Vyasa Settles the Pandavas in Ekachakra

Verse 1 (1.170.1)

ततस्ते पाण्डवाः सर्वे शालिहोत्राश्रमे तदा । पूजितास्तेन वन्येन तमामन्त्र्य महामुनिम् ॥

tataste pāṇḍavāḥ sarve śālihotrāśrame tadā | pūjitāstena vanyena tamāmantrya mahāmunim

Then all the Pandavas, having been honoured with forest fare at the hermitage of Shalihotra, took leave of that great sage.

Note on the text: Removed the speaker line वैशंपायन उवाच and a stray backtick, which had slipped into the verse text; the speaker is set from it. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 2 (1.170.2)

जटाः कृत्वाऽऽत्मनः सर्वे वल्कलाजिनवाससः । कुन्त्या सह महात्मानो बिभ्रतस्तापसं वपुः ॥

jaṭāḥ kṛtvā''tmanaḥ sarve valkalājinavāsasaḥ | kuntyā saha mahātmāno bibhratastāpasaṃ vapuḥ

All of them wore their hair matted and dressed in bark and deerskin; together with Kunti, the great-souled ones bore the appearance of ascetics.

Verse 3 (1.170.3)

ब्राह्मं वेदमधीयाना वेदाङ्गानि च सर्वशः । नीतिशास्त्रं च धर्मज्ञा न्यायज्ञानं च पाण्डवाः ॥

brāhmaṃ vedamadhīyānā vedāṅgāni ca sarvaśaḥ | nītiśāstraṃ ca dharmajñā nyāyajñānaṃ ca pāṇḍavāḥ

Studying the Veda of the brahmins and all the Vedangas, the Pandavas, knowers of dharma, studied the science of polity and the science of reasoning.

Verse 4 (1.170.4)

शालिहोत्रप्रसादेन लब्ध्वा प्रीतिमवाप्य च । ते वनेन वनं गत्वा घ्नन्तो मृगगणान्बहून् । अपक्रम्य ययू राजंस्त्वरमाणा महारथाः ॥

śālihotraprasādena labdhvā prītimavāpya ca | te vanena vanaṃ gatvā ghnanto mṛgagaṇānbahūn | apakramya yayū rājaṃstvaramāṇā mahārathāḥ

Having won the favour and goodwill of Shalihotra, they went from forest to forest, killing many herds of deer; then, O king, the great warriors moved on in haste

Note on the text: Removed a stray quote mark (') after अवाप्य च (wiki mark). The second and third lines are the critical edition's 1.144.1; the first line is found in the vulgate recension.

Verse 5 (1.170.5)

मत्स्यांस्त्रिगर्तान्पाञ्चालान्कीचकानन्तरेण च । रमणीयान्वनोद्देशान्प्रेक्षमाणाः सरांसि च ॥

matsyāṃstrigartānpāñcālānkīcakānantareṇa ca | ramaṇīyānvanoddeśānprekṣamāṇāḥ sarāṃsi ca

through the lands of the Matsyas, the Trigartas, the Panchalas and the Kichakas, gazing at lovely stretches of forest and at lakes.

Verse 6 (1.170.6)

क्वचिद्वहन्तो जननीं त्वरमाणा महारथाः । क्वचिच्छ्रान्ताश्च कान्तारे क्वचित्तिष्ठन्ति हर्षिताः ॥

kvacidvahanto jananīṃ tvaramāṇā mahārathāḥ | kvacicchrāntāśca kāntāre kvacittiṣṭhanti harṣitāḥ

Sometimes the great warriors hurried along carrying their mother; sometimes they were weary in the wilderness, and sometimes they rested in good spirits.

Note on the text: Removed a stray backtick and quote mark around the second line (wiki marks). Only the first line is in the critical edition (1.144.4a); the second is found in the vulgate recension.

Verse 7 (1.170.7)

क्वचिच्छन्देन गच्छन्तस्ते जग्मुः प्रसभं पुनः । पथि द्वैपायनं सर्वे ददृशुः स्वपितामहम् ॥

kvacicchandena gacchantaste jagmuḥ prasabhaṃ punaḥ | pathi dvaipāyanaṃ sarve dadṛśuḥ svapitāmaham

Sometimes going at their own pace, they pressed on again with vigour; and on the road they all saw their grandfather, Dvaipayana.

Note on the text: Corrected द्वैपायन → द्वैपायनं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped anusvara of the object, as in the critical edition's apparatus). The first line is the critical edition's 1.144.4c; the second is found in the vulgate recension.

Verse 8 (1.170.8)

तेऽभिवाद्य महात्मानं कृष्णद्वैपायनं तदा । तस्थुः प्राञ्जलयः सर्वे सह मात्रा परन्तपाः ॥

te'bhivādya mahātmānaṃ kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaṃ tadā | tasthuḥ prāñjalayaḥ sarve saha mātrā parantapāḥ

Saluting the great-souled Krishna Dvaipayana, all of them, scorchers of foes, stood before him with their mother, their palms joined.

Verse 9 (1.170.9)

तदाश्रमान्निर्गमनं मया ज्ञातं नरर्षभाः । घटोत्कचस्य चोत्पत्तिं ज्ञात्वा प्रीतिरवर्धत ॥

tadāśramānnirgamanaṃ mayā jñātaṃ nararṣabhāḥ | ghaṭotkacasya cotpattiṃ jñātvā prītiravardhata

"I knew of your departure from that hermitage, bulls among men; and when I learned of Ghatotkacha's birth my joy increased.

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

Verse 10 (1.170.10)

इदं नगरमभ्याशे रमणीयं निरामयम् । वसतेह प्रतिच्छन्ना ममागमनकाङ्क्षिणः ॥

idaṃ nagaramabhyāśe ramaṇīyaṃ nirāmayam | vasateha praticchannā mamāgamanakāṅkṣiṇaḥ

This city close by is pleasant and free from sickness. Live here in disguise and wait for my return."

Verse 11 (1.170.11)

एवं स तान्समाश्वास्य व्यासः पार्थानरिन्दमान् । एकचक्रामभिगतां कुन्तीमाश्वासयत्प्रभुः ॥

evaṃ sa tānsamāśvāsya vyāsaḥ pārthānarindamān | ekacakrāmabhigatāṃ kuntīmāśvāsayatprabhuḥ

Having thus reassured the Parthas, tamers of foes, the lordly Vyasa comforted Kunti, who had come to Ekachakra.

Note on the text: Corrected पार्तान् → पार्थान् (misprint in Wikisource; त for थ, as in the critical edition).

Verse 12 (1.170.12)

कुर्यान्न केवलं धर्मं दुष्कृतं च तथा नरः । सुकृतं दुष्कृतं लोके न कर्ता नास्ति कश्चन ॥

kuryānna kevalaṃ dharmaṃ duṣkṛtaṃ ca tathā naraḥ | sukṛtaṃ duṣkṛtaṃ loke na kartā nāsti kaścana

"A man does not do dharma alone; he does wrong as well. There is no one in the world who is not a doer of both good and evil.

Note on the text: Corrected तथान नरः → तथा नरः (misprint in Wikisource; doubled akshara, as in the critical edition's apparatus). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 13 (1.170.13)

अवश्यं लभते कर्ता फलं वै पुण्यपापयोः । दुष्कृतस्य फलेनैव प्राप्तं व्यसनमुत्तमम् ॥

avaśyaṃ labhate kartā phalaṃ vai puṇyapāpayoḥ | duṣkṛtasya phalenaiva prāptaṃ vyasanamuttamam

The doer surely receives the fruit of both merit and sin. It is through the fruit of wrong deeds that this great calamity has come upon you.

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

Verse 14 (1.170.14)

तस्मान्माधवि मानार्हे मा च शोके मनः कृथाः ॥

tasmānmādhavi mānārhe mā ca śoke manaḥ kṛthāḥ

Therefore, Madhavi, worthy of honour, do not give your mind over to grief."

Note on the text: Re-split: Wikisource prints this half-verse alone as the end of Vyasa's speech, followed by the heading वैशंपायन उवाच; the extraction had joined it to the narrator's next half-verse, which now opens verse 15. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 15 (1.170.15)

एवमुक्त्वा निवेश्यैनान्ब्राह्मणस्य निवेशने । जगाम भगवान्व्यासो यथाकाममृषिः प्रभुः ॥

evamuktvā niveśyainānbrāhmaṇasya niveśane | jagāma bhagavānvyāso yathākāmamṛṣiḥ prabhuḥ

Having said this and settled them in the house of a brahmin, the blessed Vyasa, the lordly sage, went away as he pleased.

Note on the text: Re-split: the first line (printed after the heading वैशंपायन उवाच) was joined by the extraction to verse 14 and is restored to this verse. Corrected यताकाम → यथाकाम (misprint in Wikisource; त for थ, as in the critical edition). The two lines are the critical edition's 1.144.18a and 1.144.20c; the lines between them there are not in Wikisource.