Yudhishthira Honours Dhritarashtra

Verse 1 (15.2.1)

एवं सम्पूजितो राजा पाण्डवैरंबिकासुतः । विजहार यथापूर्वमृषिभिः पर्युपस्थितः ॥

evaṃ sampūjito rājā pāṇḍavairaṃbikāsutaḥ | vijahāra yathāpūrvamṛṣibhiḥ paryupasthitaḥ

Thus honoured by the Pandavas, the son of Ambika lived at his ease as before, attended by sages.

Verse 2 (15.2.2)

ब्रह्मदेयाग्रहारांश्च प्रददौ स कुरूद्वहः । तच्च कुन्तीसुतो राजा सर्वमेवान्वमोदत ॥

brahmadeyāgrahārāṃśca pradadau sa kurūdvahaḥ | tacca kuntīsuto rājā sarvamevānvamodata

That bull of the Kurus made grants of land and villages to brahmins, and Yudhishthira, the son of Kunti, approved all of it.

Verse 3 (15.2.3)

आनृशंस्यपरो राजा प्रीयमाणो युधिष्ठिरः । उवाच स तदा भ्रातॄनमात्यांश्च महीपतिः । मया चैव भवद्भिश्च मान्य एष नराधिपः ॥

ānṛśaṃsyaparo rājā prīyamāṇo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | uvāca sa tadā bhrātṝnamātyāṃśca mahīpatiḥ | mayā caiva bhavadbhiśca mānya eṣa narādhipaḥ

Intent on compassion and well pleased, King Yudhishthira then spoke to his brothers and ministers: 'This ruler of men is to be honoured by me and by you.'

Note on the text: Not matched automatically. Lines = CE 15.2.3a, 3c and 4a. The speech begins mid-verse (the narrator's 'उवाच' introduces it), so the verse stays with the narrator.

Verse 4 (15.2.4)

निदेशे धृतराष्ट्रस्य यस्तिष्ठति स मे सुहृत् । विपरीतश्च मे शत्रुर्नियम्यश्च भवेन्नरः ॥

nideśe dhṛtarāṣṭrasya yastiṣṭhati sa me suhṛt | viparītaśca me śatrurniyamyaśca bhavennaraḥ

Whoever abides by Dhritarashtra's command is my friend; and the man who goes against it will be my enemy and must be curbed.

Note on the text: Speaker: Yudhishthira — the speech begun in the previous verse continues; no heading is printed. Not matched automatically; lines = CE 15.2.4c and 4e. (Footnote: 'निरस्यश्च भवेन्नर' is the reading of two manuscripts, as in the critical edition.)

Verse 5 (15.2.5)

परिवृत्तेषु चाहःसु पुत्राणां श्राद्धकर्मणि । ददौ च राजा वित्तानि यावदस्य चिकीर्षितम् ॥

parivṛtteṣu cāhaḥsu putrāṇāṃ śrāddhakarmaṇi | dadau ca rājā vittāni yāvadasya cikīrṣitam

On the days that came round for the funeral rites of his sons, the king gave away wealth to the full extent of his wish.

Note on the text: CE 15.2.5 differs: it reads 'paridṛṣṭeṣu cāhaḥsu … dadātu rājā sarveṣāṃ yāvad asya cikīrṣitam', a wish ('let the king give …') within Yudhishthira's speech. Wikisource has परिवृत्तेषु … ददौ च राजा वित्तानि, a narrative statement (recension variant, kept).

Verse 6 (15.2.6)

ततः स राजा कौरव्यो धृतराष्ट्रो महामनाः । ब्राह्मणेभ्यो यथार्हेभ्यो ददौ वित्तान्यनेकशः ॥

tataḥ sa rājā kauravyo dhṛtarāṣṭro mahāmanāḥ | brāhmaṇebhyo yathārhebhyo dadau vittānyanekaśaḥ

Then that great-minded Kaurava king Dhritarashtra gave wealth in abundance to worthy brahmins.

Verse 7 (15.2.7)

धर्मराजश्च भीमश्च सव्यसाची यमावपि । तत्सर्वमन्ववर्तन्त धृतराष्ट्रव्यपेक्षया ॥

dharmarājaśca bhīmaśca savyasācī yamāvapi | tatsarvamanvavartanta dhṛtarāṣṭravyapekṣayā

Dharmaraja, Bhima, Savyasachi and the twins as well all went along with this out of regard for Dhritarashtra.

Note on the text: Corrected धर्मिराजश्च → धर्मराजश्च (misprint in Wikisource; spurious ि; the critical edition has dharmarājaś ca).

Verse 8 (15.2.8)

कथं नु राजा वृद्धः स पुत्रपौत्रवधार्दितः । शोकमस्मत्कृतं प्राप्य न म्रियेतेति चिन्त्यते ॥

kathaṃ nu rājā vṛddhaḥ sa putrapautravadhārditaḥ | śokamasmatkṛtaṃ prāpya na mriyeteti cintyate

'How can the aged king, struck down by the slaughter of his sons and grandsons, be kept from dying of the grief we have caused him?' - so they thought.

Note on the text: Corrected प्राप्यि → प्राप्य (misprint in Wikisource; stray ि on the gerund) and चिन्त्य ते → चिन्त्यते (misprint in Wikisource; word wrongly split; the critical edition has prāpya na mriyeteti cintyate). The first line is a recension variant (CE: vṛddhaḥ san putraśokasamāhataḥ). Their unspoken thought stays with the narrator.

Verse 9 (15.2.9)

यावद्धि कुरुवीरस्य जीवत्पुत्रस्य वै सुखम् । तावत्सुखमवाप्नोति भोगांश्चैव व्यवस्थितान् ॥

yāvaddhi kuruvīrasya jīvatputrasya vai sukham | tāvatsukhamavāpnoti bhogāṃścaiva vyavasthitān

As much happiness as a Kuru hero would have if his sons were alive, so much does he enjoy, with all his pleasures firmly secured.

Note on the text: Recension variant of CE 15.2.9 (yāvad dhi kurumukhyasya jīvatputrasya vai sukham / babhūva tad avāpnotu bhogāṃś ceti vyavasthitāḥ); kept as printed.

Verse 10 (15.2.10)

ततस्ते सहिताः पञ्च भ्रातरः पाण्डुनन्दनाः । तथाशीलाः समातस्थुर्धृतराष्ट्रस्य शासने ॥

tataste sahitāḥ pañca bhrātaraḥ pāṇḍunandanāḥ | tathāśīlāḥ samātasthurdhṛtarāṣṭrasya śāsane

Then the five Pandava brothers, all together and of one disposition, stood obedient to Dhritarashtra's rule.

Verse 11 (15.2.11)

धृतराष्ट्रश्च तान्सर्वान्विनीतान्नियमे स्थितान् । शिष्यवृत्तिं समापन्नान्गुरुवत्प्रत्यपद्यत ॥

dhṛtarāṣṭraśca tānsarvānvinītānniyame sthitān | śiṣyavṛttiṃ samāpannānguruvatpratyapadyata

And Dhritarashtra treated them all, humble and self-controlled, conducting themselves as pupils, as a teacher would.

Verse 12 (15.2.12)

गान्धारी चैव पुत्राणां विविधैः श्राद्धकर्मभिः । आनृण्यमगमत्कामान्विप्रेभ्यः प्रतिपाद्य सा ॥

gāndhārī caiva putrāṇāṃ vividhaiḥ śrāddhakarmabhiḥ | ānṛṇyamagamatkāmānviprebhyaḥ pratipādya sā

Gandhari too, by the many funeral rites for her sons, discharged her debt, having given brahmins whatever they desired.

Verse 13 (15.2.13)

एवं धर्मभृतांश्रेष्ठो धर्मराजो युधिष्ठिरः । भ्रातृभिः सहितो धीमान्पूजयामास तं नृपम् ॥

evaṃ dharmabhṛtāṃśreṣṭho dharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | bhrātṛbhiḥ sahito dhīmānpūjayāmāsa taṃ nṛpam

In this way Dharmaraja Yudhishthira, best of those who uphold dharma, together with his brothers, wise as he was, honoured that king.

Note on the text: Corrected पूजयामासं → पूजयामास (misprint in Wikisource; stray anusvara; the critical edition has pūjayām āsa).

Verse 14 (15.2.14)

स राजा सुमहातेजा वृद्धः कुरुकुलोद्वहः । न ददर्श तदा किञ्चिदप्रियं पाण्डुनन्दने ॥

sa rājā sumahātejā vṛddhaḥ kurukulodvahaḥ | na dadarśa tadā kiñcidapriyaṃ pāṇḍunandane

That king, of great splendour, aged, a scion of the Kuru line, saw then nothing displeasing from the son of Pandu.

Note on the text: From here on, Wikisource's second adhyaya runs on into what the critical edition numbers adhyaya 3 (15.3.x); the critical edition's own opening lines of adhyaya 3 (15.3.1-2) are partly reworded here (recension variants kept).

Verse 15 (15.2.15)

वर्तमानेषु सद्वृत्तिं पाण्डवेषु महात्मसु । प्रीतिमानभवद्राजा धृतराष्ट्रोऽम्बिकासुतः ॥

vartamāneṣu sadvṛttiṃ pāṇḍaveṣu mahātmasu | prītimānabhavadrājā dhṛtarāṣṭro'mbikāsutaḥ

With the great-souled Pandavas conducting themselves so well, King Dhritarashtra, the son of Ambika, was filled with joy.

Note on the text: Corrected धृतराष्ट्रोंऽबिकासुतिः → धृतराष्ट्रोऽम्बिकासुतः (misprint in Wikisource; stray anusvara after ो, and ि for the nominative ending of सुत; the critical edition has dhṛtarāṣṭro 'mbikāsutaḥ).

Verse 16 (15.2.16)

सौबलेयी च गान्धारी पुत्रशोकमपास्य तम् । सदैव प्रीतिमत्यासीत्तनयेषु निजेष्विव ॥

saubaleyī ca gāndhārī putraśokamapāsya tam | sadaiva prītimatyāsīttanayeṣu nijeṣviva

And Gandhari, the daughter of Subala, having put that grief for her sons away, was always full of affection toward them as if they were her own sons.

Verse 17 (15.2.17)

प्रियाण्येव तु कौरव्यो नाप्रियाणि कुरूद्वहः । वैचित्रवीर्य नृपतौ समाचरत सर्वदा ॥

priyāṇyeva tu kauravyo nāpriyāṇi kurūdvahaḥ | vaicitravīrya nṛpatau samācarata sarvadā

Yudhishthira, the Kuru, always did only what was pleasing, never what was displeasing, to the king, the son of Vichitravirya.

Verse 18 (15.2.18)

यद्यद्ब्रूते च किञ्चित्स धृतराष्ट्रो जनाधिपः । गुरु वा लघु वा कार्यं गान्धारी च तपस्विनी ॥

yadyadbrūte ca kiñcitsa dhṛtarāṣṭro janādhipaḥ | guru vā laghu vā kāryaṃ gāndhārī ca tapasvinī

Whatever Dhritarashtra, lord of men, asked for, great or small, and whatever the ascetic Gandhari asked for,

Verse 19 (15.2.19)

तं स राजा महाराज पाण्डवानां धुरंधरः । पूजयित्वा वचस्तत्तदकार्षीत्परवीरहा ॥

taṃ sa rājā mahārāja pāṇḍavānāṃ dhuraṃdharaḥ | pūjayitvā vacastattadakārṣītparavīrahā

that king, O great king, the foremost bearer of the Pandavas' burden and slayer of hostile heroes, honoured each such request and carried it out.

Verse 20 (15.2.20)

तेन तस्याभवत्प्रीतो वृत्तेन स नराधिपः । अन्वतप्यत संस्मृत्य पुत्रं तं मन्दचेतसम् ॥

tena tasyābhavatprīto vṛttena sa narādhipaḥ | anvatapyata saṃsmṛtya putraṃ taṃ mandacetasam

By that conduct the king was pleased with him, yet he burned with remorse whenever he remembered his dull-witted son.

Verse 21 (15.2.21)

सदा च प्रातरुत्थाय कृतजप्यः शुचिर्नृपः । आशास्ते पाण्डुपुत्राणां समरेष्वपराजयम् ॥

sadā ca prātarutthāya kṛtajapyaḥ śucirnṛpaḥ | āśāste pāṇḍuputrāṇāṃ samareṣvaparājayam

Every morning that pure king, having risen and performed his japa, wished the sons of Pandu freedom from defeat in battle.

Verse 22 (15.2.22)

ब्राह्मणान्स्वस्तिवाच्याथ हुत्वा चैव हुताशनम् । आयूंषि पाण्डुपुत्राणामाशंसत नराधिपः ॥

brāhmaṇānsvastivācyātha hutvā caiva hutāśanam | āyūṃṣi pāṇḍuputrāṇāmāśaṃsata narādhipaḥ

Having had the brahmins pronounce blessings and having made offerings to the fire, the king prayed for long life for the sons of Pandu.

Note on the text: Recension variant of CE 15.3.9 (brāhmaṇān vācayitvā ca … āyuṣyaṃ pāṇḍuputrāṇām); आयूंषि is a valid plural, kept.

Verse 23 (15.2.23)

न तां प्रीतिं परामाप पुत्रेभ्यः स तदा पुरा । यां प्रीतिं पाण्डुपुत्रेभ्यः सदाऽवाप नराधिपः ॥

na tāṃ prītiṃ parāmāpa putrebhyaḥ sa tadā purā | yāṃ prītiṃ pāṇḍuputrebhyaḥ sadā'vāpa narādhipaḥ

The supreme affection that the king always felt for the sons of Pandu he had never felt, even in earlier days, for his own sons.

Verse 24 (15.2.24)

ब्राह्मणानां यथा वृत्तः क्षत्रियाणां यथाविधः । तथा विट्शूद्रसङ्घानामभवत्स प्रियस्तदा ॥

brāhmaṇānāṃ yathā vṛttaḥ kṣatriyāṇāṃ yathāvidhaḥ | tathā viṭśūdrasaṅghānāmabhavatsa priyastadā

As he stood in the regard of the brahmins, so he stood with the kshatriyas; and in the same way he then became dear to the communities of vaishyas and shudras.

Verse 25 (15.2.25)

यच्च किञ्चित्तदा पापं धृतराष्ट्रसुतैः कृतम् । अकृत्वा हृदि तत्पापं तं नृपं सोन्ववर्तत ॥

yacca kiñcittadā pāpaṃ dhṛtarāṣṭrasutaiḥ kṛtam | akṛtvā hṛdi tatpāpaṃ taṃ nṛpaṃ sonvavartata

Whatever wrong the sons of Dhritarashtra had done in that time, he kept it out of his heart and followed that king in obedience.

Verse 26 (15.2.26)

यः कश्चिदपि यत्किञ्चित्प्रमादादंबिकासुते । कुरुते द्वेष्यतामेति स कौन्तेयस्य धीमतः ॥

yaḥ kaścidapi yatkiñcitpramādādaṃbikāsute | kurute dveṣyatāmeti sa kaunteyasya dhīmataḥ

If anyone, through carelessness, did the slightest thing against the son of Ambika, he became an object of hatred to the wise Kaunteya.

Verse 27 (15.2.27)

न राज्ञो धृतराष्ट्रस्य न च दुर्योधनस्य वै । उवाच दुष्कृतं कश्चिद्युधिष्ठिरभयान्नरः ॥

na rājño dhṛtarāṣṭrasya na ca duryodhanasya vai | uvāca duṣkṛtaṃ kaścidyudhiṣṭhirabhayānnaraḥ

Out of fear of Yudhishthira, no man spoke ill of King Dhritarashtra or of Duryodhana.

Verse 28 (15.2.28)

धृत्या तुष्टो नरेन्द्रः स गान्धारी विदुरस्तथा । अजातशत्रोर्वृत्तेन न तु भीमस्य पार्थिवः ॥

dhṛtyā tuṣṭo narendraḥ sa gāndhārī vidurastathā | ajātaśatrorvṛttena na tu bhīmasya pārthivaḥ

The king was content with Yudhishthira's steadiness, and so were Gandhari and Vidura, with Ajatashatru's conduct; but the king was not content with Bhima's.

Note on the text: Not matched automatically; = CE 15.3.15 (dhṛtyā tuṣṭo narendrasya gāndhārī viduras tathā / śaucena cājātaśatror na tu bhīmasya śatruhan). Second line is a recension variant (वृत्तेन for śaucena; पार्थिवः for śatruhan).

Verse 29 (15.2.29)

अन्ववर्तत भीमोपि निश्चितो धर्मजं नृपम् । धृतराष्ट्रं च सम्प्रेक्ष्य सदा भवति दुर्मनाः ॥

anvavartata bhīmopi niścito dharmajaṃ nṛpam | dhṛtarāṣṭraṃ ca samprekṣya sadā bhavati durmanāḥ

Bhima too, with firm resolve, followed Yudhishthira, the son of Dharma; but whenever he looked at Dhritarashtra he was sullen at heart.

Verse 30 (15.2.30)

राजानमनुवर्तन्तं धर्मपुत्रममित्रहा । अन्ववर्तत संक्रुद्धो हृदयेन पराङ्मुखः ॥

rājānamanuvartantaṃ dharmaputramamitrahā | anvavartata saṃkruddho hṛdayena parāṅmukhaḥ

Bhima, slayer of foes, followed Yudhishthira, the son of Dharma, who was following the king; but, inwardly enraged, he kept his heart turned away.

Note on the text: Corrected राजानमनुवर्तन्त → राजानमनुवर्तन्तं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped anusvara — the participle agrees with धर्मपुत्रम्; the critical edition has rājānam anuvartantaṃ dharmaputraṃ). Second line is a recension variant (CE: kauravyo for संक्रुद्धो).