The Brahmins Join the Pilgrimage; the Pandavas Set Out

Verse 1 (3.91.1)

ततः प्रयान्तं कौन्तेयं ब्राह्मणा वनवासिनः । अभिगम्य तदा राजन्निदं वचनमब्रुवन् ॥

tataḥ prayāntaṃ kaunteyaṃ brāhmaṇā vanavāsinaḥ | abhigamya tadā rājannidaṃ vacanamabruvan

Then, as the son of Kunti was setting out, the brahmins who lived in the forest came to him, O king, and said:

Verse 2 (3.91.2)

राजंस्तीर्थानि गन्तासि पुण्यानि भ्रातृभिः सह । देवर्षिणा च सहितो लोमशेन महात्मना ॥

rājaṃstīrthāni gantāsi puṇyāni bhrātṛbhiḥ saha | devarṣiṇā ca sahito lomaśena mahātmanā

King, you are going to the holy tirthas with your brothers, in the company of the great-souled divine sage Lomasha.

Note on the text: Direct speech of the forest-dwelling brahmins, announced in verse 1 with no printed heading; given to them (verses 2–15).

Verse 3 (3.91.3)

अस्मानपि महाराज नेतुमर्हसि पाण्डव । अस्माभिर्हि न शक्यानि त्वदृते तानि कौरव ॥

asmānapi mahārāja netumarhasi pāṇḍava | asmābhirhi na śakyāni tvadṛte tāni kaurava

Take us with you too, great king, Pandava; for without you, Kaurava, we cannot reach them.

Verse 4 (3.91.4)

श्वापदैरुपसृष्टानि दुर्गाणि विषमाणि च । अगम्यानि नरैरल्पैस्तीर्थानि मनुजेश्वर ॥

śvāpadairupasṛṣṭāni durgāṇi viṣamāṇi ca | agamyāni narairalpaistīrthāni manujeśvara

The tirthas are beset by beasts of prey, hard to reach and rugged; men in small numbers cannot get to them, lord of men.

Note on the text: Corrected श्वापरदैः → श्वापदैः (misprint in Wikisource; a stray र; the critical edition reads śvāpadair).

Verse 5 (3.91.5)

भवतो भ्रातरः शूरा धनुर्धरवराः सदा । भवद्भिः पालिताः शूरैर्गच्छामो वयमप्युत ॥

bhavato bhrātaraḥ śūrā dhanurdharavarāḥ sadā | bhavadbhiḥ pālitāḥ śūrairgacchāmo vayamapyuta

Your brothers are heroes, ever the best of bowmen; protected by you heroes, we too could go.

Verse 6 (3.91.6)

भवत्प्रसादाद्धि वयं प्राप्नुयामः सुखं फलम् । तीर्थानां पृथिवीपाल वनानां च विशांपते ॥

bhavatprasādāddhi vayaṃ prāpnuyāmaḥ sukhaṃ phalam | tīrthānāṃ pṛthivīpāla vanānāṃ ca viśāṃpate

By your grace, protector of the earth, lord of the people, may we gain the happy fruit of the tirthas and the forests.

Verse 7 (3.91.7)

तव वीर्यपरित्राताः शुद्धास्तीर्थपरिप्लुताः । भवेम धूतपाप्मानस्तीर्थसंदर्शनान्नृप ॥

tava vīryaparitrātāḥ śuddhāstīrthapariplutāḥ | bhavema dhūtapāpmānastīrthasaṃdarśanānnṛpa

Shielded by your valour, made pure by bathing in the tirthas, may we be rid of our sins through the sight of the tirthas, O king.

Note on the text: Corrected परिप्लताः → परिप्लुताः (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped u-sign; the critical edition reads tīrthapariplutāḥ).

Verse 8 (3.91.8)

भवानपि नरेन्द्रस्य कार्तवीर्यस्य भारत । अष्टकस्य च राजर्षेर्लोमपादस्य चैव ह ॥

bhavānapi narendrasya kārtavīryasya bhārata | aṣṭakasya ca rājarṣerlomapādasya caiva ha

You too, Bharata — the worlds of King Kartavirya, of the royal sage Ashtaka and of Lomapada,

Note on the text: Corrected लोमपादस् → लोमपादस्य (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped akshara; the critical edition reads lomapādasya).

Verse 9 (3.91.9)

भरतस्य च वीरस्य सार्वभौमस्य पार्थिव । ध्रुवं प्राप्स्यति दुष्प्रापाँल्लोकांस्तीर्थपरिप्लुतः ॥

bharatasya ca vīrasya sārvabhaumasya pārthiva | dhruvaṃ prāpsyati duṣprāpām̐llokāṃstīrthapariplutaḥ

and of the heroic Bharata, sovereign of the whole earth — those worlds, so hard to win, you will surely win, O king, once you have bathed in the tirthas.

Note on the text: Corrected पार्तिव → पार्थिव (misprint in Wikisource; त for थ).

Verse 10 (3.91.10)

प्रभासादीनि तीर्थानि महेन्द्रादींश्च पर्वतान् । गङ्गाद्याः सरितश्चैव प्लक्षादींश्च पर्वतान् ॥

prabhāsādīni tīrthāni mahendrādīṃśca parvatān | gaṅgādyāḥ saritaścaiva plakṣādīṃśca parvatān

Prabhasa and the other tirthas, Mahendra and the other mountains, the Ganga and the other rivers, and Plaksha and the other heights —

Note on the text: Matches the first four padas of the critical edition's 3.91.10, which the automatic alignment missed. Wikisource's प्लक्षादींश्च पर्वतान् (the critical edition reads plakṣādīṃś ca vanaspatīn, 'Plaksha and the other trees') is kept as printed.

Verse 11 (3.91.11)

त्वया सह महीपाल द्रष्टुमिच्छामहे वयम् । भवद्भिः पालिताः शूरैस्तीर्थान्यायतनानि च ॥

tvayā saha mahīpāla draṣṭumicchāmahe vayam | bhavadbhiḥ pālitāḥ śūraistīrthānyāyatanāni ca

these we wish to see together with you, lord of the earth — the tirthas and the shrines — protected by you heroes.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (` and ') around the second line. The first line is the critical edition's 3.91.10ef, which the automatic alignment missed; the second is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension), which records it in its apparatus as 3.91.10f*0471.

Verse 12 (3.91.12)

यदि ते ब्राह्मणेष्वस्ति काचित्प्रीतिर्जनाधिप । कुरु क्षिप्रं वचोऽस्माकं ततः श्रेयोऽभिपत्स्यसे ॥

yadi te brāhmaṇeṣvasti kācitprītirjanādhipa | kuru kṣipraṃ vaco'smākaṃ tataḥ śreyo'bhipatsyase

If you have any affection for brahmins, ruler of men, do quickly what we ask; then you will gain what is good.

Note on the text: Restored a missing word space (कुरुक्षिप्रं → कुरु क्षिप्रं).

Verse 13 (3.91.13)

तीर्थानि हि महाबाहो तपोविघ्नकरैः सदा । अनुकीर्णानि रक्षोभिस्तेभ्यो नस्त्रातुमर्हसि ॥

tīrthāni hi mahābāho tapovighnakaraiḥ sadā | anukīrṇāni rakṣobhistebhyo nastrātumarhasi

For the tirthas, mighty-armed one, are always overrun by rakshasas who disrupt austerities; you must protect us from them.

Note on the text: Corrected तीर्तानि → तीर्थानि (misprint in Wikisource; त for थ).

Verse 14 (3.91.14)

तीर्थान्युक्तानि धौम्येन नारदेन च धीमता । यान्युवाच च देवर्षिर्लोमशः सुमहातपाः ॥

tīrthānyuktāni dhaumyena nāradena ca dhīmatā | yānyuvāca ca devarṣirlomaśaḥ sumahātapāḥ

The tirthas described by Dhaumya and by the wise Narada, and those of which the divine sage Lomasha, great in austerity, has spoken —

Verse 15 (3.91.15)

विधिवत्तानि सर्वाणि पर्यटस्व नराधिप । धूतपाप्मा सहास्माभिर्लोमशेनाभिपालितः ॥

vidhivattāni sarvāṇi paryaṭasva narādhipa | dhūtapāpmā sahāsmābhirlomaśenābhipālitaḥ

travel to them all in due order, lord of men, and be cleansed of sin, together with us and guarded by Lomasha.

Note on the text: Corrected लोमशेनाबिपालितः → लोमशेनाभिपालितः (misprint in Wikisource; ब for भ). The critical edition's lomaśena ca pālitaḥ is a recension variant.

Verse 16 (3.91.16)

स राजा पूज्यमानस्तैर्हर्षादश्रुपरिप्लुतः । भीमसेनादिभिर्वीरैर्भ्रातृभिः परिवारितः ॥

sa rājā pūjyamānastairharṣādaśrupariplutaḥ | bhīmasenādibhirvīrairbhrātṛbhiḥ parivāritaḥ

Honoured thus by them, the king, his eyes brimming with tears of joy, surrounded by his heroic brothers led by Bhimasena,

Note on the text: Narration resumes. Matches the first four padas of the critical edition's 3.91.15 (स राजा for sa tathā), which the automatic alignment missed.

Verse 17 (3.91.17)

बाढमित्यब्रवीत्सर्वांस्तानृषीन्पाण्डवर्षभः । लोमशं समनुज्ञाप्य धौम्यं चैव पुरोहितम् ॥

bāḍhamityabravītsarvāṃstānṛṣīnpāṇḍavarṣabhaḥ | lomaśaṃ samanujñāpya dhaumyaṃ caiva purohitam

and the bull of the Pandavas said to all those seers, 'So be it.' Then, taking leave of Lomasha and of Dhaumya the family priest,

Note on the text: The first line is the critical edition's 3.91.15ef and the second its 3.91.16ab; the automatic alignment missed them.

Verse 18 (3.91.18)

ततः स पाण्डवश्रेष्ठो भ्रातृभिः सहितो वशी । द्रौपद्या चानवद्याङ्ग्या गमनाय मनो दधे ॥

tataḥ sa pāṇḍavaśreṣṭho bhrātṛbhiḥ sahito vaśī | draupadyā cānavadyāṅgyā gamanāya mano dadhe

that self-controlled best of the Pandavas, with his brothers and the flawless Draupadi, set his mind on departure.

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 3.91.16cd–ef, which the automatic alignment missed.

Verse 19 (3.91.19)

अथ व्यासो महाभागस्तथा पर्वतनारदौ । काम्यके पाण्डवं द्रष्टुं समाजग्मुर्मनीषिणः ॥

atha vyāso mahābhāgastathā parvatanāradau | kāmyake pāṇḍavaṃ draṣṭuṃ samājagmurmanīṣiṇaḥ

Then the illustrious Vyasa, and Parvata and Narada, those wise sages, came to Kamyaka to see the Pandava.

Note on the text: Corrected दाम्यके → काम्यके (misprint in Wikisource; द for क; the Pandavas are in the Kamyaka forest, and the critical edition reads kāmyake). Restored a missing word space (पाण्डवंद्रष्टुं → पाण्डवं द्रष्टुं).

Verse 20 (3.91.20)

तेषां युधिष्ठिरो राजा पूजां चक्रे यथाविधि । सत्कृतास्ते महाभागा युधिष्ठिरमथाब्रुवन् ॥

teṣāṃ yudhiṣṭhiro rājā pūjāṃ cakre yathāvidhi | satkṛtāste mahābhāgā yudhiṣṭhiramathābruvan

King Yudhishthira paid them honour as prescribed, and the illustrious sages, so honoured, then said to Yudhishthira:

Verse 21 (3.91.21)

युधिष्ठिरयमौ भीम मनसा कुरुतार्जवम् । मनसा कृतशौचा वै शुद्धास्तीर्थानि यास्यथ ॥

yudhiṣṭhirayamau bhīma manasā kurutārjavam | manasā kṛtaśaucā vai śuddhāstīrthāni yāsyatha

Yudhishthira, you twins, Bhima — make your minds upright. Purified in mind, you will go to the tirthas pure.

Note on the text: Corrected शद्धाः → शुद्धाः (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped u-sign; the critical edition reads śuddhās). Direct speech of Vyasa, Narada and Parvata, announced in verse 20 with no printed heading; given to them (verses 21–24).

Verse 22 (3.91.22)

शरीरनियमं प्राहुर्ब्राह्मणा मानुषं व्रतम् । मनोविशुद्धां बुद्धिं च दैवमाहुर्व्रतं द्विजाः ॥

śarīraniyamaṃ prāhurbrāhmaṇā mānuṣaṃ vratam | manoviśuddhāṃ buddhiṃ ca daivamāhurvrataṃ dvijāḥ

Brahmins call discipline of the body the human vow; a mind made pure and an understanding cleansed, the twice-born call the divine vow.

Verse 23 (3.91.23)

मनो ह्यदुष्टं शौचाय पर्याप्तं वै नराधिप । मैत्रीं बुद्धिं समास्थाय शुद्धास्तीर्थानि गच्छत ॥

mano hyaduṣṭaṃ śaucāya paryāptaṃ vai narādhipa | maitrīṃ buddhiṃ samāsthāya śuddhāstīrthāni gacchata

An undefiled mind is enough for purity, lord of men. Holding to a spirit of friendliness, go to the tirthas pure.

Verse 24 (3.91.24)

ते यूयं मानसैः शुद्धाः शरीरनियमव्रतैः । दैवं व्रतं समास्थाय यथोक्तं फलमाप्स्यथ ॥

te yūyaṃ mānasaiḥ śuddhāḥ śarīraniyamavrataiḥ | daivaṃ vrataṃ samāsthāya yathoktaṃ phalamāpsyatha

So you, pure in mind and keeping the vows of bodily discipline, holding to the divine vow, will gain the fruit as it has been declared.

Verse 25 (3.91.25)

ते तथेति प्रतिज्ञाय कृष्णया सह पाण्डवाः । कृतस्वस्त्ययनाः सर्वे मुनिभिर्देवमानुषैः ॥

te tatheti pratijñāya kṛṣṇayā saha pāṇḍavāḥ | kṛtasvastyayanāḥ sarve munibhirdevamānuṣaiḥ

Promising, 'So be it,' the Pandavas with Krishna, all of them blessed for the journey by sages divine and human,

Verse 26 (3.91.26)

लोमशस्योपसंगृह्य पादौ द्वैपायनस्य च । नारदस्य च राजेन्द्र देवर्षेः पर्वतस्य च ॥

lomaśasyopasaṃgṛhya pādau dvaipāyanasya ca | nāradasya ca rājendra devarṣeḥ parvatasya ca

clasped the feet of Lomasha and of Dvaipayana, of Narada, O king of kings, and of the divine sage Parvata;

Note on the text: Corrected द्वैपायनस् → द्वैपायनस्य (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped akshara; the critical edition reads dvaipāyanasya).

Verse 27 (3.91.27)

धौम्येन सहिता वीरास्तथा तैर्वनवासिभिः । मार्गशीर्ष्यामतीतायां पुष्येण प्रययुस्ततः ॥

dhaumyena sahitā vīrāstathā tairvanavāsibhiḥ | mārgaśīrṣyāmatītāyāṃ puṣyeṇa prayayustataḥ

and then, together with Dhaumya and those forest-dwellers, the heroes set out under the Pushya star, when the full moon of Margashirsha had passed.

Verse 28 (3.91.28)

कठिनानि समादाय चीराजिनजटाधराः । अभेद्यैः कवचैर्युक्तास्तीर्थान्यन्वचरंस्ततः ॥

kaṭhināni samādāya cīrājinajaṭādharāḥ | abhedyaiḥ kavacairyuktāstīrthānyanvacaraṃstataḥ

Carrying their baskets, wearing bark garments, deerskins and matted hair, and girt with impenetrable armour, they journeyed on from tirtha to tirtha,

Verse 29 (3.91.29)

इन्द्रसेनादिभिर्भृत्यै रथैः परिचतुर्दशैः । महानसव्यापृतैश्च तथाऽन्यैः परिचारकैः ॥

indrasenādibhirbhṛtyai rathaiḥ paricaturdaśaiḥ | mahānasavyāpṛtaiśca tathā'nyaiḥ paricārakaiḥ

with Indrasena and other attendants, with chariots fourteen and more, with men busy in the kitchens and other servants besides.

Verse 30 (3.91.30)

सायुधा बद्धनिस्त्रिंशास्तूणवन्तः समार्गणाः । प्राङ्मुखाः प्रययुर्वीराः पाण्डवा जनमेजय ॥

sāyudhā baddhanistriṃśāstūṇavantaḥ samārgaṇāḥ | prāṅmukhāḥ prayayurvīrāḥ pāṇḍavā janamejaya

Armed, swords girded on, carrying quivers and arrows, the heroic Pandavas set out facing east, Janamejaya.

Note on the text: Corrected प्राङ्युखाः → प्राङ्मुखाः (misprint in Wikisource; य for म; the critical edition reads prāṅmukhāḥ).