Bhishma's Departure and Funeral

Verse 1 (13.274.1)

एवमुक्त्वा कुरून्सर्वान्भीष्मः शान्तनवस्तदा । तूष्णीं बभूव कौरव्यः स मुहूर्तमरिंदम ॥

evamuktvā kurūnsarvānbhīṣmaḥ śāntanavastadā | tūṣṇīṃ babhūva kauravyaḥ sa muhūrtamariṃdama

Having spoken thus to all the Kurus, Bhishma, Shantanu's son, fell silent for a moment, O subduer of foes.

Verse 2 (13.274.2)

धारयामास चात्मानं धारणासु यथाक्रमम् । तस्योर्ध्वमगमन्प्राणाः सन्निरुद्धा महात्मनः ॥

dhārayāmāsa cātmānaṃ dhāraṇāsu yathākramam | tasyordhvamagamanprāṇāḥ sanniruddhā mahātmanaḥ

He steadied his self through the practices of concentration in due order, and the vital breaths of the great soul, held in check, rose upward.

Note on the text: Wikisource's footnote after the colophon (13-274-2, a variant reading) is not added.

Verse 3 (13.274.3)

इदमाश्चर्यमासीच्च मध्ये तेषां महात्मनाम् । सहितैर्ऋषिभिः सर्वैस्तदा व्यासादिभिः प्रभो ॥

idamāścaryamāsīcca madhye teṣāṃ mahātmanām | sahitairṛṣibhiḥ sarvaistadā vyāsādibhiḥ prabho

Then this wonder took place in the midst of those great souls, the sages all gathered together, Vyasa and the rest, O lord:

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 13.154.3a; line 2 corresponds to CE 13.154.4e (सहितैर्ऋषिभिः सर्वैस्तदा व्यासादिभिः प्रभो against CE saha tair munibhiḥ sarvais tadā vyāsādibhir nṛpa; recension variant, kept). The alignment found no match; there is no Appendix I passage here.

Verse 4 (13.274.4)

यद्यन्मुञ्चति गात्रं हि स शन्तनुसुतस्तदा । तत्तद्विशल्यमभवद्योगयुक्तस्य वै क्रमात् । क्षणेन प्रेक्षतां तेषां विशल्यः सोऽभवत्तदा ॥

yadyanmuñcati gātraṃ hi sa śantanusutastadā | tattadviśalyamabhavadyogayuktasya vai kramāt | kṣaṇena prekṣatāṃ teṣāṃ viśalyaḥ so'bhavattadā

Whatever part of his body Shantanu's son released, that part, as the yogi proceeded step by step, became free of arrows; and in an instant, as they looked on, he became wholly free of arrows.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment: line 1 = CE 13.154.3c, line 2 = CE 13.154.3e, line 3 = CE 13.154.4a (the CE words differ slightly: gātrāṇāṃ, bhavati yogayuktasya tasya vai; recension variants, kept).

Verse 5 (13.274.5)

तद्दृष्ट्वा विस्मिताः सर्वे वासुदेवपुरोगमाः । सह तैर्मुनिभिः सर्वैस्तदा व्यासादिभिर्नृप ॥

taddṛṣṭvā vismitāḥ sarve vāsudevapurogamāḥ | saha tairmunibhiḥ sarvaistadā vyāsādibhirnṛpa

Seeing this, all were amazed, with Vasudeva at their head, along with all those sages, Vyasa and the rest, O king.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment: line 1 = CE 13.154.4c (तद्दृष्ट्वा for CE taṃ dṛṣṭvā), line 2 = CE 13.154.4e.

Verse 6 (13.274.6)

सन्निरुद्धस्तु तेनात्मा सर्वेष्वायतनेषु च । जगाम भित्त्वा मूर्धानं दिवमभ्युत्पपात ह ॥

sanniruddhastu tenātmā sarveṣvāyataneṣu ca | jagāma bhittvā mūrdhānaṃ divamabhyutpapāta ha

His self, held back in all the bodily centres, burst through the crown of his head and soared up to heaven.

Verse 7 (13.274.7)

देवदुन्दुभिनादश्च पुष्पवर्षैः सहाभवत् । सिद्धा ब्रह्मर्षयश्चैव साधुसाध्विति हर्षिताः ॥

devadundubhinādaśca puṣpavarṣaiḥ sahābhavat | siddhā brahmarṣayaścaiva sādhusādhviti harṣitāḥ

The drums of the gods sounded, together with showers of flowers, and the Siddhas and brahmin sages cried "Well done, well done!" in delight.

Note on the text: Corrected सादुसाध्विति → साधुसाध्विति (misprint in Wikisource; सादु is not a word; CE sādhu sādhv iti). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: both lines = CE star lines 13,154.005d*0725_01-02 (following CE 13.154.5).

Verse 8 (13.274.8)

महोल्केव च भीष्मस्य मूर्धदेशाज्जनाधिप । निःसृत्याकाशमाविश्य क्षणेनान्तरधीयत ॥

maholkeva ca bhīṣmasya mūrdhadeśājjanādhipa | niḥsṛtyākāśamāviśya kṣaṇenāntaradhīyata

Like a great meteor, O lord of men, it came out of the crown of Bhishma's head, entered the sky and in an instant vanished.

Note on the text: Corrected निःसृकत्या → निःसृत्या (misprint in Wikisource; stray क; CE niḥsṛtyā).

Verse 9 (13.274.9)

एवं स राजशार्दूल नृपः शान्तनवस्तदा । समयुज्यत लोकैः स्वैर्भरतानां कुलोद्वहः ॥

evaṃ sa rājaśārdūla nṛpaḥ śāntanavastadā | samayujyata lokaiḥ svairbharatānāṃ kulodvahaḥ

Thus that king, Shantanu's son, the glory of the Bharatas, O tiger among kings, was united with his own worlds.

Note on the text: Recension variant: राजशार्दूल for CE nṛpaśārdūla, kept.

Verse 10 (13.274.10)

ततस्त्वादाय दारूणि गन्धांश्च विविधान्बहून् । चितां चक्रुर्महात्मानः पाण्डवा विदुरस्तथा । युयुत्सुश्चापि कौरव्यं प्रेक्षकास्त्वितरेऽभवन् ॥

tatastvādāya dārūṇi gandhāṃśca vividhānbahūn | citāṃ cakrurmahātmānaḥ pāṇḍavā vidurastathā | yuyutsuścāpi kauravyaṃ prekṣakāstvitare'bhavan

Then the Pandavas and Vidura, great souls, took wood and many kinds of perfumes and built the pyre; Yuyutsu too, for the Kaurava, while the others stood as onlookers.

Note on the text: The CE prints star line 13,154.008b*0726_01 after line 1; Wikisource lacks it, not added. Lines = CE 8a, 8c, 8e.

Verse 11 (13.274.11)

युधिष्ठिरश्च गाङ्गेयं धृतराष्ट्रश्च दुःखितौ । छादयामासतुरुभौ क्षौमैर्माल्यैश्च कौरवम् ॥

yudhiṣṭhiraśca gāṅgeyaṃ dhṛtarāṣṭraśca duḥkhitau | chādayāmāsaturubhau kṣaumairmālyaiśca kauravam

Yudhishthira and Dhritarashtra, both grieving, covered Ganga's son, the Kaurava, with linen cloths and garlands.

Note on the text: Corrected क्षौमेर्माल्यैश्च → क्षौमैर्माल्यैश्च (misprint in Wikisource; stray vowel sign; CE kṣaumair mālyaiś). Recension variant: युधिष्ठिरश्च ... धृतराष्ट्रश्च दुःखितौ for CE yudhiṣṭhiras tu ... viduraś ca mahāmatiḥ (similarity 0.76), kept.

Verse 12 (13.274.12)

धारयामास तस्याथ युयुत्सुश्छत्रमुत्तमम् । चामरे व्यजने शुभ्रे भीमसेनार्जुनावुभौ । उष्णीषे परिगृह्णीतां माद्रीपुत्रावुभौ तथा ॥

dhārayāmāsa tasyātha yuyutsuśchatramuttamam | cāmare vyajane śubhre bhīmasenārjunāvubhau | uṣṇīṣe parigṛhṇītāṃ mādrīputrāvubhau tathā

Yuyutsu held the finest umbrella over him; Bhima and Arjuna took the two white chowries and fans; and the two sons of Madri took up the two head-cloths.

Verse 13 (13.274.13)

युधिष्ठिरेण सहितो धृतराष्ट्रश्च पादतः । वृद्धा स्त्रियः कौरवाणां भीष्मं कुरुकुलोद्वहम् । तालवृन्तान्युपादाय पर्यवीजन्त सर्वशः ॥

yudhiṣṭhireṇa sahito dhṛtarāṣṭraśca pādataḥ | vṛddhā striyaḥ kauravāṇāṃ bhīṣmaṃ kurukulodvaham | tālavṛntānyupādāya paryavījanta sarvaśaḥ

Dhritarashtra stood at his feet with Yudhishthira, and the elder women of the Kauravas took palm-leaf fans and fanned Bhishma, the glory of the Kuru line, on every side.

Note on the text: Line 1 corresponds to CE star line 13,154.010f*0727_01 (युधिष्ठिरेण सहितो धृतराष्ट्रश्च पादतः against CE yudhiṣṭhireṇa sahitau dhṛtarāṣṭras tu pādataḥ; recension variant, kept). Lines 2-3 = CE 13.154.11a-b (the alignment listed this CE verse as unmatched).

Verse 14 (13.274.14)

ततोस्य विधिवच्चक्रुः पितृमेधं महात्मनः । याजका जुहुवुश्चाग्नौ जगुः सामानि सामगाः ॥

tatosya vidhivaccakruḥ pitṛmedhaṃ mahātmanaḥ | yājakā juhuvuścāgnau jaguḥ sāmāni sāmagāḥ

Then they performed the rites for the dead for the great soul as ordained; the priests offered oblations in the fire, and the Sama singers chanted the Samans.

Note on the text: Corrected विदिवच्चक्रुः → विधिवच्चक्रुः (misprint in Wikisource; विदिवत् is not a word here; CE vidhivac cakruḥ). Corrected समागाः → सामगाः (misprint in Wikisource; समागाः is not what the sense requires; CE sāmagāḥ). Recension variant: जुहुवुश्चाग्नौ for CE juhuvuś cāgniṃ, kept.

Verse 15 (13.274.15)

ततश्चन्दनकाष्ठैश्च तथा कालीयकैरपि । कालागुरुप्रभृतिभिर्गन्धैश्चोच्चावचैस्तथा ॥

tataścandanakāṣṭhaiśca tathā kālīyakairapi | kālāguruprabhṛtibhirgandhaiścoccāvacaistathā

With logs of sandalwood and of yellow sandal, with black aloe, and with perfumes of every kind, high and low,

Note on the text: Corrected गन्धैश्चोच्चावच्चैस्तथा → गन्धैश्चोच्चावचैस्तथा (misprint in Wikisource; doubled च्; CE gandhaiś coccāvacais). Recension variant: कालीयकैः for CE kāleyakair (both are names of yellow sandalwood), kept.

Verse 16 (13.274.16)

समवच्छाद्य गाङ्गेयं सम्प्रज्वाल्य हुताशनम् । अपसव्यमकुर्वन्त धृतराष्ट्रमुखाश्चिताम् ॥

samavacchādya gāṅgeyaṃ samprajvālya hutāśanam | apasavyamakurvanta dhṛtarāṣṭramukhāścitām

they covered Ganga's son, lit the fire, and Dhritarashtra and the others circled the pyre in the manner of the funeral rite, keeping it on their left.

Note on the text: Recension variants against the CE: सम्प्रज्वाल्य हुताशनम् for prajvālya ca hutāśanam; धृतराष्ट्रमुखाश्चिताम् for dhṛtarāṣṭramukhā nṛpāḥ (similarity 0.88), kept.

Verse 17 (13.274.17)

संस्कृत्य च कुरुश्रेष्ठं गाङ्गेयं कुरुसत्तमाः । जग्मुर्भागीरथीं पुण्यामृषिजुष्टां कुरूद्वहाः ॥

saṃskṛtya ca kuruśreṣṭhaṃ gāṅgeyaṃ kurusattamāḥ | jagmurbhāgīrathīṃ puṇyāmṛṣijuṣṭāṃ kurūdvahāḥ

When they had finished the rites for Ganga's son, the Kuru chief, the best of the Kurus went to the holy Bhagirathi, frequented by sages.

Note on the text: Recension variant: भागीरथीं पुण्यामृषिजुष्टां (accusative) for CE bhāgīrathītīram ṛṣijuṣṭaṃ, kept.

Verse 18 (13.274.18)

अनुगम्यमाना व्यासेन नारदेनासितेन च । कृष्णेन भरतस्त्रीभिर्ये च पौराः समागताः ॥

anugamyamānā vyāsena nāradenāsitena ca | kṛṣṇena bharatastrībhirye ca paurāḥ samāgatāḥ

They were followed by Vyasa, Narada and Asita, by Krishna, by the women of the Bharata house, and by the townspeople who had gathered.

Verse 19 (13.274.19)

उदकं चक्रिरे सर्वे गाङ्गेयस्य महात्मनः । विधिवत्क्षत्रियश्रेष्ठाः स च सर्वो जनस्तदा ॥

udakaṃ cakrire sarve gāṅgeyasya mahātmanaḥ | vidhivatkṣatriyaśreṣṭhāḥ sa ca sarvo janastadā

There they all offered water for the great-souled son of Ganga according to the rule, the best of the kshatriyas and all the people.

Verse 20 (13.274.20)

ततो भागीरथी देवी तनयस्योदके कृते । उत्थाय सलिलात्तस्माद्रुदती शोकविह्वला । परिदेवयती तत्र कौरवानभ्यभाषत ॥

tato bhāgīrathī devī tanayasyodake kṛte | utthāya salilāttasmādrudatī śokavihvalā | paridevayatī tatra kauravānabhyabhāṣata

When the water-offering for her son was done, the goddess Bhagirathi rose from that water, weeping, overcome with grief, and lamenting there she addressed the Kauravas:

Note on the text: Corrected कौरकवान → कौरवान (misprint in Wikisource; stray क; CE kauravān). Not matched by the alignment: lines 1-2 = CE 13.154.18 (शोकविह्वला for CE śokalālasā), line 3 = CE 13.154.19a.

Verse 21 (13.274.21)

निबोधत यथावृत्तमुच्यमानं मया नृपाः । राजवृत्तेन सम्पन्नः प्रज्ञयाभिजनेन च । सत्कर्ता कुरुवृद्धानां पितृभक्तो दृढव्रतः ॥

nibodhata yathāvṛttamucyamānaṃ mayā nṛpāḥ | rājavṛttena sampannaḥ prajñayābhijanena ca | satkartā kuruvṛddhānāṃ pitṛbhakto dṛḍhavrataḥ

Listen, O kings, as I tell you what happened. He was endowed with kingly conduct, with wisdom and noble birth, a respecter of the elders of the Kurus, devoted to his father, firm in his vows,

Note on the text: Speech of Ganga (no heading on the page; the input carried the narrator over). Not matched by the alignment: line 1 = CE 13.154.19c (मया नृपाः for CE mayānaghāḥ), lines 2-3 = CE 13.154.20.

Verse 22 (13.274.22)

जामदग्न्येन रामेण यः पुरा न पराजितः । दिव्यैरस्त्रैर्महावीर्यः स हतोऽद्य शिखण्डिना ॥

jāmadagnyena rāmeṇa yaḥ purā na parājitaḥ | divyairastrairmahāvīryaḥ sa hato'dya śikhaṇḍinā

and he who was never defeated by Rama, Jamadagni's son, even though Rama used divine weapons, that hero of great strength has today been killed by Shikhandin.

Note on the text: Speech of Ganga.

Verse 23 (13.274.23)

अश्मसारमयं नूनं हृदयं मम पार्थिवाः । अपश्यन्त्याः प्रियं पुत्रं यन्न दीर्यति मेऽद्य वै ॥

aśmasāramayaṃ nūnaṃ hṛdayaṃ mama pārthivāḥ | apaśyantyāḥ priyaṃ putraṃ yanna dīryati me'dya vai

My heart must truly be made of stone, O kings, since it does not break today though I no longer see my dear son.

Note on the text: Speech of Ganga. Wikisource's footnote after the colophon (13-274-23, a variant reading) is not added.

Verse 24 (13.274.24)

समेतं पार्थिवं क्षत्रं काशिपुर्यां स्वयंपरे । विजित्यैकरथेनाजौ कन्याश्चायं जहार ह ॥

sametaṃ pārthivaṃ kṣatraṃ kāśipuryāṃ svayaṃpare | vijityaikarathenājau kanyāścāyaṃ jahāra ha

When the assembled kings of the earth gathered at the svayamvara in the city of Kashi, he alone in his chariot defeated them in battle and carried off the maidens.

Note on the text: Corrected जहारह → जहार ह (misprint in Wikisource; missing space between the words). Speech of Ganga. Recension variant: कन्याश्चायं for CE kanyās tā yo, kept.

Verse 25 (13.274.25)

यस्य नास्ति बले तुल्यः पृथिव्यामपि कश्चन । हतं शिखण्डिना श्रुत्वा यन्न दीर्यति मे मनः ॥

yasya nāsti bale tulyaḥ pṛthivyāmapi kaścana | hataṃ śikhaṇḍinā śrutvā yanna dīryati me manaḥ

There is none on earth who equals him in strength, and yet hearing that he has been struck down by Shikhandin, my mind does not break.

Note on the text: Speech of Ganga.

Verse 26 (13.274.26)

जामदग्न्यः कुरुक्षेत्रे युधि येन महात्मना । पीडितो नातियत्नेन स हतोऽद्य शिखण्डिना ॥

jāmadagnyaḥ kurukṣetre yudhi yena mahātmanā | pīḍito nātiyatnena sa hato'dya śikhaṇḍinā

The great soul who at Kurukshetra pressed Jamadagni's son hard in battle without much effort has been killed today by Shikhandin.

Note on the text: Speech of Ganga. Recension variant: स हतोऽद्य शिखण्डिना for CE nihataḥ sa śikhaṇḍinā, kept.

Verse 27 (13.274.27)

एवंविधं बहु तदा विलपतीं महानदीम् । आश्वासयामास तदा साम्ना दामोदरो विभुः ॥

evaṃvidhaṃ bahu tadā vilapatīṃ mahānadīm | āśvāsayāmāsa tadā sāmnā dāmodaro vibhuḥ

As the great river lamented thus at length, Damodara, the mighty lord, consoled her with gentle words.

Note on the text: Corrected विलन्पतीं नहानदीम् → विलपतीं महानदीम् (misprint in Wikisource; misprints for विलपतीं (न्प) and महानदीम् (न); CE vilapantīṃ mahānadīm).

Verse 28 (13.274.28)

समाश्वसिहि भद्रे त्वं मा शुचः शुभदर्शने । गतः स परमं लोकं तव पुत्रो न संशयः ॥

samāśvasihi bhadre tvaṃ mā śucaḥ śubhadarśane | gataḥ sa paramaṃ lokaṃ tava putro na saṃśayaḥ

Take comfort, good lady, and do not grieve, O fair-faced one. Your son has gone to the highest world, without doubt.

Note on the text: Speech of Krishna (no heading on the page; the input carried the narrator over). Recension variant: परमं लोकं for CE paramāṃ siddhim, kept.

Verse 29 (13.274.29)

वसुरेष महातेजाः शापदोषेण शोभने । मानुषत्वमनुप्राप्तो नैनं शोचितुमर्हसि ॥

vasureṣa mahātejāḥ śāpadoṣeṇa śobhane | mānuṣatvamanuprāpto nainaṃ śocitumarhasi

He was a Vasu of great radiance, O lovely one, who by the fault of a curse took on human birth; you should not mourn him.

Note on the text: Speech of Krishna.

Verse 30 (13.274.30)

स एष क्षत्रधर्मेण युध्यमानो रणाजिरे । धनंजयेन निहतो नैष देवि शिखण्डिना ॥

sa eṣa kṣatradharmeṇa yudhyamāno raṇājire | dhanaṃjayena nihato naiṣa devi śikhaṇḍinā

Fighting according to the duty of a kshatriya on the field of battle, he was killed by Dhananjaya, O goddess, not by Shikhandin.

Note on the text: Speech of Krishna. Recension variant: नैष देवि शिखण्डिना for CE naiṣa nunnaḥ śikhaṇḍinā, kept.

Verse 31 (13.274.31)

भीष्मं हि कुरुशार्दूलमुद्यतेषु महारणे । न शक्तः संयुगे हन्तुं साक्षादपि शतक्रतुः ॥

bhīṣmaṃ hi kuruśārdūlamudyateṣu mahāraṇe | na śaktaḥ saṃyuge hantuṃ sākṣādapi śatakratuḥ

Not even Shatakratu himself in person could kill Bhishma, the tiger of the Kurus, in a great battle when weapons were raised.

Note on the text: Speech of Krishna.

Verse 32 (13.274.32)

स्वच्छन्दतस्तव सुतो गतः स्वर्गं शुभानने । न शक्ता विनिहन्तुं हि रणे तं सर्वदेवताः ॥

svacchandatastava suto gataḥ svargaṃ śubhānane | na śaktā vinihantuṃ hi raṇe taṃ sarvadevatāḥ

Your son went to heaven of his own choice, O fair-faced one; all the gods together could not have killed him in battle.

Note on the text: Speech of Krishna. Recension variants against the CE (svacchandena sutas tubhyaṃ; na śaktāḥ syur nihantuṃ; similarity 0.82), kept.

Verse 33 (13.274.33)

तस्मान्मा त्वं सरिच्छ्रेष्ठे शोचस्व कुरुनन्दनम् । वसूनेष गतो देवि पुत्रस्ते विज्वरा भव ॥

tasmānmā tvaṃ saricchreṣṭhe śocasva kurunandanam | vasūneṣa gato devi putraste vijvarā bhava

So do not grieve, best of rivers, for the delight of the Kurus. Your son has gone to the Vasus, O goddess; be free of fever.

Note on the text: Corrected शोचस्य → शोचस्व (misprint in Wikisource; शोचस्य is not a valid imperative; CE śocasva). Speech of Krishna.

Verse 34 (13.274.34)

इत्युक्ता सा तु कृष्णेन व्यासेन तु सरिद्वरा । त्यक्त्वा शोकं महाराज स्वं वार्यवततार ह ॥

ityuktā sā tu kṛṣṇena vyāsena tu saridvarā | tyaktvā śokaṃ mahārāja svaṃ vāryavatatāra ha

Thus addressed by Krishna and Vyasa, the best of rivers cast off her grief, O great king, and entered her own waters.

Verse 35 (13.274.35)

सत्कृत्य ते तां सरितं ततः कृष्णमुखा नृप । अनुज्ञातास्तया सर्वे न्यवर्तन्त जनाधिपाः ॥

satkṛtya te tāṃ saritaṃ tataḥ kṛṣṇamukhā nṛpa | anujñātāstayā sarve nyavartanta janādhipāḥ

Having honoured her, Krishna and the other kings, O king, took leave of the river, and all the lords of men turned back.

Note on the text: Last verse of the page. The CE prints star passages 13,154.034d*0728_01-02 and 034d*0729_01-09 (closing lines: return to Hastinapura; a summary of the parva) after this verse; Wikisource lacks them, not added. Nothing is printed after the colophon except Wikisource's footnotes (13-274-2, 12, 21, 23, 35: glosses and variant readings), not added; no stray opening verse of the Ashvamedhika Parva.