Kadru Orders Her Sons to Darken the Horse's Tail

Verse 1 (13.22.1)

विनता तु तथेत्युक्त्वा कृतसंशयना पणे । कद्रूरपि तथेत्युक्त्वा पुत्रानिदमुवाच ह ॥

vinatā tu tathetyuktvā kṛtasaṃśayanā paṇe | kadrūrapi tathetyuktvā putrānidamuvāca ha

Vinata, though in doubt, agreed to the wager with the words "So be it"; and Kadru, too, saying "So be it", spoke these words to her sons.

Note on the text: Removed the speaker heading "भीष्म उवाच" (with a stray backtick) printed as the first line of the verse text; it is made the speaker. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 1A, lines 90-91, printed inline after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001A_0090-0091.

Verse 2 (13.22.2)

मया कृतः पणः पुत्रा मिथो विनतया सह । उच्चैरश्रवसि गान्धर्वे तच्छृणुध्वं भुजङ्गमाः ॥

mayā kṛtaḥ paṇaḥ putrā mitho vinatayā saha | uccairaśravasi gāndharve tacchṛṇudhvaṃ bhujaṅgamāḥ

"Sons, I have made a wager with Vinata about Uchchaihshravas, the Gandharva horse. Listen to it, O serpents.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 1A, lines 92-93, printed inline after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001A_0092-0093.

Verse 3 (13.22.3)

अब्रवं नैकवर्णं तं सैकवर्णमथाब्रवीत् । जिता दासी भवेत्पुत्राः सा वाऽहं वा न संशयः ॥

abravaṃ naikavarṇaṃ taṃ saikavarṇamathābravīt | jitā dāsī bhavetputrāḥ sā vā'haṃ vā na saṃśayaḥ

I said that it is not of one colour, but she said that it is of one colour. Whichever of us loses shall become the slave, my sons; of that there is no doubt.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 1A, lines 94-95, printed inline after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001A_0094-0095.

Verse 4 (13.22.4)

एकवर्णश्च वाजी स चन्द्रकोकनदप्रभः । साऽहं दासी भविष्यामि जिता पुत्रा न संशयः ॥

ekavarṇaśca vājī sa candrakokanadaprabhaḥ | sā'haṃ dāsī bhaviṣyāmi jitā putrā na saṃśayaḥ

That horse is of a single colour, bright as the moon and the red lotus. So, my sons, if I am defeated I shall become a slave, without doubt.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 1A, lines 96-97, printed inline after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001A_0096-0097.

Verse 5 (13.22.5)

ते यूयमश्वप्रवरमाविशध्वमतन्द्रिताः । सर्वश्वेतं वालधिषु वाला भूत्वाञ्जनप्रभाः ॥

te yūyamaśvapravaramāviśadhvamatandritāḥ | sarvaśvetaṃ vāladhiṣu vālā bhūtvāñjanaprabhāḥ

Therefore, all of you, without slackness, enter that best of horses, the all-white one, and become hairs in its tail, dark as collyrium.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 1A, lines 98-99, printed inline after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001A_0098-0099.

Verse 6 (13.22.6)

निकृत्या न जयः श्रेयान्मातः सत्या गिरः शृणु । आयत्यां च तदात्वे च न च धर्मोऽत्र विद्यते ॥

nikṛtyā na jayaḥ śreyānmātaḥ satyā giraḥ śṛṇu | āyatyāṃ ca tadātve ca na ca dharmo'tra vidyate

"Victory by deceit is not the better course, Mother; hear true words. Neither for the future nor for the present is there any dharma in it.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 1A, lines 100-101, printed inline after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001A_0100-0101.

Verse 7 (13.22.7)

सा त्वं धर्मादपेतं वै कुलस्यैवाहितं तव । निकृत्या विजयं मातर्मा स्म कार्षीः कथञ्चन ॥

sā tvaṃ dharmādapetaṃ vai kulasyaivāhitaṃ tava | nikṛtyā vijayaṃ mātarmā sma kārṣīḥ kathañcana

This course of yours departs from dharma and is harmful to your own family. Mother, never seek victory by deceit in any way.

Note on the text: Corrected कथञ्चना → कथञ्चन (misprint in Wikisource; the form कथञ्चना is not valid; CE kathaṃ cana). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 1A, lines 102-103, printed inline after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001A_0102-0103.

Verse 8 (13.22.8)

यद्यधर्मेण विजयं वयं काङ्क्षामहे क्वचित् । त्वया नाम निवार्याः स्म मा कुरुध्वमिति ध्रुवम् ॥

yadyadharmeṇa vijayaṃ vayaṃ kāṅkṣāmahe kvacit | tvayā nāma nivāryāḥ sma mā kurudhvamiti dhruvam

If ever we ourselves longed for victory by unrighteousness, you ought to be the one to restrain us, saying "Do not do it." That is certain.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 1A, lines 104-105, printed inline after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001A_0104-0105.

Verse 9 (13.22.9)

सा त्वमस्मानपि सतो विपापानृजुबुद्धिनः । कल्मषेणाभिसंयोक्तुं काङ्क्षसे लोभमोहिता ॥

sā tvamasmānapi sato vipāpānṛjubuddhinaḥ | kalmaṣeṇābhisaṃyoktuṃ kāṅkṣase lobhamohitā

Yet you, deluded by greed, wish to burden us with sin, though we are good, sinless and straightforward.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 1A, lines 106-107, printed inline after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001A_0106-0107.

Verse 10 (13.22.10)

ते वयं त्वां परित्यज्य द्रविष्याम दिशो दश । यत्र वाक्यं न ते मातः पुनः श्रोष्याम ईदृशम् ॥

te vayaṃ tvāṃ parityajya draviṣyāma diśo daśa | yatra vākyaṃ na te mātaḥ punaḥ śroṣyāma īdṛśam

So we shall leave you and flee to the ten directions, where, Mother, we shall never again hear such words from you.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 1A, lines 108-109, printed inline after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001A_0108-0109.

Verse 11 (13.22.11)

गुरोरप्यवलिप्तस्य कार्याकार्यमजानतः । उत्पथं प्रतिपन्नस्य परित्यागो विधीयते ॥

gurorapyavaliptasya kāryākāryamajānataḥ | utpathaṃ pratipannasya parityāgo vidhīyate

Even an elder who is arrogant, who does not know what should and should not be done, and who has strayed from the right path, is to be abandoned; so it is ordained."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 1A, lines 110-111, printed inline after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001A_0110-0111.

Verse 12 (13.22.12)

शृणोमि विविधा वाचो हेतुमत्यः समीरिताः । वक्रमार्गनिवृत्त्यर्थं तदहं वो न रोचये ॥

śṛṇomi vividhā vāco hetumatyaḥ samīritāḥ | vakramārganivṛttyarthaṃ tadahaṃ vo na rocaye

"I hear your many well-reasoned words, spoken to turn me from the crooked path; but I do not approve of them.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 1A, lines 112-113, printed inline after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001A_0112-0113.

Verse 13 (13.22.13)

न च तत्पणितं मन्दाः शक्यं जेतुमतोऽन्यथा । जिते निकृत्या श्रुत्वैतत्क्षेमं कुरुत पुत्रकाः ॥

na ca tatpaṇitaṃ mandāḥ śakyaṃ jetumato'nyathā | jite nikṛtyā śrutvaitatkṣemaṃ kuruta putrakāḥ

Fools, that wager cannot be won in any other way. Hear this, my sons: since the win is to be by deceit, do what makes for the good.

Note on the text: Corrected जेतुमतोऽन्वथा → जेतुमतोऽन्यथा (misprint in Wikisource; the form अन्वथा is not a word; CE ato 'nyathā). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 1A, lines 114-115, printed inline after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001A_0114-0115.

Verse 14 (13.22.14)

श्वोऽहं प्रभातसमये जिता धर्मेण पुत्रकाः । शैलूषिणी भविष्यामि विनताया न संशयः ॥

śvo'haṃ prabhātasamaye jitā dharmeṇa putrakāḥ | śailūṣiṇī bhaviṣyāmi vinatāyā na saṃśayaḥ

Tomorrow at dawn, my sons, if I am honestly defeated, I shall become Vinata's dancing-girl, her bondwoman; there is no doubt of it.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 1A, lines 116-117, printed inline after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001A_0116-0117.

Verse 15 (13.22.15)

इह चामुत्र चार्थाय पुत्रानिच्छन्ति मातरः । सेयमीहा विपन्ना मे युष्मानासाद्य सङ्गताम् ॥

iha cāmutra cārthāya putrānicchanti mātaraḥ | seyamīhā vipannā me yuṣmānāsādya saṅgatām

Mothers want sons for their welfare both in this world and in the next; but this hope of mine, resting on you who are gathered here, has been shattered.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 1A, lines 118-119, printed inline after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001A_0118-0119.

Verse 16 (13.22.16)

इह वा तारयेत्पुत्रः प्रेत्य वा तारयेत्पितॄन् । नात्र चित्रं भवेत्किञ्चित्पुनातीति च पुत्रकः ॥

iha vā tārayetputraḥ pretya vā tārayetpitṝn | nātra citraṃ bhavetkiñcitpunātīti ca putrakaḥ

A son saves his forefathers, either here or after death; there is nothing strange in this, since he is called a son because he purifies.

Note on the text: Corrected मात्र चित्रं भवेकिञ्चित्पुनातीति → नात्र चित्रं भवेत्किञ्चित्पुनातीति (misprint in Wikisource; मात्र is meaningless here and भवेकिञ्चित् is a broken sandhi; CE nātra citraṃ bhavet kiṃ cit). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 1A, lines 120-121, printed inline after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001A_0120-0121.

Verse 17 (13.22.17)

ते यूयं तारणार्थाय मम पुत्रा मनोजवाः । आविशध्वं हयश्रेष्ठं वाला भूत्वाऽञ्जनप्रभाः ॥

te yūyaṃ tāraṇārthāya mama putrā manojavāḥ | āviśadhvaṃ hayaśreṣṭhaṃ vālā bhūtvā'ñjanaprabhāḥ

So, my sons, swift as thought, enter the best of horses to save me, becoming hairs dark as collyrium.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 1A, lines 122-123, printed inline after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001A_0122-0123.

Verse 18 (13.22.18)

जानाम्यधर्मं सकलं विजिता विनता भवेत् । निकृत्या दासभावस्तु युष्मानप्यवपीडयेत् ॥

jānāmyadharmaṃ sakalaṃ vijitā vinatā bhavet | nikṛtyā dāsabhāvastu yuṣmānapyavapīḍayet

I know that it is wholly unrighteous, since Vinata would be defeated by it. Yet slavery that comes by trickery would crush you as well.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 1A, lines 124-125, printed inline after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001A_0124-0125.

Verse 19 (13.22.19)

निकृत्या विजयो वेति दासत्वं वा पराभवे । उभयं निश्चयं कृत्वा जयो वै धार्मिको वरः ॥

nikṛtyā vijayo veti dāsatvaṃ vā parābhave | ubhayaṃ niścayaṃ kṛtvā jayo vai dhārmiko varaḥ

Whether it is victory by deceit, or slavery on defeat: having weighed both, a victory that accords with dharma is the better.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 1A, lines 126-127, printed inline after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001A_0126-0127.

Verse 20 (13.22.20)

यद्यप्यधर्मो विजयो युष्मानेव स्पृशेत्पुनः । गुरोर्वचनमास्थाय धर्मो वा सम्भविष्यति ॥

yadyapyadharmo vijayo yuṣmāneva spṛśetpunaḥ | gurorvacanamāsthāya dharmo vā sambhaviṣyati

Even if the victory is unrighteous, the fault would touch only you; or else, by following your mother's word, it will become dharma."

Note on the text: Removed a stray quote mark (printed after the verse). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 1A, lines 128-129, printed inline after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001A_0128-0129.