The Pandavas Return to Hastinapura

Verse 1 (1.226.1)

एवमेतन्महाप्राज्ञ यथात्थ विदुराद्य माम् । ममापि परमो हर्षः संबन्धेऽस्मिन्कृते प्रभो ॥

evametanmahāprājña yathāttha vidurādya mām | mamāpi paramo harṣaḥ saṃbandhe'sminkṛte prabho

It is just as you tell me today, wise Vidura. My own joy too is very great, my lord, now that this alliance has been made.

Verse 2 (1.226.2)

गमनं चापि युक्तं स्याद्दृढमेषां महात्मनाम् । न तु तावन्मया युक्तमेतद्वक्तुं स्वयं गिरा ॥

gamanaṃ cāpi yuktaṃ syāddṛḍhameṣāṃ mahātmanām | na tu tāvanmayā yuktametadvaktuṃ svayaṃ girā

It would certainly be right for these great-souled men to go; but it is not fitting for me to say so myself, in my own words.

Verse 3 (1.226.3)

यदा तु मन्यते वीरः कुन्तीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः । भीमसेनार्जुनौ चैव यमौ च पुरुषर्षभौ ॥

yadā tu manyate vīraḥ kuntīputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | bhīmasenārjunau caiva yamau ca puruṣarṣabhau

When the hero Yudhishthira, son of Kunti, thinks it right, and Bhimasena and Arjuna, and the twins, those bulls among men,

Verse 4 (1.226.4)

रामकृष्णौ च धर्मज्ञौ तदा गच्छन्तु पाण्डवाः । एतौ हि पुरुषव्याघ्रावेषां प्रियहिते रतौ ॥

rāmakṛṣṇau ca dharmajñau tadā gacchantu pāṇḍavāḥ | etau hi puruṣavyāghrāveṣāṃ priyahite ratau

and Rama and Krishna, who know the dharma, then let the Pandavas go; for these two tigers among men are devoted to their welfare and to what is dear to them.

Verse 5 (1.226.5)

परवन्तो वयं राजंस्त्वयि सर्वे सहानुगाः । यथा वक्ष्यसि नः प्रीत्या तत्करिष्यामहे वयम् ॥

paravanto vayaṃ rājaṃstvayi sarve sahānugāḥ | yathā vakṣyasi naḥ prītyā tatkariṣyāmahe vayam

O king, we and all our followers are in your hands. Whatever you tell us out of kindness, that we shall do.

Verse 6 (1.226.6)

ततोऽब्रवीद्वासुदेवो गमनं रोचते मम । यथा वा मन्यते राजा द्रुपदः सर्वधर्मवित् ॥

tato'bravīdvāsudevo gamanaṃ rocate mama | yathā vā manyate rājā drupadaḥ sarvadharmavit

Then Vasudeva said, "I am in favour of their going, or else let it be as King Drupada, who knows all the dharma, thinks fit."

Verse 7 (1.226.7)

यथैव मन्यते वीरो दाशार्हः पुरुषोत्तमः । प्राप्तकालं महाबाहुः सा बुद्धिर्निश्चिता मम ॥

yathaiva manyate vīro dāśārhaḥ puruṣottamaḥ | prāptakālaṃ mahābāhuḥ sā buddhirniścitā mama

Whatever the mighty-armed hero of the Dasharhas, the best of men, thinks timely, that is my settled judgement too.

Verse 8 (1.226.8)

यथैव हि महाभागाः कौन्तेया मम सांप्रतम् । तथैव वासुदेवस्य पाण्डुपुत्रा न संशयः ॥

yathaiva hi mahābhāgāḥ kaunteyā mama sāṃpratam | tathaiva vāsudevasya pāṇḍuputrā na saṃśayaḥ

For just as the illustrious sons of Kunti are now mine, so too, without doubt, the sons of Pandu are Vasudeva's.

Verse 9 (1.226.9)

न तद्ध्यायति कौन्तेयः पाण्डुपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः । यथैषां पुरुषव्याघ्रः श्रेयो ध्यायति केशवः ॥

na taddhyāyati kaunteyaḥ pāṇḍuputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | yathaiṣāṃ puruṣavyāghraḥ śreyo dhyāyati keśavaḥ

Not even Yudhishthira, son of Kunti and of Pandu, thinks of their good as much as Keshava, that tiger among men, thinks of it.

Verse 10 (1.226.10)

पृथायास्तु ततो वेश्म प्रविवेश महामतिः । पादौ स्पृष्ट्वा पृथायास्तु शिरसा च महीं गतः ॥

pṛthāyāstu tato veśma praviveśa mahāmatiḥ | pādau spṛṣṭvā pṛthāyāstu śirasā ca mahīṃ gataḥ

Then the wise Vidura went into Pritha's dwelling; he touched Pritha's feet and bowed his head to the ground.

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark (backtick) that opens a bracketed passage in Wikisource (to the first line of verse 17). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, after 1.199.9).

Verse 11 (1.226.11)

दृष्ट्वा तु देवरं कुन्ती शुशोच च मुहुर्मुहुः ॥

dṛṣṭvā tu devaraṃ kuntī śuśoca ca muhurmuhuḥ

Seeing her brother-in-law, Kunti wept again and again.

Note on the text: Split: Wikisource prints the speaker line कुन्त्युवाच inside its verse 11 (marked 1-226-11x), after this narrative line; the narration and the first line of Kunti's speech are given as separate verses. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, after 1.199.9).

Verse 12 (1.226.12)

वैचित्रवीर्य ते पुत्राः कथंचिज्जीवितास्त्वया ॥

vaicitravīrya te putrāḥ kathaṃcijjīvitāstvayā

Son of Vichitravirya, it is you who have somehow kept your sons alive.

Note on the text: Split from Wikisource verse 11 at the printed speaker line कुन्त्युवाच; speaker changed from वैशम्पायन to कुन्ती. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, after 1.199.9).

Verse 13 (1.226.13)

त्वत्प्रसादाज्जतुगृहे मृताः प्रत्यागतास्तथा । कूर्मी चिन्तयते पुत्रान्यत्र वा तत्र संमता ॥

tvatprasādājjatugṛhe mṛtāḥ pratyāgatāstathā | kūrmī cintayate putrānyatra vā tatra saṃmatā

By your grace they who were as good as dead in the lac house have come back. A mother tortoise, wherever she may be, keeps her young in her thoughts,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, after 1.199.9).

Verse 14 (1.226.14)

चिन्तया वर्धिताः पुत्रा यथा कुशलिनस्तथा । तव पुत्रास्तु जीवन्ति त्वद्भक्त्या भरतर्षभ ॥

cintayā vardhitāḥ putrā yathā kuśalinastathā | tava putrāstu jīvanti tvadbhaktyā bharatarṣabha

and just as her young grow and thrive through that thought alone, so your sons live through your devotion, O bull of the Bharatas.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, after 1.199.9).

Verse 15 (1.226.15)

यथा परभृतः पुत्रानरिष्टा वर्धयेत्सदा । तथैव पुत्रास्तु मम त्वया तात सुरक्षिताः ॥

yathā parabhṛtaḥ putrānariṣṭā vardhayetsadā | tathaiva putrāstu mama tvayā tāta surakṣitāḥ

As the crow always rears the young of the cuckoo, so my sons, dear brother, have been well protected by you.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, after 1.199.9).

Verse 16 (1.226.16)

क्लेशास्तु बहवः प्राप्तास्तथा प्राणान्तिका मया । अतः परं न जानामि कर्तव्यं ज्ञातुमर्हसि ॥

kleśāstu bahavaḥ prāptāstathā prāṇāntikā mayā | ataḥ paraṃ na jānāmi kartavyaṃ jñātumarhasi

I have suffered many hardships, and some of them nearly cost me my life. What must be done from now on I do not know; it is for you to know.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, after 1.199.9).

Verse 17 (1.226.17)

न विनश्यन्ति लोकेषु तव पुत्रा महाबलाः । अचिरेणैव कालेन स्वराज्यस्था भवन्ति ते ॥

na vinaśyanti lokeṣu tava putrā mahābalāḥ | acireṇaiva kālena svarājyasthā bhavanti te

Your sons, mighty as they are, will not perish in this world; before long they will be established in their own kingdom,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, after 1.199.9).

Verse 18 (1.226.18)

बान्धवैः सहिताः सर्वे न शोकं कुरु माधवि ॥

bāndhavaiḥ sahitāḥ sarve na śokaṃ kuru mādhavi

all of them, together with their kinsmen. Do not grieve, Madhavi.

Note on the text: Split: the input carried the speaker line वैशंपायन उवाच (Wikisource 1-226-17x, with a stray wiki mark ') inside the Sanskrit of verse 17; it is removed, and this line, which closes Vidura's words, is given as its own verse. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, after 1.199.9).

Verse 19 (1.226.19)

ततस्ते समनुज्ञाता द्रुपदेन महात्मना ॥

tataste samanujñātā drupadena mahātmanā

Then, given leave by the great-souled Drupada,

Note on the text: Split from Wikisource verse 17 at the printed speaker line वैशंपायन उवाच; speaker changed from विदुर to वैशम्पायन. This line is the first line of the critical edition's 1.199.10.

Verse 20 (1.226.20)

पाण्डवाश्चैव कृष्णश्च विदुरश्च महामतिः । आदाय द्रौपदीं कृष्णां कुन्तीं चैव यशस्विनीम् ॥

pāṇḍavāścaiva kṛṣṇaśca viduraśca mahāmatiḥ | ādāya draupadīṃ kṛṣṇāṃ kuntīṃ caiva yaśasvinīm

the Pandavas, Krishna and the wise Vidura, taking with them Draupadi, the dark princess, and the illustrious Kunti,

Note on the text: Speaker changed from विदुर to वैशम्पायन: narration, after the speaker line वैशंपायन उवाच printed in verse 17. First line = second line of the critical edition's 1.199.10; second line = first line of 1.199.11.

Verse 21 (1.226.21)

सविहारं सुखं जग्मुर्नगरं नागसाह्वयम् । सुवर्णकक्ष्याग्रैवेयान्सुवर्णाङ्कुशभूषितान् ॥

savihāraṃ sukhaṃ jagmurnagaraṃ nāgasāhvayam | suvarṇakakṣyāgraiveyānsuvarṇāṅkuśabhūṣitān

travelled at their ease, enjoying the journey, to the city named after the elephant. Elephants with golden girths and neck-chains, adorned with golden goads,

Note on the text: Speaker changed from विदुर to वैशम्पायन: narration, after the speaker line वैशंपायन उवाच printed in verse 17. First line = second line of the critical edition's 1.199.11. Removed a stray wiki mark (backtick) before the second line, which opens a bracketed passage (to verse 27); that passage is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, after 1.199.11).

Verse 22 (1.226.22)

जाम्बूनदपरिष्कारान्प्रभिन्नकरटामुखान् । अधिष्ठितान्महामात्रैः सर्वशस्त्रसमन्वितान् ॥

jāmbūnadapariṣkārānprabhinnakaraṭāmukhān | adhiṣṭhitānmahāmātraiḥ sarvaśastrasamanvitān

decked in gold, in rut with their temples streaming, each mounted by its driver and furnished with every kind of weapon,

Note on the text: Speaker changed from विदुर to वैशम्पायन: narration, after the speaker line वैशंपायन उवाच printed in verse 17. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, after 1.199.11).

Verse 23 (1.226.23)

सहस्रं प्रददौ राजा गजानां वरवर्मिणाम् । रथानां च सहस्रं वै सुवर्णमणिचित्रितम् ॥

sahasraṃ pradadau rājā gajānāṃ varavarmiṇām | rathānāṃ ca sahasraṃ vai suvarṇamaṇicitritam

a thousand such elephants in fine armour did the king give; and a thousand chariots, bright with gold and gems,

Note on the text: Speaker changed from विदुर to वैशम्पायन: narration, after the speaker line वैशंपायन उवाच printed in verse 17. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, after 1.199.11).

Verse 24 (1.226.24)

चतुर्युजां भानुमच्च पञ्चानां प्रददौ तदा । सुवर्णपरिबर्हाणां वरचामरमालिनाम् ॥

caturyujāṃ bhānumacca pañcānāṃ pradadau tadā | suvarṇaparibarhāṇāṃ varacāmaramālinām

gleaming, each drawn by four horses, with golden trappings and garlands of fine yak-tail whisks, he then gave to the five.

Note on the text: Speaker changed from विदुर to वैशम्पायन: narration, after the speaker line वैशंपायन उवाच printed in verse 17. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, after 1.199.11).

Verse 25 (1.226.25)

जात्यश्वानां च पञ्चाशत्सहस्रं प्रददौ नृपः । दासीनामयुतं राजा प्रददौ वरभूषणम् । ततः सहस्रं दासानां प्रददौ वरधन्वनाम् ॥

jātyaśvānāṃ ca pañcāśatsahasraṃ pradadau nṛpaḥ | dāsīnāmayutaṃ rājā pradadau varabhūṣaṇam | tataḥ sahasraṃ dāsānāṃ pradadau varadhanvanām

The king gave fifty thousand horses of noble breed; the king gave ten thousand maidservants in fine ornaments; and then he gave a thousand menservants, all excellent bowmen.

Note on the text: Speaker changed from विदुर to वैशम्पायन: narration, after the speaker line वैशंपायन उवाच printed in verse 17. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, after 1.199.11).

Verse 26 (1.226.26)

हैमानि शय्यासनभाजनानि । द्रव्याणि चान्यानि च गोधनानि । पृथक्पृथक्चैव ददौ स कोटिं । पाञ्चालराजः परमप्रहृष्टः ॥

haimāni śayyāsanabhājanāni | dravyāṇi cānyāni ca godhanāni | pṛthakpṛthakcaiva dadau sa koṭiṃ | pāñcālarājaḥ paramaprahṛṣṭaḥ

Golden beds, seats and vessels, other goods and herds of cattle as well, a crore of each, the king of Panchala gave separately, in the height of his joy.

Note on the text: Corrected शय्यासनबाजनानि → शय्यासनभाजनानि and पृथक्पृथक्वैव → पृथक्पृथक्चैव (misprints in Wikisource; ब for भ and व for च, as in the critical edition's apparatus, bhājanāni and pṛthak caiva). Speaker changed from विदुर to वैशम्पायन: narration, after the speaker line वैशंपायन उवाच printed in verse 17. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, after 1.199.11).

Verse 27 (1.226.27)

शिबिकानां शतं पूर्णं वाहान्पञ्चशतं नरान् ॥

śibikānāṃ śataṃ pūrṇaṃ vāhānpañcaśataṃ narān

A full hundred palanquins, and five hundred men to carry them.

Note on the text: A single half-verse as printed. Speaker changed from विदुर to वैशम्पायन: narration, after the speaker line वैशंपायन उवाच printed in verse 17. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, after 1.199.11).

Verse 28 (1.226.28)

एवमेतानि पाञ्चालो जन्यार्थे प्रददौ धनम् । हरणं चापि पाञ्चाल्या ज्ञातिदेयं च सोमकः ॥

evametāni pāñcālo janyārthe pradadau dhanam | haraṇaṃ cāpi pāñcālyā jñātideyaṃ ca somakaḥ

In this way the king of Panchala gave this wealth for the wedding party; and Somaka (Drupada) also gave the parting gifts for the princess of Panchala and the gifts due from her kinsmen.

Note on the text: Speaker changed from विदुर to वैशम्पायन: narration, after the speaker line वैशंपायन उवाच printed in verse 17. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, after 1.199.11).

Verse 29 (1.226.29)

धृष्टद्युम्नो ययौ तत्र भगिनीं गृह्य भारत । नानद्यमानो बहुशस्तूर्यघोषैः सहस्रशः ॥

dhṛṣṭadyumno yayau tatra bhaginīṃ gṛhya bhārata | nānadyamāno bahuśastūryaghoṣaiḥ sahasraśaḥ

Dhrishtadyumna went along with them, O Bharata, escorting his sister, amid the loud and repeated sound of thousands of trumpets.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (।।') that close the bracketed passage. Speaker changed from विदुर to वैशम्पायन: narration, after the speaker line वैशंपायन उवाच printed in verse 17. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, after 1.199.11).

Verse 30 (1.226.30)

श्रुत्वा चोपस्थितान्वीरान्धृतराष्ट्रोऽम्बिकासुतः । प्रतिग्रहाय पाण्डूनां प्रेषयामास कौरवान् ॥

śrutvā copasthitānvīrāndhṛtarāṣṭro'mbikāsutaḥ | pratigrahāya pāṇḍūnāṃ preṣayāmāsa kauravān

Hearing that the heroes had arrived, Dhritarashtra, son of Ambika, sent Kauravas out to receive the sons of Pandu:

Note on the text: Speaker changed from विदुर to वैशम्पायन: narration, after the speaker line वैशंपायन उवाच printed in verse 17.

Verse 31 (1.226.31)

विकर्णं च महेष्वासं चित्रसेनं च भारत । द्रोणं च परमेष्वासं गौतमं कृपमेव च ॥

vikarṇaṃ ca maheṣvāsaṃ citrasenaṃ ca bhārata | droṇaṃ ca parameṣvāsaṃ gautamaṃ kṛpameva ca

Vikarna the great archer and Chitrasena, O Bharata, Drona, supreme among archers, and Kripa of Gautama's line.

Note on the text: Speaker changed from विदुर to वैशम्पायन: narration, after the speaker line वैशंपायन उवाच printed in verse 17.

Verse 32 (1.226.32)

तैस्तैः परिवृताः शूरैः शोभमाना महारथाः । नगरं हास्तिनपुरं शनैः प्रविविशुस्तदा ॥

taistaiḥ parivṛtāḥ śūraiḥ śobhamānā mahārathāḥ | nagaraṃ hāstinapuraṃ śanaiḥ praviviśustadā

Surrounded by these heroes, the great chariot-warriors, shining in splendour, slowly entered the city of Hastinapura.

Note on the text: Speaker changed from विदुर to वैशम्पायन: narration, after the speaker line वैशंपायन उवाच printed in verse 17.

Verse 33 (1.226.33)

पाण्डवानागताञ्छ्रुत्वा नागरास्तु कुतूहलात् । मण्डयाञ्चक्रिरे तत्र नगरं नागसाह्वयम् ॥

pāṇḍavānāgatāñchrutvā nāgarāstu kutūhalāt | maṇḍayāñcakrire tatra nagaraṃ nāgasāhvayam

Hearing that the Pandavas had come, the citizens in their eagerness adorned the city named after the elephant.

Note on the text: Speaker changed from विदुर to वैशम्पायन: narration, after the speaker line वैशंपायन उवाच printed in verse 17. Removed a stray wiki mark (backtick) that opens a bracketed passage (to verse 33). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 34 (1.226.34)

मुक्तपुष्पावकीर्णं तु जलसिक्तं तु सर्वतः । धूपितं दिव्यधूपेन मङ्गलैश्चाभिसंवृतम् ॥

muktapuṣpāvakīrṇaṃ tu jalasiktaṃ tu sarvataḥ | dhūpitaṃ divyadhūpena maṅgalaiścābhisaṃvṛtam

It was strewn with scattered flowers and sprinkled with water everywhere, fragrant with heavenly incense and filled with auspicious things;

Note on the text: Speaker changed from विदुर to वैशम्पायन: narration, after the speaker line वैशंपायन उवाच printed in verse 17. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 35 (1.226.35)

पताकोच्छ्रितमाल्यं च पुरमप्रतिमं बभौ । शङ्खभेरीनिनादैश्च नानावादित्रनिस्वनैः ॥

patākocchritamālyaṃ ca puramapratimaṃ babhau | śaṅkhabherīninādaiśca nānāvāditranisvanaiḥ

with banners raised and garlands hung, the city shone beyond compare, ringing with conches and kettledrums and the music of many instruments.

Note on the text: Speaker changed from विदुर to वैशम्पायन: narration, after the speaker line वैशंपायन उवाच printed in verse 17. Removed stray wiki marks (।।') that close the bracketed passage. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 36 (1.226.36)

कौतूहलेन नगरं पूर्यमाणमिवाभवत् । यत्र ते पुरुषव्याघ्राः शोकदुःखसमन्विताः ॥

kautūhalena nagaraṃ pūryamāṇamivābhavat | yatra te puruṣavyāghrāḥ śokaduḥkhasamanvitāḥ

Out of eager curiosity the city seemed filled to overflowing. "Those tigers among men, full of grief and sorrow,

Note on the text: Speaker changed from विदुर to वैशम्पायन: narration, after the speaker line वैशंपायन उवाच printed in verse 17.

Verse 37 (1.226.37)

निर्गताश्च पुरात्पूर्वं धृतराष्ट्रप्रबाधिताः । पुनर्निवृत्ता दिष्ट्या वै सह मात्रा परन्तपाः ॥

nirgatāśca purātpūrvaṃ dhṛtarāṣṭraprabādhitāḥ | punarnivṛttā diṣṭyā vai saha mātrā parantapāḥ

who once left the city, harried by Dhritarashtra, have by good fortune come back with their mother, those scorchers of foes!"

Note on the text: Speaker changed from विदुर to वैशम्पायन: narration, after the speaker line वैशंपायन उवाच printed in verse 17. Removed a stray wiki mark (backtick) that opens a bracketed passage (to the first line of verse 36). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 38 (1.226.38)

इत्येवमीरिता वाचो जनैः प्रियचिकीर्षुभिः । तत उच्चावचा वाचः प्रियाः सर्वत्र भारत ॥

ityevamīritā vāco janaiḥ priyacikīrṣubhiḥ | tata uccāvacā vācaḥ priyāḥ sarvatra bhārata

Such were the words spoken by people eager to please. Then, O Bharata, all kinds of kindly words were spoken everywhere,

Note on the text: Speaker changed from विदुर to वैशम्पायन: narration, after the speaker line वैशंपायन उवाच printed in verse 17. Removed stray wiki marks (।') that close the bracketed passage. The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the second is the first line of the critical edition's 1.199.16.

Verse 39 (1.226.39)

उदीरितास्तदाऽशृण्वन्पाण्डवा हृदयंगमाः ॥

udīritāstadā'śṛṇvanpāṇḍavā hṛdayaṃgamāḥ

were uttered, and the Pandavas heard them, words that went to the heart.

Note on the text: Split: Wikisource prints the speaker line पौरा ऊचुः inside its verse 37 (marked 1-226-37x), after this narrative line; the narration and the first line of the citizens' words are given as separate verses. Speaker changed from विदुर to वैशम्पायन: narration, after the speaker line वैशंपायन उवाच printed in verse 17. This line is the second line of the critical edition's 1.199.16.

Verse 40 (1.226.40)

अयं स पुरुषव्याघ्रः पुनरायाति धर्मवित् ॥

ayaṃ sa puruṣavyāghraḥ punarāyāti dharmavit

"Here comes back that tiger among men who knows the dharma,

Note on the text: Split from Wikisource verse 37 at the printed speaker line पौरा ऊचुः; speaker changed from विदुर to पौर (the citizens). This line is the first line of the critical edition's 1.199.17.

Verse 41 (1.226.41)

यो नः स्वानिव दायादान्धर्मेण परिरक्षति । अद्य पाण्डुर्महाराजो वनादिव मनःप्रियम् ॥

yo naḥ svāniva dāyādāndharmeṇa parirakṣati | adya pāṇḍurmahārājo vanādiva manaḥpriyam

who protects us by dharma as though we were his own heirs. Today it is as if great King Pandu himself, dear to our hearts, had come back from the forest,

Note on the text: First line = second line of the critical edition's 1.199.17; second line = first line of 1.199.18.

Verse 42 (1.226.42)

आगतश्चैवमस्माकं चिकीर्षन्नात्र संशयः । किं न्वद्य सुकृतं कर्म सर्वेषां नः प्रियं परम् ॥

āgataścaivamasmākaṃ cikīrṣannātra saṃśayaḥ | kiṃ nvadya sukṛtaṃ karma sarveṣāṃ naḥ priyaṃ param

come back, beyond doubt, wishing to do us good. What good deed of ours has borne fruit today, so dear to us all,

Note on the text: First line = second line of the critical edition's 1.199.18; second line = first line of 1.199.19 (both with variant readings).

Verse 43 (1.226.43)

यन्नः कुन्तीसुता वीरा भर्तारः पुनरागताः । यदि दत्तं यदि हुतं यदि वाप्यस्ति नस्तपः । तेन तिष्ठन्तु नगरे पाण्डवाः शरदां शतम् ॥

yannaḥ kuntīsutā vīrā bhartāraḥ punarāgatāḥ | yadi dattaṃ yadi hutaṃ yadi vāpyasti nastapaḥ | tena tiṣṭhantu nagare pāṇḍavāḥ śaradāṃ śatam

that the heroic sons of Kunti, our protectors, have come back to us? If we have given anything in charity, if we have offered anything in sacrifice, if we have any austerity to our credit, by its power may the Pandavas dwell in this city for a hundred autumns."

Note on the text: First line = second line of the critical edition's 1.199.19; second and third lines = 1.199.20.

Verse 44 (1.226.44)

ततस्ते धृतराष्ट्रस्य भीष्मस्य च महात्मनः । अन्येषां च तदर्हाणां चक्रुः पादाभिवन्दनम् ॥

tataste dhṛtarāṣṭrasya bhīṣmasya ca mahātmanaḥ | anyeṣāṃ ca tadarhāṇāṃ cakruḥ pādābhivandanam

Then they bowed at the feet of Dhritarashtra, of the great-souled Bhishma, and of the others who were worthy of that honour.

Note on the text: Speaker changed from पौर to वैशम्पायन: the narration resumes after the citizens' words (no speaker line is printed).

Verse 45 (1.226.45)

पृष्टास्तु कुशलप्रश्नं सर्वेण नगरेण ते । समाविशन्त वेश्मानि धृतराष्ट्रस्य शासनात् ॥

pṛṣṭāstu kuśalapraśnaṃ sarveṇa nagareṇa te | samāviśanta veśmāni dhṛtarāṣṭrasya śāsanāt

Asked after their welfare by the whole city, they entered the dwellings assigned to them at Dhritarashtra's command.

Note on the text: Speaker changed from पौर to वैशम्पायन (narration). Matches the first two lines of the critical edition's 1.199.22 (which reads kṛtvā tu for पृष्टास्तु).