Duryodhana Urges the Pandavas' Exile

Verse 1 (1.152.1)

प्राणाधिकं भीमसेनं कृतविद्यं धनञ्जयम् । दुर्योधनो लक्षयित्वा पर्यतप्यत दुर्मनाः ॥

prāṇādhikaṃ bhīmasenaṃ kṛtavidyaṃ dhanañjayam | duryodhano lakṣayitvā paryatapyata durmanāḥ

Vaishampayana said: Seeing Bhimasena surpassing all in strength and Dhananjaya accomplished in learning, Duryodhana grew dejected and burned with anguish.

Verse 2 (1.152.2)

ततो वैकर्तनः कर्णः शकुनिश्चापि सौबलः । अनेकैरभ्युपायैस्ते जिघांसन्ति स्म पाण्डवान् ॥

tato vaikartanaḥ karṇaḥ śakuniścāpi saubalaḥ | anekairabhyupāyaiste jighāṃsanti sma pāṇḍavān

Then he, with Karna son of Vikartana and Shakuni son of Subala, sought by many devices to kill the Pandavas.

Note on the text: Corrected अनेकार → अनेकैर (misprint in Wikisource; the instrumental plural anekair, as in the critical edition).

Verse 3 (1.152.3)

पाण्डवा अपि तत्सर्वं प्रतिचक्रुर्यथाबलम् । उद्भावनमकुर्वन्तो विदुरस्य मते स्थिताः ॥

pāṇḍavā api tatsarvaṃ praticakruryathābalam | udbhāvanamakurvanto vidurasya mate sthitāḥ

The Pandavas too countered all of it as far as their strength allowed, keeping to Vidura's counsel and never bringing the matter into the open.

Verse 4 (1.152.4)

गुणैः समुदितान्दृष्ट्वा पौराः पाण्डुसुतांस्तदा । कथयाञ्चक्रिरे तेषां गुणान्संसत्सु भारत ॥

guṇaiḥ samuditāndṛṣṭvā paurāḥ pāṇḍusutāṃstadā | kathayāñcakrire teṣāṃ guṇānsaṃsatsu bhārata

Seeing the sons of Pandu rich in every virtue, the citizens spoke of their qualities in their gatherings, O Bharata.

Note on the text: The first line is CE 1.129.4ab; the second line is not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 1.129.4*1436, line 1).

Verse 5 (1.152.5)

राज्यप्राप्तिं च संप्राप्तं ज्येष्ठं पाण्डुसुतं तदा । कथयन्ति स्म संभूय चत्वरेषु सभासु च ॥

rājyaprāptiṃ ca saṃprāptaṃ jyeṣṭhaṃ pāṇḍusutaṃ tadā | kathayanti sma saṃbhūya catvareṣu sabhāsu ca

Meeting in squares and in halls, they would say that the eldest son of Pandu had become worthy of the kingdom.

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 1.129.4*1436, line 2); the second line is CE 1.129.4cd.

Verse 6 (1.152.6)

प्रज्ञाचक्षुरचक्षुष्ट्वाद्धृतराष्ट्रो जनेश्वरः । राज्यं न प्राप्तवान्पूर्वं स कथं नृपतिर्भवेत् ॥

prajñācakṣuracakṣuṣṭvāddhṛtarāṣṭro janeśvaraḥ | rājyaṃ na prāptavānpūrvaṃ sa kathaṃ nṛpatirbhavet

The citizens said: "Dhritarashtra, lord of men, whose eyes are his wisdom, did not receive the kingdom before, because he is blind. How can he become king now?

Note on the text: Corrected प्रज्ञाश्चक्षुर → प्रज्ञाचक्षुर (misprint in Wikisource; the compound prajñācakṣur, as in the critical edition). Speaker set to the Citizens (input carried over Vaishampayana): Wikisource prints no heading, but verses 6–9 are the citizens' talk reported in verse 5, and the narrator's heading returns before verse 10.

Verse 7 (1.152.7)

तथा शान्तनवो भीष्मः सत्यसन्धो महाव्रतः । प्रत्याख्याय पुरा राज्यं न स जातु ग्रहीष्यति ॥

tathā śāntanavo bhīṣmaḥ satyasandho mahāvrataḥ | pratyākhyāya purā rājyaṃ na sa jātu grahīṣyati

Likewise Bhishma son of Shantanu, true to his word and bound by a great vow, renounced the kingdom long ago and will never take it.

Verse 8 (1.152.8)

ते वयं पाण्डवज्येष्ठं तरुणं वृद्धशीलिनम् । अभिषिञ्चाम साध्वद्य सत्यकारुण्यवेदिनम् ॥

te vayaṃ pāṇḍavajyeṣṭhaṃ taruṇaṃ vṛddhaśīlinam | abhiṣiñcāma sādhvadya satyakāruṇyavedinam

So let us now duly consecrate the eldest of the Pandavas, young yet mature in conduct, who knows truth and compassion.

Verse 9 (1.152.9)

स हि भीष्मं शान्तनवं धृतराष्ट्रं च धर्मवित् । सपुत्रं विविधैर्भोगैर्योजयिष्यति पूजयन् ॥

sa hi bhīṣmaṃ śāntanavaṃ dhṛtarāṣṭraṃ ca dharmavit | saputraṃ vividhairbhogairyojayiṣyati pūjayan

For he, who knows dharma, will honour Bhishma son of Shantanu and Dhritarashtra with his sons, and provide them with every kind of comfort."

Verse 10 (1.152.10)

तेषां दुर्योधनः श्रुत्वा तानि वाक्यानि जल्पताम् । युधिष्ठिरानुरक्तानां पर्यतप्यत दुर्मतिः ॥

teṣāṃ duryodhanaḥ śrutvā tāni vākyāni jalpatām | yudhiṣṭhirānuraktānāṃ paryatapyata durmatiḥ

Vaishampayana said: Hearing those words of the people as they talked, all of them devoted to Yudhishthira, the evil-minded Duryodhana was tormented.

Verse 11 (1.152.11)

स तप्यमानो दुष्टात्मा तेषां वाचो न चक्षमे । ईर्ष्यया चापि संतप्तो धृतराष्ट्रमुपागमत् ॥

sa tapyamāno duṣṭātmā teṣāṃ vāco na cakṣame | īrṣyayā cāpi saṃtapto dhṛtarāṣṭramupāgamat

Burning within, the wicked prince could not bear their words; and, consumed with jealousy as well, he went to Dhritarashtra.

Verse 12 (1.152.12)

ततो विरहितं दृष्ट्वा पितरं प्रतिपूज्य सः । पौरानुरागसंतप्तः पश्चादिदमभाषत ॥

tato virahitaṃ dṛṣṭvā pitaraṃ pratipūjya saḥ | paurānurāgasaṃtaptaḥ paścādidamabhāṣata

Finding his father alone, he paid him respect, and then, smarting at the citizens' love for the Pandavas, he said this:

Verse 13 (1.152.13)

श्रुता मे जल्पतां तात पौराणामशिवा गिरः । त्वामनादृत्य भीष्मं च पतिमिच्छन्ति पाण्डवम् ॥

śrutā me jalpatāṃ tāta paurāṇāmaśivā giraḥ | tvāmanādṛtya bhīṣmaṃ ca patimicchanti pāṇḍavam

Duryodhana said: "Father, I have heard the citizens talking, and their words bode ill. Disregarding you and Bhishma, they want the Pandava as their lord.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Duryodhana (input carried over Vaishampayana): Wikisource prints no heading, but verses 13–19 are his words to his father, announced at the end of verse 12.

Verse 14 (1.152.14)

मतमेतच्च भीष्मस्य न स राज्यं बुभुक्षति । अस्माकं तु परां पीडां चिकीर्षन्ति पुरे जनाः ॥

matametacca bhīṣmasya na sa rājyaṃ bubhukṣati | asmākaṃ tu parāṃ pīḍāṃ cikīrṣanti pure janāḥ

Bhishma is of the same mind, for he has no wish to enjoy the kingdom. But the people of the city mean to bring the greatest harm upon us.

Verse 15 (1.152.15)

पितृतः प्राप्तवान्राज्यं पाण्डुरात्मगुणैः पुरा । त्वमन्धगुणसंयोगात्प्राप्तं राज्यं न लब्धवान् ॥

pitṛtaḥ prāptavānrājyaṃ pāṇḍurātmaguṇaiḥ purā | tvamandhaguṇasaṃyogātprāptaṃ rājyaṃ na labdhavān

Pandu long ago received the kingdom from his father by virtue of his own merits; you, because of the defect of your blindness, did not obtain the kingdom that had come to you.

Verse 16 (1.152.16)

स एष पाण्डोर्दायाद्यं यदि प्राप्नोति पाण्डवः । तस्य पुत्रो ध्रुवं प्राप्तस्तस्य तस्यापि चापरः ॥

sa eṣa pāṇḍordāyādyaṃ yadi prāpnoti pāṇḍavaḥ | tasya putro dhruvaṃ prāptastasya tasyāpi cāparaḥ

If this Pandava now receives Pandu's inheritance, then surely his son will receive it after him, and that son's son after him in turn.

Verse 17 (1.152.17)

ते वयं राजवंशेन हीनाः सह सुतैरपि । अवज्ञाता भविष्यामो लोकस्य जगतीपते ॥

te vayaṃ rājavaṃśena hīnāḥ saha sutairapi | avajñātā bhaviṣyāmo lokasya jagatīpate

Then we, with our sons, cut off from the royal line, will be despised by the world, O lord of the earth.

Verse 18 (1.152.18)

सततं निरयं प्राप्ताः परपिण्डोपजीविनः । न भवेम यथा राजंस्तथा नीतिर्विधीयताम् ॥

satataṃ nirayaṃ prāptāḥ parapiṇḍopajīvinaḥ | na bhavema yathā rājaṃstathā nītirvidhīyatām

O king, adopt such a policy that we do not fall into lasting misery, living on the food of others.

Verse 19 (1.152.19)

यदि त्वं हि पुरा राजन्निदं राज्यमवाप्तवान् । ध्रुवं प्राप्स्याम च वयं राज्यमप्यवशे जने ॥

yadi tvaṃ hi purā rājannidaṃ rājyamavāptavān | dhruvaṃ prāpsyāma ca vayaṃ rājyamapyavaśe jane

If you, O king, had obtained this kingdom in the first place, then surely we too would obtain it, whatever the people might wish."

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 1.129.18: the second line is the same; the first line is a variant reading.

Verse 20 (1.152.20)

धृतराष्ट्रस्तु पुत्रस्य श्रुत्वा वचनमीदृशम् । मुहूर्तमिव संचिन्त्य दुर्योधनमथाब्रवीत् ॥

dhṛtarāṣṭrastu putrasya śrutvā vacanamīdṛśam | muhūrtamiva saṃcintya duryodhanamathābravīt

Vaishampayana said: Hearing such words from his son, Dhritarashtra reflected for a moment and then said to Duryodhana:

Note on the text: Removed the speaker heading वैशंपायन उवाच and a stray wiki mark (`), which had slipped into the verse text; the mark opens Wikisource's bracketed passage (verses 20–33), which corresponds to CE Appendix I, no. 83, lines 1–27.

Verse 21 (1.152.21)

धर्मनित्यस्तथा पाण्डुः सुप्रीतो मयि कौरवः । सर्वेषु ज्ञातिषु तथा मदीयेषु विशेषतः ॥

dharmanityastathā pāṇḍuḥ suprīto mayi kauravaḥ | sarveṣu jñātiṣu tathā madīyeṣu viśeṣataḥ

Dhritarashtra said: "Pandu, the Kaurava, was ever devoted to dharma and was very kind to me, as he was to all his kinsmen, and to mine above all.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension; CE Appendix I, no. 83, lines 3–4); compare CE 1.130.2, which the alignment gives to the parallel passage in Wikisource 1.154. Speaker set to Dhritarashtra (input carried over Vaishampayana): Wikisource prints no heading, but verses 21–28 are his reply, announced in verse 20, and the next heading is Duryodhana's before verse 29.

Verse 22 (1.152.22)

नात्र किंचन जानाति भोजनादि चिकीर्षितम् । निवेदयति तत्सर्वं मयि धर्मभृतां वरः ॥

nātra kiṃcana jānāti bhojanādi cikīrṣitam | nivedayati tatsarvaṃ mayi dharmabhṛtāṃ varaḥ

He sought nothing for himself in this house, not even in food and the like; that best of the upholders of dharma laid everything before me.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension; CE Appendix I, no. 83, lines 5–6); compare CE 1.130.3, which the alignment gives to the parallel passage in Wikisource 1.154.

Verse 23 (1.152.23)

तस्य पुत्रो यथा पाण्डुस्तथा धर्मपरः सदा । गुणावाँल्लोकविख्यातो नगरे च प्रतिष्ठितः ॥

tasya putro yathā pāṇḍustathā dharmaparaḥ sadā | guṇāvām̐llokavikhyāto nagare ca pratiṣṭhitaḥ

His son, like Pandu, is ever devoted to dharma, rich in virtues, famous in the world and firmly established in the city.

Verse 24 (1.152.24)

स कथं शक्यतेऽस्माभिरपक्रष्टुं नरर्षभः । राज्यमेष हि नः प्राप्तः ससहायो विशेषतः ॥

sa kathaṃ śakyate'smābhirapakraṣṭuṃ nararṣabhaḥ | rājyameṣa hi naḥ prāptaḥ sasahāyo viśeṣataḥ

How can we drive away that bull among men? The kingdom has come to him, and, above all, he has allies.

Note on the text: Corrected ससहयो → ससहायो and -भिरपाक्रष्टुं → -भिरपक्रष्टुं (misprints in Wikisource; sasahāyaḥ "with allies" and the infinitive apakraṣṭuṃ, as in the critical edition and CE Appendix I, no. 83). Not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension; CE Appendix I, no. 83, lines 9–10); compare CE 1.130.5, which the alignment gives to the parallel passage in Wikisource 1.154.

Verse 25 (1.152.25)

भृता हि पाण्डुनाऽमात्या बलं च सततं मतम् । धृताः पुत्राश्च पौत्राश्च तेषामपि विशेषतः ॥

bhṛtā hi pāṇḍunā'mātyā balaṃ ca satataṃ matam | dhṛtāḥ putrāśca pautrāśca teṣāmapi viśeṣataḥ

Pandu maintained the ministers and always held the army in esteem; and he supported their sons and grandsons too, with special care.

Verse 26 (1.152.26)

ते तथा संस्तुतास्तात विषये पाण्डुना नराः । कथं युधिष्ठिरस्यार्थे न नो हन्युः सबान्धवान् ॥

te tathā saṃstutāstāta viṣaye pāṇḍunā narāḥ | kathaṃ yudhiṣṭhirasyārthe na no hanyuḥ sabāndhavān

The men of the realm were honoured in this way by Pandu, my son; how would they not kill us, with all our kin, for Yudhishthira's sake?

Verse 27 (1.152.27)

नैते विषयमिच्छेयुर्धर्मत्यागे विशेषतः । ते वयं कौरवेन्द्राणामेतेषां च महात्मनाम् ॥

naite viṣayamiccheyurdharmatyāge viśeṣataḥ | te vayaṃ kauravendrāṇāmeteṣāṃ ca mahātmanām

They would never accept such a thing in the realm, least of all at the cost of dharma. And we, among these great-souled Kaurava leaders,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension; CE Appendix I, no. 83, lines 15–16); compare CE 1.130.14–15, which the alignment gives to the parallel passage in Wikisource 1.154.

Verse 28 (1.152.28)

कथं न वाच्यतां तात गच्छेम जगतस्तथा ॥

kathaṃ na vācyatāṃ tāta gacchema jagatastathā

how should we escape the reproach of the world, my son?"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension; CE Appendix I, no. 83, line 17); compare CE 1.130.15, which the alignment gives to the parallel passage in Wikisource 1.154. Wikisource prints this as a single line (1-152-28a).

Verse 29 (1.152.29)

मध्यस्थः सततं भीष्मो द्रोणपुत्रो मयि स्थितः । यतः पुत्रस्ततो द्रोणो भविता नात्र संशयः ॥

madhyasthaḥ satataṃ bhīṣmo droṇaputro mayi sthitaḥ | yataḥ putrastato droṇo bhavitā nātra saṃśayaḥ

Duryodhana said: "Bhishma is always neutral, and Drona's son stands with me. Where the son is, there Drona will be; of that there is no doubt.

Note on the text: Corrected पुतस्ततो → पुत्रस्ततो (misprint in Wikisource; putras, as in the critical edition).

Verse 30 (1.152.30)

कृपः शारद्वतश्चैव यत एव वयं ततः । भागिनेयं ततो द्रौणिं न त्यक्ष्यति कथंचन ॥

kṛpaḥ śāradvataścaiva yata eva vayaṃ tataḥ | bhāgineyaṃ tato drauṇiṃ na tyakṣyati kathaṃcana

And Kripa, son of Sharadvat, will be where we are; he will never abandon Drona's son, his sister's son.

Note on the text: Corrected बागिनेयं → भागिनेयं (misprint in Wikisource; bhāgineyaṃ "sister's son", as in CE Appendix I, no. 83, line 21). Not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension; CE Appendix I, no. 83, lines 20–21); compare CE 1.130.17, which the alignment gives to the parallel passage in Wikisource 1.154.

Verse 31 (1.152.31)

क्षत्ता तु बन्धुरस्माकं प्रच्छन्नस्तु ततः परैः । न चैकः स समर्थोऽस्मान्पाण्डवार्थे प्रबाधितुम् ॥

kṣattā tu bandhurasmākaṃ pracchannastu tataḥ paraiḥ | na caikaḥ sa samartho'smānpāṇḍavārthe prabādhitum

The Steward is our kinsman, though in secret he sides with the others; and he alone is not able to hinder us on the Pandavas' behalf.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension; CE Appendix I, no. 83, lines 22–23); compare CE 1.130.18, which the alignment gives to the parallel passage in Wikisource 1.154.

Verse 32 (1.152.32)

सुविस्रब्धान्पाण्डुसुतान्सह मात्रा विवासय । वारणावतमद्यैव नात्र दोषो भविष्यति ॥

suvisrabdhānpāṇḍusutānsaha mātrā vivāsaya | vāraṇāvatamadyaiva nātra doṣo bhaviṣyati

While the sons of Pandu suspect nothing, send them away with their mother to Varanavata this very day. No harm will come of it.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 1.130.19 (the first line is a variant reading; the wording here follows CE Appendix I, no. 83, lines 24–25).

Verse 33 (1.152.33)

विनिद्राकरणं घोरं हृदि शल्यमिवार्पितम् । शोकपावकमुद्धूतं कर्मणानेन नाशय ॥

vinidrākaraṇaṃ ghoraṃ hṛdi śalyamivārpitam | śokapāvakamuddhūtaṃ karmaṇānena nāśaya

By this deed put out the dreadful fire of grief that has been fanned up in me, which robs me of sleep and is lodged in my heart like a dart."

Note on the text: Corrected शोपकपावक → शोकपावक (misprint in Wikisource; śokapāvakam "fire of grief", as in the critical edition). Removed a stray wiki mark (') and a doubled verse-end mark that close Wikisource's bracketed passage.