The Dead Meet Their Kin and Depart

Verse 1 (15.35.1)

ततस्ते पुरुषश्रेष्ठाः समाजग्मुः परस्परम् । विगतक्रोधमात्सर्याः सर्वे विगतकल्मषाः ॥

tataste puruṣaśreṣṭhāḥ samājagmuḥ parasparam | vigatakrodhamātsaryāḥ sarve vigatakalmaṣāḥ

Then those foremost of men came together with one another, free of anger and envy, every one of them cleansed of stain.

Note on the text: Corrected पुरषश्रेष्ठाः → पुरुषश्रेष्ठाः (misprint in Wikisource; dropped vowel sign; CE has a different epithet, 'bharataśreṣṭhāḥ', which is not substituted).

Verse 2 (15.35.2)

विधिं परममास्थाय ब्रह्मर्षिविहितं शुभम् । संहृष्टमनसः सर्वे देवलोक इवामराः ॥

vidhiṃ paramamāsthāya brahmarṣivihitaṃ śubham | saṃhṛṣṭamanasaḥ sarve devaloka ivāmarāḥ

Having adopted the excellent and auspicious way ordained by the Brahmin sage, all of them were glad at heart, like the immortals in the world of the gods.

Verse 3 (15.35.3)

पुत्रः पित्रा च मात्रा च भार्याश्च पतिभिः सह । भ्रात्रा भ्राता सखा चैव सख्या राजन्समागताः ॥

putraḥ pitrā ca mātrā ca bhāryāśca patibhiḥ saha | bhrātrā bhrātā sakhā caiva sakhyā rājansamāgatāḥ

Son met father and mother; wives met their husbands; brother met brother, and friend met friend, O king.

Verse 4 (15.35.4)

पाण्डवास्तु महेष्वासं कर्णं सौभद्रमेव च । सम्प्रहर्षात्समाजग्मुर्द्रौपदेयांश्च सर्वशः ॥

pāṇḍavāstu maheṣvāsaṃ karṇaṃ saubhadrameva ca | sampraharṣātsamājagmurdraupadeyāṃśca sarvaśaḥ

The Pandavas, in great joy, came together with the mighty archer Karna, with Subhadra's son, and with the sons of Draupadi, with all of them.

Note on the text: Corrected द्रौपदेयांश्चक → द्रौपदेयांश्च (misprint in Wikisource; stray क; CE reads 'draupadeyāṃś ca').

Verse 5 (15.35.5)

ततस्ते प्रीयमाणा वै कर्णेन सह पाण्डवाः । समेत्य पृथिवीपाल सौहृदे च स्थिताऽभवन् ॥

tataste prīyamāṇā vai karṇena saha pāṇḍavāḥ | sametya pṛthivīpāla sauhṛde ca sthitā'bhavan

Then, O protector of the earth, the Pandavas, delighted, met Karna and remained with him in friendship.

Verse 6 (15.35.6)

परस्परं समागम्य योधास्ते भरतर्षभ । मुनेः प्रसादात्ते ह्येवं क्षत्रिया नष्टमन्यवः ॥

parasparaṃ samāgamya yodhāste bharatarṣabha | muneḥ prasādātte hyevaṃ kṣatriyā naṣṭamanyavaḥ

O best of the Bharatas, those warriors met one another; by the sage's grace, those kshatriyas were rid of their anger.

Note on the text: First line = CE star line 15,041.005d*0073_01 ('parasparaṃ samāgamya yodhās te bharatarṣabha'); second line = CE 15.41.6a (CE: 'ṛṣiprasādāt te 'nye ca kṣatriyā naṣṭamanyavaḥ').

Verse 7 (15.35.7)

असौहृदं परित्यज्य सौहृदे पर्यवस्थिताः । एवं समागताः सर्वे गुरुभिर्बान्धवैः सह ॥

asauhṛdaṃ parityajya sauhṛde paryavasthitāḥ | evaṃ samāgatāḥ sarve gurubhirbāndhavaiḥ saha

Giving up enmity, they stood firm in friendship. Thus all came together with their elders and kinsmen,

Note on the text: First line = CE 15.41.6c; second line = CE 15.41.7a (CE: 'tathā' for 'सह').

Verse 8 (15.35.8)

पुत्रैश्च पुरुषव्याघ्राः कुरवोऽन्ये च पार्थिवाः । तां रात्रिमखिलामेवं विहृत्य प्रीतमानसाः ॥

putraiśca puruṣavyāghrāḥ kuravo'nye ca pārthivāḥ | tāṃ rātrimakhilāmevaṃ vihṛtya prītamānasāḥ

together with their sons, O tigers among men — the Kurus and the other kings — and having spent that whole night so, glad at heart,

Note on the text: Corrected रात्रिमकिलामेवं → रात्रिमखिलामेवं (misprint in Wikisource; 'अकिला' is not a word; CE has 'kṛtsnām' for the same sense 'whole'). First line = CE 15.41.7c (CE: 'mānavāḥ' for 'पार्थिवाः'); second line = CE 15.41.8a.

Verse 9 (15.35.9)

मेनिरे परितोषेण नृपाः स्वर्गसदो यथा । नात्र शोको भयं त्रासो नारतिर्नायशोऽभवत् ॥

menire paritoṣeṇa nṛpāḥ svargasado yathā | nātra śoko bhayaṃ trāso nāratirnāyaśo'bhavat

thought themselves, in their contentment, like dwellers in heaven. There was no grief there, no fear, no terror, no discontent and no disgrace.

Note on the text: First line = CE 15.41.8c; second line = CE 15.41.9a.

Verse 10 (15.35.10)

परस्परं समागम्य योधानां भरतर्षभ । समागतास्ताः पितृभिर्भ्रातृभिः पतिभिः सुतैः । मुदं परमिकां प्राप्य नार्यो दुःखमथात्यजन् ॥

parasparaṃ samāgamya yodhānāṃ bharatarṣabha | samāgatāstāḥ pitṛbhirbhrātṛbhiḥ patibhiḥ sutaiḥ | mudaṃ paramikāṃ prāpya nāryo duḥkhamathātyajan

O best of the Bharatas, as the warriors met one another, the women too, reunited with their fathers, brothers, husbands and sons, attained the highest joy and gave up their sorrow.

Note on the text: Three lines: CE 15.41.9c, 15.41.10a, 15.41.10c.

Verse 11 (15.35.11)

देवलोकं गता ये च ये च ब्रह्मसदो गताः । ये चापि वारुणं लोकं ये च गोलोकमाश्रिताः ॥

devalokaṃ gatā ye ca ye ca brahmasado gatāḥ | ye cāpi vāruṇaṃ lokaṃ ye ca golokamāśritāḥ

Those who had gone to the world of the gods, those who had gone to the assembly of Brahma, those who had reached the realm of Varuna and those who had taken refuge in Goloka;

Note on the text: Stray backtick removed. Not in the critical edition's numbered text: star passage 15,041.010d*0074_01-02.

Verse 12 (15.35.12)

तथा वैवस्वतं लोकं ये च यक्षानुपागताः । राक्षसांश्च पिशाचांश्च कुरूंश्चापि तथोत्तरान् ॥

tathā vaivasvataṃ lokaṃ ye ca yakṣānupāgatāḥ | rākṣasāṃśca piśācāṃśca kurūṃścāpi tathottarān

those who had gone to the world of Vaivasvata (Yama), those who had gone to the Yakshas, the Rakshasas and the Pishachas, and to the northern Kurus;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's numbered text: star passage 15,041.010d*0074_03-04.

Verse 13 (15.35.13)

विचित्राश्च गतीरन्ये ये प्राप्ताः कर्मभिर्नराः । सर्वे ते तद्वयोरूपवेषास्तत्र समभ्ययुः ॥

vicitrāśca gatīranye ye prāptāḥ karmabhirnarāḥ | sarve te tadvayorūpaveṣāstatra samabhyayuḥ

and the other men who had reached various destinies through their deeds — all of them came there, with the same ages, forms and dress as before.

Note on the text: Closing quote marks (।।') removed. Not in the critical edition's numbered text: star passage 15,041.010d*0074_05-06.

Verse 14 (15.35.14)

एकां रात्रिं विहृत्यैवं ते वीरास्ताश्च योषितः । आमन्त्र्यान्योन्यमाश्लिष्य ततो जग्मुर्यथागतं ॥

ekāṃ rātriṃ vihṛtyaivaṃ te vīrāstāśca yoṣitaḥ | āmantryānyonyamāśliṣya tato jagmuryathāgataṃ

Having thus spent a single night together, those heroes and their women took leave of one another, embraced, and went back the way they had come.

Verse 15 (15.35.15)

ततो विसर्जयामास लोकांस्तान्मुनिपुङ्गवः । क्षणेनान्तर्हिताश्चैव प्रेक्षतामेव तेऽभवन् ॥

tato visarjayāmāsa lokāṃstānmunipuṅgavaḥ | kṣaṇenāntarhitāścaiva prekṣatāmeva te'bhavan

Then the best of sages sent those worlds' folk away, and in an instant they vanished even as the onlookers watched.

Verse 16 (15.35.16)

अवगाह्य महात्मानः पुण्यां भागीरथीं नदीम् । सरथाः सध्वजाश्चैव स्वानि वेश्मानि भेजिरे ॥

avagāhya mahātmānaḥ puṇyāṃ bhāgīrathīṃ nadīm | sarathāḥ sadhvajāścaiva svāni veśmāni bhejire

Those great-souled ones bathed in the holy river Bhagirathi, and with their chariots and banners went to their own abodes.

Note on the text: Recension variant ('भागीरथीं नदीम्', 'स्वानि वेश्मानि' for CE 'tripathagāṃ nadīm', 'svāni sthānāni'); kept.

Verse 17 (15.35.17)

देवलोकं ययुः केचित्केचिद्ब्रह्मसदस्तथा । केचिच्च वारुणं लोकं केचित्कौबेरमाप्नुवन् ॥

devalokaṃ yayuḥ kecitkecidbrahmasadastathā | kecicca vāruṇaṃ lokaṃ kecitkauberamāpnuvan

Some went to the world of the gods, some to the assembly of Brahma, some to the world of Varuna, and some reached that of Kubera.

Verse 18 (15.35.18)

ततो वैवस्वतं लोकं केचिच्चैवाप्नुवन्नृपाः । राक्षसानां पिशाचानां केचिच्चाप्युत्तरान्कुरून् ॥

tato vaivasvataṃ lokaṃ keciccaivāpnuvannṛpāḥ | rākṣasānāṃ piśācānāṃ keciccāpyuttarānkurūn

Some kings went on to the world of Vaivasvata, others to the realms of the Rakshasas and Pishachas, and some to the northern Kurus.

Verse 19 (15.35.19)

विचित्रगतयः सर्वे यानवाप्यामरैः सह । आजग्मुस्ते महात्मानः सवाहाः सपदानुगाः ॥

vicitragatayaḥ sarve yānavāpyāmaraiḥ saha | ājagmuste mahātmānaḥ savāhāḥ sapadānugāḥ

All those great-souled ones, of such varied destinies, who had won their places along with the immortals, had come with their mounts and their followers.

Verse 20 (15.35.20)

गतेषु तेषु सर्वेषु सलिलस्थो महामुनिः । धर्मशीलो महातेजाः कुरूणां हितकृत्सदा । ततः प्रोवाच ताः सर्वाः क्षत्रिया निहतेश्वराः ॥

gateṣu teṣu sarveṣu salilastho mahāmuniḥ | dharmaśīlo mahātejāḥ kurūṇāṃ hitakṛtsadā | tataḥ provāca tāḥ sarvāḥ kṣatriyā nihateśvarāḥ

When they had all gone, the great sage standing in the water — righteous, of great splendour, ever the well-wisher of the Kurus — then spoke to all those kshatriya women whose lords had been slain:

Note on the text: Corrected धर्मसीलो → धर्मशीलो (misprint in Wikisource; स for श; CE 'dharmaśīlo'). Corrected हितकृतदा → हितकृत्सदा (misprint in Wikisource; dropped conjunct; CE 'hitakṛt sadā'). Three-line verse (CE 15.41.17a, 17c, 17e).

Verse 21 (15.35.21)

या याः पतिकृताँल्लोकानिच्छन्ति परमस्त्रियः । ता जाह्नवीजलं क्षिप्रमवगाहन्त्वतन्द्रिताः ॥

yā yāḥ patikṛtām̐llokānicchanti paramastriyaḥ | tā jāhnavījalaṃ kṣipramavagāhantvatandritāḥ

Whichever of you noble women wish for the worlds won by their husbands, let them quickly and without sloth plunge into the waters of the Jahnavi.

Note on the text: Corrected यायाः → या याः (misprint in Wikisource; two words run together; CE 'yā yāḥ'). Corrected लोकानिच्छनति → लोकानिच्छन्ति (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct; CE 'icchanti'). Speaker: the whole verse is Vyasa's speech, introduced by the last line of the previous verse; the page prints no heading, so the carried-over Vaishampayana is replaced by Vyasa.

Verse 22 (15.35.22)

ततस्तस्य वचः श्रुत्वा श्रद्दधाना वराङ्गनाः । श्वशुरं समनुज्ञाप्य विविशुर्जाह्नवीजलम् ॥

tatastasya vacaḥ śrutvā śraddadhānā varāṅganāḥ | śvaśuraṃ samanujñāpya viviśurjāhnavījalam

Hearing his words, those fair women, full of faith, took leave of their father-in-law and entered the waters of the Jahnavi.

Verse 23 (15.35.23)

विमुक्ता मानुषैर्देहैस्ततस्ता भर्तृभिः सह । समाजग्मुस्तदा साध्व्यः सर्वा एवं विशाम्पते ॥

vimuktā mānuṣairdehaistatastā bhartṛbhiḥ saha | samājagmustadā sādhvyaḥ sarvā evaṃ viśāmpate

Freed from their human bodies, those virtuous women then rejoined their husbands, all of them, O lord of the people.

Verse 24 (15.35.24)

एवं क्रमेण सर्वास्ताः शीलवत्यः पतिव्रताः । प्रविश्य तोयं निर्मुक्ता जग्मुर्भर्तृसलोकताम् ॥

evaṃ krameṇa sarvāstāḥ śīlavatyaḥ pativratāḥ | praviśya toyaṃ nirmuktā jagmurbhartṛsalokatām

In this way, one after another, all those virtuous and devoted wives entered the water, were freed, and attained the same world as their husbands.

Note on the text: Corrected क्रमेणि → क्रमेण (misprint in Wikisource; stray vowel sign; CE 'krameṇa'). Recension variant ('पतिव्रताः' for CE 'kulastriyaḥ'); kept.

Verse 25 (15.35.25)

दिव्यरूपसमायुक्ता दिव्याभरणभूषिताः । दिव्यमाल्यांबरधरा यथाऽऽसां पतयस्तथा ॥

divyarūpasamāyuktā divyābharaṇabhūṣitāḥ | divyamālyāṃbaradharā yathā''sāṃ patayastathā

Endowed with divine forms, adorned with divine ornaments, and wearing divine garlands and garments, they were just as their husbands were.

Verse 26 (15.35.26)

ताः शीलगुणसम्पन्ना विमानस्था गतक्लमाः । सर्वाः सर्वगुणोपेताः स्वस्थानं प्रतिपेदिरे ॥

tāḥ śīlaguṇasampannā vimānasthā gataklamāḥ | sarvāḥ sarvaguṇopetāḥ svasthānaṃ pratipedire

Rich in virtue and good conduct, seated in celestial cars, their weariness gone, all of them, endowed with every excellence, went to their own places.

Note on the text: Corrected गतक्लुमाः → गतक्लमाः (misprint in Wikisource; CE 'gataklamāḥ'). First line is a recension variant ('शीलगुणसम्पन्ना विमानस्था' for CE 'śīlasattvasaṃpannā vitamaskā'); kept.

Verse 27 (15.35.27)

यस्य यस्य तु यः कामस्तस्मिन्काले बभूव ह । तंतं विसृष्टवान्व्यासो वरदो धर्मवत्सलः ॥

yasya yasya tu yaḥ kāmastasminkāle babhūva ha | taṃtaṃ visṛṣṭavānvyāso varado dharmavatsalaḥ

Whatever each one desired came to be at that moment; Vyasa, the granter of boons and lover of dharma, granted each one that very thing.

Verse 28 (15.35.28)

तच्छ्रुत्वा नरदेवानां पुनरागमनं नराः । जहृषुर्मुदिताश्चासन्नानादेशगता अपि ॥

tacchrutvā naradevānāṃ punarāgamanaṃ narāḥ | jahṛṣurmuditāścāsannānādeśagatā api

Hearing of this return of the kings, people rejoiced and were glad, even those who were living in other lands.

Verse 29 (15.35.29)

ते नष्टभयसङ्कल्पा नरा विगतकल्मषाः । बभूवुः पौरवाः सर्वे तद्दृष्ट्वाऽऽश्चर्यमुत्तमम् ॥

te naṣṭabhayasaṅkalpā narā vigatakalmaṣāḥ | babhūvuḥ pauravāḥ sarve taddṛṣṭvā''ścaryamuttamam

Having seen that supreme wonder, all the men of the Puru line were rid of fear and of anxious thoughts, and free of stain.

Note on the text: Corrected पौरवाःसर्वे → पौरवाः सर्वे (word-division misprint in Wikisource). Stray backtick and closing quote marks (।।') removed. Not in the critical edition's numbered text: star passage 15,041.025d*0079_01-02.

Verse 30 (15.35.30)

प्रियैः समागमं तेषां यः सम्यक् शृणुयान्नरः । प्रियाणि लभते नित्यमिह च प्रेत्य चैव सः । इष्टबान्धवसंयोगमनायासमनामयम् ॥

priyaiḥ samāgamaṃ teṣāṃ yaḥ samyak śṛṇuyānnaraḥ | priyāṇi labhate nityamiha ca pretya caiva saḥ | iṣṭabāndhavasaṃyogamanāyāsamanāmayam

The man who rightly hears of this meeting of those men with their loved ones will always gain what he holds dear, in this world and in the next, and union with dear kinsmen, free of toil and free of illness.

Note on the text: Three lines: CE 15.41.26a, 26c, 27a.

Verse 31 (15.35.31)

यश्चैतच्छ्रावयेद्विद्वान्विदुषो धर्मवित्तमः । स यशः प्राप्नुयाल्लोके परत्र च शुभां गतिम् ॥

yaścaitacchrāvayedvidvānviduṣo dharmavittamaḥ | sa yaśaḥ prāpnuyālloke paratra ca śubhāṃ gatim

And the learned man, the best knower of dharma, who recites this to the learned, will win renown in the world and a blessed state hereafter.

Note on the text: First line is a recension variant of CE 15.41.27c; second line = CE star line 15,041.027d*0080_01.

Verse 32 (15.35.32)

स्वाध्याययुक्ता मनुजास्तपोयुक्ताश्च भारत । साध्वाचारा दमोपेता दाननिर्धूतकल्मषाः ॥

svādhyāyayuktā manujāstapoyuktāśca bhārata | sādhvācārā damopetā dānanirdhūtakalmaṣāḥ

O Bharata, men devoted to study and to austerity, of good conduct and self-restraint, whose sins have been washed away by giving,

Note on the text: First line is a recension variant of CE 15.41.28a ('तपोयुक्ताः' for 'kriyāyuktāḥ'); second line = CE star line 15,041.028b*0081_01.

Verse 33 (15.35.33)

ऋजवः शुचयः शान्ता हिंसानृतविवर्जिताः । आस्तिकाः श्रद्दधानाश्च धृतिमन्तश्च मानवाः । श्रुत्वाऽऽश्चर्यमिदं पर्व ह्यवाप्स्यन्ति परां गतिम् ॥

ṛjavaḥ śucayaḥ śāntā hiṃsānṛtavivarjitāḥ | āstikāḥ śraddadhānāśca dhṛtimantaśca mānavāḥ | śrutvā''ścaryamidaṃ parva hyavāpsyanti parāṃ gatim

upright, pure, peaceful, free of violence and falsehood, believers full of faith and steadiness — such people, having heard this wondrous parva, will attain the highest state.

Note on the text: Three lines: first = CE star line 15,041.028b*0081_02; second = recension variant of CE 15.41.28c ('आस्तिकाः श्रद्दधानाश्च' for 'adhyātmayogayuktāś ca'); third = recension variant of CE 15.41.28e.

Verse 34 (15.35.34)

पुनस्ते दर्शनं प्राप्ताः पुनश्च परिकीर्तिताः । पुनःपुनः प्रयच्छन्ति शृण्वतामभयं सदा ॥

punaste darśanaṃ prāptāḥ punaśca parikīrtitāḥ | punaḥpunaḥ prayacchanti śṛṇvatāmabhayaṃ sadā

Again they came into view, and again they are proclaimed; time and again they grant fearlessness to those who listen.

Note on the text: Stray backtick and closing quote marks (।।') removed. Not in the critical edition's numbered text: star passage 15,041.028d*0082_01-02.