Bhishma Takes Leave of Krishna

Verse 1 (13.273.1)

ततः कुन्तीसुतो राजा पौरजानपदं जनम् । पूजयित्वा यथान्यायमनुजज्ञे गृहान्प्रति ॥

tataḥ kuntīsuto rājā paurajānapadaṃ janam | pūjayitvā yathānyāyamanujajñe gṛhānprati

Then Kunti's son, the king, honoured the townspeople and the people of the country as was fitting and gave them leave to return to their homes.

Verse 2 (13.273.2)

सान्त्वयामास नारीश्च हतपुत्रा हतेश्वराः । विपुलैरर्थदानैः स तदा पाण्डुसुतो नृपः ॥

sāntvayāmāsa nārīśca hataputrā hateśvarāḥ | vipulairarthadānaiḥ sa tadā pāṇḍusuto nṛpaḥ

The son of Pandu then consoled the women whose sons and husbands had been slain, with generous gifts of wealth.

Note on the text: Recension variants against the CE (hatavīrā hateśvarāḥ; ca tadā), kept.

Verse 3 (13.273.3)

सोभिषिक्तो महाप्राज्ञः प्राप्य राज्यं युधिष्ठिरः । अवस्थाप्य नरश्रेष्ठः सर्वाः स्वप्रकृतीस्तथा ॥

sobhiṣikto mahāprājñaḥ prāpya rājyaṃ yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | avasthāpya naraśreṣṭhaḥ sarvāḥ svaprakṛtīstathā

The wise Yudhishthira, best of men, was consecrated and gained the kingdom, and he set all his ministers and subjects in their places.

Verse 4 (13.273.4)

द्विजेभ्यो बलमुख्येभ्यो नैगमेभ्यश्च सर्वशः । प्रतिगृह्याशिषो मुख्यास्तथा धर्मभृतांवरः ॥

dvijebhyo balamukhyebhyo naigamebhyaśca sarvaśaḥ | pratigṛhyāśiṣo mukhyāstathā dharmabhṛtāṃvaraḥ

Then that best of upholders of dharma received the blessings of the brahmins, the chiefs of the army and the townsmen, in every quarter.

Verse 5 (13.273.5)

उषित्वा शर्वरीः श्रीमान्पञ्चाशन्नगरोत्तमे । समयं कौरवाग्र्यस्य सस्मार पुरुषर्षभः ॥

uṣitvā śarvarīḥ śrīmānpañcāśannagarottame | samayaṃ kauravāgryasya sasmāra puruṣarṣabhaḥ

After staying fifty nights in that excellent city, the glorious bull among men remembered the appointed time of the foremost of the Kurus.

Note on the text: After this verse the CE prints star lines 13,153.005d*0715_01-06 (a short exchange between Yudhishthira and Krishna, 'śrībhagavān'); Wikisource lacks them, not added.

Verse 6 (13.273.6)

स निर्ययौ गजपुराद्याजकैः परिवारितः । दृष्ट्वा निवृत्तमादित्यं प्रवृत्तं चोत्तरायणम् ॥

sa niryayau gajapurādyājakaiḥ parivāritaḥ | dṛṣṭvā nivṛttamādityaṃ pravṛttaṃ cottarāyaṇam

Seeing that the sun had turned back and the northward course had begun, he set out from Gajapura, escorted by his sacrificial priests.

Note on the text: Corrected जगपुराद्यजकैः → गजपुराद्याजकैः (misprint in Wikisource; जगपुर is not a city name here and यजकैः lacks the long आ; CE gajapurād yājakaiḥ).

Verse 7 (13.273.7)

घृतं माल्यं च गन्धांश्च क्षौमाणि च युधिष्ठिरः । चन्दनागरुमुख्यानि तथा कालगरूणि च ॥

ghṛtaṃ mālyaṃ ca gandhāṃśca kṣaumāṇi ca yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | candanāgarumukhyāni tathā kālagarūṇi ca

Yudhishthira had ghee, garlands, perfumes and linen cloths sent ahead, along with sandalwood, the finest aloe wood and black aloe,

Note on the text: Recension variant: कालगरूणि against CE kālāgarūṇi (same word, black aloe), kept.

Verse 8 (13.273.8)

प्रस्थाप्य च पूर्वं कौन्तेयो भीष्मसंस्करणाय वै । माल्यानि च वरार्हाणि रत्नानि विविधानि च ॥

prasthāpya ca pūrvaṃ kaunteyo bhīṣmasaṃskaraṇāya vai | mālyāni ca varārhāṇi ratnāni vividhāni ca

and Kunti's son had garlands fit for the best, and jewels of many kinds, sent ahead for Bhishma's funeral rites.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रस्थाप्यच → प्रस्थाप्य च (misprint in Wikisource; missing space between the words). Recension variants against the CE (भीष्मसंस्करणाय for bhīṣmasaṃsādhanāya; वरार्हाणि for mahārhāṇi), kept.

Verse 9 (13.273.9)

धृतराष्ट्रं पुरस्कृत्य गान्धारीं च यशस्विनीम् । मातरं च पृथां धीमान्भ्रातॄंश्च पुरुषर्षभान् ॥

dhṛtarāṣṭraṃ puraskṛtya gāndhārīṃ ca yaśasvinīm | mātaraṃ ca pṛthāṃ dhīmānbhrātṝṃśca puruṣarṣabhān

With Dhritarashtra and the renowned Gandhari before him, with his mother Pritha, and with his wise brothers, those bulls among men,

Note on the text: Corrected पुरुस्कृत्य → पुरस्कृत्य (misprint in Wikisource; CE puraskṛtya). Corrected धामान् → धीमान् (misprint in Wikisource; धामान् is not a word here; CE dhīmān). Corrected पुरुषर्षंभान् → पुरुषर्षभान् (misprint in Wikisource; stray anusvara; CE puruṣarṣabhaḥ). After this verse the CE prints star line 13,153.009d*0716_01; Wikisource lacks it, not added.

Verse 10 (13.273.10)

जनार्दनेनानुगतो विदुरेण च धीमता । युयुत्सुना च कौरव्यो युयुधानेन चाभिभो ॥

janārdanenānugato vidureṇa ca dhīmatā | yuyutsunā ca kauravyo yuyudhānena cābhibho

followed by Janardana, by the wise Vidura, by Yuyutsu and by Yuyudhana, that scion of the Kurus, O mighty one,

Verse 11 (13.273.11)

महता राजभोगेन पारिबर्हेण संवृतः । स्तूयमानो महातेजा भीष्मस्याग्नीननुव्रजन् ॥

mahatā rājabhogena pāribarheṇa saṃvṛtaḥ | stūyamāno mahātejā bhīṣmasyāgnīnanuvrajan

surrounded by great royal splendour and a large retinue, praised as he went, that man of great radiance followed Bhishma's sacrificial fires,

Note on the text: Corrected भीष्मिस्य → भीष्मस्य (misprint in Wikisource; stray vowel sign; CE bhīṣmasyāgnīn). Recension variants against the CE (राजभोगेन for rājabhogyena; महातेजा for mahārāja), kept.

Verse 12 (13.273.12)

निश्चक्राम पुरात्तस्माद्यथा देवपतिस्तथा । आससाद कुरुक्षेत्रे ततः शान्तनवं नृपः ॥

niścakrāma purāttasmādyathā devapatistathā | āsasāda kurukṣetre tataḥ śāntanavaṃ nṛpaḥ

left that city like the lord of the gods, and the king reached Shantanu's son at Kurukshetra.

Verse 13 (13.273.13)

उपास्यमानं व्यासेन पाराशर्येण धीमता । नारदेन च राजर्षे देवलेनासितेन च ॥

upāsyamānaṃ vyāsena pārāśaryeṇa dhīmatā | nāradena ca rājarṣe devalenāsitena ca

He was attended there by the wise Vyasa, son of Parashara, by Narada, O royal sage, and by Devala and Asita,

Verse 14 (13.273.14)

हतशिष्टैर्नृपैश्चान्यैर्नानादेशसमागतैः । रक्षिभिश्च महात्मानं रक्ष्यमाणं समन्ततः ॥

hataśiṣṭairnṛpaiścānyairnānādeśasamāgataiḥ | rakṣibhiśca mahātmānaṃ rakṣyamāṇaṃ samantataḥ

along with other kings who had survived the slaughter and had come from many lands, and the great-souled man was guarded on every side by guards.

Note on the text: Corrected नृपैस्चा → नृपैश्चा (misprint in Wikisource; स्च is not a valid conjunct here; CE nṛpaiś cānyair).

Verse 15 (13.273.15)

शयानं वीरशयने ददर्श नृपतिस्ततः । ततो रथादवारोहद्धातृभिः सह धर्मराट् ॥

śayānaṃ vīraśayane dadarśa nṛpatistataḥ | tato rathādavārohaddhātṛbhiḥ saha dharmarāṭ

The king saw him lying on the hero's bed. Then Dharma's king got down from his chariot with his brothers,

Note on the text: After the first line of the CE verse the CE prints star line 13,153.015b*0717_01; Wikisource lacks it, not added.

Verse 16 (13.273.16)

अभिवाद्याथ कौन्तेयः पितामहमरिंदमम् । द्वैपायनादीन्विप्रांश्च तैश्च प्रत्यभिनन्दितः ॥

abhivādyātha kaunteyaḥ pitāmahamariṃdamam | dvaipāyanādīnviprāṃśca taiśca pratyabhinanditaḥ

and Kunti's son saluted his grandfather, the subduer of enemies, and the brahmins led by Dvaipayana, and was greeted warmly by them in return.

Note on the text: After this verse the CE prints star line 13,153.016d*0718_01; Wikisource lacks it, not added.

Verse 17 (13.273.17)

ऋत्विग्भिर्ब्रह्मकल्पैश्च भ्रातृभिः सह धर्मजः । आसाद्य शरतल्पस्थमृषिभिः परिवारितम् ॥

ṛtvigbhirbrahmakalpaiśca bhrātṛbhiḥ saha dharmajaḥ | āsādya śaratalpasthamṛṣibhiḥ parivāritam

With his priests, who were the equals of Brahma, and with his brothers, Dharma's son came up to him as he lay on the bed of arrows, surrounded by sages,

Note on the text: Line 1 reads भ्रातृभिः सह धर्मजः where the CE has bhrātṛbhiś ca sahācyutaḥ (recension variant, kept). The CE prints star line 13,153.017b*0719_01 after line 1; Wikisource lacks it, not added.

Verse 18 (13.273.18)

अब्रवीद्भरतश्रेष्ठं धर्मराजो युधिष्ठिरः । भ्रातृभिः सह कौरव्यः शयानं निम्नगासुतम् ॥

abravīdbharataśreṣṭhaṃ dharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | bhrātṛbhiḥ saha kauravyaḥ śayānaṃ nimnagāsutam

and Yudhishthira, the king of dharma, together with his brothers, spoke to the best of the Bharatas, the son of the river, as he lay there.

Verse 19 (13.273.19)

युधिष्ठिरोऽहं नृपते नमस्ते जाह्नवीसुत । शृणोषि चेन्महाबाहो ब्रूहि किं करवाणि ते ॥

yudhiṣṭhiro'haṃ nṛpate namaste jāhnavīsuta | śṛṇoṣi cenmahābāho brūhi kiṃ karavāṇi te

I am Yudhishthira, O king; I bow to you, son of Jahnavi. If you can hear me, mighty-armed one, tell me what I should do for you.

Note on the text: Speech of Yudhishthira (no heading on the page; the input carried the narrator over).

Verse 20 (13.273.20)

प्राप्तोस्मि समये राजन्नग्नीनादाय ते विभो । आचार्यान्ब्राह्मणांश्चैव ऋत्विजो भ्रातरश्च मे ॥

prāptosmi samaye rājannagnīnādāya te vibho | ācāryānbrāhmaṇāṃścaiva ṛtvijo bhrātaraśca me

I have come at the appointed time, O king, bringing your sacred fires, O lord, with the teachers, the brahmins, the priests and my brothers.

Note on the text: Speech of Yudhishthira. Recension variant: आचार्यान्ब्राह्मणांश्चैव ऋत्विजो (accusatives) against CE ācāryā brāhmaṇāś caiva ṛtvijo, kept.

Verse 21 (13.273.21)

पुत्रश्च ते महातेजा धृतराष्ट्रो जनेश्वरः । उपस्थितः सहामात्यो वासुदेवश्च वीर्यवान् ॥

putraśca te mahātejā dhṛtarāṣṭro janeśvaraḥ | upasthitaḥ sahāmātyo vāsudevaśca vīryavān

Your son, the mighty Dhritarashtra, lord of men, is here with his ministers, and so is the valiant Vasudeva.

Note on the text: Speech of Yudhishthira.

Verse 22 (13.273.22)

हतशिष्टाश्च राजानः सर्वे च कुरुजाङ्गलाः । तान्पश्य नरशार्दूल समुन्मीलय लोचने ॥

hataśiṣṭāśca rājānaḥ sarve ca kurujāṅgalāḥ | tānpaśya naraśārdūla samunmīlaya locane

The surviving kings and all the people of the Kuru country are here as well. Look at them, O tiger among men, and open your eyes.

Note on the text: Speech of Yudhishthira. Recension variant: नरशार्दूल for CE kuruśārdūla, kept.

Verse 23 (13.273.23)

यच्चेह किञ्चित्कर्तव्यं तत्सर्वं प्रापितं मया । यथोक्तं भवता काले सर्वमेव च तत्कृतम् ॥

yacceha kiñcitkartavyaṃ tatsarvaṃ prāpitaṃ mayā | yathoktaṃ bhavatā kāle sarvameva ca tatkṛtam

Whatever had to be done here, I have seen it all through, and everything you instructed at the proper time has been done.

Note on the text: Speech of Yudhishthira.

Verse 24 (13.273.24)

एवमुक्तस्तु गाङ्गेयः कुन्तीपुत्रेण धीमता । ददर्श भारतान्सर्वान्स्थितान्सम्परिवार्य ह ॥

evamuktastu gāṅgeyaḥ kuntīputreṇa dhīmatā | dadarśa bhāratānsarvānsthitānsamparivārya ha

Thus addressed by the wise son of Kunti, Ganga's son looked at the Bharatas standing all around him.

Note on the text: Recension variant: ह for CE tam, kept.

Verse 25 (13.273.25)

ततश्चलवपुर्भीष्मः प्रगृह्य विपुलं भुजम् । ओघमेघस्वरो वाग्मी काले वचनमब्रवीत् ॥

tataścalavapurbhīṣmaḥ pragṛhya vipulaṃ bhujam | oghameghasvaro vāgmī kāle vacanamabravīt

Then Bhishma, his body frail, took Yudhishthira's strong arm in his own and, in a voice deep as a rumbling cloud, spoke in his fluent way at the right time.

Note on the text: Recension variant: ततश्चलवपुः for CE tataś calavaliḥ, kept.

Verse 26 (13.273.26)

दिष्ट्या प्राप्तोसि कौन्तेय सहामात्यो युधिष्ठिर । परिवृत्तो हि भगवान्सहस्रांशुर्दिवाकरः ॥

diṣṭyā prāptosi kaunteya sahāmātyo yudhiṣṭhira | parivṛtto hi bhagavānsahasrāṃśurdivākaraḥ

By good fortune you have come, Yudhishthira, son of Kunti, with your ministers. For the blessed thousand-rayed sun, maker of day, has turned.

Note on the text: Bhishma's speech (no heading on the page; the input carried the narrator over).

Verse 27 (13.273.27)

अष्टपञ्चाशतं रात्र्यः शयानस्याद्य मे गताः । शरेषु निशिताग्नेषु यथा वर्षशतं तथा ॥

aṣṭapañcāśataṃ rātryaḥ śayānasyādya me gatāḥ | śareṣu niśitāgneṣu yathā varṣaśataṃ tathā

Fifty-eight nights have passed for me today as I have lain on these sharp-pointed arrows, and they have seemed like a hundred years.

Note on the text: Bhishma's speech.

Verse 28 (13.273.28)

माघोऽयं समनुप्राप्तो मासः पुण्यो युधिष्ठिर । त्रिभागशेषः पक्षोऽयं शुक्लो भवितुमर्हति ॥

māgho'yaṃ samanuprāpto māsaḥ puṇyo yudhiṣṭhira | tribhāgaśeṣaḥ pakṣo'yaṃ śuklo bhavitumarhati

This holy month of Magha has come, Yudhishthira; a third of this bright fortnight must remain.

Note on the text: Bhishma's speech.

Verse 29 (13.273.29)

एवमुक्त्वा तु गाङ्गेयो धर्मपुत्रं युधिष्ठिरम् । धृतराष्ट्रमथामन्त्र्य काले वचनमब्रवीत् ॥

evamuktvā tu gāṅgeyo dharmaputraṃ yudhiṣṭhiram | dhṛtarāṣṭramathāmantrya kāle vacanamabravīt

Having spoken thus to Yudhishthira, the son of Dharma, Ganga's son turned to Dhritarashtra and spoke at the right time.

Verse 30 (13.273.30)

राजन्विदितधर्मोसि सुनिर्णीतार्थसंशयः । बहुश्रुता हि ते विप्रा बहवः पर्युपासिताः ॥

rājanviditadharmosi sunirṇītārthasaṃśayaḥ | bahuśrutā hi te viprā bahavaḥ paryupāsitāḥ

You know dharma, O king, and your doubts about what is good have been fully settled. You have waited upon many learned brahmins.

Verse 31 (13.273.31)

वेद शास्त्राणि सूक्ष्माणि धर्मांश्च मनुजेश्वर । वेदांश्च चतुरः सर्वान्षडङ्गैरुपबृंहितान् ॥

veda śāstrāṇi sūkṣmāṇi dharmāṃśca manujeśvara | vedāṃśca caturaḥ sarvānṣaḍaṅgairupabṛṃhitān

You know the subtle treatises, O lord of men, and the dharmas, and all four Vedas together with their six auxiliary sciences.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment: this is a recension variant of CE 13.153.31 (vedaśāstrāṇi sarvāṇi dharmāṃś ca manujeśvara / vedāṃś ca caturaḥ sāṅgān nikhilenāvabudhyase); line 1 differs (वेद शास्त्राणि सूक्ष्माणि) and line 2 differs (षडङ्गैरुपबृंहितान्). Wikisource reading kept.

Verse 32 (13.273.32)

न शोचितव्यं कौरव्य भवितव्यं हि तत्तथा । श्रुतं देवरहस्यं ते कृष्णद्वैपायनादपि ॥

na śocitavyaṃ kauravya bhavitavyaṃ hi tattathā | śrutaṃ devarahasyaṃ te kṛṣṇadvaipāyanādapi

You should not grieve, O Kaurava, for it had to be so. You have heard the secret of the gods even from Krishna Dvaipayana.

Verse 33 (13.273.33)

यथा पाण्डोः सुता राजंस्तथैव तव धर्मतः । तान्पालय स्थितो धर्मे गुरुशुश्रूषणे रतान् ॥

yathā pāṇḍoḥ sutā rājaṃstathaiva tava dharmataḥ | tānpālaya sthito dharme guruśuśrūṣaṇe ratān

As the sons of Pandu are your sons, O king, so they are by dharma. Protect them, standing firm in dharma; they are devoted to serving their elders.

Verse 34 (13.273.34)

धर्मराजो हि शुद्धात्मा निदेशे स्थास्यते तव । आनृशंस्यपरं ह्येनं जानामि गुरुवत्सलम् ॥

dharmarājo hi śuddhātmā nideśe sthāsyate tava | ānṛśaṃsyaparaṃ hyenaṃ jānāmi guruvatsalam

The king of dharma, pure in heart, will abide by your command. I know him to be given to compassion and devoted to his elders.

Note on the text: Corrected ह्येन → ह्येनं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped anusvara; CE hy enaṃ).

Verse 35 (13.273.35)

तव पुत्रा दुरात्मानः क्रोधलोभपरायणाः । ईर्ष्याभिभूता दुर्वृत्तास्तान्न शोचितुमर्हसि ॥

tava putrā durātmānaḥ krodhalobhaparāyaṇāḥ | īrṣyābhibhūtā durvṛttāstānna śocitumarhasi

Your sons were evil-minded, given to anger and greed, overcome by envy and wicked in conduct. You ought not to grieve for them.

Verse 36 (13.273.36)

एतावदुक्त्वा वचनं धृतराष्ट्रं मनीषिणम् । वासुदेवं महाबाहुमभ्यभाषत कौरवः ॥

etāvaduktvā vacanaṃ dhṛtarāṣṭraṃ manīṣiṇam | vāsudevaṃ mahābāhumabhyabhāṣata kauravaḥ

Having said this to the wise Dhritarashtra, the Kaurava addressed Vasudeva of the mighty arms.

Note on the text: Corrected एतावधुक्त्वा → एतावदुक्त्वा (misprint in Wikisource; misprint for the sandhi of एतावत् + उक्त्वा; CE etāvad uktvā). Corrected मभ्यभाषय → मभ्यभाषत (misprint in Wikisource; अभ्यभाषय is not a valid past form; CE abhyabhāṣata).

Verse 37 (13.273.37)

भगवन्देवदेवेश सुरासुरनमस्कृत । त्रिविक्रम नमस्तुभ्यं शङ्खचक्रगदाधर ॥

bhagavandevadeveśa surāsuranamaskṛta | trivikrama namastubhyaṃ śaṅkhacakragadādhara

Blessed Lord, god of gods, revered by gods and demons, Trivikrama, bearer of the conch, discus and mace, I bow to you.

Note on the text: Recension variant: नमस्तुभ्यं for CE namas te 'stu, kept.

Verse 38 (13.273.38)

वासुदेवो हिरण्यात्मा पुरुषः सविता विराद् । जीवभूतोऽनुरूपस्त्वं परमात्मा सनातनः ॥

vāsudevo hiraṇyātmā puruṣaḥ savitā virād | jīvabhūto'nurūpastvaṃ paramātmā sanātanaḥ

You are Vasudeva, the golden self, the Person, Savitr, the Virat. You have become the living soul and are in accord with it, the supreme self, the eternal.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: both lines = CE star lines 13,153.037d*0720_01-02 (following CE 13.153.37).

Verse 39 (13.273.39)

त्वद्भक्तं त्वद्गतिं शान्तमुदारमपरिग्रहम् । त्रायस्व पुण्डरीकाक्ष पुरुषोत्तम नित्यशः । अनुजानीहि मां कृष्ण वैकुण्ठ पुरुषोत्तम ॥

tvadbhaktaṃ tvadgatiṃ śāntamudāramaparigraham | trāyasva puṇḍarīkākṣa puruṣottama nityaśaḥ | anujānīhi māṃ kṛṣṇa vaikuṇṭha puruṣottama

Protect always, O lotus-eyed Purushottama, one who is devoted to you, who has you as his goal, who is calm, noble and without possessions. Give me leave, Krishna, Vaikuntha, Purushottama.

Note on the text: Lines 1-2 correspond to CE star lines 13,153.037d*0720_03-04 (page: त्वद्भक्तं त्वद्गतिं शान्तमुदारमपरिग्रहम्; CE: tvadbhaktaṃ tvadgatasvāntam adāram aparigraham; recension variant, kept); line 3 = CE 13.153.38a.

Verse 40 (13.273.40)

रक्ष्याश्च ते पाण्डवेया भवान्येषां परायणम् । उक्तवानस्मि दुर्बुद्धिं मन्दं दुर्योधनं तदा ॥

rakṣyāśca te pāṇḍaveyā bhavānyeṣāṃ parāyaṇam | uktavānasmi durbuddhiṃ mandaṃ duryodhanaṃ tadā

The sons of Pandu must be protected, for you are their refuge. I once said to the foolish, dull-witted Duryodhana:

Note on the text: Corrected दुर्बद्धिं → दुर्बुद्धिं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped vowel; CE durbuddhiṃ). Line 1 = CE 13.153.38c; line 2 corresponds to CE 13.153.39a (page: तदा; CE: purā).

Verse 41 (13.273.41)

यतः कृष्णस्ततो धर्मो यतो धर्मस्ततो जयः । वासुदेवेन तीर्थेन पुत्र संशाम्य पाण्डवैः ॥

yataḥ kṛṣṇastato dharmo yato dharmastato jayaḥ | vāsudevena tīrthena putra saṃśāmya pāṇḍavaiḥ

"Where Krishna is, there is dharma; where dharma is, there is victory. Make peace with the Pandavas, my son, through Vasudeva as the means,

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 13.153.39c; line 2 = CE 13.153.40a. The CE prints star lines 13,153.039b*0721_01 and 13,153.040b*0722_01 inside these verses; Wikisource lacks them, not added.

Verse 42 (13.273.42)

सन्धानस्य परः कालस्तवेति च पुनःपुनः । न च मे तद्वचो मूढः कृतवान्स सुमन्दधीः । घातयित्वेह पृथिवीं ततः स निधनं गतः ॥

sandhānasya paraḥ kālastaveti ca punaḥpunaḥ | na ca me tadvaco mūḍhaḥ kṛtavānsa sumandadhīḥ | ghātayitveha pṛthivīṃ tataḥ sa nidhanaṃ gataḥ

for the best time for a settlement is now," I told him again and again. But that fool of dull understanding did not heed my words, and having brought slaughter upon the earth, he met his death.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 13.153.40c; line 2 = CE 13.153.41a; line 3 = CE 13.153.41b.

Verse 43 (13.273.43)

त्वां तु जानाम्यहं देवं पुराणमृषिसत्तमम् । नरेण सहितं देव बदर्यां सुचिरोषितम् ॥

tvāṃ tu jānāmyahaṃ devaṃ purāṇamṛṣisattamam | nareṇa sahitaṃ deva badaryāṃ suciroṣitam

But I know you, O god, as the ancient one, the best of sages, who lived long at Badari together with Nara.

Note on the text: Recension variant: देव for CE vīra, kept.

Verse 44 (13.273.44)

तथा मे नारदः प्राह व्यासश्च सुमहातपाः । नरनारायणावेतौ सम्भूतौ मनुजेष्विति ॥

tathā me nāradaḥ prāha vyāsaśca sumahātapāḥ | naranārāyaṇāvetau sambhūtau manujeṣviti

Narada told me so, and the greatly ascetic Vyasa too: that these two, Nara and Narayana, have been born among men.

Verse 45 (13.273.45)

स मां त्वमनुजानीहि कृष्ण मोक्ष्ये कलेवरम् । त्वयाऽहं समनुज्ञातो गच्छेयं परमां गतिम् ॥

sa māṃ tvamanujānīhi kṛṣṇa mokṣye kalevaram | tvayā'haṃ samanujñāto gaccheyaṃ paramāṃ gatim

So give me leave, Krishna; I shall give up this body. Permitted by you, may I go to the supreme goal.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: both lines = CE star lines 13,153.043d*0723_01-02 (following CE 13.153.43).

Verse 46 (13.273.46)

अनुजानामि भीष्म त्वां वसून्प्राप्नुहि पार्थिव । न तेऽस्ति वृजिनं किञ्चिच्छुद्धात्मैश्वर्यसंयुतः ॥

anujānāmi bhīṣma tvāṃ vasūnprāpnuhi pārthiva | na te'sti vṛjinaṃ kiñcicchuddhātmaiśvaryasaṃyutaḥ

I give you leave, Bhishma; attain the Vasus, O king. There is no sin in you, pure-souled one, endowed with sovereign power.

Note on the text: Similarity 0.75: line 1 matches CE 13.153.44a; line 2 differs from CE 44c (mayā dṛṣṭaṃ mahādyute; page: शुद्धात्मैश्वर्यसंयुतः); recension variant, kept.

Verse 47 (13.273.47)

पितृभक्तोसि राजर्षे मार्कण्डेय इवापरः । तेन मृत्युस्तव वशे स्थितो भृत्य इवानतः ॥

pitṛbhaktosi rājarṣe mārkaṇḍeya ivāparaḥ | tena mṛtyustava vaśe sthito bhṛtya ivānataḥ

You are devoted to your father, O royal sage, a second Markandeya. Therefore death stands in your power, bowed down like a servant.

Verse 48 (13.273.48)

एवमुक्तस्तु गाङ्गेयः पाण्डवानिदमब्रवीत् । धृतराष्ट्रमुखांश्चापि सर्वांश्च सुहृदस्तथा ॥

evamuktastu gāṅgeyaḥ pāṇḍavānidamabravīt | dhṛtarāṣṭramukhāṃścāpi sarvāṃśca suhṛdastathā

Thus addressed, Ganga's son spoke to the Pandavas, to Dhritarashtra and the others, and to all his friends:

Verse 49 (13.273.49)

प्राणानुत्स्रष्टुमिच्छामि तत्रानुज्ञातुमर्हथ । सत्येषु यतितव्यं वः सत्यं हि परमं बलम् ॥

prāṇānutsraṣṭumicchāmi tatrānujñātumarhatha | satyeṣu yatitavyaṃ vaḥ satyaṃ hi paramaṃ balam

I wish to give up my breath; you should give me leave to do so. You must strive after truth, for truth is the supreme strength.

Note on the text: Bhishma's speech (no new heading on the page; the input carried the narrator over).

Verse 50 (13.273.50)

आनृशंस्यपरैर्भाव्यं सदैव नियतात्मभिः । ब्रह्मण्यैर्धर्मशीलैश्च तपोनित्यैश्च भारताः ॥

ānṛśaṃsyaparairbhāvyaṃ sadaiva niyatātmabhiḥ | brahmaṇyairdharmaśīlaiśca taponityaiśca bhāratāḥ

You must always be compassionate and self-controlled, devoted to brahmins, righteous in conduct and constant in austerity, O Bharatas.

Note on the text: Bhishma's speech.

Verse 51 (13.273.51)

इत्युक्त्वा सुहृदः सर्वांस्तथा सम्पूज्य चैव ह । धनं बहुविधं राजन्दत्त्वा नित्यं द्विजातिषु । पुनरेवाब्रवीद्धीमान्युधिष्ठिरमिदं वचः ॥

ityuktvā suhṛdaḥ sarvāṃstathā sampūjya caiva ha | dhanaṃ bahuvidhaṃ rājandattvā nityaṃ dvijātiṣu | punarevābravīddhīmānyudhiṣṭhiramidaṃ vacaḥ

Having said this, and having embraced and honoured all his friends, and having ever given wealth of many kinds to the brahmins, O king, the wise Bhishma spoke these words to Yudhishthira once more:

Note on the text: Removed the stray backtick and closing quote mark (`…।') printed around line 2. Line 1 = CE 13.153.49a; line 2 = CE star line 13,153.049b*0724_01 (not in the CE's numbered text); line 3 = CE 13.153.49c.

Verse 52 (13.273.52)

ब्राह्मणाश्चैव ते नित्यं प्राज्ञाश्चैव विशेषतः । आचार्या ऋत्विजश्चैव पूजनीया जनाधिप ॥

brāhmaṇāścaiva te nityaṃ prājñāścaiva viśeṣataḥ | ācāryā ṛtvijaścaiva pūjanīyā janādhipa

Brahmins, especially the learned ones, and teachers and priests must always be honoured by you, O lord of men.

Note on the text: Bhishma's speech. Last verse of the page; the page's footnote after the colophon (on 13-273-28, a gloss and variant reading) is not added.