The Yaksha's Questions

Verse 1 (3.314.1)

स ददर्श हतान्भ्रातॄँल्लोकपालानिव च्युतान् । युगान्ते समनुप्राप्ते शक्रवैश्रवणोपमान् ॥

sa dadarśa hatānbhrātṝm̐llokapālāniva cyutān | yugānte samanuprāpte śakravaiśravaṇopamān

He saw his brothers lying dead, like the guardians of the world fallen from their stations when the end of an age has come, though they had been the equals of Indra and Kubera.

Note on the text: Corrected भ्रातृँल् → भ्रातॄँल् (Wikisource typo, short ṛ in an accusative plural; the critical edition reads bhrātṝṃl).

Verse 2 (3.314.2)

विनिकीर्णधनुर्बाणं दृष्ट्वा निहतमर्जुनम् । भीमसेनं यमौ चैव निर्विचेष्टान्गतायुषः ॥

vinikīrṇadhanurbāṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā nihatamarjunam | bhīmasenaṃ yamau caiva nirviceṣṭāngatāyuṣaḥ

He saw Arjuna struck down, his bow and arrows scattered about, and Bhimasena and the twins as well, motionless, their lives gone.

Verse 3 (3.314.3)

स दीर्घमुष्णं निःश्वस्य शोकबाष्पपरिप्लुतः । तान्दृष्ट्वा पतितान्भ्रातॄन्सर्वांश्चिन्तासमन्वितः ॥

sa dīrghamuṣṇaṃ niḥśvasya śokabāṣpapariplutaḥ | tāndṛṣṭvā patitānbhrātṝnsarvāṃścintāsamanvitaḥ

Seeing all his brothers fallen, he heaved a long, hot sigh; bathed in tears of grief, he was lost in anxious thought.

Note on the text: Word division corrected सदीर्घमुष्णं → स दीर्घमुष्णं (the critical edition reads sa dīrgham uṣṇaṃ). Only the first line corresponds to the critical edition (3.297.3ab); the second line is found in the vulgate recension only.

Verse 4 (3.314.4)

ननु त्वया महाबाहो प्रतिज्ञातं वृकोदर । सुयोधनस्य भेत्स्यामि गदया सक्थिनी रणे ॥

nanu tvayā mahābāho pratijñātaṃ vṛkodara | suyodhanasya bhetsyāmi gadayā sakthinī raṇe

"Mighty-armed Vrikodara, did you not vow, 'In battle I will smash Suyodhana's thighs with my mace'?"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 5 (3.314.5)

व्यर्थं तदद्य मे सर्वं त्वयि वीरे निपातिते । महात्मनि महाबाहो कुरूणां कीर्तिवर्धने ॥

vyarthaṃ tadadya me sarvaṃ tvayi vīre nipātite | mahātmani mahābāho kurūṇāṃ kīrtivardhane

"Now that you have fallen, hero, great-souled and mighty-armed, you who spread the glory of the Kurus, all of that has come to nothing for me today."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 6 (3.314.6)

मनुष्यसंभवा वाचो विधर्मिण्यः प्रतिश्रुताः । भवतां दिव्यवाचस्तु ता भवन्तु कथं मृषा ॥

manuṣyasaṃbhavā vāco vidharmiṇyaḥ pratiśrutāḥ | bhavatāṃ divyavācastu tā bhavantu kathaṃ mṛṣā

"Promises born of human lips may fail; but the divine words that were spoken about you, how can they prove false?"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 7 (3.314.7)

देवाश्चापि यदाऽवोचन्सूतके त्वां धनंजय । सहस्राक्षादनवरः कुन्ति पुत्रस्तवेति वै ॥

devāścāpi yadā'vocansūtake tvāṃ dhanaṃjaya | sahasrākṣādanavaraḥ kunti putrastaveti vai

"Dhananjaya, at your birth even the gods declared, 'Kunti, this son of yours will be in no way less than the thousand-eyed Indra.'"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Corrected मूतके → सूतके (misprint in Wikisource; the printed form is not a word).

Verse 8 (3.314.8)

उत्तरे पारियात्रे च जगुर्भूतानि सर्वशः । विप्रनष्टां श्रियं चैषामाहर्ता पुनरोजसा ॥

uttare pāriyātre ca jagurbhūtāni sarvaśaḥ | vipranaṣṭāṃ śriyaṃ caiṣāmāhartā punarojasā

"And on the northern Pariyatra mountain all beings sang that by his own might he would win back the fortune these brothers had lost."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 9 (3.314.9)

नास्य जेता रणे कश्चिदजेता नैष कस्यचित् । सोऽयं मृत्युवशं यातः कथं जिष्णुर्महाबलः ॥

nāsya jetā raṇe kaścidajetā naiṣa kasyacit | so'yaṃ mṛtyuvaśaṃ yātaḥ kathaṃ jiṣṇurmahābalaḥ

"No one could conquer him in battle, and he was never one to be conquered by anyone. How then has mighty Jishnu passed into the power of death?"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Corrected सोयं → सोऽयं (misprint in Wikisource; missing avagraha).

Verse 10 (3.314.10)

अयं ममाशां संहत्य शेते भूमौ धनंजयः । आश्रित्य यं वयं नाथं दुःखान्येतानि सेहिम ॥

ayaṃ mamāśāṃ saṃhatya śete bhūmau dhanaṃjayaḥ | āśritya yaṃ vayaṃ nāthaṃ duḥkhānyetāni sehima

"Here lies Dhananjaya on the ground, and with him lie all my hopes: he on whom we leaned as our protector while we bore these sorrows."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Word division corrected आश्रित्ययं → आश्रित्य यं.

Verse 11 (3.314.11)

रणे प्रगल्भौ वीरौ च सदा शत्रुनिबर्हणौ । कथं रिपुवशं यातौ कुन्तीपुत्रौ महाबलौ । यौ सर्वास्त्राप्रतिहतौ भीमसेनधनंजयौ ॥

raṇe pragalbhau vīrau ca sadā śatrunibarhaṇau | kathaṃ ripuvaśaṃ yātau kuntīputrau mahābalau | yau sarvāstrāpratihatau bhīmasenadhanaṃjayau

"Bold and heroic in battle, ever the destroyers of their enemies, never checked by any weapon: how have these two mighty sons of Kunti, Bhimasena and Dhananjaya, fallen into a foe's power?"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Word division corrected सर्वास्त्रा प्रतिहतौ → सर्वास्त्राप्रतिहतौ (one compound, "unchecked by any weapon").

Verse 12 (3.314.12)

अश्मसारमयं नूनं हृदयं मम दुर्हृदः । यमौ यदेतौ दृष्ट्वाऽद्य पतितौ नावदीर्यते ॥

aśmasāramayaṃ nūnaṃ hṛdayaṃ mama durhṛdaḥ | yamau yadetau dṛṣṭvā'dya patitau nāvadīryate

"Surely this wretched heart of mine is made of iron, since it does not burst today at the sight of the twins lying fallen."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 13 (3.314.13)

शास्त्रज्ञा देशकालज्ञास्तपोयुक्ताः क्रियान्विताः । अकृत्वा सदृशं कर्म किं शेध्वं पुरुषर्षभाः ॥

śāstrajñā deśakālajñāstapoyuktāḥ kriyānvitāḥ | akṛtvā sadṛśaṃ karma kiṃ śedhvaṃ puruṣarṣabhāḥ

"You knew the scriptures, you understood time and place, you were rich in austerity and diligent in rites. Why do you lie here, bulls among men, without having done the deeds worthy of you?"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 14 (3.314.14)

अविक्षतशरीराश्चाप्यप्रमृष्टशरासनाः । असंज्ञा भुवि संगम्य किं शेध्वमपराजिताः ॥

avikṣataśarīrāścāpyapramṛṣṭaśarāsanāḥ | asaṃjñā bhuvi saṃgamya kiṃ śedhvamaparājitāḥ

"Your bodies are unwounded and your bows untouched. Why do you lie here together, senseless on the ground, you who were never defeated?"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Corrected शेष्वम → शेध्वम (misprint in Wikisource; the printed form is not a word).

Verse 15 (3.314.15)

सानूनि वाद्रेः संसुप्तान्दृष्ट्वा भ्रातॄन्महामतिः । सुखं प्रसुप्तान्प्रस्विन्नः खिन्नः कष्टां दशां गतः ॥

sānūni vādreḥ saṃsuptāndṛṣṭvā bhrātṝnmahāmatiḥ | sukhaṃ prasuptānprasvinnaḥ khinnaḥ kaṣṭāṃ daśāṃ gataḥ

Seeing his brothers lying as though asleep on the slopes of a mountain, sleeping at ease, the wise king broke into a sweat; weary and wretched, he had come to a sorry state.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Corrected भ्रातृन् → भ्रातॄन् (misprint in Wikisource; accusative plural needs ॄ).

Verse 16 (3.314.16)

एवमेवेदमित्युक्त्वा धर्मात्मा स नरेश्वरः । शोकसागरमध्यस्थो दध्यौ कारणमाकुलः ॥

evamevedamityuktvā dharmātmā sa nareśvaraḥ | śokasāgaramadhyastho dadhyau kāraṇamākulaḥ

Saying, "So it is," the righteous king, standing in the midst of an ocean of grief, pondered in distress what the cause might be.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 17 (3.314.17)

इतिकर्तव्यतां चेति देशकालविभागवित् । नाभिपेदे महाबाहुश्चिन्तयानो महामतिः ॥

itikartavyatāṃ ceti deśakālavibhāgavit | nābhipede mahābāhuścintayāno mahāmatiḥ

Though he knew how to weigh time and place, the wise and mighty-armed king, deep in thought, could not settle on what ought to be done.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 18 (3.314.18)

अथ संस्तभ्य धर्मात्मा तदाऽऽत्मानं तपःसुतः । एवं विलप्य बहुधा धर्मपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः । बुद्ध्या विचिन्तयामास वीराः केन निपातिताः ॥

atha saṃstabhya dharmātmā tadā''tmānaṃ tapaḥsutaḥ | evaṃ vilapya bahudhā dharmaputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | buddhyā vicintayāmāsa vīrāḥ kena nipātitāḥ

Then the righteous one, son of austerity, steadied himself. Having lamented in many ways, Yudhishthira, son of Dharma, considered with his reason: "By whom have these heroes been struck down?"

Note on the text: Only the last line corresponds to the critical edition (3.297.3cd); the first two lines are found in the vulgate recension only.

Verse 19 (3.314.19)

नैषां शस्त्रप्रहारोऽस्ति पदं नेहास्ति कस्यचित् । भूतं महदिदं मन्ये भ्रातरो येन मे हताः ॥

naiṣāṃ śastraprahāro'sti padaṃ nehāsti kasyacit | bhūtaṃ mahadidaṃ manye bhrātaro yena me hatāḥ

"There is no mark of any weapon's blow on them, and no footprint of anyone here. I think it is some mighty being that has killed my brothers."

Note on the text: Corrected महदेदं → महदिदं (Wikisource typo; the critical edition reads mahad idaṃ). Corresponds to the first two lines of the critical edition's six-pada verse 3.297.4. Corrected प्रहारोस्ति → प्रहारोऽस्ति (misprint in Wikisource; missing avagraha).

Verse 20 (3.314.20)

एकाग्रं चिन्तयिष्यामि पीत्वा वेत्स्यामि वा जलम् । भ्रातॄणां व्यसनं घोरं सममेव महात्मनाम् ॥

ekāgraṃ cintayiṣyāmi pītvā vetsyāmi vā jalam | bhrātṝṇāṃ vyasanaṃ ghoraṃ samameva mahātmanām

"I will think this through with a collected mind, or else drink the water and find out. The same terrible calamity has fallen on all my great-souled brothers."

Note on the text: Removed a stray apostrophe (Wikisource passage marker) after महात्मनाम्. The first line corresponds to the critical edition 3.297.4ef; the second line is found in the vulgate recension only. Corrected न्न्यसनं → व्यसनं (misprint in Wikisource; the printed form is not a word).

Verse 21 (3.314.21)

स्यात्तु दुर्योधनेनेदमुपांशु परिकल्पितम् । गान्धारराजरचितं सततं जिह्मबुद्धिना ॥

syāttu duryodhanenedamupāṃśu parikalpitam | gāndhārarājaracitaṃ satataṃ jihmabuddhinā

"Or this may have been plotted in secret by Duryodhana, and devised, as ever, by the crooked-minded king of Gandhara."

Verse 22 (3.314.22)

यस्य कार्यमकार्यं वा सममेव भवत्युत । कस्तस्य विश्वसेद्वीरो दुष्कृतेरकृतात्मनः ॥

yasya kāryamakāryaṃ vā samameva bhavatyuta | kastasya viśvasedvīro duṣkṛterakṛtātmanaḥ

"To him what should be done and what should not be done are just the same. What hero would trust such an evil-doer, a man without self-mastery?"

Note on the text: Corrected यस् → यस्य (Wikisource typo; the critical edition reads yasya).

Verse 23 (3.314.23)

अथवा पुरुषैर्गूढैः प्रयोगोऽयं दुरात्मनः । भवेदिति महाबुद्धिर्बहुधा समचिन्तयत् ॥

athavā puruṣairgūḍhaiḥ prayogo'yaṃ durātmanaḥ | bhavediti mahābuddhirbahudhā samacintayat

"Or perhaps this is a scheme of that wicked man, carried out by hidden agents." So the wise king turned the matter over in many ways.

Note on the text: Word division corrected प्रयोगोऽयंदुरात्मनः → प्रयोगोऽयं दुरात्मनः.

Verse 24 (3.314.24)

आचार्यं किं नु वक्ष्यामि कृपं भीष्ममहं नु किम् । विदुरं किं नु वक्ष्यामि बृहस्पतिसमं नये ॥

ācāryaṃ kiṃ nu vakṣyāmi kṛpaṃ bhīṣmamahaṃ nu kim | viduraṃ kiṃ nu vakṣyāmi bṛhaspatisamaṃ naye

"What shall I say to our teacher Drona, to Kripa, to Bhishma? What shall I say to Vidura, who equals Brihaspati in wise counsel?"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 25 (3.314.25)

अम्बां च किं नु वक्ष्यामि सर्वदा दुःखभागिनीम् । दृष्ट्वा मां भ्रातृभिर्हीनं पृच्छन्तीं पुत्रगृद्धिनीम् ॥

ambāṃ ca kiṃ nu vakṣyāmi sarvadā duḥkhabhāginīm | dṛṣṭvā māṃ bhrātṛbhirhīnaṃ pṛcchantīṃ putragṛddhinīm

"And what shall I say to our mother, who has always had her share of sorrow, when she sees me without my brothers and, longing for her sons, asks me:"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 26 (3.314.26)

यदा त्वं भ्रातृभिः सर्वैः शक्रतुल्यपराक्रमैः । सार्धं वनं गतो वीरैः कथमेकस्त्वमागतः ॥

yadā tvaṃ bhrātṛbhiḥ sarvaiḥ śakratulyaparākramaiḥ | sārdhaṃ vanaṃ gato vīraiḥ kathamekastvamāgataḥ

"'You went to the forest with all your brothers, heroes equal to Indra in valour. How is it that you have come back alone?'"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Removed a stray apostrophe (Wikisource passage marker) after त्वमागतः.

Verse 27 (3.314.27)

कस्य किं नु विषेणेदमुदकं दूषितं यथा । मृतानामपि चैतेषां विकृतं नैव जायते । मुखवर्णाः प्रसन्ना मे भ्रातॄणामित्यचिन्तयत् ॥

kasya kiṃ nu viṣeṇedamudakaṃ dūṣitaṃ yathā | mṛtānāmapi caiteṣāṃ vikṛtaṃ naiva jāyate | mukhavarṇāḥ prasannā me bhrātṝṇāmityacintayat

"Whose doing is this? Has this water been fouled with poison? Yet even in death no change has come over them; my brothers' faces are still serene," he reflected.

Note on the text: The first and last lines correspond to the critical edition 3.297.8 (which opens tasyāsīn na where Wikisource has कस्य किं नु); the middle line is found in the vulgate recension only.

Verse 28 (3.314.28)

एकैकशश्चौघबलानिमान्पुरुषसत्तमान् । कोऽन्यः प्रतिसमासेत कालान्तकयमादृते ॥

ekaikaśaścaughabalānimānpuruṣasattamān | ko'nyaḥ pratisamāseta kālāntakayamādṛte

"Who else but Yama, who brings the end at the appointed time, could stand against these best of men, each one of them a flood of strength?"

Note on the text: Word division corrected कालान्तक यमादृते → कालान्तकयमादृते (one compound; the critical edition reads kālāntakayamād ṛte).

Verse 29 (3.314.29)

एतेन व्यवसायेन तत्तोयं व्यवगाढवान् । पातुकामश्च तत्तोयमन्तरिक्षात्स शुश्रुवे ॥

etena vyavasāyena tattoyaṃ vyavagāḍhavān | pātukāmaśca tattoyamantarikṣātsa śuśruve

With this resolve he stepped into the water, and as he was about to drink it he heard a voice from the sky:

Verse 30 (3.314.30)

अहं बकः शैवलमत्स्यभक्षो । नीता मया प्रेतवशं तवानुजाः । त्वं पञ्चमो भविता राजपुत्र । न चेत्प्रश्नान्पृच्छतो व्याकरोषि ॥

ahaṃ bakaḥ śaivalamatsyabhakṣo | nītā mayā pretavaśaṃ tavānujāḥ | tvaṃ pañcamo bhavitā rājaputra | na cetpraśnānpṛcchato vyākaroṣi

"I am a crane that lives on moss and fish. It is I who have sent your younger brothers into the power of death. You will be the fifth, prince, if you do not answer the questions I ask."

Verse 31 (3.314.31)

मा तात साहसं कार्षीर्मम पूर्वपरिग्रहः । प्रश्नानुक्त्वा तु कौन्तेय ततः पिब हरस्व च ॥

mā tāta sāhasaṃ kārṣīrmama pūrvaparigrahaḥ | praśnānuktvā tu kaunteya tataḥ piba harasva ca

"Do not act rashly, my son; this water is mine by prior claim. Son of Kunti, answer my questions first; then drink, and carry some away."

Note on the text: Critical-edition reference set to 3.297.12 (the automatic alignment had paired it with the identical line 3.296.37, spoken earlier to Bhima).

Verse 32 (3.314.32)

रुद्राणां वा वसूनां वा मरुतां वा प्रधानभाक् । पृच्छामि को भवान्देवो नैतच्छकुनिना कृतम् ॥

rudrāṇāṃ vā vasūnāṃ vā marutāṃ vā pradhānabhāk | pṛcchāmi ko bhavāndevo naitacchakuninā kṛtam

"Are you the chief of the Rudras, the Vasus or the Maruts? I ask you, which god are you? This is not the work of a bird."

Verse 33 (3.314.33)

हिमवान्पारियात्रश्च विन्ध्यो मलय एव च । चत्वारः पर्वताः केन पातिता भुवि तेजसा ॥

himavānpāriyātraśca vindhyo malaya eva ca | catvāraḥ parvatāḥ kena pātitā bhuvi tejasā

"By whose power have these four mountains, Himavat, Pariyatra, Vindhya and Malaya, been felled to the ground?"

Verse 34 (3.314.34)

त्वयाऽतीव महत्कर्म कृतं च बलिनां वर । विनिघ्नता महेष्वासांश्चतुरोऽपि ममात्मजान् ॥

tvayā'tīva mahatkarma kṛtaṃ ca balināṃ vara | vinighnatā maheṣvāsāṃścaturo'pi mamātmajān

"Best of the mighty, you have done a very great deed in striking down these four great archers, who are as my own sons to me."

Note on the text: Removed a stray apostrophe (Wikisource passage marker) after ममात्मजान्. The first line corresponds to the critical edition 3.297.15ab (with variants); the second line is found in the vulgate recension only. Corrected चतुरोपि → चतुरोऽपि (misprint in Wikisource; missing avagraha).

Verse 35 (3.314.35)

यान्न देवा न गन्धर्वा नासुराश्च न राक्षसाः । विषहेरन्महायुद्धे कृतं ते तन्महाद्भुतम् ॥

yānna devā na gandharvā nāsurāśca na rākṣasāḥ | viṣaheranmahāyuddhe kṛtaṃ te tanmahādbhutam

"Men whom neither gods nor gandharvas, neither asuras nor rakshasas could withstand in a great battle: that you have done this is a great wonder."

Note on the text: Corrected विपहेरन् → विषहेरन् (Wikisource typo; the critical edition reads viṣaheran). Corresponds to the critical edition 3.297.15cd–ef.

Verse 36 (3.314.36)

न ते जानामि यत्कार्यं नाभिजानामि काङ्क्षितम् । कौतूहलं महज्जातं साध्वसं चागतं मम ॥

na te jānāmi yatkāryaṃ nābhijānāmi kāṅkṣitam | kautūhalaṃ mahajjātaṃ sādhvasaṃ cāgataṃ mama

"I do not know what you intend, nor do I know what you desire. A great curiosity has arisen in me, and fear has come over me too."

Verse 37 (3.314.37)

येनास्म्युद्विग्नहृदयः समुत्पन्नशिरोज्वरः । पृच्छामि भगवंस्तस्मात्को भवानिह तिष्ठति ॥

yenāsmyudvignahṛdayaḥ samutpannaśirojvaraḥ | pṛcchāmi bhagavaṃstasmātko bhavāniha tiṣṭhati

"It has troubled my heart and set my head burning as with fever. So I ask you, lord: who are you that stand here?"

Note on the text: Corrected येनास्स्युद्विग्नहृदयः → येनास्म्युद्विग्नहृदयः (Wikisource typo; the critical edition reads yenāsmy) and joined the split compound समुत्पन्न शिरोज्वरः → समुत्पन्नशिरोज्वरः (the critical edition reads samutpannaśirojvaraḥ).

Verse 38 (3.314.38)

यक्षोऽहमस्मि भद्रं ते नास्मि पक्षी जलेचरः । मयैते निहताः सर्वे भ्रातरस्ते निवारिताः ॥

yakṣo'hamasmi bhadraṃ te nāsmi pakṣī jalecaraḥ | mayaite nihatāḥ sarve bhrātaraste nivāritāḥ

"I am a Yaksha, blessings on you, not a water bird. It is I who struck down all these brothers of yours, after I had warned them off."

Note on the text: Corrected निहता → निहताः (Wikisource typo, dropped visarga before सर्वे; the critical edition reads nihatāḥ).

Verse 39 (3.314.39)

ततस्तामशिवां श्रुत्वा वाचं स परुषाक्षराम् । यक्षस्य ब्रुवतो राजन्नाकम्पत तदाऽऽस्थितः ॥

tatastāmaśivāṃ śrutvā vācaṃ sa paruṣākṣarām | yakṣasya bruvato rājannākampata tadā''sthitaḥ

Hearing the harsh, ill-omened words the Yaksha spoke, O king, Yudhishthira stood firm where he was and did not tremble.

Verse 40 (3.314.40)

विरूपाक्षं महाकायं यक्षं तालसमुच्छ्रयम् । ज्वलनार्कप्रतीकाशमधृष्यं पर्वतोपमम् ॥

virūpākṣaṃ mahākāyaṃ yakṣaṃ tālasamucchrayam | jvalanārkapratīkāśamadhṛṣyaṃ parvatopamam

The Yaksha had misshapen eyes and a huge body; he was tall as a palm tree, blazing like fire or the sun, unassailable, like a mountain.

Verse 41 (3.314.41)

सेतुमाश्रित्य तिष्ठन्तं ददर्श भरतर्षभः । मेघगम्भीरनादेन तर्जयन्तं महास्वनम् ॥

setumāśritya tiṣṭhantaṃ dadarśa bharatarṣabhaḥ | meghagambhīranādena tarjayantaṃ mahāsvanam

The bull of the Bharatas saw him standing on the embankment, roaring loudly and threatening with a sound deep as thunderclouds.

Verse 42 (3.314.42)

उवाच यक्षः कौन्तेयं भ्रातृशोकप्रपीडितम् ॥

uvāca yakṣaḥ kaunteyaṃ bhrātṛśokaprapīḍitam

The Yaksha spoke to the son of Kunti, who was tormented by grief for his brothers:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). A half-verse in the base text. Removed a stray apostrophe (Wikisource passage marker) after प्रपीडितम्.

Verse 43 (3.314.43)

इमे ते भ्रातरो राजन्वार्यमाणा मयाऽसकृत् । बलात्तोयं जिहीर्षन्तस्ततो वै मृदिता मया । न पेयमुदकं राजन्प्राणानिह परीप्सता ॥

ime te bhrātaro rājanvāryamāṇā mayā'sakṛt | balāttoyaṃ jihīrṣantastato vai mṛditā mayā | na peyamudakaṃ rājanprāṇāniha parīpsatā

"These brothers of yours, O king, I warned again and again, but they tried to take the water by force, and so I crushed them. O king, no one who wishes to keep his life may drink this water."

Note on the text: Corresponds to the critical edition 3.297.22 and 3.297.23ab.

Verse 44 (3.314.44)

पार्थ मा साहसं कार्षीर्मम पूर्वपरिग्रहः । प्रश्नानुक्त्वा तु कौन्तेय ततः पिब हरस्व च ॥

pārtha mā sāhasaṃ kārṣīrmama pūrvaparigrahaḥ | praśnānuktvā tu kaunteya tataḥ piba harasva ca

"Partha, do not act rashly; this water is mine by prior claim. Son of Kunti, answer my questions first; then drink, and carry some away."

Note on the text: Corresponds to the critical edition 3.297.23cd–ef (the automatic alignment had paired it with 3.297.12).

Verse 45 (3.314.45)

न चाहं कामये यक्ष तव पूर्वपरिग्रहम् ॥

na cāhaṃ kāmaye yakṣa tava pūrvaparigraham

"Yaksha, I do not covet what is yours by prior claim."

Note on the text: A half-verse in the base text; corresponds to the critical edition 3.297.24ab.

Verse 46 (3.314.46)

कामं नैतत्प्रशंसन्ति सन्तो हि पुरुषाः सदा । यदात्मना स्वमात्मानं प्रशंसेत्पुरुषर्षभ । यथाप्रज्ञं तु ते प्रश्नान्प्रतिवक्ष्यामि पृच्छ माम् ॥

kāmaṃ naitatpraśaṃsanti santo hi puruṣāḥ sadā | yadātmanā svamātmānaṃ praśaṃsetpuruṣarṣabha | yathāprajñaṃ tu te praśnānprativakṣyāmi pṛccha mām

"Good men never approve of a man praising himself with his own lips, best of beings. But I will answer your questions as far as my understanding reaches. Ask me."

Note on the text: Corresponds to the critical edition 3.297.24cd and 3.297.25.

Verse 47 (3.314.47)

किंस्विदादित्यमुन्नयति के च तस्याभितश्चराः । कश्चैनमस्तं नयति कस्मिंश्च प्रतितिष्ठति ॥

kiṃsvidādityamunnayati ke ca tasyābhitaścarāḥ | kaścainamastaṃ nayati kasmiṃśca pratitiṣṭhati

"What makes the sun rise? Who move around it? What makes it set? And in what is it established?"

Verse 48 (3.314.48)

ब्रह्मादित्यमुन्नयति देवास्तस्याभितश्चराः । धर्मश्चास्तं नयति च सत्ये च प्रतितिष्ठति ॥

brahmādityamunnayati devāstasyābhitaścarāḥ | dharmaścāstaṃ nayati ca satye ca pratitiṣṭhati

"Brahman makes the sun rise; the gods move around it; Dharma makes it set; and it is established in truth."

Verse 49 (3.314.49)

केन स्विच्छ्रोत्रियो भवति केन स्विद्विन्दते महत् । केन स्विद्द्वितीयवान्भवति राजन्केन च बुद्धिमान् ॥

kena svicchrotriyo bhavati kena svidvindate mahat | kena sviddvitīyavānbhavati rājankena ca buddhimān

"By what does one become learned in the Veda? By what does one attain greatness? By what does one gain a companion, O king? And by what does one become wise?"

Verse 50 (3.314.50)

श्रुतेन श्रोत्रियो भवति तपसा विन्दते महत् । धृत्या द्वितीयवान्भवति बुद्धिमान्वृद्धसेवया ॥

śrutena śrotriyo bhavati tapasā vindate mahat | dhṛtyā dvitīyavānbhavati buddhimānvṛddhasevayā

"One becomes learned in the Veda by studying scripture; one attains greatness by austerity; one gains a companion through steadfastness; and one becomes wise by serving the elders."

Verse 51 (3.314.51)

किं ब्राह्मणानां देवत्वं कश्च धर्मः सतामिव । कश्चैषां मानुषो भावः किमेषामसतामिव ॥

kiṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ devatvaṃ kaśca dharmaḥ satāmiva | kaścaiṣāṃ mānuṣo bhāvaḥ kimeṣāmasatāmiva

"What is the divinity of brahmins? What is their dharma, as of the good? What is their human nature? And what in them is like the wicked?"

Verse 52 (3.314.52)

स्वाध्याय एषां देवत्वं तप एषां सतामिव । मरणं मानुषो भावः परिवादोऽसतामिव ॥

svādhyāya eṣāṃ devatvaṃ tapa eṣāṃ satāmiva | maraṇaṃ mānuṣo bhāvaḥ parivādo'satāmiva

"Study of the Veda is their divinity; austerity is their dharma, as of the good; death is their human nature; and slander is what in them is like the wicked."

Verse 53 (3.314.53)

किं क्षत्रियाणां देवत्वं कश्च धर्मः सतामिव । कश्चैषां मानुषो भावः किमेषामसतामिव ॥

kiṃ kṣatriyāṇāṃ devatvaṃ kaśca dharmaḥ satāmiva | kaścaiṣāṃ mānuṣo bhāvaḥ kimeṣāmasatāmiva

"What is the divinity of kshatriyas? What is their dharma, as of the good? What is their human nature? And what in them is like the wicked?"

Verse 54 (3.314.54)

इष्वस्त्रमेषां देवत्वं यज्ञ एषां सतामिव । भयं वै मानुषो भावः परित्यागोऽसतामिव ॥

iṣvastrameṣāṃ devatvaṃ yajña eṣāṃ satāmiva | bhayaṃ vai mānuṣo bhāvaḥ parityāgo'satāmiva

"Arrows and weapons are their divinity; sacrifice is their dharma, as of the good; fear is their human nature; and desertion is what in them is like the wicked."

Verse 55 (3.314.55)

किमेकं यज्ञियं साम किमेकं यज्ञियं यजुः । का चैषां वृणुते यज्ञं कां यज्ञो नातिवर्तते ॥

kimekaṃ yajñiyaṃ sāma kimekaṃ yajñiyaṃ yajuḥ | kā caiṣāṃ vṛṇute yajñaṃ kāṃ yajño nātivartate

"What is the one Saman of the sacrifice? What is the one Yajus of the sacrifice? Which one chooses the sacrifice? And which does the sacrifice never go beyond?"

Verse 56 (3.314.56)

प्राणो वै यज्ञियं साम मनो वै यज्ञियं यजुः । ऋगेका वृणुते यज्ञं तां यज्ञो नातिवर्तते ॥

prāṇo vai yajñiyaṃ sāma mano vai yajñiyaṃ yajuḥ | ṛgekā vṛṇute yajñaṃ tāṃ yajño nātivartate

"Breath is the Saman of the sacrifice; the mind is the Yajus of the sacrifice; the Rik alone chooses the sacrifice, and the sacrifice never goes beyond it."

Verse 57 (3.314.57)

किंस्विदावपतां श्रेष्ठं किंस्विन्निवपतां वरम् । किंस्वित्प्रतिष्ठमानानां किंस्वित्प्रसवतां वरम् ॥

kiṃsvidāvapatāṃ śreṣṭhaṃ kiṃsvinnivapatāṃ varam | kiṃsvitpratiṣṭhamānānāṃ kiṃsvitprasavatāṃ varam

"What is best for those who sow? What is finest for those who plant? What is best for those who seek a firm footing? And what is finest for those who beget?"

Note on the text: Corrected किस्वित् → किंस्वित् (Wikisource typo; the critical edition reads kiṃ svit).

Verse 58 (3.314.58)

वर्षमावपतां श्रेष्ठं बीजं निवपतां वरम् । गावः प्रतिष्ठमानानां पुत्रः प्रसवतां वरः ॥

varṣamāvapatāṃ śreṣṭhaṃ bījaṃ nivapatāṃ varam | gāvaḥ pratiṣṭhamānānāṃ putraḥ prasavatāṃ varaḥ

"Rain is best for those who sow; seed is finest for those who plant; cows are best for those who seek a firm footing; and a son is finest for those who beget."

Verse 59 (3.314.59)

इन्द्रियार्थाननुभवन्बुद्धिमाँल्लोकपूजितः । संमतः सर्वभूतानामुच्छ्वसन्को न जीवति ॥

indriyārthānanubhavanbuddhimām̐llokapūjitaḥ | saṃmataḥ sarvabhūtānāmucchvasanko na jīvati

"Who is it that enjoys the objects of the senses, is intelligent, honoured by the world and esteemed by all beings, and yet, though he breathes, does not live?"

Verse 60 (3.314.60)

देवतातिथिभृत्यानां पितॄणामात्मनश्च यः । न निर्वपति पञ्चानामुच्छ्वसन्न स जीवति ॥

devatātithibhṛtyānāṃ pitṝṇāmātmanaśca yaḥ | na nirvapati pañcānāmucchvasanna sa jīvati

"He who makes no offering to these five, the gods, guests, dependants, the ancestors and his own self, breathes but does not live."

Verse 61 (3.314.61)

किंस्विद्गुरुतरं भूमेः किंस्विदुच्चतरं च खात् । किंस्विच्छीघ्रतरं वायोः किंस्विद्बहुतरं तृणात् ॥

kiṃsvidgurutaraṃ bhūmeḥ kiṃsviduccataraṃ ca khāt | kiṃsvicchīghrataraṃ vāyoḥ kiṃsvidbahutaraṃ tṛṇāt

"What is weightier than the earth? What is higher than the sky? What is swifter than the wind? And what is more numerous than blades of grass?"

Verse 62 (3.314.62)

माता गुरुतरा भूमेः खात्पितोच्चतरस्तथा । मनः शीघ्रतरं वाताच्चिन्ता बहुतरी तृणात् ॥

mātā gurutarā bhūmeḥ khātpitoccatarastathā | manaḥ śīghrataraṃ vātāccintā bahutarī tṛṇāt

"The mother is weightier than the earth; the father is higher than the sky; the mind is swifter than the wind; and worries are more numerous than blades of grass."

Verse 63 (3.314.63)

किंस्वित्सुप्तं न निमिषति किंस्विज्जातं न चेङ्गते । कस्यस्विद्धृदयं नास्ति का स्विद्वेगेन वर्धते ॥

kiṃsvitsuptaṃ na nimiṣati kiṃsvijjātaṃ na ceṅgate | kasyasviddhṛdayaṃ nāsti kā svidvegena vardhate

"What does not close its eyes in sleep? What does not move once it is born? What has no heart? And what swells by its own rush?"

Verse 64 (3.314.64)

मत्स्यः सुप्तो न निमिषत्यण्डं जातं न चेङ्गते । अश्मनो हृदयं नास्ति नदी वेगेन वर्धते ॥

matsyaḥ supto na nimiṣatyaṇḍaṃ jātaṃ na ceṅgate | aśmano hṛdayaṃ nāsti nadī vegena vardhate

"A fish does not close its eyes in sleep; an egg does not move once it is born; a stone has no heart; and a river swells by its own rush."

Verse 65 (3.314.65)

किंस्वित्प्रवसतो मित्रं किंस्विन्मित्रं गृहे सतः । आतुरस्य च किं मित्रं किंस्विन्मित्रं मरिष्यतः ॥

kiṃsvitpravasato mitraṃ kiṃsvinmitraṃ gṛhe sataḥ | āturasya ca kiṃ mitraṃ kiṃsvinmitraṃ mariṣyataḥ

"Who is the friend of one who travels abroad? Who is the friend of one who stays at home? Who is the friend of the sick? And who is the friend of one about to die?"

Note on the text: Corrected आतुरस् → आतुरस्य (Wikisource typo; the critical edition reads āturasya).

Verse 66 (3.314.66)

विद्या प्रवसतो मित्रं भार्या मित्रं गृहे सतः । आतुरस्य भिषङ्मित्रं दानं मित्रं मरिष्यतः ॥

vidyā pravasato mitraṃ bhāryā mitraṃ gṛhe sataḥ | āturasya bhiṣaṅmitraṃ dānaṃ mitraṃ mariṣyataḥ

"Learning is the friend of one who travels abroad; a wife is the friend of one at home; the physician is the friend of the sick; and charity is the friend of one about to die."

Verse 67 (3.314.67)

कोऽतिथिः सर्वभूतानां किं स्विद्धर्मं सनातनम् । अमृतं किंस्विद्राजेन्द्र किंस्वित्सर्वमिदं जगत् ॥

ko'tithiḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ kiṃ sviddharmaṃ sanātanam | amṛtaṃ kiṃsvidrājendra kiṃsvitsarvamidaṃ jagat

"Who is the guest of all beings? What is the eternal dharma? What is the nectar of immortality, lord of kings? And what is this whole world?"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Word division corrected राजेन्द्रकिंस्वित् → राजेन्द्र किंस्वित्.

Verse 68 (3.314.68)

अतिथिः सर्वभूतानामग्निः सोमो गवामृतम् । सनातनोऽमृतो धर्मो वायुः सर्वमिदं जगत् ॥

atithiḥ sarvabhūtānāmagniḥ somo gavāmṛtam | sanātano'mṛto dharmo vāyuḥ sarvamidaṃ jagat

"Fire is the guest of all beings; soma, the milk of cows, is the nectar of immortality; the eternal dharma is the dharma that never dies; and the wind is this whole world."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 69 (3.314.69)

किंस्विदेको विचरते जातः को जायते पुनः । किंस्विद्धिमस्य भैषज्यं किंस्विदावपनं महत् ॥

kiṃsvideko vicarate jātaḥ ko jāyate punaḥ | kiṃsviddhimasya bhaiṣajyaṃ kiṃsvidāvapanaṃ mahat

"What travels alone? What is born again once it is born? What is the remedy for cold? And what is the great field for sowing?"

Verse 70 (3.314.70)

सूर्य एको विचरते चन्द्रमा जायते पुनः । अग्निर्हिमस्य भैषज्यं भूमिरावपनं महत् ॥

sūrya eko vicarate candramā jāyate punaḥ | agnirhimasya bhaiṣajyaṃ bhūmirāvapanaṃ mahat

"The sun travels alone; the moon is born again; fire is the remedy for cold; and the earth is the great field for sowing."

Verse 71 (3.314.71)

किंस्विदेकपदं धर्म्यं किंस्विदेकपदं यशः । किंस्विदेकपदं स्वर्ग्यं किंस्विदेकपदं सुखम् ॥

kiṃsvidekapadaṃ dharmyaṃ kiṃsvidekapadaṃ yaśaḥ | kiṃsvidekapadaṃ svargyaṃ kiṃsvidekapadaṃ sukham

"What single thing is the seat of dharma? What single thing is the seat of fame? What single thing leads to heaven? And what single thing is the seat of happiness?"

Verse 72 (3.314.72)

दाक्ष्यमेकपदं धर्म्यं दानमेकपदं यशः । सत्यमेकपदं स्वर्ग्यं शीलमेकपदं सुखम् ॥

dākṣyamekapadaṃ dharmyaṃ dānamekapadaṃ yaśaḥ | satyamekapadaṃ svargyaṃ śīlamekapadaṃ sukham

"Skill is the single seat of dharma; giving is the single seat of fame; truth is the single way to heaven; and good character is the single seat of happiness."

Note on the text: Word division corrected एकपदंसुखम् → एकपदं सुखम्.

Verse 73 (3.314.73)

किंस्विदात्मा मनुष्यस्य किंस्विद्दैवकृतः सखा । उपजीवनं किंस्विदस्य किंस्विदस्य परायणम् ॥

kiṃsvidātmā manuṣyasya kiṃsviddaivakṛtaḥ sakhā | upajīvanaṃ kiṃsvidasya kiṃsvidasya parāyaṇam

"What is a man's very self? What friend has fate given him? What does he live on? And what is his final refuge?"

Note on the text: Corrected किस्विदस्य → किंस्विदस्य (Wikisource typo; the critical edition reads kiṃ svid asya).

Verse 74 (3.314.74)

पुत्र आत्मा मनुष्यस्य भार्या दैवकृतः सखा । उपजीवनं च पर्जन्यो दानमस्य परायणम् ॥

putra ātmā manuṣyasya bhāryā daivakṛtaḥ sakhā | upajīvanaṃ ca parjanyo dānamasya parāyaṇam

"A son is a man's very self; a wife is the friend fate has given him; the rain-cloud is what he lives on; and giving is his final refuge."

Verse 75 (3.314.75)

धन्यानामुत्तमं किंस्विद्धनानां स्यात्किमुत्तमम् । लाभानामुत्तमं किंस्यात्सुखानां स्यात्किमुत्तमं ॥

dhanyānāmuttamaṃ kiṃsviddhanānāṃ syātkimuttamam | lābhānāmuttamaṃ kiṃsyātsukhānāṃ syātkimuttamaṃ

"What is the best of praiseworthy things? What is the best of riches? What is the best of gains? And what is the best of joys?"

Verse 76 (3.314.76)

धन्यानामुत्तमं दाक्ष्यं धनानामुत्तमं श्रुतम् । लाभानां श्रेय आरोग्यं सुखानां तुष्टिरुत्तमा ॥

dhanyānāmuttamaṃ dākṣyaṃ dhanānāmuttamaṃ śrutam | lābhānāṃ śreya ārogyaṃ sukhānāṃ tuṣṭiruttamā

"Of praiseworthy things the best is skill; of riches the best is learning; of gains the finest is health; and of joys the best is contentment."

Verse 77 (3.314.77)

किंस्विद्धर्मपरं लोके कश्च धर्मः सदाफलः । किं नियम्य न शोचन्ति कैश्च सन्धिर्न जीर्यते ॥

kiṃsviddharmaparaṃ loke kaśca dharmaḥ sadāphalaḥ | kiṃ niyamya na śocanti kaiśca sandhirna jīryate

"What in this world is the highest dharma? What dharma always bears fruit? What is it that, once restrained, leaves men free of grief? And with whom does friendship never wear out?"

Note on the text: Corrected कैश् → कैश्च (Wikisource typo, dropped akshara; the critical edition reads kaiś ca).

Verse 78 (3.314.78)

आनृशंस्यं परं धर्मस्त्रेताधर्मः सदाफलः । मनो यम्य न शोचन्ति सन्धिः सद्भिर्न जीर्यते ॥

ānṛśaṃsyaṃ paraṃ dharmastretādharmaḥ sadāphalaḥ | mano yamya na śocanti sandhiḥ sadbhirna jīryate

"Non-cruelty is the highest dharma; the dharma of the three sacred fires always bears fruit; those who restrain the mind do not grieve; and friendship with the good never wears out."

Note on the text: Corrected धर्मो त्रेताधर्मः → धर्मस्त्रेताधर्मः (Wikisource typo, invalid sandhi; the critical edition reads dharmas before the next word). The reading त्रेताधर्मः itself is kept (the critical edition has trayīdharmaḥ).

Verse 79 (3.314.79)

किं नु हित्वा प्रियो भवति किंनु हित्वा न शोचति । किंनु हित्वाऽर्थवान्भवति किंनु हित्वा सुखी भवेत् ॥

kiṃ nu hitvā priyo bhavati kiṃnu hitvā na śocati | kiṃnu hitvā'rthavānbhavati kiṃnu hitvā sukhī bhavet

"Giving up what does one become dear to others? Giving up what does one no longer grieve? Giving up what does one become rich? And giving up what is one happy?"

Verse 80 (3.314.80)

मानं हित्वा प्रियो भवति क्रोधं हित्वा न शोचति । कामं हित्वाऽर्थवान्भवति लोभं हित्वा सुखी भवेत् ॥

mānaṃ hitvā priyo bhavati krodhaṃ hitvā na śocati | kāmaṃ hitvā'rthavānbhavati lobhaṃ hitvā sukhī bhavet

"Giving up pride, one becomes dear to others; giving up anger, one no longer grieves; giving up desire, one becomes rich; and giving up greed, one is happy."

Verse 81 (3.314.81)

किमर्थं ब्राह्मणे दानं किमर्थं नटनर्तके । किमर्थं चैव भृत्येषु किमर्थं चैव राजसु ॥

kimarthaṃ brāhmaṇe dānaṃ kimarthaṃ naṭanartake | kimarthaṃ caiva bhṛtyeṣu kimarthaṃ caiva rājasu

"For what purpose is a gift given to a brahmin? For what to actors and dancers? For what to servants? And for what to kings?"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 82 (3.314.82)

धर्मार्थं ब्राह्मणे दानं यशोर्थं नटनर्तके । भृत्येषु सङ्ग्रहार्थं च भयार्थं चैव राजसु ॥

dharmārthaṃ brāhmaṇe dānaṃ yaśorthaṃ naṭanartake | bhṛtyeṣu saṅgrahārthaṃ ca bhayārthaṃ caiva rājasu

"A gift to a brahmin is for the sake of dharma; to actors and dancers, for the sake of fame; to servants, to keep them attached to oneself; and to kings, out of fear."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 83 (3.314.83)

केन स्विदावृतो लोकः केन स्विन्न प्रकाशते । केन त्यजति मित्राणि केन स्वर्गं न गच्छति ॥

kena svidāvṛto lokaḥ kena svinna prakāśate | kena tyajati mitrāṇi kena svargaṃ na gacchati

By what is the world covered? Why does it not shine? Why does a man forsake his friends, and why does he not reach heaven?

Note on the text: Wikisource repeats Yudhishthira's answer in place of the Yaksha's question here; the question is restored from the critical edition's apparatus (passage 3.297.57*1383), which carries this exchange.

Verse 84 (3.314.84)

अज्ञानेनावृतो लोकस्तमसा न प्रकाशते । लोभात्त्यजति मित्राणि सङ्गात्स्वर्गं न गच्छति ॥

ajñānenāvṛto lokastamasā na prakāśate | lobhāttyajati mitrāṇi saṅgātsvargaṃ na gacchati

"The world is covered by ignorance; because of darkness it does not shine. Out of greed a man forsakes his friends, and because of attachment he does not reach heaven."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). In the base text the verse before this one (ws 83, the Yaksha's question) is a verbatim copy of this answer; that duplicate has been dropped, so this answer follows the previous answer without its question.

Verse 85 (3.314.85)

मृतः कथं स्यात्पुरुषः कथं राष्ट्रं मृतं भवेत् । श्राद्धं मृतं कथं वा स्यात्कथं यज्ञो मृतो भवेत् ॥

mṛtaḥ kathaṃ syātpuruṣaḥ kathaṃ rāṣṭraṃ mṛtaṃ bhavet | śrāddhaṃ mṛtaṃ kathaṃ vā syātkathaṃ yajño mṛto bhavet

"How is a man dead? How is a kingdom dead? How is a shraddha rite dead? And how is a sacrifice dead?"

Note on the text: Corrected भवत् → भवेत् and यज्ञा → यज्ञो (Wikisource typos; the critical edition reads bhavet and yajño); word division corrected मृतंकथं → मृतं कथं.

Verse 86 (3.314.86)

मृतो दरिद्रः पुरुषो मृतं राष्ट्रमराजकम् । मृतमश्रोत्रियं श्राद्धं मृतो यज्ञस्त्वदक्षिणः ॥

mṛto daridraḥ puruṣo mṛtaṃ rāṣṭramarājakam | mṛtamaśrotriyaṃ śrāddhaṃ mṛto yajñastvadakṣiṇaḥ

"A poor man is dead; a kingdom without a king is dead; a shraddha without a learned brahmin is dead; and a sacrifice without the priests' fee is dead."

Verse 87 (3.314.87)

का दिक्किमुदकं पार्थ किमन्नं किं च वै विषम् । श्राद्धस्य कालमाख्याहि ततः पिब हरस्व च ॥

kā dikkimudakaṃ pārtha kimannaṃ kiṃ ca vai viṣam | śrāddhasya kālamākhyāhi tataḥ piba harasva ca

"What is the direction, Partha? What is water? What is food? And what is poison? Tell me the right time for the shraddha; then drink, and carry some away."

Verse 88 (3.314.88)

सन्तो दिग्जलमाकाशं गौरन्नं ब्राह्मणं विषम् । श्राद्धस्य ब्राह्मणः कालः कथं वा यक्ष मन्यसे ॥

santo digjalamākāśaṃ gaurannaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ viṣam | śrāddhasya brāhmaṇaḥ kālaḥ kathaṃ vā yakṣa manyase

"The good are the direction; the sky is water; the cow is food; and what belongs to a brahmin is poison. The time for the shraddha is when a brahmin is at hand. Or how do you see it, Yaksha?"

Note on the text: Wikisource reads ब्राह्मणं विषम् where the critical edition has prārthanā viṣam ("begging is poison"); ब्राह्मणं is a valid word, so the base reading is kept and translated in its traditional sense ("a brahmin's property is poison").

Verse 89 (3.314.89)

तपः किं लक्षणं प्रोक्तं को दमश्च प्रकीर्तितः । क्षमा च का परा प्रोक्ता का च ह्रीः परिकीर्तिता ॥

tapaḥ kiṃ lakṣaṇaṃ proktaṃ ko damaśca prakīrtitaḥ | kṣamā ca kā parā proktā kā ca hrīḥ parikīrtitā

"What is said to be the mark of austerity? What is called self-restraint? What is declared the highest forbearance? And what is called modesty?"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 90 (3.314.90)

तपः स्वधर्मवर्तित्वं मनसो दमनं दमः । क्षमा द्वन्द्वसहिष्णुत्वं ह्रीरकार्यनिवर्तनम् ॥

tapaḥ svadharmavartitvaṃ manaso damanaṃ damaḥ | kṣamā dvandvasahiṣṇutvaṃ hrīrakāryanivartanam

"Austerity is abiding by one's own dharma; self-restraint is the taming of the mind; forbearance is enduring the pairs of opposites; and modesty is turning back from wrong deeds."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 91 (3.314.91)

किं ज्ञानं प्रोच्यते राजन्कः शमश्च प्रकीर्तितः । दया च का परा प्रोक्ता किं चार्जवमुदाहृतम् ॥

kiṃ jñānaṃ procyate rājankaḥ śamaśca prakīrtitaḥ | dayā ca kā parā proktā kiṃ cārjavamudāhṛtam

"What is called knowledge, O king? What is called tranquillity? What is declared the highest compassion? And what is called uprightness?"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 92 (3.314.92)

ज्ञानं तत्त्वार्थसम्बोधः शमश्चित्तप्रशान्तता । दया सर्वसुखैषित्वमार्जवं समचित्तता ॥

jñānaṃ tattvārthasambodhaḥ śamaścittapraśāntatā | dayā sarvasukhaiṣitvamārjavaṃ samacittatā

"Knowledge is understanding the truth of things; tranquillity is the stillness of the mind; compassion is wishing happiness for all; and uprightness is an even mind."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 93 (3.314.93)

कः शत्रुर्दुर्जयः पुंसां कश्च व्याधिरनन्तकः । कीदृशश्च स्मृतः साधुरसाधुः कीदृशः स्मृतः ॥

kaḥ śatrurdurjayaḥ puṃsāṃ kaśca vyādhiranantakaḥ | kīdṛśaśca smṛtaḥ sādhurasādhuḥ kīdṛśaḥ smṛtaḥ

"What enemy of men is hard to conquer? What disease has no end? Who is held to be a good man, and who a bad one?"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 94 (3.314.94)

क्रोधः सुदुर्जयः शत्रुर्लोभो व्याधिरनन्तकः । सर्वभूतहितः साधुरसाधुर्निर्दयः स्मृतः ॥

krodhaḥ sudurjayaḥ śatrurlobho vyādhiranantakaḥ | sarvabhūtahitaḥ sādhurasādhurnirdayaḥ smṛtaḥ

"Anger is the enemy hardest to conquer; greed is the disease without end; one who seeks the good of all beings is a good man; and the merciless man is held to be bad."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 95 (3.314.95)

को मोहः प्रोच्यते राजन्कश्च मानः प्रकीर्तितः । किमालस्यं च विज्ञेयं कश्च शोकः प्रकीर्तितः ॥

ko mohaḥ procyate rājankaśca mānaḥ prakīrtitaḥ | kimālasyaṃ ca vijñeyaṃ kaśca śokaḥ prakīrtitaḥ

"What is called delusion, O king? What is called pride? What should be understood as sloth? And what is called grief?"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 96 (3.314.96)

मोहो हि धर्ममूढत्वं मानस्त्वात्माभिमानिता । धर्मनिष्क्रियताऽऽलस्यं शोकस्त्वज्ञानमुच्यते ॥

moho hi dharmamūḍhatvaṃ mānastvātmābhimānitā | dharmaniṣkriyatā''lasyaṃ śokastvajñānamucyate

"Delusion is blindness to dharma; pride is self-conceit; sloth is failing to act on dharma; and grief is said to be ignorance."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 97 (3.314.97)

किं स्थैर्यमृषिभिः प्रोक्तं किं च धैर्यमुदाहृतम् । स्नानं च किं परं प्रोक्तं दानं च किमिहोच्यते ॥

kiṃ sthairyamṛṣibhiḥ proktaṃ kiṃ ca dhairyamudāhṛtam | snānaṃ ca kiṃ paraṃ proktaṃ dānaṃ ca kimihocyate

"What have the sages called steadiness? What is called fortitude? What is declared the highest bath? And what here is called charity?"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 98 (3.314.98)

स्वधर्मे स्थिरता स्थैर्यं धैर्यमिन्द्रियनिग्रहः । स्नानं मनोमलत्यागो दानं वै भूतरक्षणम् ॥

svadharme sthiratā sthairyaṃ dhairyamindriyanigrahaḥ | snānaṃ manomalatyāgo dānaṃ vai bhūtarakṣaṇam

"Steadiness is standing firm in one's own dharma; fortitude is mastery of the senses; the bath is casting off the mind's impurities; and charity is protecting living beings."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 99 (3.314.99)

कः पण्डितः पुमान्ज्ञेयो नास्तिकः कश्च उच्यते । को मूर्खः कश्च कामः स्यात्को मत्सर इति स्मृतः ॥

kaḥ paṇḍitaḥ pumānjñeyo nāstikaḥ kaśca ucyate | ko mūrkhaḥ kaśca kāmaḥ syātko matsara iti smṛtaḥ

"Which man should be known as learned? Who is called an unbeliever? Who is a fool? What is desire? And what is held to be envy?"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 100 (3.314.100)

धर्मज्ञः पण्डितो ज्ञेयो नास्तिको मूर्ख उच्यते । कामः संसारहेतुश्च हृत्तापो मत्सरः स्मृतः ॥

dharmajñaḥ paṇḍito jñeyo nāstiko mūrkha ucyate | kāmaḥ saṃsārahetuśca hṛttāpo matsaraḥ smṛtaḥ

"One who knows dharma should be known as learned; the unbeliever is called a fool; desire is the cause of worldly existence; and envy is the burning of the heart."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 101 (3.314.101)

कोऽहंकार इति प्रोक्तः कश्च दम्भः प्रकीर्तितः । किं तद्दैवं परं प्रोक्तं किं तत्पैशुन्यमुच्यते ॥

ko'haṃkāra iti proktaḥ kaśca dambhaḥ prakīrtitaḥ | kiṃ taddaivaṃ paraṃ proktaṃ kiṃ tatpaiśunyamucyate

"What is called egotism? What is called hypocrisy? What is declared to be the highest fate? And what is called malicious talk?"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 102 (3.314.102)

महाऽज्ञानमहंकारो दम्भो धर्मो ध्वजोच्छ्रयः । दैवं दानफलं प्रोक्तं पैशुन्यं परदूषणम् ॥

mahā'jñānamahaṃkāro dambho dharmo dhvajocchrayaḥ | daivaṃ dānaphalaṃ proktaṃ paiśunyaṃ paradūṣaṇam

"Egotism is great ignorance; hypocrisy is raising dharma like a banner; fate is the fruit of one's own giving; and malicious talk is finding fault with others."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 103 (3.314.103)

धर्मश्चार्थश्च कामश्च परस्परविरोधिनः । एषां नित्यविरुद्धानां कथमेकत्र संगमः ॥

dharmaścārthaśca kāmaśca parasparavirodhinaḥ | eṣāṃ nityaviruddhānāṃ kathamekatra saṃgamaḥ

"Dharma, wealth and desire are at odds with one another. How can these three, forever in conflict, ever come together in one place?"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 104 (3.314.104)

यदा धर्मश्च भार्या च परस्परवशानुगौ । तदा धर्मार्थकामानां त्रयाणामपि संगमः ॥

yadā dharmaśca bhāryā ca parasparavaśānugau | tadā dharmārthakāmānāṃ trayāṇāmapi saṃgamaḥ

"When dharma and one's wife each follow the other's lead, then all three, dharma, wealth and desire, come together."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Corrected धर्मश्भार्या → धर्मश्च भार्या (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped akshara).

Verse 105 (3.314.105)

अक्षयो नरकः केन प्राप्यते भरतर्षभ । एतन्मे पृच्छतः प्रश्नं तच्छीघ्रं वक्तुमर्हसि ॥

akṣayo narakaḥ kena prāpyate bharatarṣabha | etanme pṛcchataḥ praśnaṃ tacchīghraṃ vaktumarhasi

"By what does one reach a hell that never ends, bull of the Bharatas? I ask you this question; answer it quickly."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 106 (3.314.106)

ब्राह्मणं स्वयमाहूय याचमानमकिंचनम् । पश्चान्नास्तीति यो ब्रूयात्सोऽक्षयं नरकं व्रजेत् ॥

brāhmaṇaṃ svayamāhūya yācamānamakiṃcanam | paścānnāstīti yo brūyātso'kṣayaṃ narakaṃ vrajet

"He who himself invites a poor brahmin who comes asking, and afterwards says, 'There is nothing,' goes to a hell that never ends."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 107 (3.314.107)

वेदेषु धर्मशास्त्रेषु मिथ्या यो वै द्विजातिषु । देवेषु पितृधर्मेषु सोऽक्षयं नरकं व्रजेत् ॥

vedeṣu dharmaśāstreṣu mithyā yo vai dvijātiṣu | deveṣu pitṛdharmeṣu so'kṣayaṃ narakaṃ vrajet

"He who is false towards the Vedas, the books of dharma, the twice-born, the gods and the rites owed to the ancestors goes to a hell that never ends."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 108 (3.314.108)

विद्यमाने धने लोभाद्दानभोगविवर्जितः । पश्चान्नास्तीति यो ब्रूयात्सोऽक्षयं नरकं व्रजेत् ॥

vidyamāne dhane lobhāddānabhogavivarjitaḥ | paścānnāstīti yo brūyātso'kṣayaṃ narakaṃ vrajet

"He who has wealth but out of greed neither gives nor enjoys it, and then says, 'There is nothing,' goes to a hell that never ends."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 109 (3.314.109)

राजन्कुलेन वृत्तेन स्वाध्यायेन श्रुतेन वा । ब्राह्मण्यं केन भवति प्रब्रूह्येतत्सुनिश्चितम् ॥

rājankulena vṛttena svādhyāyena śrutena vā | brāhmaṇyaṃ kena bhavati prabrūhyetatsuniścitam

"O king, is it by birth, by conduct, by study of the Veda or by learning that one becomes a brahmin? Tell me this with certainty."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 110 (3.314.110)

शृणु यक्ष कुलं तात न स्वाध्यायो न च श्रुतम् । कारणं हि द्विजत्वे च वृत्तमेव न संशयः ॥

śṛṇu yakṣa kulaṃ tāta na svādhyāyo na ca śrutam | kāraṇaṃ hi dvijatve ca vṛttameva na saṃśayaḥ

"Listen, dear Yaksha: neither birth nor study of the Veda nor learning makes one twice-born. Conduct alone is the cause; of this there is no doubt."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 111 (3.314.111)

वृत्तं यत्नेन संरक्ष्यं ब्राह्मणेन विशेषतः । अक्षीणवृत्तो न क्षीणो वृत्ततस्तु हतो हतः ॥

vṛttaṃ yatnena saṃrakṣyaṃ brāhmaṇena viśeṣataḥ | akṣīṇavṛtto na kṣīṇo vṛttatastu hato hataḥ

"Conduct must be guarded with care, by a brahmin above all. One whose conduct is unimpaired has lost nothing; but one who has fallen from right conduct is lost indeed."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 112 (3.314.112)

पठकाः पाठकाश्चैव ये चान्ये शास्त्रचिन्तकाः । सर्वे व्यसनिनो मूर्खा यः क्रियावान्स पण्डितः ॥

paṭhakāḥ pāṭhakāścaiva ye cānye śāstracintakāḥ | sarve vyasanino mūrkhā yaḥ kriyāvānsa paṇḍitaḥ

"Those who read, those who teach, and all the others who ponder the scriptures are all fools in thrall to their vices; only he who acts is truly learned."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 113 (3.314.113)

चतुर्वेदोऽपि दुर्वृत्तः स शूद्रादतिरिच्यते । योऽग्निहोत्रपरो दान्तः स ब्राह्मण इति स्मृतः ॥

caturvedo'pi durvṛttaḥ sa śūdrādatiricyate | yo'gnihotraparo dāntaḥ sa brāhmaṇa iti smṛtaḥ

"Even one who knows all four Vedas, if his conduct is bad, falls lower than a shudra. One who is devoted to the fire-offering and self-controlled is known as a brahmin."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 114 (3.314.114)

प्रियवचनवादी किं लभते । विमृशितकार्यकरः किं लभते । बहुमित्रकरः किं लभते । धर्मे रतः किं लभते कथय ॥

priyavacanavādī kiṃ labhate | vimṛśitakāryakaraḥ kiṃ labhate | bahumitrakaraḥ kiṃ labhate | dharme rataḥ kiṃ labhate kathaya

"What does one who speaks pleasant words gain? What does one who acts after careful thought gain? What does one who makes many friends gain? And what does one devoted to dharma gain? Tell me."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 115 (3.314.115)

प्रियवचनवादी प्रियो भवति । विमृशितकार्यकरोऽधिकं जयति । बहुमित्रकरः सुखं वसते । यश्च धर्मरतः स गतिं लभते ॥

priyavacanavādī priyo bhavati | vimṛśitakāryakaro'dhikaṃ jayati | bahumitrakaraḥ sukhaṃ vasate | yaśca dharmarataḥ sa gatiṃ labhate

"One who speaks pleasant words becomes dear to others; one who acts after careful thought wins all the more; one who makes many friends lives happily; and one devoted to dharma reaches the blessed goal."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 116 (3.314.116)

को मोदते किमाश्चर्यं कः पन्थाः का च वार्तिका । वद मे चतुरः प्रश्नान्मृता जीवन्तु बान्धवाः ॥

ko modate kimāścaryaṃ kaḥ panthāḥ kā ca vārtikā | vada me caturaḥ praśnānmṛtā jīvantu bāndhavāḥ

"Who is happy? What is the wonder? What is the path? And what is the news? Answer these four questions of mine, and let your dead brothers live."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 117 (3.314.117)

पञ्चमेऽहनि षष्ठे वा शाकं पचति स्वे गृहे । अनृणी चाप्रवासी च स वारिचर मोदते ॥

pañcame'hani ṣaṣṭhe vā śākaṃ pacati sve gṛhe | anṛṇī cāpravāsī ca sa vāricara modate

"He who cooks a few greens in his own house on the fifth or the sixth day, but owes no debt and need not live away from home: he, O dweller in the water, is happy."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 118 (3.314.118)

अहन्यहनि भूतानि गच्छन्तीह यमालयम् । शेषाः स्थावरमिच्छन्ति किमाश्चर्यमतः परम् ॥

ahanyahani bhūtāni gacchantīha yamālayam | śeṣāḥ sthāvaramicchanti kimāścaryamataḥ param

"Day after day living beings go to the abode of Yama, yet those who remain wish to stay forever. What could be more wondrous than this?"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 119 (3.314.119)

तर्कोऽप्रतिष्ठः श्रुतयो विभिन्ना । नैको मुनिर्यस्य मतं प्रमाणम् । धर्मस्य तत्त्वं निहितं गुहायां । महाजनो येन गतः स पन्था ॥

tarko'pratiṣṭhaḥ śrutayo vibhinnā | naiko muniryasya mataṃ pramāṇam | dharmasya tattvaṃ nihitaṃ guhāyāṃ | mahājano yena gataḥ sa panthā

"Reasoning has no firm ground; the scriptures differ from one another; there is no single sage whose view is final. The truth of dharma lies hidden in a cave. The path is the one the great have walked."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 120 (3.314.120)

पृथ्वी विभाण्डं गगनं पिधानं । सूर्याग्निना रात्रिदिवेन्धनेन । मासर्तुदर्वीपरिघट्टनेन । भूतानि कालः पचतीति वार्ता ॥

pṛthvī vibhāṇḍaṃ gaganaṃ pidhānaṃ | sūryāgninā rātridivendhanena | māsartudarvīparighaṭṭanena | bhūtāni kālaḥ pacatīti vārtā

"With the earth for a cauldron and the sky for its lid, with the sun for fire and days and nights for fuel, stirring with the ladle of months and seasons, Time is cooking all beings: that is the news."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Corrected पिघानं → पिधानं (misprint in Wikisource; the printed form is not a word).

Verse 121 (3.314.121)

व्याख्याता मे त्वया प्रश्ना यथातत्वं परंतप । पुरुषं त्विदानीं व्याख्याहि यश्च सर्वधनी नरः ॥

vyākhyātā me tvayā praśnā yathātatvaṃ paraṃtapa | puruṣaṃ tvidānīṃ vyākhyāhi yaśca sarvadhanī naraḥ

"You have explained my questions to me truly, scorcher of foes. Now tell me who is a true man, and who is the man who possesses all wealth."

Verse 122 (3.314.122)

दिवं स्पृशति भूमिं च शब्दः पुण्येन कर्मणा । यावत्स शब्दो भवति तावत्पुरुष उच्यते ॥

divaṃ spṛśati bhūmiṃ ca śabdaḥ puṇyena karmaṇā | yāvatsa śabdo bhavati tāvatpuruṣa ucyate

"The report of a man's good deeds reaches heaven and earth; as long as that report lasts, so long is he called a man."

Verse 123 (3.314.123)

तुल्ये प्रियाप्रिये यस्य सुखदुःखे तथैव च । अतीतानागते चोभे स वै पुरुष उच्येत ॥

tulye priyāpriye yasya sukhaduḥkhe tathaiva ca | atītānāgate cobhe sa vai puruṣa ucyeta

"He to whom the pleasant and the unpleasant are alike, and joy and sorrow too, and past and future both: he indeed is called a man."

Note on the text: Corrected यस् → यस्य (Wikisource typo; the critical edition reads yasya).

Verse 124 (3.314.124)

समत्वं यस्य सर्वेषु निस्पृहः शान्तमानसः । सुप्रसन्नः सदा योगी स वै सर्वधनी नरः ॥

samatvaṃ yasya sarveṣu nispṛhaḥ śāntamānasaḥ | suprasannaḥ sadā yogī sa vai sarvadhanī naraḥ

"He who is even-minded towards all, free of craving, calm of mind, ever serene and steadfast in yoga: he indeed is the man who possesses all wealth."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Removed a stray apostrophe (Wikisource passage marker) after नरः.

Verse 125 (3.314.125)

व्याख्यातः पुरुषो राजन्यश्च सर्वधनी नरः । तस्मात्त्वमेकं भ्रातृणां यमिच्छसि स जीवतु ॥

vyākhyātaḥ puruṣo rājanyaśca sarvadhanī naraḥ | tasmāttvamekaṃ bhrātṛṇāṃ yamicchasi sa jīvatu

"You have explained, O king, who is a man and who is the man who possesses all wealth. So choose any one of your brothers you wish, and let him live."

Verse 126 (3.314.126)

श्यामो य एष रक्ताक्षो बृहत्साल इवोत्थितः । व्यूढोरस्को महाबाहुर्नकुलो यक्ष जीवतु ॥

śyāmo ya eṣa raktākṣo bṛhatsāla ivotthitaḥ | vyūḍhorasko mahābāhurnakulo yakṣa jīvatu

"Let this one, Yaksha, dark-skinned and red-eyed, risen tall like a great sal tree, broad-chested and mighty-armed: let Nakula live."

Verse 127 (3.314.127)

प्रियस्ते भीमसेनोऽयमर्जुनो वः परायणम् । त्वं कस्मान्नकुलं राजन्सापत्नं जीवमिच्छसि ॥

priyaste bhīmaseno'yamarjuno vaḥ parāyaṇam | tvaṃ kasmānnakulaṃ rājansāpatnaṃ jīvamicchasi

"Bhimasena here is dear to you, and Arjuna is the refuge of you all. Why then, O king, do you want Nakula, a half-brother, to live?"

Verse 128 (3.314.128)

यस्य नागसहस्रेण दशसङ्ख्येन वै बलम् । तुल्यं तं भीममुत्सृज्य नकुलं जीवमिच्छसि ॥

yasya nāgasahasreṇa daśasaṅkhyena vai balam | tulyaṃ taṃ bhīmamutsṛjya nakulaṃ jīvamicchasi

"Passing over Bhima, whose strength equals that of ten thousand elephants, you wish Nakula to live?"

Note on the text: Corrected यस् → यस्य (Wikisource typo; the critical edition reads yasya); word division corrected तुल्यंतं → तुल्यं तं.

Verse 129 (3.314.129)

तथैनं मनुजाः प्राहुर्भीमसेनं प्रियं तव । अथ केनानुभावेन सापत्नं जीवमिच्छसि ॥

tathainaṃ manujāḥ prāhurbhīmasenaṃ priyaṃ tava | atha kenānubhāvena sāpatnaṃ jīvamicchasi

"Men say that this Bhimasena is dear to you. On what ground, then, do you wish your half-brother to live?"

Verse 130 (3.314.130)

यस्य बाहुबलं सर्वे पाण्डवाः समुपासते । अर्जुनं तमपाहाय नकुलं जीवमिच्छसि ॥

yasya bāhubalaṃ sarve pāṇḍavāḥ samupāsate | arjunaṃ tamapāhāya nakulaṃ jīvamicchasi

"Passing over Arjuna, on the strength of whose arms all the Pandavas rely, you wish Nakula to live?"

Verse 131 (3.314.131)

धर्म एव हतो हन्ति धर्मो रक्षति रक्षितः । तस्माद्धर्मं न त्यजामि मा नो धर्मो हतोऽवधीत् ॥

dharma eva hato hanti dharmo rakṣati rakṣitaḥ | tasmāddharmaṃ na tyajāmi mā no dharmo hato'vadhīt

"Dharma, when destroyed, destroys; dharma, when protected, protects. Therefore I will not abandon dharma, lest dharma, destroyed, destroy us."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 132 (3.314.132)

आनृशंस्यं परो धर्मः परमार्थाच्च मे मतम् । आनृशंस्यं चिकीर्षामि नकुलो यक्ष जीवतु ॥

ānṛśaṃsyaṃ paro dharmaḥ paramārthācca me matam | ānṛśaṃsyaṃ cikīrṣāmi nakulo yakṣa jīvatu

"Non-cruelty is the highest dharma, and in my view it is higher even than the highest good. I wish to act without cruelty: let Nakula live, Yaksha."

Note on the text: Removed an intrusive न in आनृशंस्यं न परो धर्मः → आनृशंस्यं परो धर्मः (Wikisource typo: the extra syllable breaks the metre and reverses the sense; the critical edition reads ānṛśaṃsyaṃ paro dharmaḥ).

Verse 133 (3.314.133)

धर्मशीलः सदा राजा इति मां मानवा विदुः । स्वधर्मान्न चलिष्यामि नकुलो यक्ष जीवतु ॥

dharmaśīlaḥ sadā rājā iti māṃ mānavā viduḥ | svadharmānna caliṣyāmi nakulo yakṣa jīvatu

"People know me as a king ever devoted to dharma. I will not swerve from my own dharma: let Nakula live, Yaksha."

Verse 134 (3.314.134)

कुन्ती चैव तु माद्री च द्वे भार्ये तु पितुर्मम । उभे सपुत्रे स्यातां वै इति मे धीयते मतिः ॥

kuntī caiva tu mādrī ca dve bhārye tu piturmama | ubhe saputre syātāṃ vai iti me dhīyate matiḥ

"Kunti and Madri were both wives of my father. Let each of them have a son living: this is the resolve of my mind."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 135 (3.314.135)

यथा कुन्ती तथा माद्री विशेषो नास्ति मे तयोः । मातृभ्यां सममिच्छामि नकुलो यक्ष जीवतु ॥

yathā kuntī tathā mādrī viśeṣo nāsti me tayoḥ | mātṛbhyāṃ samamicchāmi nakulo yakṣa jīvatu

"As Kunti is, so is Madri; I make no distinction between them. I want the same for both my mothers: let Nakula live, Yaksha."

Verse 136 (3.314.136)

यस्य तेऽर्थाच्च कामाच्च आनृशंस्यं परं मतम् । तस्मात्ते भ्रातरः सर्वे जीवन्तु भरतर्षभ ॥

yasya te'rthācca kāmācca ānṛśaṃsyaṃ paraṃ matam | tasmātte bhrātaraḥ sarve jīvantu bharatarṣabha

"Since you hold non-cruelty higher than both wealth and pleasure, let all your brothers live, bull of the Bharatas."

Note on the text: Corrected यस् → यस्य and कामच्च → कामाच्च (Wikisource typos; the critical edition reads yasya and kāmāc ca).