Yudhishthira Asks Dhaumya for Another Forest

Verse 1 (3.84.1)

भ्रातॄणां मतमाज्ञाय नारदस्य च धीमतः । पितामहसमं धौम्यं प्राह राजा युधिष्ठिरः ॥

bhrātṝṇāṃ matamājñāya nāradasya ca dhīmataḥ | pitāmahasamaṃ dhaumyaṃ prāha rājā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ

Knowing the mind of his brothers and of the wise Narada, King Yudhishthira spoke to Dhaumya, who was like a grandfather to them.

Verse 2 (3.84.2)

मया स पुरुषव्याघ्रो जिष्णुः सत्यपराक्रमः । अस्त्रहेतोर्महाबाहुरमितात्मा विवासितः ॥

mayā sa puruṣavyāghro jiṣṇuḥ satyaparākramaḥ | astrahetormahābāhuramitātmā vivāsitaḥ

I have sent away that tiger among men, the mighty-armed Jishnu, of true valour and boundless spirit, to obtain weapons.

Note on the text: Wikisource prints no speaker heading; verse 1 introduces Yudhishthira's speech to Dhaumya, and his words fill verses 2–21, so they are given to Yudhishthira rather than to Vaishampayana.

Verse 3 (3.84.3)

स हि वीरोऽनुरक्तश्च समर्थश्च तपोधनः । कृती च भृशमप्यस्त्रे वासुदेव इव प्रभुः ॥

sa hi vīro'nuraktaśca samarthaśca tapodhanaḥ | kṛtī ca bhṛśamapyastre vāsudeva iva prabhuḥ

That hero is devoted to us, capable and rich in austerities; he is accomplished and exceedingly skilled in weapons, a master like Vasudeva himself.

Note on the text: Corrected अनुरक्तश् → अनुरक्तश्च (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped च; the critical edition reads 'nuraktaś ca). तपोधनः for tapodhana is a variant and is kept.

Verse 4 (3.84.4)

अहं ह्येतावुभौ ब्रह्मन्कृष्णावरिविघातिनौ । अभिजानामि विक्रान्तौ तथा व्यासः परन्तपौ ॥

ahaṃ hyetāvubhau brahmankṛṣṇāvarivighātinau | abhijānāmi vikrāntau tathā vyāsaḥ parantapau

For I know these two, O brahmin, the two Krishnas, destroyers of foes, as valiant scorchers of their enemies; and so does Vyasa.

Note on the text: The critical edition's 3.84.4ab; the alignment missed it because Wikisource divides verses 4–10 differently. अरिविघातिनौ and परन्तपौ for arinighātinau and pratāpavān are variants and are kept.

Verse 5 (3.84.5)

त्रियुगौ पुण्डरीकाक्षौ वासुदेवधनंजयौ । नारदोऽपि तथा वेद योऽप्यशंसत्सदा मम ॥

triyugau puṇḍarīkākṣau vāsudevadhanaṃjayau | nārado'pi tathā veda yo'pyaśaṃsatsadā mama

Vasudeva and Dhananjaya, the lotus-eyed pair who appear in three ages—Narada, who has always spoken of them to me, knows them so as well.

Note on the text: Corrected योष्यशंसत् → योऽप्यशंसत् (misprint in Wikisource; ष्य printed for ऽप्य; the critical edition reads so 'py aśaṃsat — यो for so is kept as a variant) and restored a missing word space (नारदोऽपितथा → नारदोऽपि तथा). The first line is the critical edition's 3.84.4ef, the second its 3.84.5ab; the alignment missed it.

Verse 6 (3.84.6)

तथाऽहमपि जानामि नरनारायणावृषी । शक्तोऽयमित्यतो मत्वा मया स प्रेषितोऽर्जुनः ॥

tathā'hamapi jānāmi naranārāyaṇāvṛṣī | śakto'yamityato matvā mayā sa preṣito'rjunaḥ

And I too know them to be the seers Nara and Narayana. Thinking, "He is able," I sent Arjuna forth.

Note on the text: The first line is the critical edition's 3.84.5cd, the second its 3.84.6ab (स प्रेषितो for saṃpreṣito, a variant, kept); the alignment missed it.

Verse 7 (3.84.7)

इन्द्रादनवरः शक्रं सुरसूनुः सुराधिपम् । द्रष्टुमस्त्राणि चादातुमिन्द्रादिति विवासितः ॥

indrādanavaraḥ śakraṃ surasūnuḥ surādhipam | draṣṭumastrāṇi cādātumindrāditi vivāsitaḥ

No lesser than Indra, that son of a god was sent away to see Shakra, lord of the gods, and to obtain weapons from Indra.

Note on the text: The critical edition's 3.84.6cd–ef; the alignment missed it. शक्रं for śaktaḥ is a variant and is kept.

Verse 8 (3.84.8)

भीष्मद्रोणावतिरथौ कृपो द्रौणिश्च दुर्जयः । धृतराष्ट्रस्य पुत्रेण सुधृताः सुमहाबलाः ॥

bhīṣmadroṇāvatirathau kṛpo drauṇiśca durjayaḥ | dhṛtarāṣṭrasya putreṇa sudhṛtāḥ sumahābalāḥ

Bhishma and Drona, warriors beyond compare, Kripa, and the invincible son of Drona—these men of great might are well maintained by Dhritarashtra's son.

Note on the text: The critical edition's 3.84.7ab–cd (सुधृताः सुमहाबलाः for vṛtā yudhi mahābalāḥ, a variant, kept); the alignment missed it.

Verse 9 (3.84.9)

सर्वे वेदविदः शूराः सर्वेऽस्त्रकुशलास्तथा । सर्वे महारथा मुख्याः सर्वे जितपरिश्रमाः । योद्धुकामाश्च पार्थेन सततं ये महाबलाः ॥

sarve vedavidaḥ śūrāḥ sarve'strakuśalāstathā | sarve mahārathā mukhyāḥ sarve jitapariśramāḥ | yoddhukāmāśca pārthena satataṃ ye mahābalāḥ

All of them know the Vedas, all are heroes, all are skilled in weapons; all are foremost great chariot-warriors who have mastered fatigue; and these men of great might are ever eager to fight the son of Pritha.

Note on the text: Removed a stray backtick and quote mark round the second line. The first line is the critical edition's 3.84.7ef; the second is not in its constituted text (found in the vulgate recension; it appears in the apparatus as 3.84.7f*0454, khyātāḥ for मुख्याः); the third is its 3.84.8ab, which Wikisource puts in the plural (ये महाबलाः for yo mahābalaḥ), a variant, kept. The alignment missed it.

Verse 10 (3.84.10)

स च दिव्यास्त्रवित्कर्णः सूतपुत्रो महारथः । योऽस्त्रवेगानिलबलः शरार्चिस्तलनिःस्वनः । रजोधूमोऽस्त्रसंपातो धार्तराष्ट्रानिलोद्धतः ॥

sa ca divyāstravitkarṇaḥ sūtaputro mahārathaḥ | yo'stravegānilabalaḥ śarārcistalaniḥsvanaḥ | rajodhūmo'strasaṃpāto dhārtarāṣṭrāniloddhataḥ

And there is Karna, the charioteer's son, a great chariot-warrior who knows divine weapons: a fire whose wind is the speed of his weapons, whose flames are arrows, whose crackle is the slap of the bowstring on the palm-guard, whose smoke is the dust, whose sparks are the showers of missiles, fanned by the wind of Dhritarashtra's sons—

Note on the text: The first line is the critical edition's 3.84.8cd, the other two its 3.84.9 (योऽस्त्रवेग… and अस्त्रसंपातो for so 'śvavega… and astrasaṃtāpo, variants, kept); the alignment missed it.

Verse 11 (3.84.11)

निसृष्ट इव कालेन युगान्तज्वलनो यथा । मम सैन्यमयं कक्षं प्रधक्ष्यति न संशयः ॥

nisṛṣṭa iva kālena yugāntajvalano yathā | mama sainyamayaṃ kakṣaṃ pradhakṣyati na saṃśayaḥ

—he, like the fire at the end of an age let loose by Time, will without doubt burn up my army like dry grass.

Verse 12 (3.84.12)

तं स कृष्णानिलोद्धूतो दिव्यास्त्रजलदो महान् । श्वेतवाजिबलाकाभृद्गाण्डीवेन्द्रायुधोल्बणः ॥

taṃ sa kṛṣṇāniloddhūto divyāstrajalado mahān | śvetavājibalākābhṛdgāṇḍīvendrāyudholbaṇaḥ

But that great cloud of divine weapons, driven by the wind that is Krishna, bearing the white horses for its cranes and terrible with Gandiva for its rainbow—

Note on the text: Corrected कुष्णानिलोद्धूतो → कृष्णानिलोद्धूतो (misprint in Wikisource; ु for ृ), गण्डीव → गाण्डीव (misprint; a dropped vowel sign; the critical edition reads gāṇḍīva) and दिव्यास्त्रज्वलनो → दिव्यास्त्रजलदो (misprint in Wikisource; ज्वलनो, 'fire', is carried over from verse 11 and breaks the image: the subject here bears cranes and a rainbow and is the 'Arjuna-cloud' of verse 13 that quenches the Karna-fire; the critical edition reads divyāstrajalado). उल्बणः for ujjvalaḥ is a variant and is kept.

Verse 13 (3.84.13)

संरब्धः शरधाराभिः सुदीप्तं कर्णपावकम् । उदीर्णोऽर्जुनमेघोऽयं शमयिष्यति संयुगे ॥

saṃrabdhaḥ śaradhārābhiḥ sudīptaṃ karṇapāvakam | udīrṇo'rjunamegho'yaṃ śamayiṣyati saṃyuge

—this risen cloud that is Arjuna, roused to fury, will quench with its torrents of arrows the blazing fire that is Karna in battle.

Note on the text: Corrected सुधीप्तं → सुदीप्तं (misprint in Wikisource; ध for द). संरब्धः and सु- for satataṃ and pra- are variants and are kept.

Verse 14 (3.84.14)

स साक्षादेव सर्वाणि शक्रात्परपुरंजयः । दिव्यान्यस्त्राणि वीभत्सुर्यथावत्प्रतिपत्स्यते ॥

sa sākṣādeva sarvāṇi śakrātparapuraṃjayaḥ | divyānyastrāṇi vībhatsuryathāvatpratipatsyate

That conqueror of enemy cities, Bibhatsu, will duly receive all the divine weapons from Shakra himself.

Verse 15 (3.84.15)

अलं स तेषां सर्वेषामिति मे धीयते मतिः । नास्ति त्वतिक्रिया तस्य रणेऽरीणां प्रतिक्रिया ॥

alaṃ sa teṣāṃ sarveṣāmiti me dhīyate matiḥ | nāsti tvatikriyā tasya raṇe'rīṇāṃ pratikriyā

My mind tells me he is a match for all of them; in battle the enemy can neither outdo him nor counter him.

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

Verse 16 (3.84.16)

ते वयं पाण्डवं सर्वे गृहीतास्त्रमरिंदमम् । द्रष्टारो न हि बीभत्सुर्भारमुद्यम्य सीदति ॥

te vayaṃ pāṇḍavaṃ sarve gṛhītāstramariṃdamam | draṣṭāro na hi bībhatsurbhāramudyamya sīdati

All of us shall see the Pandava, tamer of foes, with the weapons won; for Bibhatsu never sinks beneath a burden once he has taken it up.

Verse 17 (3.84.17)

वयं तु तमृते वीरं वनेऽस्मिन्द्विपदां वर । अवधानं न गच्छामः काम्यके सह कृष्णया ॥

vayaṃ tu tamṛte vīraṃ vane'smindvipadāṃ vara | avadhānaṃ na gacchāmaḥ kāmyake saha kṛṣṇayā

But without that hero, O best of men, we find no peace in this Kamyaka forest, Krishna and all.

Note on the text: Restored a missing word space (द्विपदांवर → द्विपदां वर).

Verse 18 (3.84.18)

भवानन्यद्वनं साधु बह्वन्नं फलवच्छुचि । आख्यातु रमणीयं च सेवितं पुण्यकर्मभिः ॥

bhavānanyadvanaṃ sādhu bahvannaṃ phalavacchuci | ākhyātu ramaṇīyaṃ ca sevitaṃ puṇyakarmabhiḥ

Will you tell us of another good forest, rich in food and fruit, pure and lovely, frequented by men of holy deeds,

Note on the text: Corrected पुण्यक्रमभिः → पुण्यकर्मभिः (misprint in Wikisource; transposed letters; the critical edition reads puṇyakarmabhiḥ).

Verse 19 (3.84.19)

यत्र कंचिद्वयं कालं वसन्तः सत्यविक्रमम् । प्रतीक्षामोऽर्जुनं वीरं वृष्टिकामा इवाम्बुदम् ॥

yatra kaṃcidvayaṃ kālaṃ vasantaḥ satyavikramam | pratīkṣāmo'rjunaṃ vīraṃ vṛṣṭikāmā ivāmbudam

where we may live for a while, awaiting Arjuna, the hero of true valour, as those who long for rain await the cloud.

Note on the text: Corrected वरं → वीरं (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped vowel sign; the critical edition reads vīraṃ) and restored a missing word space (यत्रकंचिद्वयं → यत्र कंचिद्वयं). वृष्टिकामा for varṣakāmā is a variant and is kept.

Verse 20 (3.84.20)

विविधानाश्रमान्कांश्चिद्द्विजातिभ्यः प्रतिश्रुतान् । सरांसि सरितश्चैव रमणीयांश्च पर्वतान् ॥

vividhānāśramānkāṃściddvijātibhyaḥ pratiśrutān | sarāṃsi saritaścaiva ramaṇīyāṃśca parvatān

Tell us of various hermitages spoken of among the twice-born, of lakes and rivers, and of lovely mountains.

Verse 21 (3.84.21)

आचक्ष्व न हि मे ब्रह्मन्रोचते तमृतेऽर्जुनम् । वनेऽस्मिन्काम्यके वासो गच्छामोऽन्यां दिशं प्रति ॥

ācakṣva na hi me brahmanrocate tamṛte'rjunam | vane'sminkāmyake vāso gacchāmo'nyāṃ diśaṃ prati

Tell us, O brahmin, for without Arjuna I take no pleasure in living in this Kamyaka forest. Let us go to some other region.

Note on the text: Restored a missing word space (दिशंप्रति → दिशं प्रति).