Markandeya Consoles Yudhishthira

Verse 1 (3.293.1)

एवमेतन्महाबाहो रामेणामिततेजसा । प्राप्तं व्यसनमत्युग्रं वनवासकृतं पुरा ॥

evametanmahābāho rāmeṇāmitatejasā | prāptaṃ vyasanamatyugraṃ vanavāsakṛtaṃ purā

Thus, mighty-armed one, did Rama of boundless splendour long ago meet with terrible misfortune, brought on by his life in the forest.

Verse 2 (3.293.2)

मा शुचः पुरुषव्याघ्र क्षत्रियोसि परंतप । बाहुवीर्याश्रयेमार्गे वर्तसे दीप्तनिर्णये ॥

mā śucaḥ puruṣavyāghra kṣatriyosi paraṃtapa | bāhuvīryāśrayemārge vartase dīptanirṇaye

Do not grieve, tiger among men; you are a Kshatriya, scorcher of foes. You walk the path that rests on the strength of one's arms, whose reward is plain to see.

Note on the text: Corrected परुषव्याघ्र → पुरुषव्याघ्र (misprint in Wikisource; dropped vowel sign; the critical edition reads puruṣavyāghra).

Verse 3 (3.293.3)

न हि ते वृजिनं किंचिद्दृश्यते परमण्वपि । अस्मिन्मार्गे निषीदेयुः सेन्द्रा अपि सुरासुराः ॥

na hi te vṛjinaṃ kiṃciddṛśyate paramaṇvapi | asminmārge niṣīdeyuḥ sendrā api surāsurāḥ

No fault, not even the smallest, is to be seen in you. On this path even the gods and the Asuras, Indra among them, might sink down.

Note on the text: Corrected निपीदेयुः → निषीदेयुः (misprint in Wikisource; प for ष; the critical edition reads viṣīdeyuḥ).

Verse 4 (3.293.4)

संहत्य निहतोवृत्रो मरुद्भिर्वज्रपाणिना । नमुचिश्चैवदुर्धर्षो दीर्घजिह्वा चराक्षसी ॥

saṃhatya nihatovṛtro marudbhirvajrapāṇinā | namuciścaivadurdharṣo dīrghajihvā carākṣasī

Vritra was slain by the wielder of the thunderbolt with the Maruts at his side; so too were the unassailable Namuchi and the Rakshasi Dirghajihva.

Note on the text: Corrected दीर्गजिह्वा → दीर्घजिह्वा (misprint in Wikisource; ग for घ; the critical edition reads dīrghajihvā).

Verse 5 (3.293.5)

सहायवति सर्वार्थाः संतिष्ठन्तीह सर्वशः । किंनु तस्याजितं सङ्ख्ये यस्य भ्राता धनंजयः ॥

sahāyavati sarvārthāḥ saṃtiṣṭhantīha sarvaśaḥ | kiṃnu tasyājitaṃ saṅkhye yasya bhrātā dhanaṃjayaḥ

For one who has allies, every aim is fully achieved here. What in battle is beyond the reach of one whose brother is Dhananjaya?

Note on the text: Corrected सतिष्ठन्ति → संतिष्ठन्ति (misprint in Wikisource; dropped anusvara; the critical edition reads saṃtiṣṭhanti) and यस् → यस्य (misprint in Wikisource; dropped akshara; the critical edition reads yasya).

Verse 6 (3.293.6)

अयं च बलिनांश्रेष्ठो भीमो भीमपराक्रमः । युवानौ च महेष्वासौ वीरौ माद्रवतीसुतौ ॥

ayaṃ ca balināṃśreṣṭho bhīmo bhīmaparākramaḥ | yuvānau ca maheṣvāsau vīrau mādravatīsutau

And here is Bhima, of fearsome valour, the best of the strong, and the two young heroes, the sons of Madri, mighty archers.

Note on the text: Corrected भीमपराक्रमाः → भीमपराक्रमः (misprint in Wikisource; plural ending on an epithet of Bhima; the critical edition reads bhīmaparākramaḥ). Wikisource divides the critical edition's two three-line verses 3.276.6–7 into three two-line verses (293.6–8): this one is 3.276.6ab.

Verse 7 (3.293.7)

एभिः सहायैः कस्मात्त्वं विषीदसि परंतप । य इमे वज्रिणः सेनां जयेयुः समरुद्गणाम् ॥

ebhiḥ sahāyaiḥ kasmāttvaṃ viṣīdasi paraṃtapa | ya ime vajriṇaḥ senāṃ jayeyuḥ samarudgaṇām

With such allies, why do you despair, scorcher of foes? These could conquer the army of the thunderbolt-wielder, with the Maruts and all.

Note on the text: This verse is the critical edition's 3.276.6e plus 3.276.7a (Wikisource divides 3.276.6–7 into three verses).

Verse 8 (3.293.8)

त्वमप्येभिर्महेष्वासैः सहायैर्देवरूपिभिः । विजेष्यसि रणे सर्वानमित्रान्भरतर्षभ ॥

tvamapyebhirmaheṣvāsaiḥ sahāyairdevarūpibhiḥ | vijeṣyasi raṇe sarvānamitrānbharatarṣabha

You too, with these great archers of godlike form as your allies, will conquer all your enemies in battle, bull of the Bharatas.

Note on the text: This verse is the critical edition's 3.276.7cd.

Verse 9 (3.293.9)

इतश्च त्वमिमां पश्यसैन्धवेन दुरात्मना । बलिना वीर्यमत्तेन हृतामेभिर्महात्मभिः ॥

itaśca tvamimāṃ paśyasaindhavena durātmanā | balinā vīryamattena hṛtāmebhirmahātmabhiḥ

And look at her here: carried off by the wicked lord of Sindhu, strong and drunk with his own might, she was brought back by these great-souled ones,

Verse 10 (3.293.10)

आनीतां द्रौपदीं कृष्णां कृत्वा कर्म सुदुष्करम् । जयद्रथं च राजानं विजितं वशमागतम् ॥

ānītāṃ draupadīṃ kṛṣṇāṃ kṛtvā karma suduṣkaram | jayadrathaṃ ca rājānaṃ vijitaṃ vaśamāgatam

who did a very hard deed to bring Draupadi, Krishna, back; and King Jayadratha was defeated and brought under your power.

Verse 11 (3.293.11)

असहायेन रामेण वैदेही पुनराहृता । हत्वासङ्ख्ये दशग्रीवं राक्षसं भीमविक्रमम् ॥

asahāyena rāmeṇa vaidehī punarāhṛtā | hatvāsaṅkhye daśagrīvaṃ rākṣasaṃ bhīmavikramam

Rama, with no allies of his own kind, won back Vaidehi after killing in battle the ten-headed Rakshasa of fearsome might.

Verse 12 (3.293.12)

यस्य शाखामृगामित्राण्यृक्षाः कालमुखास्तथा । जात्यन्तरगता राजन्नेतद्बुद्ध्याऽनुचिन्तय ॥

yasya śākhāmṛgāmitrāṇyṛkṣāḥ kālamukhāstathā | jātyantaragatā rājannetadbuddhyā'nucintaya

His friends were monkeys and black-faced bears, creatures of another kind altogether, O king. Reflect on this with your understanding.

Note on the text: Corrected यस् → यस्य (misprint in Wikisource; dropped akshara; the critical edition reads yasya).

Verse 13 (3.293.13)

तस्मात्सर्वं कुरुश्रेष्ठ मा शुचो भरतर्षभ । त्वद्विधा हि महात्मानो न शोचन्ति परंतप ॥

tasmātsarvaṃ kuruśreṣṭha mā śuco bharatarṣabha | tvadvidhā hi mahātmāno na śocanti paraṃtapa

Therefore, best of the Kurus, do not grieve over any of this, bull of the Bharatas; great-souled men like you do not grieve, scorcher of foes.

Verse 14 (3.293.14)

एवमाश्वासितो राजामार्कण्डेयेन धीमता । त्यक्त्वा दुःखमदीनात्मा पुनरप्येनमब्रवीत् ॥

evamāśvāsito rājāmārkaṇḍeyena dhīmatā | tyaktvā duḥkhamadīnātmā punarapyenamabravīt

Thus consoled by the wise Markandeya, the king cast off his grief and, his spirit no longer downcast, spoke to him again.