Bhima Keeps Watch over His Sleeping Family

Verse 1 (1.163.1)

तेन विक्रममाणेन ऊरुवेगसमीरितम् । वनं सवृक्षविटपं व्याघूर्णितमिवाभवत् ॥

tena vikramamāṇena ūruvegasamīritam | vanaṃ savṛkṣaviṭapaṃ vyāghūrṇitamivābhavat

As he strode on, stirred by the rush of his thighs, the forest with its trees and branches seemed to whirl about.

Note on the text: The first line ≈ CE 1.138.1ab (which reads tena vikramatā tūrṇam); the second line is not in the critical edition's text (it is in its apparatus, 1.138.1*1495; found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 2 (1.163.2)

जङ्घावातो ववौ चास्य शुचिशुक्रागमे यथा । आवर्जितलतावृक्षं मार्गं चक्रे महाबलः ॥

jaṅghāvāto vavau cāsya śuciśukrāgame yathā | āvarjitalatāvṛkṣaṃ mārgaṃ cakre mahābalaḥ

The wind from his legs blew as it does at the turn of the months Shuchi and Shukra; and the mighty one made a path, bending down the creepers and the trees.

Note on the text: Corrected जङ्गावातो → जङ्घावातो (misprint in Wikisource; ग for घ — जङ्घा "shank"; जङ्गा is no word) and आवर्जितालतावृक्षं → आवर्जितलतावृक्षं (misprint; a long ā inside the compound — the critical edition's apparatus, 1.138.1*1496, reads āvarjitalatāvṛkṣaṃ). The first line ≈ CE 1.138.1cd (which reads pravavāv anilo rājañ); the second line is in the apparatus only (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 3 (1.163.3)

स मृद्नन्पुष्पितांश्चैव फलितांश्च वनस्पतीन् । अवरुज्य ययौ गुल्मान्पथस्तस्य समीपजान् ॥

sa mṛdnanpuṣpitāṃścaiva phalitāṃśca vanaspatīn | avarujya yayau gulmānpathastasya samīpajān

Trampling trees in flower and trees in fruit alike, he went on, breaking down the thickets that grew close to his path.

Note on the text: Corrected मृद्गन् → मृद्नन् (misprint in Wikisource; ग for न in the participle of मृद् — the critical edition reads mṛdnan).

Verse 4 (1.163.4)

स रोषित इव क्रुद्धो वने भञ्जन्महाद्रुमान् । त्रिप्रस्रुतमदः शुष्मी षष्टिवर्षो मतङ्गराट् ॥

sa roṣita iva kruddho vane bhañjanmahādrumān | triprasrutamadaḥ śuṣmī ṣaṣṭivarṣo mataṅgarāṭ

Like an angry, raging lord of elephants, sixty years old and full of strength, with rut flowing from three places, he broke down great trees in the forest.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). (The critical edition carries it in its apparatus, 1.138.2*1497.)

Verse 5 (1.163.5)

गच्छतस्तस्य वेगेन तार्क्ष्यमारुतरंहसः । भीमस्य पाण्डुपुत्राणां मूर्च्छेव समजायत ॥

gacchatastasya vegena tārkṣyamārutaraṃhasaḥ | bhīmasya pāṇḍuputrāṇāṃ mūrccheva samajāyata

With the speed of Bhima as he went, swift as Tarkshya and the wind, the sons of Pandu all but fainted.

Note on the text: The second line ≈ CE 1.138.3cd (which reads tasya vegena pāṇḍūnāṃ); the first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension), where 1.138.3ab reads tathā vṛkṣān bhañjamāno jagāmāmitavikramaḥ.

Verse 6 (1.163.6)

असकृच्चापि संतीर्य दूरपारं भुजप्लवैः । पथि प्रच्छन्नमासेदुर्धार्तराष्ट्रभयात्तदा ॥

asakṛccāpi saṃtīrya dūrapāraṃ bhujaplavaiḥ | pathi pracchannamāsedurdhārtarāṣṭrabhayāttadā

Again and again they crossed waters whose far banks lay distant, swimming with their arms, and went on their way in hiding then, for fear of Dhritarashtra's son.

Note on the text: Corrected सतीर्य → संतीर्य (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped anusvara — the critical edition reads saṃtīrya).

Verse 7 (1.163.7)

कृच्छ्रेण मातरं चैव सुकुमारीं यशस्विनीम् । अवहत्स तु पृष्ठेन रोधःसु विषमेषु च ॥

kṛcchreṇa mātaraṃ caiva sukumārīṃ yaśasvinīm | avahatsa tu pṛṣṭhena rodhaḥsu viṣameṣu ca

With difficulty he carried his mother too, delicate and illustrious, on his back over the rough riverbanks.

Verse 8 (1.163.8)

अगमच्च वनोद्देशमल्पमूलफलोदकम् । क्रूरपक्षिमृगं घोरं सायाह्ने भरतर्षभ ॥

agamacca vanoddeśamalpamūlaphalodakam | krūrapakṣimṛgaṃ ghoraṃ sāyāhne bharatarṣabha

And at evening, bull of the Bharatas, he came to a stretch of forest with few roots, fruits or water, a fearsome place of cruel birds and beasts.

Verse 9 (1.163.9)

घोरा समभवत्सन्ध्या दारुणा मृगपक्षिणः । अप्रकाशा दिशः सर्वा वातैरासन्ननार्तवैः ॥

ghorā samabhavatsandhyā dāruṇā mṛgapakṣiṇaḥ | aprakāśā diśaḥ sarvā vātairāsannanārtavaiḥ

The dusk grew terrible; the beasts and birds were fierce; every quarter of the sky was dark, with winds out of season,

Verse 10 (1.163.10)

शीर्णपर्णफलै राजन्बहुगुल्मक्षुपद्रुमैः । भग्नावभुग्नभूयिष्ठैर्नानाद्रुमसमाकुलैः ॥

śīrṇaparṇaphalai rājanbahugulmakṣupadrumaiḥ | bhagnāvabhugnabhūyiṣṭhairnānādrumasamākulaiḥ

and with trees, O king, stripped of leaves and fruit, many shrubs and bushes, most of them broken and bent, and every kind of tree crowding in.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). (The critical edition carries it in its apparatus, 1.138.7*1501.)

Verse 11 (1.163.11)

ते श्रमेण च कौरव्यास्तृष्णया च प्रपीडिताः । नाशक्नुवंस्तदा गन्तुं निद्रया च प्रवृद्धया ॥

te śrameṇa ca kauravyāstṛṣṇayā ca prapīḍitāḥ | nāśaknuvaṃstadā gantuṃ nidrayā ca pravṛddhayā

Worn out with fatigue and tormented by thirst, the Kauravas could go no farther, for sleep too was growing heavy on them.

Verse 12 (1.163.12)

न्यविशन्त हि ते सर्वे निरास्वादे महावने । रात्र्यामेव गतास्तूर्णं चतुर्विंशतियोजनम् । ततस्तृषा परिक्लान्ता कुन्ती वचनमब्रवीत् ॥

nyaviśanta hi te sarve nirāsvāde mahāvane | rātryāmeva gatāstūrṇaṃ caturviṃśatiyojanam | tatastṛṣā pariklāntā kuntī vacanamabravīt

They all sat down in that great forest where there was nothing to eat or drink; they had covered twenty-four yojanas swiftly in that one night. Then Kunti, worn out with thirst, spoke —

Note on the text: Corrected न्यविशन्ति → न्यविशन्त (misprint in Wikisource; a present ending on an augmented past form — the critical edition's apparatus reads nyaviśanta) and परिक्लन्ता → परिक्लान्ता (misprint; a dropped vowel sign in क्लान्ता "wearied"). Removed stray wiki marks (a backtick and a quote mark) around the middle line. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). (The critical edition carries it in its apparatus, 1.138.8*1503, lines 1–2, and *1504.)

Verse 13 (1.163.13)

माता सती पाण्डवानां पञ्चानां मध्यतः स्थिता । तृष्णया हि परीताऽहमनाथेव महावने ॥

mātā satī pāṇḍavānāṃ pañcānāṃ madhyataḥ sthitā | tṛṣṇayā hi parītā'hamanātheva mahāvane

the mother of the five Pandavas, as she stood in their midst: "I am overcome with thirst, like a woman with no protector in this great forest.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). (The critical edition carries it in its apparatus, 1.138.8*1503, lines 3–4.)

Verse 14 (1.163.14)

इतः परं तु शक्ताहं गन्तुं च न पदात्पदम् । शयिष्ये वृक्षमूलेऽत्र धार्तराष्ट्रा हरन्तु माम् ॥

itaḥ paraṃ tu śaktāhaṃ gantuṃ ca na padātpadam | śayiṣye vṛkṣamūle'tra dhārtarāṣṭrā harantu mām

From here on I cannot go even one step farther. I will lie down here at the foot of this tree. Let the sons of Dhritarashtra carry me off!

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark (a backtick) at the start. Speaker set to Kunti: these are her words, introduced in the previous verse; Wikisource prints no speaker line. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). (The critical edition carries it in its apparatus, 1.138.8*1505, lines 1–2.)

Verse 15 (1.163.15)

शृणु भीम वचो मह्यं तव बाहुबलात्पुरः । स्थातुं न शक्ताः कौरव्याः किं बिभेषि पृथासुत ॥

śṛṇu bhīma vaco mahyaṃ tava bāhubalātpuraḥ | sthātuṃ na śaktāḥ kauravyāḥ kiṃ bibheṣi pṛthāsuta

Listen to what I say, Bhima: the Kauravas cannot stand before the strength of your arms. Why are you afraid, son of Pritha?

Note on the text: Speaker set to Kunti. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). (The critical edition carries it in its apparatus, 1.138.8*1505, lines 3–4.)

Verse 16 (1.163.16)

अन्यो रथो न मेऽस्तीह भीमसेनादृते भुवि । धार्तराष्ट्राद्वृथा भीरुर्न मां स्वप्तुमिहेच्छसि ॥

anyo ratho na me'stīha bhīmasenādṛte bhuvi | dhārtarāṣṭrādvṛthā bhīrurna māṃ svaptumihecchasi

I have no other carriage here on earth but Bhimasena. Out of needless fear of Dhritarashtra's son you will not let me sleep here."

Note on the text: Speaker set to Kunti. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). (The critical edition carries it in its apparatus, 1.138.8*1506, lines 1–2.)

Verse 17 (1.163.17)

भीमपृष्ठस्थिता चेत्थं दूयमानेन चेतसा । निश्यध्वनि रुदन्ती सा निद्रावशमुपागता ॥

bhīmapṛṣṭhasthitā cetthaṃ dūyamānena cetasā | niśyadhvani rudantī sā nidrāvaśamupāgatā

Speaking thus as she rode on Bhima's back, her heart in pain, she wept on the road through the night and was overcome by sleep.

Note on the text: Corrected निद्रावश्म → निद्रावशम् (misprint in Wikisource; a virama in place of the vowel). Removed stray wiki marks (a doubled danda and a quote mark). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). (The critical edition carries it in its apparatus, 1.138.8*1506, lines 3–4.)

Verse 18 (1.163.18)

तच्छ्रुत्वा भीमसेनस्य मातृस्नेहात्प्रजल्पितम् । कारुण्येन मनस्तप्तं गमनायोपचक्रमे ॥

tacchrutvā bhīmasenasya mātṛsnehātprajalpitam | kāruṇyena manastaptaṃ gamanāyopacakrame

Hearing those words, spoken out of a mother's love, Bhimasena's heart burned with pity, and he pressed on.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). (The critical edition carries it in its apparatus, 1.138.8*1503, lines 5–6.)

Verse 19 (1.163.19)

ततो भीमो वनं घोरं प्रविश्य विजनं महत् । न्यग्रोधं विपुलच्छायं रमणीयं ददर्श ह ॥

tato bhīmo vanaṃ ghoraṃ praviśya vijanaṃ mahat | nyagrodhaṃ vipulacchāyaṃ ramaṇīyaṃ dadarśa ha

Then Bhima entered a dreadful forest, vast and empty of people, and saw a lovely banyan tree that cast a wide shade.

Verse 20 (1.163.20)

तत्र निक्षिप्य तान्सर्वानुवाच भरतर्षभः । पानीयं मृगयामीह तावद्विश्रम्यतामिह ॥

tatra nikṣipya tānsarvānuvāca bharatarṣabhaḥ | pānīyaṃ mṛgayāmīha tāvadviśramyatāmiha

Setting them all down there, the bull of the Bharatas said: "I will look for water here. Rest here meanwhile."

Verse 21 (1.163.21)

एते रुवन्ति मधुरं सारसा जलचारिणः । ध्रुवमत्र जलस्थानं महच्चेति मतिर्मम ॥

ete ruvanti madhuraṃ sārasā jalacāriṇaḥ | dhruvamatra jalasthānaṃ mahacceti matirmama

"These cranes that live by the water are calling sweetly. Surely there is a place of water here, and a large one, I think."

Note on the text: Speaker set to Bhima: these are his words, introduced in the previous verse; Wikisource prints no speaker line.

Verse 22 (1.163.22)

अनुज्ञातः स गच्छेति भ्रात्रा ज्येष्ठेन भारत । जगाम तत्र यत्र स्म सारसा जलचारिणः ॥

anujñātaḥ sa gaccheti bhrātrā jyeṣṭhena bhārata | jagāma tatra yatra sma sārasā jalacāriṇaḥ

Given leave by his eldest brother with the word "Go," Bharata, he went to where the water-dwelling cranes were.

Verse 23 (1.163.23)

अपश्यत्पद्मिनीखण्डमण्डितं स सरोवरम् । स तत्र पीत्वा पानीयं स्नात्वा च भरतर्षभ ॥

apaśyatpadminīkhaṇḍamaṇḍitaṃ sa sarovaram | sa tatra pītvā pānīyaṃ snātvā ca bharatarṣabha

He saw a lake adorned with clusters of lotuses. There, bull of the Bharatas, he drank water and bathed,

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (a backtick and a quote mark) around the first line. The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the second line = CE 1.138.13ab.

Verse 24 (1.163.24)

तेषामर्थे च जग्राह भ्रातॄणां भ्रातृवत्सलः । उत्तरीयेण पानीयमानयामास भारत ॥

teṣāmarthe ca jagrāha bhrātṝṇāṃ bhrātṛvatsalaḥ | uttarīyeṇa pānīyamānayāmāsa bhārata

and, loving his brothers as he did, he took up water for their sake and carried it back in his upper garment, Bharata.

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition's text (it is in its apparatus, 1.138.13*1507; found in the vulgate recension); the second line ≈ CE 1.138.13cd (which reads ājahāra tadā nṛpa).

Verse 25 (1.163.25)

पङ्कजानामनेकैश्च पत्रैर्बद्ध्वा पृथक्पृथक् । गव्यूतिमात्रादागत्य त्वरितो मातरं प्रति । शोकदुःखपरीतात्मा निशश्वासोरगो यथा ॥

paṅkajānāmanekaiśca patrairbaddhvā pṛthakpṛthak | gavyūtimātrādāgatya tvarito mātaraṃ prati | śokaduḥkhaparītātmā niśaśvāsorago yathā

He had tied it up, a little in each of many lotus leaves; and hurrying back to his mother over the distance of a gavyuti, overcome by sorrow and pain, he sighed like a snake.

Note on the text: Corrected बध्वा → बद्ध्वा (misprint in Wikisource; the gerund of बन्ध् — the critical edition's apparatus reads baddhvā). Removed stray wiki marks (a backtick and a quote mark) around the first line. The first line is in the apparatus only (1.138.13*1508, which reads jalāśayān for पृथक्पृथक्) and the third line likewise (1.138.14*1509); the second line = CE 1.138.14ab. The apparatus lines are not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 26 (1.163.26)

स सुप्तां मातरं भ्रातॄन्निद्राविद्रावितौजसः । महारौद्रे वने घोरे वृक्षमूले सुशीतले ॥

sa suptāṃ mātaraṃ bhrātṝnnidrāvidrāvitaujasaḥ | mahāraudre vane ghore vṛkṣamūle suśītale

There, in that terrible and savage forest, at the cool foot of a tree, he saw his mother asleep, and his brothers, their strength routed by sleep,

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark (a backtick) in the first line. The first line ≈ CE 1.138.14cd (which reads dṛṣṭvā bhrātṝṃś ca vasudhātale); the second line is not in the critical edition's text (it is in its apparatus, 1.138.14*1511, line 1; found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 27 (1.163.27)

विक्षिप्तकरपादांश्च दीर्घोच्छ्वासान्महाबलान् । ऊर्ध्ववक्त्रान्महाकायान्पञ्चेन्द्रानिव भूपते ॥

vikṣiptakarapādāṃśca dīrghocchvāsānmahābalān | ūrdhvavaktrānmahākāyānpañcendrāniva bhūpate

hands and feet flung out, breathing long breaths, mighty and huge of body, lying face upward like five Indras, O lord of the earth,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). (The critical edition carries it in its apparatus, 1.138.14*1511, lines 2–3.)

Verse 28 (1.163.28)

अज्ञातवृक्षनित्यस्थप्रेतराक्षससाध्वसान् । दृष्ट्वा वै भृशशोकार्तो विललापानिलात्मजः ॥

ajñātavṛkṣanityasthapretarākṣasasādhvasān | dṛṣṭvā vai bhṛśaśokārto vilalāpānilātmajaḥ

heedless of the ghosts and rakshasas that forever haunt the trees. Seeing them so, the son of the Wind lamented, stricken with bitter grief.

Note on the text: Corrected बिललाप → विललाप (misprint in Wikisource; ब for व). Removed stray wiki marks (a doubled danda and a quote mark). The first line is in the critical edition's apparatus (1.138.14*1511, line 4, which reads -nilaya- for -नित्यस्थ-); the second line is not in the critical edition. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 29 (1.163.29)

भृशं शोकपरीतात्मा विललाप वृकोदरः ॥

bhṛśaṃ śokaparītātmā vilalāpa vṛkodaraḥ

Wolf-belly lamented, his heart overwhelmed with grief:

Note on the text: Corrected परीत्मा → परीतात्मा (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped akshara leaves no valid word and the line a syllable short — the critical edition reads -parītātmā). A single line, as printed in Wikisource (numbered 29a only); ≈ CE 1.138.14ef (which reads duḥkha- for शोक-).

Verse 30 (1.163.30)

अतः कष्टतरं किं नु द्रष्टव्यं हि भविष्यति । यत्पश्यामि महीसुप्तान्भ्रातॄनद्य सुमन्दभाक् ॥

ataḥ kaṣṭataraṃ kiṃ nu draṣṭavyaṃ hi bhaviṣyati | yatpaśyāmi mahīsuptānbhrātṝnadya sumandabhāk

"What could be more painful to see than this — that I, most unlucky, should see my brothers today asleep on the ground?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). (The critical edition carries it in its apparatus, 1.138.14*1512.) Speaker set to Bhima: these are his words, continuing his lament; Wikisource prints no speaker line.

Verse 31 (1.163.31)

शयनेषु परार्ध्येषु ये पुरा वारणावते । नाधिजग्मुस्तदा निद्रां तेऽद्य सुप्ता महीतले ॥

śayaneṣu parārdhyeṣu ye purā vāraṇāvate | nādhijagmustadā nidrāṃ te'dya suptā mahītale

Those who once, in Varanavata, could not find sleep on the costliest beds are sleeping today on the ground.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Bhima: these are his words, continuing his lament; Wikisource prints no speaker line.

Verse 32 (1.163.32)

स्वसारं वसुदेवस्य शत्रुसङ्घावमर्दिनः । कुन्तिराजसुतां कुन्तीं सर्वलक्षणपूजिताम् ॥

svasāraṃ vasudevasya śatrusaṅghāvamardinaḥ | kuntirājasutāṃ kuntīṃ sarvalakṣaṇapūjitām

The sister of Vasudeva, crusher of enemy hosts, Kunti, daughter of the king of the Kuntis, honoured for every auspicious mark,

Note on the text: Speaker set to Bhima.

Verse 33 (1.163.33)

स्नुषां विचित्रवीर्यस्य भार्यां पाण्डोर्महात्मनः । तथैव चास्मज्जननीं पुण्डरीकोदरप्रभाम् ॥

snuṣāṃ vicitravīryasya bhāryāṃ pāṇḍormahātmanaḥ | tathaiva cāsmajjananīṃ puṇḍarīkodaraprabhām

daughter-in-law of Vichitravirya, wife of the great-souled Pandu, and our mother besides, radiant as the heart of a lotus,

Note on the text: Speaker set to Bhima.

Verse 34 (1.163.34)

सुकुमारतरामेनां महार्हशयनोचिताम् । शयानां पश्यताऽद्येह पृथिव्यामतथोचिताम् ॥

sukumāratarāmenāṃ mahārhaśayanocitām | śayānāṃ paśyatā'dyeha pṛthivyāmatathocitām

most delicate, used to the costliest beds — see her lying here today on the ground, where she should never lie!

Note on the text: Speaker set to Bhima.

Verse 35 (1.163.35)

धर्मादिन्द्राच्च वाताच्च सुषुवे या सुतानिमान् । सेयं भूमौ परिश्रान्ता शेते प्रासादशायिनी ॥

dharmādindrācca vātācca suṣuve yā sutānimān | seyaṃ bhūmau pariśrāntā śete prāsādaśāyinī

She who bore these sons to Dharma, to Indra and to the Wind, she who slept in palaces, lies on the ground, worn out.

Note on the text: Corrected सुपुवे → सुषुवे (misprint in Wikisource; प for ष in the perfect of सू — the critical edition reads suṣuve) and शेषे → शेते (misprint; a second-person form beside सेयम् "she" — the critical edition reads śete). Speaker set to Bhima.

Verse 36 (1.163.36)

किं नु दुःखतरं शक्यं मया द्रष्टुमतः परम् । योऽहमद्य नरव्याघ्रान्सुप्तान्पश्यामि भूतले ॥

kiṃ nu duḥkhataraṃ śakyaṃ mayā draṣṭumataḥ param | yo'hamadya naravyāghrānsuptānpaśyāmi bhūtale

What sadder sight could I see than this, I who today see these tigers among men asleep on the bare earth?

Note on the text: Speaker set to Bhima.

Verse 37 (1.163.37)

त्रिषु लोकेषु यो राज्यं धर्मनित्योऽर्हते नृपः । सोऽयं भूमौ परिश्रान्तः शेते प्राकृतवत्कथम् ॥

triṣu lokeṣu yo rājyaṃ dharmanityo'rhate nṛpaḥ | so'yaṃ bhūmau pariśrāntaḥ śete prākṛtavatkatham

The king who, ever devoted to dharma, deserves to rule the three worlds — how can he lie on the ground, worn out, like a common man?

Note on the text: Corrected सो।़यं → सोऽयं (misprint in Wikisource; a garbled avagraha). Speaker set to Bhima.

Verse 38 (1.163.38)

अयं नीलाम्बुदश्यामो नरेष्वप्रतिमोऽर्जुनः । शेते प्राकृतवद्भूमौ ततो दुःखतरं नु किम् ॥

ayaṃ nīlāmbudaśyāmo nareṣvapratimo'rjunaḥ | śete prākṛtavadbhūmau tato duḥkhataraṃ nu kim

This Arjuna, dark as a blue rain-cloud, without equal among men, lies on the ground like a common man. What could be sadder than that?

Note on the text: Speaker set to Bhima.

Verse 39 (1.163.39)

अश्विनाविव देवानां याविमौ रूपसंपदा । तौ प्राकृतवदद्येमौ प्रसुप्तौ धरणीतले ॥

aśvināviva devānāṃ yāvimau rūpasaṃpadā | tau prākṛtavadadyemau prasuptau dharaṇītale

These two, who in beauty are like the Ashvins among the gods, lie asleep today on the bare earth like common men.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Bhima.

Verse 40 (1.163.40)

ज्ञातयो यस्य नैव स्युर्विषमाः कुलपांसनाः । स जीवेत सुखं लोके ग्रामद्रुम इवैकजः ॥

jñātayo yasya naiva syurviṣamāḥ kulapāṃsanāḥ | sa jīveta sukhaṃ loke grāmadruma ivaikajaḥ

A man who has no hostile kinsmen to disgrace his family lives happily in the world, like a lone tree in a village.

Note on the text: Corrected नै → नैव (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped akshara leaves no valid word and the half-line a syllable short — the critical edition reads naiva). Speaker set to Bhima.

Verse 41 (1.163.41)

एको वृक्षो हि यो ग्रामे भवेत्पर्णफलान्वितः । चैत्यो भवति निर्ज्ञातिरध्वनीनैश्च पूजितः ॥

eko vṛkṣo hi yo grāme bhavetparṇaphalānvitaḥ | caityo bhavati nirjñātiradhvanīnaiśca pūjitaḥ

For a single tree in a village, if it bears leaves and fruit, becomes a sacred tree; though it has no kin, travellers worship it.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Bhima.

Verse 42 (1.163.42)

येषां च बहवः शूरा ज्ञातयो धर्ममाश्रिताः । ते जीवन्ति सुखं लोके भवन्ति च निरामयाः ॥

yeṣāṃ ca bahavaḥ śūrā jñātayo dharmamāśritāḥ | te jīvanti sukhaṃ loke bhavanti ca nirāmayāḥ

And those who have many brave kinsmen devoted to dharma live happily in the world and come to no harm.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Bhima.

Verse 43 (1.163.43)

बलवन्तः समृद्धार्था मित्रबान्धवनन्दनाः । जीवन्त्यन्योन्यमाश्रित्य द्रुमाः काननजा इव ॥

balavantaḥ samṛddhārthā mitrabāndhavanandanāḥ | jīvantyanyonyamāśritya drumāḥ kānanajā iva

Strong and prosperous, a joy to their friends and kin, they live leaning on one another, like trees that grow together in a forest.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Bhima.

Verse 44 (1.163.44)

वयं तु धृतराष्ट्रेण दुष्पुत्रेण दुरात्मना । राज्यलुब्धेन मूर्खेण दुर्मन्त्रिसहितेन वै ॥

vayaṃ tu dhṛtarāṣṭreṇa duṣputreṇa durātmanā | rājyalubdhena mūrkheṇa durmantrisahitena vai

But we — by Dhritarashtra, father of an evil son, wicked himself, greedy for the kingdom, foolish, surrounded by bad counsellors,

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark (a backtick) before the second line. The first line ≈ CE 1.138.28ab (which reads saputreṇa for दुष्पुत्रेण); the second line is not in the critical edition's text (it is in its apparatus, 1.138.28*1514, line 1; found in the vulgate recension). Speaker set to Bhima.

Verse 45 (1.163.45)

दुष्टेनाधर्मशीलेन स्वार्थनिष्ठैकबुद्धिना । विवासिता न दग्धाश्च क्षत्तुर्बुद्धिपराक्रमात् ॥

duṣṭenādharmaśīlena svārthaniṣṭhaikabuddhinā | vivāsitā na dagdhāśca kṣatturbuddhiparākramāt

corrupt, unrighteous by nature, his mind set on nothing but his own interest — have been driven into exile; and that we were not burned is owed to the steward's wisdom and resource.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (a quote mark and a doubled danda) after the first line. The first line is not in the critical edition's text (it is in its apparatus, 1.138.28*1514, line 2; found in the vulgate recension); the second line ≈ CE 1.138.28cd (which reads kathaṃ cit tasya śāsanāt). Speaker set to Bhima.

Verse 46 (1.163.46)

तस्मान्मुक्ता वयं दाहादिमं वृक्षमुपाश्रिताः । कां दिशं प्रतिपत्स्यामः प्राप्ताः क्लेशमनुत्तमम् ॥

tasmānmuktā vayaṃ dāhādimaṃ vṛkṣamupāśritāḥ | kāṃ diśaṃ pratipatsyāmaḥ prāptāḥ kleśamanuttamam

So, escaped from the fire, we have taken shelter at this tree. Which way shall we turn, now that we have come to the worst of hardships?

Note on the text: Speaker set to Bhima.

Verse 47 (1.163.47)

सकामो भव दुर्बुद्धे धार्तराष्ट्राल्पदर्शन । नूनं देवाः प्रसन्नास्ते नानुज्ञां मे युधिष्ठिरः ॥

sakāmo bhava durbuddhe dhārtarāṣṭrālpadarśana | nūnaṃ devāḥ prasannāste nānujñāṃ me yudhiṣṭhiraḥ

Have your wish, then, evil-minded, short-sighted son of Dhritarashtra! Surely the gods are kind to you, for Yudhishthira does not give me leave

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). (The critical edition carries it in its apparatus, 1.138.29*1515, lines 1–2.) Speaker set to Bhima.

Verse 48 (1.163.48)

प्रयच्छति वधे तुभ्यं तेन जीवसि दुर्मते । नन्वद्य ससुतामात्यं सकर्णानुजसौबलम् ॥

prayacchati vadhe tubhyaṃ tena jīvasi durmate | nanvadya sasutāmātyaṃ sakarṇānujasaubalam

to kill you. That is why you are alive, wicked one. Otherwise this very day, with your sons and ministers, with Karna, your younger brothers and Subala's son,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). (The critical edition carries it in its apparatus, 1.138.29*1515, lines 3–4.) Speaker set to Bhima.

Verse 49 (1.163.49)

गत्वा क्रोधसमाविष्टः प्रेषयिष्ये यमक्षयम् । किं नु शक्यं मया कर्तुं यत्ते न क्रुध्यते नृपः ॥

gatvā krodhasamāviṣṭaḥ preṣayiṣye yamakṣayam | kiṃ nu śakyaṃ mayā kartuṃ yatte na krudhyate nṛpaḥ

I would go in my fury and send you to the house of Yama. But what can I do, since the king is not angry with you —

Note on the text: Separated यत्तेन → यत्ते न (word division in Wikisource; "since the king is not angry with you" — the critical edition's apparatus reads yat te na). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). (The critical edition carries it in its apparatus, 1.138.29*1515, lines 5–6.) Speaker set to Bhima.

Verse 50 (1.163.50)

धर्मात्मा पाण्डवश्रेष्ठः पापाचार युधिष्ठिरः । एवमुक्त्वा महाबाहुः क्रोधसन्दीप्तमानसः ॥

dharmātmā pāṇḍavaśreṣṭhaḥ pāpācāra yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | evamuktvā mahābāhuḥ krodhasandīptamānasaḥ

righteous Yudhishthira, best of the Pandavas, you doer of evil!" Having said this, the mighty-armed one, his mind ablaze with anger,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). (The critical edition carries it in its apparatus, 1.138.29*1515, lines 7–8.)

Verse 51 (1.163.51)

करं करेण निष्पिष्य निःश्वसन्दीनमानसः । पुनर्दीनमना भूत्वा शान्तार्चिरिव पावकः ॥

karaṃ kareṇa niṣpiṣya niḥśvasandīnamānasaḥ | punardīnamanā bhūtvā śāntārciriva pāvakaḥ

ground one hand against the other, sighing, sick at heart. Then, downcast once more, like a fire whose flames have sunk,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). (The critical edition carries it in its apparatus, 1.138.29*1515, lines 9–10.)

Verse 52 (1.163.52)

भ्रातॄन्महीतले सुप्तानवैक्षत वृकोदरः । विश्वस्तानिव संविष्टान्पृथग्जनसमानिव ॥

bhrātṝnmahītale suptānavaikṣata vṛkodaraḥ | viśvastāniva saṃviṣṭānpṛthagjanasamāniva

Wolf-belly gazed at his brothers asleep on the ground, lying there as trustingly as common folk.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). (The critical edition carries it in its apparatus, 1.138.29*1515, lines 11–12.)

Verse 53 (1.163.53)

नातिदूरेण नगरं वनादस्माद्धि लक्षये । जागर्तव्ये स्वपन्तीमे हन्त जागर्म्यहं स्वयम् ॥

nātidūreṇa nagaraṃ vanādasmāddhi lakṣaye | jāgartavye svapantīme hanta jāgarmyahaṃ svayam

"I can make out a town not far from this forest. They are sleeping when someone must keep watch; well then, I will keep watch myself.

Note on the text: Separated अहंस्वयम् → अहं स्वयम् (word division in Wikisource). Speaker set to Bhima: these are his words; Wikisource prints no speaker line.

Verse 54 (1.163.54)

पास्यन्तीमे जलं पश्चात्प्रतिबुद्धा जितक्लमाः । इति भीमो व्यवस्यैव जजागार स्वयं तदा ॥

pāsyantīme jalaṃ paścātpratibuddhā jitaklamāḥ | iti bhīmo vyavasyaiva jajāgāra svayaṃ tadā

They will drink the water later, when they wake with their weariness gone." Having resolved thus, Bhima kept watch himself.

Note on the text: Corrected प्राश्यन्ति → पास्यन्ति (misprint in Wikisource; प्राश्यन्ति is no regular form, and the sense is "they will drink" — the critical edition reads pāsyantīme).