The Pandavas Reach Varanavata and Detect the House of Lac

Verse 1 (1.158.1)

ततः सर्वाः प्रकृतयो नगराद्वारणावतात् । सर्वमङ्गलसंयुक्ता यथाशास्त्रमतन्द्रिताः ॥

tataḥ sarvāḥ prakṛtayo nagarādvāraṇāvatāt | sarvamaṅgalasaṃyuktā yathāśāstramatandritāḥ

Then all the townspeople of Varanavata, tireless, bearing every auspicious offering as the scriptures direct,

Verse 2 (1.158.2)

श्रुत्वाऽगतान्पाण्डुपुत्रान्नानायानैः सहस्रशः । अभिजग्मुर्नरश्रेष्ठाञ्श्रुत्वैव परया मुदा ॥

śrutvā'gatānpāṇḍuputrānnānāyānaiḥ sahasraśaḥ | abhijagmurnaraśreṣṭhāñśrutvaiva parayā mudā

hearing that the sons of Pandu had come, set out in their thousands in carriages of every kind and went with the greatest joy to meet those best of men the moment they heard the news.

Verse 3 (1.158.3)

ते समासाद्य कौन्तेयान्वारणावतका जनाः । कृत्वा जयाशिषः सर्वे परिवार्योपतस्थिरे ॥

te samāsādya kaunteyānvāraṇāvatakā janāḥ | kṛtvā jayāśiṣaḥ sarve parivāryopatasthire

Reaching the sons of Kunti, the people of Varanavata all called out blessings for their victory and stood around them in attendance.

Verse 4 (1.158.4)

तैर्वृतः पुरुषव्याघ्रो धर्मराजो युधिष्ठिरः । विबभौ देवसङ्काशो वज्रपाणिरिवामरैः ॥

tairvṛtaḥ puruṣavyāghro dharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | vibabhau devasaṅkāśo vajrapāṇirivāmaraiḥ

Surrounded by them, Yudhishthira, the King of Dharma, tiger among men, shone like a god, like Indra, wielder of the thunderbolt, among the immortals.

Verse 5 (1.158.5)

सत्कृताश्चैव पौरैस्ते पौरान्सत्कृत्य चानघ । अलङ्कृतं जनाकीर्णं विविशुर्वारणावतम् ॥

satkṛtāścaiva pauraiste paurānsatkṛtya cānagha | alaṅkṛtaṃ janākīrṇaṃ viviśurvāraṇāvatam

Honoured by the townsfolk, and honouring them in turn, O sinless one, they entered Varanavata, which was decorated and thronged with people.

Verse 6 (1.158.6)

ते प्रविश्य पुरीं वीरास्तूर्णं जग्मुरथो गृहान् । ब्राह्मणानां महीपाल रतानां स्वेषु कर्मसु ॥

te praviśya purīṃ vīrāstūrṇaṃ jagmuratho gṛhān | brāhmaṇānāṃ mahīpāla ratānāṃ sveṣu karmasu

Once inside the city, O lord of the earth, the heroes went quickly to the houses of the brahmins devoted to their own duties,

Verse 7 (1.158.7)

नगराधिकृतानां च गृहाणि रथिनां वराः । उपतस्थुर्नरश्रेष्ठा वैश्यशूद्रगृहाण्यपि ॥

nagarādhikṛtānāṃ ca gṛhāṇi rathināṃ varāḥ | upatasthurnaraśreṣṭhā vaiśyaśūdragṛhāṇyapi

and to the houses of the city's officials; those best of chariot-fighters, foremost of men, called at the homes of the vaishyas and shudras as well.

Verse 8 (1.158.8)

अर्चिताश्च नरैः पौरैः पाण्डवा भरतर्षभ । जग्मुरावसथं पश्चात्पुरोचनपुरःसराः ॥

arcitāśca naraiḥ pauraiḥ pāṇḍavā bharatarṣabha | jagmurāvasathaṃ paścātpurocanapuraḥsarāḥ

Honoured by the men of the town, O bull of the Bharatas, the Pandavas then went to their lodging, with Purochana leading the way.

Verse 9 (1.158.9)

तेभ्यो भक्ष्याणि पानानि शयनानि शुभानि च । आसनानि च मुख्यानि प्रददौ स पुरोचनः ॥

tebhyo bhakṣyāṇi pānāni śayanāni śubhāni ca | āsanāni ca mukhyāni pradadau sa purocanaḥ

Purochana gave them food and drink, fine beds and the best of seats.

Verse 10 (1.158.10)

तत्र ते सत्कृतास्तेन सुमहार्हपरिच्छदाः । उपास्यमानाः पुरुषैरूषुः पुरनिवासिभिः ॥

tatra te satkṛtāstena sumahārhaparicchadāḥ | upāsyamānāḥ puruṣairūṣuḥ puranivāsibhiḥ

There, honoured by him, with costly furnishings about them and waited on by the people of the town, they lived.

Verse 11 (1.158.11)

दशरात्रोषितानां तु तत्र तेषां पुरोचनः । निवेदयामास गृहं शिवाख्यमशिवं तदा ॥

daśarātroṣitānāṃ tu tatra teṣāṃ purocanaḥ | nivedayāmāsa gṛhaṃ śivākhyamaśivaṃ tadā

When they had stayed there ten nights, Purochana showed them the house called Shiva, "the Auspicious", which was anything but auspicious.

Verse 12 (1.158.12)

तत्र ते पुरुषव्याघ्रा विविशुः सपरिच्छदाः । पुरोचनस्य वचनात्कैलासमिव गुह्यकाः ॥

tatra te puruṣavyāghrā viviśuḥ saparicchadāḥ | purocanasya vacanātkailāsamiva guhyakāḥ

At Purochana's word those tigers among men moved into it with all their belongings, as the Guhyakas enter Mount Kailasa.

Verse 13 (1.158.13)

तच्चागारमभिप्रेक्ष्य सर्वधर्मभृतां वरः । उवाचाग्नेयमित्येवं भीमसेनं युधिष्ठिरः ॥

taccāgāramabhiprekṣya sarvadharmabhṛtāṃ varaḥ | uvācāgneyamityevaṃ bhīmasenaṃ yudhiṣṭhiraḥ

Looking the building over, Yudhishthira, best of all upholders of dharma, said to Bhimasena, "This is made to burn."

Note on the text: Aligned by hand with CE 1.134.13ab–cd (the automatic alignment missed it; the critical edition's verse runs on for a third line, which is the first line of verse 14 here).

Verse 14 (1.158.14)

जिघ्राणोऽस्य वसागन्धं सर्पिर्जतुविमिश्रितम् । कृतं हि व्यक्तमाग्नेयमिदं वेश्म परन्तप ॥

jighrāṇo'sya vasāgandhaṃ sarpirjatuvimiśritam | kṛtaṃ hi vyaktamāgneyamidaṃ veśma parantapa

"I can smell the reek of fat here, mixed with ghee and lac. Plainly this house has been built for the fire, O scorcher of foes.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Yudhishthira (his words to Bhima begin at verse 14; the input carried Vaishampayana over). Aligned by hand: first line = CE 1.134.13ef (jighran somya vasāgandhaṃ …), second line = 1.134.14ab.

Verse 15 (1.158.15)

शणसर्जरसं व्यक्तमानीय गृहकर्मणि । मुञ्जबल्वजवंशादिद्रव्यं सर्वं घृतोक्षितम् ॥

śaṇasarjarasaṃ vyaktamānīya gṛhakarmaṇi | muñjabalvajavaṃśādidravyaṃ sarvaṃ ghṛtokṣitam

Clearly they brought hemp and resin into its building, and all the material, munja grass, balvaja grass, bamboo and the rest, has been soaked in ghee.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Yudhishthira (his words to Bhima begin at verse 14; the input carried Vaishampayana over). Aligned by hand with CE 1.134.14cd–ef (Wikisource reads आनीय for ānītaṃ).

Verse 16 (1.158.16)

तृणबल्वजकार्पासवंशदारुकटान्यपि । आग्नेयान्यत्र क्षिप्तानि परितो वेश्मनस्तथा ॥

tṛṇabalvajakārpāsavaṃśadārukaṭānyapi | āgneyānyatra kṣiptāni parito veśmanastathā

Grass, balvaja, cotton, bamboo, timber and mats, all quick to catch fire, have been laid here all around the house.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Yudhishthira (his words to Bhima begin at verse 14; the input carried Vaishampayana over). Removed stray wiki marks (backtick, quote mark, doubled danda). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus, insertion *1462, after 1.134.14).

Verse 17 (1.158.17)

शिल्पिभिः सुकृतं ह्याप्तैर्विनीतैर्वेश्मकर्मणि । विश्वस्तं मामयं पापो दग्धुकामः पुरोचनः ॥

śilpibhiḥ sukṛtaṃ hyāptairvinītairveśmakarmaṇi | viśvastaṃ māmayaṃ pāpo dagdhukāmaḥ purocanaḥ

Trusted craftsmen, skilled in building, have made it well. This wicked Purochana means to burn me while I trust him.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Yudhishthira (his words to Bhima begin at verse 14; the input carried Vaishampayana over).

Verse 18 (1.158.18)

तथा हि वर्तते मन्दः सुयोधनवशे स्थितः । इमां तु तां महाबुद्धिर्विदुरो दृष्टवांस्तथा ॥

tathā hi vartate mandaḥ suyodhanavaśe sthitaḥ | imāṃ tu tāṃ mahābuddhirviduro dṛṣṭavāṃstathā

For that is how the fool behaves, standing under Suyodhana's sway. But the wise Vidura foresaw this very danger;

Note on the text: Speaker set to Yudhishthira (his words to Bhima begin at verse 14; the input carried Vaishampayana over). First line not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus *1463); second line = CE 1.134.16ab.

Verse 19 (1.158.19)

आपदं तेन मां पार्थ स संबोधितवान्पुरा । ते वयं बोधितास्तेन नित्यमस्मद्धितैषिणा ॥

āpadaṃ tena māṃ pārtha sa saṃbodhitavānpurā | te vayaṃ bodhitāstena nityamasmaddhitaiṣiṇā

that is why he warned me of it beforehand, son of Pritha. We were forewarned by him who always seeks our good,

Note on the text: Speaker set to Yudhishthira (his words to Bhima begin at verse 14; the input carried Vaishampayana over). First line = CE 1.134.16cd; second line begins as CE 1.134.17a and ends with the vulgate words नित्यमस्मद्धितैषिणा (CE apparatus *1466).

Verse 20 (1.158.20)

पित्रा कनीयसा स्नेहाद्बुद्धिमन्तोऽशिवं गृहम् । अनार्यैः सुकृतं गूढैर्दुर्योधनवशानुगैः ॥

pitrā kanīyasā snehādbuddhimanto'śivaṃ gṛham | anāryaiḥ sukṛtaṃ gūḍhairduryodhanavaśānugaiḥ

by our younger uncle, out of affection; and so we, being wise, know this house for the evil place it is, built with cunning by base men who do Duryodhana's bidding."

Note on the text: Speaker set to Yudhishthira (his words to Bhima begin at verse 14; the input carried Vaishampayana over). Corrected बुद्धिमन्तो शिवं → बुद्धिमन्तोऽशिवं (misprint in Wikisource; the missing avagraha turns "inauspicious" into "auspicious", critical edition buddhavanto 'śivaṃ). The words पित्रा कनीयसा स्नेहात् are from the vulgate (CE apparatus *1466).

Verse 21 (1.158.21)

यदीदं गृहमाग्नेयं विहितं मन्यते भवान् । तत्रैव साधु गच्छामो यत्र पूर्वोषिता वयम् ॥

yadīdaṃ gṛhamāgneyaṃ vihitaṃ manyate bhavān | tatraiva sādhu gacchāmo yatra pūrvoṣitā vayam

"If you believe this house has been made ready for burning, then we would do well to go back to where we lived before.

Note on the text: Corrected गृहामाग्नेयं → गृहमाग्नेयं (misprint in Wikisource; a stray vowel sign breaks the word and the metre, critical edition gṛham āgneyaṃ).

Verse 22 (1.158.22)

दर्शयित्वा पृथग्गन्तुं न कार्यं प्रतिभाति मे । अशुभं वा शुभं वा स्यात्तैर्वसाम सहैव तु ॥

darśayitvā pṛthaggantuṃ na kāryaṃ pratibhāti me | aśubhaṃ vā śubhaṃ vā syāttairvasāma sahaiva tu

To show our enmity and then go off on our own does not seem right to me. Come good or ill, let us live right beside them.

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark (`). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in Appendix I, No. 84, after 1.134.18).

Verse 23 (1.158.23)

अद्यप्रभृति चास्मासु गतेषु भयविह्वलः । रूढमूलो भवेद्राज्ये धार्तराष्ट्रो जनेश्वरः ॥

adyaprabhṛti cāsmāsu gateṣu bhayavihvalaḥ | rūḍhamūlo bhavedrājye dhārtarāṣṭro janeśvaraḥ

If from this day we go away, shaken by fear, the son of Dhritarashtra, lord of men, will put down deep roots in the kingdom.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in Appendix I, No. 84, after 1.134.18).

Verse 24 (1.158.24)

तदीयं तु भवेद्राज्यं तदीयाश्च जना इमे । तस्मात्सहैव वत्स्यामो गलन्यस्तपदा वयम् ॥

tadīyaṃ tu bhavedrājyaṃ tadīyāśca janā ime | tasmātsahaiva vatsyāmo galanyastapadā vayam

The kingdom would become his, and these people would be his. So let us live right alongside them, with our feet on their necks.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in Appendix I, No. 84, after 1.134.18).

Verse 25 (1.158.25)

अस्माकं कालमासाद्य राज्यमाच्छिद्य शत्रुतः । अर्थं पैतृकमस्माकं सुखं भोक्ष्याम शाश्वतम् ॥

asmākaṃ kālamāsādya rājyamācchidya śatrutaḥ | arthaṃ paitṛkamasmākaṃ sukhaṃ bhokṣyāma śāśvatam

When our time comes we will wrest the kingdom from the enemy and enjoy our father's wealth in happiness for ever.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in Appendix I, No. 84, after 1.134.18).

Verse 26 (1.158.26)

धृतराष्ट्रवचोऽस्माभिः किमर्थमनुपाल्यते । तेभ्यो भित्त्वाऽन्यथागन्तुं दौर्बल्यं ते कुतो नृप ॥

dhṛtarāṣṭravaco'smābhiḥ kimarthamanupālyate | tebhyo bhittvā'nyathāgantuṃ daurbalyaṃ te kuto nṛpa

Why should we go on obeying Dhritarashtra's word? Where does this weakness in you come from, O king, that you would break away from them and go elsewhere?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in Appendix I, No. 84, after 1.134.18).

Verse 27 (1.158.27)

आपत्सु रक्षिताऽस्माकं विदुरोऽस्ति महामतिः । मध्यस्थ एव गाङ्गेयो राज्यभोगपराङ्मुखः ॥

āpatsu rakṣitā'smākaṃ viduro'sti mahāmatiḥ | madhyastha eva gāṅgeyo rājyabhogaparāṅmukhaḥ

In times of danger we have a protector in the wise Vidura; the son of Ganga stands neutral, his face turned from the pleasures of kingship.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in Appendix I, No. 84, after 1.134.18).

Verse 28 (1.158.28)

बाह्लीकप्रमुखा वृद्धा मध्यस्था एव सर्वदा । अस्मदीयो भवेद्द्रोणः फल्गुनप्रेमसंयुतः ॥

bāhlīkapramukhā vṛddhā madhyasthā eva sarvadā | asmadīyo bhaveddroṇaḥ phalgunapremasaṃyutaḥ

The elders led by Bahlika are always neutral; and Drona, bound by his love for Phalguna, will be on our side.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in Appendix I, No. 84, after 1.134.18).

Verse 29 (1.158.29)

तस्मात्सहैव वस्तव्यं न गन्तव्यं कथं नृप । अथवास्मासु ते कुर्युः किमशक्ताः पराक्रमैः ॥

tasmātsahaiva vastavyaṃ na gantavyaṃ kathaṃ nṛpa | athavāsmāsu te kuryuḥ kimaśaktāḥ parākramaiḥ

So we must live alongside them; we must not go, O king, and why should we? Or else, what can they do against us, when they are no match for our valour?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in Appendix I, No. 84, after 1.134.18).

Verse 30 (1.158.30)

क्षुद्राः कपटिनो धूर्ता जाग्रत्सु मनुजेश्वर । किं न कुर्युः पुरा मह्यं किं न दत्तं महाविषम् ॥

kṣudrāḥ kapaṭino dhūrtā jāgratsu manujeśvara | kiṃ na kuryuḥ purā mahyaṃ kiṃ na dattaṃ mahāviṣam

They are petty, crafty rogues, lord of men; what would they not try, even while we keep watch? What did they not do to me before? Was I not given a deadly poison?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in Appendix I, No. 84, after 1.134.18).

Verse 31 (1.158.31)

आशीविषैर्महाघोरैः सर्पैस्तैः किं न दंशितः । प्रमाणकोट्यां संगृह्य निद्रापरवशे मयि ॥

āśīviṣairmahāghoraiḥ sarpaistaiḥ kiṃ na daṃśitaḥ | pramāṇakoṭyāṃ saṃgṛhya nidrāparavaśe mayi

When I lay overpowered by sleep, did they not bind me at Pramanakoti and have me bitten by dreadful venomous serpents?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in Appendix I, No. 84, after 1.134.18).

Verse 32 (1.158.32)

सर्पैर्दृष्टिविषैर्घोरैर्गङ्गायां शूलसन्ततौ । किं तैर्न पातितो भूप तदा किं मृतवानहम् ॥

sarpairdṛṣṭiviṣairghorairgaṅgāyāṃ śūlasantatau | kiṃ tairna pātito bhūpa tadā kiṃ mṛtavānaham

Did they not throw me into the Ganga, O lord of the earth, among terrible snakes whose glance is poison and rows of stakes? And did I die then?

Note on the text: Corrected गोरैर् → घोरैर् (misprint in Wikisource; ग for घ, the apparatus reads ghorair). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in Appendix I, No. 84, after 1.134.18).

Verse 33 (1.158.33)

आपत्सु तासु घोरासु दुष्प्रयुक्तासु पापिभिः । अस्मानरक्षद्यो देवो जगद्यस्य वशे स्थितम् ॥

āpatsu tāsu ghorāsu duṣprayuktāsu pāpibhiḥ | asmānarakṣadyo devo jagadyasya vaśe sthitam

In all those terrible dangers the wicked contrived, the God who protected us, in whose power the world stands,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in Appendix I, No. 84, after 1.134.18).

Verse 34 (1.158.34)

चराचरात्मकं सोऽद्य यातः कुत्र नृपोत्तम । यावत्सोढव्यमस्माभिस्तावत्सोढास्मि यत्नतः ॥

carācarātmakaṃ so'dya yātaḥ kutra nṛpottama | yāvatsoḍhavyamasmābhistāvatsoḍhāsmi yatnataḥ

he who is the self of all that moves and does not move, where has he gone today, best of kings? As long as we must endure, I will endure with all my effort.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in Appendix I, No. 84, after 1.134.18).

Verse 35 (1.158.35)

यदा न शक्ष्यतेऽस्माभिस्तदा पश्याम नो हितम् । किं द्रष्टव्यमिहास्माभिर्विगृह्य तरसा बलात् ॥

yadā na śakṣyate'smābhistadā paśyāma no hitam | kiṃ draṣṭavyamihāsmābhirvigṛhya tarasā balāt

When we can bear it no longer, then we will look to our own good. What else is there for us to weigh then, but to make war, swiftly and by force?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in Appendix I, No. 84, after 1.134.18).

Verse 36 (1.158.36)

सान्त्ववादेन दानेन भेदेनापि यतामहे । अर्धराज्यस्य संप्राप्त्यै ततो दण्डः प्रशस्यते ॥

sāntvavādena dānena bhedenāpi yatāmahe | ardharājyasya saṃprāptyai tato daṇḍaḥ praśasyate

To win half the kingdom we will try conciliation, gifts and division too; after that, force is what is commended.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in Appendix I, No. 84, after 1.134.18).

Verse 37 (1.158.37)

तस्मात्सहैव वस्तव्यं तन्मनोर्पितशल्यवत् । दर्शयित्वा पृथक् क्वापि न गन्तव्यं सुभीतवत् ॥

tasmātsahaiva vastavyaṃ tanmanorpitaśalyavat | darśayitvā pṛthak kvāpi na gantavyaṃ subhītavat

So we must live alongside them, like a dart lodged in their minds. Having shown our hand, we must not slink off anywhere on our own like frightened men."

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (quote mark and doubled danda). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in Appendix I, No. 84, after 1.134.18).

Verse 38 (1.158.38)

इह यत्तैर्निराकारैर्वस्तव्यमिति रोचये । अप्रमत्तैर्विचिन्वद्भिर्गतिमिष्टां ध्रुवामितः ॥

iha yattairnirākārairvastavyamiti rocaye | apramattairvicinvadbhirgatimiṣṭāṃ dhruvāmitaḥ

"I think it best that we stay here, on our guard and giving no sign of what we know, alert, and searching out from here a sure way of escape.

Verse 39 (1.158.39)

यदि विन्देत चाकारमस्माकं स पुरोचनः । क्षिप्रकारी ततो भूत्वा प्रसह्यापि दहेत्ततः ॥

yadi vindeta cākāramasmākaṃ sa purocanaḥ | kṣiprakārī tato bhūtvā prasahyāpi dahettataḥ

If Purochana were to read our intent in our faces, he would act at once and set the fire even by force.

Verse 40 (1.158.40)

नायं बिभेत्युपक्रोशादधर्माद्वा पुरोचनः । तथा हि वर्तते मन्दः सुयोधनवशे स्थितः ॥

nāyaṃ bibhetyupakrośādadharmādvā purocanaḥ | tathā hi vartate mandaḥ suyodhanavaśe sthitaḥ

This Purochana fears neither public outcry nor unrighteousness, for the fool acts as one in Suyodhana's power.

Verse 41 (1.158.41)

अपि चायं प्रदग्धेषु भीष्मोऽस्मासु पितामहः । कोपं कुर्यात्किमर्थं वा कौरवान्कोपयेत सः ॥

api cāyaṃ pradagdheṣu bhīṣmo'smāsu pitāmahaḥ | kopaṃ kuryātkimarthaṃ vā kauravānkopayeta saḥ

And if we were burned, why should our grandfather Bhishma be angry, or why should he stir the Kauravas to anger?

Note on the text: Corrected कोपयीत → कोपयेत (misprint in Wikisource; not a valid verb form, critical edition kopayeta). Aligned by hand with CE 1.134.22ab–cd.

Verse 42 (1.158.42)

अथवापीह दग्धेषु भीष्मोऽस्माकं पितामहः । धर्म इत्येव कुप्येरन्ये चान्ये कुरुपुङ्गवाः ॥

athavāpīha dagdheṣu bhīṣmo'smākaṃ pitāmahaḥ | dharma ityeva kupyeranye cānye kurupuṅgavāḥ

Or rather, if we were burned here, our grandfather Bhishma and the other bulls among the Kurus would be angry, for the sake of dharma alone.

Note on the text: First line not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus *1470); second line = CE 1.134.22ef. Aligned by hand.

Verse 43 (1.158.43)

उपपन्नं तु दग्धेषु कुलवंशानुकीर्तिताः । कुप्येरन्यदि धर्मज्ञास्तथान्ये कुरुपुङ्गवाः ॥

upapannaṃ tu dagdheṣu kulavaṃśānukīrtitāḥ | kupyeranyadi dharmajñāstathānye kurupuṅgavāḥ

It would be only fitting, if we were burned, for those famed for their lineage who know dharma, and the other bulls among the Kurus, to be angry.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (backtick, quote mark, doubled danda). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus *1471, after 1.134.22).

Verse 44 (1.158.44)

वयं तु यदि दाहस्य बिभ्यतः प्रद्रवेमहि । स्पशैर्नो घातयेत्सर्वान्राज्यलुब्धः सुयोधनः ॥

vayaṃ tu yadi dāhasya bibhyataḥ pradravemahi | spaśairno ghātayetsarvānrājyalubdhaḥ suyodhanaḥ

But if we take fright at the fire and run, Suyodhana, greedy for the kingdom, will have us all killed by his spies.

Verse 45 (1.158.45)

अपदस्थान्पदे तिष्ठन्नपक्षान्पक्षसंस्थितः । हीनकोशान्महाकोशः प्रयोगैर्घातयेद्ध्रुवम् ॥

apadasthānpade tiṣṭhannapakṣānpakṣasaṃsthitaḥ | hīnakośānmahākośaḥ prayogairghātayeddhruvam

He holds office and we hold none; he has allies and we have none; his treasury is great and ours is empty. By his schemes he would surely have us killed.

Verse 46 (1.158.46)

तदस्माभिरिमं पापं तं च पापं सुयोधनम् । वञ्चयद्भिर्निवस्तव्यं छन्नं वीर क्वचित्क्वचित् ॥

tadasmābhirimaṃ pāpaṃ taṃ ca pāpaṃ suyodhanam | vañcayadbhirnivastavyaṃ channaṃ vīra kvacitkvacit

So, hero, we must deceive this sinner, and that sinner Suyodhana too, and live in hiding, now here, now there.

Verse 47 (1.158.47)

ते वयं मृगयाशीलाश्चराम वसुधामिमाम् । तथा नो विदिता मार्गा भविष्यन्ति पलायतां ॥

te vayaṃ mṛgayāśīlāścarāma vasudhāmimām | tathā no viditā mārgā bhaviṣyanti palāyatāṃ

Let us roam this land as men fond of hunting; that way, when we flee, the paths will be known to us.

Verse 48 (1.158.48)

भौमं च बिलमद्यैव करवाम सुसंवृतम् । गूढोद्गतान्न नस्तत्र हुताशः संप्रधक्ष्यति ॥

bhaumaṃ ca bilamadyaiva karavāma susaṃvṛtam | gūḍhodgatānna nastatra hutāśaḥ saṃpradhakṣyati

And this very day let us make a well-covered hole in the ground; hiding in it and escaping through it, we shall not be burned there by the fire.

Verse 49 (1.158.49)

द्रवतोऽत्र यथा चास्मान्न बुध्येत पुरोचनः । पौरो वापि जनः कश्चित्तथा कार्यमतन्द्रितैः ॥

dravato'tra yathā cāsmānna budhyeta purocanaḥ | pauro vāpi janaḥ kaścittathā kāryamatandritaiḥ

We must work at it tirelessly, so that neither Purochana nor any of the townspeople finds out that we are escaping through it."