Samantapanchaka and the Summary of the Parvas

Verse 1 (1.2.1)

समन्तपञ्चकमिति यदुक्तं सूतनन्दन । एतत्सर्वं यथातत्त्वं श्रोतुमिच्छामहे वयम् ॥

samantapañcakamiti yaduktaṃ sūtanandana | etatsarvaṃ yathātattvaṃ śrotumicchāmahe vayam

O son of the Suta, we wish to hear, exactly as it is, all about the place you called Samantapanchaka.

Verse 2 (1.2.2)

शृणुध्वं मम भो विप्रा ब्रुवतश्च कथाः शुभाः । समन्तपञ्चकाख्यं च श्रोतुमर्हथ सत्तमाः ॥

śṛṇudhvaṃ mama bho viprā bruvataśca kathāḥ śubhāḥ | samantapañcakākhyaṃ ca śrotumarhatha sattamāḥ

Listen, O Brahmins, as I tell these auspicious tales. You are worthy, best of men, to hear of the place called Samantapanchaka.

Verse 3 (1.2.3)

त्रेताद्वापरयोः सन्धौ रामः शस्त्रभृतां वरः । असकृत्पार्थिवं क्षत्रं जघानामर्षचोदितः ॥

tretādvāparayoḥ sandhau rāmaḥ śastrabhṛtāṃ varaḥ | asakṛtpārthivaṃ kṣatraṃ jaghānāmarṣacoditaḥ

At the juncture of the Treta and Dvapara ages, Rama (Parashurama), foremost of those who bear arms, driven by unforgiving wrath, struck down the kshatriya rulers of the earth again and again.

Verse 4 (1.2.4)

स सर्वं क्षत्रमुत्साद्य स्ववीर्येणानलद्युतिः । समन्तपञ्चके पञ्च चकार रुधिरह्रदान् ॥

sa sarvaṃ kṣatramutsādya svavīryeṇānaladyutiḥ | samantapañcake pañca cakāra rudhirahradān

Blazing like fire, he wiped out the whole kshatriya order by his own might and made five lakes of blood at Samantapanchaka.

Verse 5 (1.2.5)

स तेषु रुधिराम्भःसु ह्रदेषु क्रोधमूर्च्छितः । पितॄन्संतर्पयामास रुधिरेणेति नः श्रुतम् ॥

sa teṣu rudhirāmbhaḥsu hradeṣu krodhamūrcchitaḥ | pitṝnsaṃtarpayāmāsa rudhireṇeti naḥ śrutam

We have heard that, beside himself with rage, he offered libations of blood to his ancestors in those lakes whose water was blood.

Verse 6 (1.2.6)

अथर्चीकादयोऽभ्येत्य पितरो राममब्रुवन् । राम राम महाभाग प्रीताः स्म तव भार्गव ॥

atharcīkādayo'bhyetya pitaro rāmamabruvan | rāma rāma mahābhāga prītāḥ sma tava bhārgava

Then the ancestors, Richika and the others, came to Rama and said: "Rama, Rama, O fortunate one, descendant of Bhrigu, we are pleased with you.

Note on the text: Second line not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The first line is CE 1.2.6ab.

Verse 7 (1.2.7)

अनया पितृभक्त्या च विक्रमेण तव प्रभो । वरं वृणीष्व भद्रं ते यमिच्छसि महाद्युते ॥

anayā pitṛbhaktyā ca vikrameṇa tava prabho | varaṃ vṛṇīṣva bhadraṃ te yamicchasi mahādyute

By this devotion to your ancestors and by your valour, lord, you have won a boon. Choose whatever you desire, O radiant one. May good fortune be yours."

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

Verse 8 (1.2.8)

यदि मे पितरः प्रीता यद्यनुग्राह्यता मयि । यच्च रोषाभिभूतेन क्षत्रमुत्सादितं मया ॥

yadi me pitaraḥ prītā yadyanugrāhyatā mayi | yacca roṣābhibhūtena kṣatramutsāditaṃ mayā

If you, my ancestors, are pleased with me, and if I am worthy of your favour, then for this, that I destroyed the kshatriya order while overcome by rage,

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

Verse 9 (1.2.9)

अतश्च पापान्मुच्येऽहमेष मे प्रार्थितो वरः । ह्रदाश्च तीर्थभूता मे भवेयुर्भुवि विश्रुताः ॥

ataśca pāpānmucye'hameṣa me prārthito varaḥ | hradāśca tīrthabhūtā me bhaveyurbhuvi viśrutāḥ

let me be freed from that sin: this is the boon I ask. And may these lakes of mine become sacred tirthas, renowned throughout the earth.

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

Verse 10 (1.2.10)

एवं भविष्यतीत्येवं पितरस्तमथाब्रुवन् । तं क्षमस्वेति निषिषिधुस्ततः स विरराम ह ॥

evaṃ bhaviṣyatītyevaṃ pitarastamathābruvan | taṃ kṣamasveti niṣiṣidhustataḥ sa virarāma ha

"So it shall be," the ancestors replied, and they held him back, saying, "Now forgive." At that he desisted.

Note on the text: First line not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The second line is CE 1.2.6cd.

Verse 11 (1.2.11)

तेषां समीपे यो देशो ह्रदानां रुधिराम्भसाम् । समन्तपञ्चकमिति पुण्यं तत्परिकीर्तितम् ॥

teṣāṃ samīpe yo deśo hradānāṃ rudhirāmbhasām | samantapañcakamiti puṇyaṃ tatparikīrtitam

The region around those lakes of blood-water is celebrated as the holy Samantapanchaka.

Verse 12 (1.2.12)

येन लिङ्गेन यो देशो युक्तः समुपलक्ष्यते । तेनैव नाम्ना तं देशं वाच्यमाहुर्मनीषिणः ॥

yena liṅgena yo deśo yuktaḥ samupalakṣyate | tenaiva nāmnā taṃ deśaṃ vācyamāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ

The wise say that a region should be called by the name of the mark by which it is distinguished.

Verse 13 (1.2.13)

अन्तरे चैव संप्राप्ते कलिद्वापरयोरभूत् । समन्तपञ्चके युद्धं कुरुपाण्डवसेनयोः ॥

antare caiva saṃprāpte kalidvāparayorabhūt | samantapañcake yuddhaṃ kurupāṇḍavasenayoḥ

In the interval between the Kali and Dvapara ages, the battle between the armies of the Kurus and the Pandavas took place at Samantapanchaka.

Verse 14 (1.2.14)

तस्मिन्परमधर्मिष्ठे देशे भूदोषवर्जिते । अष्टादश समाजग्मुरक्षौहिण्यो युयुत्सया ॥

tasminparamadharmiṣṭhe deśe bhūdoṣavarjite | aṣṭādaśa samājagmurakṣauhiṇyo yuyutsayā

To that most righteous land, free of every flaw of the soil, eighteen akshauhinis came together, eager for battle.

Verse 15 (1.2.15)

समेत्य तं द्विजास्ताश्च तत्रैव निधनं गताः । एतन्नामाभिनिर्वृत्तं तस्य देशस्य वै द्विजाः ॥

sametya taṃ dvijāstāśca tatraiva nidhanaṃ gatāḥ | etannāmābhinirvṛttaṃ tasya deśasya vai dvijāḥ

Having assembled there, O twice-born, those armies perished on that very spot; and so, O Brahmins, that land came by this name.

Note on the text: Corrected निधं → निधनं (misprint in Wikisource; not a word, the critical edition reads nidhanaṃ in the parallel line 1.2.25). First line not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The second line is a variant of CE 1.2.11ab.

Verse 16 (1.2.16)

पुण्यश्च रमणीयश्च स देशो वः प्रकीर्तितः । तदेतत्कथितं सर्वं मया ब्राह्मणसत्तमाः । यथा देशः स विख्यातस्त्रिषु लोकेषु सुव्रताः ॥

puṇyaśca ramaṇīyaśca sa deśo vaḥ prakīrtitaḥ | tadetatkathitaṃ sarvaṃ mayā brāhmaṇasattamāḥ | yathā deśaḥ sa vikhyātastriṣu lokeṣu suvratāḥ

That holy and lovely land has now been described to you. I have told you everything, O best of Brahmins, of how that land became famous in the three worlds, O you of firm vows.

Verse 17 (1.2.17)

अक्षौहिण्य इति प्रोक्तं यत्त्वया सूतनन्दन । एतदिच्छामहे श्रोतुं सर्वमेव यथातथम् ॥

akṣauhiṇya iti proktaṃ yattvayā sūtanandana | etadicchāmahe śrotuṃ sarvameva yathātatham

O son of the Suta, we wish to hear everything, exactly as it is, about what you called the akshauhinis.

Verse 18 (1.2.18)

अक्षौहिण्याः परीमाणं नराश्वरथदन्तिनाम् । यथावच्चैव नो ब्रूहि सर्वं हि विदितं तव ॥

akṣauhiṇyāḥ parīmāṇaṃ narāśvarathadantinām | yathāvaccaiva no brūhi sarvaṃ hi viditaṃ tava

Tell us precisely the strength of an akshauhini in men, horses, chariots and elephants, for all of it is known to you.

Verse 19 (1.2.19)

एको रथो गजश्चैको नराः पञ्च पदातयः । त्रयश्च तुरगास्तज्ज्ञैः पत्तिरित्यभिधीयते ॥

eko ratho gajaścaiko narāḥ pañca padātayaḥ | trayaśca turagāstajjñaiḥ pattirityabhidhīyate

One chariot, one elephant, five foot soldiers and three horses: this, say those who know, is called a patti.

Verse 20 (1.2.20)

पत्तिं तु त्रिगुणामेतामाहुः सेनामुखं बुधाः । त्रीणि सेनामुखान्येको गुल्म इत्यभिधीयते ॥

pattiṃ tu triguṇāmetāmāhuḥ senāmukhaṃ budhāḥ | trīṇi senāmukhānyeko gulma ityabhidhīyate

The learned call three times this patti a senamukha; three senamukhas make one gulma.

Verse 21 (1.2.21)

त्रयो गुल्मा गणो नाम वाहिनी तु गणास्त्रयः । स्मृतास्तिस्रस्तु वाहिन्यः पृतनेति विचक्षणैः ॥

trayo gulmā gaṇo nāma vāhinī tu gaṇāstrayaḥ | smṛtāstisrastu vāhinyaḥ pṛtaneti vicakṣaṇaiḥ

Three gulmas are called a gana; three ganas make a vahini; and three vahinis the wise call a pritana.

Verse 22 (1.2.22)

चमूस्तु पृतनास्तिस्रस्तिस्रश्चम्वस्त्वनीकिनी । अनीकिनीं दशगुणां प्राहुरक्षौहिणीं बुधाः ॥

camūstu pṛtanāstisrastisraścamvastvanīkinī | anīkinīṃ daśaguṇāṃ prāhurakṣauhiṇīṃ budhāḥ

Three pritanas make a chamu; three chamus, an anikini; and an anikini taken ten times over the wise call an akshauhini.

Verse 23 (1.2.23)

अक्षौहिण्याः प्रसंख्याता रथानां द्विजसत्तमाः । संख्यागणिततत्त्वज्ञैः सहस्राण्येकविंशतिः ॥

akṣauhiṇyāḥ prasaṃkhyātā rathānāṃ dvijasattamāḥ | saṃkhyāgaṇitatattvajñaiḥ sahasrāṇyekaviṃśatiḥ

O best of Brahmins, those versed in the science of number and calculation reckon the chariots of an akshauhini at twenty-one thousand

Verse 24 (1.2.24)

शतान्युपरि चैवाष्टौ तथा भूयश्च सप्ततिः । गजानां च परीमाणमेतदेव विनिर्दिशेत् ॥

śatānyupari caivāṣṭau tathā bhūyaśca saptatiḥ | gajānāṃ ca parīmāṇametadeva vinirdiśet

and eight hundred more, with seventy besides: 21,870. The number of elephants should be given as the same.

Verse 25 (1.2.25)

ज्ञेयं शतसहस्रं तु सहस्राणि नवैव तु । नराणामपि पञ्चाशच्छतानि त्रीणि चानघाः ॥

jñeyaṃ śatasahasraṃ tu sahasrāṇi navaiva tu | narāṇāmapi pañcāśacchatāni trīṇi cānaghāḥ

Of men, O sinless ones, know the number to be one hundred thousand and nine thousand, and three hundred and fifty more: 109,350.

Verse 26 (1.2.26)

पञ्च षष्टिसहस्राणि तथाश्वानां शतानि च । दशोत्तराणि षट् प्राहुर्यथावदिह संख्यया ॥

pañca ṣaṣṭisahasrāṇi tathāśvānāṃ śatāni ca | daśottarāṇi ṣaṭ prāhuryathāvadiha saṃkhyayā

Of horses, counted exactly, they give sixty-five thousand and six hundred and ten: 65,610.

Verse 27 (1.2.27)

एतामक्षौहिणीं प्राहुः संख्यातत्त्वविदो जनाः । यां वः कथितवानस्मि विस्तरेण तपोधनाः ॥

etāmakṣauhiṇīṃ prāhuḥ saṃkhyātattvavido janāḥ | yāṃ vaḥ kathitavānasmi vistareṇa tapodhanāḥ

This, O ascetics, is what those who know the truth of numbers call an akshauhini, which I have described to you in detail.

Note on the text: Corrected संख्यातत्त्वदितो → संख्यातत्त्वविदो (misprint in Wikisource; दितो is not a word here, the critical edition reads saṃkhyātattvavido).

Verse 28 (1.2.28)

एतया संख्यया ह्यासन्कुरुपाण्डवसेनयोः । अक्षौहिण्यो द्विजश्रेष्ठाः पिण्डिताष्टादशैव तु ॥

etayā saṃkhyayā hyāsankurupāṇḍavasenayoḥ | akṣauhiṇyo dvijaśreṣṭhāḥ piṇḍitāṣṭādaśaiva tu

By this reckoning, O best of Brahmins, the armies of the Kurus and the Pandavas together numbered eighteen akshauhinis.

Verse 29 (1.2.29)

समेतास्तत्र वै देशे तत्रैव निधनं गताः । कौरवान्कारणं कृत्वा कालेनाद्भुतकर्मणा ॥

sametāstatra vai deśe tatraiva nidhanaṃ gatāḥ | kauravānkāraṇaṃ kṛtvā kālenādbhutakarmaṇā

They gathered in that land and perished there, for Time, whose deeds are wondrous, made the Kauravas the cause.

Note on the text: Corrected निधं → निधनं (misprint in Wikisource; not a word, the critical edition reads nidhanaṃ).

Verse 30 (1.2.30)

अहानि युयुधे भीष्मो दशैव परमास्त्रवित् । अहानि पञ्च द्रोणस्तु ररक्ष कुरुवाहिनीम् ॥

ahāni yuyudhe bhīṣmo daśaiva paramāstravit | ahāni pañca droṇastu rarakṣa kuruvāhinīm

Bhishma, master of the supreme weapons, fought for ten days; Drona protected the Kuru army for five days.

Verse 31 (1.2.31)

अहनी युयुधे द्वे तु कर्णः परबलार्दनः । शल्योऽर्धदिवसं चैव गदायुद्धमतः परम् ॥

ahanī yuyudhe dve tu karṇaḥ parabalārdanaḥ | śalyo'rdhadivasaṃ caiva gadāyuddhamataḥ param

Karna, crusher of enemy forces, fought for two days, and Shalya for half a day; after that came the duel with maces.

Verse 32 (1.2.32)

तस्यैव दिवसस्यान्ते द्रौणिहार्दिक्यगौतमाः । प्रसुप्तं निशि विश्वस्तं जघ्नुर्यौधिष्ठिरं बलम् ॥

tasyaiva divasasyānte drauṇihārdikyagautamāḥ | prasuptaṃ niśi viśvastaṃ jaghnuryaudhiṣṭhiraṃ balam

At the close of that same day, Drona's son (Ashvatthama), Hardikya (Kritavarma) and Gautama (Kripa) slaughtered Yudhishthira's army as it slept at night, unsuspecting.

Verse 33 (1.2.33)

यत्तु शौनक सत्रे ते भारताख्यानमुत्तमम् । जनमेजयस्य तत्सत्रे व्यासशिष्येण धीमता ॥

yattu śaunaka satre te bhāratākhyānamuttamam | janamejayasya tatsatre vyāsaśiṣyeṇa dhīmatā

O Shaunaka, the excellent Bharata narrative now told at your sacrifice is the one that the wise disciple of Vyasa recited at Janamejaya's sacrifice,

Note on the text: Only loosely parallel to CE 1.2.29ab; second line not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 34 (1.2.34)

कथितं विस्तरार्थं च यशो वीर्यं महीक्षिताम् । पौष्यं तत्र च पौलोममास्तीकं चादितः स्मृतम् ॥

kathitaṃ vistarārthaṃ ca yaśo vīryaṃ mahīkṣitām | pauṣyaṃ tatra ca paulomamāstīkaṃ cāditaḥ smṛtam

told in full detail, recounting the fame and valour of kings; and in it Paushya, Pauloma and Astika are placed at the beginning.

Note on the text: First line not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The second line is a variant of CE 1.2.29cd.

Verse 35 (1.2.35)

विचित्रार्थपदाख्यानमनेकसमयान्वितम् । प्रतिपन्नं नरैः प्राज्ञैर्वैराग्यमिव मोक्षिभिः ॥

vicitrārthapadākhyānamanekasamayānvitam | pratipannaṃ naraiḥ prājñairvairāgyamiva mokṣibhiḥ

This tale, varied in its meanings and its words and holding many doctrines, has been embraced by the wise as dispassion is embraced by those who seek liberation.

Verse 36 (1.2.36)

आत्मेव वेदितव्येषु प्रियेष्विव हि जीवितम् । इतिहासः प्रधानार्थः श्रेष्ठः सर्वागमेष्वयम् ॥

ātmeva veditavyeṣu priyeṣviva hi jīvitam | itihāsaḥ pradhānārthaḥ śreṣṭhaḥ sarvāgameṣvayam

As the Self is foremost among things to be known, and as life is dearest among things held dear, so this history, which serves the highest end, is the best of all scriptures.

Verse 37 (1.2.37)

अनाश्रित्येदमाख्यानं कथा भुवि न विद्यते । आहारमनपाश्रित्य शरीरस्येव धारणम् ॥

anāśrityedamākhyānaṃ kathā bhuvi na vidyate | āhāramanapāśritya śarīrasyeva dhāraṇam

No story is found on earth that does not rest upon this tale, just as the body cannot be sustained without depending on food.

Note on the text: The critical edition places this verse near the end of the adhyaya (1.2.240); Wikisource repeats it there as well.

Verse 38 (1.2.38)

तदेतद्भारतं नाम कविभिस्तूपजीव्यते । उदयप्रेप्सुभिर्भृत्यैरभिजात इवेश्वरः ॥

tadetadbhārataṃ nāma kavibhistūpajīvyate | udayaprepsubhirbhṛtyairabhijāta iveśvaraḥ

This, called the Bharata, is what poets live upon, as servants seeking advancement depend on a nobly born master.

Note on the text: Corrected उदयतेप्सुभिर् → उदयप्रेप्सुभिर् (misprint in Wikisource; not a word, the critical edition reads udayaprepsubhir). A variant of CE 1.2.241, which the critical edition places near the end of the adhyaya; Wikisource repeats it there as well.

Verse 39 (1.2.39)

इतिहासोत्तमे यस्मिन्नर्पिता बुद्धिरुत्तमा । स्वरव्यञ्जनयोः कृत्स्ना लोकवेदाश्रयेव वाक् ॥

itihāsottame yasminnarpitā buddhiruttamā | svaravyañjanayoḥ kṛtsnā lokavedāśrayeva vāk

In this finest of histories the highest wisdom has been set down, just as the whole of speech, worldly and Vedic alike, rests upon vowels and consonants.

Verse 40 (1.2.40)

तस्य प्रज्ञाभिपन्नस्य विचित्रपदपर्वणः । सूक्ष्मार्थन्याययुक्तस्य वेदार्थैर्भूषितस्य च ॥

tasya prajñābhipannasya vicitrapadaparvaṇaḥ | sūkṣmārthanyāyayuktasya vedārthairbhūṣitasya ca

Of this history, full of wisdom, wonderfully varied in its words and sections, joining subtle meaning with sound reasoning and adorned with the sense of the Vedas,

Note on the text: Second line not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 41 (1.2.41)

भारतस्येतिहासस्य श्रूयतां पर्वसंग्रहः । पर्वानुक्रमणी पूर्वं द्वितीयः पर्वसंग्रहः ॥

bhāratasyetihāsasya śrūyatāṃ parvasaṃgrahaḥ | parvānukramaṇī pūrvaṃ dvitīyaḥ parvasaṃgrahaḥ

of this history, the Bharata, hear now the summary of the parvas. First comes the Parvanukramani (the table of contents); second, the Parvasangraha (the summary of the parvas).

Note on the text: Wikisource prints this verse twice (both numbered 41); the duplicate that followed it has been dropped.

Verse 42 (1.2.42)

पौष्यं पौलोममास्तीकमादिरंशावतारणम् । ततः संभवपर्वोक्तमद्भुतं रोमहर्षणम् ॥

pauṣyaṃ paulomamāstīkamādiraṃśāvatāraṇam | tataḥ saṃbhavaparvoktamadbhutaṃ romaharṣaṇam

Then Paushya, Pauloma, Astika and the Adi-Amshavatarana (the descent of the divine portions); after that is told the Sambhava (origins) parva, wondrous and thrilling.

Verse 43 (1.2.43)

दाहो जतुगृहस्यात्र हैडिम्बं पर्व चोच्यते । ततो बकवधः पर्व पर्व चैत्ररथं ततः ॥

dāho jatugṛhasyātra haiḍimbaṃ parva cocyate | tato bakavadhaḥ parva parva caitrarathaṃ tataḥ

Here comes the burning of the lac house (Jatugrihadaha), and the parva called Haidimba; then the Bakavadha (slaying of Baka) parva, and after it the Chaitraratha parva.

Verse 44 (1.2.44)

ततः स्वयंवरो देव्याः पाञ्चाल्याः पर्व चोच्यते । क्षात्रधर्मेण निर्जित्य ततो वैवाहिकं स्मृतम् ॥

tataḥ svayaṃvaro devyāḥ pāñcālyāḥ parva cocyate | kṣātradharmeṇa nirjitya tato vaivāhikaṃ smṛtam

Then is told the parva of the svayamvara of the divine princess of Panchala; then, after the victory won by the law of kshatriyas, the Vaivahika (marriage) parva.

Verse 45 (1.2.45)

विदुरागमनं पर्व राज्यलाभस्तथैव च । अर्जुनस्य वने वासः सुभद्राहरणं ततः ॥

vidurāgamanaṃ parva rājyalābhastathaiva ca | arjunasya vane vāsaḥ subhadrāharaṇaṃ tataḥ

The Viduragamana (Vidura's arrival) parva, and likewise the Rajyalabha (gaining of the kingdom); Arjuna's dwelling in the forest (Arjunavanavasa); then the Subhadraharana (carrying off of Subhadra).

Verse 46 (1.2.46)

सुभद्राहरणादूर्ध्वं ज्ञेया हरणहारिका । ततः खाण्डवदाहाख्यं तत्रैव मयदर्शनम् ॥

subhadrāharaṇādūrdhvaṃ jñeyā haraṇahārikā | tataḥ khāṇḍavadāhākhyaṃ tatraiva mayadarśanam

After the Subhadraharana is to be known the Haranaharika (bringing of the bridal gifts); then the one called Khandavadaha (burning of the Khandava forest), and within it the meeting with Maya (Mayadarshana).

Verse 47 (1.2.47)

सभापर्व ततः प्रोक्तं मन्त्रपर्व ततः परम् । जरासन्धवधः पर्व पर्व दिग्विजयं तथा ॥

sabhāparva tataḥ proktaṃ mantraparva tataḥ param | jarāsandhavadhaḥ parva parva digvijayaṃ tathā

Then the Sabha parva is told, and after it the Mantra (counsel) parva; the Jarasandhavadha (slaying of Jarasandha) parva, and likewise the Digvijaya (conquest of the quarters) parva.

Verse 48 (1.2.48)

पर्व दिग्विजयादूर्ध्वं राजसूयिकमुच्यते । ततश्चार्घाभिहरणं शिशुपालवधस्ततः ॥

parva digvijayādūrdhvaṃ rājasūyikamucyate | tataścārghābhiharaṇaṃ śiśupālavadhastataḥ

After the Digvijaya parva comes the one called Rajasuyika; then the Arghabhiharana (offering of the guest-gift), and then the Shishupalavadha (slaying of Shishupala).

Verse 49 (1.2.49)

द्यूतपर्व ततः प्रोक्तमनुद्यूतमतः परम् । तत आरण्यकं पर्व किर्मीरवध एव च ॥

dyūtaparva tataḥ proktamanudyūtamataḥ param | tata āraṇyakaṃ parva kirmīravadha eva ca

Then the Dyuta (game of dice) parva is told, and after it the Anudyuta (the second game); then the Aranyaka (forest) parva, and the Kirmiravadha (slaying of Kirmira).

Note on the text: Corrected प्रोक्तमनुद्यूतमः → प्रोक्तमनुद्यूतमतः (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped akshara, the critical edition reads anudyūtam ataḥ). Spaced एवच → एव च.

Verse 50 (1.2.50)

अर्जुनस्याभिगमनं पर्व ज्ञेयमतः परम् । ईश्वरार्जुनयोर्युद्धं पर्व कैरातसंज्ञितम् ॥

arjunasyābhigamanaṃ parva jñeyamataḥ param | īśvarārjunayoryuddhaṃ parva kairātasaṃjñitam

After that is to be known the Arjunabhigamana (Arjuna's journey) parva; then the battle between the Lord (Shiva) and Arjuna, the parva called Kairata.

Note on the text: First line not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 51 (1.2.51)

इन्द्रलोकाभिगमनं पर्व ज्ञेयमतः परम् । नलोपाख्यानमपि च धार्मिकं करुणोदयम् ॥

indralokābhigamanaṃ parva jñeyamataḥ param | nalopākhyānamapi ca dhārmikaṃ karuṇodayam

After that is to be known the Indralokabhigamana (journey to Indra's world) parva; and also the Nalopakhyana (story of Nala), righteous and moving to pity.

Note on the text: Second line not in the critical edition at this point (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 52 (1.2.52)

तीर्थयात्रा ततः पर्व कुरुराजस्य धीमतः । जटासुरवधः पर्व यक्षयुद्धमतः परम् ॥

tīrthayātrā tataḥ parva kururājasya dhīmataḥ | jaṭāsuravadhaḥ parva yakṣayuddhamataḥ param

Then the Tirthayatra (pilgrimage) parva of the wise Kuru king; the Jatasuravadha (slaying of Jatasura) parva, and after it the Yakshayuddha (battle with the yakshas).

Verse 53 (1.2.53)

निवातकवचैर्युद्धं पर्व चाजगरं ततः । मार्कण्डेयसमास्या च पर्वानन्तरमुच्यते ॥

nivātakavacairyuddhaṃ parva cājagaraṃ tataḥ | mārkaṇḍeyasamāsyā ca parvānantaramucyate

The battle with the Nivatakavachas, and then the Ajagara (python) parva; next is told the Markandeya-samasya (session with Markandeya).

Note on the text: The battle with the Nivatakavachas (first half-line) is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 54 (1.2.54)

संवादश्च ततः पर्व द्रौपदीसत्यभामयोः । घोषयात्रा ततः पर्व ततः प्रायोपवेशनम् । मन्त्रस्य निश्चयं चैव मृगस्वप्नोद्भवं ततः ॥

saṃvādaśca tataḥ parva draupadīsatyabhāmayoḥ | ghoṣayātrā tataḥ parva tataḥ prāyopaveśanam | mantrasya niścayaṃ caiva mṛgasvapnodbhavaṃ tataḥ

Then the parva of the dialogue between Draupadi and Satyabhama; then the Ghoshayatra (visit to the cattle stations) parva; then the Prayopaveshana (fast unto death); the resolution of counsel; and then the Mrigasvapnodbhava (the deer's dream).

Note on the text: Corrected प्रायोपवेशनेम् → प्रायोपवेशनम् (misprint in Wikisource; a stray vowel sign on a neuter noun). प्रायोपवेशनम् and मन्त्रस्य निश्चयं चैव are not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 55 (1.2.55)

व्रीहिद्रौणिकमाख्यानमैन्द्रद्युम्नं तथैव च । द्रौपदीहरणं पर्व जयद्रथविमोक्षणम् ॥

vrīhidrauṇikamākhyānamaindradyumnaṃ tathaiva ca | draupadīharaṇaṃ parva jayadrathavimokṣaṇam

The Vrihidraunika story, and likewise the Aindradyumna; the Draupadiharana (carrying off of Draupadi) parva, and the release of Jayadratha (Jayadrathavimokshana).

Verse 56 (1.2.56)

रामोपाख्यानमत्रैव पर्व ज्ञेयमतः परम् । पतिव्रताया माहात्म्यं सावित्र्याश्चैवमद्भुतम् ॥

rāmopākhyānamatraiva parva jñeyamataḥ param | pativratāyā māhātmyaṃ sāvitryāścaivamadbhutam

Here, after that, is to be known the Ramopakhyana (story of Rama) parva; and the wondrous account of the greatness of the devoted wife Savitri.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's list of sub-parvas (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 57 (1.2.57)

कुण्डलाहरणं पर्व ततः परमिहोच्यते । आरणेयं ततः पर्व वैराटं तदनन्तरम् । पाण्डवानां प्रवेशश्च समयस्य च पालनम् ॥

kuṇḍalāharaṇaṃ parva tataḥ paramihocyate | āraṇeyaṃ tataḥ parva vairāṭaṃ tadanantaram | pāṇḍavānāṃ praveśaśca samayasya ca pālanam

After that the Kundalaharana (taking of the earrings) parva is told here; then the Araneya parva; then the Vairata parva, with the Pandavas' entry (into Virata's city) and their keeping of the pledge.

Note on the text: Third line not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 58 (1.2.58)

कीचकानां वधः पर्व पर्व गोग्रहणं ततः । अभिमन्योश्च वैराट्याः पर्व वैवाहिकं स्मृतम् ॥

kīcakānāṃ vadhaḥ parva parva gograhaṇaṃ tataḥ | abhimanyośca vairāṭyāḥ parva vaivāhikaṃ smṛtam

The Kichakavadha (slaying of the Kichakas) parva, then the Gograhana (cattle raid) parva; and the Vaivahika parva of Abhimanyu and Virata's daughter.

Note on the text: Corrected ग्रोग्रहणं → गोग्रहणं (misprint in Wikisource; a stray र, the critical edition reads gograhaṇaṃ).

Verse 59 (1.2.59)

उद्योगपर्व विज्ञेयमत ऊर्ध्वं महाद्भुतम् । ततः संजययानाख्यं पर्व ज्ञेयमतः परम् ॥

udyogaparva vijñeyamata ūrdhvaṃ mahādbhutam | tataḥ saṃjayayānākhyaṃ parva jñeyamataḥ param

After that is to be known the Udyoga parva, most wondrous; then the parva called Sanjayayana (Sanjaya's mission).

Verse 60 (1.2.60)

प्रजागरं तथा पर्व धृतराष्ट्रस्य चिन्तया । पर्व सानत्सुजातं वै गुह्यमध्यात्मदर्शनम् ॥

prajāgaraṃ tathā parva dhṛtarāṣṭrasya cintayā | parva sānatsujātaṃ vai guhyamadhyātmadarśanam

Likewise the Prajagara (night vigil) parva, born of Dhritarashtra's anxiety; and the Sanatsujata parva, secret, revealing the Self.

Verse 61 (1.2.61)

यानसन्धिस्ततः पर्व भगवद्यानमेव च । मातलीयमुपाख्यानं चरितं गालवस्य च ॥

yānasandhistataḥ parva bhagavadyānameva ca | mātalīyamupākhyānaṃ caritaṃ gālavasya ca

Then the Yanasandhi (march for peace) parva, and the Bhagavadyana (the Lord's mission); the story of Matali, and the life of Galava.

Note on the text: Second line not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 62 (1.2.62)

सावित्रं वामदेव्यं च वैन्योपाख्यानमेव च । जामदग्न्यमुपाख्यानं पर्व षोडशराजकम् ॥

sāvitraṃ vāmadevyaṃ ca vainyopākhyānameva ca | jāmadagnyamupākhyānaṃ parva ṣoḍaśarājakam

The Savitra, the Vamadevya and the story of Vainya; the story of Jamadagni's son (Parashurama), and the parva of the Sixteen Kings (Shodasharajaka).

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

Verse 63 (1.2.63)

सभाप्रवेशः कृष्णस्य विदुलापुत्रशासनम् । उद्योगः सैन्यनिर्याणं विश्वोपाख्यानमेव च ॥

sabhāpraveśaḥ kṛṣṇasya vidulāputraśāsanam | udyogaḥ sainyaniryāṇaṃ viśvopākhyānameva ca

Krishna's entry into the assembly; Vidula's instruction to her son; the preparations for war, the marching out of the armies, and the Vishvopakhyana.

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

Verse 64 (1.2.64)

ज्ञेयं विवादपर्वात्र कर्णस्यापि महात्मनः । मन्त्रस्य निश्चयं कृत्वा कार्यस्य समनन्तरम् ॥

jñeyaṃ vivādaparvātra karṇasyāpi mahātmanaḥ | mantrasya niścayaṃ kṛtvā kāryasya samanantaram

Here too is to be known the Vivada (dispute) parva of the great-souled Karna; the resolution of counsel, made right after deciding what was to be done;

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki backtick before the second line. Second line not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 65 (1.2.65)

श्वेतस्य वासुदेवेन चित्रं बहुकथाश्रयम् । निर्याणं च ततः पर्व कुरुपाण्डवसेनयोः ॥

śvetasya vāsudevena citraṃ bahukathāśrayam | niryāṇaṃ ca tataḥ parva kurupāṇḍavasenayoḥ

the wondrous account of Shveta with Vasudeva, rich in tales; and then the parva of the marching out (Niryana) of the Kuru and Pandava armies.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (।') at the end of the first line. First line not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 66 (1.2.66)

रथातिरथसंख्या च पर्वोक्तं तदनन्तरम् । उलूकदूतागमनं पर्वामर्षविवर्धनम् ॥

rathātirathasaṃkhyā ca parvoktaṃ tadanantaram | ulūkadūtāgamanaṃ parvāmarṣavivardhanam

Next is told the parva of the count of rathas and atirathas (Rathatirathasankhya); then the Ulukadutagamana (coming of Uluka as envoy), a parva that inflamed their anger.

Verse 67 (1.2.67)

अम्बोपाख्यानमत्रैव पर्व ज्ञेयमतः परम् । भीष्माभिषेचनं पर्व ततश्चाद्भुतमुच्यते ॥

ambopākhyānamatraiva parva jñeyamataḥ param | bhīṣmābhiṣecanaṃ parva tataścādbhutamucyate

Here, after that, is to be known the Ambopakhyana (story of Amba) parva; then is told the wondrous Bhishmabhishechana (installation of Bhishma as commander) parva.

Verse 68 (1.2.68)

जम्बूखण्डविनिर्माणं पर्वोक्तं तदनन्तरम् । भूमिपर्व ततः प्रोक्तं द्वीपविस्तारकीर्तनम् ॥

jambūkhaṇḍavinirmāṇaṃ parvoktaṃ tadanantaram | bhūmiparva tataḥ proktaṃ dvīpavistārakīrtanam

Next is told the parva of the formation of Jambukhanda (Jambukhandavinirmana); then the Bhumi (earth) parva, describing the extent of the continents.

Note on the text: Corrected जम्बूखम्डविनिर्माणं → जम्बूखण्डविनिर्माणं (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct, the critical edition reads jambūkhaṇḍa-).

Verse 69 (1.2.69)

दिव्यं चक्षुर्ददौ यत्र संजयाय महामुनिः । पर्वोक्तं भगवद्गीता पर्व भीष्मवधस्ततः । द्रोणाभिषेचनं पर्व संशप्तकवधस्ततः ॥

divyaṃ cakṣurdadau yatra saṃjayāya mahāmuniḥ | parvoktaṃ bhagavadgītā parva bhīṣmavadhastataḥ | droṇābhiṣecanaṃ parva saṃśaptakavadhastataḥ

Where the great sage gave divine sight to Sanjaya; then the parva called the Bhagavad Gita, then the Bhishmavadha (slaying of Bhishma) parva; the Dronabhishechana (installation of Drona) parva, then the Samshaptakavadha (slaying of the Samshaptakas).

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (a backtick and ।') around the first line, which is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 70 (1.2.70)

अभिमन्युवधः पर्व प्रतिज्ञा पर्व चोच्यते । जयद्रथवधः पर्व घटोत्कचवधस्ततः ॥

abhimanyuvadhaḥ parva pratijñā parva cocyate | jayadrathavadhaḥ parva ghaṭotkacavadhastataḥ

The Abhimanyuvadha (slaying of Abhimanyu) parva, and the Pratijna (vow) parva; the Jayadrathavadha (slaying of Jayadratha) parva, then the Ghatotkachavadha (slaying of Ghatotkacha).

Verse 71 (1.2.71)

ततो द्रोणवधः पर्व विज्ञेयं लोमहर्षणम् । मोक्षो नारायणास्त्रस्य पर्वानन्तरमुच्यते ॥

tato droṇavadhaḥ parva vijñeyaṃ lomaharṣaṇam | mokṣo nārāyaṇāstrasya parvānantaramucyate

Then is to be known the hair-raising Dronavadha (slaying of Drona) parva; next is told the parva of the release of the Narayana weapon (Narayanastramoksha).

Verse 72 (1.2.72)

कर्णपर्व ततो ज्ञेयं शल्यपर्व ततः परम् । ह्रदप्रवेशनं पर्व गदायुद्धमतः परम् ॥

karṇaparva tato jñeyaṃ śalyaparva tataḥ param | hradapraveśanaṃ parva gadāyuddhamataḥ param

Then is to be known the Karna parva, and after it the Shalya parva; the Hradapraveshana (entering the lake) parva, and after it the Gadayuddha (mace duel).

Verse 73 (1.2.73)

सारस्वतं ततः पर्व तीर्थवंशानुकीर्तनम् । अत ऊर्ध्वं सुबीभत्सं पर्व सौप्तिकमुच्यते ॥

sārasvataṃ tataḥ parva tīrthavaṃśānukīrtanam | ata ūrdhvaṃ subībhatsaṃ parva sauptikamucyate

Then the Sarasvata parva, recounting the tirthas and their lineages; after that is told the most dreadful Sauptika (night raid) parva.

Verse 74 (1.2.74)

ऐषीकं पर्व चोद्दिष्टमत ऊर्ध्वं सुदारुणम् । जलप्रदानिकं पर्व स्त्रीविलापस्ततः परम् ॥

aiṣīkaṃ parva coddiṣṭamata ūrdhvaṃ sudāruṇam | jalapradānikaṃ parva strīvilāpastataḥ param

After that is named the Aishika parva, most terrible; the Jalapradanika (offering of water) parva, and after it the Strivilapa (lament of the women).

Verse 75 (1.2.75)

श्राद्धपर्व ततो ज्ञेयं कुरूणामौर्ध्वदेहिकम् । चार्वाकनिग्रहः पर्व रक्षसो ब्रह्मरूपिणः ॥

śrāddhaparva tato jñeyaṃ kurūṇāmaurdhvadehikam | cārvākanigrahaḥ parva rakṣaso brahmarūpiṇaḥ

Then is to be known the Shraddha parva, the funeral rites of the Kurus; the Charvakanigraha parva, the destruction of the rakshasa (Charvaka) who wore the guise of a Brahmin.

Verse 76 (1.2.76)

आभिषेचनिकं पर्व धर्मराजस्य धीमतः । प्रविभागो गृहाणां च पर्वोक्तं तदनन्तरम् ॥

ābhiṣecanikaṃ parva dharmarājasya dhīmataḥ | pravibhāgo gṛhāṇāṃ ca parvoktaṃ tadanantaram

The Abhishechanika (coronation) parva of the wise Dharmaraja; and next is told the parva of the allotment of houses (Grihapravibhaga).

Note on the text: Corrected धर्मराजसर्य → धर्मराजस्य (misprint in Wikisource; a stray र, the critical edition reads dharmarājasya).

Verse 77 (1.2.77)

शान्तिपर्व ततो यत्र राजधर्मानुशासनम् । आपद्धर्मश्च पर्वोक्तं मोक्षधर्मस्ततः परम् ॥

śāntiparva tato yatra rājadharmānuśāsanam | āpaddharmaśca parvoktaṃ mokṣadharmastataḥ param

Then the Shanti parva, which holds the teaching on the duties of kings (Rajadharmanushasana); the parva called Apaddharma (duties in distress); and after it the Mokshadharma (duties for liberation).

Verse 78 (1.2.78)

शुकप्रश्नाभिगमनं ब्रह्मप्रश्नानुशासनम् । प्रादुर्भावश्च दुर्वासःसंवादश्चैव मायया ॥

śukapraśnābhigamanaṃ brahmapraśnānuśāsanam | prādurbhāvaśca durvāsaḥsaṃvādaścaiva māyayā

The Shukaprashnabhigamana (Shuka's questions and departure), the Brahmaprashnanushasana (teaching on the questions about Brahman), the appearance of Durvasas, and the dialogue with Maya.

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

Verse 79 (1.2.79)

ततः पर्व परिज्ञेयमानुशासनिकं परम् । स्वर्गारोहणिकं चैव ततो भीष्मस्य धीमतः ॥

tataḥ parva parijñeyamānuśāsanikaṃ param | svargārohaṇikaṃ caiva tato bhīṣmasya dhīmataḥ

Then is to be known the supreme Anushasanika (instruction) parva, and after it the Svargarohanika (ascent to heaven) of the wise Bhishma.

Verse 80 (1.2.80)

ततोऽश्वमेधिकं पर्व सर्वपापप्रणाशनम् । अनुगीता ततः पर्व ज्ञेयमध्यात्मवाचकम् ॥

tato'śvamedhikaṃ parva sarvapāpapraṇāśanam | anugītā tataḥ parva jñeyamadhyātmavācakam

Then the Ashvamedhika (horse sacrifice) parva, which destroys all sins; then the Anugita parva, which is to be known as a discourse on the Self.

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (1.2.66): Wikisource skips its verse number 80 and so lists no Ashvamedhika parva, which the sequence of parvas requires between Bhishma's ascent to heaven and the Ashramavasa.

Verse 81 (1.2.81)

पर्व चाश्रमवासाख्यं पुत्रदर्शनमेव च । नारदागमनं पर्व ततः परमिहोच्यते ॥

parva cāśramavāsākhyaṃ putradarśanameva ca | nāradāgamanaṃ parva tataḥ paramihocyate

The parva called Ashramavasa (dwelling in the hermitage), and the Putradarshana (seeing of the sons); then the Naradagamana (Narada's arrival) parva is told here.

Verse 82 (1.2.82)

मौसलं पर्व चोद्दिष्टं ततो घोरं सुदारुणम् । महाप्रस्थानिकं पर्व स्वर्गारोहणिकं ततः ॥

mausalaṃ parva coddiṣṭaṃ tato ghoraṃ sudāruṇam | mahāprasthānikaṃ parva svargārohaṇikaṃ tataḥ

Then is named the Mausala (clubs) parva, terrible and most dreadful; the Mahaprasthanika (great departure) parva, and then the Svargarohanika (ascent to heaven).

Verse 83 (1.2.83)

हरिवंशस्ततः पर्व पुराणं खिलसंज्ञितम् । विष्णुपर्व शिशोश्चर्या विष्णोः कंसवधस्तथा ॥

harivaṃśastataḥ parva purāṇaṃ khilasaṃjñitam | viṣṇuparva śiśoścaryā viṣṇoḥ kaṃsavadhastathā

Then the Harivamsha parva, the ancient supplement called the Khila; the Vishnu parva, the childhood deeds of Vishnu (Krishna), and likewise his slaying of Kamsa.

Note on the text: Second line not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 84 (1.2.84)

भविष्यं पर्व चाप्युक्तं खिलेष्वेवाद्भुतं महत् । एतत्पर्वशतं पूर्णं व्यासेनोक्तं महात्मना ॥

bhaviṣyaṃ parva cāpyuktaṃ khileṣvevādbhutaṃ mahat | etatparvaśataṃ pūrṇaṃ vyāsenoktaṃ mahātmanā

And the Bhavishya parva is also told, great and wondrous, among the supplements. This is the full hundred of parvas, spoken by the great-souled Vyasa.

Verse 85 (1.2.85)

यथावत्सूतपुत्रेण रौमहर्षणिना ततः । उक्तानि नैमिशारण्ये पर्वाण्यष्टादशैव तु ॥

yathāvatsūtaputreṇa raumaharṣaṇinā tataḥ | uktāni naimiśāraṇye parvāṇyaṣṭādaśaiva tu

Afterwards the son of the Suta, Raumaharshani, duly recited them in the Naimisha forest as eighteen parvas.

Verse 86 (1.2.86)

समासो भारतस्यायमत्रोक्तः पर्वसंग्रहः । पौष्यं पौलोममास्तीकमादिरंशावतारणम् ॥

samāso bhāratasyāyamatroktaḥ parvasaṃgrahaḥ | pauṣyaṃ paulomamāstīkamādiraṃśāvatāraṇam

This summary of the Bharata, the Parvasangraha, has been told here. Paushya, Pauloma, Astika, the Adi-Amshavatarana,

Note on the text: Second line not in the critical edition at this point (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 87 (1.2.87)

संभवो जतुवेश्माख्यं हिडिम्बबकयोर्वधः । तथा चैत्ररथं देव्याः पाञ्चाल्याश्च स्वयंवरः ॥

saṃbhavo jatuveśmākhyaṃ hiḍimbabakayorvadhaḥ | tathā caitrarathaṃ devyāḥ pāñcālyāśca svayaṃvaraḥ

the Sambhava, the one called Jatuveshma (the house of lac), the slaying of Hidimba and of Baka, likewise the Chaitraratha, and the svayamvara of the divine princess of Panchala;

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

Verse 88 (1.2.88)

क्षात्रधर्मेण निर्जित्य ततो वैवाहिकं स्मृतम् । विदुरागमनं चैव राज्यलाभस्तथैव च ॥

kṣātradharmeṇa nirjitya tato vaivāhikaṃ smṛtam | vidurāgamanaṃ caiva rājyalābhastathaiva ca

then, after the victory won by the law of kshatriyas, the Vaivahika; the Viduragamana, and likewise the Rajyalabha;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition at this point: this second, shorter list of the Adi Parva sections is found in the vulgate recension. Its wording repeats CE 1.2.37 (Wikisource verses 44–45), with which the automatic alignment matched it.

Verse 89 (1.2.89)

वनवासोऽर्जुनस्यापि सुभद्राहरणं ततः । हरणाहरणं चैव दहनं खाण्डवस्य च ॥

vanavāso'rjunasyāpi subhadrāharaṇaṃ tataḥ | haraṇāharaṇaṃ caiva dahanaṃ khāṇḍavasya ca

Arjuna's dwelling in the forest, then the Subhadraharana, the Haranaharana (bringing of the bridal gifts), and the burning of the Khandava.

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

Verse 90 (1.2.90)

पौष्ये पर्वणि माहात्म्यमुत्तङ्कस्योपवर्णितम् ॥

pauṣye parvaṇi māhātmyamuttaṅkasyopavarṇitam

In the Paushya parva the greatness of Uttanka is described.

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (1.2.72ab): Wikisource skips its verse number 90 and so omits the Paushya parva from this summary, which runs Paushya, Pauloma, Astika; the critical edition's half-verse is given on its own because its second half is Wikisource verse 91.

Verse 91 (1.2.91)

पौलोमे भृगुवंशस्य विस्तारः परिकीर्तितः । आस्तीके सर्वनागानां गरुडस्य च संभवः ॥

paulome bhṛguvaṃśasya vistāraḥ parikīrtitaḥ | āstīke sarvanāgānāṃ garuḍasya ca saṃbhavaḥ

In the Pauloma the lineage of Bhrigu is set out at length; in the Astika, the birth of all the nagas and of Garuda,

Verse 92 (1.2.92)

क्षीरोदमथनं चैव जन्मोच्चैःश्रवसस्तथा । यजतः सर्पसत्रेण राज्ञः पारिक्षितस्य च ॥

kṣīrodamathanaṃ caiva janmoccaiḥśravasastathā | yajataḥ sarpasatreṇa rājñaḥ pārikṣitasya ca

the churning of the Ocean of Milk and the birth of Uchchaihshravas; and how, as King Parikshit's son (Janamejaya) performed the snake sacrifice,

Note on the text: Corrected क्षीरोदमथं → क्षीरोदमथनं (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped akshara, the critical edition reads kṣīrodamathanaṃ).

Verse 93 (1.2.93)

कथेयमभिनिर्वृत्ता भारतानां महात्मनाम् । विविधाः संभवा राज्ञामुक्ताः संभवपर्वणि ॥

katheyamabhinirvṛttā bhāratānāṃ mahātmanām | vividhāḥ saṃbhavā rājñāmuktāḥ saṃbhavaparvaṇi

this tale of the great-souled Bharatas came to be told. The various origins of kings are told in the Sambhava parva,

Verse 94 (1.2.94)

अन्येषां चैव शूराणामृषेर्द्वैपायनस्य च । अंशावतरणं चात्र देवानां परिकीर्तितम् ॥

anyeṣāṃ caiva śūrāṇāmṛṣerdvaipāyanasya ca | aṃśāvataraṇaṃ cātra devānāṃ parikīrtitam

and those of other heroes and of the seer Dvaipayana; here too is told the descent of the gods in partial incarnations,

Verse 95 (1.2.95)

दैत्यानां दानवानां च यक्षाणां च महौजसाम् । नागानामथ सर्पाणां गन्धर्वाणां पतत्त्रिणाम् ॥

daityānāṃ dānavānāṃ ca yakṣāṇāṃ ca mahaujasām | nāgānāmatha sarpāṇāṃ gandharvāṇāṃ patattriṇām

and the birth of the daityas, the danavas, the mighty yakshas, the nagas and serpents, the gandharvas, the birds,

Verse 96 (1.2.96)

अन्येषां चैव भूतानां विविधानां समुद्भवः । महर्षेराश्रमपदे कण्वस्य च तपस्विनः ॥

anyeṣāṃ caiva bhūtānāṃ vividhānāṃ samudbhavaḥ | maharṣerāśramapade kaṇvasya ca tapasvinaḥ

and of various other beings. In the hermitage of the great seer Kanva, the ascetic,

Note on the text: Second line not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 97 (1.2.97)

शकुन्तलायां दुष्यन्ताद्भरतश्चापि जज्ञिवान् । यस्य लोकेषु नाम्नेदं प्रथितं भारतं कुलम् ॥

śakuntalāyāṃ duṣyantādbharataścāpi jajñivān | yasya lokeṣu nāmnedaṃ prathitaṃ bhārataṃ kulam

Bharata was born to Shakuntala from Dushyanta, he by whose name this Bharata dynasty is famed throughout the worlds.

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

Verse 98 (1.2.98)

वसूनां पुनरुत्पत्तिर्भागीरथ्यां महात्मनाम् । शन्तनोर्वेश्मनि पुनस्तेषां चारोहणं दिवि ॥

vasūnāṃ punarutpattirbhāgīrathyāṃ mahātmanām | śantanorveśmani punasteṣāṃ cārohaṇaṃ divi

The rebirth of the great-souled Vasus in the Ganga, and in Shantanu's house their return again to heaven;

Verse 99 (1.2.99)

तेजोंशानां च संपातो भीष्मस्याप्यत्र संभवः । राज्यान्निवर्तनं तस्य ब्रह्मचर्यव्रते स्थितिः ॥

tejoṃśānāṃ ca saṃpāto bhīṣmasyāpyatra saṃbhavaḥ | rājyānnivartanaṃ tasya brahmacaryavrate sthitiḥ

the coming together of portions of divine energy, and the birth of Bhishma here; his renunciation of the kingdom and his steadfastness in the vow of celibacy;

Verse 100 (1.2.100)

प्रतिज्ञापालनं चैव रक्षा चित्राङ्गदस्य च । हते चित्राङ्गदे चैव रक्षा भ्रातुर्यवीयसः ॥

pratijñāpālanaṃ caiva rakṣā citrāṅgadasya ca | hate citrāṅgade caiva rakṣā bhrāturyavīyasaḥ

his keeping of his vow, his protection of Chitrangada, and, when Chitrangada was slain, his protection of his younger brother;

Verse 101 (1.2.101)

विचित्रवीर्यस्य तथा राज्ये संप्रतिपादनम् । धर्मस्य नृषु संभूतिरणीमाण्डव्यशापजा ॥

vicitravīryasya tathā rājye saṃpratipādanam | dharmasya nṛṣu saṃbhūtiraṇīmāṇḍavyaśāpajā

the placing of Vichitravirya on the throne; the birth of Dharma among men through the curse of Animandavya;

Verse 102 (1.2.102)

कृष्णद्वैपायनाच्चैव प्रसूतिर्वरदानजा । धृतराष्ट्रस्य पाण्डोश्च पाण्डवानां च संभवः ॥

kṛṣṇadvaipāyanāccaiva prasūtirvaradānajā | dhṛtarāṣṭrasya pāṇḍośca pāṇḍavānāṃ ca saṃbhavaḥ

the births, through the boon of Krishna Dvaipayana, of Dhritarashtra and Pandu, and the birth of the Pandavas;

Verse 103 (1.2.103)

वारणावतयात्रा च मन्त्रो दुर्योधनस्य च । कूटस्य धार्तराष्ट्रेण प्रेषणं पाण्डवान्प्रति ॥

vāraṇāvatayātrā ca mantro duryodhanasya ca | kūṭasya dhārtarāṣṭreṇa preṣaṇaṃ pāṇḍavānprati

the journey to Varanavata and Duryodhana's plotting; the sending of a treacherous agent by Dhritarashtra's son to the Pandavas;

Note on the text: Second line not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 104 (1.2.104)

हितोपदेशश्च पथि धर्मराजस्य धीमतः । विदुरेण कृतो यत्र हितार्थं म्लेच्छभाषया ॥

hitopadeśaśca pathi dharmarājasya dhīmataḥ | vidureṇa kṛto yatra hitārthaṃ mlecchabhāṣayā

the counsel for his good that Vidura gave the wise Dharmaraja on the road, in the speech of the mlecchas;

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

Verse 105 (1.2.105)

विदुरस्य च वाक्येन सुरुङ्गोपक्रमक्रिया । निषाद्याः पञ्चपुत्रायाः सुप्ताया जतुवेश्मनि ॥

vidurasya ca vākyena suruṅgopakramakriyā | niṣādyāḥ pañcaputrāyāḥ suptāyā jatuveśmani

the digging of the tunnel at Vidura's word; the Nishada woman with her five sons asleep in the lac house;

Note on the text: Second line not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 106 (1.2.106)

पुरोचनस्य चात्रैव दहनं संप्रकीर्तितम् । पाण्डवानां वने घोरे हिडिम्बायाश्च दर्शनम् ॥

purocanasya cātraiva dahanaṃ saṃprakīrtitam | pāṇḍavānāṃ vane ghore hiḍimbāyāśca darśanam

and here too is told the burning of Purochana. In the dreadful forest, the Pandavas' meeting with Hidimba;

Note on the text: First line not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 107 (1.2.107)

तत्रैव च हिडिम्बस्य वधो भीमान्महाबलात् । घटोत्कचस्य चोत्पत्तिरत्रैव परिकीर्तिता ॥

tatraiva ca hiḍimbasya vadho bhīmānmahābalāt | ghaṭotkacasya cotpattiratraiva parikīrtitā

there too the slaying of Hidimba by the mighty Bhima; and here is told the birth of Ghatotkacha;

Note on the text: Corrected चोत्पत्तिंरत्रैव → चोत्पत्तिरत्रैव (misprint in Wikisource; a stray anusvara, the critical edition reads cotpattir atraiva). First line not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 108 (1.2.108)

महर्षेर्दर्शनं चैव व्यासस्यामिततेजसः । तदाज्ञयैकचक्रायां ब्राह्मणस्य निवेशने ॥

maharṣerdarśanaṃ caiva vyāsasyāmitatejasaḥ | tadājñayaikacakrāyāṃ brāhmaṇasya niveśane

the meeting with the great seer Vyasa of boundless splendour; and at his command, in a Brahmin's house at Ekachakra,

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

Verse 109 (1.2.109)

अज्ञातचर्यया वासो यत्र तेषां प्रकीर्तितः । बकस्य निधनं चैव नागराणां च विस्मयः ॥

ajñātacaryayā vāso yatra teṣāṃ prakīrtitaḥ | bakasya nidhanaṃ caiva nāgarāṇāṃ ca vismayaḥ

where their dwelling in disguise is told; the death of Baka and the wonder of the townspeople;

Verse 110 (1.2.110)

संभवश्चैव कृष्णाया धृष्टद्युम्नस्य चैव ह । ब्राह्मणात्समुपश्रुत्य व्यासवाक्यप्रचोदिताः ॥

saṃbhavaścaiva kṛṣṇāyā dhṛṣṭadyumnasya caiva ha | brāhmaṇātsamupaśrutya vyāsavākyapracoditāḥ

the birth of Krishna (Draupadi) and of Dhrishtadyumna. Hearing of it from a Brahmin, and urged on by Vyasa's words,

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

Verse 111 (1.2.111)

द्रौपदीं प्रार्थयन्तस्ते स्वयंवरदिदृक्षया । पञ्चालानभितो जग्मुर्यत्र कौतूहलान्विताः ॥

draupadīṃ prārthayantaste svayaṃvaradidṛkṣayā | pañcālānabhito jagmuryatra kautūhalānvitāḥ

seeking Draupadi and eager to see the svayamvara, they set out, full of curiosity, for the land of the Panchalas.

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

Verse 112 (1.2.112)

अङ्गारपर्णं निर्जित्य गङ्गाकूलेऽर्जुनस्तदा । सख्यं कृत्वा ततस्तेन तस्मादेव च शुश्रुवे ॥

aṅgāraparṇaṃ nirjitya gaṅgākūle'rjunastadā | sakhyaṃ kṛtvā tatastena tasmādeva ca śuśruve

Arjuna then defeated Angaraparna on the bank of the Ganga, made friends with him, and heard from him

Note on the text: Second line not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 113 (1.2.113)

तापत्यमथ वासिष्ठमौर्वं चाख्यानमुत्तमम् । भ्रातृभिः सहितः सर्वैः पञ्चालानभितो ययौ ॥

tāpatyamatha vāsiṣṭhamaurvaṃ cākhyānamuttamam | bhrātṛbhiḥ sahitaḥ sarvaiḥ pañcālānabhito yayau

the Tapatya, the Vasishtha and the excellent Aurva stories; and with all his brothers he went on towards the Panchalas.

Verse 114 (1.2.114)

पाञ्चालनगरे चापि लक्ष्यं भित्त्वा धनञ्जयः । द्रौपदीं लब्धवानत्र मध्ये सर्वमहीक्षिताम् ॥

pāñcālanagare cāpi lakṣyaṃ bhittvā dhanañjayaḥ | draupadīṃ labdhavānatra madhye sarvamahīkṣitām

In the city of Panchala Dhananjaya pierced the target and won Draupadi in the midst of all the kings.

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

Verse 115 (1.2.115)

भीमसेनार्जुनौ यत्र संरब्धान्पृथिवीपतीन् । शल्यकर्णौ च तरसा जितवन्तौ महामृधे ॥

bhīmasenārjunau yatra saṃrabdhānpṛthivīpatīn | śalyakarṇau ca tarasā jitavantau mahāmṛdhe

There Bhimasena and Arjuna swiftly overcame the enraged kings, and Shalya and Karna, in a great fight.

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

Verse 116 (1.2.116)

दृष्ट्वा तयोश्च तद्वीर्यमप्रमेयममानुषम् । शङ्कमानौ पाण्डवांस्तान् रामकृष्णौ महामती ॥

dṛṣṭvā tayośca tadvīryamaprameyamamānuṣam | śaṅkamānau pāṇḍavāṃstān rāmakṛṣṇau mahāmatī

Seeing their measureless, superhuman prowess, the wise Rama (Balarama) and Krishna, suspecting them to be the Pandavas,

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

Verse 117 (1.2.117)

जग्मतुस्तैः समागन्तुं शालां भार्गववेश्मनि । पञ्चानामेकपत्नीत्वे विमर्शो द्रुपदस्य च ॥

jagmatustaiḥ samāgantuṃ śālāṃ bhārgavaveśmani | pañcānāmekapatnītve vimarśo drupadasya ca

went to meet them at the hall in the potter's dwelling. Drupada's deliberation on the five having one wife;

Note on the text: First line not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 118 (1.2.118)

पञ्चेन्द्राणामुपाख्यानमत्रैवाद्भुतमुच्यते । द्रौपद्या देवविहितो विवाहश्चाप्यमानुषः ॥

pañcendrāṇāmupākhyānamatraivādbhutamucyate | draupadyā devavihito vivāhaścāpyamānuṣaḥ

Here too is told the wondrous story of the five Indras, and Draupadi's superhuman marriage, ordained by the gods.

Note on the text: Corrected देवविहीतो → देवविहितो (misprint in Wikisource; wrong vowel length, the critical edition reads devavihito).

Verse 119 (1.2.119)

क्षत्तुश्च धार्तराष्ट्रेण प्रेषणं पाण्डवान्प्रति । विदुरस्य च संप्राप्तिर्दर्शनं केशवस्य च ॥

kṣattuśca dhārtarāṣṭreṇa preṣaṇaṃ pāṇḍavānprati | vidurasya ca saṃprāptirdarśanaṃ keśavasya ca

The sending of Vidura (the Kshatta) by Dhritarashtra's son to the Pandavas; Vidura's arrival, and the meeting with Keshava;

Note on the text: First line not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 120 (1.2.120)

खाण्डवप्रस्थवासश्च तथा राज्यार्धसर्जनम् । नारदस्याज्ञया चैव द्रौपद्याः समयक्रिया ॥

khāṇḍavaprasthavāsaśca tathā rājyārdhasarjanam | nāradasyājñayā caiva draupadyāḥ samayakriyā

the dwelling at Khandavaprastha and the granting of half the kingdom; and at Narada's bidding, the compact concerning Draupadi;

Verse 121 (1.2.121)

सुन्दोपसुन्दयोस्तद्वदाख्यानं परिकीर्तितम् । अनन्तरं च द्रौपद्या सहासीनं युधिष्ठिरम् ॥

sundopasundayostadvadākhyānaṃ parikīrtitam | anantaraṃ ca draupadyā sahāsīnaṃ yudhiṣṭhiram

likewise the story of Sunda and Upasunda is told. Then, while Yudhishthira was seated with Draupadi,

Note on the text: Second line not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 122 (1.2.122)

अनु प्रविश्य विप्रार्थे फाल्गुनो गृह्य चायुधम् । मोक्षयित्वा गृहं गत्वा विप्रार्थं कृतनिश्चयः ॥

anu praviśya viprārthe phālguno gṛhya cāyudham | mokṣayitvā gṛhaṃ gatvā viprārthaṃ kṛtaniścayaḥ

Phalguna (Arjuna) entered for a Brahmin's sake and took up his weapons; having rescued (the Brahmin's cattle) and returned home, firm in his resolve for the Brahmin,

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

Verse 123 (1.2.123)

समयं पालयन्वीरो वनं यत्र जगाम ह । पार्थस्य वनवासे च उलूप्या पथि सङ्गमः ॥

samayaṃ pālayanvīro vanaṃ yatra jagāma ha | pārthasya vanavāse ca ulūpyā pathi saṅgamaḥ

the hero, keeping the compact, went to the forest; and during Partha's forest-dwelling came his union on the way with Ulupi;

Note on the text: First line not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 124 (1.2.124)

पुण्यतीर्थानुसंयानं बभ्रुवाहनजन्म च । तत्रैव मोक्षयामास पञ्च सोऽप्सरसः शुभाः ॥

puṇyatīrthānusaṃyānaṃ babhruvāhanajanma ca | tatraiva mokṣayāmāsa pañca so'psarasaḥ śubhāḥ

his travels to holy tirthas and the birth of Babhruvahana; there too he freed five lovely apsarases

Note on the text: Second line not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 125 (1.2.125)

शापाद्ग्राहत्वमापन्ना ब्राह्मणस्य तपस्विनः । प्रभासतीर्थे पार्थेन कृष्णस्य च समागमः ॥

śāpādgrāhatvamāpannā brāhmaṇasya tapasvinaḥ | prabhāsatīrthe pārthena kṛṣṇasya ca samāgamaḥ

who, through the curse of an ascetic Brahmin, had become crocodiles; Partha's meeting with Krishna at the Prabhasa tirtha;

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

Verse 126 (1.2.126)

द्वारकायां सुभद्रा च कामयानेन कामिनी । वासुदेवस्यानुमते प्राप्ता चैव किरीटिना ॥

dvārakāyāṃ subhadrā ca kāmayānena kāminī | vāsudevasyānumate prāptā caiva kirīṭinā

and at Dvaraka the loving Subhadra was won, with Vasudeva's consent, by Kiritin (Arjuna), who desired her;

Verse 127 (1.2.127)

गृहीत्वा हरणं प्राप्ते कृष्णे देवकिनन्दने । अभिमन्योः सुभद्रायां जन्म चोत्तमतेजसः ॥

gṛhītvā haraṇaṃ prāpte kṛṣṇe devakinandane | abhimanyoḥ subhadrāyāṃ janma cottamatejasaḥ

Krishna, the son of Devaki, arriving with the bridal gifts; the birth to Subhadra of Abhimanyu of surpassing splendour;

Verse 128 (1.2.128)

द्रौपद्यास्तनयानां च संभवोऽनुप्रकीर्तितः । विहारार्थं च गतयोः कृष्णयोर्यमुनामनु ॥

draupadyāstanayānāṃ ca saṃbhavo'nuprakīrtitaḥ | vihārārthaṃ ca gatayoḥ kṛṣṇayoryamunāmanu

the births of Draupadi's sons are told; and when the two Krishnas (Krishna and Arjuna) had gone along the Yamuna for pleasure,

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

Verse 129 (1.2.129)

संप्राप्तिश्चक्रधनुषोः खाण्डवस्य च दाहनम् । मयस्य मोक्षो ज्वलनाद्भुजङ्गस्य च मोक्षणम् ॥

saṃprāptiścakradhanuṣoḥ khāṇḍavasya ca dāhanam | mayasya mokṣo jvalanādbhujaṅgasya ca mokṣaṇam

their obtaining of the discus and the bow, and the burning of Khandava; the escape of Maya from the fire, and the escape of the serpent;

Verse 130 (1.2.130)

महर्षेर्मन्दपालस्य शार्ङ्ग्या तनयसंभवः । इत्येतदादिपर्वोक्तं प्रथमं बहु विस्तरम् ॥

maharṣermandapālasya śārṅgyā tanayasaṃbhavaḥ | ityetadādiparvoktaṃ prathamaṃ bahu vistaram

and the birth of sons to the great seer Mandapala by Sharngi. Thus is told the first parva, the Adi, very extensive.

Verse 131 (1.2.131)

अध्यायानां शते द्वे तु संख्याते परमर्षिणा । सप्तविंशतिरध्याया व्यासेनोत्तमतेजसा ॥

adhyāyānāṃ śate dve tu saṃkhyāte paramarṣiṇā | saptaviṃśatiradhyāyā vyāsenottamatejasā

In it the supreme seer Vyasa, of surpassing splendour, counted two hundred adhyayas and twenty-seven more: 227 adhyayas.

Verse 132 (1.2.132)

अष्टौ श्लोकसहस्राणि अष्टौ श्लोकशतानि च । श्लोकाश्च चतुराशीतिर्मुनिनोक्ता महात्मना ॥

aṣṭau ślokasahasrāṇi aṣṭau ślokaśatāni ca | ślokāśca caturāśītirmuninoktā mahātmanā

The great-souled sage spoke eight thousand shlokas, eight hundred shlokas and eighty-four shlokas more: 8,884 shlokas.

Verse 133 (1.2.133)

द्वितीयं तु सभापर्व बहुवृत्तान्तमुच्यते । सभाक्रिया पाण्डवानां किङ्कराणां च दर्शनम् ॥

dvitīyaṃ tu sabhāparva bahuvṛttāntamucyate | sabhākriyā pāṇḍavānāṃ kiṅkarāṇāṃ ca darśanam

The second, the Sabha parva, is said to be rich in events: the building of the assembly hall by the Pandavas, and the sight of the Kinkaras (the hall's rakshasa guards);

Verse 134 (1.2.134)

लोकपालसभाख्यानं नारदाद्देवदर्शिनः । राजसूयस्य चारम्भो जरासन्धवधस्तथा ॥

lokapālasabhākhyānaṃ nāradāddevadarśinaḥ | rājasūyasya cārambho jarāsandhavadhastathā

Then come the account of the assembly halls of the world-guardians, told by Narada, who had seen the gods; the beginning of the Rajasuya sacrifice; and the slaying of Jarasandha;

Verse 135 (1.2.135)

गिरिव्रजे निरुद्धानां राज्ञां कृष्णेन मोक्षणम् । तथा दिग्विजयोऽत्रैव पाण्डवानां प्रकीर्तितः ॥

girivraje niruddhānāṃ rājñāṃ kṛṣṇena mokṣaṇam | tathā digvijayo'traiva pāṇḍavānāṃ prakīrtitaḥ

the release by Krishna of the kings imprisoned in Girivraja; and here too the conquest of the quarters by the Pandavas is told;

Note on the text: Corrected पाम्डवानां → पाण्डवानां (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct). Only the first line corresponds to the critical edition (1.2.99a); the second line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 136 (1.2.136)

राज्ञामागमनं चैव सार्हणानां महाक्रतौ । राजसूयेऽर्घसंवादे शिशुपालवधस्तथा ॥

rājñāmāgamanaṃ caiva sārhaṇānāṃ mahākratau | rājasūye'rghasaṃvāde śiśupālavadhastathā

the arrival of the kings, bearing gifts, at the great sacrifice; and at the Rajasuya, the dispute over the guest-offering and the slaying of Shishupala;

Note on the text: Corrected महक्रतौ → महाक्रतौ (misprint in Wikisource; dropped vowel sign, the line is a syllable short). Only the second line corresponds to the critical edition (1.2.99b); the first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 137 (1.2.137)

यज्ञे विभूतिं तां दृष्ट्वा दुःखामर्षान्वितस्य च । दुर्योधनस्यावहासो भीमेन च सभातले ॥

yajñe vibhūtiṃ tāṃ dṛṣṭvā duḥkhāmarṣānvitasya ca | duryodhanasyāvahāso bhīmena ca sabhātale

Duryodhana, filled with grief and resentment at the sight of the splendour of that sacrifice, and his being laughed at by Bhima in the assembly hall,

Verse 138 (1.2.138)

यत्रास्य मन्युरुद्भूतो येन द्यूतमकारयत् । यत्र धर्मसुतं द्यूते शकुनिः कितवोऽजयत् ॥

yatrāsya manyurudbhūto yena dyūtamakārayat | yatra dharmasutaṃ dyūte śakuniḥ kitavo'jayat

from which his rage arose and for which he had the dice game held, in which the cheat Shakuni defeated the son of Dharma at dice;

Verse 139 (1.2.139)

यत्र द्यूतार्णवे मग्नां द्रौपदीं नौरिवार्णवात् । धृतराष्ट्रो महाप्राज्ञः स्नुषां परमदुःखिताम् ॥

yatra dyūtārṇave magnāṃ draupadīṃ naurivārṇavāt | dhṛtarāṣṭro mahāprājñaḥ snuṣāṃ paramaduḥkhitām

where the wise Dhritarashtra, like a boat on the sea, brought his daughter-in-law Draupadi, sunk in the ocean of the dice game and in the deepest distress,

Note on the text: The first line answers, with a variant, to the critical edition (1.2.102a, where Draupadi rescues the Pandavas); the second line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 140 (1.2.140)

तारयामास तांस्तीर्णाञ्ज्ञात्वा दुर्योधनो नृपः । पुनरेव ततो द्यूते समाह्वयत पाण्डवान् ॥

tārayāmāsa tāṃstīrṇāñjñātvā duryodhano nṛpaḥ | punareva tato dyūte samāhvayata pāṇḍavān

safely across. Learning that they had come through, King Duryodhana then challenged the Pandavas to the dice game once again,

Note on the text: Corresponds to the critical edition 1.2.102b–c.

Verse 141 (1.2.141)

जित्वा स वनवासाय प्रेषयामास तांस्ततः । एतत्सर्वं सभापर्व समाख्यातं महात्मना ॥

jitvā sa vanavāsāya preṣayāmāsa tāṃstataḥ | etatsarvaṃ sabhāparva samākhyātaṃ mahātmanā

and having beaten them, sent them away to live in the forest. All this is the Sabha Parva, as the great-souled sage has told it.

Note on the text: Only the second line corresponds to the critical edition (1.2.103a); the first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 142 (1.2.142)

अध्यायाः सप्ततिर्ज्ञेयास्तथा चाष्टौ प्रसंख्यया । श्लोकानां द्वे सहस्रे तु पञ्च श्लोकशतानि च ॥

adhyāyāḥ saptatirjñeyāstathā cāṣṭau prasaṃkhyayā | ślokānāṃ dve sahasre tu pañca ślokaśatāni ca

Its adhyayas are to be known as seventy and eight more, seventy-eight in all; and its shlokas as two thousand five hundred

Note on the text: The first line corresponds, with a different count, to the critical edition (1.2.103b, which gives seventy-two adhyayas); the second line to 1.2.104a. Wikisource's count is kept.

Verse 143 (1.2.143)

श्लोकाश्चैकादश ज्ञेयाः पर्वण्यस्मिन्द्विजोत्तमाः । अतः परं तृतीयं तु ज्ञेयमारण्यकं महत् ॥

ślokāścaikādaśa jñeyāḥ parvaṇyasmindvijottamāḥ | ataḥ paraṃ tṛtīyaṃ tu jñeyamāraṇyakaṃ mahat

and eleven, two thousand five hundred and eleven in this parva, O best of the twice-born. After this, know the third, the great Aranyaka Parva.

Note on the text: Corresponds, with a variant, to the critical edition 1.2.104b and 1.2.105a.

Verse 144 (1.2.144)

वनवासं प्रयातेषु पाण्डवेषु महात्मसु । पौरानुगमनं चैव धर्मपुत्रस्य धीमतः ॥

vanavāsaṃ prayāteṣu pāṇḍaveṣu mahātmasu | paurānugamanaṃ caiva dharmaputrasya dhīmataḥ

When the great-souled Pandavas had set out for their forest exile, the citizens followed the wise son of Dharma;

Note on the text: Only the second line corresponds to the critical edition (1.2.105b); the first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 145 (1.2.145)

अन्नौषधीनां च कृते पाण्डवेन महात्मना । द्विजानां भरणार्थं च कृतमाराधनं रवेः ॥

annauṣadhīnāṃ ca kṛte pāṇḍavena mahātmanā | dvijānāṃ bharaṇārthaṃ ca kṛtamārādhanaṃ raveḥ

and the great-souled Pandava's worship of the Sun, to gain food and herbs for the support of the brahmins;

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

Verse 146 (1.2.146)

धौम्योपदेशात्तिग्मांशुप्रसादादन्नसंभवः । हितं च ब्रुवतः क्षत्तुः परित्यागोऽम्बिकासुतात् ॥

dhaumyopadeśāttigmāṃśuprasādādannasaṃbhavaḥ | hitaṃ ca bruvataḥ kṣattuḥ parityāgo'mbikāsutāt

the coming of food, on Dhaumya's instruction, by the grace of the hot-rayed Sun; and the son of Ambika casting off the Steward Vidura, who spoke for his good;

Note on the text: Corrected अन्नसंभः → अन्नसंभवः (misprint in Wikisource; dropped akshara, the line is a syllable short). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 147 (1.2.147)

त्यक्तस्य पाण्डुपुत्राणां समीपगमनं तथा । पुनरागमनं चैव धृतराष्ट्रस्य शासनात् ॥

tyaktasya pāṇḍuputrāṇāṃ samīpagamanaṃ tathā | punarāgamanaṃ caiva dhṛtarāṣṭrasya śāsanāt

Vidura, cast off, going to the sons of Pandu, and his return again at Dhritarashtra's command;

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

Verse 148 (1.2.148)

कर्णप्रोत्साहनाच्चैव धार्तराष्ट्रस्य दुर्मतेः । वनस्थान्पाण्डवान्हन्तुं मन्त्रो दुर्योधनस्य च ॥

karṇaprotsāhanāccaiva dhārtarāṣṭrasya durmateḥ | vanasthānpāṇḍavānhantuṃ mantro duryodhanasya ca

and, spurred on by Karna, the plot of the evil-minded son of Dhritarashtra, Duryodhana, to kill the Pandavas living in the forest;

Note on the text: Separated run-together words दुर्योधनस्यच → दुर्योधनस्य च (spacing only). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 149 (1.2.149)

तं दुष्टभावं विज्ञाय व्यासस्यागमनं द्रुतम् । निर्याणप्रतिषेधश्च सुरभ्याख्यानमेव च ॥

taṃ duṣṭabhāvaṃ vijñāya vyāsasyāgamanaṃ drutam | niryāṇapratiṣedhaśca surabhyākhyānameva ca

Vyasa's swift arrival on learning of that wicked intent, and his forbidding of the expedition; and the story of Surabhi;

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

Verse 150 (1.2.150)

मैत्रेयागमनं चात्र राज्ञश्चैवानुशासनम् । शापोत्सर्गश्च तेनैव राज्ञो दुर्योधनस्य च ॥

maitreyāgamanaṃ cātra rājñaścaivānuśāsanam | śāpotsargaśca tenaiva rājño duryodhanasya ca

here also the coming of Maitreya and his counsel to the king, and the curse that he himself laid upon King Duryodhana;

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

Verse 151 (1.2.151)

किर्मीरस्य वधश्चात्र भीमसेनेन संयुगे । वृष्णीनामागमश्चात्र पाञ्चालानां च सर्वशः ॥

kirmīrasya vadhaścātra bhīmasenena saṃyuge | vṛṣṇīnāmāgamaścātra pāñcālānāṃ ca sarvaśaḥ

here the slaying of Kirmira by Bhimasena in combat; and here the coming of the Vrishnis and of all the Panchalas,

Note on the text: Only the second line corresponds to the critical edition (1.2.106a); the first line is not in the critical edition in this form (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 152 (1.2.152)

श्रुत्वा शकुनिना द्यूते निकृत्या निर्जितांश्च तान् । क्रुद्धस्यानुप्रशमनं हरेश्चैव किरीटिना ॥

śrutvā śakuninā dyūte nikṛtyā nirjitāṃśca tān | kruddhasyānupraśamanaṃ hareścaiva kirīṭinā

who had heard that Shakuni had beaten the Pandavas at dice by trickery; and the diadem-wearer Arjuna calming the angry Hari;

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

Verse 153 (1.2.153)

परिदेवनं च पाञ्चाल्या वासुदेवस्य सन्निधौ । आश्वासनं च कृष्णेन दुःखार्तायाः प्रकीर्तितम् ॥

paridevanaṃ ca pāñcālyā vāsudevasya sannidhau | āśvāsanaṃ ca kṛṣṇena duḥkhārtāyāḥ prakīrtitam

Draupadi's lament in the presence of Vasudeva, and Krishna's consoling of the grief-stricken woman, are told;

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

Verse 154 (1.2.154)

तथा सौभवधाख्यानमत्रैवोक्तं महर्षिणा । सुभद्रायाः सपुत्रायाः कृष्णेन द्वारकां पुरीम् ॥

tathā saubhavadhākhyānamatraivoktaṃ maharṣiṇā | subhadrāyāḥ saputrāyāḥ kṛṣṇena dvārakāṃ purīm

likewise the great sage tells here the story of the destruction of Saubha; Krishna's taking Subhadra and her son to the city of Dvaraka,

Note on the text: Only the phrase सौभवधाख्यानम् corresponds to the critical edition (1.2.106b); the rest is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 155 (1.2.155)

नयनं द्रौपदेयानां धृष्टद्युम्नेन चैव ह । प्रवेशः पाण्डवेयानां रम्ये द्वैतवने ततः ॥

nayanaṃ draupadeyānāṃ dhṛṣṭadyumnena caiva ha | praveśaḥ pāṇḍaveyānāṃ ramye dvaitavane tataḥ

and Dhrishtadyumna's taking the sons of Draupadi; then the Pandavas' entry into the lovely Dvaita forest;

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

Verse 156 (1.2.156)

धर्मराजस्य चात्रैव संवादः कृष्णया सह । संवादश्च तथा राज्ञा भीमस्यापि प्रकीर्तितः ॥

dharmarājasya cātraiva saṃvādaḥ kṛṣṇayā saha | saṃvādaśca tathā rājñā bhīmasyāpi prakīrtitaḥ

here too the conversation of the King of Dharma with Krishna (Draupadi), and likewise Bhima's conversation with the king, are told;

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

Verse 157 (1.2.157)

समीपं पाण्डुपुत्राणां व्यासस्यागमनं तथा । प्रतिश्रुत्याथ विद्याया दानं राज्ञो महर्षिणा ॥

samīpaṃ pāṇḍuputrāṇāṃ vyāsasyāgamanaṃ tathā | pratiśrutyātha vidyāyā dānaṃ rājño maharṣiṇā

likewise Vyasa's coming to the sons of Pandu, and the great sage's gift of a sacred lore to the king, as he had promised;

Note on the text: Kept as printed (प्रतिश्रुत्या, 'as promised'); other vulgate prints read प्रतिस्मृत्या, naming the Pratismriti lore. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 158 (1.2.158)

गमनं काम्यके चापि व्यासे प्रतिगते ततः । अस्त्रहेतोर्विवासश्च पार्थस्यामिततेजसः ॥

gamanaṃ kāmyake cāpi vyāse pratigate tataḥ | astrahetorvivāsaśca pārthasyāmitatejasaḥ

after Vyasa had gone, the move to the Kamyaka forest; and the departure of Partha, of boundless energy, to win weapons;

Note on the text: Only the second line corresponds to the critical edition (1.2.106c); the first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 159 (1.2.159)

महादेवेन युद्धं च किरातवपुषा सह । दर्शनं लोकपालानामस्त्रप्राप्तिस्तथैव च ॥

mahādevena yuddhaṃ ca kirātavapuṣā saha | darśanaṃ lokapālānāmastraprāptistathaiva ca

his combat with Mahadeva, who had taken the form of a Kirata hunter; the sight of the world-guardians, and likewise the winning of weapons;

Verse 160 (1.2.160)

महेन्द्रलोकगमनमस्त्रार्थे च किरीटिनः । यत्र चिन्ता समुत्पन्ना धृतराष्ट्रस्य भूयसी ॥

mahendralokagamanamastrārthe ca kirīṭinaḥ | yatra cintā samutpannā dhṛtarāṣṭrasya bhūyasī

the diadem-wearer's journey to the world of great Indra for the sake of weapons, at which deep anxiety arose in Dhritarashtra;

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

Verse 161 (1.2.161)

दर्शनं बृहदश्वस्य महर्षेर्भावितात्मनः । युधिष्ठिरस्य चार्तस्य व्यसने परिदेवनम् ॥

darśanaṃ bṛhadaśvasya maharṣerbhāvitātmanaḥ | yudhiṣṭhirasya cārtasya vyasane paridevanam

the meeting with the great sage Brihadashva, of perfected soul, and the lament of Yudhishthira, afflicted in his misfortune;

Verse 162 (1.2.162)

नलोपाख्यानमत्रैव धर्मिष्ठं करुणोदयम् । दमयन्त्याः स्थितिर्यत्र नलस्य चरितं तथा ॥

nalopākhyānamatraiva dharmiṣṭhaṃ karuṇodayam | damayantyāḥ sthitiryatra nalasya caritaṃ tathā

here too the story of Nala, full of dharma and moving to pity, in which Damayanti's steadfastness and the life of Nala are told;

Verse 163 (1.2.163)

तथाक्षहृदयप्राप्तिस्तस्मादेव महर्षितः । लोमशस्यागमस्तत्र स्वर्गात्पाण्डुसुतान्प्रति ॥

tathākṣahṛdayaprāptistasmādeva maharṣitaḥ | lomaśasyāgamastatra svargātpāṇḍusutānprati

likewise the gaining of the secret of the dice from that same great sage; and Lomasha's coming from heaven to the sons of Pandu there;

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

Verse 164 (1.2.164)

वनवासगतानां च पाण्डवानां महात्मनाम् । स्वर्गे प्रवृत्तिराख्याता लोमशेनार्जुनस्य वै ॥

vanavāsagatānāṃ ca pāṇḍavānāṃ mahātmanām | svarge pravṛttirākhyātā lomaśenārjunasya vai

and Lomasha's report to the great-souled Pandavas, living in the forest, of how Arjuna was faring in heaven;

Verse 165 (1.2.165)

संदेशादर्जुनस्यात्र तीर्थाभिगमनक्रिया । तीर्थानां च फलप्राप्तिः पुण्यत्वं चापि कीर्तितम् ॥

saṃdeśādarjunasyātra tīrthābhigamanakriyā | tīrthānāṃ ca phalaprāptiḥ puṇyatvaṃ cāpi kīrtitam

here, at Arjuna's message, the setting out on pilgrimage to the sacred fords; and the fruit gained from those fords and their holiness are told;

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

Verse 166 (1.2.166)

पुलस्त्यतीर्थयात्रा च नारदेन महर्षिणा । तीर्थयात्रा च तत्रैव पाण्डवानां महात्मनां ॥

pulastyatīrthayātrā ca nāradena maharṣiṇā | tīrthayātrā ca tatraiva pāṇḍavānāṃ mahātmanāṃ

the pilgrimage of Pulastya, as told by the great sage Narada; and there too the pilgrimage of the great-souled Pandavas;

Note on the text: Only the second line corresponds to the critical edition (1.2.111a); the first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 167 (1.2.167)

तथा यज्ञविभूतिश्च गयस्यात्र प्रकीर्तिता ॥

tathā yajñavibhūtiśca gayasyātra prakīrtitā

likewise the splendour of Gaya's sacrifice is told here;

Note on the text: A single half-verse as printed in Wikisource. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 168 (1.2.168)

आगस्त्यमपि चाख्यानं यत्र वातापिभक्षणम् । लोपामुद्राभिगमनमपत्यार्थमृषेस्तथा ॥

āgastyamapi cākhyānaṃ yatra vātāpibhakṣaṇam | lopāmudrābhigamanamapatyārthamṛṣestathā

the story of Agastya too, in which Vatapi is eaten, and likewise the sage's going to Lopamudra for the sake of offspring;

Note on the text: Corrected लोपामुद्राभिपमनम् → लोपामुद्राभिगमनम् (misprint in Wikisource; प for ग, the critical edition reads abhigamanam).

Verse 169 (1.2.169)

ऋश्यशृङ्गस्य चरितं कौमारब्रह्मचारिणः । जामदग्न्यस्य रामस्य चरितं भूरितेजसः ॥

ṛśyaśṛṅgasya caritaṃ kaumārabrahmacāriṇaḥ | jāmadagnyasya rāmasya caritaṃ bhūritejasaḥ

the life of Rishyashringa, a celibate from boyhood; and the life of Rama, son of Jamadagni, of mighty energy,

Verse 170 (1.2.170)

कार्तवीर्यवधो यत्र हैहयानां च वर्ण्यते । प्रभासतीर्थे पाण्डूनां वृष्णिभिश्च समागमः ॥

kārtavīryavadho yatra haihayānāṃ ca varṇyate | prabhāsatīrthe pāṇḍūnāṃ vṛṣṇibhiśca samāgamaḥ

in which the slaying of Kartavirya and of the Haihayas is described; the meeting of the Pandavas with the Vrishnis at the Prabhasa ford;

Note on the text: Only the first line corresponds to the critical edition (1.2.117a); the second line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 171 (1.2.171)

सौकन्यमपि चाख्यानं च्यवनो यत्र भार्गवः । शर्यातियज्ञे नासत्यौ कृतवान्सोमपीथिनौ ॥

saukanyamapi cākhyānaṃ cyavano yatra bhārgavaḥ | śaryātiyajñe nāsatyau kṛtavānsomapīthinau

the story of Sukanya too, in which Chyavana of the Bhrigu line, at Sharyati's sacrifice, made the two Nasatyas drinkers of soma,

Note on the text: Corresponds to the critical edition 1.2.117b and 1.2.118a.

Verse 172 (1.2.172)

ताभ्यां च यत्र स मुनिर्यौवनं प्रतिपादितः । मान्धातुश्चाप्युपाख्यानं राज्ञोऽत्रैव प्रकीर्तितं ॥

tābhyāṃ ca yatra sa muniryauvanaṃ pratipāditaḥ | māndhātuścāpyupākhyānaṃ rājño'traiva prakīrtitaṃ

and in which the two of them restored the sage to youth; the story of King Mandhatri is also told here;

Note on the text: Separated run-together words अत्रैवप्रकीर्तितं → अत्रैव प्रकीर्तितं (spacing only). Only the first line corresponds to the critical edition (1.2.118b); the second line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 173 (1.2.173)

जन्तूपाख्यानमत्रैव यत्र पुत्रेण सोमकः । पुत्रार्थमयजद्राजा लेभे पुत्रशतं च सः ॥

jantūpākhyānamatraiva yatra putreṇa somakaḥ | putrārthamayajadrājā lebhe putraśataṃ ca saḥ

here too the story of Jantu, in which King Somaka, wanting sons, made a sacrifice of his son and gained a hundred sons;

Verse 174 (1.2.174)

ततः श्येनकपोतीयमुपाख्यानमनुत्तमम् । इन्द्राग्नी यत्र धर्मश्चाप्यजिज्ञासञ्शिबिं नृपम् ॥

tataḥ śyenakapotīyamupākhyānamanuttamam | indrāgnī yatra dharmaścāpyajijñāsañśibiṃ nṛpam

then the matchless tale of the hawk and the dove, in which Indra, Agni and Dharma put King Shibi to the test;

Verse 175 (1.2.175)

अष्टावक्रीयमत्रैव विवादो यत्र बन्दिना । अष्टावक्रस्य विप्रर्षेर्जनकस्याध्वरेऽभवत् ॥

aṣṭāvakrīyamatraiva vivādo yatra bandinā | aṣṭāvakrasya viprarṣerjanakasyādhvare'bhavat

here too the story of Ashtavakra, in which the brahmin sage Ashtavakra disputed with Bandin at Janaka's sacrifice,

Note on the text: The first line answers, with a variant, to the critical edition (1.2.120a); the second line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 176 (1.2.176)

नैयायिकानां मुख्येन वरुणस्यात्मजेन च । पराजितो यत्र बन्दी विवादेन महात्मना ॥

naiyāyikānāṃ mukhyena varuṇasyātmajena ca | parājito yatra bandī vivādena mahātmanā

where Bandin, son of Varuna and foremost of the logicians, was defeated in debate by the great-souled one;

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

Verse 177 (1.2.177)

विजित्य सागरं प्राप्तं पितरं लब्धवानृषिः । यवक्रीतस्य चाख्यानं रैभ्यस्य च महात्मनः । गन्धमादनयात्रा च वासो नारायणाश्रमे ॥

vijitya sāgaraṃ prāptaṃ pitaraṃ labdhavānṛṣiḥ | yavakrītasya cākhyānaṃ raibhyasya ca mahātmanaḥ | gandhamādanayātrā ca vāso nārāyaṇāśrame

having won, the sage recovered his father, who had gone into the ocean. The story of Yavakrita and of the great-souled Raibhya; the journey to Gandhamadana and the stay at the hermitage of Narayana;

Note on the text: Three lines as printed. Only the first line corresponds to the critical edition (1.2.120b); the other two are not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 178 (1.2.178)

नियुक्तो भीमसेनश्च द्रौपद्या गन्धमादने । व्रजन्पथि महाबाहुर्दृष्टवान्पवनात्मजम् ॥

niyukto bhīmasenaśca draupadyā gandhamādane | vrajanpathi mahābāhurdṛṣṭavānpavanātmajam

Bhimasena, sent by Draupadi on Gandhamadana, the mighty-armed, saw on the way the son of the Wind,

Note on the text: Only the first line corresponds to the critical edition (1.2.112a); the second line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 179 (1.2.179)

कदलीषण्डमध्यस्थं हनूमन्तं महाबलम् । यत्र मन्दारपुष्पार्थे नलिनीं तामधर्षयत् ॥

kadalīṣaṇḍamadhyasthaṃ hanūmantaṃ mahābalam | yatra mandārapuṣpārthe nalinīṃ tāmadharṣayat

the mighty Hanuman, sitting in the middle of a plantain grove; and where, for the sake of Mandara flowers, he ravaged that lotus pond;

Note on the text: Only the second line corresponds to the critical edition (1.2.112b); the first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 180 (1.2.180)

यत्रास्य युद्धमभवत्सुमहद्राक्षसैः सह । यक्षैश्चैव महावीर्यैर्मणिमत्प्रमुखैस्तथा ॥

yatrāsya yuddhamabhavatsumahadrākṣasaiḥ saha | yakṣaiścaiva mahāvīryairmaṇimatpramukhaistathā

where he fought a great battle with the Rakshasas, and with the mighty Yakshas led by Manimat;

Verse 181 (1.2.181)

जटासुरस्य च वधो राक्षसस्य वृकोदरात् । वृषपर्वणो राजर्षेस्ततोऽभिगमनं स्मृतम् ॥

jaṭāsurasya ca vadho rākṣasasya vṛkodarāt | vṛṣaparvaṇo rājarṣestato'bhigamanaṃ smṛtam

the slaying of the Rakshasa Jatasura by Vrikodara; then the visit to the royal sage Vrishaparvan is recorded;

Note on the text: Only the first line corresponds, in substance, to the critical edition (1.2.111b); the second line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 182 (1.2.182)

आर्ष्टिषेणाश्रमे चैषां गमनं वास एव च । प्रोत्साहनं च पाञ्चाल्या भीमस्यात्र महात्मनः ॥

ārṣṭiṣeṇāśrame caiṣāṃ gamanaṃ vāsa eva ca | protsāhanaṃ ca pāñcālyā bhīmasyātra mahātmanaḥ

their going to Arshtishena's hermitage and their stay there; and here Draupadi's urging on of the great-souled Bhima;

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

Verse 183 (1.2.183)

कैलासारोहणं प्रोक्तं यत्र यक्षैर्बलोत्कटैः । युद्धमासीन्महाघोरं मणिमत्प्रमुखैः सह ॥

kailāsārohaṇaṃ proktaṃ yatra yakṣairbalotkaṭaiḥ | yuddhamāsīnmahāghoraṃ maṇimatpramukhaiḥ saha

the ascent of Kailasa is told, where a most terrible battle took place with the Yakshas, fierce in strength, led by Manimat;

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

Verse 184 (1.2.184)

समागमश्च पाण्डूनां यत्र वैश्रवणेन च । समागमश्चार्जुनस्य तत्रैव भ्रातृभिः सह ॥

samāgamaśca pāṇḍūnāṃ yatra vaiśravaṇena ca | samāgamaścārjunasya tatraiva bhrātṛbhiḥ saha

the meeting of the Pandavas with Vaishravana, and there too Arjuna's reunion with his brothers;

Note on the text: Only the second line corresponds, with a variant, to the critical edition (1.2.122a); the first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 185 (1.2.185)

अवाप्य दिव्यान्यस्त्राणि गुर्वर्थं सव्यसाचिना । निवातकवचैर्युद्धं हिरण्यपुरवासिभिः ॥

avāpya divyānyastrāṇi gurvarthaṃ savyasācinā | nivātakavacairyuddhaṃ hiraṇyapuravāsibhiḥ

having gained the divine weapons, Savyasachin's battle, for his teacher's sake, with the Nivatakavachas who dwelt in Hiranyapura;

Verse 186 (1.2.186)

निवातकवचैर्घोरैर्दानवैः सुरशत्रुभिः । पौलोमैः कालकेयैश्च यत्र युद्धं किरीटिनः ॥

nivātakavacairghorairdānavaiḥ suraśatrubhiḥ | paulomaiḥ kālakeyaiśca yatra yuddhaṃ kirīṭinaḥ

where the diadem-wearer fought the terrible Danavas, enemies of the gods: the Nivatakavachas, the Paulomas and the Kalakeyas;

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

Verse 187 (1.2.187)

वधश्चैषां समाख्यातो राज्ञस्तेनैव धीमता । अस्त्रसंदर्शनारम्भो धर्मराजस्य सन्निधौ ॥

vadhaścaiṣāṃ samākhyāto rājñastenaiva dhīmatā | astrasaṃdarśanārambho dharmarājasya sannidhau

the slaying of them and of their king by that same wise hero is told; the start of the display of weapons in the presence of the King of Dharma;

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

Verse 188 (1.2.188)

पार्थस्य प्रतिषेधश्च नारदेन सुरर्षिणा । अवरोहणं पुनश्चैव पाण्डूनां गन्धमादनात् ॥

pārthasya pratiṣedhaśca nāradena surarṣiṇā | avarohaṇaṃ punaścaiva pāṇḍūnāṃ gandhamādanāt

Partha's being stopped by Narada, the divine sage; and the descent of the Pandavas once more from Gandhamadana;

Note on the text: Corrected प्रतिषेधश्छ → प्रतिषेधश्च (misprint in Wikisource; छ for च). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 189 (1.2.189)

भीमस्य ग्रहणं चात्र पर्वताभोगवर्ष्मणा । भुजगेन्द्रेण बलिना तस्मिन्सुगहने वने ॥

bhīmasya grahaṇaṃ cātra parvatābhogavarṣmaṇā | bhujagendreṇa balinā tasminsugahane vane

here, in that dense forest, Bhima's seizure by a mighty serpent-king whose body was as vast as a mountain,

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

Verse 190 (1.2.190)

अमोक्षयद्यत्र चैनं प्रश्नानुक्त्वा युधिष्ठिरः । काम्यकागमनं चैव पुनस्तेषां महात्मनाम् ॥

amokṣayadyatra cainaṃ praśnānuktvā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | kāmyakāgamanaṃ caiva punasteṣāṃ mahātmanām

from whom Yudhishthira freed him by answering the questions; and the return once more of those great-souled ones to Kamyaka;

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

Verse 191 (1.2.191)

तत्रस्थांश्च पुनर्द्रष्टुं पाण्डवान्पुरुषर्षभान् । वासुदेवस्यागमनमत्रैव परिकीर्तितम् ॥

tatrasthāṃśca punardraṣṭuṃ pāṇḍavānpuruṣarṣabhān | vāsudevasyāgamanamatraiva parikīrtitam

and here is told Vasudeva's coming to see once more the Pandavas, bulls among men, who were staying there;

Note on the text: Corrected परुषर्षभान् → पुरुषर्षभान् (misprint in Wikisource; dropped vowel sign). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 192 (1.2.192)

मार्कण्डेयसमास्यायामुपाख्यानानि सर्वशः । पृथोर्वैन्यस्य यत्रोक्तमाख्यानं परमर्षिणा ॥

mārkaṇḍeyasamāsyāyāmupākhyānāni sarvaśaḥ | pṛthorvainyasya yatroktamākhyānaṃ paramarṣiṇā

in the session with Markandeya, the tales told in full; where the supreme sage told the story of Prithu, son of Vena;

Note on the text: Only the first line corresponds, with a variant, to the critical edition (1.2.124b); the second line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 193 (1.2.193)

संवादश्च सरस्वत्यास्तार्क्ष्यर्षेः सुमहात्मनः । मत्स्योपाख्यानमत्रैव प्रोच्यते तदनन्तरम् ॥

saṃvādaśca sarasvatyāstārkṣyarṣeḥ sumahātmanaḥ | matsyopākhyānamatraiva procyate tadanantaram

the conversation of Sarasvati with the great-souled sage Tarkshya; and right after that the story of the Fish is told here;

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

Verse 194 (1.2.194)

मार्कण्डेयसमास्या च पुराणं परिकीर्त्यते । ऐन्द्रद्युम्नमुपाख्यानं तथैवाङ्गिरसं स्मृतम् ॥

mārkaṇḍeyasamāsyā ca purāṇaṃ parikīrtyate | aindradyumnamupākhyānaṃ tathaivāṅgirasaṃ smṛtam

the session with Markandeya, in which the Purana is recited; the story of Indradyumna, and likewise the Angirasa account, are recorded;

Note on the text: Corrected ऐन्द्रद्युम्नामुपाख्यानं → ऐन्द्रद्युम्नमुपाख्यानं (misprint in Wikisource; wrong vowel, the critical edition reads aindradyumnam at 1.2.125b). The second line repeats the first line of the next verse (तथैवाङ्गिरसं स्मृतम्), apparently a copying slip; kept as printed, since the critical edition has no counterpart to correct it from. Otherwise not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 195 (1.2.195)

पतिव्रतायाश्चाख्यानं तथैवाङ्गिरसं स्मृतम् । द्रौपद्याः कीर्तितश्चात्र संवादः सत्यभामया ॥

pativratāyāścākhyānaṃ tathaivāṅgirasaṃ smṛtam | draupadyāḥ kīrtitaścātra saṃvādaḥ satyabhāmayā

the story of the faithful wife, and likewise the Angirasa account; and here Draupadi's conversation with Satyabhama is told;

Note on the text: Only the second line corresponds, with a variant, to the critical edition (1.2.125a); the first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 196 (1.2.196)

पुनर्द्वैतवनं चैव पाण्डवाः समुपागताः । घोषयात्रा च गन्धर्वैर्यत्र बद्धः सुयोधनः ॥

punardvaitavanaṃ caiva pāṇḍavāḥ samupāgatāḥ | ghoṣayātrā ca gandharvairyatra baddhaḥ suyodhanaḥ

the Pandavas came again to the Dvaita forest; the cattle expedition, in which Suyodhana was taken captive by the Gandharvas,

Note on the text: Paralleled only loosely in the critical edition (1.2.123a, 1.2.122b); the wording is the vulgate's.

Verse 197 (1.2.197)

ह्रियमाणस्तु मन्दात्मा मोक्षितोऽसौ किरीटिना । धर्मराजस्य चात्रैव मृगस्वप्ननिदर्शनात् ॥

hriyamāṇastu mandātmā mokṣito'sau kirīṭinā | dharmarājasya cātraiva mṛgasvapnanidarśanāt

and as the dull-witted man was being carried off, the diadem-wearer set him free; and here, because of the deer seen in the King of Dharma's dream,

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

Verse 198 (1.2.198)

काम्यके काननश्रेष्ठे पुनर्गमनमुच्यते । व्रीहिद्रौणिकमाख्यानमत्रैव बहुविस्तरम् ॥

kāmyake kānanaśreṣṭhe punargamanamucyate | vrīhidrauṇikamākhyānamatraiva bahuvistaram

the return to Kamyaka, finest of forests, is told; here, at great length, the story of the measure of rice (Vrihidraunika);

Note on the text: Only the second line corresponds, in part, to the critical edition (1.2.125b); the first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 199 (1.2.199)

दुर्वाससोऽप्युपाख्यानमत्रैव परिकीर्तितम् । जयद्रथेनापहारो द्रौपद्याश्चाश्रमान्तरात् ॥

durvāsaso'pyupākhyānamatraiva parikīrtitam | jayadrathenāpahāro draupadyāścāśramāntarāt

the story of Durvasas is also told here; Jayadratha's abduction of Draupadi from within the hermitage,

Note on the text: Only the second line corresponds to the critical edition (1.2.123b); the first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 200 (1.2.200)

यत्रैनमन्वयाद्भीमो वायुवेगसमो जवे । चक्रे चैनं पञ्चशिखं यत्र भीमो महाबलः ॥

yatrainamanvayādbhīmo vāyuvegasamo jave | cakre cainaṃ pañcaśikhaṃ yatra bhīmo mahābalaḥ

where Bhima, as swift as the wind, pursued him, and where mighty Bhima shaved his head, leaving five tufts;

Note on the text: Only the first line corresponds to the critical edition (1.2.124a); the second line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 201 (1.2.201)

रामायणमुपाख्यानमत्रैव बहुविस्तरम् । यत्र रामेण विक्रम्य निहतो रावणो युधि ॥

rāmāyaṇamupākhyānamatraiva bahuvistaram | yatra rāmeṇa vikramya nihato rāvaṇo yudhi

here, at great length, the story of Rama, in which Ravana was slain in battle by Rama's valour;

Note on the text: Only the first line corresponds to the critical edition (1.2.126b); the second line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 202 (1.2.202)

सावित्र्याश्चाप्युपाख्यानमत्रैव परिकीर्तितम् । कर्णस्य परिमोक्षोऽत्र कुण्डलाभ्यां पुरंदरात् ॥

sāvitryāścāpyupākhyānamatraiva parikīrtitam | karṇasya parimokṣo'tra kuṇḍalābhyāṃ puraṃdarāt

the story of Savitri is also told here; here too Karna's parting with his earrings at the hands of Purandara,

Note on the text: The second line corresponds, with a variant (परिमोक्षः for parimoṣaḥ), to the critical edition (1.2.127a); the first line is paralleled only in substance (1.2.126a).

Verse 203 (1.2.203)

यत्रास्य शक्तिं तुष्टोऽसावदादेकवधाय च । आरणेयमुपाख्यानं यत्र धर्मोऽन्वशात्सुतम् ॥

yatrāsya śaktiṃ tuṣṭo'sāvadādekavadhāya ca | āraṇeyamupākhyānaṃ yatra dharmo'nvaśātsutam

where Indra, pleased with him, gave him a spear that would kill a single foe; the story of the fire-sticks (Araneya), in which Dharma instructed his son;

Note on the text: Only the second line corresponds to the critical edition (1.2.127b); the first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 204 (1.2.204)

जग्मुर्लब्धवरा यत्र पाण्डवाः पश्चिमां दिशम् । एतदारण्यकं पर्व तृतीयं परिकीर्तितम् ॥

jagmurlabdhavarā yatra pāṇḍavāḥ paścimāṃ diśam | etadāraṇyakaṃ parva tṛtīyaṃ parikīrtitam

and where the Pandavas, having received boons, went toward the western quarter. This is told as the Aranyaka Parva, the third.

Note on the text: Corresponds to the critical edition 1.2.127c and 1.2.128a.

Verse 205 (1.2.205)

अत्राध्यायशते द्वे तु संख्यया परिकीर्तिते । एकोनसप्ततिश्चैव तथाऽध्यायाः प्रकीर्तिताः ॥

atrādhyāyaśate dve tu saṃkhyayā parikīrtite | ekonasaptatiścaiva tathā'dhyāyāḥ prakīrtitāḥ

In it two hundred adhyayas are counted, and sixty-nine adhyayas more are declared, two hundred and sixty-nine in all;

Note on the text: Corresponds, with variants, to the critical edition 1.2.128b–c.

Verse 206 (1.2.206)

एकादश सहस्राणि श्लोकानां षट् शतानि च । चतुःषष्टिस्तथा श्लोकाः पर्वण्यस्मिन्प्रकीर्तिताः ॥

ekādaśa sahasrāṇi ślokānāṃ ṣaṭ śatāni ca | catuḥṣaṣṭistathā ślokāḥ parvaṇyasminprakīrtitāḥ

and eleven thousand six hundred shlokas, with sixty-four shlokas more, eleven thousand six hundred and sixty-four in all, are declared in this parva.

Verse 207 (1.2.207)

अतः परं निबोधेदं वैराटं पर्व विस्तरम् । विराटनगरे गत्वा श्मशाने विपुलां शमीम् ॥

ataḥ paraṃ nibodhedaṃ vairāṭaṃ parva vistaram | virāṭanagare gatvā śmaśāne vipulāṃ śamīm

After this, learn of the Vairata Parva in full. Going to the city of Virata, they saw a great shami tree in the cremation ground,

Note on the text: Corresponds to the critical edition 1.2.130a–b.

Verse 208 (1.2.208)

दृष्ट्वा संनिदधुस्तत्र पाण्डवा ह्यायुधान्युत । यत्र प्रविश्य नगरं छद्मना न्यवसंस्तु ते ॥

dṛṣṭvā saṃnidadhustatra pāṇḍavā hyāyudhānyuta | yatra praviśya nagaraṃ chadmanā nyavasaṃstu te

and on seeing it the Pandavas laid away their weapons there; where, entering the city, they lived in disguise;

Note on the text: Corresponds, with variants, to the critical edition 1.2.130c and 1.2.131a.

Verse 209 (1.2.209)

पाञ्चालीं प्रार्थयानस्य कामोपहतचेतसः । दुष्टात्मनो वधो यत्र कीचकस्य वृकोदरात् ॥

pāñcālīṃ prārthayānasya kāmopahatacetasaḥ | duṣṭātmano vadho yatra kīcakasya vṛkodarāt

where the evil-souled Kichaka, his mind struck by lust, who kept pressing his suit on Panchali, was slain by Vrikodara;

Note on the text: Only the second line corresponds, with a variant, to the critical edition (1.2.131b); the first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 210 (1.2.210)

पाण्डवान्वेषणार्थं च राज्ञो दुर्योधनस्य च । चाराः प्रस्थापिताश्चात्र निपुणाः सर्वतोदिशं ॥

pāṇḍavānveṣaṇārthaṃ ca rājño duryodhanasya ca | cārāḥ prasthāpitāścātra nipuṇāḥ sarvatodiśaṃ

and here King Duryodhana sent out skilful spies in every direction to search for the Pandavas;

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

Verse 211 (1.2.211)

न च प्रवृत्तिस्तैर्लब्धा पाण्डवानां महात्मनाम् । गोग्रहश्च विराटस्य त्रिगर्तैः प्रथमं कृतः ॥

na ca pravṛttistairlabdhā pāṇḍavānāṃ mahātmanām | gograhaśca virāṭasya trigartaiḥ prathamaṃ kṛtaḥ

but they found no trace of the great-souled Pandavas. First the Trigartas made a raid on Virata's cattle,

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

Verse 212 (1.2.212)

यत्रास्य युद्धं सुमहत्तैरासील्लोमहर्षणम् । ह्रियमाणश्च यत्रासौ भीमसेनेन मोक्षितः ॥

yatrāsya yuddhaṃ sumahattairāsīllomaharṣaṇam | hriyamāṇaśca yatrāsau bhīmasenena mokṣitaḥ

where a great and hair-raising battle took place between them and him, and where, as he was being carried off, Bhimasena set him free;

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

Verse 213 (1.2.213)

गोधनं च विराटस्य मोक्षितं यत्र पाण्डवैः । अनन्तरं च कुरुभिस्तस्य गोग्रहणं कृतम् ॥

godhanaṃ ca virāṭasya mokṣitaṃ yatra pāṇḍavaiḥ | anantaraṃ ca kurubhistasya gograhaṇaṃ kṛtam

where Virata's cattle were freed by the Pandavas; and after that the Kurus made a raid on his cattle,

Note on the text: Only the first line corresponds to the critical edition (1.2.132b); the second line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 214 (1.2.214)

समस्ता यत्र पार्थेन निर्जिताः कुरवो युधि । प्रत्याहृतं गोधनं च विक्रमेण किरीटिना ॥

samastā yatra pārthena nirjitāḥ kuravo yudhi | pratyāhṛtaṃ godhanaṃ ca vikrameṇa kirīṭinā

where all the Kurus were defeated in battle by Partha, and the cattle were won back by the diadem-wearer's valour;

Note on the text: Only the first line corresponds to the critical edition (1.2.132a); the second line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 215 (1.2.215)

विराटेनोत्तरा दत्ता स्नुषा यत्र किरीटिनः । अभिमन्युं समुद्दिश्य सौभद्रमरिघातिनम् ॥

virāṭenottarā dattā snuṣā yatra kirīṭinaḥ | abhimanyuṃ samuddiśya saubhadramarighātinam

where Virata gave Uttara to be the diadem-wearer's daughter-in-law, as wife for Abhimanyu, Subhadra's son, the slayer of foes.

Verse 216 (1.2.216)

चतुर्थमेतद्विपुलं वैराटं पर्व वर्णितम् । अत्रापि परिसंख्याता अध्यायाः परमर्षिणा ॥

caturthametadvipulaṃ vairāṭaṃ parva varṇitam | atrāpi parisaṃkhyātā adhyāyāḥ paramarṣiṇā

This is described as the fourth, the large Vairata Parva. Here too the supreme sage has counted the adhyayas:

Verse 217 (1.2.217)

सप्तषष्टिरथो पूर्णाः श्लोकानामपि मे शृणु । श्लोकानां द्वे सहस्रे तु श्लोकाः पञ्चाशदेव तु ॥

saptaṣaṣṭiratho pūrṇāḥ ślokānāmapi me śṛṇu | ślokānāṃ dve sahasre tu ślokāḥ pañcāśadeva tu

sixty-seven in full. Hear from me also the number of shlokas: two thousand and fifty shlokas

Note on the text: Corresponds to the critical edition 1.2.135a–b.

Verse 218 (1.2.218)

उक्तानि वेदविदुषा पर्वण्यस्मिन्महर्षिणा । उद्योगपर्व विज्ञेयं पञ्चमं शृण्वतः परम् ॥

uktāni vedaviduṣā parvaṇyasminmaharṣiṇā | udyogaparva vijñeyaṃ pañcamaṃ śṛṇvataḥ param

were told in this parva by the great sage who knew the Vedas. Hear next of the Udyoga Parva, to be known as the fifth.

Note on the text: Corresponds, with variants, to the critical edition 1.2.135c and 1.2.136a.

Verse 219 (1.2.219)

उपप्लाव्ये निविष्टेषु पाण्डवेषु जिगीषया । दुर्योधनोऽर्जुनश्चैव वासुदेवमुपस्थितौ ॥

upaplāvye niviṣṭeṣu pāṇḍaveṣu jigīṣayā | duryodhano'rjunaścaiva vāsudevamupasthitau

When the Pandavas had encamped at Upaplavya, eager for victory, Duryodhana and Arjuna both came to Vasudeva:

Note on the text: Corresponds to the critical edition 1.2.136b–c.

Verse 220 (1.2.220)

साहाय्यमस्मिन्समरे भवान्नौ कर्तुमर्हति । इत्युक्ते वचने कृष्णो यत्रोवाच महामतिः ॥

sāhāyyamasminsamare bhavānnau kartumarhati | ityukte vacane kṛṣṇo yatrovāca mahāmatiḥ

"You should give the two of us your help in this war." When this was said, the wise Krishna replied:

Verse 221 (1.2.221)

अयुध्यमानमात्मानं मन्त्रिणं पुरुषर्षभौ । अक्षौहिणीं वा सैन्यस्य कस्य किं वा ददाम्यहम् ॥

ayudhyamānamātmānaṃ mantriṇaṃ puruṣarṣabhau | akṣauhiṇīṃ vā sainyasya kasya kiṃ vā dadāmyaham

"O bulls among men, myself as a counsellor who will not fight, or an akshauhini of troops: to which of you shall I give which?"

Verse 222 (1.2.222)

वव्रे दुर्योधनः सैन्यं मन्दात्मा यत्र दुर्मतिः । अयुध्यमानं सचिवं वव्रे कृष्णं धनंजयः ॥

vavre duryodhanaḥ sainyaṃ mandātmā yatra durmatiḥ | ayudhyamānaṃ sacivaṃ vavre kṛṣṇaṃ dhanaṃjayaḥ

where the dull and evil-minded Duryodhana chose the army, and Dhananjaya chose Krishna as a counsellor who would not fight;

Note on the text: Corrected अयुध्यभानं → अयुध्यमानं and कृष्मं → कृष्णं (misprints in Wikisource; भ for म and म for ण, as the critical edition reads).

Verse 223 (1.2.223)

मद्रराजं च राजानमायान्तं पाण्डवान्प्रति । उपहारैर्वञ्चयित्वा वर्त्मन्येव सुयोधनः ॥

madrarājaṃ ca rājānamāyāntaṃ pāṇḍavānprati | upahārairvañcayitvā vartmanyeva suyodhanaḥ

and the king of the Madras, as he was coming to join the Pandavas, Suyodhana won over on the road itself, deceiving him with gifts,

Note on the text: Corrected मद्रराजं व → मद्रराजं च (misprint in Wikisource; व for च) and वञ्चायत्वा → वञ्चयित्वा (misprint; wrong vowel signs). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 224 (1.2.224)

वरदं तं वरं वव्रे साहाय्यं क्रियतां मम । शल्यस्तस्मै प्रतिश्रुत्य जगामोद्दिश्य पाण्डवान् ॥

varadaṃ taṃ varaṃ vavre sāhāyyaṃ kriyatāṃ mama | śalyastasmai pratiśrutya jagāmoddiśya pāṇḍavān

and asked that granter of boons for a boon: "Give me your help." Shalya promised it to him and went on to the Pandavas;

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

Verse 225 (1.2.225)

शान्तिपूर्वं चाकथयद्यत्रेन्द्रविजयं नृपः । पुरोहितप्रेषणं च पाण्डवैः कौरवान्प्रति ॥

śāntipūrvaṃ cākathayadyatrendravijayaṃ nṛpaḥ | purohitapreṣaṇaṃ ca pāṇḍavaiḥ kauravānprati

where the king, to console them, told the story of Indra's victory; the Pandavas' sending of a priest to the Kauravas;

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

Verse 226 (1.2.226)

वैचित्रवीर्यस्य वचः समादाय पुरोधसः । तथेन्द्रविजयं चापि यानं चैव पुरोधसः ॥

vaicitravīryasya vacaḥ samādāya purodhasaḥ | tathendravijayaṃ cāpi yānaṃ caiva purodhasaḥ

the son of Vichitravirya receiving the priest's message; likewise the story of Indra's victory, and the priest's journey;

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

Verse 227 (1.2.227)

संजयं प्रेषयामास शमार्थी पाण्डवान्प्रति । यत्र दूतं महाराजो धृतराष्ट्रः प्रतापवान् ॥

saṃjayaṃ preṣayāmāsa śamārthī pāṇḍavānprati | yatra dūtaṃ mahārājo dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ pratāpavān

where the mighty great King Dhritarashtra, seeking peace, sent Sanjaya as his envoy to the Pandavas;

Verse 228 (1.2.228)

श्रुत्वा च पाण्डवान्यत्र वासुदेवपुरोगमान् । प्रजागरः संप्रजज्ञे धृतराष्ट्रस्य चिन्तया ॥

śrutvā ca pāṇḍavānyatra vāsudevapurogamān | prajāgaraḥ saṃprajajñe dhṛtarāṣṭrasya cintayā

where, hearing of the Pandavas with Vasudeva at their head, Dhritarashtra lay sleepless with worry;

Verse 229 (1.2.229)

विदुरो यत्र वाक्यानि विचित्राणि हितानि च । श्रावयामास राजानं धृतराष्ट्रं मनीषिणम् ॥

viduro yatra vākyāni vicitrāṇi hitāni ca | śrāvayāmāsa rājānaṃ dhṛtarāṣṭraṃ manīṣiṇam

where Vidura recited to the wise King Dhritarashtra counsel both varied and wholesome;

Verse 230 (1.2.230)

तथा सनत्सुजातेन यत्राध्यात्ममनुत्तमम् । मनस्तापान्वितो राजा श्रावितः शोकलालसः ॥

tathā sanatsujātena yatrādhyātmamanuttamam | manastāpānvito rājā śrāvitaḥ śokalālasaḥ

and where Sanatsujata taught the supreme knowledge of the self to the king, tormented in mind and given over to grief;

Verse 231 (1.2.231)

प्रभाते राजसमितौ संजयो यत्र वा विभो । ऐकात्म्यं वासुदेवस्य प्रोक्तवानर्जुनस्य च ॥

prabhāte rājasamitau saṃjayo yatra vā vibho | aikātmyaṃ vāsudevasya proktavānarjunasya ca

where at dawn, in the assembly of kings, Sanjaya, O lord, declared the oneness of Vasudeva and Arjuna;

Verse 232 (1.2.232)

यत्र कृष्णो दयापन्नः सन्धिमिच्छन्महामतिः । स्वयमागाच्छमं कर्तुं नगरं नागसाह्वयम् ॥

yatra kṛṣṇo dayāpannaḥ sandhimicchanmahāmatiḥ | svayamāgācchamaṃ kartuṃ nagaraṃ nāgasāhvayam

where Krishna, wise and moved by compassion, wanting a settlement, came himself to the city named after the elephant to make peace;

Note on the text: Corrected स्वयमागाच्छणं → स्वयमागाच्छमं (misprint in Wikisource; ण for म, the critical edition reads śamaṃ).

Verse 233 (1.2.233)

प्रत्याख्यानं च कृष्णस्य राज्ञा दुर्योधनेन वै । शमार्थे याचमानस्य पक्षयोरुभयोर्हितम् ॥

pratyākhyānaṃ ca kṛṣṇasya rājñā duryodhanena vai | śamārthe yācamānasya pakṣayorubhayorhitam

and King Duryodhana's rejection of Krishna, who pleaded for peace for the good of both sides;

Verse 234 (1.2.234)

दम्भोद्भवस्य चाख्यानमत्रैव परिकीर्तितम् । वरान्वेषणमत्रैव मातलेश्च महात्मनः ॥

dambhodbhavasya cākhyānamatraiva parikīrtitam | varānveṣaṇamatraiva mātaleśca mahātmanaḥ

the story of Dambhodbhava is told here; here too the great-souled Matali's search for a bridegroom;

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

Verse 235 (1.2.235)

महर्षेश्चापि चरितं कथितं गालवस्य वै । विदुलायाश्च पुत्रस्य प्रोक्तं चाप्यनुशासनम् ॥

maharṣeścāpi caritaṃ kathitaṃ gālavasya vai | vidulāyāśca putrasya proktaṃ cāpyanuśāsanam

the life of the great sage Galava is told as well; and the instruction given by Vidula to her son;

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

Verse 236 (1.2.236)

कर्णदुर्योधनादीनां दुष्टं विज्ञाय मन्त्रितम् । योगेश्वरत्वं कृष्णेन यत्र राज्ञां प्रदर्शितम् ॥

karṇaduryodhanādīnāṃ duṣṭaṃ vijñāya mantritam | yogeśvaratvaṃ kṛṣṇena yatra rājñāṃ pradarśitam

where Krishna, learning of the wicked plot of Karna, Duryodhana and the rest, showed the kings his power as lord of yoga;

Note on the text: Corrected योगेश्वरत्पं → योगेश्वरत्वं (misprint in Wikisource; प for व, the critical edition reads yogeśvaratvaṃ).

Verse 237 (1.2.237)

रथमारोप्य कृष्णेन यत्र कर्णोऽनुमन्त्रितः । उपायपूर्वं शौटीर्यात्प्रत्याख्यातश्च तेन सः ॥

rathamāropya kṛṣṇena yatra karṇo'numantritaḥ | upāyapūrvaṃ śauṭīryātpratyākhyātaśca tena saḥ

where Krishna took Karna up into his chariot and counselled him with skill, and Karna, out of pride, refused him;

Verse 238 (1.2.238)

आगम्य हास्तिनपुरादुपप्लाव्यमरिंदमः । पाण्डवानां यथावृत्तं सर्वमाख्यातवान्हरिः ॥

āgamya hāstinapurādupaplāvyamariṃdamaḥ | pāṇḍavānāṃ yathāvṛttaṃ sarvamākhyātavānhariḥ

coming from Hastinapura to Upaplavya, Hari, tamer of foes, told the Pandavas everything as it had happened;

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

Verse 239 (1.2.239)

ते तस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा मन्त्रयित्वा च यद्धितम् । साङ्ग्रामिकं ततः सर्वं सज्जं चक्रुः परंतपाः ॥

te tasya vacanaṃ śrutvā mantrayitvā ca yaddhitam | sāṅgrāmikaṃ tataḥ sarvaṃ sajjaṃ cakruḥ paraṃtapāḥ

hearing his words and deliberating on what was best, those scorchers of foes then made ready everything needed for war;

Note on the text: Corrected सञ्जं → सज्जं (misprint in Wikisource; ञ्ज for ज्ज, 'made ready'). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 240 (1.2.240)

ततो युद्धाय निर्याता नराश्वरथदन्तिनः । नगराद्धास्तिनपुराद्बलसंख्यानमेव च ॥

tato yuddhāya niryātā narāśvarathadantinaḥ | nagarāddhāstinapurādbalasaṃkhyānameva ca

then men, horses, chariots and elephants marched out for battle from the city of Hastinapura, and the forces were counted;

Note on the text: Corrected द्वलसंख्यानमेवच → द्बलसंख्यानमेव च (misprint in Wikisource; व for ब, the critical edition reads balasaṃkhyānam; run-together words separated). Only the second line corresponds to the critical edition (1.2.149b); the first is paralleled only in substance (1.2.149a).

Verse 241 (1.2.241)

यत्र राज्ञा ह्युलूकस्य प्रेषणं पाण्डवान्प्रति । श्वोभाविनि महायुद्धे दौत्येन कृतवान्प्रभुः ॥

yatra rājñā hyulūkasya preṣaṇaṃ pāṇḍavānprati | śvobhāvini mahāyuddhe dautyena kṛtavānprabhuḥ

where the king, their lord, sent Uluka as his envoy to the Pandavas on the eve of the great battle that was to come the next day;

Note on the text: Corrected पाम्डवान्प्रति → पाण्डवान्प्रति (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct). Corresponds, with variants, to the critical edition 1.2.150a–b.

Verse 242 (1.2.242)

रथातिरथसंख्यानमम्बोपाख्यानमेव च । एतत्सुबहुवृत्तान्तं पञ्चमं पर्व भारते ॥

rathātirathasaṃkhyānamambopākhyānameva ca | etatsubahuvṛttāntaṃ pañcamaṃ parva bhārate

the counting of the rathas and atirathas, and the story of Amba. This fifth parva of the Bharata, full of many events,

Note on the text: Corresponds to the critical edition 1.2.150c and 1.2.151a.

Verse 243 (1.2.243)

उद्योगपर्व निर्दिष्टं सन्धिविग्रहमिश्रितम् । अध्यायानां शतं प्रोक्तं षडशीतिर्महर्षिणा ॥

udyogaparva nirdiṣṭaṃ sandhivigrahamiśritam | adhyāyānāṃ śataṃ proktaṃ ṣaḍaśītirmaharṣiṇā

is set forth as the Udyoga Parva, a blend of peace and war. The great sage has stated its adhyayas as one hundred and eighty-six;

Note on the text: Corresponds, with variants, to the critical edition 1.2.151b and 1.2.152a.

Verse 244 (1.2.244)

श्लोकानां षट् सहस्राणि तावन्त्येव शतानि च । श्लोकाश्च नवतिः प्रोक्तास्तथैवाष्टौ महात्मना ॥

ślokānāṃ ṣaṭ sahasrāṇi tāvantyeva śatāni ca | ślokāśca navatiḥ proktāstathaivāṣṭau mahātmanā

and of shlokas, six thousand, as many hundreds again, and ninety-eight more, six thousand six hundred and ninety-eight in all, were declared by the great-souled

Note on the text: Corresponds to the critical edition 1.2.152b and 1.2.153a.

Verse 245 (1.2.245)

व्यासेनोदारमतिना पर्वण्यस्मिंस्तपोधनाः । अतः परं विचित्रार्थं भीष्मपर्व प्रचक्षते ॥

vyāsenodāramatinā parvaṇyasmiṃstapodhanāḥ | ataḥ paraṃ vicitrārthaṃ bhīṣmaparva pracakṣate

Vyasa of noble mind in this parva, O ascetics. After this, they speak of the Bhishma Parva, rich in wondrous matter,

Note on the text: Corresponds, with a variant, to the critical edition 1.2.153b and 1.2.154a.

Verse 246 (1.2.246)

जम्बूखण्डविनिर्माणं यत्रोक्तं संजयेन ह । यत्र यौधिष्ठिरं सैन्यं विषादमगमत्परम् ॥

jambūkhaṇḍavinirmāṇaṃ yatroktaṃ saṃjayena ha | yatra yaudhiṣṭhiraṃ sainyaṃ viṣādamagamatparam

in which Sanjaya told of the making of Jambukhanda; in which Yudhishthira's army fell into deep despondency;

Note on the text: Corresponds to the critical edition 1.2.154b and 1.2.155b.

Verse 247 (1.2.247)

यत्र युद्धमभूद्धोरं दशाहानि सुदारुणम् । कश्मलं यत्र पार्थस्य वासुदेवो महामतिः ॥

yatra yuddhamabhūddhoraṃ daśāhāni sudāruṇam | kaśmalaṃ yatra pārthasya vāsudevo mahāmatiḥ

in which a terrible battle raged, most dreadful, for ten days; in which wise Vasudeva dispelled Partha's faintness of heart,

Note on the text: Corrected दसाहानि → दशाहानि (misprint in Wikisource; स for श, the critical edition reads daśāhāni). Corresponds, with variants, to the critical edition 1.2.155a and 1.2.156a.

Verse 248 (1.2.248)

मोहजं नाशयामास हेतुभिर्मोक्षदर्शिभिः । समीक्ष्याधोक्षजः क्षिप्रं युधिष्ठिरहिते रतः ॥

mohajaṃ nāśayāmāsa hetubhirmokṣadarśibhiḥ | samīkṣyādhokṣajaḥ kṣipraṃ yudhiṣṭhirahite rataḥ

born of delusion, with reasons that pointed to liberation; where Adhokshaja, ever intent on Yudhishthira's good, seeing how things stood,

Note on the text: Corrected समीक्ष्यादोक्षजः → समीक्ष्याधोक्षजः (misprint in Wikisource; द for ध in the name Adhokshaja). Only the first line corresponds to the critical edition (1.2.156b); the second line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 249 (1.2.249)

रथादाप्लुत्य वेगेन स्वयं कृष्ण उदारधीः । प्रतोदपाणिराधावद्भीष्मं हन्तुं व्यपेतभीः ॥

rathādāplutya vegena svayaṃ kṛṣṇa udāradhīḥ | pratodapāṇirādhāvadbhīṣmaṃ hantuṃ vyapetabhīḥ

Krishna himself, the noble-minded, leaping swiftly from the chariot, rushed fearlessly at Bhishma, goad in hand, to kill him;

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

Verse 250 (1.2.250)

वाक्यप्रतोदाभिहतो यत्र कृष्णेन पाण्डवः । गाण्डीवधन्वा समरे सर्वशस्त्रभृतां वरः ॥

vākyapratodābhihato yatra kṛṣṇena pāṇḍavaḥ | gāṇḍīvadhanvā samare sarvaśastrabhṛtāṃ varaḥ

where the Pandava, wielder of the Gandiva, best of all who bear weapons, was stung in battle by Krishna's words as by a goad;

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

Verse 251 (1.2.251)

शिखण्डिनं पुरस्कृत्य यत्र पार्थो महाधनुः । विनिघ्नन्निशितैर्बाणै रथाद्भीष्ममपातयत् ॥

śikhaṇḍinaṃ puraskṛtya yatra pārtho mahādhanuḥ | vinighnanniśitairbāṇai rathādbhīṣmamapātayat

where Partha, the great archer, putting Shikhandin in front, struck Bhishma down from his chariot, raining sharp arrows on him;

Verse 252 (1.2.252)

शरतल्पगतश्चैव भीष्मो यत्र बभूव ह । षष्ठमेतत्समाख्यातं भारते पर्व विस्तृतम् ॥

śaratalpagataścaiva bhīṣmo yatra babhūva ha | ṣaṣṭhametatsamākhyātaṃ bhārate parva vistṛtam

and where Bhishma came to lie on a bed of arrows. This is told as the sixth parva of the Bharata, a large one.

Note on the text: Only the second line corresponds, with a variant, to the critical edition (1.2.158a); the first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 253 (1.2.253)

अध्यायानां शतं प्रोक्तं तथा सप्तदशापरे । पञ्च श्लोकसहस्राणि संख्ययाष्टौ शतानि च ॥

adhyāyānāṃ śataṃ proktaṃ tathā saptadaśāpare | pañca ślokasahasrāṇi saṃkhyayāṣṭau śatāni ca

Its adhyayas are given as one hundred, and seventeen besides, one hundred and seventeen in all; and by count, five thousand eight hundred shlokas

Note on the text: Corresponds to the critical edition 1.2.158b and 1.2.159a.

Verse 254 (1.2.254)

श्लोकाश्च चतुराशीतिरस्मिन्पर्वणि कीर्तिताः । व्यासेन वेदविदुषा संख्याता भीष्मपर्वणि ॥

ślokāśca caturāśītirasminparvaṇi kīrtitāḥ | vyāsena vedaviduṣā saṃkhyātā bhīṣmaparvaṇi

and eighty-four shlokas more are declared in this parva, five thousand eight hundred and eighty-four in all, as counted in the Bhishma Parva by Vyasa, knower of the Vedas.

Note on the text: Corresponds, with a variant, to the critical edition 1.2.159b–c.

Verse 255 (1.2.255)

द्रोणपर्व ततश्चित्रं बहुवृत्तान्तमुच्यते । सैनापत्येऽभिषिक्तोऽथ यत्राचार्यः प्रतापवान् ॥

droṇaparva tataścitraṃ bahuvṛttāntamucyate | saināpatye'bhiṣikto'tha yatrācāryaḥ pratāpavān

Then the Drona Parva is told, varied and full of many events, in which the mighty teacher was consecrated as commander,

Note on the text: Only the first line corresponds to the critical edition (1.2.160a); the second line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 256 (1.2.256)

दुर्योधनस्य प्रीत्यर्थं प्रतिजज्ञे महास्त्रवित् । ग्रहणं धर्मराजस्य पाण्डुपुत्रस्य धीमतः ॥

duryodhanasya prītyarthaṃ pratijajñe mahāstravit | grahaṇaṃ dharmarājasya pāṇḍuputrasya dhīmataḥ

and, to please Duryodhana, the master of great weapons vowed to capture the wise King of Dharma, son of Pandu;

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

Verse 257 (1.2.257)

यत्र संशप्तकाः पार्थमपनिन्यू रणाजिरात् । भगदत्तो महाराजो यत्र शक्रसमो युधि ॥

yatra saṃśaptakāḥ pārthamapaninyū raṇājirāt | bhagadatto mahārājo yatra śakrasamo yudhi

in which the Samshaptakas drew Partha away from the field of battle; in which great King Bhagadatta, equal to Shakra in war,

Note on the text: Corresponds to the critical edition 1.2.160b and 1.2.161a.

Verse 258 (1.2.258)

सुप्रतीकेन नागेन स हि शान्तः किरीटिना । यत्राभिमन्युं बहवो जघ्नुरेकं महारथाः ॥

supratīkena nāgena sa hi śāntaḥ kirīṭinā | yatrābhimanyuṃ bahavo jaghnurekaṃ mahārathāḥ

together with his elephant Supratika, was laid to rest by the diadem-wearer; in which many great chariot-warriors together killed Abhimanyu, who was alone,

Note on the text: The first line corresponds, with a variant (स हि शान्तः for saha śastaḥ), to the critical edition (1.2.161b); the second, with a variant, to 1.2.162a.

Verse 259 (1.2.259)

जयद्रथमुखा बालं शूरमप्राप्तयौवनम् । हतेऽभिमन्यौ क्रुद्धेन यत्र पार्थेन संयुगे ॥

jayadrathamukhā bālaṃ śūramaprāptayauvanam | hate'bhimanyau kruddhena yatra pārthena saṃyuge

Jayadratha and the rest, a brave boy not yet grown to youth; in which, after Abhimanyu was killed, the enraged Partha in battle

Note on the text: Corresponds to the critical edition 1.2.162b and 1.2.163a.

Verse 260 (1.2.260)

अक्षौहिणीः सप्त हत्वा हतो राजा जयद्रथः । यत्र भीमो महाबाहुः सात्यकिश्च महारथः ॥

akṣauhiṇīḥ sapta hatvā hato rājā jayadrathaḥ | yatra bhīmo mahābāhuḥ sātyakiśca mahārathaḥ

slew seven akshauhinis, and King Jayadratha was killed; in which mighty-armed Bhima and the great chariot-warrior Satyaki,

Note on the text: Only the first line corresponds to the critical edition (1.2.163b); the second line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 261 (1.2.261)

अन्वेषणार्थं पार्थस्य युधिष्ठिरनृपाज्ञया । प्रविष्टौ भारतीं सेनामप्रधृष्यां सुरैरपि ॥

anveṣaṇārthaṃ pārthasya yudhiṣṭhiranṛpājñayā | praviṣṭau bhāratīṃ senāmapradhṛṣyāṃ surairapi

at King Yudhishthira's command, entered the Bharata host, which even the gods could not assail, to search for Partha;

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

Verse 262 (1.2.262)

संशप्तकावशेषं च कृतं निःशेषमाहवे । संशप्तकानां वीराणां कोट्यो नव महात्मनाम् ॥

saṃśaptakāvaśeṣaṃ ca kṛtaṃ niḥśeṣamāhave | saṃśaptakānāṃ vīrāṇāṃ koṭyo nava mahātmanām

and the remnant of the Samshaptakas was wiped out in battle; nine crores of the heroic Samshaptakas, great-souled warriors,

Note on the text: Only the first line corresponds to the critical edition (1.2.163c); the second line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 263 (1.2.263)

किरीटिनाभिनिष्क्रम्य प्रापिता यमसादनम् । धृतराष्ट्रस्य पुत्राश्च तथा पाषाणयोधिनः ॥

kirīṭinābhiniṣkramya prāpitā yamasādanam | dhṛtarāṣṭrasya putrāśca tathā pāṣāṇayodhinaḥ

were sent to the abode of Yama by the diadem-wearer as he sallied forth; and the sons of Dhritarashtra, and likewise the stone-fighters,

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

Verse 264 (1.2.264)

नारायणाश्च गोपालाः समरे चित्रयोधिनः । अलम्बुषः श्रुतायुश्च जलसन्धश्च वीर्यवान् ॥

nārāyaṇāśca gopālāḥ samare citrayodhinaḥ | alambuṣaḥ śrutāyuśca jalasandhaśca vīryavān

the Narayana cowherds, skilled in varied modes of combat; Alambusha, Shrutayus and valiant Jalasandha,

Note on the text: Only the second line corresponds, with a variant, to the critical edition (1.2.164a); the first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 265 (1.2.265)

सौमदत्तिर्विराटश्च द्रुपदश्च महारथः । घटोत्कचादयश्चान्ये निहता द्रोणपर्वणि ॥

saumadattirvirāṭaśca drupadaśca mahārathaḥ | ghaṭotkacādayaścānye nihatā droṇaparvaṇi

Somadatta's son, Virata, and the great chariot-warrior Drupada, Ghatotkacha and others too, were slain in the Drona Parva.

Note on the text: Corresponds to the critical edition 1.2.164b–c.

Verse 266 (1.2.266)

अश्वत्थामापि चात्रैव द्रोणे युधि निपातिते । अस्त्रं प्रादुश्चकारोग्रं नारायणममर्षितः ॥

aśvatthāmāpi cātraiva droṇe yudhi nipātite | astraṃ prāduścakārograṃ nārāyaṇamamarṣitaḥ

And here too, when Drona had fallen in battle, Ashvatthama, unable to bear it, unleashed the dreadful Narayana weapon.

Verse 267 (1.2.267)

आग्नेयं कीर्त्यते यत्र रुद्रमाहात्म्यमुत्तमम् । व्यासस्य चाप्यागमनं माहात्म्यं कृष्णपार्थयोः ॥

āgneyaṃ kīrtyate yatra rudramāhātmyamuttamam | vyāsasya cāpyāgamanaṃ māhātmyaṃ kṛṣṇapārthayoḥ

Here the Agneya weapon is described, together with the supreme glory of Rudra, the arrival of Vyasa, and the greatness of Krishna and Partha.

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

Verse 268 (1.2.268)

सप्तमं भारते पर्व महदेतदुदाहृतम् । यत्र ते पृथिवीपालाः प्रायशो निधनं गताः ॥

saptamaṃ bhārate parva mahadetadudāhṛtam | yatra te pṛthivīpālāḥ prāyaśo nidhanaṃ gatāḥ

This is declared the great seventh parva of the Bharata, in which most of those rulers of the earth met their death,

Verse 269 (1.2.269)

द्रोणपर्वणि ये शूरा निर्दिष्टाः पुरुषर्षभाः । अत्राध्यायशतं प्रोक्तं तथाध्यायाश्च सप्ततिः ॥

droṇaparvaṇi ye śūrā nirdiṣṭāḥ puruṣarṣabhāḥ | atrādhyāyaśataṃ proktaṃ tathādhyāyāśca saptatiḥ

the heroes, bulls among men, who are named in the Drona Parva. One hundred chapters are told here, and seventy chapters more;

Note on the text: Corrected शऊरा → शूरा (misprint in Wikisource; broken vowel; the critical edition reads śūrāḥ).

Verse 270 (1.2.270)

अष्टौ श्लोकसहस्राणि तथा नव शतानि च । श्लोका नव तथैवात्र संख्यातास्तत्त्वदर्शिना ॥

aṣṭau ślokasahasrāṇi tathā nava śatāni ca | ślokā nava tathaivātra saṃkhyātāstattvadarśinā

eight thousand verses and nine hundred, and nine verses besides, have been counted here by the seer of truth —

Verse 271 (1.2.271)

पाराशर्येण मुनिना संचिन्त्य द्रोणपर्वणि । अतः परं कर्णपर्व प्रोच्यते परमाद्भुतम् ॥

pārāśaryeṇa muninā saṃcintya droṇaparvaṇi | ataḥ paraṃ karṇaparva procyate paramādbhutam

by the sage, the son of Parashara, after careful reflection on the Drona Parva. After this the Karna Parva is told, most wonderful,

Note on the text: Corrected मुनिनां → मुनिना (misprint in Wikisource; stray anusvara; the instrumental is required, as in the critical edition’s muninā).

Verse 272 (1.2.272)

सारथ्ये विनियोगश्च मद्रराजस्य धीमतः । आख्यातं यत्र पौराणं त्रिपुरस्य निपातनम् ॥

sārathye viniyogaśca madrarājasya dhīmataḥ | ākhyātaṃ yatra paurāṇaṃ tripurasya nipātanam

in which the wise king of the Madras is appointed as charioteer, and in which the ancient tale of the fall of Tripura is told;

Note on the text: Corrected पौरामं → पौराणं (misprint in Wikisource; म for ण; the critical edition reads paurāṇaṃ).

Verse 273 (1.2.273)

प्रयाणे परुषश्चात्र संवादः कर्णशल्ययोः । हंसकाकीयमाख्यानं तत्रैवाक्षेपसंहितम् ॥

prayāṇe paruṣaścātra saṃvādaḥ karṇaśalyayoḥ | haṃsakākīyamākhyānaṃ tatraivākṣepasaṃhitam

here too is the harsh exchange between Karna and Shalya as they set out, and there also the tale of the swan and the crow, told as a taunt;

Verse 274 (1.2.274)

वधः पाण्ड्यस्य च तथा अश्वत्थाम्ना महात्मना । दण्डसेनस्य च ततो दण्डस्य च वधस्तथा ॥

vadhaḥ pāṇḍyasya ca tathā aśvatthāmnā mahātmanā | daṇḍasenasya ca tato daṇḍasya ca vadhastathā

the slaying of Pandya by the great-souled Ashvatthama, and after that the slaying of Dandasena and of Danda;

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

Verse 275 (1.2.275)

द्वैरथे यत्र कर्णेन धर्मराजो युधिष्ठिरः । संशयं गमितो युद्धे मिषतां सर्वधन्विनाम् ॥

dvairathe yatra karṇena dharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | saṃśayaṃ gamito yuddhe miṣatāṃ sarvadhanvinām

where Yudhishthira, the King of Dharma, was brought into peril by Karna in single combat while all the bowmen looked on;

Note on the text: Corrected युधिष्टिरः → युधिष्ठिरः (misprint in Wikisource; ट for ठ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 276 (1.2.276)

अन्योन्यं प्रति च क्रोधो युधिष्ठिरकिरीटिनोः । यत्रैवानुनयः प्रोक्तो माधवेनार्जुनस्य हि ॥

anyonyaṃ prati ca krodho yudhiṣṭhirakirīṭinoḥ | yatraivānunayaḥ prokto mādhavenārjunasya hi

the anger of Yudhishthira and Kiritin (Arjuna) against each other, and where Madhava’s reconciling of Arjuna is told;

Note on the text: Second line not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 277 (1.2.277)

प्रतिज्ञापूर्वकं चापि वक्षो दुःशासनस्य च । भित्त्वा वृकोदरो रक्तं पीतवान्यत्र संयुगे ॥

pratijñāpūrvakaṃ cāpi vakṣo duḥśāsanasya ca | bhittvā vṛkodaro raktaṃ pītavānyatra saṃyuge

and where, keeping his vow, Vrikodara (Bhima) tore open the chest of Duhshasana in battle and drank his blood;

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

Verse 278 (1.2.278)

द्वैरथे यत्र पार्थेन हतः कर्णो महारथः । अष्टमं पर्व निर्दिष्टमेतद्भारतचिन्तकैः ॥

dvairathe yatra pārthena hataḥ karṇo mahārathaḥ | aṣṭamaṃ parva nirdiṣṭametadbhāratacintakaiḥ

where the great chariot-warrior Karna was slain by Partha in single combat. Those who reflect on the Bharata name this the eighth parva.

Verse 279 (1.2.279)

एकोनसप्ततिः प्रोक्ता अध्यायाः कर्णपर्वणि । चत्वार्येव सहस्राणि नव श्लोकशतानि च ॥

ekonasaptatiḥ proktā adhyāyāḥ karṇaparvaṇi | catvāryeva sahasrāṇi nava ślokaśatāni ca

Sixty-nine chapters are declared in the Karna Parva, and four thousand nine hundred verses,

Verse 280 (1.2.280)

चतुःषष्टिस्तथा श्लोकाः पर्वण्यस्मिन्प्रकीर्तिताः । अतः परं विचित्रार्थं शल्यपर्व प्रकीर्तितम् ॥

catuḥṣaṣṭistathā ślokāḥ parvaṇyasminprakīrtitāḥ | ataḥ paraṃ vicitrārthaṃ śalyaparva prakīrtitam

and sixty-four verses besides are proclaimed in this parva. After this the Shalya Parva, rich in varied matter, is proclaimed,

Note on the text: First line not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 281 (1.2.281)

हतप्रवीरे सैन्ये तु नेता मद्रेश्वरोऽभवत् । यत्र कौमारमाख्यानमभिषेकस्य कर्म च ॥

hatapravīre sainye tu netā madreśvaro'bhavat | yatra kaumāramākhyānamabhiṣekasya karma ca

in which, when the foremost heroes of the army had been slain, the lord of the Madras became its leader; and in which the tale of Kumara (Skanda) and the rite of his consecration are told;

Note on the text: Second line not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 282 (1.2.282)

वृत्तानि चाथ युद्धानि कीर्त्यन्ते यत्र भागशः । विनाशः कुरुमुख्यानां शल्यपर्वणि कीर्त्यते ॥

vṛttāni cātha yuddhāni kīrtyante yatra bhāgaśaḥ | vināśaḥ kurumukhyānāṃ śalyaparvaṇi kīrtyate

where the battles that took place are recounted one by one; the destruction of the leading Kurus is told in the Shalya Parva;

Verse 283 (1.2.283)

शल्यस्य निधनं चात्र धर्मराजान्महात्मनः । शकुनेश्च वधोऽत्रैव सहदेवेन संयुगे ॥

śalyasya nidhanaṃ cātra dharmarājānmahātmanaḥ | śakuneśca vadho'traiva sahadevena saṃyuge

here is the death of Shalya at the hands of the great-souled King of Dharma, and here too the slaying of Shakuni by Sahadeva in battle;

Note on the text: Second line not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 284 (1.2.284)

सैन्ये च हतभूयिष्ठे किंचिच्छिष्टे सुयोधनः । ह्रदं प्रविश्य यत्रासौ संस्तभ्यापो व्यवस्थितः ॥

sainye ca hatabhūyiṣṭhe kiṃcicchiṣṭe suyodhanaḥ | hradaṃ praviśya yatrāsau saṃstabhyāpo vyavasthitaḥ

where, when his army had been almost wholly destroyed and only a little was left, Suyodhana entered a lake, made its waters stand still, and stayed within it;

Note on the text: Corrected संस्तभ्यापोव्यवस्थितः → संस्तभ्यापो व्यवस्थितः (misprint in Wikisource; missing word-space). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 285 (1.2.285)

प्रवृत्तिस्तत्र चाख्याता यत्र भीमस्य लुब्धकैः । क्षेपयुक्तैर्वचोभिश्च धर्मराजस्य धीमतः ॥

pravṛttistatra cākhyātā yatra bhīmasya lubdhakaiḥ | kṣepayuktairvacobhiśca dharmarājasya dhīmataḥ

where the news of him was brought to Bhima by hunters; and where, stung by the taunting words of the wise King of Dharma,

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

Verse 286 (1.2.286)

ह्रदात्समुत्थितो यत्र धार्तराष्ट्रोऽत्यमर्षणः । भीमेन गदया युद्धं यत्रासौ कृतवान्सह ॥

hradātsamutthito yatra dhārtarāṣṭro'tyamarṣaṇaḥ | bhīmena gadayā yuddhaṃ yatrāsau kṛtavānsaha

the son of Dhritarashtra, unable to bear it, rose from the lake, and where he fought with Bhima with maces;

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

Verse 287 (1.2.287)

समवाये च युद्धस्य रामस्यागमनं स्मृतम् । सरस्वत्याश्च तीर्थानां पुण्यता परिकीर्तिता ॥

samavāye ca yuddhasya rāmasyāgamanaṃ smṛtam | sarasvatyāśca tīrthānāṃ puṇyatā parikīrtitā

and at the gathering for that fight the arrival of Rama (Balarama) is related, and the holiness of the sacred fords of the Sarasvati is proclaimed;

Note on the text: First line not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 288 (1.2.288)

गदायुद्धं च तुमुलमत्रैव परिकीर्तितम् । दुर्योधनस्य राज्ञोऽथ यत्र भीमेन संयुगे ॥

gadāyuddhaṃ ca tumulamatraiva parikīrtitam | duryodhanasya rājño'tha yatra bhīmena saṃyuge

here too the tumultuous mace-fight is proclaimed, in which, in battle with Bhima, King Duryodhana

Note on the text: Second line not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 289 (1.2.289)

ऊरू भग्नौ प्रसह्याजौ गदया भीमवेगया । नवमं पर्व निर्दिष्टमेतदद्भुतमर्थवत् ॥

ūrū bhagnau prasahyājau gadayā bhīmavegayā | navamaṃ parva nirdiṣṭametadadbhutamarthavat

had both his thighs forcibly broken by the mace of terrible speed. This is named the ninth parva, wondrous and full of meaning.

Note on the text: First line not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 290 (1.2.290)

एकोनषष्टिरध्यायाः पर्वण्यत्र प्रकीर्तिताः । संख्याता बहुवृत्तान्ताः श्लोकसंख्याऽत्र कथ्यते ॥

ekonaṣaṣṭiradhyāyāḥ parvaṇyatra prakīrtitāḥ | saṃkhyātā bahuvṛttāntāḥ ślokasaṃkhyā'tra kathyate

Fifty-nine chapters are proclaimed in this parva, counted and full of events; the number of its verses is now told:

Note on the text: Corrected एकोनपष्टि → एकोनषष्टि (misprint in Wikisource; प for ष; the critical edition reads ekonaṣaṣṭir).

Verse 291 (1.2.291)

त्रीणि श्लोकसहस्राणि द्वे शते विंशतिस्तथा । मुनिना संप्रणीतानि कौरवाणां यशोभृता ॥

trīṇi ślokasahasrāṇi dve śate viṃśatistathā | muninā saṃpraṇītāni kauravāṇāṃ yaśobhṛtā

three thousand two hundred and twenty, composed by the sage who upholds the fame of the Kauravas.

Verse 292 (1.2.292)

अतः परं प्रवक्ष्यामि सौप्तिकं पर्व दारुणम् । भग्नोरुं यत्र राजानं दुर्योधनममर्षणम् ॥

ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi sauptikaṃ parva dāruṇam | bhagnoruṃ yatra rājānaṃ duryodhanamamarṣaṇam

After this I shall tell of the terrible Sauptika Parva, in which King Duryodhana, unyielding in his wrath, lay with his thighs broken.

Verse 293 (1.2.293)

अपयातेषु पार्थेषु त्रयस्तेऽभ्याययू रथाः । कृतवर्मा कृपो द्रौणिः सायाह्ने रुधिरोक्षितम् ॥

apayāteṣu pārtheṣu trayaste'bhyāyayū rathāḥ | kṛtavarmā kṛpo drauṇiḥ sāyāhne rudhirokṣitam

When the Parthas had gone away, the three chariot-warriors, Kritavarman, Kripa and Drauni, came to him in the evening, smeared with blood as he was,

Verse 294 (1.2.294)

समेत्य ददृशुर्भूमौ पतितं रणमूर्धनि । प्रतिजज्ञे दृढक्रोधो द्रौणिर्यत्र महारथः ॥

sametya dadṛśurbhūmau patitaṃ raṇamūrdhani | pratijajñe dṛḍhakrodho drauṇiryatra mahārathaḥ

and together they saw him fallen on the ground at the forefront of the battlefield. There the great chariot-warrior Drauni, his anger hardened, vowed:

Note on the text: First line not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 295 (1.2.295)

अहत्वा सर्वपाञ्चालान्धृष्टद्युम्नपुरोगमान् । पाण्डवांश्च सहामात्यान्न विमोक्ष्यामि दंशनं ॥

ahatvā sarvapāñcālāndhṛṣṭadyumnapurogamān | pāṇḍavāṃśca sahāmātyānna vimokṣyāmi daṃśanaṃ

“Until I have slain all the Panchalas led by Dhrishtadyumna, and the Pandavas with their ministers, I will not take off my armour.”

Verse 296 (1.2.296)

यत्रैवमुक्त्वा राजानमपक्रम्य त्रयो रथाः । सूर्यास्तमनवेलायामासेदुस्ते महद्वनम् ॥

yatraivamuktvā rājānamapakramya trayo rathāḥ | sūryāstamanavelāyāmāseduste mahadvanam

There, having spoken thus to the king, the three chariot-warriors went away and at the hour of sunset reached a great forest,

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

Verse 297 (1.2.297)

न्यग्रोधस्याथ महतो यत्राधस्ताद्व्यवस्थिताः । ततः काकान्बहून्रात्रौ दृष्ट्वोलूकेन हिंसितान् ॥

nyagrodhasyātha mahato yatrādhastādvyavasthitāḥ | tataḥ kākānbahūnrātrau dṛṣṭvolūkena hiṃsitān

where they rested beneath a great banyan tree. Then, seeing at night many crows killed by an owl,

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

Verse 298 (1.2.298)

द्रौणिः क्रोधसमाविष्टः पितुर्वधमनुस्मरन् । पाञ्चालानां प्रसुप्तानां वधं प्रति मनो दधे ॥

drauṇiḥ krodhasamāviṣṭaḥ piturvadhamanusmaran | pāñcālānāṃ prasuptānāṃ vadhaṃ prati mano dadhe

Drauni, filled with anger and remembering his father’s killing, set his mind on slaughtering the Panchalas as they slept.

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

Verse 299 (1.2.299)

गत्वा च शिबिरद्वारि दुर्दर्शं तत्र राक्षसम् । घोररूपमपश्यत्स दिवमावृत्य धिष्ठितम् ॥

gatvā ca śibiradvāri durdarśaṃ tatra rākṣasam | ghorarūpamapaśyatsa divamāvṛtya dhiṣṭhitam

Going to the gate of the camp, he saw there a rakshasa, fearsome to behold and dreadful in form, standing so as to cover the sky.

Note on the text: Corrected दिवामावृत्य → दिवमावृत्य (misprint in Wikisource; no form divām; the accusative divam, “the sky”, is meant). Corrected धिष्ठिरम् → धिष्ठितम् (misprint in Wikisource; र for त; dhiṣṭhitam, “standing”). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 300 (1.2.300)

तेन व्याघातमस्त्राणां क्रियमाणमवेक्ष्य च । द्रौणिर्यत्र विरूपाक्षं रुद्रमाराध्य सत्वरः ॥

tena vyāghātamastrāṇāṃ kriyamāṇamavekṣya ca | drauṇiryatra virūpākṣaṃ rudramārādhya satvaraḥ

Seeing that it was thwarting his weapons, Drauni swiftly worshipped Rudra, the three-eyed Virupaksha, and then

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

Verse 301 (1.2.301)

प्रसुप्तान्निशि विश्वस्तान्धृष्टद्युम्नपुरोगमान् । पाञ्चालान्सपरीवारान्द्रौपदेयांश्च सर्वशः ॥

prasuptānniśi viśvastāndhṛṣṭadyumnapurogamān | pāñcālānsaparīvārāndraupadeyāṃśca sarvaśaḥ

in the night he killed the trusting sleepers led by Dhrishtadyumna, the Panchalas with their attendants and all the sons of Draupadi,

Verse 302 (1.2.302)

कृतवर्मणा च सहितः कृपेण च निजघ्निवान् । यत्रामुच्यन्त ते पार्थाः पञ्च कृष्णबलाश्रयात् ॥

kṛtavarmaṇā ca sahitaḥ kṛpeṇa ca nijaghnivān | yatrāmucyanta te pārthāḥ pañca kṛṣṇabalāśrayāt

together with Kritavarman and Kripa. There the five Parthas escaped, sheltered by Krishna’s strength,

Note on the text: First line not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 303 (1.2.303)

सात्यकिश्च महेष्वासः शेषाश्च निधनं गताः । पाञ्चालानां प्रसुप्तानां यत्र द्रोणसुताद्वधः ॥

sātyakiśca maheṣvāsaḥ śeṣāśca nidhanaṃ gatāḥ | pāñcālānāṃ prasuptānāṃ yatra droṇasutādvadhaḥ

and the great archer Satyaki too, while the rest met their death. There the slaughter of the sleeping Panchalas by Drona’s son

Note on the text: Second line not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 304 (1.2.304)

धृष्टद्युम्नस्य सूतेन पाण्डवेषु निवेदितः । द्रौपदी पुत्रशोकार्ता पितृभ्रातृवधार्दिता ॥

dhṛṣṭadyumnasya sūtena pāṇḍaveṣu niveditaḥ | draupadī putraśokārtā pitṛbhrātṛvadhārditā

was reported to the Pandavas by Dhrishtadyumna’s charioteer. Draupadi, stricken with grief for her sons and pained by the killing of her father and brothers,

Note on the text: First line not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 305 (1.2.305)

कृतानशनसंकल्पा यत्र भर्तॄनुपाविशत् । द्रौपदीवचनाद्यत्र भीमो भीमपराक्रमः ॥

kṛtānaśanasaṃkalpā yatra bhartṝnupāviśat | draupadīvacanādyatra bhīmo bhīmaparākramaḥ

resolved to fast unto death and sat down before her husbands. Then at Draupadi’s words Bhima, of fearsome valour,

Note on the text: Corrected भर्तृनुपाविशत् → भर्तॄनुपाविशत् (misprint in Wikisource; short ऋ for long ॠ in the accusative plural; the critical edition reads bhartṝn).

Verse 306 (1.2.306)

प्रियं तस्याश्चिकीर्षन्वै गदामादाय वीर्यवान् । अन्वधावत्सुसंक्रुद्धो भारद्वाजं गुरोः सुतम् ॥

priyaṃ tasyāścikīrṣanvai gadāmādāya vīryavān | anvadhāvatsusaṃkruddho bhāradvājaṃ guroḥ sutam

eager to do what would please her, took up his mace and in great anger ran after the son of his teacher, the descendant of Bharadvaja.

Note on the text: First line not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 307 (1.2.307)

भीमसेनभयाद्यत्र दैवेनाभिप्रचोदितः । अपाण्डवायेति रुषा द्रौणिरस्त्रमवासृजत् ॥

bhīmasenabhayādyatra daivenābhipracoditaḥ | apāṇḍavāyeti ruṣā drauṇirastramavāsṛjat

There, in fear of Bhimasena and driven by fate, Drauni in fury loosed his weapon, crying, “For the end of the Pandavas!”

Note on the text: Corrected मवासडदत् → मवासृजत् (misprint in Wikisource; broken akshara; the critical edition reads avāsṛjat).

Verse 308 (1.2.308)

मैवमित्यब्रवीत्कृष्णः शमयंस्तस्य तद्वचः । यत्रास्त्रमस्त्रेण च तच्छमयामास फाल्गुनः ॥

maivamityabravītkṛṣṇaḥ śamayaṃstasya tadvacaḥ | yatrāstramastreṇa ca tacchamayāmāsa phālgunaḥ

Krishna said, “Not so!” and quieted his words, and Phalguna (Arjuna) quelled that weapon with a weapon of his own.

Verse 309 (1.2.309)

द्रौणेश्च द्रोहबुद्धित्वं वीक्ष्य पापात्मनस्तदा । द्रौणिद्वैपायनादीनां शापाश्चान्योन्यकारिताः ॥

drauṇeśca drohabuddhitvaṃ vīkṣya pāpātmanastadā | drauṇidvaipāyanādīnāṃ śāpāścānyonyakāritāḥ

Seeing then the malice in the heart of the wicked Drauni, curses were exchanged between Drauni, Dvaipayana and the others.

Note on the text: First line not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 310 (1.2.310)

मणिं तथा समादाय द्रोणपुत्रान्महारथात् । पाण्डवाः प्रददुर्हृष्टा द्रौपद्यै जितकाशिनः ॥

maṇiṃ tathā samādāya droṇaputrānmahārathāt | pāṇḍavāḥ pradadurhṛṣṭā draupadyai jitakāśinaḥ

And the Pandavas, triumphant and glad, took the jewel from the great chariot-warrior son of Drona and gave it to Draupadi.

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

Verse 311 (1.2.311)

एतद्वै दशमं पर्व सौप्तिकं समुदाहृतम् । अष्टादशास्मिन्नध्यायाः पर्वण्युक्ता महात्मना ॥

etadvai daśamaṃ parva sauptikaṃ samudāhṛtam | aṣṭādaśāsminnadhyāyāḥ parvaṇyuktā mahātmanā

This is declared the tenth parva, the Sauptika. Eighteen chapters are told in this parva by the great-souled one;

Note on the text: Corrected अष्टादशास्मिन्नद्यायाः → अष्टादशास्मिन्नध्यायाः (misprint in Wikisource; द for ध in अध्यायाः). Corrected पर्वम्युक्ता → पर्वण्युक्ता (misprint in Wikisource; म for ण; the critical edition reads parvaṇy uktā).

Verse 312 (1.2.312)

श्लोकानां कथितान्यत्र शतान्यष्टौ प्रसंख्यया । श्लोकाश्च सप्ततिः प्रोक्ता मुनिना ब्रह्मवादिना ॥

ślokānāṃ kathitānyatra śatānyaṣṭau prasaṃkhyayā | ślokāśca saptatiḥ proktā muninā brahmavādinā

eight hundred verses are counted here, and seventy verses more, declared by the sage who expounds Brahman,

Verse 313 (1.2.313)

सौप्तिकैषीकसंबन्धे पर्वण्युत्तमतेजसा । अत ऊर्ध्वमिदं प्राहुः स्त्रीपर्व करुणोदयम् ॥

sauptikaiṣīkasaṃbandhe parvaṇyuttamatejasā | ata ūrdhvamidaṃ prāhuḥ strīparva karuṇodayam

by him of supreme splendour, in this parva that joins the night attack (Sauptika) with the Aishika weapon. After this they speak of the Stri Parva, which stirs compassion,

Note on the text: Corrected पर्वण्युत्तमतेजसी → पर्वण्युत्तमतेजसा (misprint in Wikisource; no sense in context; the instrumental qualifying the sage is needed, as in the critical edition’s parallel amitabuddhinā).

Verse 314 (1.2.314)

पुत्रशोकाभिसंतप्तः प्रज्ञाचक्षुर्नराधिपः । कृष्णोपनीतां यत्रासावायसीं प्रतिमां दृढां ॥

putraśokābhisaṃtaptaḥ prajñācakṣurnarādhipaḥ | kṛṣṇopanītāṃ yatrāsāvāyasīṃ pratimāṃ dṛḍhāṃ

where the king whose eyes were his wisdom, burning with grief for his sons, took the firm iron image that Krishna had brought before him —

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

Verse 315 (1.2.315)

भीमसेनद्रोहबुद्धिर्धृतराष्ट्रो बभञ्ज ह । तथा शोकाभितप्तस्य धृतराष्ट्रस्य धीमतः ॥

bhīmasenadrohabuddhirdhṛtarāṣṭro babhañja ha | tathā śokābhitaptasya dhṛtarāṣṭrasya dhīmataḥ

Dhritarashtra, intent on harming Bhimasena, shattered it. And likewise, for the wise Dhritarashtra, tormented by grief,

Note on the text: Corrected बभञ्जह → बभञ्ज ह (misprint in Wikisource; missing word-space before the particle ह). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 316 (1.2.316)

संसारदहनं बुद्ध्या हेतुभिर्मोक्षदर्शनैः । विदुरेण च यत्रास्य राज्ञ आश्वासनं कृतम् ॥

saṃsāradahanaṃ buddhyā hetubhirmokṣadarśanaiḥ | vidureṇa ca yatrāsya rājña āśvāsanaṃ kṛtam

the burning away of worldly existence through understanding, with reasons that show the way to liberation — here Vidura consoled the king.

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

Verse 317 (1.2.317)

धृतराष्ट्रस्य चात्रैव कौरवायोधनं तथा । सान्तःपुरस्य गमनं शोकार्तस्य प्रकीर्तितम् ॥

dhṛtarāṣṭrasya cātraiva kauravāyodhanaṃ tathā | sāntaḥpurasya gamanaṃ śokārtasya prakīrtitam

Here too is told how the grief-stricken Dhritarashtra went with the women of the palace to the battlefield of the Kurus;

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

Verse 318 (1.2.318)

विलापो वीरपत्नीनां यत्रातिकरुणः स्मृतः । क्रोधावेशः प्रमोहश्च गान्धारीधृतराष्ट्रयोः ॥

vilāpo vīrapatnīnāṃ yatrātikaruṇaḥ smṛtaḥ | krodhāveśaḥ pramohaśca gāndhārīdhṛtarāṣṭrayoḥ

where the most piteous lament of the heroes’ wives is recorded, and the fury and bewilderment of Gandhari and Dhritarashtra;

Verse 319 (1.2.319)

यत्र तान्क्षत्रियाः शूरान्सङ्ग्रामेष्वनिवर्तिनः । पुत्रान्भ्रातृन्पितॄंश्चैव ददृशुर्निहतान्रणे ॥

yatra tānkṣatriyāḥ śūrānsaṅgrāmeṣvanivartinaḥ | putrānbhrātṛnpitṝṃścaiva dadṛśurnihatānraṇe

where the kshatriyas saw those heroes who never turned back in battle — their sons, brothers and fathers — lying slain on the field;

Verse 320 (1.2.320)

पुत्रपौत्रवधार्तायास्तथात्रैव प्रकीर्तिता । गान्धार्याश्चापि कृष्णेन क्रोधोपशमनक्रिया ॥

putrapautravadhārtāyāstathātraiva prakīrtitā | gāndhāryāścāpi kṛṣṇena krodhopaśamanakriyā

and here too is told how Krishna calmed the anger of Gandhari, stricken by the slaughter of her sons and grandsons;

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

Verse 321 (1.2.321)

यत्र राजा महाप्राज्ञः सर्वधर्मभृतां वरः । राज्ञां तानि शरीराणि दाहयामास शास्त्रतः ॥

yatra rājā mahāprājñaḥ sarvadharmabhṛtāṃ varaḥ | rājñāṃ tāni śarīrāṇi dāhayāmāsa śāstrataḥ

where the most wise king, foremost of all who uphold dharma, had the bodies of the kings burned according to the scriptures;

Note on the text: Corrected राज्ञांतानि → राज्ञां तानि (misprint in Wikisource; missing word-space).

Verse 322 (1.2.322)

तोयकर्मणि चारब्धे राज्ञामुदकदानिके । गूढोत्पन्नस्य चाख्यानं कर्णस्य पृथयात्मनः ॥

toyakarmaṇi cārabdhe rājñāmudakadānike | gūḍhotpannasya cākhyānaṃ karṇasya pṛthayātmanaḥ

and when the water-rites had begun, at the offering of water to the kings, the story of Karna, Pritha’s son born in secret,

Verse 323 (1.2.323)

सुतस्यैतदिह प्रोक्तं व्यासेन परमर्षिणा । एतदेकादशं पर्व शोकवैक्लव्यकारणम् ॥

sutasyaitadiha proktaṃ vyāsena paramarṣiṇā | etadekādaśaṃ parva śokavaiklavyakāraṇam

her son — this is told here by Vyasa, the supreme seer. This is the eleventh parva, the cause of sorrow and distress,

Verse 324 (1.2.324)

प्रणीतं सज्जनमनोवैक्लव्याश्रुप्रवर्तकम् । सप्तविंशतिरध्यायाः पर्वण्यस्मिन्प्रकीर्तिताः ॥

praṇītaṃ sajjanamanovaiklavyāśrupravartakam | saptaviṃśatiradhyāyāḥ parvaṇyasminprakīrtitāḥ

composed so as to make the hearts of the good falter and their tears flow. Twenty-seven chapters are proclaimed in this parva,

Verse 325 (1.2.325)

श्लोकसप्तशती चापि पञ्चसप्ततिसंयुता । संख्यया भारताख्यानमुक्तं व्यासेन धीमता ॥

ślokasaptaśatī cāpi pañcasaptatisaṃyutā | saṃkhyayā bhāratākhyānamuktaṃ vyāsena dhīmatā

and seven hundred verses joined with seventy-five, by count: so has the Bharata story been told by the wise Vyasa.

Verse 326 (1.2.326)

अतः परं शान्तिपर्व द्वादशं बुद्धिवर्धनम् । यत्र निर्वेदमापन्नो धर्मराजो युधिष्ठिरः ॥

ataḥ paraṃ śāntiparva dvādaśaṃ buddhivardhanam | yatra nirvedamāpanno dharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ

After this comes the Shanti Parva, the twelfth, which enlarges the understanding, where Yudhishthira, the King of Dharma, sunk in despondency

Verse 327 (1.2.327)

घातयित्वा पितॄन्भ्रातॄन्पुत्रान्संबन्धिमातुलान् । शान्तिपर्वणि धर्माश्च व्याख्याताः शारतल्पिकाः ॥

ghātayitvā pitṝnbhrātṝnputrānsaṃbandhimātulān | śāntiparvaṇi dharmāśca vyākhyātāḥ śāratalpikāḥ

after having caused his fathers, brothers, sons, kinsmen and maternal uncles to be slain. In the Shanti Parva are expounded the dharmas taught from the bed of arrows,

Note on the text: Corrected व्याख्याताःशारतल्पिकाः → व्याख्याताः शारतल्पिकाः (misprint in Wikisource; missing word-space after the visarga).

Verse 328 (1.2.328)

राजभिर्वेदितव्यास्ते सम्यग्ज्ञानबुभुत्सुभिः । आपद्धर्माश्च तत्रैव कालहेतुप्रदर्शिनः ॥

rājabhirveditavyāste samyagjñānabubhutsubhiḥ | āpaddharmāśca tatraiva kālahetupradarśinaḥ

which kings who seek true knowledge ought to know well; and there too the dharmas for times of distress, which show the reasons of time,

Verse 329 (1.2.329)

यान्बुद्ध्वा पुरुषः सम्यक्सर्वज्ञत्वमवाप्नुयात् । मोक्षधर्माश्च कथिता विचित्रा बहुविस्तराः ॥

yānbuddhvā puruṣaḥ samyaksarvajñatvamavāpnuyāt | mokṣadharmāśca kathitā vicitrā bahuvistarāḥ

knowing which a man may rightly attain all-knowledge; and the dharmas of liberation are told, varied and very extensive.

Verse 330 (1.2.330)

द्वादशं पर्व निर्दिष्टमेतत्प्राज्ञजनप्रियम् । अत्र पर्वणि विज्ञेयमध्यायानां शतत्रयम् ॥

dvādaśaṃ parva nirdiṣṭametatprājñajanapriyam | atra parvaṇi vijñeyamadhyāyānāṃ śatatrayam

This is set out as the twelfth parva, dear to the wise. In this parva three hundred chapters are to be understood,

Verse 331 (1.2.331)

विंशच्चैव तथाध्याया नव चैव तपोधनाः । चतुर्दशसहस्राणि तथा सप्तशतानि च ॥

viṃśaccaiva tathādhyāyā nava caiva tapodhanāḥ | caturdaśasahasrāṇi tathā saptaśatāni ca

and twenty chapters more, and nine besides, O you rich in austerity; and fourteen thousand seven hundred

Note on the text: Corrected तपोधाः → तपोधनाः (misprint in Wikisource; dropped akshara; the critical edition reads tapodhanāḥ, and the metre needs it).

Verse 332 (1.2.332)

सप्तश्लोकास्तथैवात्र पञ्चविंशतिसंख्यया । अत ऊर्ध्वं च विज्ञेयमनुशासनमुत्तमम् ॥

saptaślokāstathaivātra pañcaviṃśatisaṃkhyayā | ata ūrdhvaṃ ca vijñeyamanuśāsanamuttamam

verses, with seven more and twenty-five more in number (14,732 in all). After this the excellent Anushasana Parva is to be known,

Verse 333 (1.2.333)

यत्र प्रकृतिमापन्नः श्रुत्वा धर्मविनिश्चयम् । भीष्माद्भागीरथीपुत्रात्कुरुराजो युधिष्ठिरः ॥

yatra prakṛtimāpannaḥ śrutvā dharmaviniścayam | bhīṣmādbhāgīrathīputrātkururājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ

in which Yudhishthira, king of the Kurus, returned to his natural state after hearing the settled teaching on dharma from Bhishma, son of Bhagirathi (Ganga).

Verse 334 (1.2.334)

व्यवहारोऽत्र कार्त्स्न्येन धर्मार्थीयः प्रकीर्तितः । विविधानां च दानानां फलयोगाः प्रकीर्तिताः ॥

vyavahāro'tra kārtsnyena dharmārthīyaḥ prakīrtitaḥ | vividhānāṃ ca dānānāṃ phalayogāḥ prakīrtitāḥ

Here the conduct that serves dharma and artha is set forth in full, and the fruits of the various kinds of gifts are proclaimed;

Verse 335 (1.2.335)

तथा पात्रविशेषाश्च दानानां च परो विधिः । आचारविधियोगश्च सत्यस्य च परा गतिः ॥

tathā pātraviśeṣāśca dānānāṃ ca paro vidhiḥ | ācāravidhiyogaśca satyasya ca parā gatiḥ

likewise the special merits of recipients, the highest rule of giving, the ordering of right conduct, and the supreme course of truth;

Verse 336 (1.2.336)

महाभाग्यं गवां चैव ब्राह्मणानां तथैव च । रहस्यं चैव धर्माणां देशकालोपसंहितम् ॥

mahābhāgyaṃ gavāṃ caiva brāhmaṇānāṃ tathaiva ca | rahasyaṃ caiva dharmāṇāṃ deśakālopasaṃhitam

the great blessedness of cows and of brahmins, and the secret of the dharmas, in keeping with place and time.

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

Verse 337 (1.2.337)

एतत्सुबहुवृत्तान्तमुत्तमं चानुशासनम् । भीष्मस्यात्रैव संप्राप्तिः स्वर्गस्य परिकीर्तिता ॥

etatsubahuvṛttāntamuttamaṃ cānuśāsanam | bhīṣmasyātraiva saṃprāptiḥ svargasya parikīrtitā

This is the excellent Anushasana, rich in events; here too Bhishma’s attainment of heaven is proclaimed.

Verse 338 (1.2.338)

एतत्त्रयोदशं पर्व धर्मनिश्चयकारकम् । अध्यायानां शतं त्वत्र षट्चत्वारिंशदेव तु ॥

etattrayodaśaṃ parva dharmaniścayakārakam | adhyāyānāṃ śataṃ tvatra ṣaṭcatvāriṃśadeva tu

This is the thirteenth parva, which settles what dharma is. It has one hundred and forty-six chapters,

Verse 339 (1.2.339)

श्लोकानां तु सहस्राणि प्रोक्तान्यष्टौ प्रसंख्यया । ततोऽश्वमेधिकं नाम पर्व प्रोक्तं चतुर्दशम् ॥

ślokānāṃ tu sahasrāṇi proktānyaṣṭau prasaṃkhyayā | tato'śvamedhikaṃ nāma parva proktaṃ caturdaśam

and eight thousand verses are declared by count. Then comes the parva named Ashvamedhika, declared the fourteenth,

Verse 340 (1.2.340)

तत्संवर्तमरुत्तीयं यत्राख्यानमनुत्तमम् । सुवर्णकोशसंप्राप्तिर्जन्म चोक्तं परीक्षितः ॥

tatsaṃvartamaruttīyaṃ yatrākhyānamanuttamam | suvarṇakośasaṃprāptirjanma coktaṃ parīkṣitaḥ

in which is the unsurpassed tale of Samvarta and Marutta; the finding of the treasury of gold, and the birth of Parikshit are told,

Verse 341 (1.2.341)

दग्धस्यास्त्राग्निना पूर्वं कृष्णात्संजीवनं पुनः । चर्यायां हयमुत्सृष्टं पाण्डवस्यानुगच्छतः ॥

dagdhasyāstrāgninā pūrvaṃ kṛṣṇātsaṃjīvanaṃ punaḥ | caryāyāṃ hayamutsṛṣṭaṃ pāṇḍavasyānugacchataḥ

and his restoration to life by Krishna after he had been burned by the fire of the weapon; and how, as the Pandava (Arjuna) followed the horse let loose to roam,

Verse 342 (1.2.342)

तत्र तत्र च युद्धानि राजपुत्रैरमर्षणैः । चित्राङ्गदायाः पुत्रेण स्वपुत्रेण धनंजयः ॥

tatra tatra ca yuddhāni rājaputrairamarṣaṇaiḥ | citrāṅgadāyāḥ putreṇa svaputreṇa dhanaṃjayaḥ

there were battles here and there with resentful princes; and how Dhananjaya, fighting Chitrangada’s son, his own son

Verse 343 (1.2.343)

सङ्ग्रामे बभ्रुवाहेन संशयं चात्र जग्मिवान् । सुदर्शनं तथाऽऽख्यानं वैष्णवं धर्ममेव च । अश्वमेधे महायज्ञे नकुलाख्यानमेव च ॥

saṅgrāme babhruvāhena saṃśayaṃ cātra jagmivān | sudarśanaṃ tathā''khyānaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ dharmameva ca | aśvamedhe mahāyajñe nakulākhyānameva ca

Babhruvahana, fell into peril in battle; the tale of Sudarshana, and the Vaishnava dharma, and, at the great horse-sacrifice, the tale of the mongoose.

Note on the text: Middle line (Sudarshana, Vaishnava dharma) not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 344 (1.2.344)

इत्याश्वमेधिकं पर्व प्रोक्तमेतन्महाद्भुतम् । अध्यायानां शतं चैव त्रयोऽध्यायाश्च कीर्तिताः ॥

ityāśvamedhikaṃ parva proktametanmahādbhutam | adhyāyānāṃ śataṃ caiva trayo'dhyāyāśca kīrtitāḥ

Thus is this most wondrous Ashvamedhika Parva declared. One hundred chapters, and three chapters more, are recounted;

Verse 345 (1.2.345)

त्रीणि श्लोकसहस्राणि तावन्त्येव शतानि च । विंशतिश्च तथा श्लोकाः संख्यातास्तत्त्वदर्शिना ॥

trīṇi ślokasahasrāṇi tāvantyeva śatāni ca | viṃśatiśca tathā ślokāḥ saṃkhyātāstattvadarśinā

three thousand verses, and as many hundreds, and twenty verses besides, are counted by the seer of truth.

Verse 346 (1.2.346)

ततस्त्वाश्रमवासाख्यं पर्व पञ्चदशं स्मृतम् । यत्र राज्यं समुत्सृज्य गान्धार्या सहितो नृपः ॥

tatastvāśramavāsākhyaṃ parva pañcadaśaṃ smṛtam | yatra rājyaṃ samutsṛjya gāndhāryā sahito nṛpaḥ

Then the parva called Ashramavasa is known as the fifteenth, in which the king, giving up the kingdom, together with Gandhari,

Verse 347 (1.2.347)

धृतराष्ट्राश्रमपदं विदुरश्च जगाम ह । यं दृष्ट्वा प्रस्थितं साध्वी पृथाप्यनुययौ तदा ॥

dhṛtarāṣṭrāśramapadaṃ viduraśca jagāma ha | yaṃ dṛṣṭvā prasthitaṃ sādhvī pṛthāpyanuyayau tadā

Dhritarashtra, went to a hermitage, and Vidura too. Seeing him set out, the virtuous Pritha followed him then,

Note on the text: Corrected धृतराष्ट्रोश्रमपदं → धृतराष्ट्राश्रमपदं (misprint in Wikisource; ो for ा yields no valid form; the critical edition reads dhṛtarāṣṭrāśramapadaṃ).

Verse 348 (1.2.348)

पुत्रराज्यं परित्यज्य गुरुशुश्रूषणे रता । यत्र राजा हतान्पुत्रान्पौत्रानन्यांश्च पार्थिवान् ॥

putrarājyaṃ parityajya guruśuśrūṣaṇe ratā | yatra rājā hatānputrānpautrānanyāṃśca pārthivān

leaving behind the kingdom of her sons, devoted to serving her elders. There the king saw his slain sons, grandsons and the other kings,

Verse 349 (1.2.349)

लोकान्तरगतान्वीरानपश्यत्पुनरागतान् । ऋषेः प्रसादात्कृष्णस्य दृष्ट्वाश्चर्यमनुत्तमम् ॥

lokāntaragatānvīrānapaśyatpunarāgatān | ṛṣeḥ prasādātkṛṣṇasya dṛṣṭvāścaryamanuttamam

heroes gone to other worlds, come back again, through the grace of the seer Krishna Dvaipayana; and having seen that unsurpassed wonder,

Note on the text: Corrected लाकान्तर → लोकान्तर (misprint in Wikisource; ा for ो; the critical edition reads lokāntara).

Verse 350 (1.2.350)

त्यक्त्वा शोकं सदारश्च सिद्धिं परमिकां गतः । यत्र धर्मं समाश्रित्य विदुरः सुगतिं गतः ॥

tyaktvā śokaṃ sadāraśca siddhiṃ paramikāṃ gataḥ | yatra dharmaṃ samāśritya viduraḥ sugatiṃ gataḥ

he cast off his grief and, with his wife, reached the highest perfection. There Vidura, holding fast to dharma, reached a blessed end,

Verse 351 (1.2.351)

संजयश्च सहामात्यो विद्वान्गावल्गणिर्वशी । ददर्श नारदं यत्र धर्मराजो युधिष्ठिरः ॥

saṃjayaśca sahāmātyo vidvāngāvalgaṇirvaśī | dadarśa nāradaṃ yatra dharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ

and so did Sanjaya, son of Gavalgana, learned and self-controlled, with the ministers. There Yudhishthira, the King of Dharma, saw Narada

Verse 352 (1.2.352)

नारदाच्चैव शुश्राव वृष्णीनां कदनं महत् । एतदाश्रमवासाख्यं पर्वोक्तं महदद्भुतम् ॥

nāradāccaiva śuśrāva vṛṣṇīnāṃ kadanaṃ mahat | etadāśramavāsākhyaṃ parvoktaṃ mahadadbhutam

and heard from Narada of the great slaughter of the Vrishnis. This is the Ashramavasa Parva, declared great and wondrous.

Verse 353 (1.2.353)

द्विचत्वारिंशदध्यायाः पर्वैतदभिसङ्ख्यया । सहस्रमेकं श्लोकानां पञ्चश्लोकशतानि च ॥

dvicatvāriṃśadadhyāyāḥ parvaitadabhisaṅkhyayā | sahasramekaṃ ślokānāṃ pañcaślokaśatāni ca

By count this parva has forty-two chapters, and one thousand verses and five hundred verses

Verse 354 (1.2.354)

षडेव च तथा श्लोकाः संख्यातास्तत्त्वदर्शिना । अतः परं निबोधेदं मौसलं पर्व दारुणम् ॥

ṣaḍeva ca tathā ślokāḥ saṃkhyātāstattvadarśinā | ataḥ paraṃ nibodhedaṃ mausalaṃ parva dāruṇam

and six verses more, counted by the seer of truth. After this, learn of the terrible Mausala Parva,

Verse 355 (1.2.355)

यत्र ते पुरुषव्याघ्राः शस्त्रस्पर्शहता युधि । ब्रह्मदण्डविनिष्पिष्टाः समीपे लवणाम्भसः ॥

yatra te puruṣavyāghrāḥ śastrasparśahatā yudhi | brahmadaṇḍaviniṣpiṣṭāḥ samīpe lavaṇāmbhasaḥ

in which those tigers among men, struck by the touch of weapons in the fight and crushed by the rod of a brahmin’s curse, near the salt sea,

Verse 356 (1.2.356)

आपाने पानकलिता दैवेनाभिप्रचोदिताः । एरकारूपिभिर्वज्रैर्निजघ्नुरितरेतरम् ॥

āpāne pānakalitā daivenābhipracoditāḥ | erakārūpibhirvajrairnijaghnuritaretaram

at a drinking feast, overcome with drink and driven by fate, killed one another with thunderbolts that had taken the form of eraka reeds;

Verse 357 (1.2.357)

यत्र सर्वक्षयं कृत्वा तावुभौ रामकेशवौ । नातिचक्रामतुः कालं प्राप्तं सर्वहरं महत् ॥

yatra sarvakṣayaṃ kṛtvā tāvubhau rāmakeśavau | nāticakrāmatuḥ kālaṃ prāptaṃ sarvaharaṃ mahat

in which, having brought about the destruction of all, both Rama and Keshava could not pass beyond the great, all-taking time that had come;

Verse 358 (1.2.358)

यत्रार्जुनो द्वारवतीमेत्य वृष्णिविनाकृताम् । दृष्ट्वा विपादमगमत्परां चार्तिं नरर्षभः ॥

yatrārjuno dvāravatīmetya vṛṣṇivinākṛtām | dṛṣṭvā vipādamagamatparāṃ cārtiṃ nararṣabhaḥ

in which Arjuna, bull among men, came to Dvaravati bereft of the Vrishnis, and seeing it fell into despair and the deepest anguish;

Verse 359 (1.2.359)

स संस्कृत्य नरश्रेष्ठं मातुलं शौरिमात्मनः । ददर्श यदुवीराणामापाने वैशसं महत् ॥

sa saṃskṛtya naraśreṣṭhaṃ mātulaṃ śaurimātmanaḥ | dadarśa yaduvīrāṇāmāpāne vaiśasaṃ mahat

he performed the last rites for his maternal uncle Shauri (Vasudeva), best of men, and saw the great carnage of the Yadu heroes at the drinking place;

Verse 360 (1.2.360)

शरीरं वासुदेवस्य रामस्य च महात्मनः । संस्कारं लम्भयामास वृष्णीनां च प्रधानतः ॥

śarīraṃ vāsudevasya rāmasya ca mahātmanaḥ | saṃskāraṃ lambhayāmāsa vṛṣṇīnāṃ ca pradhānataḥ

he had the funeral rites performed for the bodies of Vasudeva and of the great-souled Rama, and of the chief Vrishnis;

Verse 361 (1.2.361)

सवृद्धबालमादाय द्वारवत्यास्ततो जनम् । ददर्शापदि कष्टायां गाण्डीवस्य पराभवम् ॥

savṛddhabālamādāya dvāravatyāstato janam | dadarśāpadi kaṣṭāyāṃ gāṇḍīvasya parābhavam

then, taking with him the people of Dvaravati, old and young, he witnessed in that grievous calamity the defeat of the Gandiva,

Verse 362 (1.2.362)

सर्वेषां चैव दिव्यानामस्त्राणामप्रसन्नताम् । नाशं वृष्णिकलत्राणां प्रभावानामनित्यताम् ॥

sarveṣāṃ caiva divyānāmastrāṇāmaprasannatām | nāśaṃ vṛṣṇikalatrāṇāṃ prabhāvānāmanityatām

the failure of all his divine weapons to answer him, the loss of the Vrishni women, and the impermanence of power;

Verse 363 (1.2.363)

दृष्ट्वा निर्वेदमापन्नो व्यासवाक्यप्रचोदितः । धर्मराजं समासाद्य संन्यासं समरोचयत् ॥

dṛṣṭvā nirvedamāpanno vyāsavākyapracoditaḥ | dharmarājaṃ samāsādya saṃnyāsaṃ samarocayat

seeing all this he fell into despondency and, urged by Vyasa’s words, went to the King of Dharma and set his heart on renunciation.

Verse 364 (1.2.364)

इत्येतन्मौसलं पर्व षोडशं परिकीर्तितम् । अध्यायाष्टौ समाख्याताः श्लोकानां च शतत्रयम् ॥

ityetanmausalaṃ parva ṣoḍaśaṃ parikīrtitam | adhyāyāṣṭau samākhyātāḥ ślokānāṃ ca śatatrayam

Thus is this Mausala Parva proclaimed, the sixteenth. Eight chapters are recounted, and three hundred verses

Verse 365 (1.2.365)

श्लोकानां विंशतिश्चैव संख्याता तत्त्वदर्शिना । महाप्रस्थानिकं तस्मादूर्ध्वं सप्तदशं स्मृतम् ॥

ślokānāṃ viṃśatiścaiva saṃkhyātā tattvadarśinā | mahāprasthānikaṃ tasmādūrdhvaṃ saptadaśaṃ smṛtam

and twenty verses more, counted by the seer of truth. After that the Mahaprasthanika is known as the seventeenth,

Note on the text: Corrected विंशतिश्चव → विंशतिश्चैव (misprint in Wikisource; dropped vowel sign; चैव). First line not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 366 (1.2.366)

यत्र राज्यं परित्यज्य पाण्डवाः पुरुषर्षभाः । द्रौपद्या सहिता देव्या महाप्रस्थानमास्थिताः ॥

yatra rājyaṃ parityajya pāṇḍavāḥ puruṣarṣabhāḥ | draupadyā sahitā devyā mahāprasthānamāsthitāḥ

in which the Pandavas, bulls among men, gave up the kingdom and with queen Draupadi set out on the great journey;

Verse 367 (1.2.367)

यत्र तेऽग्निं ददृशिरे लौहित्यं प्राप्य सागरम् । यत्राग्निना चोदितश्च पार्थस्तस्मै महात्मने ॥

yatra te'gniṃ dadṛśire lauhityaṃ prāpya sāgaram | yatrāgninā coditaśca pārthastasmai mahātmane

in which, reaching the Lauhitya sea, they saw Agni; and in which Partha, urged by Agni, honoured that great-souled god

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

Verse 368 (1.2.368)

ददौ संपूज्य तद्दिव्यं गाण्डीवं धनुरुत्तमम् । यत्र भ्रातृन्निपतितान्द्रौपदीं च युधिष्ठिरः ॥

dadau saṃpūjya taddivyaṃ gāṇḍīvaṃ dhanuruttamam | yatra bhrātṛnnipatitāndraupadīṃ ca yudhiṣṭhiraḥ

and gave him that divine Gandiva, the finest of bows; and in which Yudhishthira, seeing his brothers and Draupadi fallen,

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

Verse 369 (1.2.369)

दृष्ट्वा हित्वा जगामैव सर्वाननवलोकयन् । एतत्सप्तदशं पर्व महाप्रस्थानिकं स्मृतम् ॥

dṛṣṭvā hitvā jagāmaiva sarvānanavalokayan | etatsaptadaśaṃ parva mahāprasthānikaṃ smṛtam

left them and went on without looking back at any of them. This is known as the seventeenth parva, the Mahaprasthanika,

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

Verse 370 (1.2.370)

यत्राध्यायास्त्रयः प्रोक्ताः श्लोकानां च शतत्रयम् । विंशतिश्च तथा श्लोकाः संख्यातास्तत्त्वदर्शिना ॥

yatrādhyāyāstrayaḥ proktāḥ ślokānāṃ ca śatatrayam | viṃśatiśca tathā ślokāḥ saṃkhyātāstattvadarśinā

in which three chapters are declared, and three hundred verses, and twenty verses more, counted by the seer of truth.

Verse 371 (1.2.371)

स्वर्गपर्व ततो ज्ञेयं दिव्यं यत्तदमानुषम् । प्राप्तं दैवरथं स्वर्गान्नेष्टवान्यत्र धर्मराट् ॥

svargaparva tato jñeyaṃ divyaṃ yattadamānuṣam | prāptaṃ daivarathaṃ svargānneṣṭavānyatra dharmarāṭ

Then the Svarga Parva is to be known, divine and beyond the human, in which the King of Dharma would not agree, when the celestial chariot came from heaven,

Note on the text: Second line not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 372 (1.2.372)

आरोढुं सुमहाप्राज्ञ आनृशंस्याच्छुना विना । तामस्याविचलां ज्ञात्वा स्थितिं धर्मे महात्मनः ॥

āroḍhuṃ sumahāprājña ānṛśaṃsyācchunā vinā | tāmasyāvicalāṃ jñātvā sthitiṃ dharme mahātmanaḥ

to mount it without the dog — so wise was he, and so compassionate. Knowing that great soul’s steadfastness in dharma to be unshakable,

Note on the text: Corrected आरोदुं → आरोढुं (misprint in Wikisource; द for ढ; the infinitive of ā-ruh is āroḍhum). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 373 (1.2.373)

श्वरूपं यत्र तत्त्यक्त्वा धर्मेणासौ समन्वितः । स्वर्गं प्राप्तः स च तथा यातनाविपुला भृशम् ॥

śvarūpaṃ yatra tattyaktvā dharmeṇāsau samanvitaḥ | svargaṃ prāptaḥ sa ca tathā yātanāvipulā bhṛśam

Dharma cast off the form of the dog and stood with him. He reached heaven; and there too great torments, most intense,

Note on the text: Corrected प्राप्तःसच → प्राप्तः स च (misprint in Wikisource; missing word-spaces). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 374 (1.2.374)

देवदूतेन नरकं यत्र व्याजेन दर्शितम् । शुश्राव यत्र धर्मात्मा भ्रातॄणां करुणागिरः ॥

devadūtena narakaṃ yatra vyājena darśitam | śuśrāva yatra dharmātmā bhrātṝṇāṃ karuṇāgiraḥ

and hell itself were shown to him by a messenger of the gods by way of a ruse; there the righteous one heard the piteous voices of his brothers,

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

Verse 375 (1.2.375)

निदेशे वर्तमानानां देशे तत्रैव वर्तताम् । अनुदर्शितश्च धर्मेण देवराज्ञा च पाण्डवः ॥

nideśe vartamānānāṃ deśe tatraiva vartatām | anudarśitaśca dharmeṇa devarājñā ca pāṇḍavaḥ

who, under command, were made to stay in that very place; and the son of Pandu was then shown the truth by Dharma and by the king of the gods.

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

Verse 376 (1.2.376)

आप्लुत्याकाशगङ्गायां देहं त्यक्त्वा स मानुषम् । स्वधर्मनिर्जितं स्थानं स्वर्गे प्राप्य स धर्मराट् ॥

āplutyākāśagaṅgāyāṃ dehaṃ tyaktvā sa mānuṣam | svadharmanirjitaṃ sthānaṃ svarge prāpya sa dharmarāṭ

Bathing in the heavenly Ganga, he cast off his human body, and the King of Dharma reached the place in heaven won by his own dharma,

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

Verse 377 (1.2.377)

मुमुदे पूजितः सर्वैः सेन्द्रैः सुरगणैः सह । एतदष्टादशं पर्व प्रोक्तं व्यासेन धीमता ॥

mumude pūjitaḥ sarvaiḥ sendraiḥ suragaṇaiḥ saha | etadaṣṭādaśaṃ parva proktaṃ vyāsena dhīmatā

where he rejoiced, honoured by all the hosts of gods together with Indra. This eighteenth parva was told by the wise Vyasa.

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

Verse 378 (1.2.378)

अध्यायाः पञ्च संख्याताः पर्वण्यस्मिन्महात्मना । श्लोकानां द्वे शते चैव प्रसंख्याते तपोधनाः ॥

adhyāyāḥ pañca saṃkhyātāḥ parvaṇyasminmahātmanā | ślokānāṃ dve śate caiva prasaṃkhyāte tapodhanāḥ

Five chapters are counted in this parva by the great-souled one, and two hundred verses are reckoned, O you rich in austerity,

Note on the text: Corrected पर्वम्यस्मिन् → पर्वण्यस्मिन् (misprint in Wikisource; म for ण; the critical edition reads parvaṇy asmin in this formula). Corrected तपोधाः → तपोधनाः (misprint in Wikisource; dropped akshara; the critical edition reads tapodhanāḥ, and the metre needs it).

Verse 379 (1.2.379)

नव श्लोकास्तथैवान्ये संख्याताः परमर्षिणा । अष्टादशैवमेतानि पर्वाण्येतान्यशेषतः ॥

nava ślokāstathaivānye saṃkhyātāḥ paramarṣiṇā | aṣṭādaśaivametāni parvāṇyetānyaśeṣataḥ

and nine verses more besides, counted by the supreme seer. These, then, are the eighteen parvas in full.

Note on the text: First line not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 380 (1.2.380)

खिलेषु हरिवंशश्च भविष्यं च प्रकीर्तितम् । दश श्लोकसहस्राणि विंशच्छ्लोकशतानि च ॥

khileṣu harivaṃśaśca bhaviṣyaṃ ca prakīrtitam | daśa ślokasahasrāṇi viṃśacchlokaśatāni ca

In the supplements (Khilas) the Harivamsha and the Bhavishya are recounted. Ten thousand verses and twenty hundred verses more

Note on the text: Second line not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 381 (1.2.381)

खिलेषु हरिवंशे च संख्यातानि महर्षिणा । एतत्सर्वं समाख्यातं भारते पर्वसंग्रहः ॥

khileṣu harivaṃśe ca saṃkhyātāni maharṣiṇā | etatsarvaṃ samākhyātaṃ bhārate parvasaṃgrahaḥ

are counted by the great seer in the supplements, in the Harivamsha. All this has been told: this is the summary of the parvas of the Bharata.

Note on the text: First line not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 382 (1.2.382)

अष्टादश समाजग्मुरक्षौहिण्यो ययुत्सया । तन्महादारुणं युद्धमहान्यष्टादशाभवत् ॥

aṣṭādaśa samājagmurakṣauhiṇyo yayutsayā | tanmahādāruṇaṃ yuddhamahānyaṣṭādaśābhavat

Eighteen akshauhinis gathered, eager to fight, and that great and terrible battle lasted eighteen days.

Verse 383 (1.2.383)

यो विद्याच्चतुरो वेदान्साङ्गोपनिषदो द्विजः । न चाख्यानमिदं विद्यान्नैव स स्याद्विचक्षणः ॥

yo vidyāccaturo vedānsāṅgopaniṣado dvijaḥ | na cākhyānamidaṃ vidyānnaiva sa syādvicakṣaṇaḥ

A twice-born man who knows the four Vedas with their limbs and the Upanishads, but does not know this story, is not truly learned.

Verse 384 (1.2.384)

अर्थशास्त्रमिदं प्रोक्तं धर्मशास्त्रमिदं महत् । कामशास्त्रमिदं प्रोक्तं व्यासेनामितबुद्धिना ॥

arthaśāstramidaṃ proktaṃ dharmaśāstramidaṃ mahat | kāmaśāstramidaṃ proktaṃ vyāsenāmitabuddhinā

This has been declared a treatise on artha, this a great treatise on dharma, and this a treatise on kama, by Vyasa of boundless understanding.

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

Verse 385 (1.2.385)

श्रुत्वा त्विदमुपाख्यानं श्राव्यमन्यन्न रोचते । पुंस्कोकिलगिरं श्रुत्वा रूक्षा ध्वाङ्क्षस्य वागिव ॥

śrutvā tvidamupākhyānaṃ śrāvyamanyanna rocate | puṃskokilagiraṃ śrutvā rūkṣā dhvāṅkṣasya vāgiva

Once this story has been heard, nothing else worth hearing pleases, just as, after one has heard the song of the male cuckoo, the harsh voice of the crow does not.

Verse 386 (1.2.386)

इतिहासोत्तमादस्माञ्जायन्ते कविबुद्धयः । पञ्चभ्य इव भूतेभ्यो लोकसंविधयस्त्रयः ॥

itihāsottamādasmāñjāyante kavibuddhayaḥ | pañcabhya iva bhūtebhyo lokasaṃvidhayastrayaḥ

From this finest of histories the ideas of poets are born, as from the five elements arise the ordered arrangements of the three worlds.

Note on the text: Corrected इव् → इव (misprint in Wikisource; stray virama).

Verse 387 (1.2.387)

अस्याख्यानस्य विषये पुराणं वर्तते द्विजाः । अन्तरिक्षस्य विषये प्रजा इव चतुर्विधाः ॥

asyākhyānasya viṣaye purāṇaṃ vartate dvijāḥ | antarikṣasya viṣaye prajā iva caturvidhāḥ

The Purana abides within the range of this story, O brahmins, as the four kinds of living beings abide within the sky.

Verse 388 (1.2.388)

क्रियागुणानां सर्वेषामिदमाख्यानमाश्रयः । इन्द्रियाणां समस्तानां चित्रा इव मनः क्रियाः ॥

kriyāguṇānāṃ sarveṣāmidamākhyānamāśrayaḥ | indriyāṇāṃ samastānāṃ citrā iva manaḥ kriyāḥ

This story is the support of every quality of action, as the senses all together are the support of the mind’s varied workings.

Verse 389 (1.2.389)

अनाश्रित्यैतदाख्यानं कथा भुवि न विद्यते । आहारमनपाश्रित्य शरीरस्येव धारणम् ॥

anāśrityaitadākhyānaṃ kathā bhuvi na vidyate | āhāramanapāśritya śarīrasyeva dhāraṇam

No tale is found on earth that does not rest on this story, just as the body cannot be sustained without relying on food.

Verse 390 (1.2.390)

इदं कविवरैः सर्वैराख्यानमुपजीव्यते । उदयप्रेप्सुभिर्भृत्यैरभिजात इवेश्वरः ॥

idaṃ kavivaraiḥ sarvairākhyānamupajīvyate | udayaprepsubhirbhṛtyairabhijāta iveśvaraḥ

All the finest poets live upon this story, as servants who hope to rise live upon a master of noble birth.

Verse 391 (1.2.391)

अस्य काव्यस्य कवयो न समर्था विशेषणे । साधोरिव गृहस्थस्य शेषास्त्रय इवाश्रमाः ॥

asya kāvyasya kavayo na samarthā viśeṣaṇe | sādhoriva gṛhasthasya śeṣāstraya ivāśramāḥ

Poets are not able to surpass this poem, just as the other three stages of life cannot surpass the good householder.

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

Verse 392 (1.2.392)

धर्मे मतिर्भवतु वः सततोत्थितानां । स ह्येक एव परलोकगतस्य बन्धुः । अर्थाः स्त्रियश्च निपुणैरपि सेव्यमाना । नैवाप्तभावमुपयान्ति न च स्थिरत्वम् ॥

dharme matirbhavatu vaḥ satatotthitānāṃ | sa hyeka eva paralokagatasya bandhuḥ | arthāḥ striyaśca nipuṇairapi sevyamānā | naivāptabhāvamupayānti na ca sthiratvam

May your minds rest on dharma, you who are always striving; for dharma alone is the kinsman of one who has gone to the other world. Wealth and women, however skilfully enjoyed, never truly become one’s own, nor do they last.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition’s text of this adhyaya (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 393 (1.2.393)

द्वैपायनौष्ठपुटनिःसृतमप्रमेयं । पुण्यं पवित्रमथ पापहरं शिवं च । यो भारतं समधिगच्छति वाच्यमानं । किं तस्य पुष्करजलैरभिषेचनेन ॥

dvaipāyanauṣṭhapuṭaniḥsṛtamaprameyaṃ | puṇyaṃ pavitramatha pāpaharaṃ śivaṃ ca | yo bhārataṃ samadhigacchati vācyamānaṃ | kiṃ tasya puṣkarajalairabhiṣecanena

What need of bathing in the waters of Pushkara has one who takes in the Bharata as it is recited — boundless, flowing from the lips of Dvaipayana, holy, purifying, destroying sin, and auspicious?

Verse 394 (1.2.394)

यदह्ना कुरुते पापं ब्राह्मणस्त्विन्द्रियैश्चरन् । महाभारतमाख्याय सन्ध्यां मुच्यति पश्चिमाम् ॥

yadahnā kurute pāpaṃ brāhmaṇastvindriyaiścaran | mahābhāratamākhyāya sandhyāṃ mucyati paścimām

Whatever sin a brahmin commits by day while moving among the objects of his senses, he is freed from it at the evening twilight by reciting the Mahabharata.

Note on the text: Corrected पाप ब्राह्मण → पापं ब्राह्मण (misprint in Wikisource; dropped anusvara; पापं is the object of कुरुते). Not in the critical edition’s text of this adhyaya (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 395 (1.2.395)

यद्रात्रौ कुरुते पापं कर्मणा मनसा गिरा । महाभारतमाख्याय पूर्वां सन्ध्यां प्रमुच्यते ॥

yadrātrau kurute pāpaṃ karmaṇā manasā girā | mahābhāratamākhyāya pūrvāṃ sandhyāṃ pramucyate

Whatever sin he commits at night, by deed, mind or speech, he is freed from it at the morning twilight by reciting the Mahabharata.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition’s text of this adhyaya (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 396 (1.2.396)

यो गोशतं कनकशृङ्गमयं ददाति । विप्राय वेदविदुषे च बहुश्रुताय । पुण्यां च भारतकथां शृणुयाच्च नित्यं । तुल्यं फलं भवति तस्य च तस्य चैव ॥

yo gośataṃ kanakaśṛṅgamayaṃ dadāti | viprāya vedaviduṣe ca bahuśrutāya | puṇyāṃ ca bhāratakathāṃ śṛṇuyācca nityaṃ | tulyaṃ phalaṃ bhavati tasya ca tasya caiva

One man gives a hundred cows with horns sheathed in gold to a brahmin versed in the Veda and widely learned; another listens every day to the holy story of the Bharata. The fruit is equal for the one and for the other.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition’s text of this adhyaya (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 397 (1.2.397)

आख्यानं तदिदमनुत्तमं महार्थं । विज्ञेयं महदिह पर्वसंग्रहेण । श्रुत्वादौ भवति नृणां सुखावगाहं । विस्तीर्णं लवणजलं यथा प्लवेन ॥

ākhyānaṃ tadidamanuttamaṃ mahārthaṃ | vijñeyaṃ mahadiha parvasaṃgraheṇa | śrutvādau bhavati nṛṇāṃ sukhāvagāhaṃ | vistīrṇaṃ lavaṇajalaṃ yathā plavena

This unsurpassed story, great in meaning, is to be known here in its greatness through the summary of the parvas. Heard first in this way, it becomes easy for people to enter, as the wide salt sea is with a boat.