Aranyaka (Vana) Parva · Adhyaya 250
Duryodhana Resolves to Fast unto Death
Duryodhana finishes telling Karna how Arjuna asked Chitrasena to free the Kauravas, how the gandharva revealed their plan to gloat over the Pandavas, and how he was handed over, bound, to Yudhishthira before the women. Unable to bear owing his life to his enemies, he resolves to fast unto death, sends the others home and asks Duhshasana to accept the throne. Duhshasana falls weeping at his feet and refuses to rule without him, and Karna rebukes them both for grieving like common men, reminding Duryodhana that the Pandavas, as dwellers in his realm, only did their duty in rescuing him.
दुर्योधन उवाच · Duryodhana said
Verse 1 (3.250.1)
चित्रसेनं समागम्य प्रहसन्नर्जुनस्तदा । इदं वचनमक्लीवमब्रवीत्परवीरहा ॥
citrasenaṃ samāgamya prahasannarjunastadā | idaṃ vacanamaklīvamabravītparavīrahā
Meeting Chitrasena, Arjuna, slayer of enemy heroes, laughed and spoke these manly words:
Verse 2 (3.250.2)
भ्रातॄनर्हसि मे वीर मोक्तुं गन्धर्वसत्तम । अनर्हधर्षणा हीमे जीवमानेषु पाण्डुषु ॥
bhrātṝnarhasi me vīra moktuṃ gandharvasattama | anarhadharṣaṇā hīme jīvamāneṣu pāṇḍuṣu
"Hero, best of gandharvas, you should release my brothers; they do not deserve to be assaulted while the sons of Pandu are alive."
Note on the text: Corrected भ्रातृन् → भ्रातॄन् (misprint in Wikisource; the accusative plural has long ṝ, critical edition bhrātṝn).
Verse 3 (3.250.3)
एवमुक्तस्तु गन्धर्वः पाण्डवेन महात्मना । उवाच यत्कर्ण वयं मन्त्रयन्तो विनिर्गताः ॥
evamuktastu gandharvaḥ pāṇḍavena mahātmanā | uvāca yatkarṇa vayaṃ mantrayanto vinirgatāḥ
Thus addressed by the great-souled Pandava, the gandharva told, Karna, what we had been plotting when we set out:
Note on the text: Matches the critical edition 3.238.3ab–cd (the automatic alignment missed it).
Verse 4 (3.250.4)
स्थितो राज्ये च्युतान्स्थानाच्छ्रिया हीनांश्रियावृतः । द्रष्टास्मि निःसुखान्वीरान्सदारान्पाण्डवानिति ॥
sthito rājye cyutānsthānācchriyā hīnāṃśriyāvṛtaḥ | draṣṭāsmi niḥsukhānvīrānsadārānpāṇḍavāniti
"Established in my kingdom and clothed in prosperity, I shall see the heroic Pandavas, fallen from their place and stripped of fortune, joyless, with their wife."
Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (` and ') around the first line and restored its word spaces (Wikisource runs the whole line together). The first line is not in the critical edition's constituted text (its apparatus has it as 3.238.3f*1139); the second line is a variant of CE 3.238.3ef ("draṣṭāraḥ sma sukhād dhīnān sadārān pāṇḍavān iti").
Verse 5 (3.250.5)
तस्मिन्नुच्चार्यमाणे तु गन्धर्वेण वचस्तथा । भूमेर्विवरमन्वैच्छं प्रवेष्टुं व्रीडयाऽन्वितः ॥
tasminnuccāryamāṇe tu gandharveṇa vacastathā | bhūmervivaramanvaicchaṃ praveṣṭuṃ vrīḍayā'nvitaḥ
As the gandharva was uttering those words, I longed for a crack in the earth to creep into, so overcome was I with shame.
Verse 6 (3.250.6)
युधिष्ठिरमथागम्य गन्धर्वाः सह पाण्डवैः । अस्मद्दुर्मन्त्रितं तस्मै बद्धांश्चास्मान्न्यवेदयन् ॥
yudhiṣṭhiramathāgamya gandharvāḥ saha pāṇḍavaiḥ | asmaddurmantritaṃ tasmai baddhāṃścāsmānnyavedayan
Then the gandharvas went with the Pandavas to Yudhishthira and told him of our evil scheme and that we were in bonds.
Note on the text: Corrected अथागम् → अथागम्य (misprint in Wikisource; dropped akshara, critical edition athāgamya).
Verse 7 (3.250.7)
स्त्रीसमक्षमहं दीनो बद्धः शत्रुवशं गतः । युधिष्ठिरस्योपहृतः किंनु दुःखमतः परम् ॥
strīsamakṣamahaṃ dīno baddhaḥ śatruvaśaṃ gataḥ | yudhiṣṭhirasyopahṛtaḥ kiṃnu duḥkhamataḥ param
Wretched, bound, in the power of my enemies, I was handed over to Yudhishthira before the eyes of the women. What sorrow could be greater than this?
Verse 8 (3.250.8)
ये मे निराकृता नित्यं रिपुर्येषामहं सदा । तैर्मोक्षितोऽहं दुर्बुद्धिर्दत्तं तैरेव जीवितम् ॥
ye me nirākṛtā nityaṃ ripuryeṣāmahaṃ sadā | tairmokṣito'haṃ durbuddhirdattaṃ taireva jīvitam
Those whom I have always spurned, whose enemy I have ever been, by them I, fool that I am, was freed; by them my very life was given back to me.
Verse 9 (3.250.9)
प्राप्तः स्यां यद्यहं वीर वधं तस्मिन्महारणे । श्रेयस्तद्भविता मह्यं नैवंभूतस्य जीवितम् ॥
prāptaḥ syāṃ yadyahaṃ vīra vadhaṃ tasminmahāraṇe | śreyastadbhavitā mahyaṃ naivaṃbhūtasya jīvitam
Had I met my death, hero, in that great battle, it would have been better for me than living on in such a state.
Verse 10 (3.250.10)
भवेद्यशः पृथिव्यां मे ख्यातं गन्धर्वतो वधात् । प्राप्ताश्च पुण्यलोकाः स्युर्महेन्द्रसदनेऽक्षयाः ॥
bhavedyaśaḥ pṛthivyāṃ me khyātaṃ gandharvato vadhāt | prāptāśca puṇyalokāḥ syurmahendrasadane'kṣayāḥ
My fame would have spread over the earth for having been slain by the gandharva, and I would have won the holy, imperishable worlds in great Indra's abode.
Verse 11 (3.250.11)
यत्त्वद्य मे व्यवसितं तच्छृणुध्वं नरर्षभाः । इह प्रायमुपासिष्ये यूयं व्रजत वै गृहान् । भ्रातरश्चैव मे सर्वे यान्त्वद्य स्वपुरं प्रति ॥
yattvadya me vyavasitaṃ tacchṛṇudhvaṃ nararṣabhāḥ | iha prāyamupāsiṣye yūyaṃ vrajata vai gṛhān | bhrātaraścaiva me sarve yāntvadya svapuraṃ prati
Now hear, bulls among men, what I have resolved today: I shall sit here and fast unto death. You go home, and let all my brothers go back today to their own city.
Verse 12 (3.250.12)
कर्णप्रभृतयश्चैव सुहृदो बान्धवाश्च ये । दुःशासनं पुरस्कृत्य प्रयान्त्वद्य पुरं प्रति ॥
karṇaprabhṛtayaścaiva suhṛdo bāndhavāśca ye | duḥśāsanaṃ puraskṛtya prayāntvadya puraṃ prati
Let Karna and the others, my friends and kinsmen, go back to the city today with Duhshasana at their head.
Verse 13 (3.250.13)
न ह्यहं संप्रयास्यामि पुरं शत्रुनिराकृतः । शत्रुमानापहो भूत्वा सुहृदां मानकृत्तथा ॥
na hyahaṃ saṃprayāsyāmi puraṃ śatrunirākṛtaḥ | śatrumānāpaho bhūtvā suhṛdāṃ mānakṛttathā
For I will not go back to the city, spurned by my enemies, I who used to humble the pride of my foes and bring honour to my friends.
Verse 14 (3.250.14)
कामं रणशिरस्यद्य शत्रुभिर्वै विमानितः । स सुहृच्छोकदो जातः शत्रूणां हर्षवर्धनः । वारणाह्वयमासाद्य किं वक्ष्यामि जनाधिपम् ॥
kāmaṃ raṇaśirasyadya śatrubhirvai vimānitaḥ | sa suhṛcchokado jātaḥ śatrūṇāṃ harṣavardhanaḥ | vāraṇāhvayamāsādya kiṃ vakṣyāmi janādhipam
Dishonoured as I have been today by my enemies at the very forefront of battle, having become a cause of grief to my friends and of joy to my foes, what shall I say to the king when I reach the city named after the elephant?
Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (` and ') around the first line and corrected हर्वर्धनः → हर्षवर्धनः (misprint in Wikisource; dropped akshara, critical edition harṣavardhanaḥ). The first line is not in the critical edition's constituted text (its apparatus has it as 3.238.12d*1140); the other two lines match CE 3.238.13 (CE "bhūtvā" for "जातः").
Verse 15 (3.250.15)
भीष्मद्रोणौ कृपद्रौणी विदुरः संजयस्तथा । बाह्लीकः सौमदत्तिश्च ये चान्ये वृद्धसंमताः ॥
bhīṣmadroṇau kṛpadrauṇī viduraḥ saṃjayastathā | bāhlīkaḥ saumadattiśca ye cānye vṛddhasaṃmatāḥ
Bhishma and Drona, Kripa and Drona's son, Vidura and Sanjaya, Bahlika and Somadatta's son, and the other elders held in honour —
Verse 16 (3.250.16)
ब्राह्मणाः श्रेणिमुख्याश्च तथोदासीनवृत्तयः । किं मां वक्ष्यंति किं चापि प्रतिवक्ष्यामि तानहम् ॥
brāhmaṇāḥ śreṇimukhyāśca tathodāsīnavṛttayaḥ | kiṃ māṃ vakṣyaṃti kiṃ cāpi prativakṣyāmi tānaham
the brahmins, the heads of the guilds and those who live as neutrals: what will they say to me, and what answer shall I give them?
Note on the text: Corrected the final तानहं → तानहम् (anusvara for final म् at the end of the verse).
Verse 17 (3.250.17)
रिपूणां शिरसि स्थित्वा तथा विक्रम्य चोरसि । आत्मदोषात्परिभ्रष्टः कथं वक्ष्यामि तानहम् ॥
ripūṇāṃ śirasi sthitvā tathā vikramya corasi | ātmadoṣātparibhraṣṭaḥ kathaṃ vakṣyāmi tānaham
I who stood on the heads of my enemies and trampled on their chests, now fallen through my own fault, how shall I speak to them?
Verse 18 (3.250.18)
दुर्विनीताः श्रियं प्राप्य विद्यामैश्वर्यमेव च । तिष्ठन्ति न चिरं भद्रे यथाऽहं मदगर्वितः ॥
durvinītāḥ śriyaṃ prāpya vidyāmaiśvaryameva ca | tiṣṭhanti na ciraṃ bhadre yathā'haṃ madagarvitaḥ
The ill-disciplined who gain fortune, learning and power do not keep them long in prosperity, as I, drunk with pride, have not.
Verse 19 (3.250.19)
अहो वत यथेदं मे कष्टं दुश्चरितं कृतम् । स्वयं दुर्बुद्धिना मोहाद्येन प्राप्तोऽस्मि संशयम् ॥
aho vata yathedaṃ me kaṣṭaṃ duścaritaṃ kṛtam | svayaṃ durbuddhinā mohādyena prāpto'smi saṃśayam
Alas, what a grievous misdeed I have committed, I myself, foolish and deluded, through which I have fallen into this peril.
Note on the text: Added the missing avagraha in प्राप्तोऽस्मि.
Verse 20 (3.250.20)
तस्मात्प्रायमुपासिष्ये न हि शक्ष्यामि जीवितुम् । चेतयानो हि को जीवेत्कृच्छ्राच्छत्रुभिरुद्धृतः ॥
tasmātprāyamupāsiṣye na hi śakṣyāmi jīvitum | cetayāno hi ko jīvetkṛcchrācchatrubhiruddhṛtaḥ
Therefore I shall fast unto death, for I cannot go on living. What man of feeling would live, rescued from hardship by his enemies,
Note on the text: Restored the word space in हि शक्ष्यामि.
Verse 21 (3.250.21)
शत्रुभिश्चावहसितो मानी पौरुषवर्जितः । पाण्डवैर्विक्रमाढ्यैश्च सावमानमवेक्षितः ॥
śatrubhiścāvahasito mānī pauruṣavarjitaḥ | pāṇḍavairvikramāḍhyaiśca sāvamānamavekṣitaḥ
mocked by his enemies, a proud man robbed of his manhood, looked upon with contempt by the valiant Pandavas?
Note on the text: Corrected विक्रमाढ्यैशच् → विक्रमाढ्यैश्च (misprint in Wikisource; misplaced virama, critical edition vikramāḍhyaiś ca).
वैशम्पायन उवाच · Vaishampayana said
Verse 22 (3.250.22)
एवं चिन्तापरिगतो दुःशासनमथाब्रवीत् । दुःशासन निबोधेदं वचनं मम भारत ॥
evaṃ cintāparigato duḥśāsanamathābravīt | duḥśāsana nibodhedaṃ vacanaṃ mama bhārata
Overcome by such thoughts, he then said to Duhshasana: "Duhshasana, Bharata, listen to these words of mine.
दुर्योधन उवाच · Duryodhana said
Verse 23 (3.250.23)
प्रतीच्छ त्वं मया दत्तमभिषेकं नृपो भव । प्रशाधि पृथिवीं स्फीतां कर्णसौबलपालिताम् ॥
pratīccha tvaṃ mayā dattamabhiṣekaṃ nṛpo bhava | praśādhi pṛthivīṃ sphītāṃ karṇasaubalapālitām
Accept the consecration I give you, and become king. Rule this prosperous earth, protected by Karna and Saubala.
Note on the text: Restored the word space in स्फीतां कर्ण. Speaker set to Duryodhana: his speech to Duhshasana, begun in the previous verse, fills verses 23–26 without a printed heading.
Verse 24 (3.250.24)
भ्रातॄन्पालय विस्रब्धं मरुतो वृत्रहा यथा । बान्धवाश्चोपजीवन्तु देवा इव शतक्रतुम् ॥
bhrātṝnpālaya visrabdhaṃ maruto vṛtrahā yathā | bāndhavāścopajīvantu devā iva śatakratum
Protect your brothers with trust, as the slayer of Vritra protects the Maruts, and let your kinsmen live in your care as the gods live under Indra of the hundred sacrifices.
Verse 25 (3.250.25)
ब्राह्मणेषु सदा वृत्तिं कुर्वीथाश्चाप्रमादतः । बन्धूनां सुहृदां चैव भवेथास्त्वं गतिः सदा ॥
brāhmaṇeṣu sadā vṛttiṃ kurvīthāścāpramādataḥ | bandhūnāṃ suhṛdāṃ caiva bhavethāstvaṃ gatiḥ sadā
Always make provision for the brahmins without fail, and be ever the refuge of your kinsmen and friends.
Verse 26 (3.250.26)
ज्ञातींश्चाप्यनुपश्येथा विष्णुर्देवगणान्यथा । गुरवः पालनीयास्ते गच्छ पालय मेदिनीम् ॥
jñātīṃścāpyanupaśyethā viṣṇurdevagaṇānyathā | guravaḥ pālanīyāste gaccha pālaya medinīm
Watch over your relatives as Vishnu watches over the hosts of the gods; your elders must be cared for. Go, rule the earth,
वैशम्पायन उवाच · Vaishampayana said
Verse 27 (3.250.27)
नन्दयन्सुहृदः सर्वाञ्शात्रवांश्चावभर्त्सयन् । कण्ठे चैनं परिष्वज्य गम्यतामित्युवाच ह ॥
nandayansuhṛdaḥ sarvāñśātravāṃścāvabhartsayan | kaṇṭhe cainaṃ pariṣvajya gamyatāmityuvāca ha
gladdening all your friends and rebuking your enemies." And embracing him about the neck, he said, "Go."
Note on the text: Restored the word space in परिष्वज्य गम्यताम्.
Verse 28 (3.250.28)
तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा दीनो दुःशासनोऽब्रवीत् । अश्रुकण्ठः सुदुःखार्तः प्राञ्जलिः प्रणिपत्य च ॥
tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā dīno duḥśāsano'bravīt | aśrukaṇṭhaḥ suduḥkhārtaḥ prāñjaliḥ praṇipatya ca
Hearing his words, Duhshasana, downcast, his throat choked with tears and deeply afflicted, joined his palms, bowed down,
Note on the text: Corrected दुशासनो → दुःशासनो (misprint in Wikisource; dropped visarga, critical edition duḥśāsano). Matches the critical edition 3.238.27ab–cd (the automatic alignment missed it); Wikisource divides verses 28–31 differently from the critical edition 3.238.27–29.
Verse 29 (3.250.29)
सगद्गदमिदं वाक्यं भ्रातरं ज्येष्ठमात्मनः । प्रसीदेत्यपतद्भूमौ दूयमानेन चेतसा ॥
sagadgadamidaṃ vākyaṃ bhrātaraṃ jyeṣṭhamātmanaḥ | prasīdetyapatadbhūmau dūyamānena cetasā
and in a faltering voice said these words to his own elder brother, "Be gracious!" and fell to the ground with an aching heart.
Note on the text: Corrected कप्रसीदेत्य → प्रसीदेत्य (stray क in Wikisource; critical edition prasīdety). Spans the critical edition 3.238.27ef and 3.238.28ab.
Verse 30 (3.250.30)
दुःखितः पादयोस्तस्य नेत्रजं जलमुत्सृजन् । उक्तवांश्च नरव्याघ्रो नैतदेवं भविष्यति ॥
duḥkhitaḥ pādayostasya netrajaṃ jalamutsṛjan | uktavāṃśca naravyāghro naitadevaṃ bhaviṣyati
In his grief, shedding tears at his brother's feet, that tiger among men said, "This shall not be!
Note on the text: Spans the critical edition 3.238.28cd and 3.238.29ab (the automatic alignment missed it).
दुःशासन उवाच · Duhshasana said
Verse 31 (3.250.31)
विदीर्येत्सकला भूमिर्द्यौश्चापि शकलीभवेत् । रविरात्मप्रभां जह्यात्सोमः शीतांशुतां त्यजेत् ॥
vidīryetsakalā bhūmirdyauścāpi śakalībhavet | ravirātmaprabhāṃ jahyātsomaḥ śītāṃśutāṃ tyajet
Let the whole earth split apart and the sky shatter into pieces; let the sun forsake its own light and the moon its coolness;
Note on the text: Corrected विदीर्यत् → विदीर्येत् (misprint in Wikisource; critical edition vidīryet). Matches the critical edition 3.238.29cd–ef (CE "sanagā" for "सकला"). Speaker set to Duhshasana: his words, begun in the previous verse, fill this verse and the next without a printed heading.
Verse 32 (3.250.32)
वायुः शैघ्र्यमथो जह्याद्धिमवांश्च हिमं त्यजेत् । शुष्येत्तोयं समुद्रेषु वह्निरप्युष्णतां त्यजेत् ॥
vāyuḥ śaighryamatho jahyāddhimavāṃśca himaṃ tyajet | śuṣyettoyaṃ samudreṣu vahnirapyuṣṇatāṃ tyajet
let the wind give up its swiftness and Himalaya its snow; let the water in the oceans dry up and fire give up its heat:
वैशम्पायन उवाच · Vaishampayana said
Verse 33 (3.250.33)
न चाहं त्वदृते राजन्प्रशासेयं वसुंधराम् । पुनःपुनः प्रसीदेति वाक्यं चेदमुवाच ह ॥
na cāhaṃ tvadṛte rājanpraśāseyaṃ vasuṃdharām | punaḥpunaḥ prasīdeti vākyaṃ cedamuvāca ha
but I will not rule the earth without you, king." Again and again he said, "Be gracious," and he spoke these words as well:
Note on the text: Matches the critical edition 3.238.31ab–cd (the automatic alignment missed it). Narrator's verse: the first line closes Duhshasana's words and the second is narration.
दुःशासन उवाच · Duhshasana said
Verse 34 (3.250.34)
शत्रूणां शोककृद्राजन्सुहृदां शोकनाशनः । त्वमेव नः कुले राजा भविष्यसि शतं समाः ॥
śatrūṇāṃ śokakṛdrājansuhṛdāṃ śokanāśanaḥ | tvameva naḥ kule rājā bhaviṣyasi śataṃ samāḥ
O king, you who bring grief to your enemies and end the grief of your friends, you alone shall be king in our family for a hundred years.
Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (` and ') around the first line and restored the word spaces in नः कुले राजा. The first line is not in the critical edition's constituted text (its apparatus has it as 3.238.31d*1142); the second line matches CE 3.238.31ef. Speaker set to Duhshasana, whose words these are.
वैशम्पायन उवाच · Vaishampayana said
Verse 35 (3.250.35)
एवमुक्त्वा स राजानं सस्वनं प्ररुरोद ह । पादौ संस्पृश्य मानार्हौ भ्रातुर्ज्येष्ठस्य भारत ॥
evamuktvā sa rājānaṃ sasvanaṃ praruroda ha | pādau saṃspṛśya mānārhau bhrāturjyeṣṭhasya bhārata
Having said this to the king, he wept aloud, O Bharata, clasping the honoured feet of his elder brother.
Note on the text: Corrected सुश्वरं → सस्वनं (misprint in Wikisource; not a valid word, critical edition sasvanaṃ "aloud").
Verse 36 (3.250.36)
तथा तौ दुःखितौ दृष्ट्वा दुःशासनसुयोधनौ । अभिगम्य व्यथाविष्टः कर्णस्तौ प्रत्यभाषत ॥
tathā tau duḥkhitau dṛṣṭvā duḥśāsanasuyodhanau | abhigamya vyathāviṣṭaḥ karṇastau pratyabhāṣata
Seeing the two of them, Duhshasana and Suyodhana, so distressed, Karna, himself stricken with pain, came up to them and said:
कर्ण उवाच · Karna said
Verse 37 (3.250.37)
विषीदथः किं कौरव्यौ बालिश्यात्प्राकृताविव । न शोकः शोचमानस्य विनिवर्तेत कर्हिचित् ॥
viṣīdathaḥ kiṃ kauravyau bāliśyātprākṛtāviva | na śokaḥ śocamānasya vinivarteta karhicit
Why do you two despair, Kauravas, foolishly, like common men? Grief never turns away from one who grieves.
Note on the text: Speaker set to Karna: the previous verse introduces his words and no heading is printed (verses 37–42).
Verse 38 (3.250.38)
यदा च शोचतः शोको व्यसनं नापकर्षति । सामर्थ्यं किं ततः शोके शोचमानौ प्रपश्यथः ॥
yadā ca śocataḥ śoko vyasanaṃ nāpakarṣati | sāmarthyaṃ kiṃ tataḥ śoke śocamānau prapaśyathaḥ
When grief does not take away the misfortune of the one who grieves, what power do you two see in grief, that you go on grieving?
Note on the text: Restored the word space in शोको व्यसनं. Matches the critical edition 3.238.35ab–cd (the automatic alignment missed it).
Verse 39 (3.250.39)
धृतिं गृह्णीतं मा शत्रूञ्शोचन्तौ नन्दयिष्यथः । कर्तव्यं हि कृतं राजन्पाण्डवैस्तव मोक्षणम् ॥
dhṛtiṃ gṛhṇītaṃ mā śatrūñśocantau nandayiṣyathaḥ | kartavyaṃ hi kṛtaṃ rājanpāṇḍavaistava mokṣaṇam
Take courage; do not gladden your enemies with your grieving. The Pandavas did only what they ought, king, in setting you free.
Note on the text: Spans the critical edition 3.238.35ef and 3.238.36ab (the automatic alignment missed it).
Verse 40 (3.250.40)
नित्यमेव प्रियं कार्यं राज्ञो विषयवासिभिः । पाल्यमानास्त्वया ते हि निवसन्ति गतज्वराः ॥
nityameva priyaṃ kāryaṃ rājño viṣayavāsibhiḥ | pālyamānāstvayā te hi nivasanti gatajvarāḥ
Those who live in a king's realm must always do what pleases him; and they live there free from care because you protect them.
Note on the text: Corrected विपयवासिभिः → विषयवासिभिः (misprint in Wikisource; critical edition viṣayavāsibhiḥ). Matches the critical edition 3.238.36cd–ef.
Verse 41 (3.250.41)
नार्हस्येवंगते मन्युं कर्तुं प्राकृतवत्स्वयम् । विषण्णास्तव सोदर्यास्त्वयि प्रायं समास्थिते ॥
nārhasyevaṃgate manyuṃ kartuṃ prākṛtavatsvayam | viṣaṇṇāstava sodaryāstvayi prāyaṃ samāsthite
In such a case you should not yourself give way to anger like a common man. Your brothers are downcast now that you have resolved to fast unto death.
Note on the text: Matches the critical edition 3.238.37ab–cd (CE "yathā" for "स्वयम्"); the automatic alignment missed it.
Verse 42 (3.250.42)
तदलं दुःखितानेतान्कर्तुं सर्वान्नराधिप । उत्तिष्ठ व्रज भद्रं ते समाश्वासय सोदरान् ॥
tadalaṃ duḥkhitānetānkartuṃ sarvānnarādhipa | uttiṣṭha vraja bhadraṃ te samāśvāsaya sodarān
Enough, then, of making all these grieve, lord of men. Rise and go, and may it be well with you; comfort your brothers.
Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (` and ') around the first line, which is not in the critical edition's constituted text (its apparatus has it as 3.238.37d*0044); the second line matches CE 3.238.37ef.