Yudhishthira Frees Duryodhana

Verse 1 (3.247.1)

ततोऽर्जुनश्चित्रसेनं प्रहसन्निदमब्रवीत् । मध्ये गन्धर्वसैन्यानां महेष्वासो महाद्युतिः ॥

tato'rjunaścitrasenaṃ prahasannidamabravīt | madhye gandharvasainyānāṃ maheṣvāso mahādyutiḥ

Then Arjuna, the great archer of great splendour, laughing, said this to Chitrasena in the midst of the gandharva host:

Verse 2 (3.247.2)

किं ते व्यवसितं वीर कौरवाणां विनिग्रहे । किमर्थं च सदारोऽयं निगृहीतः सुयोधनः ॥

kiṃ te vyavasitaṃ vīra kauravāṇāṃ vinigrahe | kimarthaṃ ca sadāro'yaṃ nigṛhītaḥ suyodhanaḥ

"What is your purpose, hero, in seizing the Kauravas? And why has Suyodhana been taken captive along with his wives?"

Verse 3 (3.247.3)

विदितोऽयमभिप्रायस्तत्रस्थेन दुरात्मनः । इन्द्रेण धार्तराष्ट्रस्य सकर्णस्य धनंजय ॥

vidito'yamabhiprāyastatrasthena durātmanaḥ | indreṇa dhārtarāṣṭrasya sakarṇasya dhanaṃjaya

Indra, staying where he was, came to know the intention of the wicked son of Dhritarashtra and of Karna, Dhananjaya.

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition 3.235.3 in sense, with a different wording in both lines (CE: "tatrasthena mahātmanā / duryodhanasya pāpasya karṇasya ca"); the automatic alignment missed it.

Verse 4 (3.247.4)

वनस्थान्भवतो ज्ञात्वा क्लिश्यमानाननर्हवत् । समस्थो विषमस्थांस्तान्द्रक्ष्यामीत्यनवस्थितान् ॥

vanasthānbhavato jñātvā kliśyamānānanarhavat | samastho viṣamasthāṃstāndrakṣyāmītyanavasthitān

Knowing that you were living in the forest, suffering hardships you did not deserve, these unsteady men thought, "We in our good fortune shall look upon them in their misfortune."

Note on the text: The first line matches the critical edition 3.235.4ab; the second line is not in its constituted text (its apparatus has it as 3.235.4d*1130).

Verse 5 (3.247.5)

इमेऽवहसितुं प्राप्ता द्रौपदीं च यशस्विनीम् । ज्ञात्वा चिकीर्षितं चैषां मामुवाच सुरेश्वरः ॥

ime'vahasituṃ prāptā draupadīṃ ca yaśasvinīm | jñātvā cikīrṣitaṃ caiṣāṃ māmuvāca sureśvaraḥ

They came here to mock you and the glorious Draupadi. Knowing what they meant to do, the lord of the gods said to me:

Note on the text: Spans the critical edition 3.235.4cd and 3.235.5ab (Wikisource divides the verses differently); the automatic alignment missed it.

Verse 6 (3.247.6)

गच्छ दुर्योधनं बद्ध्वा सहामात्यमिहानय । धनंजयश्च ते रक्ष्यः सह भ्रातृभिराहवे ॥

gaccha duryodhanaṃ baddhvā sahāmātyamihānaya | dhanaṃjayaśca te rakṣyaḥ saha bhrātṛbhirāhave

"Go, bind Duryodhana and bring him here together with his ministers. And in the fight you must protect Dhananjaya and his brothers.

Note on the text: Corrected रसह → सह (stray र in Wikisource; critical edition saha). Spans the critical edition 3.235.5cd and 3.235.6ab; the automatic alignment missed it.

Verse 7 (3.247.7)

स च प्रियः सखा तुभ्यं शिष्यश्च तव पाण्डवः । वचनाद्देवराजस्य ततोऽस्मीहागतो द्रुतम् ॥

sa ca priyaḥ sakhā tubhyaṃ śiṣyaśca tava pāṇḍavaḥ | vacanāddevarājasya tato'smīhāgato drutam

For that Pandava is your dear friend and your pupil." At the word of the king of the gods I came here in haste.

Note on the text: Corrected शिष्यश् → शिष्यश्च and देवराजस् → देवराजस्य (misprints in Wikisource; critical edition śiṣyaś ca, devarājasya). Spans the critical edition 3.235.6cd and 3.235.7ab; the automatic alignment missed it.

Verse 8 (3.247.8)

अयं दुरात्मा बद्धश्च गमिष्यामि सुरालयम् । नेष्याम्येनं दुरात्मानं पाकशासनशासनात् ॥

ayaṃ durātmā baddhaśca gamiṣyāmi surālayam | neṣyāmyenaṃ durātmānaṃ pākaśāsanaśāsanāt

This wicked man has been bound, and I shall go to the abode of the gods; I shall take this evil-minded one there at the command of Indra, chastiser of Paka.

Note on the text: Corrected कदुरात्मानं → दुरात्मानं (stray क in Wikisource). The first line matches the critical edition 3.235.7cd; the second line is not in its constituted text (its apparatus has it as 3.235.7d*1131).

Verse 9 (3.247.9)

उत्सृज्यतां चित्रसेन भ्राताऽस्माकं सुयोधनः । धर्मराजस्य संदेशान्मम चेदिच्छसि प्रियम् ॥

utsṛjyatāṃ citrasena bhrātā'smākaṃ suyodhanaḥ | dharmarājasya saṃdeśānmama cedicchasi priyam

Let Suyodhana, our brother, be set free, Chitrasena, at the bidding of the King of Dharma, if you wish to do me a kindness.

Verse 10 (3.247.10)

पापोऽयं नित्यसंदुष्टो न विमोक्षणमर्हति । प्रलब्धा धर्मराजस्य कृष्णायाश्च धनंजय ॥

pāpo'yaṃ nityasaṃduṣṭo na vimokṣaṇamarhati | pralabdhā dharmarājasya kṛṣṇāyāśca dhanaṃjaya

This sinful man, ever wicked, does not deserve to be released. He has deceived the King of Dharma and Krishnaa, Dhananjaya.

Verse 11 (3.247.11)

नेदं चिकीर्षितं तस्य कुन्तीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः । जानाति धर्मराजो हि श्रुत्वा कुरु यथेच्छसि ॥

nedaṃ cikīrṣitaṃ tasya kuntīputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | jānāti dharmarājo hi śrutvā kuru yathecchasi

Kunti's son Yudhishthira, the King of Dharma, does not know what this man meant to do. Let him hear of it, and then do as you wish.

Note on the text: Corrected तस् → तस्य (misprint in Wikisource; critical edition tasya).

Verse 12 (3.247.12)

ते सर्व एव राजानमभिजग्मुर्युधिष्ठिरम् । अभिगम्य च तत्सर्वं शशंसुस्तस्य चेष्टितम् ॥

te sarva eva rājānamabhijagmuryudhiṣṭhiram | abhigamya ca tatsarvaṃ śaśaṃsustasya ceṣṭitam

They all went to King Yudhishthira and, coming before him, told him everything that Duryodhana had done.

Note on the text: Corrected राजनम् → राजानम् (misprint in Wikisource; dropped vowel sign, critical edition rājānam).

Verse 13 (3.247.13)

अजातशत्रुस्तच्छ्रुत्वा गन्धर्वस्य वचस्तदा । मोक्षयामास तान्सर्वान्गन्धर्वान्प्रशशंस च ॥

ajātaśatrustacchrutvā gandharvasya vacastadā | mokṣayāmāsa tānsarvāngandharvānpraśaśaṃsa ca

When Ajatashatru heard the gandharva's words, he had all of them released and praised the gandharvas.

Verse 14 (3.247.14)

चित्रसेनस्तदा वाक्यमुवाच प्रौढया गिरा । मुञ्चध्वं सानुजामात्यं सदारं च सुयोधनम् ॥

citrasenastadā vākyamuvāca prauḍhayā girā | muñcadhvaṃ sānujāmātyaṃ sadāraṃ ca suyodhanam

Then Chitrasena spoke in a commanding voice: "Release Suyodhana together with his brothers, his ministers and his wives."

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark (`) that opens this inserted passage (verses 14–17) and restored the word space in मुञ्चध्वं सानुजामात्यं. Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records these lines in its apparatus as 3.235.17d*1133 lines 1–2, where the passage stands after 3.235.17.

Verse 15 (3.247.15)

गन्धर्वास्तु वचः श्रुत्वा चित्रसेनस्य वै द्रुतम् । राजानं मोचयामासुर्बद्धं निगडबन्धनैः ॥

gandharvāstu vacaḥ śrutvā citrasenasya vai drutam | rājānaṃ mocayāmāsurbaddhaṃ nigaḍabandhanaiḥ

Hearing Chitrasena's words, the gandharvas quickly released the king, who was bound in fetters,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records these lines in its apparatus as 3.235.17d*1133 lines 3–4.

Verse 16 (3.247.16)

सदारं सानुगामात्यं बाणजालमये वने । लुठन्तश्चापि ते सर्वे युधिष्ठिरसमीपतः ॥

sadāraṃ sānugāmātyaṃ bāṇajālamaye vane | luṭhantaścāpi te sarve yudhiṣṭhirasamīpataḥ

with his wives, followers and ministers, in that forest laced with nets of arrows; and all of them, rolling on the ground before Yudhishthira,

Note on the text: Corrected बालजालमयेन ये → बाणजालमये वने and लुछन्तः → लुठन्तः (misprints in Wikisource that give no sense; the critical edition's apparatus reads bāṇajālamaye vane, luṭhantaḥ). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records these lines in its apparatus as 3.235.17d*1133 lines 5–6.

Verse 17 (3.247.17)

पतिता लज्जिताश्चैव तस्थुश्चाधोमुखास्तदा । युधिष्ठिरोऽपि दयया तान्समीक्ष्य तथागतान् ॥

patitā lajjitāścaiva tasthuścādhomukhāstadā | yudhiṣṭhiro'pi dayayā tānsamīkṣya tathāgatān

lay fallen, then stood there in shame with faces bowed. Yudhishthira, looking with compassion on them in that state, said to the gandharvas:

Note on the text: Added the missing avagraha in युधिष्ठिरोऽपि. Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records these lines in its apparatus as 3.235.17d*1133 lines 7–8.

Verse 18 (3.247.18)

दिष्ट्या भवद्भिर्बलिभिः शक्तैः सर्वैर्न हिंसितः । दुर्वृत्तो धार्तराष्ट्रोऽयं सामात्यज्ञातिबान्धवः ॥

diṣṭyā bhavadbhirbalibhiḥ śaktaiḥ sarvairna hiṃsitaḥ | durvṛtto dhārtarāṣṭro'yaṃ sāmātyajñātibāndhavaḥ

It is fortunate that all of you, mighty and able as you are, did not kill this ill-behaved son of Dhritarashtra with his ministers, kinsmen and relations.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Yudhishthira: the previous verse introduces his words (the Wikisource gloss supplies "gandharvān pratyuvāca") and no heading is printed.

Verse 19 (3.247.19)

उपकारो महांस्तात कृतोऽयं मम खेचर । कुलं न परिभूतं मे मोक्षेणास्य दुरात्मनः ॥

upakāro mahāṃstāta kṛto'yaṃ mama khecara | kulaṃ na paribhūtaṃ me mokṣeṇāsya durātmanaḥ

You have done me a great service, my friend, rover of the sky: my family has not been disgraced, since this wicked man has been set free.

Note on the text: Corrected मसांस्तात → महांस्तात (misprint in Wikisource; critical edition mahāṃs tāta).

Verse 20 (3.247.20)

आज्ञापयध्वमिष्टानि प्रीतं मां दर्शनेन वः । प्राप्य सर्वानभिप्रायांस्ततो व्रजत मा चिरम् ॥

ājñāpayadhvamiṣṭāni prītaṃ māṃ darśanena vaḥ | prāpya sarvānabhiprāyāṃstato vrajata mā ciram

Tell me what you wish; I am delighted to see you. When you have obtained all you desire, then go without delay.

Verse 21 (3.247.21)

अनुज्ञातास्तु गन्धर्वाः पाण्डुपुत्रेण धीमता । सहाप्सरोभिः संहृष्टाश्चित्रसेनमुखा ययुः ॥

anujñātāstu gandharvāḥ pāṇḍuputreṇa dhīmatā | sahāpsarobhiḥ saṃhṛṣṭāścitrasenamukhā yayuḥ

Given leave by the wise son of Pandu, the gandharvas led by Chitrasena departed joyfully with the apsarases.

Verse 22 (3.247.22)

देवलोकं ततो गत्वा गन्धर्वैः सहितस्तदा । न्यवेदयच्च तत्सर्वं चित्रसेनः शतक्रतोः ॥

devalokaṃ tato gatvā gandharvaiḥ sahitastadā | nyavedayacca tatsarvaṃ citrasenaḥ śatakratoḥ

Then Chitrasena went with the gandharvas to the world of the gods and reported all of it to Indra of the hundred sacrifices.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (` and ') around this verse. Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 3.235.16d*1132.

Verse 23 (3.247.23)

देवराडपि गन्धर्वान्मृतांस्तान्समजीवयत् । दिव्येनामृतवर्षेण ये हताः कौरवैर्युधि ॥

devarāḍapi gandharvānmṛtāṃstānsamajīvayat | divyenāmṛtavarṣeṇa ye hatāḥ kauravairyudhi

The king of the gods, with a heavenly shower of nectar, brought back to life those gandharvas who had been killed by the Kauravas in battle.

Verse 24 (3.247.24)

ज्ञातींस्तानवमुच्याथ राजदारांश्च सर्वशः । कृत्वा च दुष्करं कर्म प्रीतियुक्ताश्च पाण्डवाः ॥

jñātīṃstānavamucyātha rājadārāṃśca sarvaśaḥ | kṛtvā ca duṣkaraṃ karma prītiyuktāśca pāṇḍavāḥ

Having freed their kinsmen and all the royal women, and having accomplished a difficult deed, the Pandavas were filled with joy.

Note on the text: Corrected रदुष्करं → दुष्करं (stray र in Wikisource; critical edition duṣkaraṃ).

Verse 25 (3.247.25)

सस्त्रीकुमारैः कुरुभिः पूज्यमाना महारथाः । बभ्राजिरे महात्मानः क्रतुमध्ये यथाऽग्नयः ॥

sastrīkumāraiḥ kurubhiḥ pūjyamānā mahārathāḥ | babhrājire mahātmānaḥ kratumadhye yathā'gnayaḥ

Honoured by the Kurus with their women and children, those great-souled chariot-warriors shone like fires in the midst of a sacrifice.

Verse 26 (3.247.26)

ततो दुर्योधनं मुक्तं भ्रातृभिः सहितस्तदा । युधिष्ठिरस्तु प्रणयादिदं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥

tato duryodhanaṃ muktaṃ bhrātṛbhiḥ sahitastadā | yudhiṣṭhirastu praṇayādidaṃ vacanamabravīt

Then Yudhishthira, with his brothers beside him, spoke these words with affection to the freed Duryodhana:

Verse 27 (3.247.27)

मा स्म तात पुनः कार्षीरीदृशं साहसं क्वचित् । न हि साहसकर्तारः सुखमेधन्ति भारत ॥

mā sma tāta punaḥ kārṣīrīdṛśaṃ sāhasaṃ kvacit | na hi sāhasakartāraḥ sukhamedhanti bhārata

Never again, my dear, do anything so rash; those who act rashly never prosper, Bharata.

Note on the text: Corrected रमा → मा (stray र) and सुखमेघन्ति → सुखमेधन्ति (misprints in Wikisource; critical edition mā sma, sukham edhanti). Speaker set to Yudhishthira: the previous verse introduces his words.

Verse 28 (3.247.28)

स्वस्तिमान्सहितः सर्वैर्भ्रातृभिः कुरुनन्दन । गृहान्व्रज यथाकामं वैमनस्यं च मा कृथाः ॥

svastimānsahitaḥ sarvairbhrātṛbhiḥ kurunandana | gṛhānvraja yathākāmaṃ vaimanasyaṃ ca mā kṛthāḥ

Joy of the Kurus, go home safely with all your brothers, as you please, and do not be downcast.

Note on the text: Corrected ब्रातृभिः → भ्रातृभिः (misprint in Wikisource; critical edition bhrātṛbhiḥ).

Verse 29 (3.247.29)

पाण्डवेनाभ्यनुज्ञातो राजा दुर्योधनस्तदा । अभिवाद्य धर्मपुत्रं गतेन्द्रिय इवातुरः । विदीर्यमाणो व्रीडावाञ्जगाम नगरं प्रति ॥

pāṇḍavenābhyanujñāto rājā duryodhanastadā | abhivādya dharmaputraṃ gatendriya ivāturaḥ | vidīryamāṇo vrīḍāvāñjagāma nagaraṃ prati

Given leave by the Pandava, King Duryodhana saluted the son of Dharma and, like a sick man whose senses have failed him, torn apart by shame, set off toward the city.

Note on the text: Corrected अभ्यनुज्ञानो → अभ्यनुज्ञातो (misprint in Wikisource; critical edition abhyanujñāto). Lines 1 and 3 match the critical edition 3.235.23 (CE "vrīḍena" for "व्रीडावान्"); the middle line is not in its constituted text (its apparatus has it as 3.235.23b*1134).

Verse 30 (3.247.30)

तस्मिन्गते कौरवेये कुन्तीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः । भ्रातृभिः सहितो वीरः पूज्यमानो द्विजातिभिः ॥

tasmingate kauraveye kuntīputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | bhrātṛbhiḥ sahito vīraḥ pūjyamāno dvijātibhiḥ

When the Kaurava had gone, the heroic Yudhishthira, son of Kunti, with his brothers, honoured by the brahmins

Verse 31 (3.247.31)

तपोधनैश्च तैः सर्वैर्वृतः शक्र इवामरैः । तथा द्वैतवने तस्मिन्विजहार मुदा युतः ॥

tapodhanaiśca taiḥ sarvairvṛtaḥ śakra ivāmaraiḥ | tathā dvaitavane tasminvijahāra mudā yutaḥ

and surrounded by all those ascetics as Shakra is by the immortals, lived on happily in that Dvaita forest.