Durvasas Is Sent to the Pandavas

Verse 1 (3.263.1)

वसत्स्वेवं वने तेषु पाण्डवेषु महात्मसु । रममाणेषु चित्राभिः कथाभिर्मुनिभिः सह ॥

vasatsvevaṃ vane teṣu pāṇḍaveṣu mahātmasu | ramamāṇeṣu citrābhiḥ kathābhirmunibhiḥ saha

"While the great-souled Pandavas were living thus in the forest, delighting in the many-coloured stories they shared with the sages,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.25, lines 1–2. Corrected रममाणएषु → रममाणेषु and चित्राबिः → चित्राभिः (misprints in Wikisource; the appendix reads ramamāṇeṣu citrābhiḥ). Wikisource's own footnote says this adhyaya and the next (the Durvasas episode) are found only in the झ. manuscript.

Verse 2 (3.263.2)

सूर्यदत्ताक्षयान्नेन कृष्णाया भोजनावधि । ब्राह्मणांस्तर्पमाणेषु ये चान्नार्थमुपागताः । आरण्यानां मृगाणां च मांसैर्नानाविधैरपि ॥

sūryadattākṣayānnena kṛṣṇāyā bhojanāvadhi | brāhmaṇāṃstarpamāṇeṣu ye cānnārthamupāgatāḥ | āraṇyānāṃ mṛgāṇāṃ ca māṃsairnānāvidhairapi

and while, with the inexhaustible food given by the Sun, which lasted until Krishna had eaten, they were feeding the brahmins who came for a meal, and also with the meat of many kinds of forest animals,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.25, lines 3–5.

Verse 3 (3.263.3)

धार्तराष्ट्रा दुरात्मानः सर्वे दुर्योधनादयः । कथं तेष्वन्ववर्तन्त पापाचारा महामुने ॥

dhārtarāṣṭrā durātmānaḥ sarve duryodhanādayaḥ | kathaṃ teṣvanvavartanta pāpācārā mahāmune

how did the evil-minded sons of Dhritarashtra, Duryodhana and all the rest, men of sinful conduct, behave toward them, great sage,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.25, lines 6–7.

Verse 4 (3.263.4)

दुःशासनस्य कर्णस्य शकुनेश्च मते स्थिताः । एतदाचक्ष्व भगवन्वैशंपायन पृच्छतः ॥

duḥśāsanasya karṇasya śakuneśca mate sthitāḥ | etadācakṣva bhagavanvaiśaṃpāyana pṛcchataḥ

guided as they were by the counsel of Duhshasana, Karna and Shakuni? Tell me this, blessed Vaishampayana, for I am asking you."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.25, lines 8–9. Corrected दःशासनस्य → दुःशासनस्य (misprint in Wikisource; the appendix reads duḥśāsanasya).

Verse 5 (3.263.5)

श्रुत्वा तेषां तथा वृत्तिं नगरे वसतामिव । दुर्योधनो महाराज तेषु पापमरोचयत् ॥

śrutvā teṣāṃ tathā vṛttiṃ nagare vasatāmiva | duryodhano mahārāja teṣu pāpamarocayat

Hearing that they were living in the forest as comfortably as if they were dwelling in a city, Duryodhana, great king, set his heart on doing them harm.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.25, lines 10–11.

Verse 6 (3.263.6)

तथा तैर्निकृतिप्रज्ञैः कर्णदुःशासनादिभिः । नानोपायैरघं तेषु चिन्तयत्सु दुरात्मसु ॥

tathā tairnikṛtiprajñaiḥ karṇaduḥśāsanādibhiḥ | nānopāyairaghaṃ teṣu cintayatsu durātmasu

And while those wicked men, Karna, Duhshasana and the others, schooled in deceit, were devising by many means how to bring misery upon them,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.25, lines 12–13. Corrected नानोपायैरधं → नानोपायैरघं (misprint in Wikisource; the appendix reads aghaṃ, and Wikisource's footnote glosses the word as दुःखम्).

Verse 7 (3.263.7)

अभ्यागच्छत्स धर्मात्मा तपस्वी सुमहायशाः । शिष्यायुतसमोपेतो दुर्वासा नाम कामतः ॥

abhyāgacchatsa dharmātmā tapasvī sumahāyaśāḥ | śiṣyāyutasamopeto durvāsā nāma kāmataḥ

the righteous and most renowned ascetic named Durvasas arrived of his own accord, attended by ten thousand disciples.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.25, lines 14–15. Corrected कसुमहायशाः → सुमहायशाः (misprint in Wikisource; a stray akshara; the appendix reads sumahāyaśāḥ).

Verse 8 (3.263.8)

तमागतमभिप्रेक्ष्य मुनिं परमकोपनम् । दुर्योधनो विनीतात्मा प्रश्रयेण दमेन च । सहितो भ्रातृभिः श्रीमानातिथ्येन न्यमन्त्रयत् ॥

tamāgatamabhiprekṣya muniṃ paramakopanam | duryodhano vinītātmā praśrayeṇa damena ca | sahito bhrātṛbhiḥ śrīmānātithyena nyamantrayat

Seeing that sage, so quick to anger, arrive, the glorious Duryodhana, humble in spirit, with courtesy and self-restraint, together with his brothers, invited him to be his guest.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.25, lines 16–18. Restored from the critical edition (Appendix I.25, line 17): Wikisource has lost the middle line "दुर्योधनो विनीतात्मा प्रश्रयेण दमेन च", which names the subject of the verse; the rest of the passage follows the appendix line for line.

Verse 9 (3.263.9)

विधिवत्पूजयामास स्वयं किंकरवत्स्थितः । अहानि कतिचित्तत्र तस्थौ स मुनिसत्तमः ॥

vidhivatpūjayāmāsa svayaṃ kiṃkaravatsthitaḥ | ahāni katicittatra tasthau sa munisattamaḥ

He worshipped him according to the rule, standing by himself like a servant. That best of sages stayed there for some days.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.25, lines 19–20.

Verse 10 (3.263.10)

तं च पर्यचरद्राजा दिवारात्रमतन्द्रितः । दुर्योधनो महाराज शापात्तस्य विशङ्कितः ॥

taṃ ca paryacaradrājā divārātramatandritaḥ | duryodhano mahārāja śāpāttasya viśaṅkitaḥ

And King Duryodhana, great king, waited on him day and night without tiring, for he dreaded his curse.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.25, lines 21–22.

Verse 11 (3.263.11)

क्षुधितोऽस्मि ददस्वान्नं शीघ्रं मम नराधिप । इत्युक्त्वा गच्छति स्नातुं प्रत्यागच्छति वै चिरात् ॥

kṣudhito'smi dadasvānnaṃ śīghraṃ mama narādhipa | ityuktvā gacchati snātuṃ pratyāgacchati vai cirāt

"I am hungry, king; give me food at once," he would say, and then go off to bathe and come back only after a long while.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.25, lines 23–24. Corrected प्र्यागच्चति → प्रत्यागच्छति (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped akshara and च for छ; the appendix reads pratyāgacchati).

Verse 12 (3.263.12)

न भोक्ष्याम्यद्यमे नास्ति क्षुधेत्युक्त्वैत्यदर्शनम् । अकस्मादेत्य च ब्रूते भोजयास्मांस्त्वरान्वितः ॥

na bhokṣyāmyadyame nāsti kṣudhetyuktvaityadarśanam | akasmādetya ca brūte bhojayāsmāṃstvarānvitaḥ

"I will not eat today; I have no hunger," he would say, and vanish from sight. Then he would suddenly return and say in a hurry, "Feed us!"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.25, lines 25–26. Corrected भोजनयास्मांस्त्वरान्वितः → भोजयास्मांस्त्वरान्वितः (misprint in Wikisource; a stray akshara; the appendix reads bhojayāsmāṃs).

Verse 13 (3.263.13)

कदाचिच्च निशीथे स उत्थाय निकृतौ स्थितः । पूर्ववत्कारयित्वाऽन्नं न भुङ्क्ते गर्हयन्स्म सः ॥

kadācicca niśīthe sa utthāya nikṛtau sthitaḥ | pūrvavatkārayitvā'nnaṃ na bhuṅkte garhayansma saḥ

Once he rose at midnight, bent on mischief, had food prepared as before, and then would not eat it, finding fault with it.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.25, lines 27–28.

Verse 14 (3.263.14)

वर्तमाने तथा तस्मिन्यदा दुर्योधनो नृपः । विकृतिं नैति न क्रोधं तदा तुष्टोऽभवन्मुनिः ॥

vartamāne tathā tasminyadā duryodhano nṛpaḥ | vikṛtiṃ naiti na krodhaṃ tadā tuṣṭo'bhavanmuniḥ

When, through all this, King Duryodhana showed neither a change of temper nor anger, the sage was pleased.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.25, lines 29–30.

Verse 15 (3.263.15)

आहचैनं दुराधर्षो वरदोऽस्मीति भारत ॥

āhacainaṃ durādharṣo varado'smīti bhārata

And that unassailable sage said to him, "I am ready to grant you a boon," O Bharata.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.25, line 31.

Verse 16 (3.263.16)

वरं वरय भद्रं ते यत्ते मनसि वर्तते । मयि प्रीते तु यद्धर्म्यं नालभ्यं विद्यते तव ॥

varaṃ varaya bhadraṃ te yatte manasi vartate | mayi prīte tu yaddharmyaṃ nālabhyaṃ vidyate tava

"Choose a boon, and may good fortune be yours, whatever is in your mind. When I am pleased, nothing that accords with dharma is beyond your reach."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.25, lines 32–33.

Verse 17 (3.263.17)

एतच्छ्रुत्वा वचस्तस्य महर्षेर्भावितात्मनः । अमन्यत पुनर्जातमात्मानं स सुयोधनः ॥

etacchrutvā vacastasya maharṣerbhāvitātmanaḥ | amanyata punarjātamātmānaṃ sa suyodhanaḥ

Hearing these words of the great seer of purified soul, Suyodhana felt as if he had been born again.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.25, lines 34–35.

Verse 18 (3.263.18)

प्रागेव मन्त्रितं चासीत्कर्णदुःशासनादिभिः । याचनीयं मुनेस्तुष्टादिति निश्चित्य दुर्मतिः ॥

prāgeva mantritaṃ cāsītkarṇaduḥśāsanādibhiḥ | yācanīyaṃ munestuṣṭāditi niścitya durmatiḥ

It had already been agreed with Karna, Duhshasana and the others what should be asked of the sage once he was pleased; and having settled on it, the evil-minded king,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.25, lines 36–37.

Verse 19 (3.263.19)

अतिहर्षान्वितो राजन्वरमेनमयाचत । शिष्यैः सह मम ब्रह्मन्यथा जातोऽतिथिर्भवान् ॥

atiharṣānvito rājanvaramenamayācata | śiṣyaiḥ saha mama brahmanyathā jāto'tithirbhavān

filled with great delight, O king, asked for this boon: "Brahmin, just as you have been my guest together with your disciples,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.25, lines 38–39.

Verse 20 (3.263.20)

अस्मत्कुले महाराजो ज्येष्ठः श्रेष्ठो युधिष्ठिरः । वने वसति धर्मात्मा भ्रातृभिः परिवारितः । गुणवाञ्शीलसंपन्नस्तस्य त्वमतिथिर्भव ॥

asmatkule mahārājo jyeṣṭhaḥ śreṣṭho yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | vane vasati dharmātmā bhrātṛbhiḥ parivāritaḥ | guṇavāñśīlasaṃpannastasya tvamatithirbhava

so the eldest and best of our family, the great king Yudhishthira, righteous of soul, is living in the forest surrounded by his brothers. He is virtuous and of good character; be his guest as well.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.25, lines 40–42.

Verse 21 (3.263.21)

यदा च राजपुत्री सा सुकुमारी यशस्विनी । भोजयित्वा द्विजान्सर्वान्पतींश्च वरवर्णिनी ॥

yadā ca rājaputrī sā sukumārī yaśasvinī | bhojayitvā dvijānsarvānpatīṃśca varavarṇinī

And when that king's daughter, delicate, renowned and fair of complexion, has fed all the brahmins and her husbands,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.25, lines 43–44.

Verse 22 (3.263.22)

विश्रान्ता च स्वयं भुक्त्वा सुखासीना भवेद्यदा । तदा त्वं तत्रगच्छेथा यद्यनुग्राह्यता मयि ॥

viśrāntā ca svayaṃ bhuktvā sukhāsīnā bhavedyadā | tadā tvaṃ tatragacchethā yadyanugrāhyatā mayi

and has eaten herself and is resting, seated at her ease, go there at that time, if you wish to show me favour."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.25, lines 45–46.

Verse 23 (3.263.23)

तथा करिष्ये त्वत्प्रीत्येत्येवमुक्त्वा सुयोधनम् । दुर्वासा अपिविप्रेन्द्रो यथागतमगात्ततः ॥

tathā kariṣye tvatprītyetyevamuktvā suyodhanam | durvāsā apiviprendro yathāgatamagāttataḥ

"I will do so, out of regard for you," said Durvasas to Suyodhana, and that foremost of brahmins went away as he had come.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.25, lines 47–48.

Verse 24 (3.263.24)

कृतार्थमपि चात्मानं तदा मेने सुयोधनः । करेण च करं गृह्य कर्णस्य मुदितो भृशम् ॥

kṛtārthamapi cātmānaṃ tadā mene suyodhanaḥ | kareṇa ca karaṃ gṛhya karṇasya mudito bhṛśam

Then Suyodhana thought that he had gained his end; greatly delighted, he took Karna's hand in his own.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.25, lines 49–50.

Verse 25 (3.263.25)

कर्णोपि भ्रातृसहितमित्युवाच नृपं मुदा । दिष्ट्या कामः सुसंवृत्तोदिष्ट्या कौरव वर्धसे । दिष्ट्या ते शत्रवो मग्ना दुस्तरे व्यसनार्णवे ॥

karṇopi bhrātṛsahitamityuvāca nṛpaṃ mudā | diṣṭyā kāmaḥ susaṃvṛttodiṣṭyā kaurava vardhase | diṣṭyā te śatravo magnā dustare vyasanārṇave

Karna too, together with the brothers, said joyfully to the king: "Fortune smiles: your wish has been fulfilled! Fortune smiles, Kaurava: you prosper! Fortune smiles: your enemies are sunk in an ocean of calamity that is hard to cross!

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.25, lines 51–53. Corrected दुष्ट्या → दिष्ट्या (misprint in Wikisource; the line repeats दिष्ट्या, and the appendix reads diṣṭyā).

Verse 26 (3.263.26)

दुर्वासःक्रोधजे वह्नौ पतिताः पाण्डुनन्दनाः । स्वैरेव ते महापापैर्गता वै दुस्तरं तमः ॥

durvāsaḥkrodhaje vahnau patitāḥ pāṇḍunandanāḥ | svaireva te mahāpāpairgatā vai dustaraṃ tamaḥ

The sons of Pandu have fallen into the fire born of Durvasas' anger. Through their own great sins they have gone into a darkness that is hard to cross."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.25, lines 54–55.

Verse 27 (3.263.27)

इत्थं ते निकृतिप्रज्ञा राजन्दुर्योधनादयः । हसन्तः प्रीतमनसो जग्मुः स्वंस्वं निकेतनम् ॥

itthaṃ te nikṛtiprajñā rājanduryodhanādayaḥ | hasantaḥ prītamanaso jagmuḥ svaṃsvaṃ niketanam

Thus, O king, Duryodhana and the others, skilled in deceit, went laughing and glad at heart, each to his own dwelling.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.25, lines 56–57. Speaker heading corrected from वैशंपायु to वैशंपायन (misprint in Wikisource).