twins thirteen years old when they went to the city named after the elephant.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition records it only in its apparatus (Appendix I, no. 67).

Verse 4 (1.134.4)

तत्र त्रयोदशाब्दानि धार्तराष्ट्रैः सहोषिताः । षण्मासाञ्जातुषगृहान्मुक्ता जातो घटोत्कचः ॥

tatra trayodaśābdāni dhārtarāṣṭraiḥ sahoṣitāḥ | ṣaṇmāsāñjātuṣagṛhānmuktā jāto ghaṭotkacaḥ

There they lived for thirteen years with the sons of Dhritarashtra. Six months after they escaped from the house of lac, Ghatotkacha was born.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition records it only in its apparatus (Appendix I, no. 67).

Verse 5 (1.134.5)

षण्मासानेकचक्रायां वर्षं पाञ्चालके गृहे । धार्तराष्ट्रैः सहोषित्वा पञ्च वर्षाणि भारत ॥

ṣaṇmāsānekacakrāyāṃ varṣaṃ pāñcālake gṛhe | dhārtarāṣṭraiḥ sahoṣitvā pañca varṣāṇi bhārata

They spent six months in Ekachakra and a year in the house of the Panchala king; then, O Bharata, they lived five years with the sons of Dhritarashtra.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition records it only in its apparatus (Appendix I, no. 67).

Verse 6 (1.134.6)

इन्द्रप्रस्थे वसन्तस्ते त्रीणि वर्षाणि विंशतिम् । द्वादशाब्दानथैकं च बभूवुर्द्यूतनिर्जिताः ॥

indraprasthe vasantaste trīṇi varṣāṇi viṃśatim | dvādaśābdānathaikaṃ ca babhūvurdyūtanirjitāḥ

They lived in Indraprastha for twenty-three years, and then for thirteen years they were exiles, defeated at dice.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition records it only in its apparatus (Appendix I, no. 67).

Verse 7 (1.134.7)

भुक्त्वा षट्त्रिंशतं राजन्सागरान्तां वसुन्धराम् । मासैः षड्भिर्महात्मानः सर्वे कृष्णपरायणाः ॥

bhuktvā ṣaṭtriṃśataṃ rājansāgarāntāṃ vasundharām | māsaiḥ ṣaḍbhirmahātmānaḥ sarve kṛṣṇaparāyaṇāḥ

Then, O king, those great-souled ones, all devoted to Krishna, ruled the sea-girt earth for thirty-six years and six months.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition records it only in its apparatus (Appendix I, no. 67).

Verse 8 (1.134.8)

राज्ये परीक्षितं स्थाप्य दिष्टां गतिमवाप्नुवन् । एवं युधिष्ठिरस्यासीदायुरष्टोत्तरं शतम् ॥

rājye parīkṣitaṃ sthāpya diṣṭāṃ gatimavāpnuvan | evaṃ yudhiṣṭhirasyāsīdāyuraṣṭottaraṃ śatam

Then they set Parikshit on the throne and went the way that fate had ordained. Thus Yudhishthira's life was one hundred and eight years.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition records it only in its apparatus (Appendix I, no. 67).

Verse 9 (1.134.9)

अर्जुनात्केशवो ज्येष्ठस्त्रिभिर्मासैर्महाद्युतिः । कृष्णात्संकर्षणो ज्येष्ठस्त्रिभिर्मासैर्महाबलः ॥

arjunātkeśavo jyeṣṭhastribhirmāsairmahādyutiḥ | kṛṣṇātsaṃkarṣaṇo jyeṣṭhastribhirmāsairmahābalaḥ

Keshava, of great splendour, was three months older than Arjuna, and Sankarshana, of great strength, was three months older than Krishna.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition records it only in its apparatus (Appendix I, no. 67).

Verse 10 (1.134.10)

पाण्डुः पञ्च महातेजास्तान्पश्यन्पर्वते सुतान् । रेमे स काश्यपयुतः पत्नीभ्यां सुभृशं तदा ॥

pāṇḍuḥ pañca mahātejāstānpaśyanparvate sutān | reme sa kāśyapayutaḥ patnībhyāṃ subhṛśaṃ tadā

Pandu, of great splendour, watching his five sons on the mountain, lived there in great happiness with his two wives, in the company of Kashyapa.

Note on the text: Corrected पञ्चमहातेजास् → पञ्च महातेजास् (word division; पञ्च goes with सुतान्, "his five sons"). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 11 (1.134.11)

सुपुष्पितवने काले प्रवृत्ते मधुमाधवे । पूर्णे चतुर्दशे वर्षे फल्गुनस्य च धीमतः ॥

supuṣpitavane kāle pravṛtte madhumādhave | pūrṇe caturdaśe varṣe phalgunasya ca dhīmataḥ

Then came the season of spring, when the woods were in full flower, and the wise Phalguna (Arjuna) had completed his fourteenth year.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition records it only in its apparatus (*1245, line 1).

Verse 12 (1.134.12)

यस्मिन्नृक्षे समुत्पन्नः पार्थस्तस्य च धीमतः । तस्मिन्नुत्तरफल्गुन्यां प्रवृत्ते स्वस्तिवाचने ॥

yasminnṛkṣe samutpannaḥ pārthastasya ca dhīmataḥ | tasminnuttaraphalgunyāṃ pravṛtte svastivācane

Under Uttara Phalguni, the very constellation in which the wise Partha had been born, the ceremony of blessings was under way.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition records it only in its apparatus (*1245, line 2).

Verse 13 (1.134.13)

रक्षणे विस्मृता कुन्ती व्यग्रा ब्राह्मणभोजने । पुरोहितेन सहितान्ब्राह्मणान्पर्यवेषयत् ॥

rakṣaṇe vismṛtā kuntī vyagrā brāhmaṇabhojane | purohitena sahitānbrāhmaṇānparyaveṣayat

Kunti, busy with feeding the brahmins, forgot to keep watch over the king; together with the family priest she was serving food to the brahmins.

Note on the text: Removed the stray wiki marks (backtick / '।।'') that close a bracketed passage in Wikisource. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition records it only in its apparatus (*1245, lines 3–4).

Verse 14 (1.134.14)

दर्शनीयांस्ततः पुत्रान्पाण्डुः पञ्च महावने । तान्पश्यन्पर्वते रम्ये स्वबाहुबलमाश्रितः ॥

darśanīyāṃstataḥ putrānpāṇḍuḥ pañca mahāvane | tānpaśyanparvate ramye svabāhubalamāśritaḥ

Pandu, secure in the strength of his own arms, watched his five handsome sons in the great forest on the lovely mountain.

Verse 15 (1.134.15)

सुपुष्पितवने काले कदाचिन्मधुमाधवे । भूतसंमोहने राजा सभार्यो व्यचरद्वनम् ॥

supuṣpitavane kāle kadācinmadhumādhave | bhūtasaṃmohane rājā sabhāryo vyacaradvanam

Once, in spring, the season that bewitches all creatures, when the woods were in full flower, the king roamed the forest with his wife.

Verse 16 (1.134.16)

पलाशैस्तिलकैश्चूतैश्चम्पकैः पारिभद्रकैः । अन्यैश्च बहुभिर्वृक्षैः फलपुष्पसमृद्धिभिः ॥

palāśaistilakaiścūtaiścampakaiḥ pāribhadrakaiḥ | anyaiśca bahubhirvṛkṣaiḥ phalapuṣpasamṛddhibhiḥ

The forest was full of palasha, tilaka, mango, champaka and paribhadraka trees, and of many others rich in fruit and flower,

Verse 17 (1.134.17)

जलस्थानैश्च विविधैः पद्मिनीभिश्च शोभितम् । पाण्डोर्वनं तत्संप्रेक्ष्य प्रजज्ञे हृदि मन्मथः ॥

jalasthānaiśca vividhaiḥ padminībhiśca śobhitam | pāṇḍorvanaṃ tatsaṃprekṣya prajajñe hṛdi manmathaḥ

and adorned with pools of many kinds and with lotus ponds. As Pandu gazed at that forest, love was born in his heart.

Verse 18 (1.134.18)

प्रहृष्टमनसं तत्र विचरन्तं यथाऽमरम् । तं माद्र्यनुजगामैका वसनं बिभ्रती शुभम् ॥

prahṛṣṭamanasaṃ tatra vicarantaṃ yathā'maram | taṃ mādryanujagāmaikā vasanaṃ bibhratī śubham

As he wandered there with a joyful heart, like one of the immortals, Madri alone followed him, wearing a beautiful garment.

Verse 19 (1.134.19)

समीक्षमाणः स तु तां वयःस्थां तनुवाससम् । तस्य कामः प्रववृधे गहनेऽग्निरिवोद्गतः ॥

samīkṣamāṇaḥ sa tu tāṃ vayaḥsthāṃ tanuvāsasam | tasya kāmaḥ pravavṛdhe gahane'gnirivodgataḥ

As he looked at her, young and thinly clad, his desire grew like a fire that has sprung up in a thicket.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रवृते → प्रववृधे (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped akshara leaves the pada a syllable short; the critical edition reads pravavṛdhe).

Verse 20 (1.134.20)

रहस्येकां तु तां दृष्ट्वा राजा राजीवलोचनाम् । न शशाक नियन्तुं तं कामं कामवशीकृतः ॥

rahasyekāṃ tu tāṃ dṛṣṭvā rājā rājīvalocanām | na śaśāka niyantuṃ taṃ kāmaṃ kāmavaśīkṛtaḥ

Seeing the lotus-eyed queen alone with him in that secluded place, the king, mastered by desire, could not hold his desire in check.

Verse 21 (1.134.21)

अथ सोऽष्टादशे वर्षे ऋतौ माद्रीमलङ्कृताम् । आजुहाव ततः पाण्डुः परीतात्मा यशस्विनीम् ॥

atha so'ṣṭādaśe varṣe ṛtau mādrīmalaṅkṛtām | ājuhāva tataḥ pāṇḍuḥ parītātmā yaśasvinīm

Then, in the eighteenth year, Pandu, overcome by passion, called to him the illustrious Madri, who was adorned and in her season.

Note on the text: Corrected माद्रम् → माद्रीम् (misprint in Wikisource; the feminine accusative is needed, and the critical edition's apparatus reads mādrīm). Removed the stray wiki marks (backtick / '।।'') that close a bracketed passage in Wikisource. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition records it only in its apparatus (*1255).

Verse 22 (1.134.22)

तत एनां बलाद्राजा निजग्राह रहोगताम् । वार्यमाणस्तया देव्या विस्फुरन्त्या यथाबलम् ॥

tata enāṃ balādrājā nijagrāha rahogatām | vāryamāṇastayā devyā visphurantyā yathābalam

Then the king seized her by force in that secret place, though the queen struggled with all her strength and tried to hold him back.

Verse 23 (1.134.23)

स तु कामपरीतात्मा तं शापं नान्वबुध्यत । माद्रीं मैथुनधर्मेण सोऽन्वगच्छद्बलादिव ॥

sa tu kāmaparītātmā taṃ śāpaṃ nānvabudhyata | mādrīṃ maithunadharmeṇa so'nvagacchadbalādiva

His mind possessed by desire, he gave no thought to the curse, and he lay with Madri in union, as though by force.

Verse 24 (1.134.24)

जीवितान्ताय कौरव्य मन्मथस्य वशं गतः । शापजं भयमुत्सृज्य विधिना संप्रचोदितः ॥

jīvitāntāya kauravya manmathasya vaśaṃ gataḥ | śāpajaṃ bhayamutsṛjya vidhinā saṃpracoditaḥ

Fallen into the power of love, O Kauravya, and driven on by fate, he cast aside his fear of the curse, to the ending of his life.

Note on the text: The second line differs from the critical edition (jagāmaiva balāt priyām); Wikisource's reading is kept.

Verse 25 (1.134.25)

तस्य कामात्मनो बुद्धिः साक्षात्कालेन मोहिता । संप्रमथ्येन्द्रियग्रामं प्रनष्टा सह चेतसा ॥

tasya kāmātmano buddhiḥ sākṣātkālena mohitā | saṃpramathyendriyagrāmaṃ pranaṣṭā saha cetasā

His understanding, given over to desire and bewildered by Time itself, churned up all his senses and was lost along with his reason.

Verse 26 (1.134.26)

स तया सह संगम्य भार्यया कुरुनन्दनः । पाण्डुः परमधर्मात्मा युयुजे कालधर्मणा ॥

sa tayā saha saṃgamya bhāryayā kurunandanaḥ | pāṇḍuḥ paramadharmātmā yuyuje kāladharmaṇā

Having lain with his wife, Pandu, joy of the Kurus and supremely righteous, met his death.

Verse 27 (1.134.27)

ततो माद्री समालिङ्ग्य राजानं गतचेतसम् । मुमोच दुःखजं शब्दं पुनः पुनरतीव हि ॥

tato mādrī samāliṅgya rājānaṃ gatacetasam | mumoca duḥkhajaṃ śabdaṃ punaḥ punaratīva hi

Then Madri, clasping the lifeless king, cried out in grief again and again.

Verse 28 (1.134.28)

सह पुत्रैस्ततः कुन्ती माद्रीपुत्रौ च पाण्डवौ । आजग्मुः सहितास्तत्र यत्र राजा तथागतः ॥

saha putraistataḥ kuntī mādrīputrau ca pāṇḍavau | ājagmuḥ sahitāstatra yatra rājā tathāgataḥ

Then Kunti with her sons, and the two sons of Madri, came together to the place where the king lay in that state.

Verse 29 (1.134.29)

ततो माद्र्यब्रवीद्राजन्नार्ता कुन्तीमिदं वचः । एकैव त्वमिहागच्छ तिष्ठन्त्वत्रैव दारकाः ॥

tato mādryabravīdrājannārtā kuntīmidaṃ vacaḥ | ekaiva tvamihāgaccha tiṣṭhantvatraiva dārakāḥ

Then Madri in her anguish, O king, said to Kunti: "Come here alone; let the children stay where they are."

Verse 30 (1.134.30)

तच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं तस्यास्तत्रैवाधाय दारकान् । हताऽहमिति विक्रुश्य सहसैवाजगाम सा ॥

tacchrutvā vacanaṃ tasyāstatraivādhāya dārakān | hatā'hamiti vikruśya sahasaivājagāma sā

Hearing her words, Kunti left the children there and, crying out "I am undone!", came at once.

Note on the text: Corrected दरकान् → दारकान् (misprint in Wikisource; dropped vowel sign; the critical edition reads dārakān); हता।हमिति → हताऽहमिति (avagraha printed as a danda); विक्रुश्च → विक्रुश्य (misprint; the critical edition reads vikruśya).

Verse 31 (1.134.31)

दृष्ट्वा पाण्डुं च माद्रीं च शयानौ धरणीतले । कुन्ती शोकपरीताङ्गी विललाप सुदुःखिता ॥

dṛṣṭvā pāṇḍuṃ ca mādrīṃ ca śayānau dharaṇītale | kuntī śokaparītāṅgī vilalāpa suduḥkhitā

Seeing Pandu and Madri lying on the ground, Kunti, her whole body seized by grief, lamented in deep sorrow.

कुन्त्युवाच · Kunti said

Verse 32 (1.134.32)

रक्ष्यमाणो मया नित्यं वीरः सततमात्मवान् । कथं त्वामभ्यतिक्रान्तः शापं जानन्वनौकसः ॥

rakṣyamāṇo mayā nityaṃ vīraḥ satatamātmavān | kathaṃ tvāmabhyatikrāntaḥ śāpaṃ jānanvanaukasaḥ

I always guarded this hero, and he was ever self-controlled. How then did he, knowing the forest-dweller's curse, overstep it with you?

Note on the text: Speaker set to Kunti (input carried over Vaishampayana): Wikisource prints no heading, but the verse is her lament announced in the previous verse. Corrected त्वामत्यतिक्रान्तः → त्वामभ्यतिक्रान्तः (misprint in Wikisource; अत्यतिक्रान्त is not a valid form; the critical edition reads abhyatikrāntaḥ).

Verse 33 (1.134.33)

ननु नाम त्वया माद्रि रक्षितव्यो नराधिपः । सा कथं लोभितवती विजने त्वं नराधिपम् ॥

nanu nāma tvayā mādri rakṣitavyo narādhipaḥ | sā kathaṃ lobhitavatī vijane tvaṃ narādhipam

Surely, Madri, it was for you to guard the king. How could you tempt the king in this lonely place?

Note on the text: Speaker set to Kunti (input carried over Vaishampayana): Wikisource prints no heading, but the verse is her lament announced in the previous verse.

Verse 34 (1.134.34)

कथं दीनस्य सततं त्वामासाद्य रहोगताम् । तं विचिन्तयतः शापं प्रहर्षः समजायत ॥

kathaṃ dīnasya satataṃ tvāmāsādya rahogatām | taṃ vicintayataḥ śāpaṃ praharṣaḥ samajāyata

He was always downcast, brooding on the curse. How did joy arise in him when he found you alone?

Note on the text: Speaker set to Kunti (input carried over Vaishampayana): Wikisource prints no heading, but the verse is her lament announced in the previous verse.

Verse 35 (1.134.35)

धन्या त्वमसि बाह्लीकि मत्तो भाग्यतरा तथा । दृष्टवत्यसि यद्वक्त्रं प्रहृष्टस्य महीपतेः ॥

dhanyā tvamasi bāhlīki matto bhāgyatarā tathā | dṛṣṭavatyasi yadvaktraṃ prahṛṣṭasya mahīpateḥ

You are blessed, princess of the Bahlikas, more fortunate than I, for you have seen the king's face lit with joy.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Kunti (input carried over Vaishampayana): Wikisource prints no heading, but the verse is her lament announced in the previous verse.

माद्र्युवाच · Madri said

Verse 36 (1.134.36)

विलपन्त्या मया देवि वार्यमाणेन चासकृत् । आत्मा न वारितोऽनेन सत्यं दिष्टं चिकीर्षुणा ॥

vilapantyā mayā devi vāryamāṇena cāsakṛt | ātmā na vārito'nena satyaṃ diṣṭaṃ cikīrṣuṇā

O queen, though I wept and tried again and again to stop him, he would not restrain himself, as though bent on making fate come true.

Note on the text: Aligned by hand with 1.116.22 of the critical edition, whose first quarter reads vilobhyamānena mayā ("though tempted by me") where Wikisource has विलपन्त्या मया देवि; Wikisource's reading is kept.

वैशम्पायन उवाच · Vaishampayana said

Verse 37 (1.134.37)

तस्यास्तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा कुन्ती शोकाग्निदीपिता । पपात सहसा भूमौ छिन्नमूल इव द्रुमः ॥

tasyāstadvacanaṃ śrutvā kuntī śokāgnidīpitā | papāta sahasā bhūmau chinnamūla iva drumaḥ

Hearing her words, Kunti, burning in the fire of grief, fell suddenly to the ground like a tree cut at the root.

Note on the text: Removed the heading line वैशंपायान उवाच (misspelt, with a stray backtick), which the extraction had kept inside the verse; speaker set to Vaishampayana (input had Madri). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition records it only in its apparatus (Appendix I, no. 68).

Verse 38 (1.134.38)

निश्चेष्टा पतिता भूमौ मोहेन न चचाल सा । तस्मिन्क्षणे कृतस्नानमहताम्बरसंवृतम् ॥

niśceṣṭā patitā bhūmau mohena na cacāla sā | tasminkṣaṇe kṛtasnānamahatāmbarasaṃvṛtam

She lay fallen on the ground, motionless, stunned and unable to stir. At that moment Pandu, bathed and wrapped in new cloth,

Note on the text: Speaker set to Vaishampayana (input carried over Madri): the verse is narration under Wikisource's heading at verse 37. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition records it only in its apparatus (Appendix I, no. 68).

Verse 39 (1.134.39)

अलङ्कारकृतं पाण्डुं शयानं शयने शुभे । कुन्तीमुत्थाप्य माद्री तु मोहेनाविष्टचेतनाम् ॥

alaṅkārakṛtaṃ pāṇḍuṃ śayānaṃ śayane śubhe | kuntīmutthāpya mādrī tu mohenāviṣṭacetanām

adorned and laid on a fine bed. Madri raised up Kunti, whose mind was clouded by grief,

Verse 40 (1.134.40)

आर्ये एहीति तां कुन्तीं दर्शयामास कौरव । पादयोः पतिता कुन्ती पुनरुत्थाय भूमिपम् ॥

ārye ehīti tāṃ kuntīṃ darśayāmāsa kaurava | pādayoḥ patitā kuntī punarutthāya bhūmipam

and saying "Come, noble lady," showed him to her, O Kaurava. Kunti fell at his feet; then, rising again, she saw the king,

Verse 41 (1.134.41)

रक्तचन्दनदिग्धाङ्गं महारजनवाससम् । सस्मितेन च वक्त्रेण वदन्तमिव भारतम् ॥

raktacandanadigdhāṅgaṃ mahārajanavāsasam | sasmitena ca vaktreṇa vadantamiva bhāratam

his limbs smeared with red sandal, clothed in saffron-dyed garments, his face smiling as though the Bharata were about to speak.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Vaishampayana (input carried over Madri): the verse is narration under Wikisource's heading at verse 37. Corrected दिग्धांङ्गं → दिग्धाङ्गं (misprint in Wikisource; stray anusvara before ङ्ग). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition records it only in its apparatus (Appendix I, no. 68).

Verse 42 (1.134.42)

परिरभ्य ततो मोहाद्विललापाकुलेन्द्रिया । माद्री चापि समालिङ्ग्य राजानं विललाप सा ॥

parirabhya tato mohādvilalāpākulendriyā | mādrī cāpi samāliṅgya rājānaṃ vilalāpa sā

She embraced him and, her senses overwhelmed, lamented in her bewilderment; and Madri too clasped the king and wept.

Verse 43 (1.134.43)

तं तथा शायिनं पुत्रा ऋषयः सह चारणैः । अभ्येत्य सहिताः सर्वे शोकादश्रूण्यवर्तयन् ॥

taṃ tathā śāyinaṃ putrā ṛṣayaḥ saha cāraṇaiḥ | abhyetya sahitāḥ sarve śokādaśrūṇyavartayan

As he lay there, his sons, and the sages with the Charanas, all came together and shed tears of grief.

Verse 44 (1.134.44)

अस्तं गतमिवादित्यं संशुष्कमिव सागरम् । दृष्ट्वा पाण्डुं नरव्याघ्रं शोचन्ति स्म महर्षयः ॥

astaṃ gatamivādityaṃ saṃśuṣkamiva sāgaram | dṛṣṭvā pāṇḍuṃ naravyāghraṃ śocanti sma maharṣayaḥ

Seeing Pandu, that tiger among men, like the sun gone down or the ocean dried up, the great sages mourned.

Verse 45 (1.134.45)

समानशोका ऋषयः पाण्डवाश्च बभूविरे । ते समाश्वासिते विप्रैर्विलेपतुरनिन्दिते ॥

samānaśokā ṛṣayaḥ pāṇḍavāśca babhūvire | te samāśvāsite viprairvilepaturanindite

The sages and the Pandavas shared the same grief. The two blameless women, though comforted by the brahmins, lamented.

कुन्त्युवाच · Kunti said

Verse 46 (1.134.46)

हा राजन्कस्य नो हित्वा गच्छसि त्रिदशालयम् । हा राजन्मम मन्दायाः कथं माद्रीं समेत्य वै ॥

hā rājankasya no hitvā gacchasi tridaśālayam | hā rājanmama mandāyāḥ kathaṃ mādrīṃ sametya vai

Alas, O king, to whom do you leave us as you go to the abode of the gods? Alas, O king, how is it that you went to Madri

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition records it only in its apparatus (Appendix I, no. 68).

Verse 47 (1.134.47)

निधनं प्राप्तवान्राजन्मद्भाग्यपरिसंक्षयात् । युधिष्ठिरं भीमसेनमर्जुनं च यमावुभौ ॥

nidhanaṃ prāptavānrājanmadbhāgyaparisaṃkṣayāt | yudhiṣṭhiraṃ bhīmasenamarjunaṃ ca yamāvubhau

and met your death, O king, because my good fortune had run out, unhappy as I am? Yudhishthira, Bhimasena, Arjuna and the twins,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition records it only in its apparatus (Appendix I, no. 68).

Verse 48 (1.134.48)

कस्य हित्वा प्रियान्पुत्रान्प्रयातोऽसि विशांपते । नूनं त्वां त्रिदशा देवाः प्रतिनन्दन्ति भारत ॥

kasya hitvā priyānputrānprayāto'si viśāṃpate | nūnaṃ tvāṃ tridaśā devāḥ pratinandanti bhārata

these beloved sons, to whom have you left them and gone, lord of the people? Surely the gods of heaven are welcoming you, O Bharata,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition records it only in its apparatus (Appendix I, no. 68).

Verse 49 (1.134.49)

यतो हि तप उग्रं वै चरितं ब्रह्मसंसदि । आवाभ्यां सहितो राजन्गमिष्यसि दिवं शुभम् ॥

yato hi tapa ugraṃ vai caritaṃ brahmasaṃsadi | āvābhyāṃ sahito rājangamiṣyasi divaṃ śubham

for you practised fierce austerity in the assembly of the brahmins. Together with the two of us, O king, you were to go to the bright heaven,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition records it only in its apparatus (Appendix I, no. 68).

Verse 50 (1.134.50)

आजमीढाजमीढानां कर्मणा चरतां गतिम् । ननु नाम सहावाभ्यां गमिष्यामीति यत्त्वया ॥

ājamīḍhājamīḍhānāṃ karmaṇā caratāṃ gatim | nanu nāma sahāvābhyāṃ gamiṣyāmīti yattvayā

O scion of Ajamidha, to the goal the Ajamidhas reach by their deeds. Did you not say, "I will go together with the two of you"?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition records it only in its apparatus (Appendix I, no. 68).

Verse 51 (1.134.51)

प्रतिज्ञाता कुरुश्रेष्ठ यदाऽस्मि वनमागता । आवाभ्यां चैव सहितो गमिष्यसि विशांपते । मुहूर्तं क्षम्यतां राजन्द्रक्ष्येऽहं च मुखं तव ॥

pratijñātā kuruśreṣṭha yadā'smi vanamāgatā | āvābhyāṃ caiva sahito gamiṣyasi viśāṃpate | muhūrtaṃ kṣamyatāṃ rājandrakṣye'haṃ ca mukhaṃ tava

You made that promise, best of the Kurus, when I came to the forest. So you shall go only with the two of us, lord of the people. Wait a moment, O king, and let me look upon your face.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition records it only in its apparatus (Appendix I, no. 68).

वैशम्पायन उवाच · Vaishampayana said

Verse 52 (1.134.52)

विलपित्वा भृशं चैव निःसंज्ञे पतिते भुवि । यथा हते मृगे मृग्यौ लुब्धैर्वनगते तथा ॥

vilapitvā bhṛśaṃ caiva niḥsaṃjñe patite bhuvi | yathā hate mṛge mṛgyau lubdhairvanagate tathā

Having lamented bitterly, the two fell senseless to the ground, like two does in the forest when the stag has been slain by hunters.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition records it only in its apparatus (Appendix I, no. 68).

Verse 53 (1.134.53)

युधिष्ठिरमुखाः सर्वे पाण्डवा वेदपारगाः । तेऽभ्यागत्य पितुर्मूले निःसंज्ञाः पतिता भुवि ॥

yudhiṣṭhiramukhāḥ sarve pāṇḍavā vedapāragāḥ | te'bhyāgatya piturmūle niḥsaṃjñāḥ patitā bhuvi

All the Pandavas, led by Yudhishthira, masters of the Vedas, came to their father's feet and fell senseless to the ground.

Note on the text: Corrected वेदपरागाः → वेदपारगाः (misprint in Wikisource; transposed vowel signs; the critical edition's apparatus reads vedapāragāḥ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition records it only in its apparatus (Appendix I, no. 68).

Verse 54 (1.134.54)

पाण्डोः पादौ परिष्वज्य विलपन्ति स्म पाण्डवाः । हा विनष्टाः स्म तातेति हा अनाथा भवामहे ॥

pāṇḍoḥ pādau pariṣvajya vilapanti sma pāṇḍavāḥ | hā vinaṣṭāḥ sma tāteti hā anāthā bhavāmahe

Clasping Pandu's feet, the Pandavas lamented: "Alas, father, we are ruined! Alas, we are left without a protector!"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition records it only in its apparatus (Appendix I, no. 68).

युधिष्ठिर उवाच · Yudhishthira said

Verse 55 (1.134.55)

त्वद्विहीना महाप्राज्ञ कथं जीवाम बालकाः । लोकनाथस्य पुत्राः स्मो न सनाथा भवामहे ॥

tvadvihīnā mahāprājña kathaṃ jīvāma bālakāḥ | lokanāthasya putrāḥ smo na sanāthā bhavāmahe

Without you, wise father, how shall we children live? We are the sons of a protector of the world, yet we have no protector.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Yudhishthira (input had Vaishampayana): Wikisource prints no heading, but these whole verses are the sons' lament led by Yudhishthira, followed by Bhima's ("Bhima too lamented"); the critical edition's apparatus gives the passage to yudhiṣṭhiraḥ. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition records it only in its apparatus (Appendix I, no. 68).

Verse 56 (1.134.56)

क्षणेनैव महाराज अहो लोकस्य चित्रता । नास्मद्विधा राजपुत्रा अधन्याः सन्ति भारत ॥

kṣaṇenaiva mahārāja aho lokasya citratā | nāsmadvidhā rājaputrā adhanyāḥ santi bhārata

In a single moment, great king! Ah, how strange is the way of the world! There are no princes as unfortunate as we, O Bharata.

Verse 57 (1.134.57)

त्वद्विनाशाच्च राजेन्द्र राज्यप्रस्खलनात्तदा । पाण्डवाश्च वयं सर्वे प्राप्ताः स्म व्यसनं महत् ॥

tvadvināśācca rājendra rājyapraskhalanāttadā | pāṇḍavāśca vayaṃ sarve prāptāḥ sma vyasanaṃ mahat

Through your death, king of kings, and the loss of the kingdom before it, we Pandavas have all fallen into great misfortune.

Verse 58 (1.134.58)

किं करिष्यामहे राजन्कर्तव्यं च प्रसीदताम् ॥

kiṃ kariṣyāmahe rājankartavyaṃ ca prasīdatām

What shall we do, O king? Be gracious and tell us what we must do.

Note on the text: Split: Wikisource prints the heading भीमसेन उवाच inside its verse 58, after this line; this line closes the lament given to Yudhishthira and the next is Bhima's, so each is given as a verse of its own. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition records it only in its apparatus (Appendix I, no. 68).

भीमसेन उवाच · Bhimasena said

Verse 59 (1.134.59)

हित्वा राज्यं च भोगांश्च शतशृङ्गनिवासिना ॥

hitvā rājyaṃ ca bhogāṃśca śataśṛṅganivāsinā

Giving up kingdom and pleasures, and dwelling on Shatashringa,

Note on the text: Split from the preceding verse at the heading भीमसेन उवाच, which Wikisource prints inside its verse 58; speaker set to Bhimasena (input had Vaishampayana). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition records it only in its apparatus (Appendix I, no. 68).

Verse 60 (1.134.60)

त्वया लब्धाः स्म राजेन्द्र महता तपसा वयम् । हित्वा मानं वनं गत्वा स्वयमाहृत्य भक्षणम् ॥

tvayā labdhāḥ sma rājendra mahatā tapasā vayam | hitvā mānaṃ vanaṃ gatvā svayamāhṛtya bhakṣaṇam

you won us, king of kings, by great austerity. Setting aside pride, you went to the forest, gathered food with your own hands,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition records it only in its apparatus (Appendix I, no. 68).

Verse 61 (1.134.61)

शाकमूलफलैर्वन्यैर्भरणं वै त्वया कृतम् । पुत्रानुत्पाद्य पितरो यमिच्छन्ति महात्मनः ॥

śākamūlaphalairvanyairbharaṇaṃ vai tvayā kṛtam | putrānutpādya pitaro yamicchanti mahātmanaḥ

and fed us on the greens, roots and fruits of the forest. That fruit which great-souled fathers seek in begetting sons,

Note on the text: Corrected यमिच्छ्ति → यमिच्छन्ति and महातम्नः → महात्मनः (misprints in Wikisource; dropped akshara and transposed letters; the critical edition's apparatus reads yam icchanti mahātmanaḥ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition records it only in its apparatus (Appendix I, no. 68).

Verse 62 (1.134.62)

त्रिवर्गफलमिच्छन्तस्तस्य कालोऽयमागतः । अभुक्त्वैव फलं राजन्गन्तुं नार्हसि भारत ॥

trivargaphalamicchantastasya kālo'yamāgataḥ | abhuktvaiva phalaṃ rājangantuṃ nārhasi bhārata

seeking the reward of the three aims of life, its time has now come. You must not go, O king, O Bharata, without having enjoyed that fruit.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition records it only in its apparatus (Appendix I, no. 68).

वैशम्पायन उवाच · Vaishampayana said

Verse 63 (1.134.63)

इत्येवमुक्त्वा पितरं भीमोऽपि विललाप ह ॥

ityevamuktvā pitaraṃ bhīmo'pi vilalāpa ha

Having spoken thus to his father, Bhima too lamented.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Vaishampayana (input had Bhimasena): the line is narration. Corrected विललाप → विललाप ह (misprint in Wikisource; the dropped particle leaves the pada a syllable short; the critical edition's apparatus reads vilalāpa ha). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition records it only in its apparatus (Appendix I, no. 68).

अर्जुन उवाच · Arjuna said

Verse 64 (1.134.64)

प्रनष्टं भारतं वंशं पाण्डुना पुनरुद्धृतम् । तस्मिंस्तदा वनगते नष्टं राज्यमराजकम् ॥

pranaṣṭaṃ bhārataṃ vaṃśaṃ pāṇḍunā punaruddhṛtam | tasmiṃstadā vanagate naṣṭaṃ rājyamarājakam

The Bharata line, which had perished, was raised up again by Pandu. When he went to the forest, the kingdom, left without a king, was lost.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition records it only in its apparatus (Appendix I, no. 68).

Verse 65 (1.134.65)

पुनर्निःसारितं क्षत्रं पाण्डुपुत्रैश्च पञ्चभिः । एतच्छ्रुत्वाऽनुमोदित्वा गन्तुमर्हसि शङ्कर ॥

punarniḥsāritaṃ kṣatraṃ pāṇḍuputraiśca pañcabhiḥ | etacchrutvā'numoditvā gantumarhasi śaṅkara

Now the warrior line has been brought forth anew through Pandu's five sons. Hearing this, and rejoicing in it, you may go, O bringer of good.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition records it only in its apparatus (Appendix I, no. 68).

वैशम्पायन उवाच · Vaishampayana said

Verse 66 (1.134.66)

इत्येवमुक्त्वा पितरं विललाप धनञ्जयः ॥

ityevamuktvā pitaraṃ vilalāpa dhanañjayaḥ

Having spoken thus to his father, Dhananjaya lamented.

Note on the text: Split: Wikisource prints the heading यमावूचतुः inside its verse 65, after this line; this line is narration and the next is the twins', so each is given as a verse of its own. Speaker set to Vaishampayana (input had Arjuna). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition records it only in its apparatus (Appendix I, no. 68).

यमावूचतुः · the Twins (Nakula and Sahadeva) said

Verse 67 (1.134.67)

दुःसहं च तपः कृत्वा लब्ध्वा नो भरतर्षभ ॥

duḥsahaṃ ca tapaḥ kṛtvā labdhvā no bharatarṣabha

Having performed austerity hard to bear and so obtained us, bull of the Bharatas,

Note on the text: Split from the preceding verse at the heading यमावूचतुः, which Wikisource prints inside its verse 65 and which the extraction had kept inside the verse; speaker set to the twins (input had Arjuna). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition records it only in its apparatus (Appendix I, no. 68).

Verse 68 (1.134.68)

पुत्रलाभस्य महतः शुश्रूषादिफलं त्वया । न चावाप्तं किंचिदेव पुरा दशरथो यथा ॥

putralābhasya mahataḥ śuśrūṣādiphalaṃ tvayā | na cāvāptaṃ kiṃcideva purā daśaratho yathā

you have gained no fruit at all from the great blessing of sons, from their service and the rest, just as Dasharatha did not in days of old.

Note on the text: Speaker set to the twins (input carried over Arjuna). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition records it only in its apparatus (Appendix I, no. 68).

वैशम्पायन उवाच · Vaishampayana said

Verse 69 (1.134.69)

एवमुक्त्वा यमौ चापि विलेपतुरथातुरौ ॥

evamuktvā yamau cāpi vilepaturathāturau

Having spoken thus, the twins too lamented in their distress.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Vaishampayana (input had Arjuna): the line is narration. Removed the stray wiki marks (backtick / '।।'') that close a bracketed passage in Wikisource. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition records it only in its apparatus (Appendix I, no. 68).

कुन्त्युवाच · Kunti said

Verse 70 (1.134.70)

अहं ज्येष्ठा धर्मपत्नी ज्येष्ठं धर्मफलं मम । अवश्यं भाविनो भावान्मा मां माद्रि निवर्तय ॥

ahaṃ jyeṣṭhā dharmapatnī jyeṣṭhaṃ dharmaphalaṃ mama | avaśyaṃ bhāvino bhāvānmā māṃ mādri nivartaya

I am the elder, his lawful wife; the first fruit of dharma is mine. Do not hold me back, Madri, from what must come to pass.

Verse 71 (1.134.71)

अन्विष्यामीह भर्तारमहं प्रेतवशं गतम् । उत्तिष्ठ त्वं विसृज्यैनमिमान्रक्षस्व दारकान् ॥

anviṣyāmīha bhartāramahaṃ pretavaśaṃ gatam | uttiṣṭha tvaṃ visṛjyainamimānrakṣasva dārakān

I shall follow my husband, who has passed into the power of death. Rise, let him go, and protect these children.

Verse 72 (1.134.72)

अवाप्य पुत्रांल्लब्धार्थान्वीरपत्नीत्वमर्थये ॥

avāpya putrāṃllabdhārthānvīrapatnītvamarthaye

I have borne sons and gained what I sought; now I ask to follow my hero-husband as his wife.

Note on the text: Split: Wikisource prints the heading वैशंपायन उवाच inside its verse 70, after this line; the line is Kunti's and the next is narration, so each is given as a verse of its own. Removed a stray backtick. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition records it only in its apparatus (*1259).

वैशम्पायन उवाच · Vaishampayana said

Verse 73 (1.134.73)

मद्रराजसुता कुन्तीमिदं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥

madrarājasutā kuntīmidaṃ vacanamabravīt

The daughter of the Madra king then said these words to Kunti:

Note on the text: Split from the preceding verse at the heading वैशंपायन उवाच, which Wikisource prints inside its verse 70; speaker set to Vaishampayana (input had Kunti). Removed the stray wiki marks (backtick / '।।'') that close a bracketed passage in Wikisource. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition records it only in its apparatus (*1259).

माद्र्युवाच · Madri said

Verse 74 (1.134.74)

अहमेवानुयास्यामि भर्तारमपलायिनम् । न हि तृप्ताऽस्मि कामानां ज्येष्ठा मामनुमन्यताम् ॥

ahamevānuyāsyāmi bhartāramapalāyinam | na hi tṛptā'smi kāmānāṃ jyeṣṭhā māmanumanyatām

I alone shall follow my husband, who never turned his back in flight. I have not had my fill of pleasures; let my elder give me leave.

Verse 75 (1.134.75)

मां चाभिगम्य क्षीणोऽयं कामाद्भरतसत्तमः । समुच्छिद्यामि तत्कामं कथं नु यमसादने ॥

māṃ cābhigamya kṣīṇo'yaṃ kāmādbharatasattamaḥ | samucchidyāmi tatkāmaṃ kathaṃ nu yamasādane

This best of the Bharatas came to me out of desire and perished. How could I let that desire of his be cut short in the abode of Yama?

Verse 76 (1.134.76)

मम हेतोर्हि राजाऽयं दिवं राजर्षिसत्तमः । न चैव तादृशी बुद्धिर्बान्धवाश्च न तादृशाः ॥

mama hetorhi rājā'yaṃ divaṃ rājarṣisattamaḥ | na caiva tādṛśī buddhirbāndhavāśca na tādṛśāḥ

It is on my account that this king, best of royal sages, has gone to heaven. And I have neither such understanding as yours nor such kinsmen.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Madri (input had Vaishampayana): Wikisource prints no heading here, but these whole verses are Madri's reply announced in verse 70; the critical edition heads them mādry uvāca. Corrected हतोर्हि → हेतोर्हि and राजर्पि → राजर्षि (misprints in Wikisource; dropped vowel sign, प for ष; the critical edition's apparatus reads hetor and rājarṣi). Removed a stray backtick. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition records it only in its apparatus (*1260).

Verse 77 (1.134.77)

न चोत्सहे धारयितुं प्राणान्भर्त्रा विना कृता । तस्मात्तमनुयास्यामि यान्तं वैवस्वतक्षयम् ॥

na cotsahe dhārayituṃ prāṇānbhartrā vinā kṛtā | tasmāttamanuyāsyāmi yāntaṃ vaivasvatakṣayam

Parted from my husband, I cannot bear to keep my life. So I shall follow him as he goes to the realm of Vivasvan's son.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Madri (input had Vaishampayana): Wikisource prints no heading here, but these whole verses are Madri's reply announced in verse 70; the critical edition heads them mādry uvāca. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition records it only in its apparatus (*1260).

Verse 78 (1.134.78)

वर्तेयं न समां वृत्तिं जात्वहं न सुतेषु ते । तथाहि वर्तमानां मामधर्मः संस्पृशेन्महान् ॥

varteyaṃ na samāṃ vṛttiṃ jātvahaṃ na suteṣu te | tathāhi vartamānāṃ māmadharmaḥ saṃspṛśenmahān

I might never treat your sons as I treat my own, and if I behaved so, a great wrong would cling to me.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Madri (input had Vaishampayana): Wikisource prints no heading here, but these whole verses are Madri's reply announced in verse 70; the critical edition heads them mādry uvāca. Aligned by hand with 1.116.27 of the critical edition, which says the same in different words; Wikisource's reading is kept.

Verse 79 (1.134.79)

तस्मान्मे सुतयोर्देवि वर्तितव्यं स्वपुत्रवत् । अन्वेष्यामि च भर्तारं व्रजन्तं यमसादनम् ॥

tasmānme sutayordevi vartitavyaṃ svaputravat | anveṣyāmi ca bhartāraṃ vrajantaṃ yamasādanam

So, O queen, you must treat my two sons as your own. I shall follow my husband as he goes to the abode of Yama.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Madri (input had Vaishampayana): Wikisource prints no heading here, but these whole verses are Madri's reply announced in verse 70; the critical edition heads them mādry uvāca. Removed the stray wiki marks (backtick / '।।'') that close a bracketed passage in Wikisource. Aligned by hand: the first line = 1.116.28ab of the critical edition (which reads kunti for देवि); the second line is in its apparatus (*1262).

Verse 80 (1.134.80)

मां हि कामयमानोऽयं राजा प्रेतवशं गतः । राज्ञः शरीरेण सह मामपीदं कलेवरम् ॥

māṃ hi kāmayamāno'yaṃ rājā pretavaśaṃ gataḥ | rājñaḥ śarīreṇa saha māmapīdaṃ kalevaram

It was in desiring me that the king passed into the power of death. So let this body of mine be burned together with the king's body,

Verse 81 (1.134.81)

दग्धव्यं सुप्रतिच्छन्नं त्वेतदार्ये प्रियं कुरु । दारकेष्वप्रमत्ता त्वं भवेश्चाभिहिता मया । अतोऽहं न प्रपश्यामि संदेष्टव्यं हितं तव ॥

dagdhavyaṃ supraticchannaṃ tvetadārye priyaṃ kuru | dārakeṣvapramattā tvaṃ bhaveścābhihitā mayā | ato'haṃ na prapaśyāmi saṃdeṣṭavyaṃ hitaṃ tava

well covered. Do this kindness for me, noble lady. Be watchful over the children, as I have asked of you. Beyond this I see nothing more for your good that I need to tell you.

वैशम्पायन उवाच · Vaishampayana said

Verse 82 (1.134.82)

ऋषयस्तान्समाश्वास्य पाण्डवान्सत्यविक्रमान् । ऊचुः कुन्तीं च माद्रीं च समाश्वास्य तपस्विनः ॥

ṛṣayastānsamāśvāsya pāṇḍavānsatyavikramān | ūcuḥ kuntīṃ ca mādrīṃ ca samāśvāsya tapasvinaḥ

The ascetic sages comforted the Pandavas, true in valour, and, comforting Kunti and Madri as well, they said:

Note on the text: Removed the heading line वैशंपायन उवाच (with a stray backtick), which the extraction had kept inside the verse. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition records it only in its apparatus (Appendix I, no. 69).

ऋषय ऊचुः · the Sages said

Verse 83 (1.134.83)

सुभगे बालपुत्रा तु न मर्तव्यं कथंचन । पाण्डवांश्चापि नेष्यामः कुरुराष्ट्रं परन्तपान् ॥

subhage bālaputrā tu na martavyaṃ kathaṃcana | pāṇḍavāṃścāpi neṣyāmaḥ kururāṣṭraṃ parantapān

Fortunate lady, a mother of young sons must by no means die. We shall take the Pandavas, scorchers of foes, to the kingdom of the Kurus.

Note on the text: Speaker set to the Sages (input had Vaishampayana): Wikisource prints no heading, but verse 79 announces their words. Corrected तथंचन → कथंचन (misprint in Wikisource; त for क; the critical edition's apparatus reads kathaṃ cana). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition records it only in its apparatus (Appendix I, no. 69).

Verse 84 (1.134.84)

अधर्मेष्वर्थजातेषु धृतराष्ट्रश्च लोभवान् । स कदाचिन्न वर्तेत पाण्डवेषु यथाविधि ॥

adharmeṣvarthajāteṣu dhṛtarāṣṭraśca lobhavān | sa kadācinna varteta pāṇḍaveṣu yathāvidhi

Dhritarashtra is greedy for wealth gained by unrighteous means; he might at some time fail to treat the Pandavas as is right.

Note on the text: Speaker set to the Sages (input had Vaishampayana): Wikisource prints no heading, but verse 79 announces their words. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition records it only in its apparatus (Appendix I, no. 69).

Verse 85 (1.134.85)

कुन्त्याश्च वृष्णयो नाथाः कुन्तिभोजस्तथैव च । माद्र्याश्च बलिनांश्रेष्ठः शल्यो भ्राता महारथः ॥

kuntyāśca vṛṣṇayo nāthāḥ kuntibhojastathaiva ca | mādryāśca balināṃśreṣṭhaḥ śalyo bhrātā mahārathaḥ

Kunti has the Vrishnis as her protectors, and Kuntibhoja too; and Madri has her brother Shalya, the great chariot-warrior, foremost of the strong.

Verse 86 (1.134.86)

भर्त्रा तु मरणं सार्धं फलवन्नात्र संशयः । युवाभ्यां दुष्करं चैतद्वदन्ति द्विजपुङ्गवाः ॥

bhartrā tu maraṇaṃ sārdhaṃ phalavannātra saṃśayaḥ | yuvābhyāṃ duṣkaraṃ caitadvadanti dvijapuṅgavāḥ

To die together with one's husband surely bears fruit, there is no doubt of that; but the best of the twice-born say that for you two it is a hard thing to do.

Verse 87 (1.134.87)

मृते भर्तरि साध्वी स्त्री ब्रह्मचर्यव्रते स्थिता । यमैश्च नियमैः पूता मनोवाक्कायजैः शुभा ॥

mṛte bhartari sādhvī strī brahmacaryavrate sthitā | yamaiśca niyamaiḥ pūtā manovākkāyajaiḥ śubhā

A virtuous woman whose husband has died, who keeps the vow of chastity, made pure by the restraints and observances of mind, speech and body,

Verse 88 (1.134.88)

भर्तारं चिन्तयन्ती सा भर्तारं निस्तरेच्छुभा । तारितश्चापि भर्ता स्यादात्मा पुत्रस्तथैव च ॥

bhartāraṃ cintayantī sā bhartāraṃ nistarecchubhā | tāritaścāpi bhartā syādātmā putrastathaiva ca

and keeps her husband in her thoughts, that good woman carries her husband across; her husband is saved, and so are she herself and her son.

Verse 89 (1.134.89)

तस्माज्जीवितमेवैतद्युवयोर्विद्म शोभनम् ॥

tasmājjīvitamevaitadyuvayorvidma śobhanam

Therefore we know that for you two, to live is the better course.

Note on the text: Speaker set to the Sages (input had Vaishampayana): Wikisource prints no heading, but verse 79 announces their words. Corrected तस्माञ्जीवितम् → तस्माज्जीवितम् (misprint in Wikisource; wrong sandhi conjunct; the critical edition's apparatus reads tasmāj jīvitam). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition records it only in its apparatus (Appendix I, no. 69).

कुन्त्युवाच · Kunti said

Verse 90 (1.134.90)

यथा पाण्डोस्तु निर्देशस्तथा विप्रगणस्य च । आज्ञा शिरसि निक्षिप्ता करिष्यामि च तत्तथा ॥

yathā pāṇḍostu nirdeśastathā vipragaṇasya ca | ājñā śirasi nikṣiptā kariṣyāmi ca tattathā

As Pandu directed, and as this company of brahmins directs, so I place the command upon my head and shall carry it out.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition records it only in its apparatus (Appendix I, no. 69).

Verse 91 (1.134.91)

यदाहुर्भगवन्तोऽपि तन्मन्ये शोभनं परम् । भर्तुश्च मम पुत्राणामात्मनश्च न संशयः ॥

yadāhurbhagavanto'pi tanmanye śobhanaṃ param | bhartuśca mama putrāṇāmātmanaśca na saṃśayaḥ

What the holy ones have said I hold to be the highest good for my husband, for my sons and for myself; of that I have no doubt.

Note on the text: Corrected यदाद्दुर् → यदाहुर् (misprint in Wikisource; द्द for ह; the critical edition's apparatus reads yad āhur). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition records it only in its apparatus (Appendix I, no. 69).

माद्र्युवाच · Madri said

Verse 92 (1.134.92)

कुन्ती समर्था पुत्राणां योगक्षेमस्य धारणे । अस्या हि न समा बुद्ध्या यद्यपि स्यादरुन्धती ॥

kuntī samarthā putrāṇāṃ yogakṣemasya dhāraṇe | asyā hi na samā buddhyā yadyapi syādarundhatī

Kunti is able to secure and safeguard the welfare of the sons. Not even Arundhati would be her equal in understanding.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition records it only in its apparatus (Appendix I, no. 69).

Verse 93 (1.134.93)

कुन्त्याश्च वृष्णयो नाथाः कुन्तिभोजस्तथैव च । नाहं त्वमिव पुत्राणां समर्था धारणे तथा ॥

kuntyāśca vṛṣṇayo nāthāḥ kuntibhojastathaiva ca | nāhaṃ tvamiva putrāṇāṃ samarthā dhāraṇe tathā

Kunti has the Vrishnis as her protectors, and Kuntibhoja too. I am not able, as you are, to bring up the sons.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition records it only in its apparatus (Appendix I, no. 69).

Verse 94 (1.134.94)

साऽहं भर्तारमन्विष्ये संतृप्ता नापि भोगतः । भर्तृलोकस्य तु ज्येष्ठा देवी मामनुमन्यताम् ॥

sā'haṃ bhartāramanviṣye saṃtṛptā nāpi bhogataḥ | bhartṛlokasya tu jyeṣṭhā devī māmanumanyatām

So I shall follow my husband, for I have not had my fill of pleasure either. Let the elder queen give me leave to go to my husband's world.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition records it only in its apparatus (Appendix I, no. 69).

Verse 95 (1.134.95)

धर्मज्ञस्य कृतज्ञस्य सत्यसन्धस्य धीमतः । पादौ परिचरिष्यामि तथार्याऽद्यानुमन्यताम् ॥

dharmajñasya kṛtajñasya satyasandhasya dhīmataḥ | pādau paricariṣyāmi tathāryā'dyānumanyatām

I shall serve the feet of that wise lord, who knew dharma, was grateful and true to his word. Let the noble lady give me leave today.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition records it only in its apparatus (Appendix I, no. 69).

वैशम्पायन उवाच · Vaishampayana said

Verse 96 (1.134.96)

एवमुक्त्वा तदा राजन्मद्रराजसुता शुभा । ददौ कुन्त्यै यमौ माद्री शिरसाऽभिप्रणम्य च ॥

evamuktvā tadā rājanmadrarājasutā śubhā | dadau kuntyai yamau mādrī śirasā'bhipraṇamya ca

Having spoken thus, O king, the noble daughter of the Madra king bowed her head to Kunti and gave the twins into her care.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition records it only in its apparatus (Appendix I, no. 69).

Verse 97 (1.134.97)

अभिवाद्य महर्षीन्सा परिष्वज्य च पाण्डवान् । मूर्ध्न्युपाघ्राय बहुशः पार्थानात्मसुतौ तदा ॥

abhivādya maharṣīnsā pariṣvajya ca pāṇḍavān | mūrdhnyupāghrāya bahuśaḥ pārthānātmasutau tadā

She saluted the great sages, embraced the Pandavas, and kissed again and again the heads of Pritha's sons and of her own two sons.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition records it only in its apparatus (Appendix I, no. 69).

Verse 98 (1.134.98)

हस्ते युधिष्ठिरं गृह्य माद्री वाक्यमभाषत । कुन्ती माता अहं धात्री युष्माकं तु पिता मृतः ॥

haste yudhiṣṭhiraṃ gṛhya mādrī vākyamabhāṣata | kuntī mātā ahaṃ dhātrī yuṣmākaṃ tu pitā mṛtaḥ

Taking Yudhishthira by the hand, Madri spoke these words: "Kunti is your mother, and I your nurse; but your father is dead.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition records it only in its apparatus (Appendix I, no. 69).

माद्र्युवाच · Madri said

Verse 99 (1.134.99)

युधिष्ठिरः पिता ज्येष्ठश्चतुर्णां धर्मतः सदा । वृद्धाद्युपासनासक्ताः सत्यधर्मपरायणाः ॥

yudhiṣṭhiraḥ pitā jyeṣṭhaścaturṇāṃ dharmataḥ sadā | vṛddhādyupāsanāsaktāḥ satyadharmaparāyaṇāḥ

Yudhishthira, the eldest, is by dharma always a father to the four of you. Those who are devoted to serving their elders and given to truth and dharma

Note on the text: Speaker set to Madri (input had Vaishampayana): her speech, begun in the second line of verse 95, fills these whole verses. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition records it only in its apparatus (Appendix I, no. 69).

Verse 100 (1.134.100)

तादृशा न विनश्यन्ति नैव यान्ति पराभवम् । तस्मात्सर्वे कुरुध्वं वै गुरुवृत्तिमतन्द्रिताः ॥

tādṛśā na vinaśyanti naiva yānti parābhavam | tasmātsarve kurudhvaṃ vai guruvṛttimatandritāḥ

do not perish, nor do they meet defeat. So all of you, untiring, must behave toward him as toward an elder."

वैशम्पायन उवाच · Vaishampayana said

Verse 101 (1.134.101)

ऋषीणां च पृथायाश्च नमस्कृत्य पुनःपुनः । आयासकृपणा माद्री प्रत्युवाच पृथां तदा ॥

ṛṣīṇāṃ ca pṛthāyāśca namaskṛtya punaḥpunaḥ | āyāsakṛpaṇā mādrī pratyuvāca pṛthāṃ tadā

Bowing again and again to the sages and to Pritha, Madri, worn and pitiable in her anguish, then spoke to Pritha:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition records it only in its apparatus (Appendix I, no. 69).

माद्र्युवाच · Madri said

Verse 102 (1.134.102)

ऋषीणां संनिधावेषां यथा वागभ्युदीरिता । दिदृक्षमाणायाः स्वर्गं न ममैषा वृथा भवेत् ॥

ṛṣīṇāṃ saṃnidhāveṣāṃ yathā vāgabhyudīritā | didṛkṣamāṇāyāḥ svargaṃ na mamaiṣā vṛthā bhavet

May the words I have spoken in the presence of these sages not be in vain for me, who long to see heaven.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition records it only in its apparatus (Appendix I, no. 69).

Verse 103 (1.134.103)

धन्या त्वमसि वार्ष्णेयि नास्ति स्त्री सदृशी त्वया । वीर्यं तेजश्च योगं च माहात्म्यं च यशस्विनाम् ॥

dhanyā tvamasi vārṣṇeyi nāsti strī sadṛśī tvayā | vīryaṃ tejaśca yogaṃ ca māhātmyaṃ ca yaśasvinām

You are blessed, daughter of the Vrishnis; there is no woman like you. The valour, splendour, mastery and greatness of glorious men

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition records it only in its apparatus (Appendix I, no. 69).

Verse 104 (1.134.104)

कुन्ति द्रक्ष्यसि पुत्राणां पञ्चानाममितौजसाम् । आर्या चाप्यभिवाद्या च मम पूज्या च सर्वतः ॥

kunti drakṣyasi putrāṇāṃ pañcānāmamitaujasām | āryā cāpyabhivādyā ca mama pūjyā ca sarvataḥ

you will see, Kunti, in your five sons of boundless might. You are noble, worthy of my salutation and in every way to be honoured by me.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition records it only in its apparatus (Appendix I, no. 69).

Verse 105 (1.134.105)

ज्येष्ठा वरिष्ठा त्वं देवि भूषिता स्वगुणैः शुभैः । अभ्यनुज्ञातुमिच्छामि त्वया यादवनन्दिनि ॥

jyeṣṭhā variṣṭhā tvaṃ devi bhūṣitā svaguṇaiḥ śubhaiḥ | abhyanujñātumicchāmi tvayā yādavanandini

You are the elder and the more excellent, O queen, adorned with your own good qualities. I wish to have your leave, joy of the Yadavas.

Note on the text: Corrected यावनन्दिनि → यादवनन्दिनि (misprint in Wikisource; dropped akshara; the critical edition's apparatus reads yādavanandini). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition records it only in its apparatus (Appendix I, no. 69).

Verse 106 (1.134.106)

धर्मं स्वर्गं च कीर्तिं च त्वत्कृतेऽहमवाप्नुयाम् । यथा तथा विधत्स्वेह मा च कार्षीर्विचारणाम् ॥

dharmaṃ svargaṃ ca kīrtiṃ ca tvatkṛte'hamavāpnuyām | yathā tathā vidhatsveha mā ca kārṣīrvicāraṇām

Through you may I win dharma, heaven and fame. Arrange things here as they should be, and do not hesitate.

Note on the text: Corrected विचारणां → विचारणाम् (final anusvara at the end of the verse written as म्). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition records it only in its apparatus (Appendix I, no. 69).

वैशम्पायन उवाच · Vaishampayana said

Verse 107 (1.134.107)

बाष्पसंदिग्धया वाचा कुन्त्युवाच यशस्विनी । अनुज्ञाताऽसि कल्याणि त्रिदिवे सङ्गमोऽस्तु ते ॥

bāṣpasaṃdigdhayā vācā kuntyuvāca yaśasvinī | anujñātā'si kalyāṇi tridive saṅgamo'stu te

In a voice choked with tears the illustrious Kunti said: "You have my leave, good lady. May you be united with him in heaven.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition records it only in its apparatus (Appendix I, no. 69).

कुन्त्युवाच · Kunti said

Verse 108 (1.134.108)

भर्त्रा सह विशालाक्षि क्षिप्रमद्यैव भामिनि । संगता स्वर्गलोके त्वं रमेथाः शाश्वतीः समाः ॥

bhartrā saha viśālākṣi kṣipramadyaiva bhāmini | saṃgatā svargaloke tvaṃ ramethāḥ śāśvatīḥ samāḥ

Large-eyed lady, joined with your husband in the world of heaven this very day, may you take delight with him for endless years."

Note on the text: Speaker set to Kunti (input had Vaishampayana): her words, begun in the second line of verse 104, fill this whole verse. Corrected विशालिक्षि → विशालाक्षि (misprint in Wikisource; wrong vowel sign) and संगतास्वर्गलोके → संगता स्वर्गलोके (word division). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition records it only in its apparatus (Appendix I, no. 69).

वैशम्पायन उवाच · Vaishampayana said

Verse 109 (1.134.109)

ततः पुरोहितः स्नात्वा प्रेतकर्मणि पारगः । हिरण्यशकलानाज्यं तिलं दधि च तण्डुलान् ॥

tataḥ purohitaḥ snātvā pretakarmaṇi pāragaḥ | hiraṇyaśakalānājyaṃ tilaṃ dadhi ca taṇḍulān

Then the family priest, skilled in the rites for the dead, bathed and, with the ascetics, brought pieces of gold, clarified butter, sesame, curds and rice,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition records it only in its apparatus (Appendix I, no. 69).

Verse 110 (1.134.110)

उदकुम्भांश्च परशुं समानीय तपस्विभिः । अश्वमेधाग्निमाहृत्य यथान्यायं समन्ततः ॥

udakumbhāṃśca paraśuṃ samānīya tapasvibhiḥ | aśvamedhāgnimāhṛtya yathānyāyaṃ samantataḥ

jars of water and an axe; and bringing the fire of the horse sacrifice, he set it all around in due order.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition records it only in its apparatus (Appendix I, no. 69).

Verse 111 (1.134.111)

काश्यपः कारयामास पाण्डोः प्रेतस्य तां क्रियाम् । पुरोहितोक्तविधिना पाण्डोः पुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः ॥

kāśyapaḥ kārayāmāsa pāṇḍoḥ pretasya tāṃ kriyām | purohitoktavidhinā pāṇḍoḥ putro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ

Kashyapa had the rites for the departed Pandu performed. Following the procedure the priest prescribed, Pandu's son Yudhishthira

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition records it only in its apparatus (Appendix I, no. 69).

Verse 112 (1.134.112)

तेनाग्निनाऽदहत्पाण्डुं कृत्वा चापि क्रियास्तदा । रुदञ्छोकाभिसंतप्तः पपात भुवि पाण्डवः ॥

tenāgninā'dahatpāṇḍuṃ kṛtvā cāpi kriyāstadā | rudañchokābhisaṃtaptaḥ papāta bhuvi pāṇḍavaḥ

burned Pandu with that fire and performed the rites; then, weeping and consumed by grief, the son of Pandu fell to the ground.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition records it only in its apparatus (Appendix I, no. 69).

Verse 113 (1.134.113)

ऋषीन्पुत्रान्पृथां चैव विसृज्य च नृपात्मज । नमस्कृत्य चिताग्निस्थं धर्मपत्नी नरर्षभम् ॥

ṛṣīnputrānpṛthāṃ caiva visṛjya ca nṛpātmaja | namaskṛtya citāgnisthaṃ dharmapatnī nararṣabham

Then, O prince, taking leave of the sages, the sons and Pritha, and bowing to that bull among men as he lay in the fire of the pyre, his lawful wife,

Note on the text: Removed the stray wiki marks (backtick / '।।'') that close a bracketed passage in Wikisource. The first line is in the critical edition's apparatus (Appendix I, no. 69, which reads nṛpātmajān); the second line = 1.116.31ab of the critical edition.

Verse 114 (1.134.114)

मद्रराजसुता तूर्णमन्वारोहद्यशस्विनी ॥

madrarājasutā tūrṇamanvārohadyaśasvinī

the illustrious daughter of the Madra king, swiftly mounted the pyre after him.

Note on the text: Aligned by hand: the second line of verse 110 and this line = 1.116.31 of the critical edition (madrarājātmajā for मद्रराजसुता). Wikisource prints this half-verse on its own.

Verse 115 (1.134.115)

अहताम्बरसंवीतो भ्रातृभिः सहितोऽनघः । उदकं कृतवांस्तत्र पुरोहितमते स्थितः ॥

ahatāmbarasaṃvīto bhrātṛbhiḥ sahito'naghaḥ | udakaṃ kṛtavāṃstatra purohitamate sthitaḥ

Clad in new cloth, the sinless prince, with his brothers, offered the water there, following the priest's direction.

Note on the text: Removed a stray backtick. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition records it only in its apparatus (*1264).

Verse 116 (1.134.116)

अर्हतस्तस्य कृत्यानि शतशृङ्गनिवासिनः । तापसा विधिवच्चक्रुश्चारणा ऋषिभिः सह ॥

arhatastasya kṛtyāni śataśṛṅganivāsinaḥ | tāpasā vidhivaccakruścāraṇā ṛṣibhiḥ saha

The ascetics who dwelt on Shatashringa, together with the Charanas and the sages, duly performed all the rites owed to him, worthy as he was.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition records it only in its apparatus (*1264).

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