The Pandavas Reach the Hermitage in Kurukshetra

Verse 1 (15.25.1)

आज्ञापयामास ततः सेनां भरतसत्तमः । अर्जुनप्रमुखैर्गुप्तां लोकपालोपमैर्नरैः ॥

ājñāpayāmāsa tataḥ senāṃ bharatasattamaḥ | arjunapramukhairguptāṃ lokapālopamairnaraiḥ

Then the best of the Bharatas ordered the army forth, guarded by men led by Arjuna, who were like the guardians of the world.

Verse 2 (15.25.2)

योगोयोग इति प्रीत्या ततः शब्दो महानभूत् । क्रोशतां सादिनां तत्र युज्यतां युज्यतामिति ॥

yogoyoga iti prītyā tataḥ śabdo mahānabhūt | krośatāṃ sādināṃ tatra yujyatāṃ yujyatāmiti

"Yoke up! Yoke up!" Then, in their delight, a great din arose as the horsemen there shouted, "Let them be yoked, let them be yoked!"

Verse 3 (15.25.3)

केचिद्यानैर्नरा जग्मुः केचिदश्वैर्महाजवैः । काञ्चनैश्च रथैः केचिज्ज्वलितज्वलनोपमैः ॥

kecidyānairnarā jagmuḥ kecidaśvairmahājavaiḥ | kāñcanaiśca rathaiḥ kecijjvalitajvalanopamaiḥ

Some men went in carriages, some on swift horses, and some in golden chariots that were like blazing fire.

Note on the text: Line 2 differs from CE 15.30.3 (ke cid aśvair manojavaiḥ / rathaiś ca nagarākāraiḥ pradīptajvalanopamaiḥ); recension variant, kept.

Verse 4 (15.25.4)

गजेन्द्रैश्च तथैवान्ये केचिदुष्ट्रैर्नराधिप । पदातयस्तथैवान्ये नखरप्रासयोधिनः ॥

gajendraiśca tathaivānye keciduṣṭrairnarādhipa | padātayastathaivānye nakharaprāsayodhinaḥ

Others went on great elephants, some on camels, O lord of men, and others on foot, fighting with claw-like spears.

Verse 5 (15.25.5)

पौरजानपदाश्चैव यानैर्बहुविधैस्तथा । अन्वयुः कुरुराजानं धृतराष्ट्रं दिदक्षवः ॥

paurajānapadāścaiva yānairbahuvidhaistathā | anvayuḥ kururājānaṃ dhṛtarāṣṭraṃ didakṣavaḥ

The townspeople and the country folk too, in vehicles of many kinds, went after the Kuru king Dhritarashtra, eager to see him.

Verse 6 (15.25.6)

स चापि राजवचनादाचार्यो गौतमः कृपः । सेनामादाय सेनानीः प्रययावाश्रमं प्रति ॥

sa cāpi rājavacanādācāryo gautamaḥ kṛpaḥ | senāmādāya senānīḥ prayayāvāśramaṃ prati

And by the king's command that army commander too, the teacher Kripa Gautama, took the army and went towards the hermitage.

Verse 7 (15.25.7)

ततो द्विजैः परिवृतः कुरुराजो युधिष्ठिरः । संस्तूयमानो बहुभिः सूतमागधबन्दिभिः ॥

tato dvijaiḥ parivṛtaḥ kururājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | saṃstūyamāno bahubhiḥ sūtamāgadhabandibhiḥ

Then, surrounded by brahmins and praised by many bards, charioteer-minstrels and heralds, the Kuru king Yudhishthira

Note on the text: The sentence runs on into verse 8.

Verse 8 (15.25.8)

पाण्डुरेणातपत्रेण ध्रियमाणेन मूर्धनि । रथानीकेन महता निर्जगाम कुरूद्वहः ॥

pāṇḍureṇātapatreṇa dhriyamāṇena mūrdhani | rathānīkena mahatā nirjagāma kurūdvahaḥ

set out, with a white parasol held over his head, with a great host of chariots, that chief of the Kurus.

Note on the text: Corrected रतानीकेन → रथानीकेन (misprint in Wikisource; रतानीक is not a word; the sense is रथानीक, "host of chariots", as the critical edition reads (rathānīkena)).

Verse 9 (15.25.9)

गजैश्चाचलसंकाशैर्भीमकर्मा वृकोदरः । सज्जयन्त्रायुधोपेतैः प्रययौ पवनात्मजः ॥

gajaiścācalasaṃkāśairbhīmakarmā vṛkodaraḥ | sajjayantrāyudhopetaiḥ prayayau pavanātmajaḥ

Bhima of terrible deeds, Vrikodara, son of the Wind, went with elephants like mountains, fitted with engines and weapons.

Verse 10 (15.25.10)

माद्रीपुत्रावपि तथा हयारोहौ सुसंवृतौ । जग्मतुः शीघ्रगमनौ सन्नद्धकवचध्वजौ ॥

mādrīputrāvapi tathā hayārohau susaṃvṛtau | jagmatuḥ śīghragamanau sannaddhakavacadhvajau

The two sons of Madri too went, mounted on horses and closely guarded, swift in their going, with armour and banners ready.

Note on the text: Wikisource's हयारोहौ … शीघ्रगमनौ differs slightly from CE 15.30.10 (hayārohaiḥ … prītijananau); recension variant, kept.

Verse 11 (15.25.11)

अर्जुनश्च महातेजा रथेनादित्यवर्चसा । वशी श्वेतैर्हयैर्युक्तैर्दिव्येनान्वगमन्नृपम् ॥

arjunaśca mahātejā rathenādityavarcasā | vaśī śvetairhayairyuktairdivyenānvagamannṛpam

And Arjuna of great radiance, self-controlled, followed the king in a chariot with the lustre of the sun, divine and drawn by white horses.

Verse 12 (15.25.12)

द्रौपदीप्रमुखाश्चापि स्त्रीसङ्घाः शिबिकागताः । स्त्र्यध्यक्षगुप्ताः प्रययुर्विसृजन्तोऽमितं वसु ॥

draupadīpramukhāścāpi strīsaṅghāḥ śibikāgatāḥ | stryadhyakṣaguptāḥ prayayurvisṛjanto'mitaṃ vasu

The companies of women, led by Draupadi, travelled in palanquins, guarded by the superintendents of the women, scattering immeasurable wealth.

Verse 13 (15.25.13)

समृद्धरथहस्त्यश्वं वेणुवीणानुनादितम् । शुशुभे पाण्डवं सैन्यं तत्तदा भरतर्षभ ॥

samṛddharathahastyaśvaṃ veṇuvīṇānunāditam | śuśubhe pāṇḍavaṃ sainyaṃ tattadā bharatarṣabha

The Pandava host, rich in chariots, elephants and horses, resounding with flutes and lutes, shone then, O best of the Bharatas.

Verse 14 (15.25.14)

नदीतीरेषु रम्येषु सरःसु च विशाम्पते । वासान्कृत्वा क्रमेणाथ जग्मुस्ते कुरुपुङ्गवाः ॥

nadītīreṣu ramyeṣu saraḥsu ca viśāmpate | vāsānkṛtvā krameṇātha jagmuste kurupuṅgavāḥ

Making camps in due order on the lovely banks of rivers and beside lakes, O lord of the people, those bulls of the Kurus went on.

Verse 15 (15.25.15)

युयुत्सुश्च महातेजा धौम्यश्चैव पुरोहितः । युधिष्ठिरस्य वचनात्पुरगुप्तिं प्रचक्रतुः ॥

yuyutsuśca mahātejā dhaumyaścaiva purohitaḥ | yudhiṣṭhirasya vacanātpuraguptiṃ pracakratuḥ

Yuyutsu of great radiance and the priest Dhaumya, by Yudhishthira's command, undertook the guarding of the city.

Note on the text: Corrected चैवि → चैव (misprint in Wikisource; stray ि; the particle is चैव, as the critical edition reads (caiva)).

Verse 16 (15.25.16)

ततो युधिष्ठिरो राजा कुरुक्षेत्रमवातरत् । क्रमेणोत्तीर्य यमुनां नदीं परमपाविनीम् ॥

tato yudhiṣṭhiro rājā kurukṣetramavātarat | krameṇottīrya yamunāṃ nadīṃ paramapāvinīm

Then King Yudhishthira, having crossed the Yamuna, that supremely purifying river, in due course, came down into Kurukshetra.

Note on the text: Corrected क्रमोणो → क्रमेणो (misprint in Wikisource; wrong vowel; the instrumental is क्रमेण, as the critical edition reads (krameṇa)).

Verse 17 (15.25.17)

स ददर्शाश्रमं दूराद्राजर्षेस्तस्य धीमतः । शतयूपस्य कौरव्य धृतराष्ट्रस्य चैव ह ॥

sa dadarśāśramaṃ dūrādrājarṣestasya dhīmataḥ | śatayūpasya kauravya dhṛtarāṣṭrasya caiva ha

From afar he saw the hermitage of the wise royal sage Shatayupa and of Dhritarashtra, O Kaurava.

Note on the text: Two glosses printed after the colophon (15-25-3, 15-25-4) are not part of the text and are not added.

Verse 18 (15.25.18)

ततः प्रमुदितः सर्वो जनस्तद्वनमञ्जसा । विवेश सुमहानादैरापूर्य भरतर्षभ ॥

tataḥ pramuditaḥ sarvo janastadvanamañjasā | viveśa sumahānādairāpūrya bharatarṣabha

Then all the people, delighted, quickly entered that forest, filling it with great shouts, O best of the Bharatas.