Duryodhana Taken Captive

Verse 1 (3.243.1)

गन्धर्वैस्तु महाराज भग्ने कर्णे महारथे । संप्राद्रवच्चमूः सर्वा धार्तराष्ट्रस्य पश्यतः ॥

gandharvaistu mahārāja bhagne karṇe mahārathe | saṃprādravaccamūḥ sarvā dhārtarāṣṭrasya paśyataḥ

When the great chariot-warrior Karna had been routed by the Gandharvas, O great king, the whole army fled while the son of Dhritarashtra looked on.

Verse 2 (3.243.2)

तान्दृष्ट्वा द्रवतः सर्वान्धार्तराष्ट्रान्पराङ्मुखान् । दुर्योधनो महाराजो नासीत्तत्र पराङ्मुखः ॥

tāndṛṣṭvā dravataḥ sarvāndhārtarāṣṭrānparāṅmukhān | duryodhano mahārājo nāsīttatra parāṅmukhaḥ

Seeing all the sons of Dhritarashtra turn their backs and flee, the great king Duryodhana alone did not turn his back.

Verse 3 (3.243.3)

तामापतन्तीं संप्रेक्ष्य गन्धर्वाणां महाचमूम् । महता शरवर्षेण सोऽभ्यवर्षदरिंदमः ॥

tāmāpatantīṃ saṃprekṣya gandharvāṇāṃ mahācamūm | mahatā śaravarṣeṇa so'bhyavarṣadariṃdamaḥ

Seeing the great host of the Gandharvas bearing down, that tamer of foes poured a heavy shower of arrows upon it.

Verse 4 (3.243.4)

अचिन्त्य शरवर्षं तु गन्धर्वास्तस्य तं रथम् । दुर्योधनं जिघांसन्तः समन्तात्पर्यवारयन् ॥

acintya śaravarṣaṃ tu gandharvāstasya taṃ ratham | duryodhanaṃ jighāṃsantaḥ samantātparyavārayan

Paying no heed to his shower of arrows, the Gandharvas, eager to kill Duryodhana, surrounded his chariot on every side.

Verse 5 (3.243.5)

युगमीषां वरूथं च तथैव ध्वजसारथी । अश्वांस्त्रिवेणुमक्षं च तिलशो व्यधमञ्छरैः ॥

yugamīṣāṃ varūthaṃ ca tathaiva dhvajasārathī | aśvāṃstriveṇumakṣaṃ ca tilaśo vyadhamañcharaiḥ

With their arrows they shattered to bits the yoke, the pole, the chariot-guard, the banner and the charioteer, the horses, the triple bamboo frame and the axle.

Verse 6 (3.243.6)

दुर्योधनं चित्रसेनो विरथं पतितं भुवि । अभिद्रुत्य महाबाहुर्जीवग्राहमथाग्रहीत् ॥

duryodhanaṃ citraseno virathaṃ patitaṃ bhuvi | abhidrutya mahābāhurjīvagrāhamathāgrahīt

As Duryodhana lay fallen on the ground, stripped of his chariot, the mighty-armed Chitrasena rushed at him and took him alive.

Note on the text: Corrected चित्रसनो → चित्रसेनो and अभिद्रुस्य → अभिद्रुत्य (misprints in Wikisource; a dropped vowel sign and स for त; the critical edition has citraseno and abhidrutya).

Verse 7 (3.243.7)

तस्य बाहू महाराज बद्ध्वा रज्ज्वा महारथम् । आरोप्य स महाबाहुश्चित्रसेनो ननाद ह ॥

tasya bāhū mahārāja baddhvā rajjvā mahāratham | āropya sa mahābāhuścitraseno nanāda ha

Binding the arms of that great chariot-warrior with a rope, O great king, and lifting him onto his chariot, the mighty-armed Chitrasena roared.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki quote marks (` and ') around the verse and separated आरोप्यस → आरोप्य स (word division only). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears only in the critical apparatus (3.231.6*1114).

Verse 8 (3.243.8)

तस्मिन्गृहीते राजेन्द्र स्थितं दुःशासनं रथे । पर्यगृह्णन्त गन्धर्वाः परिवार्य समन्ततः ॥

tasmingṛhīte rājendra sthitaṃ duḥśāsanaṃ rathe | paryagṛhṇanta gandharvāḥ parivārya samantataḥ

When he had been seized, O lord of kings, the Gandharvas surrounded Duhshasana, who stood on his chariot, and captured him.

Verse 9 (3.243.9)

विविंशतिं चित्रसेनमादायान्ये विदुद्रुवुः । विन्दानुविन्दावपरे राजदारांश्च सर्वशः ॥

viviṃśatiṃ citrasenamādāyānye vidudruvuḥ | vindānuvindāvapare rājadārāṃśca sarvaśaḥ

Others seized Vivimshati and Chitrasena and ran off; still others took Vinda and Anuvinda, and all the royal ladies.

Note on the text: Corrected विधिशतिं → विविंशतिं (misprint in Wikisource; the name is Vivimshati, as in the critical edition).

Verse 10 (3.243.10)

सेनास्तु धार्तराष्ट्रस्य गन्धर्वैः समभिद्रुताः । पूर्वं प्रभग्नैः सहिताः पाण्डवानभ्ययुस्तदा ॥

senāstu dhārtarāṣṭrasya gandharvaiḥ samabhidrutāḥ | pūrvaṃ prabhagnaiḥ sahitāḥ pāṇḍavānabhyayustadā

The troops of Dhritarashtra's son, put to flight by the Gandharvas, joined those who had broken earlier and went to the Pandavas.

Verse 11 (3.243.11)

शकटापणवेशाश्च यानयुग्यं च सर्वशः । शरणं पाण्डवाञ्जग्मुर्ह्रियमाणे महीपतौ ॥

śakaṭāpaṇaveśāśca yānayugyaṃ ca sarvaśaḥ | śaraṇaṃ pāṇḍavāñjagmurhriyamāṇe mahīpatau

The carts, the traders' stalls and the courtesans' quarters, the carriages and draught animals, all went to the Pandavas for refuge while the king was being carried off.

Note on the text: Corrected हियमाणे → ह्रियमाणे (misprint in Wikisource; a broken conjunct; the critical edition has hriyamāṇe).

Verse 12 (3.243.12)

प्रियदर्शी महाबाहो धार्तराष्ट्रो महाबलः । गन्धर्वैर्ह्रियते राजा पार्थास्तमनुधावत ॥

priyadarśī mahābāho dhārtarāṣṭro mahābalaḥ | gandharvairhriyate rājā pārthāstamanudhāvata

"O mighty-armed one, the handsome and mighty son of Dhritarashtra, our king, is being carried off by the Gandharvas. Sons of Pritha, go after him!"

Verse 13 (3.243.13)

दुःशासनो दुर्विषहो दुर्मुखो दुर्जयस्तथा । बद्ध्वा ह्रियन्ते गन्धर्वै राजदाराश्च सर्वशः ॥

duḥśāsano durviṣaho durmukho durjayastathā | baddhvā hriyante gandharvai rājadārāśca sarvaśaḥ

"Duhshasana, Durvishaha, Durmukha and Durjaya are being carried off in bonds by the Gandharvas, and all the royal ladies too."

Note on the text: Removed a repeated दुर्मुखो (misprint in Wikisource; the word is printed twice, breaking the metre; the critical edition has durmukho once).

Verse 14 (3.243.14)

इतिदुर्योधनामात्याः क्रोशन्तो राजगृद्धिनः । आर्ता दीनास्ततः सर्वे युधिष्ठिरमुपागमन् ॥

itiduryodhanāmātyāḥ krośanto rājagṛddhinaḥ | ārtā dīnāstataḥ sarve yudhiṣṭhiramupāgaman

Crying out thus, Duryodhana's ministers, anxious for their king, came to Yudhishthira, all of them distressed and wretched.

Verse 15 (3.243.15)

तांस्तथा व्यथितान्दीनान्भिक्षमाणान्युधिष्ठिरम् । वृद्धान्दुर्योधनामात्यान्भीमसेनोऽभ्यभाषत ॥

tāṃstathā vyathitāndīnānbhikṣamāṇānyudhiṣṭhiram | vṛddhānduryodhanāmātyānbhīmaseno'bhyabhāṣata

As Duryodhana's aged ministers, so distressed and wretched, were pleading with Yudhishthira, Bhimasena spoke to them:

Verse 16 (3.243.16)

महता हि प्रयत्नेन संनह्य गजवाजिभिः । अन्यथा वर्तमानानामर्थो जातोऽयमन्यथा ॥

mahatā hi prayatnena saṃnahya gajavājibhiḥ | anyathā vartamānānāmartho jāto'yamanyathā

"They armed themselves with great effort, with elephants and horses, meaning to do one thing, and for them it has turned out quite another."

Note on the text: Line 1 is not in the critical text; it appears in the critical apparatus (3.231.14*1116). Line 2 is the critical edition's 3.231.15ab. Speaker set to Bhima (his speech, announced in verse 15, runs to verse 23).

Verse 17 (3.243.17)

अस्माभिर्यदनुष्ठेयं गन्धर्वैस्तदनुष्ठितम् ॥

asmābhiryadanuṣṭheyaṃ gandharvaistadanuṣṭhitam

"What we ought to have done, the Gandharvas have done."

Note on the text: Wikisource prints this single line as its own verse; it is the critical edition's 3.231.15cd.

Verse 18 (3.243.18)

दुर्मन्त्रितमिदं तावद्राज्ञो दुर्द्यूतदेविनः । दीनान्दुर्योधनस्यास्मान्द्रष्टुकामस्य दुर्मतेः ॥

durmantritamidaṃ tāvadrājño durdyūtadevinaḥ | dīnānduryodhanasyāsmāndraṣṭukāmasya durmateḥ

"This was the ill-laid scheme of a king given to crooked dice, of evil-minded Duryodhana, who wished to look upon us in our misery."

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki quote marks (` and ') around the second line. Line 1 is the critical edition's 3.231.16ab (तावत् for tāta); line 2 appears only in its apparatus (3.231.16*1117).

Verse 19 (3.243.19)

द्वेष्टारमन्ये क्लीवस्य घातयन्तीति नः श्रुतम् । इदं कृतं नः प्रत्यक्षं गन्धर्वैरतिमानुषम् ॥

dveṣṭāramanye klīvasya ghātayantīti naḥ śrutam | idaṃ kṛtaṃ naḥ pratyakṣaṃ gandharvairatimānuṣam

"We have heard it said that others strike down the enemy of a man who cannot act for himself. Now the Gandharvas have done it before our eyes, a feat beyond human power."

Note on the text: Wikisource divides this stretch differently from the critical edition: line 1 is 3.231.16cd (घातयन्ति for pātayanti), line 2 is 3.231.17ab.

Verse 20 (3.243.20)

दिष्ट्या लोके पुमानस्ति कश्चिदस्मत्प्रिये स्थितः । येनास्माकं हृतो भार आसीनानां सुखावहः ॥

diṣṭyā loke pumānasti kaścidasmatpriye sthitaḥ | yenāsmākaṃ hṛto bhāra āsīnānāṃ sukhāvahaḥ

"Happily there is someone in the world who stands for our good, who has lifted our burden from us while we sit at ease, and so brought us comfort."

Note on the text: Corrected अस्मन्प्रिये → अस्मत्प्रिये (misprint in Wikisource; asmat does not become asman before प; the critical edition has asmatpriye). The verse is the critical edition's 3.231.17cdef.

Verse 21 (3.243.21)

शीतवातातपसहांस्तपसा चैव कर्शितान् । समस्थो विषमस्थान्हि द्रष्टुमिच्छति दुर्मतिः ॥

śītavātātapasahāṃstapasā caiva karśitān | samastho viṣamasthānhi draṣṭumicchati durmatiḥ

"We endure cold, wind and heat and are worn thin by austerity; yet that evil-minded man, himself at ease, wanted to see us in our hardship."

Verse 22 (3.243.22)

अधर्मचारिणस्तस्य कौरव्यस्य दुरात्मनः । ये शीलमनुवर्तन्ति ते पश्यन्ति पराभवम् ॥

adharmacāriṇastasya kauravyasya durātmanaḥ | ye śīlamanuvartanti te paśyanti parābhavam

"Those who follow the ways of that unrighteous, wicked-souled Kaurava see their own downfall."

Verse 23 (3.243.23)

अधर्मो हि कृतस्तेन येनैतदुपलक्षितम् । अनृशंसास्तु कौन्तेयास्तत्प्रत्यक्षं ब्रवीमि वः ॥

adharmo hi kṛtastena yenaitadupalakṣitam | anṛśaṃsāstu kaunteyāstatpratyakṣaṃ bravīmi vaḥ

"It was an unrighteous act of his that has brought this about. But the sons of Kunti are not cruel; this I tell you to your face."

Verse 24 (3.243.24)

एवं ब्रुवाणं कौन्तेयं भीमसेनमपस्वरम् । न कालः परुषस्यायमिति राजाऽभ्यभाषत ॥

evaṃ bruvāṇaṃ kaunteyaṃ bhīmasenamapasvaram | na kālaḥ paruṣasyāyamiti rājā'bhyabhāṣata

As Bhimasena, son of Kunti, spoke thus in a voice harsh with anger, the king said to him, "This is no time for harsh words."