Dhritarashtra Resolves to Go to the Forest

Verse 1 (15.3.1)

युधिष्ठिरस्य नृपतेर्दुर्योधनपितुस्तदा । नान्तरं ददृशू राज्ये पुरुषाः प्रणयं प्रति ॥

yudhiṣṭhirasya nṛpaterduryodhanapitustadā | nāntaraṃ dadṛśū rājye puruṣāḥ praṇayaṃ prati

In that kingdom, men saw no difference, in the matter of devotion, between King Yudhishthira and the father of Duryodhana.

Note on the text: Corrected दद्दशू → ददृशू (misprint in Wikisource; द्द for दृ — the critical edition has dadṛśū).

Verse 2 (15.3.2)

यदा तु कौरवो राजा पुत्रं सस्मार बालिशम् । तदा भीमं हृदा राजन्नपध्याति स पार्थिवः ॥

yadā tu kauravo rājā putraṃ sasmāra bāliśam | tadā bhīmaṃ hṛdā rājannapadhyāti sa pārthivaḥ

But whenever the Kaurava king remembered his foolish son, then, O king, he would bear ill will toward Bhima in his heart.

Verse 3 (15.3.3)

कौरवश्चैव भीमश्च हृदाऽन्योन्यमवर्तताम् । ध्यायन्तौ श्लक्ष्णया वाचा त्वन्योन्यमभितिष्ठताम् ॥

kauravaścaiva bhīmaśca hṛdā'nyonyamavartatām | dhyāyantau ślakṣṇayā vācā tvanyonyamabhitiṣṭhatām

The Kaurava and Bhima, each brooding, dealt with the other in his heart, while to each other's face they used smooth words.

Note on the text: Corrected अभितिष्टितां → अभितिष्ठताम् (misprint in Wikisource; not a valid word; the critical edition's star lines have abhitiṣṭhatām). Not in the critical edition's numbered text: the two lines are star passage 15,004.003d*0007_01-02 (kauravaś caiva bhīmaś ca hṛdānyonyam amṛṣyatām / dhyāyantau ślakṣṇayā vācā anyonyām abhitiṣṭhatām), a recension variant (हृदाऽन्योन्यमवर्तताम् for hṛdānyonyam amṛṣyatām). The unmatched CE 15.4.3 itself appears only as the footnote reading to this verse (तथैव भीमसेनोऽपि …).

Verse 4 (15.3.4)

अप्रकाशं व्यलीकानि चकारास्य वृकोदरः । आज्ञां प्रत्यहरच्चापि कृतकैः पुरुषैः सदा ॥

aprakāśaṃ vyalīkāni cakārāsya vṛkodaraḥ | ājñāṃ pratyaharaccāpi kṛtakaiḥ puruṣaiḥ sadā

Vrikodara secretly did things to vex him, and through men of his own contriving he always countermanded the king's orders.

Verse 5 (15.3.5)

स्मरन्दुर्मन्त्रितं तस्य वृत्तान्यप्यस्य कानिचित् । असकृच्चाप्युवाचेदं हतास्ते मन्दचेतसः ॥

smarandurmantritaṃ tasya vṛttānyapyasya kānicit | asakṛccāpyuvācedaṃ hatāste mandacetasaḥ

Remembering Dhritarashtra's evil counsel and certain of his deeds, he would say again and again, 'Those fools are dead!'

Note on the text: Removed the stray wiki marks (backtick, quote mark) printed around the second line (`…।।'). Not in the critical edition's numbered text: the two lines are star passages 15,004.004d*0009_01 (smaran durmantritaṃ tasya vṛttāny apy asya kāni cit) and *0010_01 (asakṛc cāpy uvācedam hatās te mandacetasaḥ; the same line recurs as *0011_01 after 15.4.7). Bhima's quoted words stay inside the narrator's verse.

Verse 6 (15.3.6)

अथ भीमः सुहृन्मध्ये बाहुशब्दं तथाऽकरोत् । संश्रवे धृतराष्ट्रस्य गान्धार्याश्चाप्यमर्षणः ॥

atha bhīmaḥ suhṛnmadhye bāhuśabdaṃ tathā'karot | saṃśrave dhṛtarāṣṭrasya gāndhāryāścāpyamarṣaṇaḥ

Then one day, in the midst of his friends, Bhima, who could not bear it, slapped his arms with a resounding noise, within hearing of Dhritarashtra and Gandhari.

Verse 7 (15.3.7)

स्मृत्वा दुर्योधनं शत्रुं कर्णदुःशासनावपि । प्रोवाचेदं सुसंरब्धो भीमः सपरुषं वचः ॥

smṛtvā duryodhanaṃ śatruṃ karṇaduḥśāsanāvapi | provācedaṃ susaṃrabdho bhīmaḥ saparuṣaṃ vacaḥ

Remembering his enemy Duryodhana, and Karna and Duhshasana as well, Bhima, greatly enraged, spoke these harsh words.

Note on the text: Corrected कर्णदुःखासनावपि → कर्णदुःशासनावपि (misprint in Wikisource; दुःखासन for दुःशासन; the critical edition has karṇaduḥśāsanāv api).

Verse 8 (15.3.8)

अन्धस्य नृपतेः पुत्रा मया परिघबाहुना । नीता लोकममुं सर्वे नानाशस्त्रास्त्रयोधिनः ॥

andhasya nṛpateḥ putrā mayā parighabāhunā | nītā lokamamuṃ sarve nānāśastrāstrayodhinaḥ

"The sons of the blind king, fighters with every kind of weapon and missile, were sent by me, whose arms are like iron clubs, to the world beyond."

Note on the text: Speaker: Bhima — his speech fills verses 8-10 with no heading printed. Corrected परिघवाहुना → परिघबाहुना (misprint in Wikisource; व for ब; the critical edition has parighabāhunā). Second line is a recension variant (CE 15.4.7c: nānāśastrāttajīvitāḥ).

Verse 9 (15.3.9)

इमौ तौ परिघप्रख्यौ भुजौ मम दुरासदौ । ययोरन्तरमासाद्य धार्तराष्ट्राः क्षयं गताः ॥

imau tau parighaprakhyau bhujau mama durāsadau | yayorantaramāsādya dhārtarāṣṭrāḥ kṣayaṃ gatāḥ

"These two arms of mine, like iron bars and hard to withstand - between them the sons of Dhritarashtra came to their ruin."

Note on the text: Speaker: Bhima (continuing, unheaded).

Verse 10 (15.3.10)

ताविमौ चन्दनेनाक्तौ वन्दनीयौ च मे भुजौ । याभ्यां दुर्योधनो नीतः क्षयं ससुतबान्धवः ॥

tāvimau candanenāktau vandanīyau ca me bhujau | yābhyāṃ duryodhano nītaḥ kṣayaṃ sasutabāndhavaḥ

"These same arms of mine, smeared with sandal paste, are worthy of reverence - by them Duryodhana was brought to destruction, together with his sons and kinsmen."

Note on the text: Speaker: Bhima (continuing, unheaded). Corrected चन्दनेनाकौ → चन्दनेनाक्तौ (misprint in Wikisource; dropped conjunct त; the critical edition has candanenāktau).

Verse 11 (15.3.11)

एताश्चान्याश्च विविधाः शल्यभूता नराधिपः । वृकोदरस्य ता वाचः श्रुत्वा निर्वेदमागमत् ॥

etāścānyāśca vividhāḥ śalyabhūtā narādhipaḥ | vṛkodarasya tā vācaḥ śrutvā nirvedamāgamat

These and many other such words of Vrikodara, piercing like darts, the king heard, and he sank into despondency.

Note on the text: Corrected एतास्चान्याश्च → एताश्चान्याश्च (misprint in Wikisource; स् for श्) and शल्यभुता → शल्यभूता (misprint in Wikisource; short ु for ू; the critical edition has etāś cānyāś ca … śalyabhūtā).

Verse 12 (15.3.12)

सा च बुद्धिमती देवी कालपर्यायवेदिनी । गान्धारी सर्वधर्मज्ञा तान्यलीकानि शुश्रुवे । कुन्तीं वर्यां तु संवीक्ष्य शापे नास्याकरोन्मतिम् ॥

sā ca buddhimatī devī kālaparyāyavedinī | gāndhārī sarvadharmajñā tānyalīkāni śuśruve | kuntīṃ varyāṃ tu saṃvīkṣya śāpe nāsyākaronmatim

And Gandhari, the wise lady who knew the turns of time and understood all dharma, heard those insults too; but, looking upon the venerable Kunti, she did not set her mind on cursing him.

Note on the text: Removed the stray wiki marks (backtick, quote mark) around the third line, and corrected वर्या → वर्यां and नास्याकरोन्मति → नास्याकरोन्मतिम् (misprints in Wikisource; dropped anusvara / final म्; the critical edition's star line has śāpe nāsyākaron matim). First two lines = CE 15.4.11a,c; the third line is a variant of star passage 15,004.011d*0014_01 (kuntyāḥ saparyāṃ saṃvīkṣya śāpe nāsyākaron matim).

Verse 13 (15.3.13)

ततः पञ्चदशे वर्षे समतीते नराधिपः । राजा निर्वेदमापेदे भीमवाग्बाणपीडितः ॥

tataḥ pañcadaśe varṣe samatīte narādhipaḥ | rājā nirvedamāpede bhīmavāgbāṇapīḍitaḥ

Then, when the fifteenth year had passed, the king fell into despondency, wounded by the arrows of Bhima's words.

Verse 14 (15.3.14)

सुखासक्तं कृच्छ्रपरं ज्ञात्वा चैव युधिष्ठिरम् । तपोयोगात्तपस्तप्तुं मनश्चक्रे महामतिः ॥

sukhāsaktaṃ kṛcchraparaṃ jñātvā caiva yudhiṣṭhiram | tapoyogāttapastaptuṃ manaścakre mahāmatiḥ

Understanding that he had been attached to comfort and was now bent on hardship, and knowing Yudhishthira too, the wise king set his mind on practising austerity through the discipline of yoga.

Note on the text: Removed the stray wiki marks (backticks, quote marks) around the couplet (`…।।'). Not in the critical edition's numbered text: star passage 15,004.012d*0015_01-02 (sukhāsaktaṃ kṛcchraparaṃ jñātvā caiva yudhiṣṭhiram / tapoyogāt tapas taptuṃ manaś cakre mahāmatiḥ). The first line is ambiguous as to whom the accusatives describe; translated as the king's own state.

Verse 15 (15.3.15)

नान्वबुध्यत तद्राजा कुन्तीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः । श्वेताश्वोवाऽथकुन्ती वा द्रौपदी वा यशस्विनी ॥

nānvabudhyata tadrājā kuntīputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | śvetāśvovā'thakuntī vā draupadī vā yaśasvinī

King Yudhishthira, the son of Kunti, did not notice this, nor did Arjuna, nor Kunti, nor the renowned Draupadi.

Verse 16 (15.3.16)

माद्रीपुत्रौ च भीमस्य मतं तावन्ववर्तताम् । राज्ञस्तु चित्तं रक्षन्तौ नोचतुः स्वयमप्रियम् ॥

mādrīputrau ca bhīmasya mataṃ tāvanvavartatām | rājñastu cittaṃ rakṣantau nocatuḥ svayamapriyam

The two sons of Madri shared Bhima's view, but, guarding the king's feelings, they themselves said nothing unpleasant.

Verse 17 (15.3.17)

ततः समानयामास धृतराष्ट्रः सुहृज्जनम् । बाष्पसंदिग्धमत्यर्थमिदमाह च तान्भृशम् ॥

tataḥ samānayāmāsa dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ suhṛjjanam | bāṣpasaṃdigdhamatyarthamidamāha ca tānbhṛśam

Then Dhritarashtra called together his friends and, his voice choked with tears, spoke this to them with deep feeling.

Verse 18 (15.3.18)

विदितं भवतामेतद्यथा वृत्तः कुरुक्षयः । ममापराधात्तत्सर्वमिति ज्ञेयं तु कौरवाः ॥

viditaṃ bhavatāmetadyathā vṛttaḥ kurukṣayaḥ | mamāparādhāttatsarvamiti jñeyaṃ tu kauravāḥ

You know how the destruction of the Kurus came about; know that it was all through my fault, O Kauravas.

Note on the text: Speaker: Dhritarashtra. Wikisource prints no heading here (the critical edition has 'dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca' before 15.5.1); the speech fills whole verses 18-29 and 31-40.

Verse 19 (15.3.19)

योऽहं दुष्टमतिं मन्दो ज्ञातीनां भयवर्धनम् । दुर्योधनं कौरवाणामाधिपत्येऽभ्यषेचयम् । यच्चाहं वासुदेवस्य नाश्रौषं वाक्यमर्थवत् ॥

yo'haṃ duṣṭamatiṃ mando jñātīnāṃ bhayavardhanam | duryodhanaṃ kauravāṇāmādhipatye'bhyaṣecayam | yaccāhaṃ vāsudevasya nāśrauṣaṃ vākyamarthavat

I, dull-witted, anointed Duryodhana - ill-minded, a cause of fear to his kinsmen - to lordship over the Kauravas, and did not heed Vasudeva's meaningful words.

Note on the text: Corrected आधइपत्ये → आधिपत्ये (misprint in Wikisource; stray इ for ि). Aligned by hand: lines = CE 15.5.2a, 2c and 3a (duṣṭamatiṃ mūḍham in the critical edition).

Verse 20 (15.3.20)

वध्यतां साध्वयं पापः सामात्य इति दुर्मतिः । पुत्रस्नेहाभिभूतस्तु हितमुक्तो मनीषिभिः ॥

vadhyatāṃ sādhvayaṃ pāpaḥ sāmātya iti durmatiḥ | putrasnehābhibhūtastu hitamukto manīṣibhiḥ

"Let this wicked, ill-minded man be put to death together with his ministers" - so the wise advised me, but I was overcome by love for my son.

Note on the text: Aligned by hand: lines = CE 15.5.3c and 4a.

Verse 21 (15.3.21)

विदुरेणाथ भीष्मेण द्रोणेन च कृपेण च । पदेपदे भगवता व्यासेन च महात्मना । संजयेनाथ गान्धार्या तदिदं तप्यते मया ॥

vidureṇātha bhīṣmeṇa droṇena ca kṛpeṇa ca | padepade bhagavatā vyāsena ca mahātmanā | saṃjayenātha gāndhāryā tadidaṃ tapyate mayā

It was Vidura, Bhishma, Drona and Kripa who said it, and at every step the venerable and great-souled Vyasa, and Sanjaya and Gandhari - and now it torments me.

Note on the text: Aligned by hand: lines = CE 15.5.4c, 5a and 5c.

Verse 22 (15.3.22)

यच्चाहं पाण्डुपुत्रेषु गुणवत्सु महात्मसु । न न्यस्तवाञ्श्रियं दीप्तां पितृपैतामहीमिमाम् ॥

yaccāhaṃ pāṇḍuputreṣu guṇavatsu mahātmasu | na nyastavāñśriyaṃ dīptāṃ pitṛpaitāmahīmimām

And I did not entrust this blazing fortune, inherited from my father and grandfather, to the sons of Pandu, who are virtuous and great-souled.

Verse 23 (15.3.23)

विनाशं पश्यमानो हि सर्वराज्ञां गदाग्रजः । एतच्छ्रेयस्तु परमममन्यत जनार्दनः ॥

vināśaṃ paśyamāno hi sarvarājñāṃ gadāgrajaḥ | etacchreyastu paramamamanyata janārdanaḥ

Seeing the destruction of all the kings, Janardana, Gada's elder brother, held precisely this to be the highest good.

Verse 24 (15.3.24)

सोहमेतान्यलीकानि दुर्वृत्तान्यात्मनस्तदा । हृदये शल्यभूतानि धारयामि सहस्रशः ॥

sohametānyalīkāni durvṛttānyātmanastadā | hṛdaye śalyabhūtāni dhārayāmi sahasraśaḥ

So I carry in my heart, by the thousand, these wrongs and evil deeds of mine from that time, like darts.

Verse 25 (15.3.25)

विशेषतस्तु दह्यामि वर्षे पञ्चदशेऽद्य वै । अस्य पापस्य शुद्ध्यर्थं नियतोस्मि सुदुर्मतिः ॥

viśeṣatastu dahyāmi varṣe pañcadaśe'dya vai | asya pāpasya śuddhyarthaṃ niyatosmi sudurmatiḥ

I burn especially now, in the fifteenth year; to cleanse this sin I have bound myself to restraints, I, so ill-minded.

Verse 26 (15.3.26)

चतुर्थे नियते काले कदाचिदपि चाष्टमे । तृष्णाविनयनं भुञ्जे गान्धारी वेद तन्मम ॥

caturthe niyate kāle kadācidapi cāṣṭame | tṛṣṇāvinayanaṃ bhuñje gāndhārī veda tanmama

On the fourth fixed time, or sometimes on the eighth, I take only what quenches thirst; Gandhari knows this of me.

Verse 27 (15.3.27)

करोत्याहारमिति मां सर्वः परिजनः सदा । युधिष्ठिरभयाद्वेत्ति भृशं तप्यति पाण्डवः ॥

karotyāhāramiti māṃ sarvaḥ parijanaḥ sadā | yudhiṣṭhirabhayādvetti bhṛśaṃ tapyati pāṇḍavaḥ

My whole household, out of fear of Yudhishthira, always believes that I take food regularly; and the Pandava grieves deeply.

Note on the text: Corrected युधिष्ठिरभयादेति → युधिष्ठिरभयाद्वेत्ति (misprint in Wikisource; एति gives no sense here and is a damaged वेत्ति; the critical edition has yudhiṣṭhirabhayād vetti). The sense of the line is somewhat compressed; translated as in the critical edition.

Verse 28 (15.3.28)

भूमौ शये जप्यपरो दर्भेष्वजिनसंवृतः । नियमव्यपदेशेन गान्धारी च यशस्विनी ॥

bhūmau śaye japyaparo darbheṣvajinasaṃvṛtaḥ | niyamavyapadeśena gāndhārī ca yaśasvinī

I lie on the ground, intent on japa, wrapped in a deerskin spread on darbha grass, under the pretext of a vow - and so does the renowned Gandhari.

Note on the text: Corrected दर्भष्वजिन → दर्भेष्वजिन (misprint in Wikisource; locative plural of दर्भ; the critical edition has darbheṣv ajina).

Verse 29 (15.3.29)

अहं पुत्रशतं वीरं सङ्ग्रामेष्वपलायिनम् । नानुतप्ये हतं तत्र क्षत्रधर्मं हि तं विदुः ॥

ahaṃ putraśataṃ vīraṃ saṅgrāmeṣvapalāyinam | nānutapye hataṃ tatra kṣatradharmaṃ hi taṃ viduḥ

I do not grieve for my hundred sons, those heroes who never fled from battle and fell there; for the wise know that to be the dharma of kshatriyas.

Note on the text: Not matched automatically; lines = CE 15.5.13a and 13c (hataṃ putraśataṃ śūraṃ saṃgrāmeṣv apalāyinam / nānutapyāmi tac cāhaṃ kṣatradharmaṃ hi taṃ viduḥ). The first line is a variant (अहं for hataṃ). The CE's third line (13e, ity uktvā dharmarājānam abhyabhāṣata kauravaḥ) is the first line of the next verse.

Verse 30 (15.3.30)

इत्युक्त्वा धर्मराजानमभ्यभाषत कौरवः । भद्रं ते यादवीमातर्वचश्चेदं निबोध मे ॥

ityuktvā dharmarājānamabhyabhāṣata kauravaḥ | bhadraṃ te yādavīmātarvacaścedaṃ nibodha me

Having said this, the Kaurava addressed Dharmaraja: Blessings on you, son of the Yadava lady; hear these words of mine.

Note on the text: Not matched automatically; lines = CE 15.5.13e and 14a. The narrator's introduction fills the first line, so the verse stays with the narrator; Dhritarashtra's address continues in the next verse.

Verse 31 (15.3.31)

सुखमध्युषितः पुत्र त्वया सुपरिपालितः । मया दानानि दत्तानि श्राद्धानि च पुनःपुनः ॥

sukhamadhyuṣitaḥ putra tvayā suparipālitaḥ | mayā dānāni dattāni śrāddhāni ca punaḥpunaḥ

I have lived in comfort, my son, well looked after by you; I have given gifts and offered funeral oblations again and again.

Note on the text: Not matched automatically; lines = CE 15.5.14c and 15a. Recension variant (दानानि for mahādānāni).

Verse 32 (15.3.32)

प्रकृष्टं च मया पुत्र पुण्यं चीर्णं यथाबलम् । गान्धारी हतपुत्रेयं धैर्येणोदीक्षते च माम् ॥

prakṛṣṭaṃ ca mayā putra puṇyaṃ cīrṇaṃ yathābalam | gāndhārī hataputreyaṃ dhairyeṇodīkṣate ca mām

I have also, my son, performed merit as far as I was able; and here Gandhari, bereft of her sons, looks to me with steady patience.

Note on the text: Not matched automatically; lines = CE 15.5.15c and 15e. Recension variant of the first line (प्रकृष्टं च मया for prakṛṣṭaṃ me vayaḥ).

Verse 33 (15.3.33)

द्रौपद्या ह्यपकर्तारस्तव चैश्वर्यहारिणः । समतीता नृशंसास्ते स्वधर्मेण हता युधि ॥

draupadyā hyapakartārastava caiśvaryahāriṇaḥ | samatītā nṛśaṃsāste svadharmeṇa hatā yudhi

Those who wronged Draupadi and robbed you of your sovereignty - those cruel men are gone, slain in battle in accordance with their own dharma.

Verse 34 (15.3.34)

न तेषु प्रतिकर्तव्यं पश्यामि कुरुनन्दन । सर्वे शस्त्रजिताँल्लोकान्गतास्तेऽभिमुखं हताः ॥

na teṣu pratikartavyaṃ paśyāmi kurunandana | sarve śastrajitām̐llokāngatāste'bhimukhaṃ hatāḥ

I see nothing more to be done for them, O joy of the Kurus; they have all gone to the worlds won by weapons, slain facing the enemy.

Verse 35 (15.3.35)

आत्मनस्तु हितं पुण्यं प्रतिकर्तव्यमद्य ते । गान्धार्याश्चैव राजेन्द्र तदनुज्ञातुमर्हसि ॥

ātmanastu hitaṃ puṇyaṃ pratikartavyamadya te | gāndhāryāścaiva rājendra tadanujñātumarhasi

What is good and meritorious for one's own soul must now be attended to; and for Gandhari too, O king of kings, you ought to grant permission for that.

Note on the text: Recension variant of CE 15.5.18 (ātmanas tu hitaṃ mukhyaṃ pratikartavyam adya me): the page reads प्रतिकर्तव्यमद्य ते (‘…by you’) where the critical edition has ‘by me’. The sense is uncertain; translated in the general sense that follows from the context, without rendering ते.

Verse 36 (15.3.36)

त्वं तु शस्त्रभृतां श्रेष्ठः सततं धर्मवत्सलः । राजा गुरुः प्राणभृतां तस्मादेतद्ब्रवीम्यहम् ॥

tvaṃ tu śastrabhṛtāṃ śreṣṭhaḥ satataṃ dharmavatsalaḥ | rājā guruḥ prāṇabhṛtāṃ tasmādetadbravīmyaham

You are the foremost of those who bear weapons, ever devoted to dharma, and as king you are the guardian of all living beings; therefore I say this to you.

Verse 37 (15.3.37)

अनुज्ञातस्त्वया वीर संश्रयेयं वनान्यहम् । चीरवल्कलभृद्राजन्गान्धार्या सहितोऽनया ॥

anujñātastvayā vīra saṃśrayeyaṃ vanānyaham | cīravalkalabhṛdrājangāndhāryā sahito'nayā

With your leave, hero, I would take refuge in the forest, wearing bark and strips of cloth, together with Gandhari here.

Note on the text: Not matched automatically; lines = CE 15.5.20a and 20c (recension variants: चीरवल्कलभृद्राजन् for cīravalkalabhṛd rājan).

Verse 38 (15.3.38)

तवाशिषः प्रयुञ्जानो भविष्यामि वनेचरः । उचितं नः कुले तात सर्वेषां भरतर्षभ । पुत्रेष्वैश्चर्यमाधाय वयसोन्ते वनं नृप ॥

tavāśiṣaḥ prayuñjāno bhaviṣyāmi vanecaraḥ | ucitaṃ naḥ kule tāta sarveṣāṃ bharatarṣabha | putreṣvaiścaryamādhāya vayasonte vanaṃ nṛpa

Calling down blessings upon you, I shall live as a forest-dweller. It is the custom of our house, dear son, O best of the Bharatas, for all of us: to entrust sovereignty to our sons and, at the end of life, to go to the forest, O king.

Note on the text: Not matched automatically; lines = CE 15.5.20e, 21a and 21c.

Verse 39 (15.3.39)

तत्राहं वायुभक्षो वा निराहारोपि वा वसन् । पत्न्या सहानया वीर चरिष्यामि तपः परम् ॥

tatrāhaṃ vāyubhakṣo vā nirāhāropi vā vasan | patnyā sahānayā vīra cariṣyāmi tapaḥ param

There I shall live on air alone, or even without food, and with this my wife, O hero, I shall practise supreme austerity.

Verse 40 (15.3.40)

त्वं चापि फलभाक्तात तपसः पार्थिवो ह्यसि । फलभाजो हि राजानः कल्याणस्येतरस्य वा ॥

tvaṃ cāpi phalabhāktāta tapasaḥ pārthivo hyasi | phalabhājo hi rājānaḥ kalyāṇasyetarasya vā

And you too, dear son, will share in the fruit of that austerity, for you are king; kings share in the fruit of what is good, or of the other.